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3 September 2022 1258 comments
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Aston Villa v Manchester City brings to an end a roller-coaster day of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) action.

Kick-off at Villa Park is at 17:30 BST.

There is just one change apiece for the two sides playing this evening.

Douglas Luiz replaces Emiliano Buendia for Villa, who look to be packing the midfield in preparation for their free-scoring visitors.

New signing Jan Bednarek is on the bench but Leander Dendoncker, who had a sore throat as of Friday, isn’t part of the squad.

Pep Guardiola’s solitary alteration unsurprisingly sees Kevin De Bruyne return to the starting line-up, with Julian Alvarez dropping to the bench.

Jack Grealish and Nathan Ake are fit enough to be substitutes for the visitors.

All of that means another appearance for Erling Haaland, one of six City players to start all six of their league matches so far in 2022/23.

Haaland comes into this fixture off the back of two successive 17-point hauls and was transferred in by a further 834,616 FPL teams ahead of Gameweek 6, pushing his ownership past the 75% mark.

He was by some distance the most-captained player of the week, too, with almost 5.4 million managers handing him the armband.

GAMEWEEK 6 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Digne, Mings, Konsa, Cash, Ramsey, Kamara, McGinn, Luiz, Watkins, Bailey.

Subs: Olsen, Chambers, Augustinsson, Young, Bednarek, Coutinho, Buendia, Ings, Archer.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Walker, Gundogan, Rodri, Silva, Foden, De Bruyne, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Wilson-Esbrand, Lewis, Ake, Gomez, Grealish, Palmer, Alvarez, Mahrez.

GAMEWEEK 6 RESULTS SO FAR

Wolverhampton Wanderers1 – 0Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur2 – 1Fulham
Nottingham Forest2 – 3Bournemouth
Newcastle United0 – 0Crystal Palace
Chelsea2 – 1West Ham United
Brentford5 – 2Leeds United
Everton0 – 0Liverpool



  1. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    That didn’t even look offside

  2. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Son is only 11.7 now. Could be Salah replacement. Identification of players before they go on a good run is a great way to improve rank.

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Only

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Better late than early in FPL.

  3. Ninja Škrtel
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Newcastle and Villa proving City are human.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      brilliant

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Villa robbed there

  5. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    How’s this offside?

  6. Hits from the Bong
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Cancelo playing centre back

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      CM if anything

  7. EmreCan Hustle
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    How was that offside?

  8. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    That was onside. Villa robbed of a goal. Wheres VAR?

  9. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    worldie stolen from Coutinho, VAR is a pure joke

  10. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Can't var overrule that offside?

    1. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Whistle blown before goal

      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Ah. Not sure why they even call close offsides anymore with var in the background

        1. Chalobah's Witness
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          to help baldy pep?

        2. Free Hat
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Normally they dont. Linesman should have waited if not sure or ref only whistle when action is over.

          1. Kane and Ablett
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Linesman should have waited, dodgy decisions help City Chelsea and Kloppie time Liverpool this week…. Refs too scared of social media these days after all the trash spouted by managers?

  11. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Never outside where's VAR?

  12. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Was onside. What a goal it would been.

  13. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Dirtiest league in the world

  14. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    VAr used brilliantly there as always

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Var is only used when it suits an agenda. Usually it's City's agenda

      1. Hits from the Bong
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Or Chelsea's

  15. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    I don’t really understand that offside

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Money buys everything, even logic

  16. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    VAR review surely

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No chance, it's city

  17. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Now Rodri should take the ball with his hands and score

  18. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Once the whistle is blown the ball is dead.

    They can't go back.

  19. OptimusBlack
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Haaland 2nd Goal incoming

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Then a 3rd

  20. Alexis Nonsense
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Now that everyone have sold Bailey....

    1. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Get him back, he’s on discounted price nowadays 🙂

  21. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    hope this ref gets checked and loses his licence

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      They'd have no refs left.

    2. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Unfortunately no chance of this happening. Not in this world

  22. Kane and Ablett
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Can’t believe Mickey Quinn’s record has been equalled

  23. FDMS All Starz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Worth ditching double city defence after this?

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Am planning to go from ederson + Cancelo to Walker alone

  24. Mambino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Salah to Bailey anyone

  25. JBG
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    That Coutinho offside decision was a weird one.

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      With City drawing? Not weird at all. All part of the plan

      1. Chalobah's Witness
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        City will win now, 100%.
        Time to bet your house on it.

  26. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Douglas luiz has been class. Can see why they were desperate to hold onto him

  27. EmreCan Hustle
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Ashley Young has been pretty good.

  28. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    It is beyond a joke that the flag was put up for that but they leave it down for players that are yards offside and let them continue play

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No consistency like with a lot of things

  29. GoonerGirl
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    So I didn't captain Haaland and I've lost city clean sheet. Lovely.

  30. Ser Davos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Time for Toney and Mitrovic me thinks

    Jesus and Archer to go

    Who creates the cash?

    Kulu
    Perisic
    James

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Have you looked at Mitros fixtures

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Scores vs Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool

      2. Ser Davos
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Glanced. Looks pretty unstoppable atm

      3. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Makes a mockery out of fixtures and price