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Gameweek 15 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway at 15:00 GMT this afternoon and there’s only one place to start with the team news.

Manchester City v Fulham is the headline act from a Fantasy perspective and there are notable benchings and omissions on both sides at the Etihad.

Erling Haaland is fit enough to return to the hosts’ matchday squad but is only among the substitutes, where he will warm the bench alongside Phil Foden.

The two starting centre-backs in midweek, Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte, are also benched.

There are, in fact, eight changes from the team that defeated Sevilla in midweek, with Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish and Julian Alvarez the only ones to keep their places.

Fulham boss Marco Silva has made three alterations, all of them enforced.

Aleksandar Mitrovic is suffering from ankle pain, Bobby Decordova-Reid is suspended and Neeskens Kebano is out for several months after rupturing his Achilles.

Carlos Vinicius, Kenny Tete and Harry Wilson come into the side.

The other matches getting underway at the traditional kick-off time are Leeds United v Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest v Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton and Hove Albion.

Leeds are unsurprisingly unchanged after their Gameweek 14 heroics at Anfield, while the only tweak for the Cherries sees Ryan Fredericks oust Jordan Zemura.

Brentford’s two changes are enforced, as Keane Lewis-Potter and Mads Roerslev come in for the injured Kristoffer Ajer and the suspended Ivan Toney.

Steve Cooper has responded to Nottingham Forest’s 5-0 defeat to Arsenal by recalling Neco Williams, Brennan Johnson and Emmanuel Dennis.

Jesse Lingard, Renan Lodi and Taiwo Awoniyi all drop to the bench.

At Molineux, visitors Brighton are unchanged from their 4-1 win over Chelsea.

Caretaker Wolves boss Steve Davis makes three changes from last weekend, having his hand forced with two of them.

Hwang Hee-Chan replaces the suspended Diego Costa up top, while Joao Moutinho comes in for the injured Matheus Nunes.

Winger Adama Traore drops to the bench as Goncalo Guedes returns to the starting XI.

GAMEWEEK 15 LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Kristensen, Koch, Cooper, Struijk, Adams, Roca, Harrison, Aaronson, Summerville, Rodrigo.

Subs: Ayling, Firpo, Klaesson, Llorente, Gnonto, Gelhardt, Greenwood, Klich, Fernandez.

Bournemouth XI: Travers, Smith, Mepham, Senesi, Fredericks, Cook, Lerma, Billing, Tavernier, Solanke, Moore.

Subs: Stephens, Christie, Rothwell, Stacey, Stanislas, Pearson, Anthony, Zemura, Plain.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, Grealish, Alvarez.

Subs: Ortega, Dias, Haaland, Laporte, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Ream, Diop, Robinson, Reed, Pereira, Palhinha, Wilson, Willian, Vinicius.

Subs: Rodak, Kurzawa, Adarabioyo, Duffy, Cairney, James, Onomah, Mbabu, Harris.


Nottingham Forest XI: Henderson, Aurier, Cook, Williams, Gibbs-White, Johnson, Kouyate, Yates, Freuler, Dennis, McKenna.

Subs: Hennessey, Worrall, Mangala, Awoniyi, Lingard, O’Brien, Surridge, Boly, Lodi.

Brentford XI: Raya, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Dasilva, Wissa, Mee, Mbuemo, Lewis-Potter, Janelt, Roerslev.

Subs: Cox, Canos, Zanka, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Damsgaard, Crama, Trevitt, Yarmoliuk.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Semedo, Collins, Kilman, Bueno, B. Traore, Neves, Guedes, Moutinho, Podence, Hee-Chan.

Subs: Sarkic, Ait-Nouri, Mosquera, Jonny, Ronan, A. Traore, Hodge, Fraser, Griffiths.

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Gross, Webster, Dunk, Estupinan, Caicedo, Mac Allister, March, Lallana, Mitoma, Trossard.

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Colwill, Welbeck, Sarmiento, Enciso, Undav, Gilmour, Veltman.


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  1. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Pep on Haaland. 'He is feeling better; he could play, but he's not in the perfect situation. He's on the bench in case we need him.'

    Will he get minutes? 'We'll see. The game will dictate.'

    Miss him? 'Of course, he is an important player. He is our top scorer.'

    https://twitter.com/BenDinnery/status/1588905129277030401

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Cameo 1pter would be best

  2. JoeSoap
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    No mention of FPL crashing.

    1. gart888
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah, surely that's a top story in the FPL world today...

      1. JoeSoap
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Don't want to talk about it. They earn a living from it.

        1. Les Bleus
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Completely agree. Everyone saying "it's a free game, deal with it" don't know how business works.

          1. Eze Really?
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            We are click bait.

  3. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    (C)ancelo captain anyone else?

    1. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Ah!! Another man of culture!!

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Guess superficially it’s better than Haaland (c) Salah (vc) but we’ll see

    2. Il Capitano
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I tried but it didn't go through, hopefully Haaland isn't needed

  4. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Correct response from FPL would be to both extend the deadlines to kick-off so everyone has access to the early line-ups and to invest in their site so that it doesn't crash during the now inevitable surges of activity across the season.

    If they don't do both then the problem will not only continue but get worse as more people play the game and play the game seriously.

    And actually apologising for the shambles of a site they currently have wouldn't hurt either, as opposed to just putting out aggravating "guess who's on the bench?" tweets.

    Because these problems are entirely on them for letting an already obvious issue continue getting worse over the last several years. It's not like this is the first sign we've had that the site struggles to cope with the amount of traffic they now get. And it was also them who decided to take the backwards step of moving the deadline in the wrong direction, seemingly neither understanding the people playing their game nor how the actual internet itself works.

    It's not fun investing time in a game when the people running it (and making advertising money from it) don't particularly seem to care about it.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Extend the deadline as the first kick off . Agreed 100%

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah I am with you get the deadline = kick off time!

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I stop paying because of the constant gambling rammed down punters throats.

      Imagine paying £36 for a broken service?

      1. TheTinman
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        I agree with the sentiment on gambling, but FFS and FPL have no links. Your £36 goes nowhere near FPL towers

    4. Shultan
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Agree 100% All other major fantasy games have deadline that match 1st kickoff including NFL.
      Why they deliberately cause this chaos is baffling

    5. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      If you push the deadline out to KO then the servers won’t crash as everybody has an hour to make their changes, Fixes the problem for everybody.

      1. sully29
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Even if they push the deadline to kick-off, they will still need to improve their site. Partially because crashes will still happen, partly because they site will be updating for half the opening game otherwise. It's about doing both.

    6. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      >putting out aggravating "guess who's on the bench?" tweets

      Thought you were joking lol
      https://twitter.com/OfficialFPL/status/1588894560779894784?s=20&t=n-SLFXf8-4FjJNukS754vw

      1. sully29
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Bhuna couldn't have done a better troll job.

  5. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    EO% anyone?

    1. gart888
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Haaland is at 160%. Hope he comes in for a 1 pointer even though I'm starting him.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Haaland 150% KDB 60% -ish?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Praying for cameo then

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Reposting:
      Top 10k EO:
      Haaland 159%
      Trippier 96%
      Cancelo 89%
      De Bruyne 80%
      Martinelli 77%
      Almirón 64%
      Jesus 50%
      Kane 46%
      Pope 36%
      Rashford 31%
      Trossard 31%
      Dalot 30%
      Wilson 29%
      Salah 23%
      Saliba 23%
      Foden 21%
      Zaha 18%
      Saka 17%
      Mitrović 14%
      Maddison 13%
      Castagne 10%

      Captaincy:
      Haaland 66%
      De Bruyne 20%
      Cancelo 3%
      Salah 2%
      Almirón 1%
      Kane 1%

      Content creators league captaincy:
      De Bruyne 33%
      Haaland 22%
      Salah 16%
      Álvarez 11%
      Cancelo 9%
      Wilson 4%
      Bowen 2%

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks

      2. Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        City 0-0 Fulham at HT is the best case scenario

  6. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Give me the best football shows please.

    Compensate the FPL shambles! Enjoy everyone ... 😉

    1. gart888
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Sunderland Till I Die, and its not even close.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        depends who you're asking. I'm a Sunderland fan and can't bring myself to watch season 2.

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Ted Lasso

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Friday Night Lights.

    4. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Welcome to Wrexham on Disney Plus

  7. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    I cannot believe it. My team has had a Free hit taken!!!! Is there anything I can do?

    I was trying to make some transfers with the app but kept crashing but my free hit was taken?

    Much appreciated

    Russell Baker

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      This was at 1.15pm onwards.

      Russ

    2. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      What are you expecting them to do ? It’s a free game run on a shoestring unfortunately.

  8. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    It's just a game...

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Indeed

  9. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    https://users.premierleague.com/accounts/manage/

    Delete account here guys.

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Elite managers don't quit or complain.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Did your moves go through?

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        No.. When alvarez qmd kdb go crazy i swear i'm deleting my account

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          🙁

  10. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Haaland (c) fail

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      VC?

      Might not appear if City are comfortable.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Salah, so it's 1 point or 2 anyway

  11. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    I'm probably the only one with Martinelli (c) around these parts. Yay, go me!

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      By choice or due to the grace of fpl towers?

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Leeds pen

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Already? Bamford?

  13. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    FYI to change captains on app here is the trick in case site goes down next week:

    https://twitter.com/lateriser12/status/1588885253967732736?s=20&t=T8k6L1y1MwvTdqdUnr1qNg
    Make the change, close player tab and close the app

    I kept trying to click confirm and it reset the captaincy back each time

  14. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    any rough story on captaincy fell because of site crashing?

  15. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rodrigo pen...scores for Leeds

  16. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Goal leeds

  17. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Pen Leeds Rodrigo G

  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rodrigo goal

  19. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Instead of cheering on a foden,haaland hattrick goalfest,
    its now transformed into hoping for a 0-0...

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      That would be perfect

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    summerville 4.4m

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Out of season assist.

  22. Scalper
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rodrigo C already paying off 🙂

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      😮

    2. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Did it on a FanTeam as a hail mary, good start.

    3. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Aaah it's you. Nice

  23. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Taking out KDB on WC13 was inspired having Foden instead.

  24. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Summervillleeeeeeee

  25. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rodrigo on his goalscoring sprees again

  26. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Pereira YC

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      The week I need him desperately, he will get 1 or 0 points

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        same

  27. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Saw someone on here with Rodrigo C. Well done

  28. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hope Fulham win! 😀

  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    OMG Tavenier

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      The promised one!

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Goals in the most pointless game

  30. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Taviner G

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Lol autocorrect