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Southampton v Manchester City brings a busy day of Premier League football to a close.

Kick-off at St Mary’s is at 17:30 BST.

There’s only one place to start with the team news and that’s with the visitors, who are able to include Erling Haaland in a starting line-up for the first time since mid-March.

He replaces Julian Alvarez up top for the reigning champions, who go full strength for this evening’s game.

That much-anticipated change in attack is the only one that Pep Guardiola has made from the 4-1 win over Liverpool.

By contrast, Southampton boss Ruben Selles has made four alterations from the side defeated by West Ham United last Sunday.

In come Armel Bella-Kotchap, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Carlos Alcaraz and Kamaldeen Sulemana as Duje Caleta-Car, Romain Perraud, Stuart Armstrong and Sekou Mara drop to the bench.

Haaland was the most-bought player of Gameweek 30, with the removal of his flag on Friday helping him on his way to not far off 590,000 transfers in.

GAMEWEEK 30 LINE-UPS

Southampton XI: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Maitland-Niles, Alcaraz, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Elyounoussi, Walcott, Sulemana.

Subs: McCarthy, Caleta-Car, Onuachu, Perraud, Armstrong, Mara, Djenepo, Edozie, Diallo.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Stones, Rodri, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Walker, Phillips, Laporte, Alvarez, Silva, Gomez, Palmer, Lewis.



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  1. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland booked for being fouled.

    1. Fintroy
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Pleases....

  2. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Just fantastic cheers Haaland

  3. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Stones off before 60

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

    Rashford captainers win!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Salah cappers?

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Kane 😎

  5. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pebbles & Mahrez off

  6. dshv
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    5 of my players are with YC, EHAT THE FOOOK YOU DOING ??

  7. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Welp, Botman for Stones worked out well.

  8. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    English refs really need to sort themselves out…. They are shockingly bad, it’s just embarrassing at this point in the best league in the world

    1. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You obviously haven't seen much of other refs in other leagues tbh.

      1. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Right, but that’s kind of my point. The other leagues have much less funding, much less quality, not as many people watching, yet English refs are still so poor.

        There’s a reason all the UCL refs aren’t British… (bar one or two)

        1. George Sillett
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Spain , Italy ?

          1. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Please actually read my comment. The premier league has by far the most money in it, yet the refs are exactly the same as those in Spain and Italy.

        2. George Sillett
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          There are some woeful refs in both these leagues , trust me. There's always going to be a mixed bag wherever you look. I don't think that the PL refs are any better or worse than any other leagues

  9. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish goal

    1. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Oh yes!

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Boo

    3. djman102
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      1 week to early for me

  10. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish G

    No A

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      KDB fantastic pass

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

    Told you Watkins would outscore him

  12. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Can’t wait to buy Grealish

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

      Maddison to grealish now surely?

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Wouldn’t do it right now

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      …and ruin him

  13. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    2 nil Manchester City

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Grealish scores off the save from his shot

      He's loving himself

  14. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    They'll wreck Leicester

  15. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish!!!

  16. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Yep. Should have done Bruno > Grealish as I originally wanted. Ah well.

  17. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish will be very popular next week now with Rashford injury/Maddison uselessness

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

    Rashford to Grealish overload!!!

  19. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Well taken by Grealish.

  20. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Of course it’s Grealish

  21. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish(c) 😀

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Congrats took off to Rash at last minute

  22. ggfussball
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bought him and Haaland in this week, lovely stuff indeed

  23. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pep can rest Erling now

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      give it 50 secs

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      And Gremlich

  24. djman102
    • 17 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Surprise...VAR check for offside

    1. djman102
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Goal given

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Well on

  25. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Whoooo Grealish g stands 🙂

    Mega differential

  26. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Yay Grealish
    Boo Stones ( punt didn’t pay off )

  27. Total Foot 5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish get in, -4 paying off for transfer

    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      yep same got him and big H

      1. Total Foot 5
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Money

  28. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Brought in both goalscorers happy days repaying the hit

  29. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Grealish lad!

    1. Fintroy
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Also wipes off Harland BPs 🙂

      1. Supersonic_
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Exactly!

        Pep needs to rest him immediately

  30. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    10 more mins for Haaland then.