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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. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Good lord! WOW!

  2. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    OH MY LORD WAHT A GOAL CAPITAN!!!!!!

  3. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    What a goal!

  4. NikKaiseR
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Wow...

  5. Total Foot 5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Anybody tc hauland?

  6. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Haaland subbed

  7. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Haaland subbed

  8. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Proper Zlatan finish

    1. artvandelay316
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      They should just change the word to "Zlatan".

  9. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Grealish incredible, again.

  10. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    How is he SO good!?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Genes

  11. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Hal off

  12. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Might sneak back in the baps with that one.

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      He better fricking get baps after Watkins got 2

  13. artvandelay316
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Amazing! I have Grealish and Haaland (C)!!!!!

  14. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    That's a special goal from Haaland.

  15. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Pep is so fecking annoying. Just let him play ffs

  16. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Ugh need to get the big boy back

  17. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Sub him now please Pep as I haven’t captained

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      he's gone Uncle

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 days ago

        Thanks Pep!

  18. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Phew! In the nick of time too.

  19. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    What a player.

    Destined to beat Ronaldo's goalscoring record.

  20. Bielsa's Bucket
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Thank fook I didn't captain Rashford

  21. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Thanks Captain!!!

  22. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Oh yeah pro sub him, makes sense, clown

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 days ago

      Pep

  23. ZimZalabim
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Finally someone passed to poor Erling

  24. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    CAPTAIN FAIL!

  25. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    shinned it a bit

    rest well deserved

  26. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Cotton wool time, think that finish suggests groin ok

  27. Scalper
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Ahh haaland here to ruin my weekend. Can’t even be mad honestly, amazing goal

  28. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Would love to bring grealish in but now isn't the time

  29. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    HAULAND (C) off - no worries. You’ve done your job.

  30. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 days ago

    Back to 200% EO from here on