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15 April 2023 761 comments
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The next match of Gameweek 31 takes place at the Etihad Stadium, where Manchester City host Leicester City in the 17:30 GMT kick-off.

It’s a clash of contrasting fortunes, as Pep Guardiola’s champions are on five successive victories in their quest to chase down Arsenal but the freefalling Foxes are winless in eight and deep in relegation trouble.

This sits in-between both Champions League quarter-finals with Bayern Munich, so Guardiola has made three changes to the line-up from last Saturday’s 4-1 win at Southampton.

There are starts for Erling Haaland (£12.2m), Jack Grealish (£7.2m), Kevin De Bruyne (£12.1m) and former Leicester wizard Riyad Mahrez (£7.3m), with places on the bench for Nathan Ake (£5.1m) and Manuel Akanji (£5.0m).

Furthermore, midfielder Bernardo Silva (£6.7m) comes in for Ilkay Gundogan (£7.3m). An appendix injury keeps Phil Foden (£8.0m) away from proceedings.

For his first match in charge, Dean Smith has made four changes to the Leicester line-up. Youri Tielemans (£6.1m) is back from an ankle problem and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (£4.9m) returns from suspension, as Caglar Soyuncu (£4.2m) and Harry Souttar (£4.5m) are given the nod.

Without a clean sheet since Gameweek 16, it looks like the Foxes have used Harvey Barnes‘ (£6.7m) injury to revert to a back five.

James Maddison (£8.1m) starts, with Daniel Iversen (£3.8m) still preferred in goal.

GAMEWEEK 31 LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Laporte; Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo; Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish

Subs: Ortega, Ake, Akanji, Gomez, Lewis, Phillips, Gundogan, Palmer, Alvarez

Leicester City XI: Iversen; Castagne, Soyuncu, Souttar, Faes, Kristiansen; Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndidi, Maddison; Vardy

Subs: Ward, Amartey, Thomas, Mendy, Praet, Marcal-Madivadua, Tete, Iheanacho, Daka

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  1. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Nacho on for Vardy

  2. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Haaland subbed

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Haaland fail

  4. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Alvarez and akanj on
    Haaland and stones off

  5. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Stones subbed

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Ake no show then

  7. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Fuxk off Pep let the man play

  8. Danstoke82
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Damn Haaland subbed off at half time

    1. It's Fergie Time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      I said he would be off at HT

  9. Scalper
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Haaland off

  10. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    fekk off pep

  11. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Ffs pep

  12. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Yeah, I'll just get Ederson in GW34 😀

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      As a former Ederson owner...it's not fun.

  13. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Off: Stones and Haaland
    On: Akanji and Alvarez

  14. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    I hate Pep so much

  15. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Pep being Pep. Arghhh

  16. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Akanji on, Az mudded

    1. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      no wait, Ake

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

    Stones and Haaland off

  18. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Pep is a fraud

  19. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Come on Grealish

  20. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Watkins wins

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Mahrez' time to shine!

  22. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Mahrez on pens at least

  23. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Grealish on pens with no Haaland? 😉

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      Mahrez

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      Mahrez or Gundo if he comes on

  24. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    This was always going to happen.
    Go 3-0 up, rest key players for CL.
    At least Haaland got a brace.

  25. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Haaland still gets 12 points so that’s pretty good for a captain. Don’t actually blame Pep for substituting him. Makes football sense.

  26. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Haaland will keep bps or it kills that prospect?

    1. dansmusen
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      Lots of CS for City so no Baps for Haaland

      1. dansmusen
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 days ago

        Oh he has 50

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      Yeah he’ll keep bps unless KDB goes wild

    3. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      Depends on how many more goals go in

  27. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    Surely Grealish needs a rest

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 days ago

      He spends half the time on the floor during games. That’s his rest

  28. sirmorbach
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    F— you, you bald fraud.

  29. AlternativeB
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 days ago

    FH GW32 or 34?
    Got 1 FT for next round

    Current Team:

    Kepa, (Raya),
    Trippier, Estupinan, Zinchenko (Henry, Toti)
    Fernandes, Mitoma, Martinelli, Grealish, (Maddison)
    Håland, Watkins, Kane.

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

    Desperately need a Castagne goal and assist asap

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

      Especially with Haaland off