Man City v Liverpool team news: Haaland out, Gakpo a sub

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.2m	117.4%	Very Likely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	94.6%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	94.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	94.1%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	83.8%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	81.4%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	80.4%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	76.6%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	75.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	75.1%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.9m	71.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	73.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	69.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	68.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.0%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	65.3%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	65.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	63.1%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	60.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	60.7%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	57.8%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.0%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	54.5%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	55.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	52.9%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	49.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	48.5%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	46.3%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	45.9%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	45.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	43.6%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	43.3%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	43.1%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	42.5%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	42.8%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	40.4%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	39.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.6%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	102.2%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	102.1%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	101.4%	Very Likely
March	BHA	5.8m	101.4%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.2%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	101.0%	Very Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.6%	Very Likely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	100.6%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.6%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.4%	Very Likely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	99.8%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	99.4%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	98.2%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	97.6%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	97.1%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	96.9%	Maybe
Doucouré	CRY	4.9m	95.3%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	95.1%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.0%	Maybe
Isidor	SUN	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	94.2%	Unlikely
James	LEE	5.3m	94.4%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.5%	Unlikely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	93.5%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	93.3%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	92.8%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	92.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	91.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	90.8%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	90.3%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	89.4%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	88.2%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	87.7%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	86.9%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	87.5%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	85.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

Dugout Discussion

Man City v Liverpool team news: Haaland out, Gakpo a sub

23 February 2025 660 comments

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The final Premier League fixture of the day is a huge match at the Etihad Stadium.

Bringing Gameweek 26 to a close, Manchester City v Liverpool kicks off at 16:30 GMT.

Pep Guardiola makes three changes to the side who beat Newcastle United 4-0 last time out.

Nathan Ake, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku all come in, with Ilkay Gundogan dropping to the bench and John Stones and Erling Haaland injured.

As for Liverpool, Arne Slot makes just one alteration.

Luis Diaz replaces Diogo Jota up front, as Cody Gakpo makes his return as a substitute.

LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, Gvardiol, De Bruyne, Gonzalez, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Marmoush

Subs: Ortega, Reis, Dias, Gundogan, Bernardo, Grealish, Nunes, Kovacic, McAtee

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Jones, Diaz

Subs: Kelleher, Quansah, Tsimikas, Elliott, Endo, Darwin, Gakpo, Jota, Chiesa

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Mr. O'Connell
10 months, 4 days ago
What's a par score this week? 70 will be a sizeable red I assume
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1. The FPL Units
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Looking that way
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  1. Mr. O'Connell
    10 months, 4 days ago
    Standard. cheers.
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2. have you seen cyan
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Probably 86 or something close.
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  1. Andy_Social
    10 months, 4 days ago
    I got 89 and a teeny-tiny green, so 87-88.
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  2. FFS ManU
    10 months, 4 days ago
    86 for me on LiveFPL.
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3. bitm2007
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Mid 80's at decent ranks.
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4. OneTeamInBristol
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Ended up on 105 and an 100k green to 100k rank. Best gameweek of the season.
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ShaunGoater123
10 months, 4 days ago
Watkins & Roger’s > cunha & Bowen -4?
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1. The Red Devil
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Doing it for free, i guess even for a hit it should be fine unless you have decent bench cover for Rogers
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Evasivo
10 months, 4 days ago
Any better option for Rogers > Bowen?
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1. Andy_Social
  10 months, 4 days ago
  I'm waiting to see if BOU was a blip. If so, i'll get rid of Rog in the BGW.
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2. Sun Jihai
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Chelsea mid maybe with the next two fixtures e.g. Neto, Nkunku
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  1. Evasivo
    10 months, 4 days ago
    I have Palmer Salah Mbuemo already
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The Red Devil
10 months, 4 days ago
So basically a 6 point swing for me with slot vs glasner (as glasner would've been a hit) hopefully make it up on the field
Thinking of a punt on Bowen
But damn! Pool could've easily scored a couple more
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thepancakeman123
10 months, 4 days ago
1FT, 1.1m in the bank. Would you roll or get a defender in?

Alisson
Trent, Colwill, Konsa
Salah, Palmer, Mbeumo, Semenyo
Isak, Cunha, Wissa

Fabianski, Rogers, Davis, Mykolenko
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The Red Devil
10 months, 4 days ago
Rogers to Kluivert or Bowen? Tempted by Bowen due to Leicester fixture
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1. Evasivo
  10 months, 4 days ago
  My rival has Kluivert, hence me leaning to Bowen
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  1. Tazah
    10 months, 4 days ago
    So even if you think kluivert will score more, your going to go for Bowen just because of your rival?
    
    Just pick who gets you the most points
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    1. Evasivo
      10 months, 4 days ago
      No, I think they’re both good options
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  2. The Red Devil
    10 months, 4 days ago
    Do you have Dango?
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tbos83
10 months, 4 days ago
Scraped into the top 100k 🙂
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1. Bobby Digital
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Nice
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2. WVA
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Scraped into top 2k hopefully!
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Jullepuu
10 months, 4 days ago
Wood to Cunha? Gonna bring Wood back on WC30
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F4L
10 months, 4 days ago
Any Haaland owners left? Are you selling now, given the injury looks more serious than it initially looked like
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1. Andy_Social
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Spuds next. If he's fit even Haaland can score in that fixture.
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2. Tazah
  10 months, 4 days ago
  No way there's people still with haaland, I refuse to believe this
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3. Salarrivederci
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Keeping. Beto had me covered this GW. Odango will cover next if needed.
  Really need Haaland for 29!
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4. bitm2007
  10 months, 4 days ago
  I tempted to bring in for GW29 and keep for DGW33 if City progress in cup, and captain those 2 GWs and GW30.
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5. Hazz
  10 months, 4 days ago
  https://x.com/FPLMaineRoad/status/1893679438040060285?t=ijmNNOhTJsyYDD6_3vluxg&s=19
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  1. Salarrivederci
    10 months, 4 days ago
    Perfect!
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6. Els365
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Is the in jury serious? Hopefully not because i sold Isak for Haaland after deadline.
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  1. F4L
    10 months, 4 days ago
    hope not
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7. F4L
  10 months, 4 days ago
  thanks all
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8. Crunchie
  10 months, 4 days ago
  When Marmoush played with Haaland against Newcastle, he was definitely running off Haaland. I may go Palmer to Foden and play Marmoush gw30
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  1. Crunchie
    10 months, 4 days ago
    And 29 if I free hit or not
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ididnt
10 months, 4 days ago
Ndiaye > Wood or Cunha.

Wood seems dull but almost never blanks it seems and not owning him has hurt my rank recently.
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1. Els365
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Have you considered Wissa. Guy looks deadlier than Mbeumo in terms of goal threat
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Salarrivederci
10 months, 4 days ago
The two most ‘nailed’ Chelsea defenders?

Colwill and Cucurella ?
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1. Hazz
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Yeah but don't bother.
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  1. Salarrivederci
    10 months, 4 days ago
    I’ll g’et BOTH !
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Shark Team
10 months, 4 days ago
Playing Castagne(1) over Munoz(13) is tough to take but it's part of the game, we move on with another green arrow thanks to Slot AM
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1. Els365
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Castagne has been a pain to own. I do not even know what to do with him anymore.
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  1. Shark Team
    10 months, 4 days ago
    I will start him in blank gw 29 then drop on WC
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Atimis
10 months, 4 days ago
Gakpo to Cunha and bench Isak or keep Gakpo?

Pick
TAA/Gab/Munoz
Salah/Palmer/Mbeumo/Kluivert/Dango
Wood/(Isak/Gakpo)

Fab/(Isak/Gakpo)/Hall/Greaves
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1. tbos83
  10 months, 4 days ago
  I'd never bench Isak
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  1. Atimis
    10 months, 4 days ago
    It’s Pool away so that one game if any
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2. sunzip14
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Wood to Cunha not an option?
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  1. Biggsy
    10 months, 4 days ago
    I wouldn't. He's got Ipswich in 29 - that's captain material with Salah blanking
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    1. Hazz
      10 months, 4 days ago
      I agree I wouldn't sell Wood, but I reckon they will captain Cunha instead, so captaincy maybe taken out of the equation. Will still be damaging if he's other people's captains against you and you don't even own him though!
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    2. Atimis
      10 months, 4 days ago
      Yeah my thinking
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Manani
10 months, 4 days ago
decided to use my FT to get Slot > Arteta instead of Rogers > Mbeumo

that was painful
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1. NZREDS
  10 months, 4 days ago
  Same, went slot to arterta, what a shocking decision
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  1. Baps Hunter
    10 months, 4 days ago
    Yes... Huge failure.
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sunzip14
10 months, 4 days ago
Yes or no? for 3FTs.

Wood + Rogers + Emery> Cunha + Bowen + Pereira
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1. Hazz
  10 months, 4 days ago
  No need to sell Wood. Other two moves I don't mind.
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  1. Rupert The Horse
    10 months, 4 days ago
    This
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  2. sunzip14
    10 months, 4 days ago
    Thank you
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Rupert The Horse
10 months, 4 days ago
NEW ARTICLE POSTED

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2025/02/23/fpl-notes-bruno-inspires-dorgu-threat-beto-scores-again?hc_sort_by=comment_date&hc_page=-1&notify=no#hc_comment_27091543
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WVA
10 months, 4 days ago
A. Rogers to Bowen LEI
B. Gakpo to Cunha FUL
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1. Bobby Digital
  10 months, 4 days ago
  A
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2. Jet5605
  10 months, 4 days ago
  A
  
  LEI are useless
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Bobby Digital
10 months, 4 days ago
Team GTG? Correct subs?

Pickford
TAA Gabriel Munoz
Salah Palmer Mbeumo Kluivert
Wood Isak Cunha

Stolar Rogers Robinson Kerkez

Did Ndiaye to Cunha already before Cunha rose in price.
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1. thepancakeman123
  10 months, 4 days ago
  GTG
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BusbySwede
10 months, 4 days ago
Would you sell Gakpo or Isak this gw for Cunha?
Isak with Liverpool & West Ham away and Gakpo with Newcastle and Southampton at home, but will Gakpo get the start against Southampton?
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Egg noodle
10 months, 4 days ago
Is there an AM route that felt sensible but didn't work out? I know Arteta is one. But I'm curious if there was something that didn't work out across 3 gameweeks
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