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2 May 2025 555 comments
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Gameweek 35 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway at the Etihad Stadium, where there is some interesting team news for both Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Erling Haaland (£14.8m) makes a much-anticipated return to the hosts’ matchday squad, while captaincy candidates Omar Marmoush (£7.6m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£9.4m) both start.

The latter was an unused substitute in last Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final, a victory that Savinho (£6.2m) played most of. However, for the fourth time in five league matches, the Brazilian is named on Man City’s bench. A place where Phil Foden (£9.1m) remains.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Ederson (£5.3m) is back from a hip injury that’s kept him sidelined since Gameweek 32.

Opponents Wolves have won six consecutive league outings but are forced into one change. A slight groin strain rules out centre-forward Jorgen Strand Larsen (£5.4m), replaced by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (£4.9m).

That means Gameweek 34’s double-digit heroes Matheus Cunha (£7.0m), Rayan Ait-Nouri (£5.0m) and Jose Sa (£4.4m) all start, as expected.


GAMEWEEK 35 LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Kovacic, Gundogan; Bernardo, De Bruyne, Doku; Marmoush

Subs: Ortega, Akanji, Lewis, Grealish, Nico, Savinho, Foden, McAtee, Haaland

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa; Doherty, Agbadou, Toti; Semedo, Joao Gomes, Andre, Ait-Nouri; Munetsi, Bellegarde; Cunha

Subs: Bentley, Bueno, Doyle, Djiga, Sarabia, Hwang, Gomes, Guedes, Lima

FPL team previews – Liverpool: Best players, predicted XI + more

FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Doku is all fart and no poo.

    1. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      More like poo

    2. Benedict_Alexander_Arnold
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 16 days ago

      A 7 on the Bristol Scale

  2. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Eh why has Haaland not come on yet?

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Why have you got him "in one of your teams " ?
      Only joking

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Nah waste of money

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Strange

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Pep mind games

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Wolves probably looking forward to him coming on lol

    4. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Keep him getting adjusted back from injury
      plan against Southampton (A)

  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    gvardiol is doing well in the bps

  4. McGurn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    City are so boring now. What happened? How can losing a holding (albeit brilliant) midfielder change a team.so much?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Spine of the whole team

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Was a bit like how no Makelele for Chelsea had a big effect

      2. McGurn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Who else have they lost this season but Rodri? I don't just mean this game but all season.

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Must be a bit like in the back of their minds they feel more free flowing to attack knowing someone as good as Rodri has their back

          1. McGurn
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            11 months, 17 days ago

            Yeah get that. But a team.like.City should be able.to cope. Fair point though

        2. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Haaland had a couple injuries, KDB all year

          Foden is on milk cartons

          That’s their 4 best players…

          I guess Ederson has missed a few also

          1. McGurn
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            11 months, 17 days ago

            KdB gone next year anyway. Haaland and Foden fit for most of the season but ineffective. I understand all the "reasons" but still.odd to me. Cheers all

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      too many players that value possession of the ball over progression of the ball

      1. McGurn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Yes. I used to love Bernado as a player but now is just nothing but a sidewise player. Likewise Gundo and KdB although I get the age thing

    3. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Impetus

    4. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Holding midfielders are often the most important part of the whole puzzle.
      Chelsea dropped off as soon as Kante left.
      Matic at Chelsea was also very very important for the whole team to click

      1. The Suspended One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Modric at spurs

  5. Rwilliams90
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Really could do with this City clean sheet. 17 points from Gvardiol and Guardiola as it stands.

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Isn’t AM fun

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Do you get extra points on am for cs?

        1. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Just 2

          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 11 Years
            11 months, 17 days ago

            Cheers

        2. Rwilliams90
          • 14 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Yeah 2 I think. Would be 5 lost with draw as well.

        3. ChelseaGuy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Yes, 2 points

      2. Rwilliams90
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        I've despised it up until now!

        1. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          I was Howe/Howe/Arteta, carried me with green arrows without needing to WC/FH/BB like the rest

      3. Benedict_Alexander_Arnold
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 16 days ago

        Have always preferred PM

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Doku is literally hogging everything and basically just doing the same old crap over and over

    Marmoush hardly touched it as city obsessed with giving it to doku even though the majority of his attacking work has been useless

  7. TOLV TUMS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Happy to have avoided the Marmoush (c) trap - opted for the Mbuemo (c) trap instead, can’t wait

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Yes and Saka will start and brace.

      1. TOLV TUMS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Should be exactly what happens

    2. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      At least you can get a clean sheet point too.

    3. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      I played safe & boring with Salah
      Really thought it was strange that Marmoush was top of the captain poll .
      No problem with Mbuemo just depended on what Man Utd turned up
      Really fancied KdB but was uncertain over minutes .

  8. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Need one more from KDB

  9. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Haaland not getting mins here makes him hard to punt on next GW I guess. Could be a leak though, it's first game of GW.

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      He will get some before the cup final id imagine

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Doubt less than 10 minutes would make a difference tbh

    3. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Pep knows he's going to play TC on him v Southampton

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Marmoush fail

  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    marmoush and kev off 🙁

    feel free to score now Wolves

  12. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    egyptain jacob murphy off

  13. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    The timing

  14. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Foden, Lewis, Mcatee on

    Marmoosh, KDB, Gundo off

  15. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Goodnight Marmoush captainers.
    Enjoy the looooong weekend.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Cheeky lol...

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Can't laugh too hard. Just makes the one time I did captain him insanely lucky. He should have bagged points again today!

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Feel refreshed having Mateta (C) so I can enjoy it in full 😆

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Boring Salah in other

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        BOOM!

  16. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Moosh massive fail again. He has really fluffed his opportunity to shine in robot's absence.

    1. Eightball
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      I'm getting rid next week for Wood I think.

  17. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Any chance of a Munoz or Kiwior no show?

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Slim to none

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        So there's a chance...Diaz stinking up my bench

        1. La Roja
          • 14 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Diaz hasn’t played yet you nutter

          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            11 months, 17 days ago

            *Dias lol

            1. La Roja
              • 14 Years
              11 months, 17 days ago

              I knew it. Yet had to wind you up

              1. Jafooli
                • 14 Years
                11 months, 17 days ago

              2. Jafooli
                • 14 Years
                11 months, 17 days ago

                How's your season? I'm at 800k lol...

                1. McGurn
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  11 months, 17 days ago

                  Yeah it's been a tough one this yeah! Good luck for the rest of it.

  18. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Dodged a bullet not capping Marm

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      How many did?

      1. _Ninja_
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Only 17%

        Boomo 41%
        Salah 16%

        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Ta, Isak?

          1. _Ninja_
            • 15 Years
            11 months, 17 days ago

            13.2%

            1. g40steve
              • 8 Years
              11 months, 17 days ago

              Differential 🙂

      2. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        23

  19. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Here he is!

  20. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    22 pts good from Kev cap?

    1. Eightball
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Lets wait and see what Salah and Mbuemo do.

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      yea definitely. to feel bad about it would need the other popular options to get 3+ attacking returns

    3. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Yes well done

    4. HadiSLIM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      yeppppp. here by mistake... wanted to cap Isak but there was a fight at our bbq so i missed the deadline xd

    5. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Definitely. City just not clicking to expect too many goals. Take it and run with it

    6. McGurn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Great return. Better than my 4!

  21. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Cunha off

    Hwang on

  22. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Cunha off

    Result locked

  23. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Worst possible outcome with Marmoush, Cunha and Ait Nouri

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      No. Nouri should have had a red

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        This

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Yeah I benched RAN but Gvardiol, Cunha and Marmoush (C) is a horrible start to the gw

  24. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Horrible start to the gw

    Can't wait for the season to be over

  25. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Blatant red card tackle by Wolves.

    Minimum yc.

    Commentators not even allowed these days to call out such a poor ref decision.

  26. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Hwang on mate

    1. McGurn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Love it. I suspect you have done this one before though lol

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        It was my team name couple of your ago

        1. McGurn
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Nice

  27. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Sean Dyche would be proud of Pep, it's like Burnley 17/18 season. Zero attacking interest...

  28. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    First wolves loss since February

  29. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Marmoush to Wood loading...

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      This

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        That’s easy move

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Not b4 southampton surely?

      1. mixology
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        These are the decisions that frustrate me. Keep hold for that upcoming green fixture. Player still blanks. But it’d be foolish to transfer him out, I agree

      2. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Wood v Leicester at home
        Haaland lurking for City

      3. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Haaland in if fit to start

      4. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Wood has Leicester?

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      If we get word Haaland starts he is gone

    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      might wait a gw and get evanilson for 37 + 38

    5. Eightball
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      I'm doing this I think. Still have AM so probably going to do it on pep.

  30. JBG
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 17 days ago

    Marmoush CS secured, get in! It's the small victories

    1. McGurn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 17 days ago

      Erm

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        11 months, 17 days ago

        Exactly

        1. McGurn
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          11 months, 17 days ago

          Apologies I missed the joke