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Gameweek 37 comes to a conclusion this evening with two more Premier League matches.

Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City v Bournemouth both get underway at 20:00 BST.

The match at Selhurst Park is a bit of a dead rubber, but the other fixture is of huge importance in the race for the Champions League – if Pep Guardiola’s side win or draw at the Etihad, they move up to third.

Above image from BBC Sport

Guardiola makes four changes to his line-up.

Ederson, Matheus Nunes, Mateo Kovacic and Ilkay Gundogan come in, with Stefan Ortega, Nico O’Reilly, Savinho and Jeremy Doku ousted.

Kevin De Bruyne starts in his final home match for City, while Rodri makes his eagerly anticipated return from injury as a substitute.

As for Bournemouth, two changes see Julian Araujo and Justin Kluivert replace Adam Smith and Alex Scott.

At Selhurst Park, Oliver Glasner has made six alterations to his starting XI.

Joel Ward, Ben Chilwell, Jefferson Lerma, Will Hughes, Romain Esse and Eddie Nketiah all come into the team.

Tyrick Mitchell, Daichi Kamada, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta are benched, while Marc Guehi and Adam Wharton are unavailable.

Wolves boss Vitor Pereira also makes six changes, bringing in Dan Bentley, Nasser Djiga, Rodrigo Gomes, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Pablo Sarabia and Jorgen Strand Larsen.

Jose Sa is missing from the squad altogether, while Matt Doherty, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Marshall Munetsi and Matheus Cunha are substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Ward, Lacroix, Richards, Munoz, Lerma, Hughes, Chilwell, Sarr, Esse, Nketiah

Subs: Turner, Mitchell, Eze, Franca, Mateta, Clyne, Kamada, Devenny, Kporha

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Bentley, Djiga, Agbadou, Toti, R Gomes, Andre, Bellegarde, Ait-Nouri, Sarabia, Guedes, Strand Larsen

Subs: King, Doherty, Bueno, Munetsi, J Gomes, Cunha, Hwang, Semedo, Lima


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Marmoush, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Ake, Grealish, Doku, Gonzalez, Rodri, Foden, Bobb, O’Reilly

Bournemouth XI: Kepa, Araujo, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson

Subs: Dennis, Senesi, Brooks, Smith, Soler, Jebbison, Silcott-Duberry, Akinmboni, Winterburn

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  1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Need a Bournemouth goal

    1. DeSelby
      • 3 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      No thank you.

  2. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Esse having a great game, good to see

  3. JBG
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    I guess both Eze and Cunha are a sell now.

    1. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Think it's Cunha to either Evanilson or Watkins (-4) for me.

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        Eze to Bowen or Cunha to Evanilson for me.

        Maybe both for a -4 and bench Salad.

  4. fusen
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Played Isak, my bench order -

    Munoz, Sarr, Milenkovic

    Typical... 😐

  5. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    What to do? I've got 1FT + 1.3M ITB.

    Raya
    Gvardiol Williams Munoz
    Salah Mbuemo KDB Rogers
    Watkins Wissa Isak

    Areola Sarr Livramento Kiwior

    A) Sarr and Isak to Saka and Evanilson -4pts and bench Rogers
    B) KDB to Saka
    C) Sarr, KDB and Isak to Bowen, Saka and Evanilson -8pts
    D) Something else

    1. ICE POLE CALMER
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      6 months, 19 days ago

      D) KDB to Bowen

  6. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Rodri warming up

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Sellers about to be mudded

  7. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    KDB CS locked

  8. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    3-2 Larsen goal

    1. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Bellegarde assist

  9. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Rodri not on the bench on Saturday
    But warming up tonight

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      You don't risk your establish Balon d'Or winning players on a measly cup final. You save the unproven south Americans for that

  10. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Please stay on the bench Cunha.

  11. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Get Cunha on

  12. Qaiss
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Sarr off

    Dreadful pick 🙁

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      He got one more assist than expected I am pleased 🙂

    2. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Sarr over Eze is probably one of the transfer choices I regret the most this season. 5 points is a haul tho

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        This

      2. Qaiss
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        The Spurs game was pot luck

        Sarr could have hauled in that. Eze was the one that did

        It happens, but yeah it hasn’t worked out

  13. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Strand

  14. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Just done KDB to Bowen.

    Should I do Rogers to Saka -4?

    I've also got Mateta and Saliba... with my Bench Boost active with Areola, Murphy, Burn and Kerkez

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      100% awful move imo

      1. Supersonic_
        • 4 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        What KDB to Bowen?

      2. Supersonic_
        • 4 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        KDB isn't exactly in form. Bowen is.

  15. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Come on Kevin!

  16. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    What in the world is wrong with Haaland, seriously?!
    (don't say he is humble)

    1. Qaiss
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Been rushed back?

      1. Egg noodle
        • 15 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        Surely we can't have another Torres situation...

        1. Qaiss
          • 9 Years
          6 months, 19 days ago

          Well no, he’ll be scoring hattricks early next season and in our team

    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Staying humb…

    3. noissimbus
      • 3 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Realization he can't catch up to Salah?

  17. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    RED Kova

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Gvardiol wtf

  18. F4L
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    kovacic red card

  19. F4L
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    saliba carbon copy, evanilson again

  20. noissimbus
    • 3 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    There goes City's clean sheet then.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      why~??

      1. noissimbus
        • 3 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        10 men now.

        1. noissimbus
          • 3 Years
          6 months, 19 days ago

          Never mind all balanced again, as it should be.

  21. walkman666
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Why not just let the guy go 1:1 with keeper vs a red? Gvardiol made that awful pass, too.

  22. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Pep raging

  23. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Cunha coming on for Larsen

  24. JBG
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Kovacic trying to give non City def owners a helping hand

  25. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    That red cazrd could mean Gvardiol's CS jeopardy.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Gvardiol like 96% EO right? Doesn't really matter for his owners

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        matters to me as pep am though

        1. Biggsy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 months, 19 days ago

          And me as a Dias owner.

          Old Man wasn't talking about Pep. Or Dias.

      2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 19 days ago

        Yeah a Man City Cs bust would improve my rank despite having him. Many on the Gvardiol and Dias double up

  26. F4L
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    pep saying he should've let him had the 1 on 1

  27. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Kev off

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Noooooooooooooo

    2. F4L
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      thanks gvardiol 😐

  28. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Kev CS locked

  29. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    Cunha on now

    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      Dammit

  30. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 19 days ago

    KDB should have hauled ffs!

    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 19 days ago

      🙁