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16 August 2025 723 comments
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We’ve had only one away goal in the Premier League today – but you’d be surprised if we don’t see a few more in the late game.

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ visitors are Manchester City, who haven’t failed to score in a Premier League fixture at Molineux since 2003.

Kick-off is at 5.30pm BST.

There’s no Ederson in the visitors’ squad this afternoon, with James Trafford getting his competitive City debut between the sticks instead.

Trafford is one of three summer signings in Pep Guardiola’s line-up. Tijjani Reijnders, who is the most-owned Fantasy midfielder from the City squad, and Rayan Ait-Nouri are the other two.

Another new recruit, Rayan Cherki, has to settle for a place on the bench.

Guardiola opts for Rico Lewis at right-back over Matheus Nunes, while the absent Josko Gvardiol is effectively replaced by John Stones at centre-half.

Erling Haaland, unsurprisingly, leads the line, with Omar Marmoush among the substitutes.

As for Wolves, £4.0m defender Ki-Jana Hoever gets a start at right wing-back.

Vitor Pereira hands David Moller Wolfe, Ait-Nouri’s replacement, his Premier League debut on the other flank.

Two other summer captures, Jhon Arias and Fer Lopez, are among the substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Hoever, Toti, Agbadou, Doherty, Wolfe, Andre, Gomes, Bellegarde, Munetsi, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Johnstones, H. Bueno, S. Bueno, Mosquera, Lopez, R. Gomes, Hwang, Arias, Kalajdzic.

Manchester City XI: Trafford, Lewis, Dias, Stones, Ait-Nouri, Reijnders, Gonzalez, Silva, Bobb, Doku, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega Moreno, Ake, Marmoush, Cherki, Gundogan, Akanji, Nunes, O’Reilly, Khusanov.



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  1. TOBY1
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Reijnders nice and advanced.

  2. Thanos
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Comn Captain Hauland!

  3. The Philosopher
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Still the membership thing showing up?!

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Need new servers

    2. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Very annoying

  4. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    FPL is truly back when you get Salah C 94min goal but then you lose differential cs at 97min.

    1. Tomerick
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      This has been my exact experience so far. Nothing I’ve done in the last couple of seasons seems to have paid off

  5. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    I try not to be biased but I do hate this ref.

  6. Zalk
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    City's backline on the half way line, seem to remember Spurs doing something similar some seasons ago.

  7. adstomko
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    4 Norwegians on the pitch.
    Is that a record in the PL?

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      United had Henning Berg, Ronny Johnsen, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Erik Nevland in the same squad. I’m guessing they played against another Norwegian in a PL fixture.

    1. iFash@FPL
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Lovely!

  8. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Moller Wolfe on the watchlist. Interested to see how attacking he is

  9. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Odegaard playing left back for wolves

  10. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Come on Reindeers!

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Will he make 60, or will Cherki appear?

      1. The Mentaculus
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Wouldn't Cherki play Bernardo Silva's role?

  11. The Tinkerman
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Reijnders most touches so far and positioned along side Haaland as a second striker at times in possession…

  12. lilmessipran
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Start Dubravka and Electric Steve vs Sunderland next week?

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      I’m starting Dubravka, Hartman and Reinildo.

  13. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    So many changes at City this summer, among players and staff

  14. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    you think pep might have given up on the overlapping full backs?

  15. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Lewis inverting from RB allows Reijnders to push forward closer to Haaland

    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      This is the way

  16. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    haaland close

  17. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Matter of time, Erling!

  18. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Good cross from Silva, maybe Haaland should have done better with the header

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Opta classified the header as a big chance missed

    2. Calafiornication
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      No doubt

  19. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Ait Nouri not attacking at all

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      thing i dont get is why buy RAN just to make him sit. had like 1 match at the cwc where he got forward and got 2 assists vs juve but then after that pep just made him sit. same thing here 😐

      1. Royal5
        • 15 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Thinking the same. Very strange

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Munetsi doing well to prevent RAN from going forward

  20. lilmessipran
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Reindeer loves to point, my man sees half a yard and wants the ball played to him, love it.

  21. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Trafford looks impressive so far. No idea why City think they need Donnarumma

    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Rumma also very poor with his feet

      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Pretty limited keeper imo. Great shotstopper but not much else.

      2. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Shot stopping only, doesn’t make sense for City to sign him.

    2. lilmessipran
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Probably because they expect both Ederson and Ortega to leave this window

  22. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    munetsi offside goal

  23. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Munetsi offside goal

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Confirmed offside - would have been Doherty assist

  24. Saka White Rice
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    How disappointing has the gameweek been so far?
    A) 99%
    B) 100%

    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      B

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      55%

      But Bradford beat Luton

      1. Saka White Rice
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Im sure millions of people watched such elite quality football

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 1 month ago

          Over 20,000 tbf.

  25. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Munetsi offside G

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Unlucky but well offside

  26. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    no need to be offside there

  27. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    So far, Silva has taken all of the set pieces

  28. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Munetsi so dangerous but can't stay onside

    1. _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      He’ll be a nightmare to own.

  29. Calafiornication
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Munetsi is a camper