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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
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Reijnders nice and advanced.

  2. Thanos
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Comn Captain Hauland!

  3. The Philosopher
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Still the membership thing showing up?!

    1. g40steve
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Need new servers

    2. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Very annoying

  4. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

    1. Tomerick
      1 year, 2 months 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
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

  6. Zalk
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

  7. adstomko
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      1 year, 2 months 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
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Lovely!

  8. TheBiffas
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

  9. Nightcrawler
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Odegaard playing left back for wolves

  10. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Come on Reindeers!

    1. Ze_Austin
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Will he make 60, or will Cherki appear?

      1. The Mentaculus
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Wouldn't Cherki play Bernardo Silva's role?

  11. The Tinkerman
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

  12. lilmessipran
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Start Dubravka and Electric Steve vs Sunderland next week?

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      1 year, 2 months ago

      I’m starting Dubravka, Hartman and Reinildo.

  13. Ze_Austin
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

  14. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

  15. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

    1. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      This is the way

  16. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    haaland close

  17. TheBiffas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Matter of time, Erling!

  18. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

    1. Tonyawesome69
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Opta classified the header as a big chance missed

    2. Calafiornication
      1 year, 2 months ago

      No doubt

  19. Royal5
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Ait Nouri not attacking at all

    1. F4L
      1 year, 2 months 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
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Thinking the same. Very strange

    2. Tonyawesome69
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Munetsi doing well to prevent RAN from going forward

  20. lilmessipran
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

  21. TheBiffas
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

    1. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Rumma also very poor with his feet

      1. TheBiffas
        1 year, 2 months ago

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

      2. Count of Monte Hristo
        1 year, 2 months ago

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

    2. lilmessipran
      1 year, 2 months ago

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

  22. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    munetsi offside goal

  23. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Munetsi offside goal

    1. Tonyawesome69
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Confirmed offside - would have been Doherty assist

  24. Saka White Rice
    1 year, 2 months ago

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

    1. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      B

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      55%

      But Bradford beat Luton

      1. Saka White Rice
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Im sure millions of people watched such elite quality football

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          1 year, 2 months ago

          Over 20,000 tbf.

  25. TheBiffas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Munetsi offside G

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Unlucky but well offside

  26. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    no need to be offside there

  27. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 2 months ago

    So far, Silva has taken all of the set pieces

  28. TheBiffas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Munetsi so dangerous but can't stay onside

    1. _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      He’ll be a nightmare to own.

  29. Calafiornication
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Munetsi is a camper