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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. jayzico
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    'TheBiffas' - The Reindeer. Shame everyone jumped on board. Player of the year.

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      If only he didn't get that brace in preseason. Would be even sweeter.

  2. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Reijnders is like Gundogan or Bernardo but on steroids

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Early prediction for Premier League player of the year

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Like Bruno but he points on the ground instead of his teammates.

  3. DD
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    What website is a good alternative to the now non-functional fplstats to track price changes?

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      I would also love to know this 🙂

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Fantasy football fix. Maybe not the best accuracy on exactly when people will fall, but gives you a good idea

    3. jayzico
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Gutted. Another thing changed in good old FF. Thanks

      1. DD
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Thank you!

  4. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    De Cuyper and Frimpong owner - are you f kidding me?

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Verbruggen, De Cuyper and Frimpong 🙁

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Double Brighton df was brave with their opening few fixtures. And the Fulham was probably the best one too

        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          11 months, 5 days ago

          It was a one week BB punt.

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Have to blame Dunk as usual for the last min goal v Brighton

  5. Baron Penguin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Anyone else activating WC yet?????? (Joking but having an all time stinker of a GW1)

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

      We get so many transfers and chips this year, an early WC isn’t a bad idea once we have a few weeks data

  6. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    How does Pep rate Doku over Savinho?

    1. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Out of spite

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Must be. And moving to London.

  7. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Haaland at 24% can score as much as he wants...

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      I’d still rather he didn’t score too many though 🙂

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      This (c)

      1. toerag
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        this

  8. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Thank you Reijnders. BB success!

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Same here!

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      There’s no way Reindeer was (actually) on your bench. No flipping way!
      You may have put him there, but without BB he’d have been in your XI

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Not necessarily. He’s on my BB bench, started Wirtz, Kudus, Ndiaye, Palmer, Watkins, Ekitike and Bowen

        1. thegaffer82
          • 14 Years
          11 months, 5 days ago

          I’d have benched Ndiaye over Reindeer 100 times out of 100 in that team.

  9. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Thoughts on Trafford? Keepers usually exempt from Pep roulette...

    1. TOBY1
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Donnarumma incoming

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      A massive no from me

  10. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Reijnders is mustard.

  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    doku wastes haaland assist

  12. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    It appears I may be activating my wildcard already

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

      What’s your draft look like?

  13. Jässi
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Already regretting getting Anderson instead of Reijnders at the same price point. Reijnders looks like he is playing quite advanced and could get a lot of assists?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Assists and goals mean nothing

      Defensive contributions now king

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Yep, gotta grind those two pointers ftw!

    2. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Surely you factored this risk into the decision. Anderson steady, lower points. Reindeer occasional goal / assist.

      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Anderson also secure off starts, you could not have said that for Tijani

  14. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Is there another website for price changes now the usual one has closed down?
    Thanks

    1. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      livefpl.net

      1. bso
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Thanks mate

  15. Stimps
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Worth a hit?

    Wirtz, Rutter -> Saka (c), Reijnders?

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      How can u afford this?
      Rutter 6.0 > Reindeer 5.5 gives you 0.5
      There’s a mil and a half between Wirtz & Saka

      1. Gold Monster
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Rutter is 6.5

        1. Gold Monster
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          11 months, 5 days ago

          My bad he is 6m

  16. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    If I'd seen Reijnders mustache before the deadline, I'd have definitely brought him in!

    1. toerag
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      😆

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Strong overtones there

      I actually thought the opposite until I realised he is Dutch

      But you do you on the forum

  17. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 5 days ago

    City will never win anything with Doku starting on the wing.

    Terrible footballer.

  18. Punned It
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Glad I finally decided on benching Reijnders right before deadline.

    1. Budweiser
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Why would you bench him against one of the worst teams in the league

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      That’s crazy. I’d love to see your team cos every draft I’ve seen all had a more obvious bench option than Reindeer ever was.

    3. Punned It
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Played Rutter instead, convinced he would be a killer diff. I know, I know, terrible decision.

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        To be fair, I actually rate Rutter as pick. But yeah, Reindeer still pips him to make the XI

  19. Budweiser
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Imagine picking Anderson over Reijnders..

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      "he'll get you the DC points though"

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Defcon though 😉

    3. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      But but DEFCON!

    4. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Imagine the miserable counting of defcons during every game to aspire to a mighty 4 pointer, only to fall short by 1 or two contributions.....

  20. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    It looks like Konsa has been awarded CS points before deductions for the red. Since when has that been a thing?

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Always. It's just that most red card Def's either get it before 60 or the team conceded after they're sent off

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 7 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Def making 60 getting a red then team keeping a cleanie is rare combo

    2. Ini
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      I think this has always been the case since it was past the hour mark.

  21. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    reijnders feels like first player so far who it might not be a kneejerk to transfer in gw2

  22. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    If I save 2 transfers in GW2 & GW3 and use my wildcard in GW4, how many transfers do I have in GW5?

    1. Don Rogers FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      However many you went into game week 4 with

    2. Don Rogers FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      3?

    3. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      3

  23. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Just in from my fifth game of 25\26 so far AFC Totton 3 Tonbridge Angels 0. We are top of the National League South after two games! Allie Allie Allie Ooo

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Congratulations mate

      1. shirtless
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Thanking you

  24. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Anderson owners, we may have to take the L and make an early move tomorrow night

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Lol

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Agreed

  25. toerag
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    hi all, been bleeding gardenning all afternoon. How is this game going?? i put the reindeer and ugly Thor iin my team!! 😆

    1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 5 days ago

      City look much the same as last season IMO. Still not flowing like they used to at all.

      Wolves are just really bad. Can't see City in the title race this season when Lewis, Bobb & Doku are all starters. Rudolf has been best player on the pitch.

      1. toerag
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        cheers. yeah he needs (pep) to start changing the way he plays. people are all over it now

        1. TiAgoFPL
          • 6 Years
          11 months, 5 days ago

          Bobb is not playing badly

          1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
            • 1 Year
            11 months, 5 days ago

            He's not at all. But neither did Nwaneri for Arsenal last season when he played. Doesn't make either a starter in a team competing for a title.

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        A bit judgemental

        I bet they are better

        1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
          • 1 Year
          11 months, 5 days ago

          It's easy to look like you've improved against a team which includes Matt Doherty in defence.

          If they have it's marginal. Certainly not enough to justify almost £200m in signings.

      3. SINGH
        • 7 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        They don't have to be flowing in order to challenge. They are a good team and they will get better.

  26. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Just seen Reijnders scored! What a start!

    Triple Spurs defense
    Salah
    Gakpo
    Reijnders!

    1. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      I think I will do Konsa to VDV and Wirtz to Gakpo if no injuries tomorrow

  27. SINGH
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Anyone think Lewis is the main RB at City or still Nunes?

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Think pre season & now it’s Lewis

      1. SINGH
        • 7 Years
        11 months, 5 days ago

        Thanks. Might be an easy way into that Citt defence

  28. TanN
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    On the PL app my bench players are showing as 0 points why is this

  29. fantasykid
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Was Bowen any good, today? How's the dynamic with Fulkrug? Thanks for your input.

  30. Kristobal
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 5 days ago

    Why on earth doesnt Marmoush start?
    Amazing footballer and was brought in for €80M

    1. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Pep

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Pepperoni

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 5 days ago

      Probably trying to mould him into a different role