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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. Mother Farke
    1 year, 2 months ago

    YESSSSS. If Carlsberg did goals.

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

      Can't complain

  2. PartyTime
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Reijnders covering Haaland at 5.5

    You love to see it. Oh yes I do!

    1. Zimo
      1 year, 2 months ago

      U can have both mate. Salah isn't covering Haaland tho.

      1. PartyTime
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Ekitike giving Haaland a run for his money

    2. NoOneCares
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Proper players have both.

    3. Thanos
      1 year, 2 months ago

      You’re most likely to cap Haaland so keep that in the equation.

  3. martynteresa
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Reijnders is the new De Bruyne
    What kinda prices were De Bruyne in past seasons?
    Gonna make a fortune when I sell him at 12m

  4. TheBiffas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Should have captained Haaland over Salah... 😉

  5. Kodap
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Anderson to Reijnders? Too soon?

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

      Promised myself not to knee-jerk this season. Promises are made to be broken, as they say.

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

    Pretty confident Anderson is going to rip Brentford to bits tomorrow and justify me picking him over Reijnders.

  7. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    1 year, 2 months ago

    We all went Haaland(c) right?

    1. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Yep

    2. THE Wild Rover
      1 year, 2 months ago

      🙄

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

      I did 😎

      Though I seem to remember last season starting like this too, then Salah went nuclear and Haaland disappeared... Still, enjoying it for now 😆

    4. Unliklinho
      1 year, 2 months ago

      o/

  8. Kaneyonero
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Non Owner, Season over.

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

      See you next year

  9. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    please sub ran off

    1. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      This

      1. F4L
        1 year, 2 months ago

        damn o'reilly into mid

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Shame Salah got that last minute goal, would have made a fun GW!

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

      Exactly

      The angst on social media would have been something else

  11. Thanos
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Captain HAULANDDDD!!!

    One more to go

  12. tutankamun
    1 year, 2 months ago

    My captain, my captain.

  13. Mother Farke
    1 year, 2 months ago

    76pts. 100 dream is probably off unless Palmer goes nuts.

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

      Woah

    2. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Chips used?

      1. Mother Farke
        1 year, 2 months ago

        None. Team is linked.

        1. Royal5
          1 year, 2 months ago

          Nice

      2. Gizzachance
        1 year, 2 months ago

        None, ml rival tv Haaland!

    3. Unliklinho
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Great picks. Well done.

      1. Mother Farke
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Thanks. Have to play Porro next GW as it stands, though. Marathon, not a sprint.

  14. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Reindeer aint leaving. The show goes on!!!

  15. ZeBestee
    1 year, 2 months ago

    RAN playing CAM now

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

      Interesting- I expected something from him vs former club

      1. ZeBestee
        1 year, 2 months ago

        He is still at LB.

  16. JBG
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Thank you santas reindeer.

  17. Kodap
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Need Anderson to smash tomorrow or he’s off for Reijnders

  18. ☈☾
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Imagine not owning Haaland

    1. The Philosopher
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Glitch detected

  19. Gizzachance
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Ml rival
    T/c haaland
    Has salah,semenyo , ekitike, onana (with DEFCON) over rogers!

    1. F4L
      1 year, 2 months ago

      is he rank 1

      1. Gizzachance
        1 year, 2 months ago

        In ml! Hasn’t overall t/c semenyo?

  20. martynteresa
    1 year, 2 months ago

    sweet,now Marmoush is on to add to my reindeer points

  21. 824545201
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Ait Nouri needs 1 more DC for 2 points, right?

    1. F4L
      1 year, 2 months ago

      if hes on 9 right now, yeah

  22. Nightcrawler
    1 year, 2 months ago

    that last minute salah goal saving owners from a disaster

    one more haaland please

    1. Fifa las vegas
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Absolutely, Haaland was the play, fecking knew it, ML fear put me on Salah. Be almost tempted take a hit to change it next week already!

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

      Haalands two goals saving owners from disaster

  23. Original Sin
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Is Marmoush going to come on?

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

    Haaland with 2 hattricks against Wolves

    To date?

  25. Pep Roulette
    1 year, 2 months ago

    That Pras guy was so bullish on Salah and mockingly bearish on Haaland. What a clown!

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

      🙂

    2. JBG
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Stop listening to any of them years ago, specially him.

      1. Feanor
        1 year, 2 months ago

        I get his tank over those years is much better then yours

        1. Feanor
          1 year, 2 months ago

          *rank

    3. Cojones of Destiny
      1 year, 2 months ago

      behave

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

      It's an opinion. Relax. Who knows, he may still be proved to be right

  26. el polako
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Is Rjenders that good?

    1. F4L
      1 year, 2 months ago

      looking like zidane out there at times

      1. PartyTime
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Overstatement

    2. Royal5
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Better

    3. el polako
      1 year, 2 months ago

      So soon this will be 10 players game then.

  27. OverTinker
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Captain Haaland needs to score few more without the help of reindeer

  28. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    holdddd city

  29. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    haaland subbed

  30. Royal5
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Oh feck off Pep. Let the man play