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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
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    YESSSSS. If Carlsberg did goals.

    1. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Can't complain

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

    Reijnders covering Haaland at 5.5

    You love to see it. Oh yes I do!

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

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

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

        Ekitike giving Haaland a run for his money

    2. NoOneCares
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Proper players have both.

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

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

  3. martynteresa
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 1 month 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
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Should have captained Haaland over Salah... 😉

  5. Kodap
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Anderson to Reijnders? Too soon?

    1. Drizzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

  6. Drizzle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 1 month 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
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    We all went Haaland(c) right?

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

      Yep

    2. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      🙄

    3. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month 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
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      o/

  8. Kaneyonero
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Non Owner, Season over.

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

      See you next year

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

    please sub ran off

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

      This

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

        damn o'reilly into mid

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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

      Exactly

      The angst on social media would have been something else

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

    Captain HAULANDDDD!!!

    One more to go

  12. tutankamun
    • 17 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    My captain, my captain.

  13. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

    1. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Woah

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

      Chips used?

      1. Mother Farke
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        None. Team is linked.

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

          Nice

      2. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        None, ml rival tv Haaland!

    3. Unliklinho
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Great picks. Well done.

      1. Mother Farke
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

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

  14. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Reindeer aint leaving. The show goes on!!!

  15. ZeBestee
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    RAN playing CAM now

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Interesting- I expected something from him vs former club

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

        He is still at LB.

  16. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Thank you santas reindeer.

  17. Kodap
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

  18. ☈☾
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Imagine not owning Haaland

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

      Glitch detected

  19. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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

      is he rank 1

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

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

  20. martynteresa
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

  21. 824545201
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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

      if hes on 9 right now, yeah

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

    that last minute salah goal saving owners from a disaster

    one more haaland please

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 1 month 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
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Haalands two goals saving owners from disaster

  23. Original Sin
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Is Marmoush going to come on?

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

    Haaland with 2 hattricks against Wolves

    To date?

  25. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      🙂

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

      1. Feanor
        • 17 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

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

        1. Feanor
          • 17 Years
          1 year, 1 month ago

          *rank

    3. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      behave

    4. Drizzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

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

  26. el polako
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Is Rjenders that good?

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

      looking like zidane out there at times

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

        Overstatement

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

      Better

    3. el polako
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      So soon this will be 10 players game then.

  27. OverTinker
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

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

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

    holdddd city

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

    haaland subbed

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

    Oh feck off Pep. Let the man play