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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
    3 months, 21 days ago

    YESSSSS. If Carlsberg did goals.

    1. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 21 days ago

      Can't complain

  2. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    3 months, 21 days ago

    Reijnders covering Haaland at 5.5

    You love to see it. Oh yes I do!

    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 21 days ago

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

      1. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Ekitike giving Haaland a run for his money

    2. NoOneCares
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Proper players have both.

      • Thanos
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

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

    3. martynteresa
        3 months, 21 days 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

      • TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Should have captained Haaland over Salah... 😉

      • Kodap
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Anderson to Reijnders? Too soon?

        1. Drizzle
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 2 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

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

      • Drizzle
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

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

      • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        We all went Haaland(c) right?

        1. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Yep

        2. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          🙄

        3. Slartibartfast
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 21 days 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
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          o/

      • Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Non Owner, Season over.

        1. yousunkmybattleship
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          See you next year

      • F4L
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        please sub ran off

        1. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          This

          1. F4L
            • 10 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            damn o'reilly into mid

      • Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

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

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Exactly

          The angst on social media would have been something else

      • Thanos
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Captain HAULANDDDD!!!

        One more to go

      • tutankamun
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        My captain, my captain.

      • Mother Farke
        • 1 Year
        3 months, 21 days ago

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

        1. MIGHTY JOE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Woah

        2. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Chips used?

          1. Mother Farke
            • 1 Year
            3 months, 21 days ago

            None. Team is linked.

            1. Royal5
              • 14 Years
              3 months, 21 days ago

              Nice

          2. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            None, ml rival tv Haaland!

        3. Unliklinho
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Great picks. Well done.

          1. Mother Farke
            • 1 Year
            3 months, 21 days ago

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

      • MIGHTY JOE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Reindeer aint leaving. The show goes on!!!

      • ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        RAN playing CAM now

        1. mixology
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Interesting- I expected something from him vs former club

          1. ZeBestee
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            He is still at LB.

      • JBG
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Thank you santas reindeer.

      • Kodap
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

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

      • ☈☾
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

        Imagine not owning Haaland

        1. Philosopher's Stones
          • 5 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Glitch detected

      • Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 21 days ago

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

        1. F4L
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          is he rank 1

          1. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

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

      • martynteresa
          3 months, 21 days ago

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

        • 824545201
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

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

          1. F4L
            • 10 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            if hes on 9 right now, yeah

        • Nightcrawler
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          that last minute salah goal saving owners from a disaster

          one more haaland please

          1. Fifa las vegas
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 21 days 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
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            Haalands two goals saving owners from disaster

        • Original Sin
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Is Marmoush going to come on?

        • AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Haaland with 2 hattricks against Wolves

          To date?

        • Pep Roulette
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 21 days 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
            3 months, 21 days ago

            🙂

          2. JBG
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

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

            1. Feanor
              • 16 Years
              3 months, 21 days ago

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

              1. Feanor
                • 16 Years
                3 months, 21 days ago

                *rank

          3. Cojones of Destiny
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            behave

          4. Drizzle
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 2 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

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

        • el polako
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Is Rjenders that good?

          1. F4L
            • 10 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            looking like zidane out there at times

            1. PartyTime
              • 4 Years
              3 months, 21 days ago

              Overstatement

          2. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            Better

          3. el polako
            • 8 Years
            3 months, 21 days ago

            So soon this will be 10 players game then.

        • OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

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

        • F4L
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          holdddd city

        • F4L
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          haaland subbed

        • Royal5
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 21 days ago

          Oh feck off Pep. Let the man play