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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Wilson	FUL	5.9m	87.1%	Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.9m	90.5%	Likely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	98.8%	Likely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	89.4%	Maybe
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	91.0%	Maybe
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.7m	98.0%	Maybe
Maguire	MUN	4.3m	94.8%	Maybe
Scott	BOU	5.0m	89.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	90.8%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	87.4%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	85.5%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.0m	29.1%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	75.2%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.1m	74.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	68.2%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	64.4%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	67.7%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	22.9%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	61.2%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	61.4%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	61.6%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	58.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	55.6%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	55.7%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.1m	45.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	53.8%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	53.5%	Unlikely
Madueke	ARS	6.8m	55.0%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.7m	46.8%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	44.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	38.0%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	42.2%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	41.6%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	38.8%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	40.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	38.5%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	38.8%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	38.1%	Unlikely
Buendía	AVL	5.3m	38.0%	Unlikely
G.Jesus	ARS	6.4m	37.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Minteh	BHA	5.6m	98.7%	Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	78.6%	Likely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	98.5%	Maybe
Kilman	WHU	4.2m	97.3%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	95.9%	Maybe
Wood	NFO	7.2m	91.0%	Unlikely
Kluivert	BOU	7.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Bentancur	TOT	5.3m	90.0%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	88.4%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.9m	80.5%	Unlikely
Trésor	BUR	4.4m	87.2%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	86.8%	Unlikely
Collins	BRE	5.0m	83.8%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	84.4%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	86.7%	Unlikely
Alleyne	MCI	4.1m	83.2%	Unlikely
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	76.9%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.8m	81.6%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.6m	67.1%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	74.9%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.5m	78.5%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	81.2%	Unlikely
Fredricson	MUN	3.8m	78.6%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.6m	78.1%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	77.9%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	77.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	77.6%	Unlikely
Ekdal	BUR	3.9m	74.7%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	75.5%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	73.6%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	71.4%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	70.5%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.8m	16.3%	Unlikely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	65.1%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	69.0%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	67.3%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	66.2%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	64.4%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.5m	50.8%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.5m	60.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Raya Martin	ARS	C
Up	Martinez	AVL	A, Vs
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 7:48am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	van Dijk	LIV	A, Vs
Down	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B
Up	Hill	BOU	A, Vs, £
Up	Andersen	FUL	C, Vs
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	B
No Change	Marc Guehi	MCI	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
Up	Kayode	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 7:55am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Salah	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B, Vs
Up	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
Down	Rice	ARS	B
Up	Rayan	BOU	A, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Ndiaye	EVE	B, VsX

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 8:15am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
No Change	Watkins	AVL	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Kroupi	BOU	C, Vs, Rest, £
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C

Last updated: 21 Feb, 2026 8:19am

Manchester City can move to within two points of Arsenal in the Premier League table with a win over Newcastle United tonight.

Kick-off at the Etihad is at 20:00 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

After rotating many of his regulars for the FA Cup fourth-round tie with Salford City, Pep Guardiola mostly reverts to the side he sent out in Gameweek 26.

There is one change: Omar Marmoush comes in for Phil Foden.

Erling Haaland, confirmed as fit by Guardiola on Friday, leads the line for the Cityzens.

Savinho is back amongst the substitutes after recovering from a medium-term injury.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe makes just one change from the side that beat Qarabag 6-1 on Wednesday.

Jacob Ramsey comes in for Harvey Barnes.

LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guéhi, Aït-Nouri, Rodri, Silva, O’Reilly, Marmoush, Semenyo, Haaland.

Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Cherki, Gonzalez, Savinho, Khusanov, Foden, Lewis.

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Willock, Ramsey, Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon.

Subs: Ruddy, Ramsdale, Joelinton, Barnes, Osula, Murphy, Murphy, Shahar, Neave.

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Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

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4 days, 13 hours ago

Worth -4? Any suggested replacements?

Chalobah, Munoz, rice, Enzo

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VVD, OReilly, Semenyo, Rayan

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4 days, 13 hours ago
-4 are nonsense just now, returns are far too inconsistent and random. Wait until you can make changes for free and you might even find a week later you want to keep the player you would sell now.
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Nomar

4 days, 12 hours ago

Yep sold Gyokeres on Friday

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