Man City v Newcastle team news: Haaland starts, Barnes benched

FPL GW32 Scout Picks

Lammens

Mavropanos
Gabriel Magalhães
van Hecke

Semenyo
Bruno Fernandes
Gordon
Szoboszlai

Welbeck
Bowen
Haaland

Hermansen
Mukiele
Heaven
Hinshelwood

GW33 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Welbeck	BHA	6.2m	101.1%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	96.6%	Likely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	88.3%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.4m	78.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	81.2%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	80.7%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	73.8%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	74.0%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	74.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	74.3%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.6%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	71.5%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	70.6%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	70.6%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.7m	64.1%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	66.3%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	74.6%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	66.7%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	63.3%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	60.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	62.8%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	64.0%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	59.6%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.4m	55.9%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	54.7%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	56.1%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	51.5%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	52.2%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	52.5%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.3m	36.6%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	49.2%	Unlikely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	46.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	46.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	48.5%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	45.8%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	44.1%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.3%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	45.0%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	45.1%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	44.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	97.9%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	96.4%	Maybe
Merino	ARS	5.4m	95.6%	Maybe
Travers	EVE	4.3m	92.3%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	89.9%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	85.3%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	80.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	84.6%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	84.2%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	82.4%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	82.6%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	81.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	80.9%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	79.6%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	76.6%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	77.0%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	78.1%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	73.0%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	71.2%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	68.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	68.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.2m	54.7%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	66.1%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	64.0%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	64.4%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.4m	49.5%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	62.2%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	60.7%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	59.4%	Unlikely
Milambo	BRE	5.2m	59.0%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	62.0%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	80.6%	Unlikely
N.Gonzalez	MCI	5.9m	57.5%	Unlikely
Chiesa	LIV	6.3m	56.2%	Unlikely
Merrick	CHE	4.0m	56.8%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	57.5%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Donnarumma	MCI	C
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Down	Raya Martin	ARS	A
Up	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Petrovic	BOU	B
Up	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 9:57am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	O’Reilly	MCI	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
Up	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Dijk	LIV	C
Down	Thiaw	NEW	C, Rest
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
Up	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A, OoP
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	B
Down	Wilson	FUL	A
Up	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 10:24am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
Up	João Pedro	CHE	A
Up	Welbeck	BHA	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	Thiago	BRE	B

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:01pm

Dugout Discussion

Man City v Newcastle team news: Haaland starts, Barnes benched

21 February 2026 627 comments

Skonto Rigga

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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Jafooli
1 month, 21 days ago
Actually like Toon and certainly not a Man City fan, but hope City win to pile the pressure on Bottle Job FC…3-0 to take GD +1 for Man City….
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1. Vardi Gras
  1 month, 21 days ago
  That's another way of saying - 'i don't like arsenal winning title'
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  1. Jafooli
    1 month, 21 days ago
    😉
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  2. JBG
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Not sure he was trying to hide it tbf
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Vardi Gras
1 month, 21 days ago
VVD for next few GWs?
Have Gab, Guehi,hill and cash
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Jafooli
1 month, 21 days ago
Watch the football or Scotland vs Canada in the curling final?
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1. JBG
  1 month, 21 days ago
  If the Curling final was on while the last match was on.
  
  City match probably more exciting
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  1. Jafooli
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Yeah agreed…might try watching both…
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F4L
1 month, 21 days ago
lets do this gordon
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WVA
1 month, 21 days ago
Wow, Thiago has been so bad
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1. FPL Brains
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Absolutely rubbish.
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Moon Dog
1 month, 21 days ago
Foden's not going to the World Cup is he?
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1. Jafooli
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Certainly needs to up his game if he’s getting on the plane….fortunately many of the others aren’t pulling up trees at the moment…so still time
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2. tutankamun
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Is Palmer?
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  1. Moon Dog
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Probably. At least he's starting games, and playing pretty well.
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3. F4L
  1 month, 21 days ago
  yeah maybe not
  
  the thing with england wingers, you've got palmer playing central now, rogers playing central, foden not really playing winger anymore, even saka playing central, gordon playing up top, eze only playing central. seems abit not the best preparation
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  1. F4L
    1 month, 21 days ago
    *i dont know how rashford is doing at barca, maybe he'll be starting
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    1. JBG
      1 month, 21 days ago
      He's been better than Foden. But Antony is a star player in that league, delivering Messi lite numbers. Which tells you everything about that league.
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  2. Moon Dog
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Not ideal, but versatility is useful in a tournament squad.
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4. JBG
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Doesn’t deserve it. Also has he ever been good for England?
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  1. Moon Dog
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Not really. Only one or two good games in over 40 apps.
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Captain Mal
1 month, 21 days ago
2.87 xGC might be the highest for a team that kept a clean sheet this season.
Burnley had 2.63 xGC vs Leeds
Everton had 2.43 xGC vs Brighton
Chelsea had 2.35 xGC vs Forest
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Jafooli
1 month, 21 days ago
Scotland 5 - 4 Canada, it’s coming home….
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OverTinker
1 month, 21 days ago
Just one goal Newcastle - please get it somehow
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1. JBG
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Guehi O.G would be very nice or Donnarumma
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  1. OverTinker
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Plus a yc
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2. Magic Zico
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Barnes will do
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DA Minnion (Former great)
1 month, 21 days ago
Masterstroke to get Enzo out for Semenyo this morning. Surely Semy gets more than 2 points.
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DBry
1 month, 21 days ago
Anderson, KDH, Gravenberch?

8th mid/fwd

KDH can’t see starting many
Grav does have decent matches and similar output to Anderson
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DagheMunegu
1 month, 21 days ago
Will WC in 32
Until then

A Hill Wirtz
B VVD Szobo
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1. JBG
  1 month, 21 days ago
  A
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Moon Dog
1 month, 21 days ago
Geordies are gonna get mauled
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The Knights Template
1 month, 21 days ago
How are Watkins owners feeling?
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1. FPL Blow-In
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Not great!
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Dank Squid
1 month, 21 days ago
I hope Haaland scores 4-5 goals (captained JP). GW 30-38 last season was bad, all premium players failing. Not the same game
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Vasshin
1 month, 21 days ago
Newcastle are going to win today, aren’t they?
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1. FPL Brains
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Absolutely, not.
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2. The Knights Template
  1 month, 21 days ago
  No
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JBG
1 month, 21 days ago
Newcastles backline going for the "smell the GKers crotch" approach already I see
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1. The Philosopher
  1 month, 21 days ago
  What cream does he apply for the genital herpes?
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  1. JBG
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Woltemade Cream
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Bobby Digital
1 month, 21 days ago
Woltemade the new Joelinton
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1. The Philosopher
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Defensive striker?
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Ignasi M
1 month, 21 days ago
Please, as a broken Gunner, can Newcastle at least draw here? I deserve a trophy. I need a league trophy. Please, Lord.
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1. JBG
  1 month, 21 days ago
  Welp
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JBG
1 month, 21 days ago
Not sure how Burn can be upset with that decision XD?
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denial
1 month, 21 days ago
I was almost convinced that taking a hit for Thiago was the play. Glad I didn't.
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1. Moon Dog
  1 month, 21 days ago
  If Palmer (BUR) isn't guaranteed returns, then no single GW player is worth a hit. Football's too unpredictable for hits...
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  1. JBG
    1 month, 21 days ago
    Can't get pens every GW
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2. Ze_Austin
  1 month, 21 days ago
  🙂
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Bigbars
1 month, 21 days ago
Nico !!
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F4L
1 month, 21 days ago
o'reilly g
maramoush a
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1. F4L
  1 month, 21 days ago
  *marmoush
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Jafooli
1 month, 21 days ago
Crikey O’Reilly….
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JBG
1 month, 21 days ago
Might be the worst possible City player to score as a non owner
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denial
1 month, 21 days ago
Nico you beauty
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Royal5
1 month, 21 days ago
Points! Finally
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Moon Dog
1 month, 21 days ago
This kid is killing me
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g40steve
1 month, 21 days ago
Nor G
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FPL Brains
1 month, 21 days ago
Glad I started both Hill and O'Reilly now.
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