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

FPL GW32 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Lammens

van Dijk
Gabriel Magalhães
van Hecke

Ismaila Sarr
Bruno Fernandes
Gordon
Szoboszlai

Welbeck
Bowen
Haaland

Verbruggen
Mavropanos
Reinildo
Le Fée

GW32 Wildcard Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	98.8%	Maybe
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	89.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	87.5%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	85.2%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	83.5%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	83.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	74.5%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	73.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	73.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	70.8%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	70.1%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	69.4%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	68.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	66.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.8%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	61.4%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	59.3%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	55.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	55.4%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	55.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	49.5%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	49.2%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	48.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.7%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	47.3%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	44.4%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.1m	43.6%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	42.6%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	39.7%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	39.3%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	37.9%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	37.9%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	36.3%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.3m	35.5%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	34.6%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	34.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	100.7%	Very Likely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	94.5%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	94.1%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.6%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	92.1%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	91.3%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	90.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	89.7%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.9%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.7%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	83.3%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	82.5%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	82.3%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	80.9%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	80.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.3%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	79.8%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	79.8%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	78.9%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	78.5%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.4%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	77.4%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.3m	76.2%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	73.6%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	72.9%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	72.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	71.8%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	71.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	67.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	66.4%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	65.8%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	65.2%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	62.6%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	62.1%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:03pm

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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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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Ignasi M
1 month, 6 days ago
The irony of course, is that City draw this evening, but Arsenal, like they always do, will also drop points by losing tomorrow.
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1. Qaiss
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Man City are not drawing this game
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Ze_Austin
1 month, 6 days ago
O'Reilly G
Haaland A
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Royal5
1 month, 6 days ago
Lol wtf get in
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F4L
1 month, 6 days ago
o'reilly g
haaland a
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Utopsis
1 month, 6 days ago
Haha NOR is PUNISHING folk
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1. Fifa las vegas
  1 month, 6 days ago
  He’s doing a Thiago on it
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Camzy
1 month, 6 days ago
O'Reilly wow.
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Weasel Boy
1 month, 6 days ago
Anyone know how to delete your team?
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1. Fifa las vegas
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Sledge meet laptop
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denial
1 month, 6 days ago
Nice
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Jafooli
1 month, 6 days ago
Cricky O’Reilly O’Reilly…
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FPL Brains
1 month, 6 days ago
Let's go! Break Arsenal hearts.
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g40steve
1 month, 6 days ago
Nor
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Qaiss
1 month, 6 days ago
Checks O’Reilly’s EO…
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1. Magic Zico
  1 month, 6 days ago
  8%?
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  1. Qaiss
    1 month, 6 days ago
    7%
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2. Royal5
  1 month, 6 days ago
  This
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Moon Dog
1 month, 6 days ago
This kid is killing me.
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Fifa las vegas
1 month, 6 days ago
That’s just a pisstake now haha.

F**k you Nico 😆
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1. Fifa las vegas
  1 month, 6 days ago
  An assist for il capitano at least though
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  1. Utopsis
    1 month, 6 days ago
    Outscore Palmer already
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Atimis
1 month, 6 days ago
F kept Timber instead of getting OR, just f it really
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TheBiffas
1 month, 6 days ago
Anyone feel like all your players are rubbish and all the other popular picks are smashing it
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1. Qaiss
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Has been that way for weeks yeah
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2. Fifa las vegas
  1 month, 6 days ago
  For over a decade yes
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3. Utopsis
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Yes sir, I refuse to make any transfers for a couple GWs
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4. Pompel
  1 month, 6 days ago
  That’s just how FPL works
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Ze_Austin
1 month, 6 days ago
Haaland with a winger's cross

Reminds me of Guirassy
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Scapegoat Salah
1 month, 6 days ago
Yes!!!
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FCSB
1 month, 6 days ago
I remember when I had O’Reilly for a number of weeks and he either blanked or didn’t play
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1. Utopsis
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Yep same here
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2. Ignasi M
  1 month, 6 days ago
  yep, I just have had him for 6 game weeks and he did bugger all.
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3. Baps Hunter
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Same story...
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Utopsis
1 month, 6 days ago
NOR > Shaw + Hall for England
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1. Moon Dog
  1 month, 6 days ago
  NOR is a Lampard regen apparently, not a left back.
  
  Looks like he'll be a central midfielder going forwards. He's competing with Alex Scott, Mainoo, Gallagher, Wharton, Henderson for Rice & Anderson's backups.
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Scapegoat Salah
1 month, 6 days ago
Semenyo AA as well
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Manani
1 month, 6 days ago
FFS, benched OReilly

was switching between him and Mukiele back and forth
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1. Magic Zico
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Ouchy
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  1. Manani
    1 month, 6 days ago
    benched him last week as well...
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2. Qaiss
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Wwwaaoofff
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3. Zilla
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Started him but benched Hall :/
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4. Brosstan
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Me too... need Ekitike warmup injury
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Absolutely Muñozed
1 month, 6 days ago
O'Reilly, Guehi, Hill. Kept thinking about these three whole week and at the end went for Hill oopss
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1. mixology
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Hill is a great pick
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2. Ze_Austin
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Outscored Guehi
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Count of Monte Hristo
1 month, 6 days ago
Why is O’Reilly scoring multiple goals?
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1. Ignasi M
  1 month, 6 days ago
  He's basically got a free role, like a free number 10.
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  1. Baps Hunter
    1 month, 6 days ago
    OOP, midfielder now
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2. Utopsis
  1 month, 6 days ago
  He's playing as an 8. Think Lampard
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3. Dank Squid
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Pep. O'Reilly is the new Haaland
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  1. Fifa las vegas
    1 month, 6 days ago
    Haaland is the new Nunez
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    1. Utopsis
      1 month, 6 days ago
      Please don't make me remember Darwin
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      1. Fifa las vegas
        1 month, 6 days ago
        It seems I already have
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Garlana
1 month, 6 days ago
I really need to stop benching O'Reilly for double arsenal defence...
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1. Ignasi M
  1 month, 6 days ago
  No way? brutal. sorry mate
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2. DropkickMurphys
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Both city and arsenal have 2 clean sheet in last league games. I don’t see the allure in doubling up arsenal defense.
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  1. DropkickMurphys
    1 month, 6 days ago
    In last 5*
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  2. Garlana
    1 month, 6 days ago
    Thanks captain hindsight.
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    1. DropkickMurphys
      1 month, 6 days ago
      You could also have that badge of honor if you actually realized Arsenal had 13 and City got 11 clean sheets all season. So there was no reason for doubling in the place except being a bandwagonner.
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gooberman
1 month, 6 days ago
Who else sold O'Reilly last week! Unbelievable.
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1. Absolutely Muñozed
  1 month, 6 days ago
  I was very close to buying him but at the end I thought lets save money and get Hill lolz
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2. Fifa las vegas
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Sold for Timber for the double
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Old Bull
1 month, 6 days ago
Was feeling quite good about getting rid of O’Reilly for Hill a couple of games back
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Jafooli
1 month, 6 days ago
Er Semenyo & Guehi, fancy getting involved in this points fest?
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Ze_Austin
1 month, 6 days ago
Funny thing is, O'Reilly is playing the role Reijnders had been blanking in
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1. mixology
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Now he’ll be on opponents radar
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2. Not again Shirley
  1 month, 6 days ago
  In fairness to Reindeer, he isn’t getting the chance as he’s not being played.
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jacob1989
1 month, 6 days ago
I have useless m nunes over goal machine o reilly
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1. Fifa las vegas
  1 month, 6 days ago
  For weeks, even months, that was the correct decision though
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2. Mr. O'Connell
  1 month, 6 days ago
  Ditto. His time will come.
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3. riot
  1 month, 6 days ago
  nunes has been doing well lol you can't have 4 city players
  
  I have nunes and oreilly but am missing out on semenyo hauls you have presumably been getting
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