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

21 February 2026 627 comments
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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.

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

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:

City Newcastle live Gameweek page
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  1. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Congrats to Oreilly owners. I am stuck with my bet on Garbage Man named Chalaboah

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    1. Radulfo28773
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Of course the guy I am playing in a Head to Head league owns him

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      1. DBry
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Snap

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    2. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      O'Reilly hattrick incoming?

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      1. Effe
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        I wonder if an FPL defender has ever scored a hat trick before

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        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Did Baines not get one once?

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    3. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      If Tonali goes off this will be a hiding

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    4. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      O reilly with brace but just on 29 bps. No logic

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    5. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      GBR 6 - 8 Canada….booo

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Boo urns

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      2. The 12th Man
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Wrong site

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        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          More lively that WHM vs BOU…lol

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          1. The 12th Man
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            True.

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      3. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Basketball? Handball? Volleyball?

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        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Rock tossing….

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      4. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        We were lucky not to concede 4 there

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        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Yep…

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      5. Moon Dog
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Scotland 6-8 Canada 😉

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          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            😉

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            1. jacob1989
              • 4 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              England lucky to be in super 8s. Will likely lose to sri lanka tmrw

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      6. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        A big f u to the guy who made me bench O Reilly instead of Ekitike. The advice you get on this place is worse than useless- it's actively detrimental

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        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Are you a robot?

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        2. Radulfo28773
          • 4 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Don’t ask then

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        3. BeaversWithAttitude
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Did he get you in a half Nelson?

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        4. The-Red-1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Etikite might yet come up with a hattrick and bonus

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      7. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Haaland is playing more like the role Joelinton would play for Newcastle now

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      8. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Who scores more in Gw31, O’Reilly or Watkins?

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      9. Dank Squid
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Haaland and Salah, playmakers/assists, no DCs. Price next season, 7-8 m?

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        1. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          13 and 7 respectively.. but Salah will be in Saudi

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        2. riot
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Probably 4.5 each buddy

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      10. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Funny that I didnt get OR because of blank lol

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      11. ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Have had a few masterclasses this year.

        Brought in Foden in the first game of his 4/5 hauls.

        Brought in Gusto on a FH when no one looked at him and he got 21 points.

        Brought in O'Reilly for Timber this gw.

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Get the f**k out

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        2. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Top 1000 rank?

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        3. Radulfo28773
          • 4 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          What are you planning to do next week?

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          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            I’m asking the same question.

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        4. Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          My liege

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      12. Moon Dog
          1 month, 6 days ago

          I though O'reilly was getting a hattrick for sure. Since when was he a Lampard regen?!

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        • DropkickMurphys
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          So amazed by all the content creators already transferring in NOR.
          Oh wait, that was next week.

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        • fedolefan
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Feck this game kills you. Finally transferred out NOR for Timber last week and he’s torn it up since then

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          1. Utopsis
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            It's the fact that you look forward to the GW with anticipation, looking at your team with joy and a great deal of expectation - only to be completely crushed within a few hours.

            Not for the faint hearted FPL

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            1. Justthis
              • 7 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              When you believe that time is actually real it will cause suffering like this unfortunately.

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        • Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Looks like I'll get O'Reilly and accept 10 players in BGW31

          Haaland Semenyo Gabriel non-negotiable for now

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          1. tutankamun
            • 16 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Assuming City blank…

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          2. jacob1989
            • 4 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Who are the teams blanking? Arsenal, man city, who else?

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            1. NZREDS
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Wolves Palace

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        • jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Is o reilly playing the role foden should be?

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          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Might take his England spot also…

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          2. Pied Mee Ince Silva
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Marmoush is in Foden's spot, O'Reilly is behind him and Haaland in the mid.

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          3. Capocannonieri
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Foden became trash about 8 weeks ago. Reijders was a scam too. Oreilly looks legit

            Oreilly is now looking essential.

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            1. Fifa las vegas
              • 13 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              I may just cave and get him and worry about 31 later. Really could do without wasting the transfer straight after WC though

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        • TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          When people say NOR I keep seeing Lando Norris lol

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          1. jacob1989
            • 4 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            I think of norwich city

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          2. Mother Farke
            • 2 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            NORway 😀

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          3. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            I think of RAN for some reason…

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          4. Dank Squid
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            "The NOR (NOT OR) gate is a digital logic gate that implements logical NOR". Pep, logical, suddenly it all makes sense

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          burn offside goal

          tonali a

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        • Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Dan Burn goal offside…

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        • Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Clever by Dias.

          Shoves Burn into offside

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        • FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Well O’Reilly needs to come back in then

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        • Royal5
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Semenyo can’t pass. Same story every week

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          1. WVA
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Won’t score again either now I have him

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          2. jacob1989
            • 4 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            I got him and thiago for a hit this week. Of course now they ll start blanking

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        • WVA
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Enzo to

          A. Wirtz -4
          B. Szoboszlai

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          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Pool fan?

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            1. WVA
              • 9 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              No but options are woeful this season so going with fixtures and hoping for best

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              1. Royal5
                • 14 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Agreed on that

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              2. Utopsis
                • 6 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Szoboslai - Frimpong close and Gomez fit too

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        • Gudjohnsen
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Robot not likely to score?

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          1. WVA
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Nope usual 5 pointer

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          2. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Just had a good chance

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        • Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          cumon Newcastle, please, one more baby. one more.

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        • Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          England getting pumped in the ice skittles….

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        • Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          If city get that third, the game is over.

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        • gooberman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          The linesman has an awesome beard.

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        • Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          England misses out on gold in the curling…

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          1. TheBiffas
            • 5 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Bottlejobs

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            1. Ignasi M
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Arsenal

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            2. Jafooli
              • 14 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Yep

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        • el polako
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Marmoush very selfish

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          1. JBG
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Was just going to post the same

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          2. #1 Salah Hater
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 6 days ago

            same every game. scores the odd 40 yarder so it's fine I guess

            no idea how Pep picks him over Cherki

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