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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
    4 months, 25 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
      4 months, 25 days ago

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

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      1. DBry
        4 months, 25 days ago

        Snap

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  2. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    O'Reilly hattrick incoming?

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    1. Effe
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

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

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        Did Baines not get one once?

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  3. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    If Tonali goes off this will be a hiding

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  4. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  5. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    GBR 6 - 8 Canada….booo

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Boo urns

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    2. The 12th Man
      • 12 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Wrong site

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        More lively that WHM vs BOU…lol

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        1. The 12th Man
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 25 days ago

          True.

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    3. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Basketball? Handball? Volleyball?

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        Rock tossing….

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    4. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      We were lucky not to concede 4 there

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        Yep…

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    5. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Scotland 6-8 Canada 😉

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        😉

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        1. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  6. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 25 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
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Are you a robot?

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    2. Radulfo28773
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Don’t ask then

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    3. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Did he get you in a half Nelson?

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    4. The-Red-1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Etikite might yet come up with a hattrick and bonus

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  7. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 25 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
    4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  9. Dank Squid
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

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

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

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

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    2. riot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Probably 4.5 each buddy

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  10. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Funny that I didnt get OR because of blank lol

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  11. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 25 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
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Get the f**k out

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    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Top 1000 rank?

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    3. Radulfo28773
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      What are you planning to do next week?

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      1. Nomar
        • 16 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        I’m asking the same question.

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    4. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      My liege

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  12. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  13. DropkickMurphys
    • 5 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  14. fedolefan
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 25 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
      4 months, 25 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
        4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  15. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 25 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
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Assuming City blank…

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    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

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

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      1. NZREDS
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        Wolves Palace

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  16. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Is o reilly playing the role foden should be?

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    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Might take his England spot also…

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    2. Pied Mee Ince Silva
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 25 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
      4 months, 25 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
        4 months, 25 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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  17. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    When people say NOR I keep seeing Lando Norris lol

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      I think of norwich city

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    2. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      NORway 😀

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    3. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      I think of RAN for some reason…

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    4. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 25 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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  18. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    burn offside goal

    tonali a

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  19. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Dan Burn goal offside…

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  20. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Clever by Dias.

    Shoves Burn into offside

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  21. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Well O’Reilly needs to come back in then

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  22. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Semenyo can’t pass. Same story every week

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    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Won’t score again either now I have him

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    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  23. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Enzo to

    A. Wirtz -4
    B. Szoboszlai

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    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Pool fan?

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      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 25 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
          4 months, 25 days ago

          Agreed on that

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        2. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          4 months, 25 days ago

          Szoboslai - Frimpong close and Gomez fit too

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  24. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Robot not likely to score?

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    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Nope usual 5 pointer

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    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Just had a good chance

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  25. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

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

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  26. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    England getting pumped in the ice skittles….

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  27. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    If city get that third, the game is over.

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  28. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    The linesman has an awesome beard.

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  29. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    England misses out on gold in the curling…

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Bottlejobs

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      1. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        Arsenal

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      2. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 25 days ago

        Yep

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  30. el polako
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 25 days ago

    Marmoush very selfish

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    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 25 days ago

      Was just going to post the same

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    2. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 25 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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