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

FPL GW34 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Hermansen

Gabriel Magalhães
van Dijk
Porro

Salah
Bruno Fernandes
Gibbs-White
Rogers
Wilson

Solanke
Bowen

Woodman
Mavropanos
Danso
Mané

GW34 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	121.7%	Very Likely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	107.7%	Very Likely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	112.8%	Very Likely
Xavi	TOT	6.5m	93.7%	Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.4m	80.3%	Likely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	101.9%	Very Likely
Bowen	WHU	7.7m	82.6%	Likely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	90.4%	Likely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.5m	78.2%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	95.2%	Maybe
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	96.0%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.1m	77.7%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	90.2%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	90.8%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	82.9%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	80.2%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	77.7%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	67.4%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	65.5%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	72.2%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	72.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	64.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	67.8%	Unlikely
Solanke	TOT	7.2m	59.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	69.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	68.5%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	46.8%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	68.3%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.3m	49.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	68.6%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	63.8%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	61.4%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	61.4%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	61.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	63.8%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	60.6%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	46.4%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	51.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	59.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
João Pedro	CHE	7.7m	143.7%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.2m	111.7%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	107.0%	Very Likely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	105.8%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.3%	Very Likely
Gordon	NEW	7.4m	85.3%	Likely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	96.2%	Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	94.6%	Likely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	99.8%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	96.9%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	97.3%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Schade	BRE	7.0m	90.2%	Maybe
O.Dango	BRE	5.9m	80.3%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	94.2%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	92.0%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	91.5%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	91.4%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	90.6%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	89.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	86.9%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	83.3%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.6m	85.9%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	82.5%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.9%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.3m	69.6%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	78.2%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	76.1%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	75.4%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	73.1%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	74.1%	Unlikely
Rayan	BOU	5.5m	65.6%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	73.4%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	73.5%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	62.7%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	71.0%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	69.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	68.9%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 16 Apr, 2026 10:18pm

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

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 12:20pm

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

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:11pm

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

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:13pm

GW34 Transfers Poll

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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Captain Mal
2 months, 18 hours ago
Semenyo 10 DC in 45 minutes.
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1. Qaiss
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Awful
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2. Count of Monte Hristo
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Just need a goal, assist and 2 more DEFCON!
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3. Dank Squid
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Semenyo > Bowen
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Stranger Mings
2 months, 18 hours ago
Oreilly option for gw28 v leeds?
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1. Qaiss
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  I’m done with Man City players that aren’t Haaland
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  1. Stranger Mings
    2 months, 18 hours ago
    4.9 bargain
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2. Ze_Austin
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  I'm in
  
  It's like ignoring Hill or Pedro
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  1. Stranger Mings
    2 months, 18 hours ago
    Although seems like chasing this gw points
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    1. Ze_Austin
      2 months, 18 hours ago
      New role, many shots last GW
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      1. Stranger Mings
        2 months, 18 hours ago
        Yeh no brainer then
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TheBiffas
2 months, 18 hours ago
Can't wait to put Cristoph Baumgartner in my fantasy world cup tea
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1. Ze_Austin
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Stir properly
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Khalico
2 months, 18 hours ago
Would you have Stach or KDH as your fifth mid?
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1. Ze_Austin
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Stach. Auto-pick since he dropped to 4.7 and got fit
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  1. Gizzachance
    2 months, 18 hours ago
    Had Stach for ages, always bench pts!
    Good enabler
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2. Dank Squid
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Stach (KDH only hauls if you bench him)
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3. WVA
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Do you need a cheap 5th mid? I’m currently going with the below squad.
  
  Kelleher Dub
  Gab VVD Guehi Hill Rodon
  Bruno Semenyo Wirtz Rogers Rice
  Haaland Thiago Pedro
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  1. Khalico
    2 months, 17 hours ago
    Benching headaches you got there
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WVA
2 months, 18 hours ago
Who would you bring in for next GW?

A. Hill (SUN)
B. Szoboszlai (WHU)
C. Both for a hit
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1. Ze_Austin
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Join the Hill climb
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Deulofail
2 months, 18 hours ago
O'Reilly > Collins in GW23 new candidate for worst transfer of my season
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Kiwivillan
2 months, 18 hours ago
Dang was so close to taking punt on Nico C instead of Haaland
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1. Deulofail
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Same
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2. z13
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  for real
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bitm2007
2 months, 18 hours ago
Just saw the score. Gave up on the season and been watching the Curling after bringing in Palmer and captaining but somehow on 23 point green arrow.
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z13
2 months, 18 hours ago
https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2026/02/20/fpl-gameweek-27-team-news-fridays-live-injury-updates-2#hc_comment_27565129

FFS I HATE this so much especially when 1.8m and chasing. Makes it worse i literally said it here as well.
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Stimps
2 months, 18 hours ago
Enzo ->

A) Rayan
B) Wilson
C) Gordon
D) Other suggestion?

*Max 7.4m
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1. z13
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Dango
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2. #1 Salah Hater
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Szobo or Wilson
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3. Ze_Austin
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  To save you some UCL vs PL pain, Gordon isn't on this list
  
  The answer will probably be clearer after everybody plays. I can't say yet
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Capocannonieri
2 months, 18 hours ago
Having to watch this game on Japanese TV. It's cool.

I love Japan.
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1. Jafooli
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChK_kp-P9I0
  
  Still the best game ever played…
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2. Dank Squid
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Japan is like a different dimension. Enjoy.
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Ze_Austin
2 months, 18 hours ago
Khusanov on for Dias
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g40steve
2 months, 18 hours ago
Dias off at HT
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1. Ignasi M
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  interesting. Khusanov is terrible
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  1. TheBiffas
    2 months, 18 hours ago
    No he isn't
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    1. Ignasi M
      2 months, 17 hours ago
      whoa - all the games I've seen him play, he's been dreadful.
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      1. TheBiffas
        2 months, 17 hours ago
        He's had a couple of high profile stinkers but he's been solid for a while now
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Qaiss
2 months, 18 hours ago
Semenyo has been awful and he’s going to get minimum 4 points, this bloody game
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1. Ignasi M
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Has looked a bit jaded
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Absolutely Muñozed
2 months, 18 hours ago
Is this some kind of an error or am I actually close to getting Semenyo Defcon points???
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1. Jafooli
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Or a YC…
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2. Qaiss
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  I take it you’re watching the game. He’s done hardly anything noticeable apart from give the ball away and he’ll get points for it
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OneTeamInBristol
2 months, 18 hours ago
Semenyo will be subbed soon. Been poor.
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1. Jafooli
  2 months, 18 hours ago
  Please let him get one more DC…
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2. The Bandit
  2 months, 17 hours ago
  Bernardo will be first off
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The Bandit
2 months, 18 hours ago
Bernardo should be off
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F4L
2 months, 18 hours ago
bernardo wants a red
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Ze_Austin
2 months, 18 hours ago
Silva close to a second YC
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Bigbars
2 months, 18 hours ago
Silva should be off for that. watching burn, no eyes on the ball... blatant foul
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Moon Dog
2 months, 17 hours ago
Why is Semenyo so central? Doesn't suit him at all...
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Ze_Austin
2 months, 17 hours ago
Semenyo skies it

Neither defence looking great
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F4L
2 months, 17 hours ago
this match needs mr harvey barnes
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Jafooli
2 months, 17 hours ago
Semenyo close…
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1. Royal5
  2 months, 17 hours ago
  Needs coaching
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Royal5
2 months, 17 hours ago
Semenyo composion 3
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1. Royal5
  2 months, 17 hours ago
  Composure even
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Ignasi M
2 months, 17 hours ago
City have been poor, but....they've been clinical.
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1. Bigbars
  2 months, 17 hours ago
  I'd say o'reilly's been clinical... the rest not so much
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Royal5
2 months, 17 hours ago
How is that not a second YC for Burn
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tbos83
2 months, 17 hours ago
The adverts at the Etihad are incredibly annoying
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Jafooli
2 months, 17 hours ago
Cherki coming on…
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1. The Bandit
  2 months, 17 hours ago
  For Marmoush
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  1. Ze_Austin
    2 months, 17 hours ago
    Probably pushes Semenyo up the pitch
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Magic Zico
2 months, 17 hours ago
Robot scores yet?
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