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It’s the final match of Double Gameweek 36 as Manchester City face Crystal Palace.

Kick-off at the Etihad is at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Pep Guardiola hinted that he would rotate tonight – and he hasn’t disappointed. Or rather, he has disappointed a lot of Fantasy managers.

The City boss has made six changes to the side that beat Brentford on Saturday.

Well-owned FPL picks Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku are among the players dropping to the bench.

Nathan Ake and Tijjani Reijnders also move down to substitute duty, while Nico O’Reilly isn’t even in the squad.

Omar Marmoush, Phil Foden, Savinho, Abdukodir Khusanov and Rayan Ait-Nouri all come into the side.

And, for the first time since early January, so too does Josko Gvardiol.

Rodri is still on the sidelines.

Oliver Glasner has also tinkered, making four changes from the draw with Everton.

Jean Philippe-Mateta, Yeremy Pino, Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma all return to the starting XI.

Jorgen Strand Larsen, Ismaila Sarr, Daichi Kamada and Adam Wharton drop to the bench.

LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Gvardiol, Ait-Nouri, Silva, Foden, Semenyo, Savinho, Marmoush.

Subs: Trafford, Dias, Stones, Aké, Reijnders, Kovačić, Cherki, Haaland, Doku.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Lacroix, Richards, Canvot, Mitchell, Lerma, Pino, Hughes, Johnson, Mateta.

Subs: Benítez, Clyne, Riad, Kamada, Wharton, Devenny, Cardines, Sarr, Strand Larsen.


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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:

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  1. SalahFingers
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Eze + MGW - Barnes + Saka (-4)

    Worth it?

    1. Viper
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      MGW -> Barnes is fine but I'm on the fence myself about Eze -> Saka (-4)

    2. Stevie B
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      it could work, but i am not sure with barnes. west ham must win in newcastle. it will not an easy game. maybe dewsbury-hall would be better.

    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Not worth 4 points. MGW for Barnes is enough.

  2. Stevie B
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    what to do with this mess?

    raya
    gabriel, saliba, o`reilly
    bruno fernandes, casemiro, groß, cherki
    haaland, watkins, welbeck

    henderson, lacroix, struijk, sarr

    thank you and good luck!

    1. Atlan Arjan
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Roll FT.

  3. Viper
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    I tried to be different and went with Eze on WC.

    Keep hold of him or move on to a 90 min mid elsewhere?

    Example: Munoz, Rogers, Eze -> Saliba, Saka, KDH

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      I’m keeping for Burnley

    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Will transferring another player out make your team stronger this GW? Saka won't get 90 mins either.

    3. TallestJohn
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      I'm a Saka owner but feels surprising seeing so many thinking of swapping Eze to him. If Arsenal wrap up the title this weekend there's no way Saka sees the pitch in GW38.

  4. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Celtic got the worst penalty of all time. I like celtic but that almost looks like match fixing

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Never a penalty. Where's he supposed to put his arm when he's trying to head the ball clear?

  5. marpy016
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Rogers to Bruno G for free?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Yes

  6. I have no Wirtz
      1 month, 15 days ago

      KDH or BrunoG?

      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        KDH

    • FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Considering palace played a strong team against city today, do we think they will be quite tired come the Brentford game in 3 days?
      Tempted on a Shade punt as a differential

      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Could be a good pick.

    • FCSB
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Darlow
      Gabriel O'Reilly VanHecke
      Bruno Cherki Palmer Enzo
      Haaland Pedro DCL

      Verbruggen Tavernier Hill Struijk

      1FT, 1.6m

      Thinking Palmer >> Saka… anything else??

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Depends on your target /goals/ situation.

        1. FCSB
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          To get as many points as possible 🙂

      2. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Starting Darlow over Verbruggen?

        1. FCSB
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          You reckon go double BHA defence?

          1. My heart goes Salalalalah
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            I would take that gamble yes

    • Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Slow update?

    • Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      37 pts lead in my mini-league, but my OR dropped to 207k. I can't see decent route to top 100k.

      Raya / Darlow
      Gabriel, NOR*, Hill*, Senesi*, Strujk*
      Saka, Bruno, Cherki, Gakpo / Scott*
      Haaland, Thiago, J Pedro

      Getting Keane/Tarko looks like an idea. The other possibility as a punt is getting Szlobo in for someone and hoping that he and Gakpo replicate 50% of what Kane and Son once did. Perhaps I better just give up and try C Saka this week and attack last gw? Or get Keane?

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        3-5% chance is hardly worth trying(?) Better to target to keep it inside top 200k, no matter how awful that feels?

    • GW36 Rough with he Smooth
      RedLightning
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Rough with the Smooth, GW36

      How did your Gameweek go?

      You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Rough. Benched Senesi, started Hill who got 1 defcon less. Only 69 pts, top 100k too far away. Semenyo to Cherki did

        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          n't help either. Pretty normal story, I guess.

      2. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Smooth: Gabriel & Raya.

        Rough: Everything else.
        Captained O'Reilly instead of Haaland.
        Left Tarkowski on the bench.
        None of the others scored more than five.
        Only 65 points, dropped from 566k to 713k.

      3. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Rough: Bought Saka and Gyok and somehow expected Arsenal to score goals. Smooth: Kept Semenyo, was very close to selling him. Flushed Palmer and Pedro

      4. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Smooth: Doku TC was my highest TC ever; -8 spend was a net positive; Lammens, Gabriel, Van Hecke, DCL all returned.
        Rough: Haaland cost me (even though I have him), Cherki pretty much blanked and even Doku felt like could have done much better. Saka, Bruno, Bowen blanked.

        1. TallestJohn
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          Resurrecting this HT to ask who your previous TCs were. If you've been here 14 years you must've never gone for the popular TC pick? Can think of Aguero, Sanchez, Kane, Salah who all scored around 75-90 in DGWs.

      5. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Rough: Benched Tarkowski, but would Start Gabriel, O'Reilly(C) and Hill most weeks ahead of him.

        Smooth: Raya.

      6. snow pea in repose
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Rough: needed to start Truffert more in recent weeks
        Smooth: slight green arrow

      7. TallestJohn
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Smooth: No chip, so Håland not turning up for the second game was good for me even though I captained him. Senesi and Hinshelwood delivered again and patience paid off with Semenyo. Got a (tiny) sixth green in a row, moving up 104 places.

        Rough: Lacroix and Saka disappointing transfers in. Hill rooted to my bench for a second week in a row.

      8. Mr. O'Connell
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Smooth: Munoz minutes.

        Triple captained a City defender so was good to get the double clean sheet.

        Rough: said defender did not play the Palace game.

        63 points. 6th red on the spin. 50k > 400k in that time. If you're looking for players to avoid this weekend: KDH, Keane, Pedro Eze & Bruno G. You're welcome.

      9. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Smooth: Got a decent start in the first game. 83 all out.
        Rough: could've been so much more if not for the bald fraud. 83 all out.

      10. GENERATION X
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Hot for Sem to Cherki. I’m a Jerki

        1. GENERATION X
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          Hit even lol

    • SpaceCadet
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Pedro welbeck > Gyokores Beto -4?

      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Yes

    • TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Last Man Standing GW36 (8 teams)

      Safety score = 83
      Top score = Ben K (WVA) with 88

      5 teams eliminated.

      Ben K, Stoyan Kolarov and Josh Dilley make the GW37 final.
      Overall rank is the tiebreaker.
      Congrats to the final 3!

      https://prnt.sc/gLpgFBgaX15S

      https://plan.livefpl.net//LMS

    • rainy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Price changes 14 May

      No rises

      Falls:
      Abraham 5.7
      Okafor 5.5
      Tolu 5.1
      Zubimendi 4.9
      Struijk 4.2

      1. snow pea in repose
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Thanks

      2. Dazzler
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Cheers

    • Jinswick
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      A) Tavernier -> Wilson
      B) Pedro -> Thiago
      C) Semenyo -> Trossard / Rice
      D) C + DCL -> Thiago (-4)

      Verbruggen
      Gabriel, O’Reilly, Van Hecke
      Saka, Bruno, Semenyo, Hinshelwood
      Haaland, Pedro, DCL

      Darlow, Tavernier, Justin, Hill
      Bank 0.8m, 1FT, no chips

    • Pilgrim62
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 14 days ago

      Rice to Dango, Welbeck to Gyokeres (c) -4

      Y or N

      (chasing)

      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Yes
        Live a little

      2. I have no Wirtz
          1 month, 14 days ago

          No hit needed for these 2. Just decide. I would pick Gyokeres

      3. EL tridente
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 14 days ago

        Trossard or Rice? Fighting for top 10k

        1. The Philosopher
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          Don't fight it. Just let it happen.

        2. Steavn8k
          • 3 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          I like the Trossard punt myself, but it is running the risk of him being benched.

        3. I have no Wirtz
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Arsenal only need to score one goal per game to win the league. No attack needed really

        4. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          MGW and Pedro to KDH/Ndiaye and Gyokeres worth -4?

          Chasing 10 points, ML leader has Gyokeres.

          If I only get Gyokeres, I’l have to play one of Tavernier and Justin if MGW doesn’t start

          1. The Knights Template
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            This is a great way to stay behind your ML leader.

        5. Bavarian
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          Who to bench?

          A- J.Pedro (TOT-H)
          B- Wilson (WOL-A)
          C- KDH (SUN-H)

          1. The Knights Template
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            B

          2. Steavn8k
            • 3 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Difficult one. Starting all three myself but rumour has it Wilson might be benched, so b

          3. Bavarian
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Cheers both

        6. Steavn8k
          • 3 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          1 FT for the Bench Boost this week. What to do?
          A: Senesi to Keane
          B: Rogers to Trossard or Rice
          C: Both and take a -4

          1. The Knights Template
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            B Trossard

        7. Baines on Toast...
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 14 days ago

          Last night has really taken the wind out of the sails of the FPL season for me. For this and many other reasons, the FA Cup final really should be at the end of the season.

          1. Nightcrawler
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            They have separate matchdays for FA cup round 5 and quarter finals but can't have the fa cup final after the league season ends. Ridiculous.

          2. The Philosopher
            • 5 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Champions League final falls on the weekend after the final round of games. Doubt anyone would give a toss about the FA final if they kept it on the same weekend as the CL final.

            1. Nightcrawler
              • 7 Years
              1 month, 14 days ago

              The could easily move the pl calendar back by not having separate weekends for quarter finals

          3. keefy59
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            I agree about it should be in the traditional place as the last game of the season .
            But this year the Champions League final is the week after the last PL games .
            Followed very closely by the World Cup
            In my opinion something needs to be done about international breaks two weeks at a time with no domestic football .
            Maybe should play international games midweek & then weekend & resume domestic football in the midweek not the following weekend.

            1. Nightcrawler
              • 7 Years
              1 month, 14 days ago

              They don't need separate weekends for fa cup quarterfinals. Can easily have dgws for teams in quarters like they used to

          4. I have no Wirtz
              1 month, 14 days ago

              Could not agree more

          5. Questions for Zøphar’s GW37 Q&A
            zøphar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Taking questions for the Gameweek 37 Q&A, send them in!

            Answers will be posted in a separate article

            1. Munchen KFC
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 14 days ago

              Salba and Rogers to Keane and Saka(c) for free a good use of transfers if chasing a mini league?

            2. FPL Virgin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              1 month, 14 days ago

              Who is the best hail Mary captaincy punt this gameweek for those chasing?

            3. FPL Virgin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              1 month, 14 days ago

              Burnley have conceded 157 chances this season on the right flank, the worst in the league by far. Is a Trossard captaincy punt worth a roll of the dice if you are far behind in your mini leagues?

            4. z13
              • 1 Year
              1 month, 14 days ago

              Sell Rogers or wait a week?

          6. -GK22-
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Had 6players last night and only needed 1 more point to get in top 100K. Lame

            1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
              • 9 Years
              1 month, 14 days ago

              I'm sure you managed to get one point from six players

          7. Pep Roulette
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 14 days ago

            Gyokeres or Saka