Mendy misses out for Man City as Bernardo Silva returns

Benjamin Mendy (£6.5m) was the surprise absentee for Manchester City on Saturday afternoon as he was not even named in the match-day squad to face Fulham.

Sergio Aguero (£11.4m) kept his place in the starting line-up while Bernardo Silva (£7.5m) came back in with Gabriel Jesus (£10.4m) dropping to the bench.

Nicolas Otamendi (£6.2m) made his first start of the season alongside Aymeric Laporte (£5.5m), who has now featured from the beginning in every match so far.

Ryan Sessegnon (£6.3m) returned to the Fulham side facing the champions today, but he has been deployed at left-back with Luciano Vietto (£5.5m) and Andre Schurrle (£5.9m) flanking Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.8m).

Ryan Fraser (£5.6m) was named in the Bournemouth starting XI after an injury scare while Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) returns from suspension for the visitors.

Popular Chelsea trio of Marcos Alonso (£6.8m), Eden Hazard (£10.7m) and Pedro (£6.8m) all start for the Blues. Meanwhile, there was a second consecutive start up front for Cardiff City’s FPL midfield option Danny Ward (£4.5m).

Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) was named in the starting XI for Crystal Palace as they face Huddersfield with James Tomkins (£4.4m) coming back too.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£7.2m) was on the Arsenal bench for a second match in a row, with Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) starting again.

BOURNEMOUTH XI: Begovic, Cook, Ake, Smith, Lerma, Gosling, Rico, Brooks, Fraser, Wilson, King

LEICESTER CITY XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Mendy, Ndidi, Ghezzal, Maddison, Gray, Vardy

CHELSEA XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic, Pedro, Giroud, Hazard.

CARDIFF CITY XI: Etheridge, Manga, Bamba, Morrison, Bennett, Camarasa, Ralls, Arter, Hoilett, Ward, Reid.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN XI: Lossl, Hadergjonaj, Schindler, Zanka, Kongolo, Lowe, Billing, Mooy, Kachunga, Van La Parra, Mounie

CRYSTAL PALACE XI: Hennessey, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Townsend, Ayew, Zaha

MAN CITY XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Delph, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo, Sane, Aguero, Sterling

FULHAM XI: Bettinelli, Christie, Odoi, Mawson, Sessegnon, Johansen, McDonald, Seri, Vietto, Mitrovic, Schürrle

NEWCASTLE UNITED XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Lascelles, Dummett, Murphy, Diame, Hayden, Ritchie, Perez, Joselu

ARSENAL XI: Cech, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi, Monreal, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Aubameyang, Ramsey, Ozil, Lacazette

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