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Aguero on the bench as Sterling and Sane start on the flanks for City

Manchester City take on Wolverhampton Wanderers this evening in the final match of Gameweek 22, with kick-off at the Etihad at 20:00 GMT.

Sergio Aguero has recovered from the illness that forced him to miss the 7-0 and 9-0 wins over Rotherham United and Burton Albion respectively but the Argentinean striker is only named among the substitutes this evening, as Gabriel Jesus gets the nod to lead the line.

Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane will be flanking the Brazilian tonight, while City’s midfield three of Bernardo Silva, David Silva and Fernandinho remains unchanged from the victory over Liverpool – meaning Kevin De Bruyne has to be content with a place on the bench.

Danilo gets the nod at left-back despite Fabian Delph‘s return from a three-match ban.

Nuno Espirito Santo has made two changes from the strong starting XI that defeated Liverpool in the FA Cup last Monday, with Matt Doherty and Rui Patricio replacing Ruben Vinagre and John Ruddy.

Diogo Jota is once again paired with Raul Jimenez in attack, with Joao Moutinho being deployed as the “number ten” behind Wolves’ strike pair.

Leander Dendoncker gets only his second league start of the season in central midfield.

The reverse fixture of this match ended 1-1, with Aymeric Laporte‘s header cancelling out a controversial opening goal from Willy Boly back in August.

Aguero was the fifth-most-captained FPL asset of Gameweek 22, while four Wolves’ players – Doherty, Patricio, Jimenez and Ryan Bennett – are among the nine most-benched Fantasy assets of this round of fixtures.

Sterling hasn’t scored more than six FPL points in a single game since Gameweek 14 but his season-long average of 7.1 points per match is second only to Mohamed Salah among FPL midfielders.

City are the only Premier League club without a clean sheet since the start of December, while Wolves haven’t kept a shut-out on the road since Gameweek 8.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Danilo; Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo; Sane, Sterling, Jesus.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI (3-4-1-2): Patricio; Bennett, Coady, Boly; Jonny, Dendoncker, Neves, Doherty; Moutinho; Jimenez, Jota.

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3,377 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    The resurrection of Jesus

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The jokes shall rise from the dead

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      This joke is already dead and mouldy

  2. Patch
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sannnnnnneeeeeeeee

    In your face sterling

    Thank you satan

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    SANEEEEE

  4. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    That ball from Laporte was sublime. won't get recognised in the bps for it but whatever.

    1. BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      You know he’ll get his obligatory 2

    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Indeed

  5. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Lovely start for Capt sane 🙂

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Well done !!

  6. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Annnnndddd that's why Doherty's 3rd on my bench today

  7. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    So everyone on here to told me to Save my FT from Son to Sane until next week........... not happy!!!

    🙁

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Should have asked me.

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Could have swapped same for a hit but held off...would have definitely swapped for free!

    3. Drexl Spivey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Gutted for you.

    4. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      After nine years on here you still blame others for your decision

      1. McSauce
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        true story

    5. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What’s your plans for tomorrow or shall we tell you?

    6. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Biggest mistake ever is to ask the norberts on here, that you have never met and have no idea if they are any good

    7. Neevesy
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah I ignored it. Took a hit for Son - Sane. Sometimes you gotta go with your gut.

    8. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Should have asked me, im a top 10k ranked player.

    9. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Name and shame?

  8. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ruben Neves reminds me of Wolfie from the Inbetweeners. No way he’s 21!!

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      John Stones=Eric Roberts?

      1. BigBillyBass
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mhmm not so good but fine

        1. Marvin Moon
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I think it's uncanny.

    2. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      There's looking older, then there's THAT

      1. BigBillyBass
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

  9. Beatle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Would you take Hazard & Kane out for Salah & Aguero?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Someone else and Kane > Salah, Rash

  10. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Noguero 🙁

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      AguerNo

    2. L S P
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      SergiNO

  11. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I was going to buy Sane and Jesus for Son and Kane last week. Why did you lot tell me not to!

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Why don’t you make your own moves?

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Cos we don't want you to do well

    3. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      cause Brexit means Brexit

    4. Alex_thekid
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Play your own game the cheek if some people's on here is #Insane 😉

    5. L S P
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      equally #insane: you all took this seriously.

  12. Taking the Mkhitaryan
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    It cant be 7+ again can it?

    1. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Maybe 4

    2. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It can

  13. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Mendy back soon 😮

    1. Beatle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      How soon?

  14. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Docky close

  15. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Lovely Doherty bench points incoming 🙁 (No City!)

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Plural?

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        *negative

  16. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    You can tell Sterling's been asked to stay wide

  17. Alex_thekid
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Insane in the membrane

  18. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Stop it Sane just stop it!

    No chance I'm bringing Aguero in now, Jesus is on fire.

  19. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Jesus is profiting big time in the last 10 days from Kun illness/injury

  20. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    PED Guardiola to be revealed in 3 years after someone hacks the FA/FIFA?

  21. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    So after Mendy comes back and let’s say Sane continues his form, can he realistically be dropped?

    1. DAVESAVES
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No way

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Of course.

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He ll still play games just not that many

  22. Infamy, Infamy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is the lack of interest in Firmino due to doubling up in Liverpool defence, his price, or something else?

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He's great. But not a consistent goal scorer.

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      His heatmap

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      impossible to fit in if you have 3 premium players from Salah/Hazard/Kane/Auba/Sterling/Sane

    4. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Offers awful value.

    5. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He isn't scoring enough

    6. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The fact that he barely registers any points would be the main one.

  23. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Chances of a Ferdie red just skyrocketed

  24. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Kyle Donkey

  25. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sane, owned for 3 blanks.

    We hardly knew each other.

  26. mattyb09
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Final Prediction: 3-0 Man City.

    Goals:
    Jesus (2) ✔ ○
    D Silva ○

    Assists:
    Sane ✔
    D Silva ○
    B Silva ○

  27. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    GTG for next GW?

    Patricio
    Robbo TAA Digne
    Martial Pogba Salah(c) Sané
    Rash Kane* Jimenez

    (Hamer – Doherty Wan-B Højbj)

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sane might be injured.

      1. thomashl
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Hurr durr!

  28. HamezMace
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    That's a perfect ball from Sane too, don't begrudge players I don't own getting assist points when the delivery is that good.

    I do dislike when a player makes a simple 5 yard pass, and the player they pass to beats 3 players and fires in from 30 yards.

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Feck that. I alway begrudge players I don't own getting points.

      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I mean deep down of course, but I'm trying to mask my anger with a seemingly gracious comment on a fantasy football forum.

  29. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    F. Anderson / Kamara / Haz > Puncheon / Rashford / Sané?

    1. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      …for -4

    2. thomashl
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Looks sound, but – all this chatter about Mendy being back soon... dunno. The way Sane's been playing, you'd think it's his spot to lose.

      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        How long away is Mendy from being back though?
        Could always do Kamara/F. Anderson > Rash/Puncheon for free.

        1. thomashl
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Been trying to find out (not too hard though:) ), but nothing solid. I thought he was gonna be out much longer, wasn't it a ligament thing? Getting in Rashford should def be a priority, agree there!

          1. TAT
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Haven't heard anything either. Could always do those two transfers for free tonight, and reassess the hit closer to the deadline.

          2. TAT
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            And yes, I think it was a ligament thing.

  30. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    If Kane out?
    Son, Pereyra, Kane > Salah, Sané, Rashford (-4)

    Would give me: Pogba, Salah, Hazard, Sané, Anderson; Rashford, Jim (Kamara)

    1. Alex_thekid
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes do it

    2. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes go for it