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Aguero and Sané start for Man City as Sterling benched

Fantasy managers who put faith in Sergio Aguero (£11.4m) could be in for one of their most memorable Gameweeks.

The Manchester City forward has defied ‘Pep Roulette’ to start both matches of Double Gameweek 25, named on the team sheet to face Everton on Wednesday night.

The start comes after scoring 17 points in Sunday afternoon’s 3-1 win over Arsenal, in which Aguero scored a hat-trick.

Once again, we should expect a great divide between managers, depending which Manchester City options they backed.

Leroy Sané (£9.8m) comes back into the side after remaining an unused substitute at the weekend, but Raheem Sterling (£11.3m) travels in the opposite direction.

Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m) is also named among the subsitutes.

Anyone invested in Aymeric Laporte (£5.9m) will be encouraged to know that he has been deployed at left-back.

However, Pep Guardiola is not the only Premier League manager wreaking havoc with Fantasy teams, as Everton have also rotated for this fixture.

The Toffees two most popular Fantasy midfielders Richarlison (£6.8m) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.4m) both find themselves on the bench as Marco Silva goes for a 4-3-3 system.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Zouma, Keane, Kenny; Davies, Gueye, A Gomes; Bernard, Calvert-Lewin, Walcott.

Man City XI: Ederson; Laporte, Otamendi, Stones, Walker; D Silva, Gundogan, Fernandinho; Sané, Aguero, B Silva.

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  1. KLOPPTOMANIA
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bugger

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      hamberders

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        😆

  2. Cookie Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Who wins this FPL Cup game?

    A) Ederson + Laporte + 18 points
    Vs
    B) Sane (C) and rich

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Which one is you? The other one

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        This

    2. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A handily

    3. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

    4. Cookie Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B 🙁

  3. Offside Trapattoni
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Brought Kun in for the Auba Hokey Cokey but hard to let him go..

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      i will for a hit

    2. HTL
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Same, not sure about ditching. See how he gets on tonight

    3. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      might hold and save FT

      Auba only get an assist last time against Hudd

  4. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling benched.....

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This was the best news of the day for my rank

      1. McEwan
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah, your gaining at least one place, but I will be back!

  5. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    You dont rest an Aguero in this kind of form when you can take the lead in the title race. #hindsightanalysis

  6. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Siggy 🙁

  7. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kun was a great TC option in hindsight. I think will leave that chip for GW 38. Always many goals in that gw... What is other TC planned strategy?

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

    2. Bagheri Arce
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah hindsight is great.

      If Aguero blanked (or maybe even just 1 goal) against Arsenal I'm sure Jesus would have been given a run out. Hard to bench a guy off the back of a hattie.

      TC could have so easily backfired

        1. Bagheri Arce
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Haha, touché!

          Yeah fair point. Hold my hands up with that call. Tbf I stand by the fact that it is still a deferred -4 but clearly well worth it.

          My point above is more about the fact that you are doubling down on Aguero as opposed to Kane - who if had a bad first game would still be afforded the second game, which I don't think was the case here. But we'll never know, maybe I'm talking out my backside...again 😉

  8. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Messi (TC) backfires.

  9. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Richarlison (TC) 😥 😥

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      For real???

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Blame the flatmate 😉

      1. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Aye he misspelt Sterling 🙂

    3. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      3x poor = mediocre at best

      #maffs

    4. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Can't be serious?

    5. Party time
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Look what you got yourself into 🙁

    6. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Is DFS still open?

      1. SPorting
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yes but hurry, the sale ends soon

    7. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks to everyone who told me not to do Alonso > Laporte. Sick of the poor advice given on FFS.

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        🙁

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          😛 😉

      2. Brehmeren
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        lol

      3. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Can you imagine if Arthur Scargill had won against the State, we would own Russia now.

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          And be all living down a coal mine. Without FPL. What we missed.

          1. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            At least there'd be no brexit

          2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            You're not seeing the big picture.
            Hollywood has corrupted your motherboard.

            1. Jafooli
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              This

      4. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        And not to do Mitrovic > Calvert-Lewin for a hit. Gonna miss out on good points.

      5. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

    8. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This needs a Sergio Aguero vs Chelsea moment where an Everton player gets Aguero sent off.

      1. Surfeit of Lampteys
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        No it doesn't.

    9. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sane better get a goal at least...

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        For Everton!

      2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        City are going to batter them.

        6:0 drubbing incoming.

    10. Thick Of It
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      125pts and counting, come on Kun (TC) and Laporte.

      1. Je suis le chat
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        11 points behind you for the week, will take a cleanie and a Kun assist.

        1. Thick Of It
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Redmond the difference? A 15 pointer from Aguero (after tripling) would be grand.

    11. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Do we think this guy is watching the game?

      https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/8242/event/25

      1. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It's not like he has much to lose, given his VC only got 2 points.

      2. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I will be, yes.

        Knew no Siggy for the set pieces 🙂

    12. #FPLBhuna
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Ouch.
      Onto gw26 then..

      Lol

    13. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Any chance that Sane gets injured during buildup??

      Kun VCer

      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Any rumors of a twisted ankle?

      2. My Name Is Pepu
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Or Sane smashes a couple of goals himself and gets max BAPS?

        1. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I'll take this.... but I don't see it happening lol... In fact I'm surprised he starts. was expecting pep to bring him on in the 87th minute for a sweet 1 pointer

          1. My Name Is Pepu
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            It's Jonjo Kenny vs Sane?

            1. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Lol I was wondering who that was when I saw the line up... A brace, an assist and max baps it is then

      3. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Still time.

    14. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It's like Marco Silva asking Pep to do him a big one in the a**, that Everton line-up.

    15. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Man City's subs and a few others would beat the Liv team of Monday night. Time for Pep to assert his teams superiority.

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        That bench is certainly one of the perks of being run by a country.

        1. Surfeit of Lampteys
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          And yet they're still more likeable than Liverpool.

          1. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Only true because of Salah's diving.

          2. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Taking you haven't look into the countries regime? Thats a completely different issue though.

            You keep them blinders up and hope Spurs keep the pressure on 😉

          3. Tcheco
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Not more likable. Less hatable.

            1. Surfeit of Lampteys
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Great shout tbf

      2. My Name Is Pepu
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mangala getting a recall to play as the false centre back. 😎

    16. DannyMacdonald
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I have sane, sterling, siggy and richarlison.... Great team selection

    17. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Come on Leroy need at least 15 points to match Eden.

    18. BOATIES FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Keep sane or Sterling?

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Only got Sterling in for DGW. Really not worth the money

    19. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Are there people who did Hazard to City mid before Huddersfield but will keep Rich for Watford because "nice fixture"?

      1. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I kept Hazard but might keep Richarlison for Watford, unless I decide there's a very good chance that Felipe Anderson outscores him by 5 or more.

      2. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Rich is due... a SOT 😉

      3. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yep,'but I'm only keeping Rich cos I've used my FT elsewhere

      4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Might have to keep that Muppet one more gw fwiw aargh

      5. tucaoneo
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Took him out and get Son (-4). Enough is enough.

    20. olly:)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Richarlison and Sigurdsson were in need of a rest and Saturday is much more important for Everton than tonight anyways.

      1. denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        This statement has been easier to formulate with the benefit of hindsight 😉

    21. HTL
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B Silva, Aguero and Sane for my city picks. Left Digne as third sub. Fairly happy with how that’s panned out but real fine margins

    22. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The massacre Kuntinues.

      1. Make Arrows Green Again
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sounds a bit rude!

        "sac" LOL

      2. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sergi0-Aguer0

        0-0

    23. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sane TC has been a disaster so far.. but at least looking good for this one with Sane, Kun, Laporte

    24. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      First time I've been bummed by Aguero.

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

        Did he do it well?

        1. denial
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          With his hand?

    25. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      In hindsight Kun TC was a good call, (not just because he scored a hatty 🙂 )

      He was always likely to score against Arsenal. Then, especially if Liverpool slipped up at all Pep had to reward him with another start. Good job Kun Kappers!

    26. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Any predictions on WBA - Brighton?

      Brighton fielding a second team, sort of.

      1. tambourineman
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        WBA playing quite a few reserves as well, neither side wants to win so probably end up being a draw, Brighton on pens.