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Aguero and Sterling rested as Man City visit Swansea

Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) and Raheem Sterling (£11.5m) have both been handed rests by Pep Guardiola in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Manchester City are visiting Swansea City to compete for a place in the semi-finals, and to potentially confirm a Blank in Gameweek 33.

If they do, that would mean a third Double Gameweek for the defending champions this season, having faced Arsenal and Everton in Gameweek 25 and already confirmed to be playing twice in Gameweek 35.

That later Double Gameweek is booked out with matches against Tottenham (home) and Manchester United (away), which means Manchester City’s Blank Gameweek 33 home meeting with Cardiff would probably move to Double Gameweek 32 if they leave south Wales with a win tonight.

That would set up a hugely appealing Double Gameweek with Fulham (away) and the Bluebirds (home) their two opponents.

For that reason, Fantasy managers, especially those looking to Free Hit in Double Gameweek 32, will be hoping that Manchester City win today.

Watford already confirmed that they and Fulham would not play in Gameweek 33 with their win over Crystal Palace earlier today.

Apart from the rests for Aguero and Sterling, it is a relatively strong line-up named by Guardiola to take on Championship opposition.

Ederson (£5.6m) keeps his place in goal and plays behind a back-four consisting of Fabian Delph (£5.3m), Aymeric Laporte (£5.9m), Nicolas Otamendi (£6.0m) and Kyle Walker (£6.4m).

David Silva (£8.5m), Bernardo Silva (£7.5m) and Ilkay Gündogan (£5.4m) are the central midfield trio with a three-man attack consisting of Leroy Sané (£9.3m), Riyad Mahrez (£8.2m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.9m).

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Delph, Gundogan, D Silva, B Silva, Sane, Mahrez, Jesus.

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  1. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bilva is just wonderful player to watch

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

      Best POTY contender for Virgil.

  2. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Cmon one more city

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    aguero with the lukaku touch in the pen box

  4. Patch
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Please chipmunk, just one teeny ickle goal

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

    Is this City collapse changing anybody's plans? (if everything else is as expected, with wolves, chelsea and united having great doubles) They still play Fulham in GW32 and with Pep rotation players are unlikely to get two starts anyway

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Tempted to just stick with the plan aye

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

      Wolves don't have a great double

    3. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nah, still going to free hit. Just might not go all in with three City.

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    pen city, fh 32 well on now

  7. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Penalty to City

  8. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    City pen oofft

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

    Penalty to City

  10. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Yess city pen

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    clear pen

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

      Lies

  12. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sterlings films again.

  13. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling dive as usual

  14. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Why do I feel Aguero is missing this

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Told you 😉

  15. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Watch him miss

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

    All a fix, conspiracy theory getting put together

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    come on aguero please

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

    Shouldn't have been given tbf. Good tackle

  19. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    GAME ON... FH activated...

  20. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Luckyy Sterling didn't even appeal 😀

  21. NATSTER
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    what a night

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

    Let’s Gooooooo

  23. Speédy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    City pen

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    wow off the post and in

  25. 3hoursleep
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sorry if this is a dumbass Q: I've pressed Free Hit for gw32. If I put a player in now e.g. Lingard, but tonight he drops in price, do I lose £0.1m when my team reverts back? Am I better holding off that player until Tomorrow even though Chip in play?

    1. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You'll get your team that you had at the start of this gameweek back, and whatever oprice rises/falls those players have incurred you will have.

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        When I say this gameweek obviously I mean gameweek 32, pre free hit.

      2. 3hoursleep
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks!

  26. The Gobstopper
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Well. 15 points from 5 today...with 8 coming from Bacuna (who, of course, I was certain was going to deliver big points today).

  27. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Agueroooo

  28. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Should have bet City to win it in normal time at HT... ah well.

  29. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Even the god is counting on FH32.

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

    Fh 32 backkkk