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Aguero and Sterling start for Man City at Crystal Palace

Fantasy Premier League managers who backed Manchester City’s key attackers were handed a boost on Sunday afternoon.

Sergio Aguero (£11.7m) and Raheem Sterling (£11.5m), who some feared would be rotated ahead of a big Champions League match, have both been named in the starting line-up.

They are joined in the side by Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m) who has now started five of the last six Premier League matches.

There will be plenty for those with a tactical interest in this encounter as Benjamin Mendy (£6.1m) and Leroy Sané (£9.3m) have both been selected in the starting XI.

It will be of great importance to analyse how those two players interact with each other given what they have offered Fantasy managers at various stages this season.

Meanwhile, Bernardo Silva (£7.6m) has shaken off his yellow flag to make the bench and Fernandinho (£5.3m) misses out with a knock.

As expected, Crystal Palace are down to their second-string in the centre-back department with Mamadou Sakho (£4.9m) and James Tomkins (£4.3m) out injured.

It will be Martin Kelly (£3.9m) and Scott Dann (£4.4m) tasked with schackling Aguero this afternoon.

Up front, there is a surprising selection by Roy Hodgson, who has benched Michy Batshuauyi (£6.5m) to give Christian Benteke (£6.3m) a first start since Gameweek 26.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Mendy, Gundogan, Silva, De Bruyne, Sane, Sterling, Aguero.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan Bissaka, Kelly, Dann, Van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojevic, Schlupp, Townsend, Benteke, Zaha.

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  1. evilfish
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone worse than 19 with 3 to go?

  2. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Started Aguero and Laporte, benched Mili 😎

  3. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    LUKA all over that!

  4. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    We knew the Mili goal was coming

  5. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Christ

  6. adibo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Bye cleansheet

  7. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    How does MIli score all the time? He's a shocking footballer.

  8. Kepa's at the wheel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Oh piss off Mili

  9. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Laporte CS waves goodbye....

  10. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    And there goes my 6 PTS from my defender.

  11. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Milo gonna be 10.0 next year.

  12. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Yess! All the laporte ederson owner's points ruined! Boom!

  13. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mili legend

  14. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Nice one Mili!

  15. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Absolutely loathe that bloke

    1. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Muhahaha

  16. Poseidon.
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    He hit that with a venomous vengeance

  17. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Get in mili

  18. F_Ivanovic
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Milli you f-beauty!

  19. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Shut KDB!

  20. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Bloody hell. Aguero & Laporte. Get LOST.

    1. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      same

    2. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Same

  21. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    So, get rid of Kun and get Sterling in for a hit?

  22. hueycho
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Aguero back to his best at away games....eughhhhh

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      As usual, fell for him over Raz too. Security of starts and all that crap.

      1. thomashl
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Yeaaah. Did he look injured tho?

        Deffo getting sterling in for a double rest in a dgw

  23. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Now they've got rid of my clean sheet they better get a result out of this. Come on the Eagles

  24. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Need Sterlo hatty asap...

  25. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    That Mili goal is disgusting, ML rival is getting him off the bench for Lindelof

  26. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    and they say Luka only scores pens 😀

  27. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Groan, and I was just checking where laporte was on baps

  28. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Someone console me.... Kun and Laporte owner 🙁

    1. The Head-Ake
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      You're not alone. That good enough? I had a last minute switch from Sterling to Aguero

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        That’s rough mate!

        Annoying cos it makes you wonder whether we need to take him out for the DGW

  29. Adriano
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    That's essentially a penalty for Mili