Dugout Discussion

Starts for Sterling, Aguero and Lacazette but Aubameyang misses out

Two Premier League fixtures take place this evening, bringing Double Gameweek 35 to a close.

Wolverhampton Wanderers host Arsenal in the 19:45 BST kick-off at Molineux before the Manchester derby gets underway at a rain-soaked Old Trafford 15 minutes later.

Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero both start for City but Pep Guardiola has made three changes to the side that beat Spurs on Saturday, with Vincent Kompany, Fernandinho and David Silva replacing John Stones, Phil Foden and the injured Kevin de Bruyne.

Bernardo Silva continues on the right flank with Sterling on the opposite wing, meaning no start for Riyad Mahrez or Leroy Sane.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has wielded the axe after the 4-0 loss at Everton, with Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Andreas Pereira and Jesse Lingard returning in place of Phil Jones, Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matic, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial.

All bar the injured Jones of those five players are among the substitutes.

There is no Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Arsenal matchday squad, with the Gabonese striker and wing-back Sead Kolasinac among seven players to drop out of Unai Emery’s starting XI.

Arsenal say that Aubameyang misses out this evening having had a “small sinus procedure”, while Kolasinac is among the substitutes.

Shkodran Mustafi, Mohamed Elneny, Carl Jenkinson, Matteo Guendouzi and Konstantinos Mavraponos are the other men to make way as Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Granit Xhaka, Lucas Torreira, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi are recalled to Emery’s line-up.

The Arsenal head coach looks to be reverting to a 4-2-3-1, with Iwobi, Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil supporting Alexandre Lacazette in attack.

Leander Dendoncker for Morgan Gibbs-White is Nuno Espirito Santo’s only change, meaning that Raul Jimenez, Diogo Jota, Matt Doherty and Jonny all get two starts in Double Gameweek 35.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Darmian, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Young, Fred, Pereira, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Silva, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Torreira, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi, Lacazette.

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  1. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Yessss

  2. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Jonny with 2 assists I love it!

  3. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    YEEESSS!!!!

  4. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    And of course he scores

  5. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    DOHERTY

    and best of all.. Kola benched

    GTFI

    DRY HUMPING YOUR WILDCARD !!!

  6. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Doho you beauty!!! Juhuuuuu

  7. Mo Mané Mo Problems
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Points for all!!

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Not for Jimi

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Only 50% EO

  8. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Jonny assist x2

    1. Eytexi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Benched to TC Sterling...

  9. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    The legend!!!

  10. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Jonny with his second assist to add to his clean sheet. On my bench of course.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      That is why I bench boosted

      1. Eytexi
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Planned to til Deeney's red. Then decided to TC Sterling.

  11. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Rash needs to continue playing through the middle, moving him wide for Lukaku recently really didn't work.

  12. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Come on Jimmy, get involved

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Naaah. Stay quiet

  13. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Finally a good GW. All eyes in you Sterlo boy!!!

  14. Regin
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 21 hours ago

    Finally something positive! Thank you Doherty!

  15. Party time
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Jonnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyessssssss

    • Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Yeessssss Doherty

    • Oggle22
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Kolasinac to Doherty or a united defender?

    • Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Doherty must be the FPL player of the year isn't he?

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Robbo says Hi

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Got him at 4.4m too.

        1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 21 hours ago

          Same

        2. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 21 hours ago

          Ditto - one of my few successes this season.

      3. Amey
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Yep

      4. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        God no. Can't get a clean sheet to save his life. Only had 2 prolific runs this season too.

      5. Zilla
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Jem of the year maybe

        1. Zilla
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 21 hours ago

          Gem*

    • Greko82
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Thank you Mr D.

    • Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Jonny another assist?

    • Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      As a Doherty non-owner, that's a very bad goal for my rank.

    • SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Jonny top 10k ownership anyone?

      1. moment
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        4.4% EO

      2. FPL DONKEY
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        4.2%

        You can check it out for yourself at https://www.livefpl.net/top10k_ownership

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      I do think I've heard Aguero:s name mentioned at all

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Dont think...

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Dunk and Deeney out.

      Gray and Jonny in for a hit.

      Juhuuuuuu.

      What's my name? 🙂

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Chu yung pong

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 21 hours ago

          Juhuuuuuuu

      2. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Troll?

    • Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 21 hours ago

      Jonny legend. Kick on for the 18 pointer

      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Jimmy C doing something would be nice too 🙂

      2. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        We still need to keep the CS 😉

      3. Party time
          5 years, 21 hours ago

          We need a goal now from Jonny. Don't we 🙂

      4. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        Jonnnyyyyyyy you beauty

      5. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        hallelujah Doherty

      6. UnitednationsXI
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 21 hours ago

        damn! was sooo tempted to double up with doherty and jonny but decided against it

        1. Party time
            5 years, 21 hours ago

            I was tempted to captain Jonny but only for 3 seconds

        2. Party time
            5 years, 21 hours ago

            Mr Otto I Love Ya!

          • Richd
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 21 hours ago

            We just need some Raheem and Jota magic.

            Or how about a Laporte bicycle kick assisted by Ederson ?

            Let’s make this memorable.