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.

3,325 Comments Post a Comment
  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    City corner. Laporte time.

  2. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    3-0 Wolves jesus

  3. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Jota goal FFS

  4. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Yessss!!!

  5. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    30 mins for Aguero to dio something

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      nah full 90

  6. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Yes Wolves...keep going!

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

    JOTAAAA

  8. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Jota yeeeeeees

  9. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    JOTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  10. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    THIS IS THE TWIST WE NEEDED

    YES

    YESSS

    YESSSSSSSSSSS

  11. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Assist? Please be jimmy

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      This

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No assist

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

    100 up!

  13. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    WOLVES, YESSSSS

  14. Annie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Jota yeesssssss yes yesss

  15. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Jota finally some returns

  16. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Ferking Jimmola is useless

  17. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Assist????

    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      None I’m afraid

  18. Toothless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    No assist... where are you Jiminez?!

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Gone missing.

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Cancun by the sound of it

  19. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Points for everyone!

    1. Eytexi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Except me it seems.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Hehe yep

  20. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Sheesh

  21. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    I've cracked 100 pts
    Yooo

  22. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    JOTAAAAAA FECK YES

  23. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    SCENES JOTA AND DOHERTY!!

    Next stop Jimmy???

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

      Nah EO over 100, can stay quiet.

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

        ??

    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Hopefully, complete the pack...of Wolves!

  24. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    JOTA!!!!!!

  25. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    For the love of God Jimi please score

  26. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    First century since GW1 guaranteed now, phew 🙂

  27. Party time
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Jota & Jonny sending my team into Space! This is so lovely

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Sterling playing way too deep

    • Regin
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      First Doherty, now jota. Own both. Now I need something from sterling (c). It has been miserable last few weeks.

    • IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Arsenal oh dear