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. FPL DONKEY
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who do I bench next GW out of Laporte, Robbo, TAA and Doherty!?

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

      Doherty

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Doherty.

    3. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Doherty

    4. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Doc

    5. FPL DONKEY
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Unanimous

    6. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Doherty

    7. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      lets get this one over first

  2. Richd
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Only just read about joe on twitter.

    All the best for a speedy recovery

    1. BooYaKasha
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      What about Joe?

    2. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Link? What happened to hints?

      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Jonty *

      2. Amey
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Check HT

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          *Hot Topic

    3. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm sure he's at the top of the "recovery imminent table"...fear not 🙂

  3. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Cmon jimmy... yah complete noob

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    How much will Liverpool beat Wolves to lift the title?

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

      0-1 😛

      1. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Do your job now and leave us to drop it the Liverpool way!

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

          😉

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hope it goes down to the last game and last few minutes again!

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

        Another Aguerooooooooo ?

        1. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Or a Salllaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! followed by a Klopp pitch invasion 😎

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

            😀

  5. thunder_mike
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Come on Jimmy, at least an assist please.

    1. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I’ll take anything

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      The desperation is growing

    3. child of God
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Please score an own goal then get sent off jimmy, pretty please

  6. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Jimmy Nd Dpoh

  7. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    If it remains 0-0 at OT then who reckons it might give Liverpool enough of an incentive to go for a big walloping of Huddersfield in order to move towards goal difference parity? At present City could easily win the title on goal difference. Again.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      What? Pool are a point ahead if this ends in a draw

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I think them finishing level on points is very unlikely but I also expect Liverpool will want to absolutely hammer Huddersfield anyway as a statement of intent.

    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      no

    4. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No pool more likely to just make sure they get job done and win remaining 3

  8. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Jota misses a sitter from Jimmy assist

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

      Oh come on

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      😮

    3. drughi
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      that hurts to hear

    4. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      This is inaccurate

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        You tell them then...

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

      I cry evry tim

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

    Jimi double captain fail.

    Naturally.

    1. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      You and me both mate.

  10. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Laca denied a clear pen

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Good

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not sure if I’m better with Bennett clean sheet or laca goal. Probably the later

  11. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Now am really sad having lost Vardy last GW he will love that game against Arsenal

  12. Steinburg FC
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    As a Spurs fan with Jota(C), Doherty and Jimenez tonight is quite enjoyable...

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Wait till then end just in case.

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

      Jota Cap was ballsy!

  13. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mhi off 57min
    Kola on

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

      Kola hattrick please

  14. Rash
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    3 goals and no Jimemez involvement 🙁

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      That's a DGW for you. Will always find a way to hurt you.

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

        So much this.

  15. Party time
      4 years, 11 months ago

      All I want in the 60th min is a Jonny > Vinagre substitution

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

        You mean Doherty right bro ?? 😉

        1. Party time
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Lol & Jimmy also, so I can see a HOT topic after the gameweek 🙂

      2. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I worked it out and Duffy has cost me around 40 points by trusting him over the last few weeks. Doh! - Lessoned learned, don’t give into unjustified hype.

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

          Or in my case, if you're going to beleive the hype, give it a chance to beleive it for more than just 1 GW!

      3. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Kola gonna* score soon.

      4. Slow regard for silent thin…
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Come on arsenal break the CS!!!!!

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

          Nooo

      5. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        come on jimi lad score please

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          *Kola

      6. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        60 minutes gone at Wolves...

        1. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Get Doh off.

        2. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Must not look at points

          1. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Can't. Resist

          2. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Dont you dare.

        3. Fred54
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Beach hut rate doubles after 60?!

      7. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Come on Jota, one more please

      8. OldBenKenobi
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Desperate for a united goal.
        Don’t care about Sterling(c) blanking now

      9. Supersonic Marv'
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        City have come out hot.

      10. aborg
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Kola in. At least he avoided the 3 goals against him 🙂

        1. Party time
            4 years, 11 months ago

            & a possible yellow card

        2. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Doherty was the obvious TC choice

        3. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          All right guys,
          The drill is not to look @ CS points 😉
          Because it hurts when they are taken away by a stupid late consolation goal

          1. Sim Simma
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Not if Kola scores

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

              Hopefully after Doherty is off 😉

          2. Supersonic Marv'
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Good philosophy. Defenders are just value attackers now.

          3. Amey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            I've looked @ mine 😛
            It's a 100 atm
            Hold Wolves !!!

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

            This. So much this

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

          Bernardo is going to have to be the tipping point.

        5. Fred54
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          What did Aguero score as TC in that DGW with Stoke involved?

          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            9pts I think

          2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            9

          3. DR0GBA
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            yeah he got 27 as TC

            I remember being quite disappointed tbf

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

          Jimi to just match aguero tonight please

        7. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Don’t know why I captained jimmy... 🙁

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

            Unlucky no return tonight.