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. Napoleon IV
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    if only there was some way of figuring out which football players were going to score the most fantasy points before the matches were played!

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

      Grays Sports Almanac.

    2. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Worst ever top post?

    3. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Fantastic top of the page comment

  2. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Wolves only used 19 players in the league this season. Arsenal and Emery should be at least learning something from this.

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

      Had no European football and only a few injuries. A low injury rate is usually quite important for a successful season.

    2. Mark-O
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      They don’t have squad depth so if they compete in Europa next season they might struggle and end up like Burnley and Everton last time

  3. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    murray to

    A Zaha
    B Mitro

    thank you 🙂

    1. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Zaha

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

    Sane coming on

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

      Attack mode on

  5. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    110 points and climbing. Ace week!

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

    Could Redmond's father please sub Doherty so my rival can lose double cleanie on Rui and Boly?

    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Lol

  7. Punty McPuntface
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Only just noticed that auba isn't in the squad...what's happened?

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Had a sinus operation apparently

      1. Punty McPuntface
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Cheers

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

      Had a sinus operation

      1. Punty McPuntface
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Cheers

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

    Sane will reward Sterling owners

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Hear hear

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

    I know Wolves will concede, just enjoying this while it lasts

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

      Enjoying the predicted 19 Doherty points

  10. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    As a Jimmy captainer and without any other Wolves asset it will so sad to see a blank score in a 3 nil win

    Wow a chance just missed

  11. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Concede please Wolves x

  12. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Has sterling peaked?

    Was planning eriksen to mane to wondering sterling to Salah....

  13. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    121 pts with sterling(c) (so far)
    Just need a United goal to make my evening

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

      🙄

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Wow, good score.

    3. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Ban!

      Nice score mate

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

    Come on Jimmy. Anything!

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      This!

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

      even a RC?

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

        Well...

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

      this please

  15. 1zverGGadeM
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Why is Stones out?

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

    Jimmy close

  17. Baked baines
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Jimi should have scored that!!

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

    1-0 MCI Bernardo

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

    Bilva goal

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

    Bernardo G
    Gundogan A

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Another useless FPL goal

  21. Poseidon.
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Get out my club Ole. That is all

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

      Really?

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

      What the hell are you on about? Ridiculous

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

      You're a moron.

  22. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Can only get worse now with Fernandinho off the pitch

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Spoke too soon

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Yeh lol. Delay on TV feed

  23. Marvin Moon
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Nooooooooooo.

  24. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    There's always next year

  25. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Bilva G

    Gund A

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

    Jimmy v close

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

    dont forsake me fpl gods

  28. Vlad Tepes
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    B. Silva Geeeeet IN

  29. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    At least I have Bilva 🙂

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

    Bilva has been amazing this season