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

    Still no Kun or Sterling involvement

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Still over 30 mins to go

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

        I can guarantee that you'll be disappointed

    2. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      YES... WE KNOW (in capital letters)

  2. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Lingard missed that because he was too busy stropping about due to missing the first attempt.
    Sums them up at the minute.

    1. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Never know why players do this

  3. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Told a friend earlier that City's real banana skin is Burnley away. Blingard and co don't have the heart.

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pog goal or Laporte cleanie most worth for me?

    1. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pogba goal for sure..

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pogba goal. More points and lower ownership in Top 10k

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pogba what I want

  5. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Miss of the season? It’s not even miss of the week 🙄

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Chill

    2. 1zverGGadeM
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If UTD want to get 3 points today - yes, it's a HUGE miss!

  6. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Jiminez. Come on

  7. Nas
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Why is doherty still on?

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

      Nuno hasn't got him so needs him to lose the cleanie

    2. OldBenKenobi
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Why is Jimenez still in?

    4. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He needs another goal

  8. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dear Nuno Espirito,

    Please sub off Doherty.

    Yours sincerely,
    Every owner

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You don’t speak for me, I want more attacking points 😉

    2. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Why did you do that??????????

  9. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kim looks tired. Get Jesus on Pep 😉

    1. OldBenKenobi
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kun* ahhhh

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kim Jong Un?

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Him too

    3. 1zverGGadeM
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kim Kardashian?

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Her as well

    4. Old Bull
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I knew a Kim and she was always looking tired

    5. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You’d be tired doing a lap of Red Square in his condition 🙂

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Utd FK. Won by Pogba

  11. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    United FK dangerous position

  12. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Free kick in a great area for unites

  13. tambourineman
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Jota subbed

  14. Mario Balofail
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Jessie Lingard reminds me of Jessie Pinkman...he couldn't get the job done...

  15. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nooo Arse goal!!

  16. tambourineman
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    3-1, Sokratis goal

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kolasinac assist??

      1. Richd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Plz

      2. tambourineman
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Xhaka I believe

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

          Xhaka Can

  17. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Jimmy I beg you

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You're getting too desperate

  18. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sod off arsenal

    1. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

  19. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Yess Doherty CS gone!

    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Have some respect.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

  20. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sokratis g fuuuu

  21. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Finish work to 3 Wolves goals but no Jimmy involvement 🙁

  22. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ahhhh godamnit

  23. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wolves CS gone - delicious

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yummy best thing that that happened so far

  24. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Screw you arsenal

    1. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      🙂

  25. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Can Jimi score now?

  26. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    that goal cost Doherty 6 points 4 + 2 BAPS

  27. Sif
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Argh! double Wolves CS gone and the dream of 100+

  28. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    The wrong defender scored

  29. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Jota cleanie INTACT 😎

  30. Old Bull
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once again