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. tambourineman
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Jimenez subbed

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

      Nooooooo

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

    Jimenez off
    Traore on

  3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sane g, Sterling a!!!!!

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

    sokratis ffs typical

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

    Sane G

    Sterling A

  6. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Jota CS point locked in. Whoopy do

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

    Sane G

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

    Nuno Despecito Santo is the biggest clown in football

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

    Damn it.

  10. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Double CS and so many bp lost 🙁 Jonny and Doho owner. Well, still happy

  11. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ster A
    Sane G

  12. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    What’s happened to DDG

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Beaten

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

    Just how much worse can De Gea

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

    Well that Arsenal goal was just annoying and pretty pointless FPL wise

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

    RAHEEM

    THATL DO

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

      Whoop

  16. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling A

  17. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Fck sterling A Sane G

    Stupid DDG

  18. Poseidon.
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I am not watching any more of this. Absolute disgrace

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

      Take Dave with you Ole

  19. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling il capitano

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

    And the premier league trophy goes to....

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

    jimi captain fail........2nd lowest scorer in my team 😆

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

    Sterling asssit woooo

  23. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Greedy sod, Kun was open

  24. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Raheem assists Leroy

  25. some witty pun
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    De Gea ....?

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Will CS lost for Jonny and Doho will influence my ranking too much?

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

      Yes

  27. Robson-Canoe
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    2 mistakes by DDG - should've saved both

  28. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ddg awful.

  29. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    DDG throwing the game

  30. 1zverGGadeM
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    DDG you muppet