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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. Catsandhats
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Play one:

    A) Duffy
    B) Valery
    C) JWP
    D) gray

    1. Fernando Torres
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      A

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      D

    3. vityovics
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      C

  2. Fernando Torres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    A) Eriksen + Alisson with Son Capt
    B) Mane Capt + Foster

    1. Keep Calm and Play On
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      B

    2. AndyCook
        4 years, 12 months ago

        B

    3. Feed tha Sheep
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Thoughts on KDB & Eriksen > Mane & BSilva (-4)?

      1. Lemongrab
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Not sure about loosing Eriksen before West ham at home unless you think he gets rotated for champions League

        1. Feed tha Sheep
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          I know but I need a pool midfielder in for TC and have to downgrade someone and think Bsilva is a good shout on current form

      2. Keep Calm and Play On
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        I would

      3. AndyCook
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Yes

      4. Lemongrab
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Mane or Salah TC decision is going to drive me crazy for the next 2 days :/

        1. _Ninja_
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Salah

        2. WVA
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Salah has more points and pens if he's not unlucky enough to have milner come on seconds before he gets one

      5. space
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        a.) Jimenez
        b.) Doherty
        c.) Gray
        d.) Deulofeu

        Which two should I play?

      6. One More Hit
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        110 for the week despite using my FT on Ryan > Foster. Delighted with that.

        Was 225,000 after GW31 and up to 88,000 now. Nowhere near as good as some on here but really has been worth waiting with the chips in my case

        1. Son is Rising
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          121 after baps for me!

        2. Volley127
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Always a long wait, but proves its worth normally!

        3. No Professionals
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Nice work

      7. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Is Salah back in the UK yet?!

      8. Twisted Melon
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Vardy to Firmino? already have TAA and Mane

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          No

        2. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Did you see Arse tonight?

          1. FPL Forward Thinker
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            Only my own, in the mirror

            1. Team Cruel
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Probably looked better than Arsenal

              1. Amey
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                😀

      9. WVA
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        I'm triple captaining Salah so I'd avoid

        1. MTPockets
            4 years, 12 months ago

            Ok will do

          • Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            😆

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

          Ton up. 103.

          1. The Knights Template
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            Shirt off, run around the lounge room

        3. pablo discobar
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 12 months ago

          Happy with my attackers for this week

          Sterling, Mane, Salah, Son
          Aguero, Jiminez, Calvert Lewin

          Lloris in goal.

          Just not sure on which 3 out of the 5 defenders to play

          TAA + 2 of Bendernark (H to Bournmouth), Jonny, Doherty (Away Watford) or Dunk (H Newcastle)

          Will triple captain Salah or Mane

          Cheers

          1. MTPockets
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Bednarek, Dunk. I think

            • circusmonkey
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Home players

            • The Knights Template
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Need benteke

          2. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            If going w/o Salah with this team* (as just not sure who to ditch for him, and have decent armband alternatives)...

            Lloris (foster)
            Robertson Laporte Doherty (duffy bednarek)
            Mane Son Eriksen Pogba (hojbjerg)
            Aguero Vardy Jimenez

            1. TC Mane(HUD) or Son(WHU) - why?
            2. I have 2FT 0.2 ITB. If not getting Salah, where would you spend a FT?

            *thinking I will, unless someone makes a strongly convincing arguement otherwise.

            1. No Professionals
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Triple captain mane. For me they will score a min of 3 and could be 5 or 6 (huddersfield won't cope with liverpool's intensity). You'd fancy mane to be involved in 2.

            2. No Professionals
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Not fancy Doherty to TAA?

              1. Top Lad Dakes.
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                cant afford, got Doh at 4.4

                1. No Professionals
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Ah, nice though

            3. Zen_Master
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              1. TC Mane (HUD) because Liverpool need to keep the title chase alive as possible, so he will definitely start. Son (WHU) is also a good option, but Liverpool clearly have the superior matchup as Huddersfield are really awful on the road (and all-round tbh). Son (WHU) is also a London derby, so you know how those go. Which do you value more? Liverpool's drive to win the title or Spurs' drive to clinch CL football? (Spurs are pretty much locked in imo)

              2. I would look at getting another Liverpool defender in and/or a City midfielder. TAA in for one of Doherty, Duffy or Bednarek maybe? Pogba to BSilva maybe? At this stage, you may want to transfer in players from teams that have actually something to play for.

              Hope this helps.

          3. Tsssst
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            Rondon to

            Ings or Mitrovic?

            1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Mitro

            2. The Knights Template
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Benteke

          4. Majestic Chanka
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            KDB to

            B)ilva
            H)azard -4

          5. goriuanx
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 12 months ago

            Whatever could've wrong tonight, did go wrong..

            What to do with TC chip now? Don't see Liverpool being as riled up as they would had City drew.

            1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Haz 37

            2. Team Cruel
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Redmond 38

            3. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Kun in 38 against BHA is where I’d go

              1. No Professionals
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                I wouldn't go aguero away. Aguero Leicester home.

                1. pingissimus
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Aguero away on the last day of the season could be fun though

              2. Ask Yourself
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                You saw what they did to spurs tho. Not a kun haul type game that

                1. pingissimus
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Brighton will be safe by then

                  1. Ask Yourself
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    I dunno they are a bit poo

            4. XabiAlonso
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              It will have no effect on how we play the next game.
              Salah TC if you have him

            5. The Overthinker
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Son vs Westham or Mane vs Huddersfield

            6. WVA
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Same here mate, the last two nights of football couldn't have gone more wrong FPL and real.

              1. goriuanx
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                C'est la vie. I'm happy to be alive and healthy

                1. WVA
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Great outlook and perspective.

            7. Party time
                4 years, 12 months ago

                Vardy vs Arsenal

            8. No Professionals
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Ryan
              Jonny TAA Bednarek
              Salah son pogba sterling Redmond
              Aguero Jimenez

              Fabianski dunk AWB a barnes

              Planning to TC Salah (unless it looks like he might not start and I'll spend 4 points making mane TC)

              GTG?

            9. Niho992
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Lads i need your advice what to do here ? short 0.1 to do Eriksen to MAne. Need Eriksen price rise.

              Lloris
              Dunk-Laporte-VVD
              Salah (C)-Doucoure-Eriksen-Son
              Ings-Aguero-Jimenez

              Foster-Martial-Doherty-Bednarek

              Considering to do Eriksen and Martial to Mane and Babel for a hit.

              Toughts ?

              1. Niho992
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                and i forgot. TC now or GW 37 Aguero/Sterling.

                1. OldBenKenobi
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Most ppl will do TC on pool mid this week. Not sure I like those moves for a hit either

              2. The Knights Template
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                What's a Babel?

            10. OldBenKenobi
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Might do without pool mids and stick with Sterling(c) this weekend and double up with pool defence instead....

              1. Tev
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                Genuinely can’t see that going too far wrong.

              2. pingissimus
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                You’ll kick yourself when Keita scores a hattie

                1. OldBenKenobi
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Lol

                2. FPL Maldini
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Shhhh

              3. Amey
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                Join me 😉

            11. jdp219
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              1) Doherty > TAA
              2) Save FT

              Ryan
              Robbo, Doherty, Laporte
              Mane(tc), Son, Sterling, Jota
              Aguero(tvc), Wilson, Jiménez
              (Foster, JWP, Valery, Duffy)

              1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                Keep Doherty IMO

              2. jdp219
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 12 months ago

                fwiw - TAA would mean ML rival and I have the same Pool players. And I have my TC left; rival has no chips.

            12. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              Gunn (Foster)
              Robertson, Doherty, Duffy, * (Valery)
              Sterling, Son, *(JWP, Doucoure)
              Kuo, *, Jiminez

              Best three final spots? Triple Captain chip still available...can’t afford Salah
              A Trippier Eriksson Vardy (Save FT)
              B TAA Eriksson Vardy
              C AWB Mane Vardy (-4)
              D AWB Mane Firmino (-8)

            13. Tev
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 12 months ago

              KDB to Sané as opposed to Mané? Time to gamble?

              1. MTPockets
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Just doesn't seem to be in Pep's A-team, or I'd consider him too

                  1. Tev
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Yeah, shame. Wondering if his goal might force a rethink, with Bernardo dropping back into the midfield three. Probably wishful thinking.
                    Either way, I’d only really be purchasing Mane out of fear, don’t particularly fancy him, planned to have KDB over him.

                    1. MTPockets
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        Don't think there's been any pattern of him starting when KDB didn't, but you could be right

                        1. Tev
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 12 months ago

                          You’ve got a great rank to protect so doesn’t make sense for you admittedly.

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

                    I'm going KdB>Mane, Salah(c). Shield protection against TC'ers of either.

                    1. Tev
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      I should be doing the same really...

                  3. The Knights Template
                    • 10 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Get benteke for a real gamble

                    1. Tev
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Now you suggest it... 😉

                • JUST ONE LOMBARDO...
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  Van Dijk a good triple capitan?

                  1. Team Cruel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    As good as any. Guaranteed 18 points.

                  2. DA Minnion (Former great)
                    • 11 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Not a bad idea.

                  3. Top Lad Dakes.
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Very punty that could definitely pay off

                  4. FPL Maldini
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Captain Duffy was the end of my faith in captaining defenders who ‘should keep clean sheets’

                  5. Boss Hogg
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    I think Huddersfield will score. Could be something like 5-1.

                    Why risk it on a defender when Huddersfield concede every single week and Liverpool have to win the game?

                    1. JUST ONE LOMBARDO...
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Thanks. 30 points behind leader in mini league and trying to come up with a decent differential.

                  6. Forza
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Not bad if you think Huddersfield will keep it tight... but that's a ridiculous 'if'.

                • DA Minnion (Former great)
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 12 months ago

                  101 on bench boost . All chips played. Time to see the season out.

                  1. MTPockets
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      ditto

                    • Top Lad Dakes.
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      v. respectable score mate. always nice to crack 100

                      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
                        • 11 Years
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        Yeah , always nice Dakes

                  2. FPL Forward Thinker
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Should have TC Kun in GW2 or Eden in GW5

                    Never mind

                    Over and out. Goodnight

                    1. The Knights Template
                      • 10 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Best post of the day

                  3. Boss Hogg
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    I need a striker for 5.1 or less to facilitate getting Salah...

                    a. Long
                    b. Llorente
                    c. 4.3 non playing striker to free up cash
                    d. Someone else?

                    1. barracuda
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Is it for a hit?

                      1. Boss Hogg
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        Yes.

                        1. Boss Hogg
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 12 months ago

                          -8 hit to get Salah, TC him, and keep al my big hitters for the run in.

                  4. The Overthinker
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Who would you Start one of
                    A) Ings
                    B) Doherty
                    C) JWP
                    D) Valery

                    1. Ask Yourself
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      A

                    2. RichRover
                      • 11 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      B

                  5. Burger
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Which option for the run in:

                    A. Mitrovic (CAR, wol, NEW)
                    B. Zaha (EVE, car, BOU)

                    ?

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

                      B

                    2. Lemongrab
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Wilf

                    3. Ask Yourself
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Palace usually finish strongly but have been suspect vs lower teams this season. Mitro can't finish so i'd have to say B

                    4. pingissimus
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Neither in 36 but I’d go Zaha from 37

                  6. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 12 months ago

                    Do Sterling and Aguero start this weekend do we think lads??

                    1. MTPockets
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        I think yes

                      • Top Lad Dakes.
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        should do

                      • Syd.
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        Yes

                        Full strength 11 until the end of the season

                        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 12 months ago

                          Cheers fellas I like these answers Sterling captain locked in till gameweek 1 next season

                    2. Athletic Nasherbo
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Which option?

                      A) KdB > Mane

                      B) KdB + Lukaku > Salah + Zaha/Mitro -4

                      1. Syd.
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        Salah / Mitro

                    3. WVA
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 12 months ago

                      Was expecting to be close to top 10k after using BB this week, instead I've dropped over 10k in rank and I'm at 30k, funny old game revolving mainly around pure luck

                      1. Syd.
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        Luck is a big element

                      2. Tev
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 12 months ago

                        Unlucky but 73%+ of top 10k played a chip this week, some had to get red arrows.