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Sane joins Sterling and Aguero in the City attack at Turf Moor

The penultimate match of Gameweek 36 takes place at Turf Moor as Manchester City aim to extend their 11-match winning run and return to the top of the Premier League table.

Kick-off in Lancashire is at 14:05 BST.

There are no huge shocks in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI, with Fernandinho not recovering from the knee problem he picked up in midweek.

Bernardo Silva has thus dropped back into central midfield alongside David Silva and anchor Ilkay Gundogan, so Leroy Sane is handed a start on the left flank.

Raheem Sterling moves over to the right wing, with Sergio Aguero leading the line once more.

City’s back four is unchanged.

Sean Dyche has named the same starting XI for the fourth game in succession, with Phil Bardsley still not having recovered from a gashed leg.

The Burnley manager has resisted the urge to pack his midfield and defence for the visit of the reigning champions, pairing Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes in attack for the 17th league match in a row.

Outside of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, Aguero and Sterling were the two most-popular Triple Captain choices of Gameweek 36: 14,542 managers backed the Argetinean striker, with 8,997 deploying the chip on Sterling.

Bernardo was the second-most-bought FPL player of Gameweek 36, having been transferred in by 146,541 Fantasy bosses.

Aguero and Aymeric Laporte were also bought by over 100,000 FPL managers this week.

Burnley XI: Heaton, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Wood, Barnes.

Subs: Hart, Gudmundsson, Gibson, Ward, Vydra, Long, Driscoll-Glennon.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Bernardo, Silva, Sterling, Sane, Aguero.

Subs: Muric, Danilo, Stones, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus, Foden.

1,138 Comments Post a Comment
  1. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Who would you rather have for Utd's last 2 games, Rashford or Pogba?

    1. Goat
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Pog cause of penalties

    2. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Pog head not in Manchester. Probably rashford

    3. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Rash

    4. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Rashford

      Pogba is annoying me.

    5. Duffy Dunk
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Looking at the players who've hauled against HUD, I think I favour Rashford.

  2. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Didn't realise Vardy also scored in 95th ffs. Why did I get rid of him :(. Ahhh well, IT'S OFFICIAL, WE'RE UP HEHEHE

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Unlucky.

    2. Goat
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Never seen ye play since ye were in Premiership. Will ye stay up or need to invest heavily? And do ye have the money to invest?

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        No idea hahaha. Get 100m for going up so better spend a good amount of that. Need 5 or 6 probs but could do well

        1. Rash
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 days ago

          Fulham spent 100m. Sometimes trusting the players who got you up seems the way to go imo

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

      Congratulations mate.

      You can relax and enjoy the playoffs now too.

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Exactly 🙂 cheers mate. Buzzing

  3. Goat
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    0-0 with Laporte top baps would be very nice as a liverpool fan

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      I’ll certainly take it.

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Surely as a Liverpool fan you want a Burnley win?

      1. Goat
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        No we’ll have to win both either way anyway

        1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 5 days ago

          True, just would be better and less stressful if city lose. Would have a bigger impact

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 5 days ago

            Ha. Also agree with this. Head is spinning.

            1. Zenith UK
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 5 days ago

              Actually loss to City might make Liverpool players relax just a little more than they want too or should.

        2. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 5 days ago

          Yep.

      2. yakirh
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Surely it doesn't really matter lose or draw?

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

    Come on Burnley. Hold on for 45 more minutes please.

  5. LSK
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Congrats Liverpool, finally won one.

    1. Goat
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      What an idiot.

    2. All For One
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Lol City not playing great, hopefully It stays like this or Man City lose

    3. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Anyone can win against Huddersfield

  6. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Pep now being exposed even by Sean Dyche. It's over for the bald fraus

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      fraud*

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

      Bald German women?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Ha

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Liverpool booking in the title parade

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

    Can’t bring myself to ditch Vardy again now...

    More inclined to ditch Aguero to fund Sterling 😆

  9. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Come on Burnley, for the sake of football fans everywhere, let a goal in.

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

      No.

      Burnley need to score.

  10. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    premium forward graveyard lately unless you consider Vardy one

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

      Happy with my Wilson haul yesterday, thanks.

      1. SEXY SON
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Hardly premium

        1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 5 days ago

          Yeah he lost me there. Kane Lukaku Auba Kun Laca Firm all for one reason or another getting destroyed by premium mids

      2. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        "premium" imperative word there lad

  11. Rash
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Liverpool fans starting to believe?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      If city lose here it's in the bag

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Been believing since GW1

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

      Nope. I’ll believe it at the final whistle. City to win by 2

    4. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      They’ve been believing for 25 years! 🙂

    5. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Not yet.

  12. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Imagine the scenes on here if that happened in FPL, what happened with Leeds and Villa. Clean sheets ruined!

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

      True, but it was poor by Leeds in the first place and they were right to correct their mistake.

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        no they weren't. Villa player dived, faked injury to stop Leeds' momentum. You play to the whistle

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      That’s what you’d be thrilled about? Clean Sheets ruined. Really?!

      1. JuulKrapuul
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        FPL is life

      2. Bouncebackability
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Where did I say thrilled? If you can read, it says imagine the scenes.

    3. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      What happened?

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

        Leeds carried on and scored when a player was down injured. A few mins before that Villa put the ball out for a Leeds player injured. Villa player sent off in ensuing melee, misses next three games. Leeds then let Villa score from kick off.

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

          Imagine captaining a striker who scored and got 18pts with the armband for that.. FPL leagues have been won and lost for less.

        2. Rash
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 days ago

          Wow, I'll search for a clip.

        3. Zenith UK
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 5 days ago

          Madness, lol! Did not know this was the case!

      2. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Leeds 72'
        Villa RC 75'
        Villa 77'

        I believe that's what they're talking about.

  13. Sif
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Klopp waiting in the Burnley dressing room to give the half time talk.

    1. Duffy Dunk
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      😀

      1. Duffy Dunk
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        "For schure"

  14. SEXY SON
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Burnley to snatch a 1-0 win on the counter.
    Can see it a mile off

    1. Duffy Dunk
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Sounds probable. I see a 1-1 draw.

  15. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    City will win 3-0 maybe 4-0.

    Bookmark if you wish.

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      I will.
      Coz I’m really cool.

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Please be right!

      Aguero and Sterling continuous blanking is ruining me

    3. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      I’ve got them down for 2-0 on the acca

  16. JuulKrapuul
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Is City underperforming or just a Burnley bus?

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

      Burnley bus. Defending so deep. City haven't been at their best, but Burnley are playing just to frustrate.

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Both - city are too slow and Burnley are up for it

  17. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Definitely don’t want the worst premier league in history replacing the second worst. Let’s hope Leeds finally make it back to the PL.

  18. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    I’m changing my profile picture to Ashley Barnes if Burnley get a result

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      This is a family friendly sight. No scary images allowed

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Site

    2. Sif
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      If you don't do it now they won't. Quickly!

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/3ad708cc-09ad-410b-a770-61f217386dae

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      I’m with you.

    4. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      My FB profile pic is Sean Dyche at the mo

  19. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Mate said he’s going to join our league next week, knowing he will be the top points scorer if he does.

    Will his points show or will he join as zero and be bottom?

    Bit out of order if he goes top.

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Top, just kick him out

      1. Londongeezaa
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Will have to. That’s taking the P otherwise.

        Though I can see the funny side too lol

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

      He'll go top.

    3. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Lol he has owned you

  20. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Barnes
    “Klopp has even given me a sly text to say that if I score he might sign me for next season – so I might be on the move!

    Loool

  21. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Come on 0-0, you can do it!

  22. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Man City complaining about the dryness of the pitch.

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Marginal gains.

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    City complaining the pitch is too dry

    1. Sif
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Said the same about the half time Chardonnay...

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Ahaha.
        Although people in Manchester certainly aren’t drinking white wine.

    2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Like to see them at Baseball ground in the 70s. Just sand and mud no grass

  24. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Sterling to match aguero plus laporte cs is all I ask.

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Aguero is scoring max 2 points so you should be fine

      1. SEXY SON
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Famous last words

        1. SEXY SON
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 5 days ago

          😉

      2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Result

  25. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Aguero powerful shot saved by Heaton

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Would’ve been sterling assist too 🙁

  26. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Desperate defending by Burnley.

  27. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Laporte SOT

  28. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Laporte weak header saved by Heaton

  29. micsway
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    vardy for the win