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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.

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

    Burnley FK. This is their chance.

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Nah

  2. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Alberto Moreno is even better than Charlie Taylor

  3. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Keep Vardy now?

    Really really want Haz next week but it feels crazy to air that move now.

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

      Maybe keeping him. Unless Rashford get braces today.

    2. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Yeah keeping ofc. Form over fixtures

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

    Sterling off
    Otamendi on

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Ohh good

  5. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Sterling CS banked

    1. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Time for a Burnley goal

  6. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Otamendi for Sterling.

  7. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    sterling off

  8. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    I'll take 11-12 pts from Aguero and Sterling, was a tough match.

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

      10 tops

      1. tm245
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Now I'm disappointed.

  9. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Charlie Taylor again. Worst player ever

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

    Now Man City are time wasting

  11. Alnair
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but 1 point out of 6 is the lowest Liverpool have ever gotten over two fixtures in the league vs City, right?

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

      Should have been 0 if Mahrez wasn't a bottler

  12. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Sterling (c) here ...yikes. New it was risky, was looking for a massive differential, nothing more to lose this season

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

      What a weird choice.

      1. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Sterling against Burnley isn't such an odd choice if big differential needed. Only three games left.

  13. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Sterling or Lunch for (c) next GW against Leicester.
    Any better options ?

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

      *Kun lol

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Lunch

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

        *Kun

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

      Aguero or Breakfast?

    4. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Depends on the restaurant

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

      supper (c)

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

      Better to eat

    7. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Save Sterling and skip lunch.

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

    Burnley 0 - 1 Man City FT

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Bugger.

    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Undeserved.

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Now Vardy party is the only thing on the way

  15. Regin
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    imagine gw 38 was liverpool vs manC.
    FA should be big clashes on last matchday.
    manu vs chelsea
    arsenal vs spurs

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      IF they planned that it would have been United vs City in a damp squib on a match.

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

      This!! Never seems to line up like that though, not sure if on purpose for policing or summat

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

    balls......
    i dont think ill ever see pool win the league again 🙁

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

      Good

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

    Now for a Rashford brace to top off a lovely week of fpl

  18. Alnair
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Liverpool are cursed.

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Was it you?

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

        I'm cursed myself.

  19. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Looks like Aguero, Walker and Laporte will get 3 baps each.

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

      Aguero winning goal only worth 1bps?

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

      Aguero 3
      Laporte Walker 2

      Need to add winning goal baps for Aguero

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

        Aguero has 2 dispossessions

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Ohhhh yes

  20. CarsonYeung
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Any chance of Aguero getting the 3 bonus?

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Yes

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Yes

  21. Plymouth
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Where can one see the final bonus points (after deductions) before its updated on FPL?

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      FPL discovery

  22. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    up to Leicester now

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      I want to believe 🙁

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

      Watched a Rodgers' interview and it seems he'll try to block MCI..

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

      No chance. If we wanted the league we should've beat United.

      Even worse we then had the chance to beat Everton and bottled it again.

      Everyone knew how good City were, draws were NEVER going to be good enough. Poor management from Klopp not to go for 3 points or 0 in those games, cost the team the title.

    4. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Agree

  23. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    99 all out

    Arse.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      100 for me if Aguero scrapes 3 bonus.

      1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 days ago

        Same for me, so long as kun and laporte get 4 baps between them. Very happy as this week was expected to be a holding rank week for me, with all the TC chips played and banking my transfer.
        Looking forward to seeing how man utd play today and then may take a gamble on rashford and lindelhof/shaw for last 2 fixtures.

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

      still pretty good

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

    Pogba & Rashford to audition for the last 2 gwks..

  25. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    I am fairly confident liverpool would rather play man city in gw 38 than wolves away

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

      It's at Anfield

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

        Oh ok, still doesnt change much

    2. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      What about Wolves at home?

    3. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Well obv coz then the league would be in our hands

  26. King Sheep
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Who is most likely to spoil City or Liverpool's Title hopes?

    A) Vardy
    B) Rondon
    C) Jimenez
    D) Murray

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

      Certainly not D

    2. King Sheep
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      You never know ...

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

    Will Kun get the 3 BAPs?

  28. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Right then, let’s see which MUN assets are worth bringing in.

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

    @Rainer BAPs check?

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      Im here for this

  30. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 days ago

    Hit the big 100 🙂

    Hazard left

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      99 here 🙁

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

      Good luck!

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

      Class well done

    4. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 days ago

      A last minute switch of captain from Robbo to VVD away. I know I know

      Still second time on the trot I’ve trounced my DGW score the next week.