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Foden replaces Sane in the only change to either side at the Etihad

The final match of Gameweek 37 takes place this evening between Manchester City and Leicester City.

Kick-off at the Etihad Stadium is at 20:00 BST.

A win for the hosts leaves them in pole position at the top of the Premier League table going into Gameweek 38.

There is only one change to the starting XIs this evening and it is perhaps a surprising one: Phil Foden replacing Leroy Sane for the home side, with Fernandinho and Kevin De Bruyne still not fit to return.

Foden’s recall means that Bernardo Silva is pushed further forward into the three-man City attack alongside Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling.

Sane, Gabriel Jesus and former Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez are among the substitutes.

Vincent Kompany again partners Aymeric Laporte at centre-half, with John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi forced to watch on from the bench.

Benjamin Mendy is once again omitted from City’s 18-man squad.

Brendan Rodgers has kept faith with the same 11 players that started the 3-0 win over Arsenal last weekend.

That means that youngster Hamza Choudhury again gets a start in a central midfield three alongside Youri Tielemans and anchor Wilfred Ndidi.

James Maddison and Marc Albrighton will flank Jamie Vardy in attack, so Harvey Barnes and Demarai Gray again have to make do with a place among the substitutes.

Only Liverpool have scored more Premier League goals than Leicester since Brendan Rodgers’ appointment.

Vardy has been involved in more Premier League strikes (nine goals, two assists) than any other Fantasy asset in that time.

Aguero will be endeavouring to keep up his own impressive record of never having blanked when starting a home league fixture this season.

Both Aguero and Vardy registered assists when the two sides met at the King Power Stadium back in December, with the Foxes running out 2-1 winners.

Sterling, who leads all other outfield players for points per match (7.1) in 2018/19, has six double-digit hauls to Aguero’s four at the Etihad this season.

Aguero is the leading captain option this week, with 33,241 managers handing the Argentinean striker the armband while using their Triple Captain chip.

13,121 FPL bosses have used the chip on Sterling in Gameweek 37, meanwhile.

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

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Maguire, Evans, Pereira, Choudhury, Maddison, Albrighton, Ndidi, Tielemans, Vardy.

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  1. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Dilva could've been off. Horrendous challenge

  2. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    City to draw this then Liverpool to draw against Wolves

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      This wouldn’t suprise me.

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      This.

    3. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Nah.

    4. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Both will win. Boring shout, but close to inevitable.

      1. Licky
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        Winning streaks have to come to an end sometime...

  3. Sif
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    This will be Burnley all over again, nervy late 1-0

  4. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Evans, in beast mode.

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

      Very good player. One that Van Gaal sold I believe.

      1. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        Still shocking to me that they sold Evans but kept Jones

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

          Evans was our best young CM. Better than Smalling and Jones. Horrible sale

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    City not clicking

    1. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      😀 took you long enough

  6. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Aguero has been invisible.

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

      Why single out Kun? Most of their attack has been. Kun has been waiting to poach within the box - City just can't get it in there enough.

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        Been isolated. No service.

    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Not easy when you have white hair and fluorescent green boots

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        And kids shins.

    3. Celt Abroad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      That would be an incredible attribute for a striker to possess.

  7. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    I captained Aguero and I own Laporte, but....come on Leicester!

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    City look nervous

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Well yeah? Natural under the circumstances

  9. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Come on City! A.B.L

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

      A.B.L?

      1. Guru Mediation
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        Anyone but ....

    2. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Oooh you rotten sod!

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        🙂

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    D Silva become really dirty player last few weeks

    Saw him taking out periera a few weeks back with a really dirty tackle. Also looked angry exchanging words with him

    1. Licky
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      It's the way City play, stop counterattacks by any means necessary.

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Dilva RC incoming ?

  11. McEwan
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Rodgers sticking with the goal kick chips to the flank to give the ball back to the opposition. One part of his style I don’t miss

  12. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Kun close

  13. Mysterion
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    😮

  14. Licky
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    WHOA

  15. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    FML triple c.

  16. Numb
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    City bottling it

  17. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Pretty close in LMS

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

  18. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    GLD on the line!

  19. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Dilva SOT

  20. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Aguero should be scoring there, missed the ball completely

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Yeah how he didn't react on time is kinda poor IMO.

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Kun is nervous

  21. rnrd
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Gundogan is becoming key at city. Might well be fern’ replacement next year

    1. McEwan
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Probably would have been sooner but for injuries. Cracking player

  22. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Maguire YC

  23. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Peps face 🙂

  24. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Pep despairing

  25. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Where the h*ll are the goals?!

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      There are none.

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Leics doubling & trebling up on Bilva & Ster?

  26. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Triple city and aguero captain and no part of me wants them to do well, odd feeling

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      I have triple city and I want a 0-0

      1. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        Yeh same tbh although any result where city drop points is fine by me 🙂

      2. Sif
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        I'll take 2-2 as long as both City goals are Laporte to Aguero with no Vardy, Maddison or Tielemans involvement from Leicester.

    2. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      *right feeling

    3. Jogsi
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Same here

    4. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Literally just said this to my son at home.

      Have triple city and Sterling Cap and now willing them to do nothing and concede a late goal

  27. balint84
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Is Sterling useless?

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

      No. But 5 blanks in the last 7.

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

        4*

        Included today's score (so far), by accident.

  28. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Leicester could embarrass Chelsea next week

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Who cares - I want us to pull up a few trees next year when we've got another couple of unknown stars.

  29. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Sterling you utter dross excuse of a footballer. Do something.

  30. Mo Mané Mo Problems
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Bank Holiday Moanday.