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Aguero returns to Man City starting line-up

Sergio Aguero (£12.0m) returns to the Manchester City starting line-up as Tottenham Hotspur come to the Etihad Stadium.

The Argentinian striker comes in for Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m), who drops to the bench.

Also coming out of the side is Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m), who has been replaced by the returning Bernardo Silva (£8.0m).

Pep Guardiola has opted not to rotate his full-backs though as both Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) and Kyle Walker (£6.0m) retain their starting berths.

However, John Stones (£5.5m) drops out of the side altogether with a rectus femoris strain, so Nicolas Otamendi (£5.4m) comes in at centre-back.

Opponents Spurs have made just one change from the team that beat Aston Villa and it’s hard to argue that it’s the right one.

Christian Eriksen (£9.0m) featured only as a substitute in Gameweek 1 and transformed Spurs’ fortunes when he came onto the pitch.

Therefore, Mauricio Pochettino has put him back into the starting line-up for Gameweek 2, Lucas Moura (£7.5m) the man to make way.

Man City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Laporte, Otamendi, Walker; De Bruyne, Gündogan, Rodrigo; Sterling, Aguero, B Silva.

Spurs XI: Lloris; Rose, D Sánchez, Alderweireld, Walker-Peters; Ndombele, Sissoko, Winks; Eriksen, Lamela; Kane.

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  1. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Welcome back Sergio

  2. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    King/Wilson -> Pukki regardless of fixtures?

    1. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Tough to call, both King and Pukki have tough fixtures

      1. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I have both Wilson and King so need to offload one

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pukki all the way

    3. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wilson as king on the pens and that always helps with Var

  3. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    F Adrian

  4. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pukki probably goes up 0.2m+ this week
    No brainer even if you don't want him longer term, just to add TV to your team

    1. soup natsi
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      What a casual thing to say

  5. Yeyeyeyeye
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Get rid of Robbo or van dijk?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      neither lol

    2. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Robbo and pocket 0.5

  6. EMBOLOFAN
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    f adrian

    1. All For One
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Dumb blunder by him don't know what he was thinking lol, atleast Salah got the clean sheet point.

  7. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    C'mon Raz! Counting on you now (C)

    1. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He’s not on FFS mate

      1. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Tell that to the other subscribers to this site who will say the same thing?

      2. Grounderz
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Lol what

      3. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Salah captainer?

        1. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Are you upset because I made you look silly or what? I just said Sterling isn't on this website, don't take it to heart

          1. Milk, 1 Šuker
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            How did you make me look silly? You think you did. Nah, not upset just happy he scored. Let's leave it there.

    2. Poseidon.
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I’ll do my best bro!

      1. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Haha thanks x

  8. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Auba captainer here, should i hope for a Sterling blank?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      prob not

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Do you have sterling?

      1. Pedram
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes

        1. thepeen555
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Then I guess not as you still want him to get you points.

          I hope he does blank as I am not an owner lol

    3. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      We might be the runners up.

      Pukki owners the winner

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      KDB/Kane scoring rather than Sterling would be delightful 😎

  9. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Now that Walker looks like Pep, he may be able to keep his place after all.

  10. Budweiser
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    My team looks really ugly all of a sudden.. Wilson, Fraser, Wood, probably Perez.. My bench is Rico, Balbuena, Greenwood.. Digne my second best player injured. Luckily I have two free transfers

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I am not too far away, will calm down a bit before probably WC! 😉

  11. arndff_
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    If you know managers who have already used WC & BB chip, please share with me their IDs. I'm trying to build a tool.

    1. threeputt
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      🙂

    2. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I know a team that used TC and BB. Is that useful?

      1. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes. Will solve 1/2 of my question.

          1. Yankee Toffee
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/4649785/event/2

            This person used TC and FH chips?!

  12. soup natsi
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Digne injury - was it bad?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      hammy

      1. soup natsi
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        dammy

  13. thepeen555
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Aguero was always going to be back and be the main man

  14. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Another woeful week. 30 pre-BAPS with 4 to go 🙁

    1. KLOPPTOMANIA
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Bad but not catastrophic this wk by all accounts

    2. tafrère
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      21 here, with only four to go to.

    3. Krionos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      has your capyain played?

  15. KLOPPTOMANIA
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    All aboard the Pukki train...

    Bshhh bshhhhhh!!!!

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Chooooooo chooooooooooooo

    2. Konstaapeli
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Hopped in yesterday. Love it!

  16. threeputt
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    kdb & kane show please

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes please

    2. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      This

    3. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same.. And laporte somehow 🙂

    4. Krionos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      and sterling

  17. Peteex
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pukki 7 shots, 6 on target and 3 goals. Nice!

    1. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I love it. Welcome to the Pukki PARTY!!!

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Clearly sustainable...

      1. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Its just that its the soon to be relegated Newcastle skde he played

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Good that

  18. Arctic_Orangutans
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How bad is this digne injury on early evaluation?

    Ps sterling(C) to go

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Minor hamstring, not sure whats the ETA on that

      1. Arctic_Orangutans
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Fook sake, even if its minor can still be a couple of weeks

  19. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Wood gonna fall today. Need to find his replacement ASAP

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      dont overthink it

  20. Roysgotnoboys
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Wilson > Pukki time?

    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      yeah baby yeah

    2. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      24 hours ago

  21. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    late to this but why is Moura benched...

    1. threeputt
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      erikssen factor I imagine

    2. pitstop1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Too much quality to fit them all in. Eriksen returns. Lamela keeps place given pre-season form and cos he’ll put it about a bit - hopefully avoiding a red (as Spurs fan rather than owner!)

      1. soup natsi
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Quality and lamela in the same sentence

        Ban

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Eriksen and Lamela?

  22. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I am so tempted to do a straight swap, Salah to Sterling with one of my free transfers

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      why

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        He didn’t score

  23. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Triple change incoming. Auba + Wilson + Fraser -> Kane + Son + Ings (-4)

  24. Shakshuka
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any word on Stones?

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Bad player and bad pick

      1. Shakshuka
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Thx for the headsup man, had no idea! GL

      2. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        This!

    2. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Minor injury

      1. Shakshuka
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Thx!

  25. Lukakuna
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How did the Digne injury look? Says it's a knock on the FPL site.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      hamstring

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      wait and see

  26. The Cherry Picker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Can someone please tell me how on earth Villa have managed to take 3,2 and 1 BPS even though their team lost?!

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thats what I was wondering 😆

    2. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Apart from a rocky start they were superb throughout apparently

  27. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Adrian getting 3 points is a slap in the face to us Liverpool double defence owners.

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He should get - 3

  28. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I can feel myself falling into the Bilva trap again.

    Is this a bad thing?

  29. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Kane, pls.

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      with no Moura, he is going to be isolated up front.

      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Lamela

        1. F4L
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          yeah good luck with that.... 😀

          1. Ha.
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            I seem to recall him assisting last week

            1. Ha.
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              I’ll accept your apology in writing

  30. LosBlancos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Is it possible for Digne to be fit for next week?
    Looked like a minor hamstring injury?

    1. MTPockets
        4 years, 8 months ago

        impossible sorry

        1. Arctic_Orangutans
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Even minor can be a 2-3 weeks very risky if rushed back