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Aguero set to benefit from Jesus hamstring injury

Sergio Aguero (£12.0m) starts for the second match in a row this season as Manchester City visit Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.

His 15.6% ownership will be breathing a sigh of relief that the forward has come through another bout of ‘Pep Guardiola Roulette’ but can probably expect more game-time from him this weekend and next.

That is because Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) has been ruled out with a hamstring injury picked up in training and is not expected to be fully fit again until after the international break.

Accordingly, there is no substitute centre-forward on Manchester City’s bench today, which may mean Aguero completes 90 minutes for the first time this season, having been substituted around the 70-minute mark in each of his two starts so far.

90 minutes is not necessarily guaranteed though, as Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) could replace Aguero and Raheem Sterling (£12.2m) could shift into the middle.

Either way, Jesus’ absence for Gameweek 4 should see Aguero get another start when Brighton come to the Etihad Stadium next Saturday, provided he comes through the trip to Bournemouth unscathed.

As already mentioned, Sterling also starts in Gameweek 3, as do the other key FPL assets.

Kevin de Bruyne (£9.6m) is, as per usual, deployed in the central midfield trio, while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) holds onto his place at left-back.

Meanwhile, there is still no place on the bench for Benjamin Mendy (£6.0m).

Bournemouth have gone with a very defensive formation, laying themselves out in a 4-5-1 system.

Callum Wilson (£7.9m) will plough a lone furrow upfront, with Ryan Fraser (£7.4m) and Josh King (£6.4m) on the flanks of midfield.

Expected to be behind the ball for most of the day is a back-four of Charlie Daniels (£4.5m), Steve Cook (£5.0m), Chris Mepham (£4.5m) and Adam Smith (£4.5m).

Probably joining them in a defensive stance this afternoon will be the central midfield trio of Philip Billing (£5.0m), Jefferson Lerma (£5.0m) and versatile stopper Nathan Aké (£5.0m).

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Daniels, S Cook, Mepham, A Smith; Fraser, Billing, Aké, Lerma, J King; C Wilson.

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

Lessons learned from Gameweek 3

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

    Pep's new haircut policy making the players thugs

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    OMG aguero

  3. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Peps baldy twins on yellows.

  4. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    LOL Ederson

  5. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kun G
    KDB A

  6. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Aguerooooo

  7. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    city r dirty as fck, they gonna be on 9 men at this rate

  8. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kev assist. Aguero goal

  9. Goat
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Unreal assist KDB

  10. Dannyb
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Points

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kdb assist

  12. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    AGUEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  13. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kun G

  14. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    KdB assists even when he doesn’t mean to 😆

    1. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      lol

  15. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    KDBA

    1. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Should just be called this

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Kevin De BruynA

  16. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Mini KDB assisting assister 🙁

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      lol

    2. Rust Cohle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      KDB & Mini-me 🙂

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero triple c v Brighton

    1. BobbyV
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yes

  18. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Need a fekin kun route . I can't bear to play this game without him

  19. BobbyV
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Jammy kdb assist. I’ll take it

  20. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Zinchenko assist the assister!

  21. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Oh KDB, should get a card for hurting my feelings.

  22. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Not Kev's most attractive assist but I'll take it.

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

    Fck sake...

  24. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    4 assits now for KDB

  25. Dannyb
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    How well did KDB pretend he was having a shot there, unreal assist.

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No look assist. Insane skill

  26. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What a pass, Kev!

  27. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    KDBASSISTINHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  28. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kdb nice

  29. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Zinchenko Assist of Assist
    KDB assist
    Kun G

  30. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Why would you want Kun when you can have KDB??