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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. juho
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Harry Wilson bandwagon coming up shortly?

    1. Jekori
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Like there weren't enough great value mids already. What a fk tho

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Just put him in for Mount

    3. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bit annoyed that he scored. Hope he was gonna slip under the radar. Probably still will with Mount.

    4. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      He didn't actually start the game ......... hardly a nailed option..

  2. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    My triple Toffee defence fail on Friday night not looking so bad today - only Villa and Saints clean sheets and no one in my ML has their defenders.

    1. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Triple Toffee defence still looks bad, what an atrocious decision, will backfire

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

        +1

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

        Have to agree Raz. Everton been lucky. Digne is still the boy though.

    2. PogChamp
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I had double since GW1 but will ship one out for Soy

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

        Likewise. Going to move out Coleman. Upgrade Dendonkey to 6m

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

    City defence hasn’t provided that much so far this season.

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

    Why get Harry Kane for 11.1 when you can get Harry Wilson for 6?

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Or Harry winks even cheaper?

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

    Wilson's technique gives me a hard on

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

      -tological crisis

  6. PogChamp
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    4 premium defenders looking shakey. Anyone else going 3-5-2 next GW?

    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yes, I have a 3-5-2/3-4-3 system lined up.

    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Was gonna ask a similar question.

      One of the supposed benefits of 4 premium defenders is an easy switch to midfield gems around 5.5-6.0 as soon as they emerge in the new season.

      But if don't move quick, you're always 0.1m short.

      1. PogChamp
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah I want Lanzini so will do Keane > Soy and Dend > Lanzini

    3. Olivier Bernards watch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      nope, sticking with big 5 at the back. working fine so far

    4. Jekori
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      aiming for 3-5-2 definitely. Midfielders doing great at the start

    5. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep, 3-5-2 (with Cantwell for now)

    6. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Why overreliabity on premium defenders? Balance key.

  7. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Was Mount flagged before the Norwich game?

    1. Agger
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nope

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

      you dont seem to check fpl site that often

      1. DAZZ
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Can confirm i do check the site often, but i don’t scour through every single player checking for flags

  8. Mr Peanutbutter
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    wilson has 3 assists in 3 and none have come from a pass

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 7 months ago

        #sustainable

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

          Haha. I’ll take it.

    2. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lol at Harry Wilsons pic at fpl, any other players with a scarf on their pic?

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Lol, nice photoshop

    3. camarozz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Livefpl down since last nite or that just me?

      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        It was saying I had 80 points overall last night, not even I'm that bad.

      2. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Not working well

      3. Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Some server issues, but it's working

    4. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Salah, Sterling and KDB. Set and forget.

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Started with them, no thoughts of changing

      2. Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Until Kane scores a hat trick in a few hours.

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

          Blanks

          1. Valar(Keith)
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            If he blanks then you don't need the word until

        2. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Kane might troll.

      3. The Man Pastore
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Agreed

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

      Does everyone’s rival have Wilson?

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

        My rival's rival doesn't

        1. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Is that you? 😉

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

            Hard to believe, but it's really me. Autographs later

    6. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      So far both Man City and Liverpool have kept 1 clean sheet out of 6 between them.

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Clean sheets will be less compared to last season!

        1. F4L
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Why

      2. Unliklinho
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Actually, if you include the community shield and super cup, Pool haven't yet kept a clean sheet in 5 competitive matches this season.

    7. Budweiser
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Remember when people in pre season were planning on 5 ATB. I wonder how many people are still playing it lol

    8. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Cheap defence looks the ways to go but City could easily get at least a few CSs out of their next four fixtures considering the opposition!
      Think I'll still go with Laporte on WC

    9. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      City will have to win the CL this season at the very least if they are to have any hope of holding onto Sterling next season

      1. La Roja
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Says the Liverpool fan

        1. Agger
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          He's just being honest. Same if one of the Spanish teams came in for Salah or whoever, they wouldn't say no, regardless of what the Liverpool fans think

      2. Agger
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Sterling will be at the Bernabeu next season 100%, he told me and my mate in the summer

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

          I heard this too when I bumped into him in Tesco

          1. Agger
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Outside tesco I saw him when he was putting his trolley back

        2. HollywoodXI
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          My mates mums nephews cousin told me he’ll end up at Barca?

    10. SUPER MOKH
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Really proud of myself to have held of Salah and CWilson. I mean people are ditching them as if they are that bad.

    11. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      5 at the back is the way to go imo

      1. Bruce Lee
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        rmd

        awb, robbo, vvd, laporte, zinny

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          unironically better than whatever u have

      2. Regin
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Full backs exaggerated

      3. Chandler Bing
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        The way CS have been so far, don't think so. Especially considering defense is the only players which has players valued at 4.0.

        1. MrZ
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Lundstram say hi

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

      Any update on Martial? Took him out yesterday because it did look bad, but has anything been confirmed?

      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Nothing yet.

      2. Budweiser
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        You took him out on an international break without any news.. Well done wise decision

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

          Well I was getting priced out of a move I wanted to do so , kinda of forced, it isn't my usual mo.

        2. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          International break is after next weekend's games

        3. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          International break?

        4. Unliklinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          The international break is after GW4.

      3. Bram
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Annoyingly it seems KDB will rise before we have any idea on Martial.

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

      How long is Jesus is out for? Will martial play next match? How does this sound
      Mane and rashford to martial and Aguero??

      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I answered you before, back after the International break.

        1. Regin
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          R UB n this website 24/7?

          1. The Ejiptian King
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            No, I just won't answer if you have a question then. Nevermind.

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

        Please number your questions so I know how many I'm ignoring

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

        all out for season

    14. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      If Son bangs a few today, then a Wilson, Haller and Pukki value forward line would be the way forward and pack the midfield.

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        You’d still need to drop one of kdb/sterling/salah

        1. ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah. The likes of Lundstram may facilitate that.

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

      How are LEI def stats? Söyüncü good option?

    16. KUN_DE_BRU_YNE
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Harry Wilson in the mix now for Perez replacement
      Won't he ???

      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Between Mount and Wilson for me. Gonna be a Friday night decision

      2. Pedersen
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        He didnt even start the game. High chance of being rotated

    17. waltzingmatildas
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Am i being stubborn in sticking with Mané and kdb over Salah and sterling?
      Worth downgrading aubameyang to greenwood to fund?

      1. FER FUSCH AKE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        dumb

    18. Touré De Force
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Drawing conclusions about premium defenders before gw 3 of 38 is done is a bit premature...

    19. The Man Pastore
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Did not press the button yet but what's your thoughts on this hypothetical WC team :

      Pope Button
      VVD Laporte Digne Lund Kelly
      Salah Sterling KDB Mount Mcginn
      Haller Barnes Greenwood

      Cheers!

    20. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Best FPL tool I have ever used:
      https://www.fplgameweek.com

      1. Bruce Lee
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        i'll only use it if it is down half the time

        1. yakirh
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          It was never down for me

    21. Pedersen
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      So happy for my expensive defence this week 🙂
      1 GK + 3 DEF = 4 points. Thank god i didnt play 4 defs 😀

    22. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      My wish from today points wise is KDB outscoring Sterling and Kane outscoring KDB. own them all though. Kane cappers unite!!!

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

      H Wilson 6m......hmmmm