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Aguero, De Bruyne and Sterling start as Mendy and Cancelo are benched

Six Premier League matches get underway at 15:00 GMT today, with Liverpool and Manchester City among the dozen teams in action.

Sergio Aguero (£12.1m) has been named in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI for the first time in the league since Gameweek 8.

Just shy of 300,000 Fantasy managers sold the Argentina international in the lead-up to Gameweek 11.

Raheem Sterling (£12.1m), Kevin De Bruyne (£10.2m) and David Silva (£7.7m) also start.

Nicolas Otamendi (£5.4m), Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m), Benjamin Mendy (£6.0m) and Joao Cancelo (£5.3m) are the victims of Guardiola’s rotation roulette, however, with all four benched.

The Saints have made three changes from last Friday’s hammering by Leicester, with a switch of goalkeepers among the alterations.

Mohamed Salah (£12.4m) is fit to start and joins Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) and Sadio Mane (£11.9m) in a familiar-looking front three.

The Reds’ back four is unchanged, too.

Fabinho (£5.5m), who is on four yellow cards, is benched, with perhaps one eye on next weekend’s clash with Manchester City.

Jack Grealish (£5.9m) has not recovered a calf injury and misses out, with Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) replacing him.

Unai Emery has recalled Mesut Ozil (£7.2m) to his starting XI for the first time in the Premier League since Gameweek 5.

Nicolas Pepe (£9.3m) makes way for the German, while Granit Xhaka (£5.3m) is excluded from the matchday squad as expected.

Nuno Espirito Santo sticks with the side that started Wolves’ 1-1 draw at Newcastle last Sunday.

Todd Cantwell (£4.8m) has been benched for the first time this season, with Onel Hernandez (£5.3m) taking his place.

Graham Potter has named the same 11 players who started against Everton last Saturday, meanwhile.

West Ham are also unchanged from last weekend, while Steve Bruce recalls Isaac Hayden (£4.4m) and Jonjo Shelvey (£5.0m) for the Longstaff brothers.

There is only one change to the starting XIs at Bramall Lane, with Lys Mousset (£4.9m) replacing Callum Robinson (£5.3m) for the hosts.

Chris Wood (£6.2m) misses out again for Burnley.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Chambers, Papastathopoulos, Luiz, Tierney, Guendouzi, Torreira, Ozil, Ceballos, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Dendoncker, Coady, Saiss, Doherty, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny, Traore, Jimenez, Jota.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett, McGinn, Nakamba, Douglas Luiz, El Ghazi, Trezeguet, Wesley.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Salah, Firmino, Mané.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Montoya, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Gross, Pröpper, Stephens, Alzate, Maupay, Connolly.

Norwich XI: Krul, Lewis, Godfrey, Tettey, Aarons, Trybull, Buendia, McLean, Stiepermann, Hernández, Pukki.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Fernandinho, Angelino, Gundogan, Silva, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Valery, Bednarek, Stephens, Vestergaard, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Armstrong, Ings, Redmond.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson, Basham, O’Connell, Egan, Baldock, Fleck, Lundstram, Norwood, Stevens, McGoldrick, Mousset.

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters, Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Rodriguez, Barnes.

West Ham XI: Roberto, Zabaleta, Balbuena, Diop, Cresswell, Rice, Yarmolenko, Noble, Snodgrass, Felipe Anderson, Haller.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Lascelles, Clark, Willems, Almiron, Hayden, Shelvey, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton.

2,302 Comments Post a Comment
  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Clark G

    West Ham 0-1 Newcastle

  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy!!!!

  3. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This game now suits KDB (C)ers as will be plenty of crosses against the bus

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    OMG Lundstram

  5. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram!!!!!

  6. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram G

    Sheff Utd 1-0 Burnley

  7. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    LUNDYYYYY

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

    This is hilarious ...

  9. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Big Lund!!

  10. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ota can still come on and get that CS 🙂

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

    LUND HEROOOO

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

    omggggggg

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

    Imagine not owning Lundstram by now

  14. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    L

  15. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ah ffs, Lundstrum on my bench

  16. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    OMG LUNDSTRAM FIRST ON THE BENCH. NEED OTAMENDI TO NOT COME ON

  17. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    LUNDSTRAM HEAVENNNN

  18. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lord Lundstram

  19. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram is FPL gold

  20. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Going to be another terrible day

  21. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Diop YC and CS gone in minute. Wow

  22. Dr Van Nostrand
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Mane header just wide

  23. adibo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lunda on the bench lol

    1. HNI
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      How good is your side to have Lund on bench or you just dint play as he was 4mn for u

  24. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram finna be 7.0 soon

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Finna?

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Its ebonics for "gonna"

      2. Zilla
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        American things

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

    Subs needed Pep, block Lund points!

  26. Sif
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Support Burnley... Started Lundstrum...

  27. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Come onnnnn!!!

  28. Marvin Moon
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstrum is a God.

  29. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    LUNDINHO OMG SEASON S AVED

  30. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram, will you please have my babies

    1. HNI
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Well Lund means the beak where I come from.so....