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

    saint maximam misses from 6 yards

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Is that the 8th time today?

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

    How's Sterling playing?

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

      Like Mr Hankey

      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Got him for a hit…

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

          It’s looking turd at the moment

          1. TAT
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            That's another red arrow in progress then. Will be the fifth in a row…

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

    Inverted wingers against a parked bus is not effective, gives them less ground to have to defend - would like to see Sterling and Bernardo switch sides.

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      It works if the fullbacks are pushed up to provide the width.

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

        Yep but the two pairs seem to be covering the same ground right now - Mendy and Cancelo ironically might be the better choices here.

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

    Saint Max absolute trash

  5. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool looking a bit ropey

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

    hope nobody triple c sterling

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Seen plenty

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

      There was a great HT about it yesterday.

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

      Luke did I think.

    4. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I hope they have.

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

    Practice leads to improvement. Saints defended once against Man City on Tuesday. They are now defending again against City and have improved.

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

      was worried about this

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

        Familiarity breeds contempt.

  8. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who is looking goof for City?

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

      all of them

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

        I hate

    2. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Absolutely no one

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

        This forum

  9. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    MENDY gonna block my Rico cs.

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

    Chelsea game predictions later?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      0-0

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

      1-0 Watford. Would follow the trend of this GW so far.

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

      At this rate a comfy watford win.

    4. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Abraham brace and assist, Jorginho penalty goal.

    5. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      2-0 Chelsea

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

    Ster yc

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Sigh

  12. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling booked. Captain fail

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

      Poo

  13. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Went for a swim and just checked the scores. Really surreal.

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

    Do people actually believe Ederson is better than De Gea?

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Do people care about eith of em?

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

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

    Mendy and Jesus are defo coming on later. Q is who the third will be

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

      mahrez ftw

  16. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This season continues to make very little sense

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      This...

  17. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    KDB playing very deep and looks exhausted... Captain fail likely 🙁

  18. SB8
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Just bring on Cancelo and Mendy, and goals will come

  19. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ha Saints never been leading at half time this season

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

    When it rains in FPL it absolutely pours 😆

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

    OMG Lundstram.

  22. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    wtf wtf wtf

  23. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lund brace

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

    should have triple c lundy

  25. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Another disappointing GW

  26. TAT
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sell Auba for a hit; bring in Sterling. No wonder I'm struggling this season…

  27. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    City queuing up, just a matter of time

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

    Lundy again! Amazing!!! Should have TC's him!

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

    WTFFFFFFFFFFFF NEED OTA NAILED TO THE BENCH

    1. Not again Shirley
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      THIS x 10

  30. Lev Yashin
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lund what?