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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. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram is God

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

      First post on the page prove it

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

    OMG Fleck

  3. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Got Diop in after West Hams three consecutive clean sheets. Worst transfer this season by far.

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

      Me too

    2. HD7
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      mine is Otamendi 😀

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

    Lundstrum is fast becoming an FPL legend.

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

    Is it worth getting happy about?

    Everyone has him

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

      Not everyone has him and many have benched him that do

  6. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Funny how we started McCarthy because Gunn wasnt making saves, and yet he hasnt had a meaningful save to make.

  7. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I was going to captain Lundy.

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

      Lies

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

      I took him out this week.

  8. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Knight the guy

  9. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Shame EVERYONE owns Lund especially in my mini league!

    1. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah, all my casual rival foes have him now

  10. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Never. Bench. Lundstram.

  11. jimmy.floyd
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram party

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

    Salah sitter.... missed.

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

    Sheff Utd score...hopes for a Lundy hat trick....ahhh not yet. Still time

  14. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstrum first on bench! :0(

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

    The hell?

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

    LUND AGAIN chucky in heaven...

  17. BRKFCTrueRover
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Our Lord lundstram who is in heaven.

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

    Captained Kun over Lundstram LOL at me

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

    Fleck G
    Mousset A

    Sheffield Utd 3-0 Burnley

  20. Evasivo
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy..... Are you fricking kidding me?! 😮

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

    Lundstram sent from the fpl gods as a way of compensating for City and Pool's failures!

  22. Regin
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anybody who benched lundstram will quit fpl. I didn't. I seriously thought of captaining him. Went with boring kdb instead

  23. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    the cool kids started with Lundstram from GW1

  24. fgdu
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    LUNDSTRAM@@@@@@@@@@@@

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

    Salah conversion

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

    What the Fleck?

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

    Uhm, what's Lund EO 😀

  28. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I would say Lund is essential, but we all have him dont we 😀

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

    Do I have to ask a 3rd time? John Lundstram have my babies!

  30. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone TC Lundstram?

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

      Dribbles was on about doing it