Dugout Discussion

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

    Lundstram first on bench. Keep Mendy of......pleeeeeeeaaaase.

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

      He'll come on.

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

      Same

    3. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Allez mendy 😀

  2. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This is mental

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

    Benched Lundstrum over Tomori *sobs*

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

    Lundstram mocking me from the bench again ... oh wait I Bench Boosted 🙂

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

      😀

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

    All hail Lord Lundstram.

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

    Lundstram has two goals and Mousset is still ahead of him in the BAPS

    1. Planet Head
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Cleanie would fix that

  7. kraftwerker
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    What an absolute legend 😀

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

    Lund wants your record, Alonso!

  9. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This dumbass played Pope over Heaton

  10. xtina
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Yaas. Digne -> Lundy this week has paid off nicely

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

      Niceeee

  11. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Someone on here posted their team with Lundstram and Mousset on the bench LOL! Show yourself!

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

    Pope in goal tho ouch

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

      My thought as well. Can't have him as my only GK anymore, I think.

  13. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    People benching Lundy vs Burnley at home don't deserve his points.

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

      True dis

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

    Hart wagon?

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

    F#ck me, bench of Mousett, Lundy & Rico

    1. Am sorry to say again it�…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      LOOOL

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

      Will b3 when cs kicks in

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

        Rf

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

    Lundstram bizarrely still not top of the BAPS?!?!?

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

      Because he is a defender. He doesn't get loads of bps for goals.

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

        They need to change that, goal is a goal regardless of position

        1. BobbyDoesNotLook
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Totally agree

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

      Will be when 60 mins passes surely?

  17. Chirsbom
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Poggers in the chat for fellow Lundy starters!

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

    Mousset 3 assists. Hmm..

  19. No_Mo_Salah?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling TC

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      RIP

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

      Ouch

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

    Wow lundy smashing it. On for a hatty 😀

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

    Stones niggle would be nice to get Ota on

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

      BAN BAN BAN BAN

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

    Rival benched Lundy, i don’t even want Rico’s points now, come and play Ota lol

  23. gers23
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling triple captain. I sick at this stupid game 🙁

  24. lugs
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    the Sky commentary for Lundstram's brace 😆

    SHEFF UTD 2-0 BURNLEY

    GOAL! Lundstram, 43)

    Lundstram at the double! Shame he's on my FPL bench... Gulp. Lovely Sheff Utd counter attack, not too dissimilar to the first. Cross comes in from the right, Mousset gets a touch and Lundstram pops up at the far post to slot home!

    https://www.skysports.com/football/sheff-utd-vs-burnley/408088

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

      Strange their advertising FPL and not their own game.

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

        they're*

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

        that's just the reporters personal input, nobody owns him in the Sky game anyway cos classified correctly he's a midfielder

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

          ¬cos he's classified correctly as a midfielder`

  25. SouthCoastSaint
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    He can only be referred to as Lord Lundstram from this day forward.

    Not Lundy. Not Lund Lund.

    LORD LUNDSTRAM

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

      Lordstram

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

      He is a shmuck I don't car for him (owner)

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

      LL for short

      1. Planet Head
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        LL Cool John

  26. Yuri tarded
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I think that the master that is Oliver Hardcastle should go on the game

  27. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    TAA has a poster of Lundstram on his wall

  28. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    City don’t look like scoring

  29. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I guess Benching Lundy away at Spurs is not an option....

  30. dshv
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    How is possible my captain sterling - yellow card
    My vice mane - yellow card hahaha great