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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. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    4 points from 7 including Sterling (C). 13 points from based Lunny

  2. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    My scores thus far lol

    0, -1, 13, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1

    1. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I got more zeros than you so I win

  3. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Lund this Lund that... Mouset 3 assist shush

  4. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Day of the Johns. McGinn Fleck Lundstram all delivering.

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

    Comn Pep bring on Mendy or Cancelo

  6. JJO
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    TC Lord Lundstram
    Yeahhhhhh

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

    Lundy on pens for the hatty

    sheff united need to start hitting the floor in the box at every opportunity

    1. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Lol

  8. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY LORDSTRAM

  9. Sif
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Time to go all Henry VIII on my goalkeeper position.

    (Pope Out)

  10. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    People complaining about captaining Sterling, have I missed something? Has he been subbed off or is he just looking poor

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Booked and conceded

  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Lundstram the greatest Swedish export since Abba!

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Josh king says hi

      1. Chirsbom
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        He is norwegian thank you very much.

        1. Pumpkinhead
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Savage

    2. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Thought he's Scouser?

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        He is . Came through a Evertons academy.
        Another one we let go!

    3. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He's English..

  12. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Why would anyone bench Lundy at home to Burnley lollll

  13. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    What’s wrong with Kun/City?

  14. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Oh !#$% me. Should have boarded Lundstram train for bench fodder back in preseason.

    1. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Stuck with Gibson!

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

    On 4 points so far from 7! Started bad when Mendy wasn’t selected (will be much worse if he comes on now as McGinn and Rico have actually got points on the bench). Yellows for mane and sterling, no Lundstram or Auba and no clean sheet points to come and pope’s conceded 3 so far...save the day Haller mate. Seriously what’s with that City score!

  16. antis0cial
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    2 points from 5 inc cpt and no Lund. Rough day so far!

  17. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    It says a lot about the kind of season it has been when everyone's best player is a 4m defender from a promoted team and you are actually checking the price of Lys Mousset...

    He's 4.9m by the way.

  18. HD7
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Decided to wait for VVD Haller to Lund Vardy so that I do it for free this weekend :/

    Hope at least Vardy doesnt haul 😀

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

    Salah cmoon!!!!

  20. Krionos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I have 14 points from 8 players. 13 of them are from one player. The goat, Lundstram 😀

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Jesus

  21. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Lol I’m done.. this really if the season of unpredictability for the casuals. Fuch FPL

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

      Benching Lundstram has nothing to do with luck.

      1. Pacer.
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Precisely

        Didn't expect two goals of course but he was the first defender on my team sheet this week

        1. Pumpkinhead
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          This

      2. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        It does. Mendy, TAA, Tomori on paper all superior options. Anyone who says otherwise is a fu**ing twat

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

      LOL. Told you a few weeks ago how hard it is to chase in FPL.

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      The season was screwed from GW 2, just have fun with it and take hits, season is a write off

    4. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Whines about unpredictability when getting jammy undeserved bench points. Lol

      1. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Ummm.. fully expect Mendy to come on. I haven’t had a single one of Lundstram’s hauls. Season of casuals and poor players doing well. The best captaincy option on paper has never delivered

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

    maupay misses a sitter

  23. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Kun owners wishing he was benched for Lunds? 😀

  24. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone on here quietly crying to themselves by not owning His Lordship Lundstrum?

    1. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      My ml leader! He is 100 points ahead of me but is 80 or in the world tho.. the race is on!

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

      The red arrow is calling

  25. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    My sterling capt going well so far.. what is 0 x 2?

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      0; it’s very clear on the site

  26. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Maupay misses two sitters in as many minutes

  27. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    SOU have 8 players in the box when City attack. City too slow on attack.

  28. iL PiStOlErO
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sir Lundstrammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  29. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    The guy who listed Lundstram as a mid, still believes that he's a defender. Don't tell him nothing plz! Shhh

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

      But he is a defender in FPL?

  30. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    This is another very strange gameweek’

    1. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Spooky