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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

    How is Lundstram awful on bonus?

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

      He is a defender in FPL. Defenders don't get loads of bps for goals. They get more bps for CS and tackles etc.

  2. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    My captain has 0 pts.

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

      Playing tomorrow?

      1. Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Raz

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

      Ditto

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

      My Tc so... great!

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

    This Maupay chap needs to be subbed.

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

    Whole team so far 5

    Bench so far 29 \0/

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

      Same place :/

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

        Crazy, no way I was benching, Vardy Tammy & Double Pool defence.

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

    It's another captain blank isn't it ?

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

      Confirmed.

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

      It is sadly

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

        Maybe just maybe tc’ing ageuros wasn’t a great idea. 45 mins will tell

  6. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope is finished

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

      Yeah madness. Idk what to do there

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

      Gazza next week.

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

      Nah hes english

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

    What’s up w Kun?

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

      Old

  8. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram is like the Sprinboks' Cheslin Kolbe

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

      Agreed. He is annoying.

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yep. Even more so if you are English

  9. Bakibaki
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Triple cap on Raz, not going great at the moment

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

      I share your pain!

  10. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 5 months ago

      How's Kun playing? Feel he's more likely to get subbed than sterling if both are playing bad

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Who are people getting Lundstram off the bench for?

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

        Mendy. Little chance

      2. Blunder fc
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        mendy fingers crossed

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

        Off the bench? he's a regular starter every week

      4. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Don't have that worry.

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

        Yeah, starter for me most weeks. And a huge lol at the chat pros questioning my decision to bench Robertson, who admittedly comes on for Mendy, but I wager had the Citizen started the match there would have been no goal for the Saints. Lunds will help keep me Top 200K I think. A lot of the big teams have him but maybe I fade a few 2nd and 3rd sub disappointments.

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

      Wonder what Pep is saying in that changing room

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

        Spinning the wheel for the subs

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

      Lunds will get a hatti and cs, highest defender score in history incoming

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

        I did post earlier that he was getting a hattrick

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

          I asked earlier in the week what the highest defender score ever was, I knew it subconsciously 😀

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

        He'll score a pen

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

        Assou Ekotto says hi

        1. Legendary!
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          BAE

    • Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      What’s happening?
      I haven’t benched Lundstrams points 😯

    • fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      2nd place in my national league has lundstram (c) !!! WTH!!

      1. Podge
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Guaranteed cs guaranteed goal
        What not ?

      2. Warbling Wendy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        That's the stuff of legends

    • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Trossard surely on v soon

    • The Sociologist
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Looks like Lundstram needs to start for us away to Spurs next week then.

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

        I'm benching him

        1. The Sociologist
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Either Lundstram or Trent for me next week. Haven't quite decided.

    • DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Only for Lundy.

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

      Everytime I bring in an attacking player v Norwich, they start defending like peak AC Milan in the 90s

      1. Free Hat
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        😀 concur

    • Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Gabriel Jesus was fully stripped and ready to come on end of the first half who is it going to be for? Aguero complaint of injury? Dilva playing poorly? On the wing instead of absent sterling, failing to occupy open spaces in the middle? I think sterling is the ideal tactical swap here

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

        Sterling on yellow too

      2. DGW Sane TC Fail....
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Aguero will come off. D silva is poor because he has to play much deeper when Aguero starts .

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

        Sterling deserves to come off. But he won't. Probably take of Gundogan - drop Bernardo deeper and put Jesus, Aguero and Sterling as the front three.

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

      Which would you rather have on your team - Prime Tevez or Prime Vardy?

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

        Tevez

      2. beric
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Tevez

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

        Tevez.

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

        Prime suspect

    • WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Will never play again if Ota comes on and blocks Lundstram

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Lmao I had to watch a perez 20 pointer stay as my first sub since a Friday night game you can handle this

    • Don Van Vliet
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Praying Mendy stays firmly on the bench.

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

      Probably should buy Lundstram at some point shouldn’t I.

      Lol - wtf

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

        Please don't - you'll break him.

      2. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah any time now.

      3. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        You missed the haul now, would be kneejerk 😉

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

        Try having him, Mousett & Rico on the bench, 29 points at half time 🙁

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

        Get in Lundy asap. He should be your biggest priority AZ

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

        😀

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

        No, stay with O`Connell.
        He is definatly "more overlapping".;-)

    • FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wooow Lundstram. Cannot believe my eyes :O

    • g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Triple Sheffield looking the way forward?

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

        A bit like Wolves last year you mean?

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

          Yes

    • Greasy Grealish Gang
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      "wE aRe bIg PrEmIeR lEaGuE ClUbS AnD wE'll mAkE SuRe wE'll RuIn YoUr FantAsY"
      It's like we're being tricked guys. Are we? ..Being tricked?

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

      Assume only way Ota plays is if injury to a centre back or sending off?

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

        Chuck him on up top

      2. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yes

    • Chirsbom
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      So, what about that guy Pukki? Done already?

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

        He'll get a late goal or two.

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

      Lunds now 10 points ahead of TAA and Robbo..