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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, 5 months ago

    Voldemort G

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

    I've missed seeing disgruntled hammers fans.

    It's been too long.

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

    Heaton haul!

  4. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Need more hot-topics on Sterling(TC)!

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

    is pope off?

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

      No.

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

      He will be out of my team asap

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

    Pope to Heaton? Or Gazzaniga?

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      at this rate I'm doing Pope to Button!

    2. Lilac Breasted Roller
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Gazzaniga looks like a steal at first glance, but do we trust spurs to keep many CS in 2019?

      I'm thinking henderson in GW14

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

    Dilva please save me

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      lol

    2. _Gunner
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      He is off injured at HT

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

        Ffs just my luck

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

      Haha

    4. RealVirg
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Game needs Mahrez

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

      I literally give up with this game

  8. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    0-0 SnOoZeFeSt

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

    Crossing my fingers for a Liverpool loss. Still sour over last weekends defeat. Freaking Mane getting pens...

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

    ETA until Mendy?

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

      Wednesday

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

    Pellegrini praying for a quick recovery for Fabianski.

    But Bruce has got it better by putting some pace into the team. Should be playing Saint-Maximin, Yedlin, Willems, and Atsu in the team.

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

    *checks Mousset price*

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

      Everyone went Connolly I went Mousett 🙂
      Still on my ######### bench

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

    Greedy Raz

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

      Sterling should be subbed IMO. Forget FPL, but he hasn't played really well for City for a while in the PL.

      He is smashing it against crap teams in the CL.

      1. Jealous Viper
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yup. Hattie against crap Atlanta who are 4th in the crap Serie A. Get a grip

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

          Serie A is crap compared to the PL. Serie A has two good teams in it - Juventus and Napoli.

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

    4th John to score today, this time it's Jon..jo Shelvey

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

      Stern john to pop up somewhere

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

    Have West Ham fans invaded the pitch yet?

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

    How tf has Pope conceded 7+ goals in 2 games

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

      Isn’t he 80-odd?

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

        Har har har 😆

        But really

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

      Because he conceded 4 in the last one and 3 so far today.

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

        Great thanks

  17. RealVirg
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Serves Dilva right for claiming the KDB goal Boo-Yah

    Warm that bench now be-ach

  18. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Forget my Lunds subbing for Ota post, I've got Grealish out too. Only just caught up. I can chill lol 🙂

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

      No serious player has Grealish 😉

      1. shirtless
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Done me well so far. Was at 9k!

  19. Gerd Mueller’s thighs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    City need a Horst Hrubesch.

  20. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This website has become toxic with the casual noobs. I’m off to the Twitter sphere

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      You will fit in well.

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

      You're just bitter because you are doing badly this season. Need to chill - it is only a game.

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

      Bye Danny!

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

      well done on becoming a fpl expert

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

      Yeah, YOU lol, go annoy people on Twitter

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

    Hendo 😯

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

    Joelinton close

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

    Got atm 19 points from 2 players totalling a cost of 8,5 mil. Got 6 points from 4 players all above 10 mil each. Seems legit.

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

    F off Hendo clown

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

    Pepe appearance looking likely?

  26. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Creswell gonna end up on -2 at this rate

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

    Salah close

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

      Eurghh, want him to score and earn me some of those things, what they called, oh yeah, points 🙂

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

    salah with a conversion

  29. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    of course I brought out Auba for Sterling this week, after taking his 3 blanks on the chin

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

      Same here, only I did it for a hit. Outside the top million now.

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

    Mane, Trent, KDB, Kun looked like returning any decent points?