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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. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Hudson benched again

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

    Kun with no baps yet lol

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

      good

  3. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    WAT: Foster, Kabasele, Dawson, Cathcart, Janmaat, Chalobah, Doucouré, Masina, Deulofeu, Pereyra, Gray
    Subs: Gomes, Mariappa, Foulquier, Holebas, Kiko Femenía, Hughes, Success

    CHE: Kepa, Zouma, Emerson, Azpilicueta, Tomori, Pulisic, Mount, Kovacic, Jorginho, Willian, Abraham
    Subs: Caballero, Alonso, James, Gilmour, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Batshuayi

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

    Rico, Montoya on my bench...sigh

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

      Me too

      Let’s be friends

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

      Same. Had Montoya since day 1

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

    Whats one more shite week these days?

  6. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Stay on the bench goddamn Pepe

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

    Get another one Kun!!!

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

    No surprises from Frank

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

      Cheeky

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

    Jimmy has been a bad pick

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

      Timing

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

    Ham score

  11. SkeletONv01
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wait WTF Lundstram 18 points 😐 Best 4.0 i ever had ^^ Sorry about excitement and stuff, but just got home checking scores 😛

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

    I presume Mendy will come on at some stage?

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

      He sure is.

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

    Alonso benched

  14. MikeBravo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Kick in the teeth for Alonso

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

      That's the least he deserves

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

        Shave his head

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

    CHO benched, as expected.

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

    Auba/Wilson/CHO > Vardy/Sterling/Connolly. Pointless transfers made yet again.

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

      Looks good long term. Even better if Vardy scores tmr

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

        Captained Sterling though; and outside the top million as things stand.

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

    Will Trent and Mane ever score again?

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

    Why did yarmo come off at halftime?

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

    One more Kun please

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

      no

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

    No show Cho

  21. SkeletONv01
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any chane for Ota to come on? Have Dunk first on bench.

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

      They haven't made all their subs yet, so yeah.

  22. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    No surprise CHO is benched. Unfortunately slim chance he stays on the bench for Rico points

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

    Montoya finally gets his attacking return... 11 GWs too late

  24. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah in tears on the bench

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

      Good. He can sit there and watch the real Egyptian King.

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

    Still doing Kun to Vardy next week lol

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

      Me too

  26. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wolves goal 1-1

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

      Jimi

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

        Might be worth a punt. Did earn his keep last season.

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

    Need KDB and VVD goals asap...

  28. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Haller assist 🙂

  29. tambourineman
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Haller assist

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

    Arsenal defenders 😆