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

    Well this sucks

  2. Harper (No more Penandes)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who are these Mendy and Cancelo impersonators

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

    Angelino 4.7 !!!

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

    Don't do it Pep.

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

    Pool Robbo

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

    Was Doherty injured?

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

    City champions with a win next weekend.

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

    OMG Robertson

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

    Bring Otamendi on!

  10. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Robbooooooo

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

    What a cuck.

  12. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Robbbbboooooo

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

    Lmao if Pep now wastes time to bring another sub on...

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

    brighton def owners rejoice.. cs confirmed...

  15. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Heartbreak here. Dont deserve this.

  16. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any Connolly points?

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

    NOOO Robbo!

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

    Mane assist

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

    FERK NOT ROBBO

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

    Robertson header near post.

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

    yes Robbooo

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

    Piss off Robbo

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

    THIS IS ALL GOING WRONG

  24. Party time
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mané(C)

    • Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Maneeeeeeeeee

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      MARK KNOWS

    • svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      RoGGo and MAné

    • TAT
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Of course my rivals have Robbo instead of TAA…

      1. bialk
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        And Mane. I have Salah.

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

          Have Mane though, but still a red arrow with these results.

    • Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      WTF Sterling!!

    • tm245
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Sterling so selfish