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

    F off robbo + Mane

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

    Trent the wrong pick

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

    Jesus close

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

    KdB cap fail aggggaaaaaiiiinnnnn

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

      Yeah not the best eh

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

    Robbertson! Love you Robby!

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

    Mark coming back from the brink

    1. *Reformed-Character*
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lucky as usual - skanking Lundstram points...unreal

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

    Imagine owning Trent & Salah.

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

    heaton cs gone 🙁
    robbo goal, mane assist 🙂

  9. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    104th minute Milner pen incoming.

  10. JELLYFISH
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    And there it is. Cue a late Liverpool winner

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

      🙁

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

    FU Jesus.... Ruining KDB assist

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

    OMG Snodgrass
    cresswell assist

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

      felipe assist*

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

    So Robertson now a better fantasy asset than Trent?

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

      Always was, in the long run. Gets in the box.

  14. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    TAA overrated !!!!

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

      Cant disagree

  15. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Robbo!!! And Mane!!!!!

  16. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Jesus needs to score there

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

    Robbo showing those TAA owners who is the BOSS.

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

    Robbo Trent Lundy - essential

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

    Kun needs another goal for BAPS

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

    Give us one, Villa. You can have the SF!

  21. dark91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Great last minute points
    Mane (C) assist and Walker scoring

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

    Cmon Pool 7 more.

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

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

    Sterling in a 2v1, still managers to F up. I'm shipping him out can't deal with his rubbish

  24. Postman Ty
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    You have got to be joking...
    Sterling missed a 2v1 then KDB missed a 3v2

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

    sick goal that was for Robbo

  26. rambo.
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Otamendi on

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

      Are you shi**ing me

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

    Jesus misses, could have been sterling assist possibly

  28. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Yes Mané assist given

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

    Dendo to Martial or Connolly to Jimenez

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

    Whyyyyyyy Ota subbed in

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

      Fook