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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. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Mane yes you beauty!!!

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

    Mane G
    Trent A

    VAMOSSSSSSS

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

      Dream

    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Feels good 😀

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

    OMG Mane

    Should’ve captained lol

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

    TAA assist at least

  5. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Trent no assist given?

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

      So quick?

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

    Thank god for that.

  7. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    TRENT MANE OMG FGFDHGSEDSDAK;LASJLEDFHL;A

  8. King Henrik
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Gooooooooaaaallll MANE !!

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

    Why did nobody tell me I had a Lanzini assist?

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

    My rival knew it.. Captained Mane

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mine too

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

    CMONNNNN

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

    OMG I have Lunds, Rico, TAA, Robbo and Mane...
    Dreams 😀

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

    AT THE BRINKKKKK GW SAVED

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

    So glad Ota came on! Blocks lundy points for rival, don’t care for rico points

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

    I love you Mane!

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

    Why did I own Salah instead?

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

    No Mane, No Party

  18. Scotch Jock
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Just wow!

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

    OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

  20. Party time
      4 years, 5 months ago

      SUPER MANÉ CAPTAIN Yay!!!

    • Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Every week my VC hauls. This week my VC is Mane. I'll take a goal and assist though

    • jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      F right off mane.. salah you useless donkey.

    • twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Man like Mane

    • Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mane and TAA 😎

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

        Trent doesn’t have an assist ...

        1. Jam0sh
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Yes he does

    • Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wow Mané

      TAA & Robbo delivering again despite no CS

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Sorry Epic x

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

      Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

    • @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I knew mane was better been saying it for so long, yet never made the change from Salah

      • Thomas M.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        TAA -> Maneee 😀

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

        Trent assist not given?