Dugout Discussion

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. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Must be about 30% of dead teams now in the game.

    Is there any other viable reason that people own Salah?

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

      They are too stubborn to admit that Mane is a better pick than Salah.

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

    That last minute goal from Mane (TAA assist) just ruined a great GW.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Best thing to happen all week

  3. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Am I the only one with both Mane and TAA?

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

      Nope

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

      Nope season keepers for me

    3. Will Kane
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I have both 🙂

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Here

  4. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah or Sterling to Mane?

    1. One More Hit
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Probably not ahead of Liv vs Man City.

  5. jimmy.floyd
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah has to go, right?

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I don't think so.

      Looking at expected goals and assists, he still leads Mane, over both the season and the last four matches.

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

    Many taking stabs at Salah.

    What about Sterling 😀

    I am keeping Salah by the way.

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

      I’m so done with Sterling man

  7. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I think 43 with Baps from King Jimmy Lundy and Trent plus triple Chelsea to go is as good as it gets.

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

      44 here with Vardy Tammy and Tielemans to play

      1. FER FUSCH AKE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        great game week.

    2. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      44 (-4) plus Jimmy TAA Mane Lund BAPS and triple Chelsea to come. Very happy with that considering I captained Sterling.

    3. Queens of the South Age
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      51 before baps with Mount and Tammy to play. Hoping Alonso stays on the bench so I get Rico points.

    4. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      23 here 🙂

  8. Weilong7
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah to mane no brainer?

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

      You need to ask?

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

      Yep. Just did that.

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

      I’m thinking this

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

        Easy transfer.

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

      Yes it was, back in GW7.

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

      Find a way to have both

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

      Unless there's any injury news, I'd say it's a no brainer NOT to make the move

  9. Surfeit of Lampteys
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Should have triple captained Lundstram in hindsight. Meh

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

    I love Pepe. No Mendy....Lundstram in.

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

      This game is all luck bro

  11. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Surely everyone has upgraded Salah to Mane by now? Why own an inferior asset for more money?

    1. One More Hit
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not much between them points wise, they seem to alternate performances so unless you're going to use your FT or take a -4 every week...

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        City next week too, so unlikely to be high scoring for any of them.

      2. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Nah. Mane has been better than Salah for the entirety of 2019. Salah's year has been on and off.

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Salah on 13 more 'expected fpl points' so far this season. Very happy to stick

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

    Otamendi>Rico done.

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

      Did that last week. Unfortunately put cantwell up instead of Rico

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

    Connolly to Jimenez or Dendo to Martial next week?

    2FT also doing Kun to Vardy. Have plenty left ITB after both

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

    McGinn +3 BPS, really?

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

      Yeah

  15. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wow my midfield of salah sterling kdb dilva Cho doing great, thank god for lundstram...

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

      Same just Martial for dilva.. I keep waiting for my good team to do well.
      Mane hauling just runs salt into wound

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

    Mark with a huge gameweek 🙂

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

      Really? What’s he on?

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

        Well .. relatively - 50 + 8 or so Baps

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

          So lucky

  17. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Said I will never play again if Ota comes on and blocks Lundstram, that is taking the p surely, time to stop playing when your luck is like that

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

      See you next week

  18. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Salah and sterling have to go, just not worth it this year

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Just the first one

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

      Robbo and TAA do just enough to justify their price. But then you look at the points/price of Rico and Lundy. Start them all I guess....

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

        *justify their place in your team. Not sure about price tbh

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

        Yeah. kept faith in Robbo and Taa since GW1

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

      sick im on like 59 points

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

        K

    • LE CHARO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I paid the price for trusting Diop instead of McGinn, but glad captain Kun delivered

    • Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mane 3
      TAA 2
      Robbo 1

      According to members area.

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

        Get in

      2. Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        McGinn?

        1. Duke Silver ☑
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Finishes with 23 bps. 2 bps off getting a bap.

      3. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        That is beautiful

    • davies
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Keep Aguero?

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

        Why would you do that?

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

        See what happens in the UCL

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

      Ragabolly python broke.

    • aborg
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Congrats to myself for screwing up my TC chip on Sterling !!

      1. Surfeit of Lampteys
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Solidarity mate. Wasn't a bad shout. Just the game went a bit weird. Happens sometimes. Glitch in the matrix.

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

          Thanks for the support mate. Last year I had mine in Sane for the DGW so it seems that city are not giving me any luck when captaining them, whether on a single week or DGW.

          1. Surfeit of Lampteys
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Bad luck. I had aguero in that dgw but no such joy this year. Ah well. On we go.

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

              You had done well then 🙂 We win some we lose some, in the end it’s a lottery!
              Good luck for the rest of your season, hope you’ll have better luck then me with your TC chip.

              1. Surfeit of Lampteys
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                I used it on Sterling today too. 🙁

    • Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Should have capped Mane over Raz.

    • Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mount in the no10 position

    • Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      What a game that was. 46 pre baps with 4 to go 🙂

      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Great day at The Lane. Great FPL day for me too

    • Pedram
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      OMG i'm moving 500k in rank. i love this week.

    • gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Never seen anything like this guy Lundstram. 21pts today and streets ahead as the top scoring defender. To think he was only a base price 4m player at the start of the season. Providing he can play all season and pick up reasonable points he will be an FPL legend if not already. Shame everyone has him.

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

        7 million midfielder next season

      2. nerd_is_the_werd
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        36.4% selection according to FPL, so not everyone. 🙂

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

        Already a legend.