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De Bruyne starts but Sterling and Aguero benched as Guardiola rings the changes

There are three Premier League matches kicking off at 17:30 GMT this evening.

David Moyes takes charge of West Ham United for the first time since his reappointment as head coach, with Bournemouth the visitors to the London Stadium.

Manchester City entertain Everton, while bottom-of-the-table Norwich City play host to Crystal Palace.

The headline team news comes from the Etihad, where Pep Guardiola has made five changes from Sunday’s 2-0 win over Sheffield United.

Kyle Walker, Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva all drop to the bench, while Oleksandr Zinchenko misses out altogether.

Ilkay Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus, Benjamin Mendy, Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden are the players recalled to Guardiola’s starting XI.

David Silva is among the substitutes after returning from injury.

Kevin De Bruyne – the second-most-captained player of Gameweek 21 – keeps his place amid the rotation.

Ederson misses out with illness, so Claudio Bravo keeps his place.

Carlo Ancelotti followed suit, initially making five alterations to his Everton side.

Fabian Delph, Lucas Digne, Yerry Mina, Bernard and Seamus Coleman came into the side, with Leighton Baines, Michael Keane, Theo Walcott, Tom Davies and Moise Kean making way.

However, Bernard was injured in the warm-up – so Davies keeps his place.

Moyes has made four changes to the West Ham team from Gameweek 20.

Aaron Cresswell, Robert Snodgrass, Mark Noble and Angelo Ogbonna are in for Arthur Masuaku, Carlos Sanchez, Manuel Lanzini and Issa Diop.

There is no Michail Antonio in the Hammers’ squad.

Daniel Farke has recalled three first-team regulars after handing them breathers last weekend.

Sam Byram, Todd Cantwell and Kenny McLean come in for Jamal Lewis, Marco Stiepermann and Onel Hernandez.

Crystal Palace are unchanged from the team that drew with Southampton on Saturday.


Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Francis, Cook, Mepham, Rico, L Cook, Lerma, Gosling, H Wilson, C Wilson, Solanke.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Snodgrass, Anderson, Fornals, Haller.

Manchester City XI: Bravo, Cancelo, Fernandinho, E Garcia, Mendy, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Mahrez, Foden, De Bruyne, Jesus.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Holgate, Mina, Sidibe, Delph, Sigurdsson, Digne, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Davies.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Byram, Zimmermann, Hanley, Aarons, McLean, Tettey, Vrancic, Buendía, Pukki, Cantwell.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Kelly, Tomkins, Sakho, Riedewald, McCarthy, Milivojevic, McArthur, Meyer, Zaha, Ayew.

2,047 Comments Post a Comment
  1. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    McCarthy laughing at Ramsdale from my bench

    One had a red the other a green?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Every fixture is red for Bournemouth at the moment. Terrible team.

    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      The difficulty rating on the ticker is a joke

  2. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ramsdale + Rico -.-> Fabianski + Femenía ?

    1. Kip
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Wait for the news on Kiko’s injury

  3. Bob_the_builder
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Alli or Ramsdale? Who's the higher priority for being shipped out?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Depends on the replacement.

      1. Bob_the_builder
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        For Alli, I am thinking Martial and Fabianski for Rams.

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Rams out for a hit seems worthwhile.

          1. Bob_the_builder
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            I have a FT available so I will go for it probably. Martial has Norwich next though so that could be something.

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Ramsdale

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

    Hope Rashford can go absolutely mental for me as VC today...

    1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Fancy him tonight against the Keystone Koppers.
      Double digit haul.

  5. IamthenextTeemuPukki
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Really unhappy with Pope as my GW, and has tough upcoming fixtures...Looking through upcoming fixtures and can not decide on best GK for next 6 GW's...any suggestions?

    A.) Fabianski (DGW),
    B.) Ramsdale (good fixture list by Bournemouth horrible right now)
    C.) Pickford (new coach, good schedule, but expensive v. what I have now)
    D.) Someone else - who do you think and why?

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      if funds aren't too tight... schmeichel a option?

      I was gonna sell but cant see a gk I'd prefer

    2. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      A

  6. StoichkovFPL
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Rico off

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Stanislas on

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      -1! Rico does last week Aurier

  7. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    No Lundstram may mean a lot of Rico subs.

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Grealish for mee

    2. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lord Lund will play

  8. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Spurs: LIV wat NOR MCI

  9. kennethrhcp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    kane Hayden aurier out
    dcl Salah 4.3 def in

    2fts so for -4. sound good?

  10. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Howe panicking, scared for his job

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Relegation zone now.

    2. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      a year ago was being tipped for big jobs... still like the fella's

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Think there's a Pizza Express in Bournemouth that has an opening...

        1. kennethrhcp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          harsh 🙂

  11. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    If Rico is somehow subbed in from B2, (B1 sub Kelly for Vardy) then it will be 3rd GW in last 4 were I've had a player with minus points in starting XI.

  12. RealVirg
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Such a tease.

    Substitutions in 2 of the 3 games after half time...why not STERLING?!?!

  13. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Why didn't I get fabby other week ffs

  14. gooner_112233445566
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Which combo for next 5...

    A) martial and Calvert lewin
    B) traore and Abraham (any 8.3 striker)

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      a

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    2nd cynical KDB foul

  16. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    A. DCL
    B. Ings
    C. Deulofeu

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      C, most points today.

      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        OH OK

  17. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Which? (My other def. & Mid. Soy lund taa mane traore martial kdb), gw24 sterling will be salah

    A) alli to mahrez/madds
    B) alli sidibe -4 to sterling 4.4 def.
    C) alli aurier -4 to sterling hanley/wiliams

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      a maddison

    2. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      A

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

    Rico you useless POS. Vardy autosub, fabulous

    1. Miniboss
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Well he’s supposed to be bench fodder anyway...

  19. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Us Rico owners saved from further minus points.

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I'm happy with -1

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        😀

      2. Railwayman
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I really am. I was worried because of a potential red card.

  20. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone else have both rico and aurier in their team?

    Minus points galore every week. Come off the bench when u dont start them

  21. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Should we be thankful Rico has been taken off? Could end up on -2 at this rate

    1. Miniboss
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Can’t believe I say this but I’ll take that -1

  22. Miniboss
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    My hope lies on triple Pool tomorrow, including Mane(VC)...

  23. mad_beer ✅
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Getting Rico has been a disaster.

  24. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Come on DCL do something!

  25. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    anytime now kdb

    1. CMJC
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He’s nowhere near the goal : (

  26. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jesus G
    Gundogan A

  27. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    City goal

  28. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jesus g

  29. Lecky Legs FC
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jesus goal

  30. Sasquatch Slayer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Aurier sellers
    Potential straight swop Gomez is rising tonight

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      pool spot used up on non guaranteed starter