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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. Eleven Hag
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Alli to Dilva against Villa worth a punt ?? He is fresh and could start

    1. Nailed Jesus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Wait till after the 2 city cup games

  2. Ozzy smith
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Alli + Mount >>> Rich + Grealish for free?

  3. Lord of Ings
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    So kdb gonna play cdm now?
    Would you wildcard now?

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

    Need a big score from Rashford tonight

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

    I've had the following strikers in the third striker slot over the season:

    Barnes
    Wesley
    Wilson
    Deulofeu
    Mousset
    Maupay

    These Muppets have given me a total of 2 goals and 2 assists over 21 game weeks along with a slew of 1 and 2 pointers and transfers wasted.

    Imagine if I had just owned Danny Ings instead...

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Still time to fix it.

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yes I'm bringing him in now. Admitting the mistake

    2. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Why on gods earth didn’t you?

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        He’s not a casual 🙂

        1. Eat my goal!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          You sure?

    3. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      That's Why You are shite in this game

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

      I've stuck with Vardy Jimenez Rashford/Abraham all season

    5. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      You're calling crap players muppets for not scoring goals..stop being a cheapskate. 😉

    6. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Just get Ings, worst case you stop him scoring for everyone else

  6. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford (VC) let's go and hoping for Pogba to fly in from France any moment now and get me 3 assists 🙂

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      C'est la vie.

  7. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Alli to martial or Gomez to sidibe?

    1. JT11fc
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Im actually thinking both in for a hit

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

      Why sell Gomez? Surely you only recently got him.

  8. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Bottomed out
    Aurier+Maupay >> Ings+Holgate?

    Pope
    TAA • Soy • Aurier
    Salah • Mané • Richarli • KDB • Grealish
    Vardy • Maupay
    (McGov. Greeny. Rico. Lundy)

    1. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Good moves

  9. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Alli -> Richarlison as one of 2FTs?

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah could be good. Don't think Alli will do anything against Pool at least.

    2. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Think rich is better choice than Martial or Mads?

      1. thomashl
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I don’t know really. He’s still a sort of differential at least 🙂 as a utd fan I feel like I’m jinxing Martial every time I get him in. Maddison is good, and I’ve just not gotten around to getting him yet

  10. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Best keeper under 5m to replace pope?

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Fabianski or Foster for me

    2. Dream Killers 2.0
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Fabianski.

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Fabianski or Ryan

    4. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Fab

      Moyes normally good defensive manager

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

      Cheers all

  11. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Cantwell. What a legend. Saved my GW off the bench so many times now.

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Hehe

  12. Gazza2000
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Pope to ?

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

      Fab

    2. Dream Killers 2.0
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Fabianski

    3. tucaoneo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Fabs if you have another keeper for 26-27. Otherwise Ryan.

  13. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    As if Rich has got no bonus. Not sure he’s worth it considering he’s so bad in the bonus.

  14. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Which City asset would you rather own?

    A) Sterling
    B) Aguero

    1. Dream Killers 2.0
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Neither.

      KDB.

    2. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

    3. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      would not touch either

      RS too expensive and SA too rotation prone

  15. davies
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Gazza > Fab worked a treat

    Seeing KDB (c) play DM for 90 minutes was painful

    1. Buck The Trent
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Same 🙁

  16. Gaddafi
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Omg Kane sold.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      ?

  17. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Have Mane + Gomez. Who would you have as your third Liverpool player:

    1) TAA
    2) Salah

    1. Dream Killers 2.0
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      TAA

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      TAA is a must imo

  18. Prison Mike
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wow De Bruyne, couldn’t of played any deeper if he tried!

    1. Prison Mike
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      So much for his new advanced attacking role, cheers pep.

      1. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Different set up this game

      2. davies
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Becomes uncaptainable for me after that

        1. Eat my goal!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Rotated team

  19. Deeney-is-a-god
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford with an average of 9,5 points against the top sides this season. Lets continue that today rash!

    1. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      That stat is useless today vs 12th in the league though but also hope he scores plenty of points!

    2. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Arsenal not a top side

    3. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      shame they aren't playing a top side eh?

  20. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rico -1 coming in for Vardy(c) and selling Jesus this week hurts. I was shooting up through the ranks but the last few weeks have been horrible to me. 4 captain blanks in a row including Son red card captain. Vent over sorry.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah, captain picks have been brutal this season.

  21. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    David Moyes is a football genius.

  22. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Is Ings a must pick?

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Not sure about have but a regular points earner is what we all want in our teams

      Luckily I've had him for a few weeks

    2. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Waiting for the inevitable injury but he’s in great form for a bang average team, decent fixtures and cheap. Still a great option.

    3. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Scores every other game, I think the next 4 would be difficult to maintain the consistency though.

    4. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Has more points than salah

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

      Cheers

  23. davies
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else have Rico coming in for Vardy?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Oh yes.

  24. phineedle
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Ramsdale to Flappy was a big brain 3am move

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Hendo to him has started well but could easily have gone Ramsdale on fixtures

  25. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    May actually save this gw, cup result/teams may say otherwise though

    1. Dream Killers 2.0
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Up the Owls.

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yikes

  26. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Worth doing this for free?

    Aurier 》 Soy

    1. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

      1. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Would u priotize Aurier out or Pope out?

  27. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    A) Kane,Traore,Aurier > Mousset,Mane,Holgate(-4)

    B) Kane,Aurier > Rashford,Sidibe

  28. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wouldn't mind if Arsenal get their annual CS in this match.

  29. BancheeCs
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Aurier/Ali - TAA/Perez
    Aurier/Rashford - TAA/Ings

    Team
    Ramsdal
    Kelly/VVD/Aurier/Kelly/Rico/cathcart
    Mane/Grealish/KDB/Ali/Cantwell
    Vardy/Rashford/Jimenez

  30. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Best move?

    A) Kelly to Holgate or Dunk
    B) Dcl to Ings