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Aguero returns to the City starting XI as Bergwijn makes Spurs debut

Gameweek 25 comes to a conclusion at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Manchester City the visitors to north London.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

Pep Guardiola has made a couple of changes to the side that beat Sheffield United in their last Premier League game.

The main one from a Fantasy perspective concerns Sergio Aguero (£12.0m), who replaces Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) as City’s central striker.

Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) also comes into midfield, with centre-back Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m) not part of the matchday squad.

City look to be back in a 4-3-3 following their dalliances with a wing-back system in recent weeks.

Kevin De Bruyne (£10.7m) makes his 17th successive Premier League start in central midfield, while Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) retain their places either side of Aguero.

Jose Mourinho makes three changes to the side that started the win over Norwich City, one of which sees winger Steven Bergwijn (£7.5m) make his debut following his £26.7m move from PSV Eindhoven.

Davinson Sanchez (£5.3m) and budget FPL defender Japhet Tanganga (£4.0m) also come into the starting XI, with Ryan Sessegnon (£5.4m), Jan Vertonghen (£5.2m) and Erik Lamela (£5.7m) all dropping to the bench.

Only two sides have kept fewer clean sheets than Spurs since Jose Mourinho took charge, although the Lilywhites have conceded fewer big chances than any other team in that time.

No team has scored more goals on the road than Manchester City in 2019/20, with Guardiola’s troops having found the back of the net on 34 occasions in their 12 away fixtures.


Spurs XI: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Tanganga, Winks, Lo Celso, Dele, Bergwijn, Son, Lucas.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Sterling, Aguero.

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  1. YEAH PITCH!
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling should be off

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

    If Sterling wasnt English that would have been red.

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I blame Brexit

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      What are you watching. Plays the ball completely, he can’t control where the opponents foot goes ; totally accidental.

  3. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Kun racking up the shots in the box..

  4. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Zinchenko and Sterling should get red cards

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    The Sun will be seething.

  6. Miniboss
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Not a red card??

  7. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    That looks painful.

  8. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    No serious fpl player owns Sterling

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      No but kdb and kun wd have suffered

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

      But red would surely affect Aguero and co.

    3. Superflymonk
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      So Mark in other words?

    4. sambyy
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I don't own any City players and have Alli so red wouldve been nice

    5. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      YOUR A CASUAL

  9. Reiger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Clear and obvious red. VAR nonsense

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      First Robertson and now Sterling

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Plays ball. Totally accidental. Bizarre the hate people have for Sterling.

  10. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Should be a yellow for Zin just now, as well.

  11. socho
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    legit. but would sound crazy 6 months ago

    1. socho
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      that noone serious owns sterling

      1. Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yes, I am not serious with my 83points + Sterling 😉

  12. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Should be red all day long.

    Whoever says otherwise doesn't know anything about football.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Like the referee and another referee watching it on video. Your hatred blinds you.

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Your conviction is sexy. I love peacocks and chest beaters 😉

  13. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Alli is the kind of player to get revenge later in the game. Just wait and see

    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah,it would not be like Dele to let a challenge like that to slide.

      Nor would i tbh.

  14. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I might not be a PL manager but hypothetically given the role of managing Man City I would have formed a potent attacking quartet consisting of Aguero, Sterling, Maherz, and KDB. Then give them regular time (just like Klopp with Mane, Firmino, and Salah). in writing this I see something special in Mahrez that most cannot see. I rate the guy in the same level as Hazard, KDB, and Aguero.

    1. Robson-Canoe
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      "I see something special in Mahrez that most cannot see" special snowflake alert.

    2. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Just to prove my point, Mahrez a player I do not own will produce an attacking return in this game.

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I think Man City saw it too as they paid £67 million for him.

      1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Just look at his returns when given 90 minutes in the FPL site. I wonder why pep does not consider him as a pillar for the team. Him, alongside Kante and Vardy, were the reasons Leicester lifted the EPL.

  15. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling diving and should get a red card inside 12 minutes, don’t be fooled by his good guy act he’s a cheat through and through

    1. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Bigger cheat than Kane?

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    VAR giving City some decisions to try cover it’s clear and obvious bias towards LiVARpool?

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

      zzzz

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        zzzz

        1. luk46
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          zzz

  17. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Would you bench boost this lot?

    Pope(sou) Stephens(BUR) Cathcart(bha) Cantwell(LIV)

    1. DF
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      nope

    2. Reiger
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Decent play there

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

      No

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

      No

  18. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    That Sterling foul was very similar to the one Auba got sent off for

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      This

    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      There is no consistency but this has always been the case in decisions

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Auba is a foreigner, Sterling is English

      1. Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Definitely a factor in the decision

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      1 key difference is the reason.

    5. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nope ; Auba was flailing and not in control.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Agreed. I think Sterling was a bit unlucky that Alli put himself in the way of his (slight) follow-through, as funny as it sounds. On this occasion, it kind of does matter that Sterling got the ball, as it was in a relatively reasonable or relatively controlled manner. It's borderline, but not an obvious red for me, which means it can't be an obvious error. Auba was a bit more reckless, though equally without intent.

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          zzzz

        2. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Precisely. The hate for Sterling in here is troubling tbh

  19. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Awful game so far

  20. COYR
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Would you WC this lot?

    Pope Woodman
    TAA Soy* Lund* Kelly* Williams*
    Salah KDB Traore Maddison* Cantwell*
    Auba Vardy* Ings

    100 points behind in ML and sitting at 500kish, feel like I need to change things up to have any chance.

    1. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Week too late. You’d have flew up from 500K this week with SHU + Newcastle defence and double LIV defence.

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        if it's such a great idea then it isn't too late

      2. COYR
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Agreed. Was so close to pulling the trigger...sums up the season (too conservative)

  21. Long ago I drew a walrus
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    17 captain points in 4 weeks since Salah's haul in GW21. Others have had 66 from Aguero and 80 from Salah. That's 129 points lost and for the first time this season I'm thinking there's no way back

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Sorry to say there is little chance of a way back.

    2. Woeisme
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      gutted for you

    3. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why is it an old number?

      1. Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        odd

        1. Long ago I drew a walrus
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Mane TC

          1. Tinkermania
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Okay

  22. sunzip14
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Arteta, from watching a team play like this to how Arsenal are playing!

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Arsenal got Arteta in because they thought he would bring all of Guardiola's intelligence and methods to Arsenal. But it isn't that easy.

  23. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    KDB wastes Mahrez assist...

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Mahrez owner ?

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

    Sterling draws a foul for falling over again

  25. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez heard the wrong whistle.

  26. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    The Phantom Whistler

  27. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero off the post

  28. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Kun post!

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero -bps
    Mahrez +

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

    Aguero close