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Aguero and De Bruyne start but Mahrez benched for final Gameweek 26 fixture

The final match of Gameweek 26 is one that should have been contested ten days ago.

Manchester City v West Ham United was the only Premier League fixture to fall victim to Storm Ciara, with the postponed clash at the Etihad swiftly being rearranged for tonight.

This evening’s game brings to an end the longest Gameweek of the season (possibly ever?) and it could be one that has a significant bearing on many Fantasy managers’ overall rank.

Sergio Aguero (£12.1m) is owned by just 30.11% of the top 10,000, with over half of those having handed the armband to the Argentinean striker.

Whatever Kevin De Bruyne (£10.8m) does tonight will be less significant for his owners, with the Belgian’s effective ownership at 98.91%.

Both of those players start this evening.

Riyad Mahrez (£8.6m), the only other player from Pep Guardiola’s side who can boast an ownership of higher than 1% in the top 10k, is only among the substitutes.

Guardiola has made five changes in total from the side that lost 2-0 at Spurs earlier this month, with Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m), Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m), Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m), Bernardo Silva (£7.8m) and David Silva (£7.4m) all returning.

Fernandinho (£5.2m), Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) and Mahrez drop to the bench, while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m) is suspended and Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) injured.

Leroy Sane (£9.3m) is not involved in City’s matchday squad despite a return to training.

Interest in West Ham’s FPL assets is more muted, with Robert Snodgrass (£5.2m) the only one of the Hammers’ squad who has an effective ownership of more than 1% among managers in the top 10,000.

Snodgrass keeps his place, with David Moyes making only one change to the West Ham starting XI that drew 3-3 with Brighton and Hove Albion over a fortnight ago: Arthur Masuaku (£4.2m) ousting Sebastien Haller (£6.9m) in what is clearly a signal of Moyes’ intentions this evening.

Felipe Anderson (£6.6m) returns from injury and is among the substitutes, along with new signing Jarrod Bowen (£6.5m).

The reverse fixture of this evening’s game ended 5-0 to City in Gameweek 1, with Sterling bagging a 20-point haul and Mahrez registering a hat-trick of assists.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Mendy, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Silva, Bernardo, Jesus, Aguero.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Noble, Soucek, Snodgrass, Antonio.

1,358 Comments Post a Comment
  1. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This could get ugly.

  2. H-Over United
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Saiss or Lascelles for Kelly??

  3. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero just past the post

  4. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Kun close

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

    Not close enough!

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

    Kun -ppi

    1. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      ppi?

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

    West Ham made a pass?

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

    Kun negative bps, agony for owners 🙁

  9. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This is like a cat playing with his captured mouse

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

      Except the mouse might put up a fight

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

    Gonna need Mahrez against this bus. Why even field a tap in merchant like Jesus in this kind of game?....

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

      Lol salty owner?

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

        Do you disagree? Jesus is like having 10 players against a bus. Useless in build up play

  11. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wow.. city stadium looks really empty..

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

      It’s not called the Emptyhad for no reason

    2. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Traffic issues in Manchester, apparently. Car traffic, not drugs or people.

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

      Not everyone who could do the weekend match, can do a weekday.

    4. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah that's pretty poor

    5. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      record attendance tonight

  12. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This is going to be disastrous as a Kun non owner!!

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

      Yup no doubt about it, i’ve already settled for atleast 2 goals

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Red arrows incoming!!

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

      I wouldn’t worry too much as I captained him

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I’m pretty damn worried lol

  13. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Taking this game a minute at a time with no Aguero!

  14. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Kdb shot on target

  15. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Kevin de SOT

  16. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    As a Kun non owner if there was ever a time to wish injury on a player it's now. Along with all the other times I wish it.

  17. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What the hell is jesus doing

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ruining KDBs A

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Being reborn

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

    What a player!

  19. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Hand ball?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Creswell.

  20. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus costing KdB a massive haul here

  21. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus is really not that good sometimes

  22. JBG
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What's happened to City's finishing these last few matches???

  23. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This looks like will be a carnage

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

      One of those games where city huff and puff and dont score.

  24. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    not a pen?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nah

  25. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    7 chances for City in 14 minutes

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      My important stat 0-0 😮

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      thats one every two minutes

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It is. I'll keep them counting it's kind of fun

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I remember this Liverpool game once, they had 35 shots and they didnt score in the end lol.
          City do that sometimes also, in their 2 PL fixtures with Spurs this season they had like 40 shots and 2 goals, Spurs had like 4 shots and 4 goals 😀

  26. Salarrivederci
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus could've been on 17 points already. Crazy

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

    Not watching - are City in a 4-2-2-2 or a 4-3-3?

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      4-2-1-3
      KDB swopping with Bernardo somehow

    2. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      2-4-4 most of the time

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        3 3 4 imo

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

      Hard to tell, ball hasn’t been far enough up the pitch to tell.

      4-2-4 currently.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Or this. Switching from 4 2 4 and 3 4 4

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

      Cheers, all.

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

    Fell onto the ball like Lodi against Liverpool last night, not enough for a pen it seems.

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

    How is it still 0-0?

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

      Jesus answering WHU prayers

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Both teams didnt score

  30. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus getting in the way, sooner he’s subbed for Mahrez the better

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

      Careful people on here will call you a salty owner for stating the obvious truth

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Careful, people on here will start thinking every shot's a sitter

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      This

    3. Salarrivederci
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Mahrez would've bagged two at this point.

      Pep is only outsmarting himself.

    4. CRAZY TRAIN
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Clarity is in my reaction also