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De Bruyne out of Manchester derby as Aguero starts City’s Double Gameweek 29 opener

The first of two fixtures for Manchester City in Double Gameweek 29 takes place this afternoon at Old Trafford.

Kevin De Bruyne (£10.7m) will not be involved in the fourth Manchester derby of the season, however, as he has failed to recover from a shoulder injury and is not even among the substitutes.

Pep Guardiola said of the Belgian ahead of kick-off:

He feels better but he doesn’t feel 100%. And we don’t take risks. We have three important games in the Premier League but of course, the position that we have, Madrid and Newcastle are the real important games for us.

Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) leads the line for City, while Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Phil Foden (£5.1m) are also among the starters.

Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m) has to be content with a place on the bench, as do the likes of Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m), Kyle Walker (£5.7m), David Silva (£7.3m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m).

Pep Guardiola has made five alterations overall from the side that beat Leicester City in Gameweek 27, although the Citizens have contested three cup matches since then.

Mendy, Walker, the injured Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m), De Bruyne and Mahrez are the men to make way from the win at the King Power Stadium, with Joao Cancelo (£5.2m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m), Nicolas Otamendi (£5.0m), Foden and Sterling all recalled.

Harry Maguire (£5.3m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.3m) and Daniel James (£5.8m) have all recovered from injury to start for the hosts this afternoon, meanwhile.

James and Brandon Williams (£4.1m) in for Mason Greenwood (£4.3m) and Scott McTominay (£4.9m) are the two changes that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made from Gameweek 28.

The Red Devils look to have switched to a wing-back system, as they have done in several of the “tougher” matches this season.

The three previous meetings between these sides in 2019/20 have all been won by the away team.

Aguero, who averaged 12 points per Double Gameweek last season (City had three of them), was the second-most-popular option for the Triple Captain chip in Gameweek 29, with De Bruyne just behind him.


Manchester United XI: de Gea, Lindelöf, Maguire, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Matic, Fred, Williams, Fernandes, James, Martial.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Foden, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

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  1. RealVirg
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Have you committed any driving offences or had any Fixed Penalty Notices in the last 5 years?

    Really for car insurance...you need to remember every penalty fine for parking etc in last 5 years...???

    1. RealVirg
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      Surely as long as you pay it off, then it's not on the record and no need to inform insurers about...

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      It's more about speeding or dangerous driving

      1. RealVirg
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 21 days ago

        Ok thanks

  2. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Happy Bruno owner since his debut

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      Me too

      1. FPLGeezer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 21 days ago

        Some clowns on here. Owned since his start but took out on wildcard. Oh well

  3. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    If only wan bissaka was able to lift his head. Got zero vision.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      That was the perfect example.

      Did brilliant to get into the box then...

  4. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Otamendi’s lost out there, get Pebbles on.

  5. jtreble
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Bruno needs to be careful. Once you develop a reputation as a cheat ...

    1. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      ... now AWB booked for cheating...

  6. FPL_DON
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Bruno out for a -4, top bants

    Auba, stop being poor and bring me some points

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      Dreadful short term move - why?

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      Why would you take out the most in form player playing for one of the most in form teams in the world, especially for a hit!

  7. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Martiaaaal!

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      🙂

  8. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Foden is literally hiding out by the touch line and doesnt want the ball. Man management disaster from Pep.

  9. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Fred dived

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Just jumping down now hahaha

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    That's a clear pen

    Bruno goal denied

  12. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    How is that a dive

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      It wasn't

      It is Mike Dean

  13. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Mike Dean is shocking

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    PEN!?!?!

  15. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Excellent yellow from Referee to Fred

  16. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    That’s a peno

  17. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    I look forward to all the bitter moaners also complaining about the referee's decision not give United a stone wall penalty there

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      *crickets* Ignore those children

    2. Monya Meow Meow
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      Exactly

    3. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      x2

    4. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      VAR class as usual

  18. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    BUT THATS REAL PEN THOUGH

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    No VAR?

  20. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    contact ?

  21. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Cmon Mike Dean haters, he just carded Fred...was he wrong about that too? Actually, he WAS, but who cares? Bad calls even out over time, its a fact.

  22. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Should have been a pen to Man Utd.

    No help from VAR for them on that incident.

  23. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    VARchester City back at it...

  24. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Pep looks like he's about to launch new iPhone lineups.

  25. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    It's a clear dive people ! Honestly talking football just

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 21 days ago

      Spot on. Its a minuscule grazing touch and he goes down like there's a sniper in the crowd

      1. MagicMessi
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 21 days ago

        Exactly . There's contact yes but it's not a peno

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 21 days ago

          Not a yellow for a dive if there is contact though. Contact with the player and nowhere near the ball.

      2. Cookie Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 21 days ago

        I hate this side of modern football as much as anyone but for any kind of consistency that has to be a penalty

        Definitely not a yellow for diving

        1. Hulk Smash
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 21 days ago

          This

  26. Amey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    That's a Pen !!!

  27. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Mike Dean

    10 wrongs make a right

  28. Robson-Canoe
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    VAR team already on their half time break eating prawn sandwiches.

  29. HNI
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    So ref makes up for goal foul mistake by denying a penalty. Dont think it works that way lol

  30. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 21 days ago

    Jamie Redknapp said Man Utd would win this. So far so good for him.