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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. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 21 days ago

      Otamendi should have like two reds by now! My player just has to look at the ref wrong to get a yellow sometimes FFS

      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 21 days ago

        I'm sure you're so important you're influencing the ref

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            4 years, 21 days ago

            What? Where did I say that you idiot

        2. Bada Bing
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 21 days ago

          Otamendi is the worst defender of all time in terms of value for money (and I'm talking about real money now, not FPL funny money).

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

            Not even the worst City have had.
            Remember Mangala?

            1. Bada Bing
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Hmm I forgot about him. It's a close call though. And was Mangala as expensive? But he was absolute rubbish too, for sure.

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

                £32m for Mangala.
                Not sure how much Otamendi was, but I imagine similar.

                1. Bada Bing
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  They paid 44,5 million euros for that clown...

            2. @persecuted_by_mods
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Savic? Granted he improved after he left city

                1. Bada Bing
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  He was terrible as well, I grant you that.

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

          Otamendi is having a mare

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

          Var is useless

        5. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 21 days ago

          What the hell happened to Sterling...so poor!

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

            like six months now

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

            Gomez broke him. He needs a mental coach.

          3. SHOOTER MCGINN
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            He really doesn't do much now. No runs into the box. Not really driving at anyone. Think he needs Sane back and playing on the right again maybe

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

            Bissaka effect. Last time as well.

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

          Otamendi in a class of his own.

          1. TheTinman
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            If he was British he would be playing league 1 probably

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

              He’s John Stones with a tan.

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

              Like Stones?

            3. CloudSky
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              If he was British he'd be worth 80 mil and playing for United.

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

              No he would be fourth choice CB -stones

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

            A Class Clown

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

            🙂

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

          The way this GW is going, I’d be very worried if I was. Vardy seller...

          1. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Cameo incoming

            1. Bubz
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Hat trick more like

              1. Pukki Party
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Hope so

        8. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 21 days ago

          Anyone got a clip of the free kick that United were awarded leading up to the goal?

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

            It wasn't a free kick

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

            “Google, Mike Dean fail”.

            1. Dennis System
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Speechmarks all over the shop

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

          I think being denied a penalty is way worse then being given a soft free anyway. Much easier to defend a free than save a pen.

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

            Mike Dean has got every major decision wrong in the 1st half

          2. InSaneMan-e
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Yea. Soft foul but a harsh yellow.
            Fair score imo.

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

          Pep is definitely thinking of leaving end of this season

          D Silva last season and aguero potentially leaving. The ban looming. Looks like an end of an era and don't think pep wants to rebuild

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

            Chequebook manager.

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

              Clueless , spent nothing at Barca and won sextuple

              1. Tiki-Taka
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                yeah his team was poor, that messi kid is overrated

                1. sunzip14
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  was a kid when Pep won the sextuple!

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

                How many CLs did he win at Bayern and how many has he won at City?

                If Liverpool win the PL this season and City don't win the CL, then Klopp will have done a far better job than Guardiola in England with far less money.

                1. Coys96
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  Rubbish

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

                    How? Pep has spent £100m+ just on full backs. For the same money, Klopp has got Mane, Salah and Firmino.

                    Also got rid of Coutinho and used that money to get VVD and still had change left over.

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

              Don't say the truth 😉

          2. InSaneMan-e
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Juve looming. Where he'll dominate then leave in 3 years

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

          Can I LOL at world no.1 who captained Sterling yet 😉

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

            45 minutes left plus Arsenal

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

            Not yet

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

            He’ll probably lol at you after arsenal game

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

            Can't really lol if you capped Auba!

          5. Cok3y5murf
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Surely no one relevant still owns the flop of the season

          6. FPL Daniel
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Please do not lol

          7. HamezMace
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            When you’re ahead of him you can

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

              You could have said no directly 😀

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

                I prefer to be creative

          8. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Nearly 300 points in front of you, do you think he cares?

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

            do you realise how that statement makes you look ? lol

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

            You’re not the brightest on here are you? 🙂

          11. Queens of the South Age
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            You can when you have a higher rank than me mate. 😉

            1. camarozz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Wow. And all your chips left too.

        12. TheTinman
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 21 days ago

          Really need Aubameyang to go mental against City now.

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

            Nah, city will get CS

          2. @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 21 days ago

              I'm sure you're so important he'll do it

              1. Boxwoods
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Zing!

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

            City are cack without KDB...

            1. FPL Daniel
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              They won the title without him

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

              Cack whenever Sterling plays tbh. He offers zilch in terms of creativity. Tap in passenger.

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

                So far wan B has had him in his pocket too

          4. FPL Daniel
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            I am impressed by United. Going to triple up on them after the blank...

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

              Lol

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

              Bruno and Martial could be gold.

            3. InSaneMan-e
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              With my luck with Utd double or triple ups, they'll flop once I get em in. Just gonna stick with bruno I think

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

              Looking at gw33 WC you could do a double up

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

            Forget COVID-19, its all about BRUNO-18

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

              Yep

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

            KBD has just been smuggled into the City dressing room.

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

              Zinchenko replacement in midfield ?
              😉

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

            Not sure why VAR didn't give United a penalty

            It was a clear and obvious error by Mike Dean

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

              Because Fred dived?

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

                He didn't

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

                By being locked and going down?

            2. The Senate
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Completely agree. Doubly angry as a United man and Bruno owner. Should be 2-0 up and top of BAPS

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

              Yep
              They lack courage to make big calls ..

          8. Le Bluff
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Martial! Potential season keeper.

            Great fixtures after GW 31 too. Will just bench him and not Free Hit.

            1. InSaneMan-e
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Seems to be consistent recently. But not sure hes a better pick than bruno. Martial doesn't get many bonus points

              1. Le Bluff
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Yeah I think Fernandes is a better wildcard pick. Had Martial for weeks now though and he's ticking over nicely.

            2. Baps hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Kdb, Salah, Mane, Bruno, Martial is quite expensive midfield. Have to check if it is doable.

              1. Baps hunter
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Checked. It is actually doable, but not with bench good enough for bb imo.

          9. Cok3y5murf
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            How many goals has Martial been gifted this season?

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

              A lot less than Salah

            2. Baps hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              It is the position. Many others have also been gifted goals. Remember DCL for example.

            3. InSaneMan-e
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              This is harsh. Loads have been gifted goals. Vardy penalties. Salah, auba.

          10. Baps hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 21 days ago

            Strange gw. Took -8 for C Auba and my arrow is still green.

            1. Firminooooo
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              I took a -4 for Ryan to Pope and Auba+Kiko. 24 points and blood red arrows. Fallen from 200th to 5k last GWs.

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

            Remember folks. Form over fixtures.

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

              Calvert-Lewin says hi.

            2. Pukki Party
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Everton assets says hi

            3. Soonmixdin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Ross Barkley says Hi 🙂

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

            Quite glad I didn't scramble to fill my team with city and arsenal.

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                4 years, 21 days ago

                This match isn't even over yet though, and still a game to go!

              • Soonmixdin
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Amen brother. I merely did Cantwell > Saka so pretty low risk!

            2. Firminooooo
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              No Bruno or Martial. Do something Aguero!

            3. FOO FIGHTER
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              I wish Norwich was playing this Man City starting lineip today.

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Would finish 0-0

            4. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Fabulous, Martial first sub (and Lascelles second sub!)

              Only hope is a full KDB no show, or the same for Perez...

              1. Rolls-Royce
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Why on earth would anyone bench Martial? Hope both come in for a 1 point cameos.

            5. Rolls-Royce
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Besides the Mike Dean drama, City didn't have a sniff at the United goal in the first half. Completely dominated and a well-deserved lead.

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

                Yep
                Hopefully we get another one at the start of the half to calm the nerves ...

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

                Should be further ahead, you know what happens next...

                1. Coys96
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  How?

                  And as a Liverpool fan who can u say that? Teams constantly miss sitters against u

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

                    Pen and Martial should have squared a ball to Bruno.

                    Don’t see how Liverpool are relevant to the point even if the answer is yes.

            6. Differential C (Mark)
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 21 days ago

              Wan Bissaka's tackling is still soooo satisfying to watch.

              1. Differential C (Mark)
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                12/13 passes completed
                9/9 duels won
                6/6 tackles won
                3/3 dribbles completed

                1. @persecuted_by_mods
                    4 years, 21 days ago

                    Obligatory "Won't face Sterling every week" comment

                  • Piggs Boson
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 21 days ago

                    22 years old.

                    Going to be a legend.

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

                  Class act at tackling love the kid

                3. Soonmixdin
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  He's fantastic, only wish we could have held onto him at Palace really!

                4. Rolls-Royce
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  TAA still dreams to tackle like AWB.

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

                  Don't forget the dash ahead taking out 2/3 City players with a trick 😉
                  Taa who ??

                6. InSaneMan-e
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  Probably the best one on one defender in the league.

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

                Hope Micah Richards has a Specsavers appointment booked in the morning.

              3. aborg
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Even if Pep played a half fit KDB, the score line would be more on City’s favour by half time !

                1. FOO FIGHTER
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  Really 😀

                  Pep should ask for a restart of the match without Sterling and Foden.

                  1. FOO FIGHTER
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 21 days ago

                    On the pitch.

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

                Giggs just admitted Bruno cheated to buy the free that led to the Martial goal. Naughty boy. 🙂

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

                  What about the Pen shout then ?
                  Hopefully someone asks him that too

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

                    Giggs said he didn’t think it was a pen initially but felt there was contact after looking at it replay.

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

                  Takes a cheat to know a cheat...

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

                    Everything is fair in love & Derby 😉

                  2. FOO FIGHTER
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 21 days ago

                    Ha ha

                3. InSaneMan-e
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  I think its balanced out though with fred yellow/penalty denied

                4. Holmes
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  "Do whatever it takes to win a war"

                  - Unknown

              5. InSaneMan-e
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 21 days ago

                Guys. If I have TC WC FH all available but also can field 9-10 for 31, is it worth saving chips and using these after? Dont want to get caught out where there arent anymore dgw and I have chips left

                1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 21 days ago

                  Yeah, save it