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Foden starts for Man City as Guardiola benches Mahrez

Fantasy managers will get another look at Phil Foden‘s (£5.2m) credentials as he prepares to start against Liverpool in Gameweek 32+.

Interest in the Manchester City midfielder has abounded since the Premier League’s restart and that is sure to increase after making his second start since Gameweek 30+.

The last time he featured from the beginning, Foden backed himself a brace so the fact that Manchester City’s team-sheet appears to have deployed him on the flanks of the front-three is very exciting indeed.

He is joined there by Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m), while Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) must make do with a place on the bench.

Unsurprisingly, this season’s Fantasy darling Kevin De Bruyne (£10.7m) starts once again, while Eric Garcia (£4.5m) returns to the back-four.

Predictably, there are fewer shocks in the Liverpool line-up than Pep Guardiola’s.

Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) and Sadio Mané (£12.5m) flank Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) in attack while Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.8m) and Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) offer their usual threat from the full-back positions.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Mendy, Laporte, Garcia, Walker; Rodrigo, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Sterling, Jesus, Foden.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold; Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 32+

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  1. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    KDB on throw ins as well
    Beast !

  2. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Gonna pretend this game never happened and re-assess Liverpool next week.

  3. squits
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    huge

    1. squits
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      mane captain next week!

  4. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mane rested for Villa bench

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Dropped

  5. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Foden or ASM? Got to be Foden hasn't it?

    Cheers

    1. squits
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      yep

      1. Garth Marenghi
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        But will he play this Sunday?

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If you don’t need Foden next GW.

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone not selling Salah tonight?

    1. Fozzyb34r
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Me

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Me 100% - one does not sell salah before villa at home

    3. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Inches away from scoring... I'm keeping.

  7. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Son to Mahrez? Leaves me a whole 3.5 ITB overall for moves next week!

    1. squits
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      same move here. Son plays too wide in an awful team

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Nice. Brought in Greenwood for DCL on my other FT that gave the majority of that cash

        1. squits
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I couldn't do greenwood as already have triple man u. But looks good mate

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

      This is my move this week 100%. Could even swap back for Bournemouth.

  8. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Foden is limping. Welp there goes that bandwagon...

  9. Lucy2019
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mane dropped.

  10. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Sadio Manure

  11. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Congratz United fans for City win tonight

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Have you ever posted anything that wasn’t stupid?

    2. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Now say it without salt

  12. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone with a free hit left, when are you planning on using it?

    I take it we're clear with reschedules and doubles now?

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Use in 38

    2. james 101
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      38

    3. mrodgers91
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Got to be last week of the season, focus on teams with something left to play for

    4. SouthCoastSaint
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Last week now

    5. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      GW38 and hopefully FPL Rockstar delivers some early team news

  13. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Willian or Pulisic? Just ran them through the compare tool and Willian comes out on top which surprises me.

    1. caldracula
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Willian on pens too

  14. Capitano
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Sober Man City 4 - Still Drunk Liverpool 0...I'll take that 🙂 YNWA

    1. mrodgers91
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I'm not even upset or disappointed, as jamie Webster said is it a pointless 3 day bender or a weekend in paradise

      1. Capitano
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        7 day bender more like..and a summer in paradise..

  15. james 101
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    So do we prefer (in what order?)

    A. Mahrez

    B. Sterling

    C. Son

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      ABC

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      BAC

    3. squits
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      abc

  16. C'mon the Fylde
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I've still got a free hit?
    When will be the best time to use it?

    My current team;

    Patricio
    TAA Doherty Basham
    KDB Foden Bruno Martial
    Jiminez Rashford Nketiah

    7.6m itb

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      38

  17. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    30pts from two players against Liverpool. Was not expecting that but it's saved my GW.

    1. SouthCoastSaint
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Well done

  18. Reg83
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    bench kdb next gw? no way he ll start

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Id still take 20 mins of kdb

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Based on what exactly? He has been in the Man City squad 29 times this season and started 27 times!

  19. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Has Jesus done enough to start at the weekend do you think?

    1. caldracula
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Didn’t look great

  20. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Berjwin and DCL to Martial and Gayle for free?

    1. Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      doesnt gayle play cricket?

      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        😀

  21. Jolly Good
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I’m already thinking ahead next season

    KDB @12.5 mio first name on my team

    Argument whether TAA will be worth 8mio price tag (will liverpool keep as many CS)

    Greenwood or Foden at 8mio

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Just go triple City attack. Mahrez, Sterling, KDB(c). Triple Liverpool defence (TAA, Robbo, VVD). Pope in goal. Get a few fillers for the rest (Greenwood etc.)

    2. caldracula
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Greenwood and Foden won’t be that much

    3. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      TAA, KDB, Salah, Bruno then whatever else I can afford.

  22. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    After seeing the lineup and subs for this match, what are the chances of the following players starting next game?

    Mahrez
    Mane
    Salah
    Kdb
    Foden
    Jesus
    Trent

    1. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Only Mahrez, 100%

    2. squits
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Mahrez 100
      Mane 75
      Salah 50
      Kdb 75
      Foden 40
      Jesus 40
      Trent 80

    3. Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      88%
      80%
      90%
      5%
      30%
      40%
      90%

    4. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      100
      0
      100
      0
      0
      0
      100

  23. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Neco 🙂

  24. Big Ronnie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    A) Son & DCL to Mahrez & Greenwood
    B) Guendouzi & DCL to Foden & Greenwood

    Will do the other transfer the week after. Think Mahrez has more chance of starting than Foden next match.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Only doing DCL to Greenwood myself. Rolling one transfer. Son has Everton at home, giving him another chance.

  25. mrodgers91
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Carra and Neville banter, fantastic

  26. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    8 today from Son/Aurier/Mane/Trent. No City. Rank killed from 93k to 119K 🙁

  27. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    G2G? Save FT?

    Patricio
    Doherty TAA Maguire
    Bruno(C) Salah(vc) Pulisic KDB Foden
    Rash Jimi

    Martin, Aurier, Holgate, Nketiah

  28. Ain't No Holebas Girl
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Always frustrates me how greedy Mahrez is whenever I watch him play... that is until I get him in my team for next GW

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He'll be more greedy if he starts next GW and Sterling and KDB are benched.

      1. Ain't No Holebas Girl
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Perfect!

  29. mr messi
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mahrez or Pulisic in for Son?

  30. trinzoo
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Auba to:

    A) Rash
    B) Kane