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De Bruyne and Foden benched as Guardiola makes six changes for Saints clash

Manchester City face Southampton in the penultimate fixture of Gameweek 33+ and the last Premier League match to take place on a busy Sunday afternoon.

Kick-off at St Mary’s is at 19:00 BST.

Rotation was always a possibility after City’s hectic week in league and cup and Pep Guardiola has made six changes to his starting XI from the side that beat Liverpool on Thursday.

The most high-profile changes see Kevin De Bruyne (£10.8m) and Phil Foden (£5.3m) drop to the bench after their double-digit hauls in Gameweek 32+.

Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m) and Kyle Walker (£5.6m) also make way in the full-back positions, while Rodri (£5.4m) and Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) are rested in central midfield.

There is better news for owners of Riyad Mahrez (£8.6m), who starts after his benching against the newly crowned league champions.

Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m) also keep their places in attack, while Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m) and budget FPL defender Eric Garcia (£4.5m) start again at centre-half.

Joao Cancelo (£5.1m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m), Bernardo Silva (£7.7m), David Silva (£7.3m) and Fernandinho (£5.1m) are the other players handed a recall.

Ralph Hasenhuttl has made three changes from Southampton’s 3-1 victory over Watford, meanwhile.

Che Adams (£5.3m), Jack Stephens (£4.4m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.2m) are handed starts, replacing Shane Long (£4.6m), the injured Jannik Vestergaard (£4.5m) and Will Smallbone (£4.5m).

Adams joins Danny Ings (£7.3m) in attack, with the in-form striker looking to continue his push for the Golden Boot on the south coast this evening.


Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Redmond, Ings, Adams.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Garcia, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 33+

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

    Arghhh cmon Riyad

  2. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Get KDB on! come on pep

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Shhh. If stays benched I get Saka’s points.

  3. Pies Have Come
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone sold a striker for Jesus? Good luck with that. I'd be shouting Jesus too if I were you. He should be on that American forensic files murder show. Apparently they're testing his spit for DNA to prove he showed up as there's murder in the bookies haha

    1. Pies Have Come
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He wouldn't score in a brothel with a 50 in between his crooked pikey teeth. Bag o' shite. I'd rather Barry Bethell up front than that mon.

  4. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    This crowds‘ really helping Southampton 🙂

    1. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      We do seem to hate playing at home.

    2. Pies Have Come
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It should be crowd's as in 'the crowd is'. (S-apostrophe). Crowds' doesn't make sense. Just saying. Good luck.

  5. The_Fish
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How’s Sterling looking?

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Trying to create things. Him & Mahrez have been lively!

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Like a duck as usual

  6. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    David Silva passing to no one. Clearly concussed

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Hahahaha

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No Kun's hair colour to find

  7. gers23
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    What do we think of Kane tomorrow? Good chance for a haul or tight game?

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

      I think Everton will beat Spurs 2-1

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

      2+

      1. gers23
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Need him to blank 🙁

    3. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Everton defence acc good. Expect a 2-1 but idk to who

    4. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He looked psyched to me when he scored

    5. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He's my VC so expecting a haul.

    6. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      DCL chance to score is higher than Kane (read: controversial)

  8. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    KDB warming up

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

    Foden looking hungry.

    1. Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Foden looking like he's auditioning for the squire in a Robin Hood production.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Give him Kit Kat

  10. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    KDB warming up

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    KDB warming up 🙁

    Eagan 10 pts on the bench 🙁

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      🙁

    2. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sameeee and Saka too

    3. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Greenwood first on mine 🙁

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

    Anybody else got a weird conundrum now with Greenwood as a perfect 3rd striker for uber cheap?

    Got 3.5m ITB with the obvious option to upgrade Guendouzi... but then I can’t play all 8 of my MID/FWD...

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Bench boost.?

    2. VictimPanda
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I'm sure you could upgrade other areas

    3. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I'm a bit the same - If I get Greenwood for Nketiah, I'll have 8 attackers I'll want to play each week. Maybe that's a nice problem to have

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

      Just upgrade and pick the best 7 you think will start. Prob 1 of them will miss out with rotation each week anyways.

    5. Hog Roast Junkie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Greenwood the definition of perfect 8th mid/fwd

  13. VictimPanda
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mahrez is a one trick pony. A decent manager like hassenhutle will get him shut down as he has been repeatedly. Blank incoming.

  14. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    KdB continuing to stay warmed up.

  15. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Damn Ings. Should've scored this.

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

    Great clearances in both boxes from Ings +BPS

  17. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why is concussion protocol ignored every time? Whats the point if the teams just ignore it when they find it convenient.

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

      What is the protocol?

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

      Caring about wellbeing or about Kdb coming on? 😉

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

      Knock it on the head will you.

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

    KdB haul in 2nd half !

  19. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    City are a one man team

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      5-0 Burnley

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Home crowd game.

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

      Last season

  20. George James
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Jimenez >> Kane for free?

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Surely

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah

  21. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Oh this is going well.

  22. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    kdb warming up, season over 🙁

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Shhh....

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Pep might hear you

  23. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Kdb warming up by practising his goal scoring celebrations on the touchline !

  24. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How does the early transfer thoughts for BB GW34 look?

    Salah to Foden and Jimenez to Kane?

    Pope Martinez
    Saiss TAA Doherty Aurier C.Taylor
    Salah Martial KDB Bruno Mahrez
    Jimenez Ings Greenwood

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      for a hit

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Nice. I am going mega hit with bench boost too. Hi 5

        1. Tonyawesome69
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          what players are you looking to transfer in?

    2. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not for me

    3. Hog Roast Junkie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I’d stay as you are

  25. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hassenhuttl looks like a doppelgänger of DJ Solomun

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

      Niche - but good

  26. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Who do you think make way for KDB & Foden?

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

      Jesus at this rate for one. Dilva the other.

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Silva's

    3. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      The Silva’s as it stands

    4. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Silvas

      Maybe Jesus for Foden with Sterling going false 9

    5. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Jesus and David Silva

    6. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Jesus and David Silva off with Sterling going central

  27. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    HT?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not yet

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      HT now.

  28. GAMBIT
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ings next two fixtures dont look that great if I'm honest

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

      I think they do

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

      Really? T-Rex arms and Harry Maguire.

      Two awful players, Ings should get at least 1.

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

      Can't play city every week

    4. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wouldn't worry about that. He can score against any team!

    5. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I'll bring him in

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

      He's kinda fixture proof. Keep but don't captain.

    7. GAMBIT
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Cheers all, definitely keeping!

  29. Saint Tim
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Any thoughts on the below wild card team please guys? Plan to FH in GW38.

    Martinez, (Martin)
    TAA, Doherty, Aurier, (Boly, Lampety)
    Sterling, KDB, Fernandes, Mahrez, Antonio
    Rashford, Jimenez, (Greenwood)

    Have £0.5m ITB but not sure where/how to spend it. TIA

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

      Dont like 3 MiDs from City. KdB and Foden enough

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

        Have Greenwood to come off bench when one of them doesn't play...

        Was toying with Willian/Pulisic instead of Mahrez and then could upgrade Aurier to VVD or even Robertson

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

          Not playing but probably coming from the bench.

    2. DarkGreen
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      sterling will probably be benched next game

    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      How much of a saints fan are you?

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

        Had a season ticket for 30 years...but I never pick Saints players - it curses them!!

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

    Zinchenko and Jesus are too much of a step down in quality from Mendy and Aguero.

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

      Mendy is crap too

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

        Nah, he has been good since the restart.

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Agree about Jesus Vs Aguero

      Zinchenko is doing pretty good compared to Mendy imo