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De Bruyne fit to feature as Foden gets another start for injury-hit Manchester City

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.6m) has recovered from a midweek blow to the head to start for an injury-ravaged Manchester City in their first home league match of the season.

Leicester City are the visitors to the Etihad, with kick-off at 16:30 BST.

The pre-deadline rumours surrounding a possible absence for Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) turned out to be true, with the Brazilian ruled out for a month by his manager in quotes released on Saturday night.

With Sergio Aguero (£10.4m) also sidelined until the end of October at the earliest, one of Pep Guardiola’s midfielders will be leading the line against the Foxes this afternoon.

De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling (£11.5m), Phil Foden (£6.6m) all keep their places, while Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m) steps up in place of the injured Jesus.

Guardiola’s only other alteration from Gameweek 2 sees Eric Garcia (£4.9m) replace John Stones (£5.0m) at centre-half.

It’s wasn’t far off a case of the City starting XI picking itself, particularly in attack: Ferran Torres (£7.0m), who hardly has bags of experience himself, is the only senior midfielder or foward available to Guardiola on the bench.

Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) are fit enough for substitute roles, at least, with the defensive pair having had their starts to 2020/21 disrupted by illness and injury.

Teenage striker Liam Delap (£4.5m) is also among the hosts’ replacements.

Brendan Rodgers, like his opposite number, has made two changes for this fixture.

The injured Wilfred Ndidi (£5.0m), who had been operating as a makeshift centre-back, is replaced by Jonny Evans (£5.5m), who returns from suspension.

Ayoze Perez (£6.4m) drops to the bench, meanwhile, with budget FPL defender Daniel Amartey (£4.0m) making a rare start.

James Maddison (£7.0m) is again only amongst the substitutes.

De Bruyne is the most-captained Fantasy asset of Gameweek 3, with just under one million managers handing the armband to the Belgian.

Over 800,000 FPL bosses brought De Bruyne into their sides following his 13-point haul at Molineux last Monday.

James Justin (£4.7m) has overtaken Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) as Leicester’s most-owned FPL asset, with more than one in five of us now owning the budget defender.

Timothy Castagne (£5.6m) is the leading points-scorer among FPL defenders, with both he and Justin registering attacking returns in each of their appearances so far.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Garcia, Ake, Mendy, Rodrigo, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Sterling, Foden.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Justin, Amartey, Evans, Soyuncu, Castagne, Mendy, Tielemans, Praet, Barnes, Vardy.

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  1. Infamy, Infamy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son and Werner to Bruno and DCL?

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

      1. Pompel
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Or Richa , he's on pens

        1. Infamy, Infamy
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Can’t afford that.

  2. money face bandwagon
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Really seem to be a horrible gw. 22 points so far

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Stop bragging.

      1. money face bandwagon
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Didnt see your score. U win

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I'm on 12

    3. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Braggard.

      1. money face bandwagon
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        ouch

  3. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Have to laugh. I've won my work league eleven years in a row, a league with about 40 players in it. I'm currently 36th at 4m OR and on 12 from 5 this week after a WC. Never had to try and win from this bad a start before. Should be fun. I hope.

    1. MSTRKRFTSMN
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Get a new job

    2. TyroneGAA
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You’ve had a good run haha

    3. yalala
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Give someone else a turn lol

    4. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Chin up give em hope , keep grinding lol.

    5. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You're in the wrong league if you're always winning.

      1. Harry the Hack
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        if its a cash league it sounds exactly the right league to me

  4. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Should I WC this team:

    McCarthy-4.0
    TAA-VINAGRE-Justin-Johnson-Mitchell
    Salah-Kdb-SON-PODENCE-Bissouma
    WERNER-MARTIAL-ADAMS

    to

    McCarthy-4.0
    VVD-LAMPTEY-Justin-Mitchell-Johnson
    Salah-Kdb-FERNANDES-KLICH-Bissouma
    INGS-MAUPAY-JIMENEZ

    ?

    Already used my ft Werner to Jimenez

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Very similar team and I am thinking of WCing now with Son

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah I'm in a predicament :/. Took a -4 hit this gw as well.

    2. JBG
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone?

      1. MSTRKRFTSMN
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I don’t see how you can go without Kane

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          It’s Kane........

        2. JBG
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Can't afford him and the other midfielders.

          1. MSTRKRFTSMN
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            This is the dilemma. I’m sticking with 3 big hitter forwards. Miss are too expensive. Kane will get as many points as Salah this season and he’s 1.5m less. Might even be able to cover Salah with Thiago. It pains me but I’m gonna go with Foden to cover KDB to save 5m and have Salah as my only big mid.

  5. Neves say Neves
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son + Doherty —> Sterling + Lamptey?

    ...-8?

  6. pablo discobar
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son to Havertz

    Or

    Son to Pierra(west brom)
    JamesRod to Bruno?

    Is pierra on pens?

    Thanks

  7. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Aguero would have buried that

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      What with his leg brace on?

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Difficult angle.

      Watched an Oxford maths lecture on football the other day, and it highlighted the odds of goal going in from difficult angles and how xG is calculated.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDxrj8K480&ab_channel=OxfordMathematics

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        There's an FPL one by Joshua Bull too, former FPL winner
        https://youtu.be/LzEuweGrHvc

  8. Addick
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    "An assist can be awarded for a pass or cross, even if an opponent gets a touch before the goal is scored. However, that touch must not significantly alter the intended destination of the ball.

    That "intended destination" can often be a team-mate if he is a clear target. But it may also be an area of the pitch."

    KDB should get the assist eventually.

    1. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not happening sadly

    2. MSTRKRFTSMN
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No, it was a clearance. Not a small deflection. No assist.

    3. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So the kdb corner that was headed out didnt change direction?

    4. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      no assist..

    5. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      It's significant.

    6. dark91
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So if a player takes a corner, the keeper or a defender send it back to the midfield and someone takes a long range shot which goes in that would be an assist?!!

      1. Home Late From Age
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        it happened so many times in the past

    7. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      It was headed out. There is no assist.

  9. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Sterling doens't finish his dinner

  10. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KDB playinh deeper than Walker and Fernandino

    1. yalala
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Praise the lord, need a blank from him

  11. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son > Mahrez looks like the play here.

    1. BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Prefer him to Barnes?

    2. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Aye . may just bench next gw though

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Looking unlikely with all injuries

      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Can't afford to. Better to offload. I can buy him back later.

  12. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son > penalty taker?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      this

      1. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        yes it is a sign

  13. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    De Bruyne basically forming a 3 man midfield. Not great

  14. El Magico5
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    The amount of times ive been done over by son.

    Red cards and injuries last year, injury on a wc today. Guy is cursed

  15. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Heading for another delightful sub 40 point week

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Werner (c) is my highest scorer...

  16. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KDB very advanced, I like it

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      We watching the same game?

      1. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I believe so

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

      Still no bloody points though.

    3. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      umm no

    4. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      🙁

  17. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Kevin De Blank confirmed

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Definitely, my captain after all

  18. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lmao Barnes

  19. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    FPL = Fantasy Penalties League

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      lol

    2. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      makes sense

    3. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Very sad hey

  20. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Best (up to 9,6m) replacement for Son?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      The way this season is going, Hendrick

  21. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    As a De Bruyne captain I'm confident enough to say after 20 minutes: KDB (C) fail

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      For sure

  22. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    "De Bruyne basically forming a 3 man midfield. Not great"

    Next post
    "KDB very advanced, I like it"

    Love this place.

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      @Flair

    2. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He is about as advanced as you'd expect him to be lol, not in the 3 man midfield at all

    3. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Brain thinks then fingers type

    4. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      lol

  23. Wild Card this!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Imagine this...must someone out there that did it/will do it 🙂
    GW2: Son to Bruno
    GW3: Bruno to Son
    GW4: Son to Bruno
    🙂

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yep, just maybdo that for GW 4, joke of a game

  24. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    It would be funny if KDB blank and Auba scores a pen tomorrow

  25. Bushwhacker
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Leicester are aware there’s a Man Ciry half they can go into right?

  26. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KDB huge captain fail

    1. Oggle22
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      After 30 mins seriously haha

  27. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KDB EO, anyone knows?

    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      40 something

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      43%

      1. Pompel
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        txs

  28. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I will literally take anything as a KDB (C) given this week. A goal could skyrocket my rank

    1. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Even assist will do

    2. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You and me both mate, I'll take any return at this point

  29. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Leicester are doing their best to ruin this game. Quite the bus.