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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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3,205 Comments Post a Comment
  1. mattk lfc
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Glad I only have 1 City

  2. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    casuals strike again

  3. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    What’s Vardys Non-Pen XG for the season??

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      0.00001

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

      -0.8

  4. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Looks like Leicester on their way to a 2nd premier league title.

    Well done guys

  5. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Delete FPL

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

    how many penalties are needed man

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

    Vardy Kane (c) Wilson. Oh happy day

  8. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    This season is really something isn't it

  9. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    ouch ... selling Vardy milking me as bad as selling Son after GW1 🙁

  10. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    No wonder Pep wants more defenders

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

      Pep needs to take a look at himself, he's spent a ridiculous amount on bad defenders

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

    Foden, sterling Kdb triple uppers in utter disbelief

  12. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Yeah I think I'm wildcarding. Screw it.

    1. CheesyZoot
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      To what though? Seriously lol

  13. 3 A
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Kdb should be more dewper. No player can give key passes like him

    Oh Vardy .... Lol

  14. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    VARdy Party single handedly rescuing my team this GW

  15. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Jammy Vardy

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

    Best Son replacement?

    A Mahrez
    B Havertz
    C Rodriguez

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

      Vardy

  17. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    These weren't even jammy penalties. Useless defending

  18. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Is KDB essential?

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

      Desirable. But I think you can cover him with Foden to a degree

  19. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    We're not really here

  20. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy essential?

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah. He's the king of penalties

  21. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Dear FPL Towers,

    Can you please allow for one WC each week??? This is not normal FPL.

    Thanks.

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

    Looking forward to the link where someone has TCed Vardy away at City.

    1. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A name with 30 characters from a country nobody has heard of.

    2. SAY MY NAME
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      just click on highest score on points page when game updates 😀

  23. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone without penalties is so useless

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

    Have all the wrong players in this game

  25. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    When I said there would be goals in this one this isn't what I had in mind

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

      lol this

  26. super zlatan
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Is vardy having a party yet ?

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

    Hi Im Freshy and Im a Points Chaser

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

      Welcome Freshy

  28. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    new template strikeforce:

    Vardy, Kane, cheap penalty taker

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

      Jiménez with the fixtures surely

  29. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    City shocking.

  30. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    City players be dropping in price this week now