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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. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son, Werner, Podence and Foden all to drop 0.3 this week?

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

      Probably. Ffs price changes are so stressful

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I'm waiting til press conferences (as pointless and uninformative as they are) before making transfers. If I lose 1m+ in value then so be it

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

      Foden probably goes up.

      The rest might drop 0.1m yeah. Werner already been down once.

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

    23(-4) with 5 to play including two pen takers so could still score triple digits

  3. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Think the best approach right now is to do absolutely nothing and just wait for your player to become good.

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

      This, bandwagons score and blank whenever they want 😉

    2. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Wise words

  4. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    28 with 3 to go. Awful.

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

      27 with 3 here. Had Ramsdale and Dier clean sheets wiped out last minute

      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I had Bavies also.

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

      14 from 7. Don't worry.

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

      Better than me. 16 from 8

    4. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      14 with 4 to go. Not had a goal in 2 weeks now.

  5. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hopefully the City result means fewer people captain them against Leeds.

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

      Yeah, hopefully people get rid of KDB/don’t captain him. As good as Leeds are, I think they’ll play to Man City’s strengths and Pep will make them pay.

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

      KDB haul

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

    The guy top of my work ML has a starting back line of:

    Schmeichel
    Rudiger Smalling Davies Diop

    They've also got Kepa

    ...and they are on 63 points this GW - FML!

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Well they won't be top for long

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

        They have Vardy (c), Kane, Bruno so not sure!

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

    When will Maddison start a game again?

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If Praet is injured then next game...

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

    21 penalties in 25 games. Bonkers.

    1. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Front 7 of pen takers is the strat this year

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

      Boy boy boy

  9. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Need Jimi and Salah(C) to save the week!

  10. Avo24
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Vardy + klich or
    Zaha + ings

    Which pair will get more penalties?

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

      Zaha not nailed for penalties

  11. davies
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    On wildcard, is this front 7 genuinely viable?

    Salah KDB Zaha Klich
    Vardy Jimenez DCL

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

      Vardy could be out etc.

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

        He’s fine

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

      Yes.

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

      Yep

  12. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bald fraud thoroughly exposed lately. Will be sacked before season is done

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

      And who will they bring in?

      It doesn't make sense to sack one of the best managers in the world especially if he could lure Lionel Messi over.

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

        Messi player managee

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

      haha

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

      Won't be sacked. Might feel exhausted and quit though.

  13. GROBARI
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    McCarthy Nyland
    TAA Egan Dier KWP Mitchell
    Son Salah KDB Podence Ceballos
    Werner Wilson Mitro
    Wc yah or nah?

  14. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Didn't know Alison was injured

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Doubtful still have a chance.. Hopefully

      1. Sloane426
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        What language is this?

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

      Huh?

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

        Credible tweet earlier casting doubt on Alisson and Thiago.

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

      Thiago too.

  15. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son + Podence (if injured) > Trossard + Barnes? - 4

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If Podence is badly injured then yes, but I heard it's just a knock

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Good, then Dallas > pool defender

        1. Coys96
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Dallas was great.

          1. The Train Driver
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            I have Ayling as well..

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

      Would keep Podence.

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

    Is this the day that Thomas Soucek finally repays my faith in him.

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No

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

      Provided Saïss scores as well, here is hoping.

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

      no

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

      He'll score

  17. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Werner ahead of Vardy from GW 1 was terrible decision obviously.

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

      Did you have 0.5m spare?

      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        No, but i would have 6.5 MID ahead of Barnes.

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

          But Barnes is your favourite.

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

            and you could have got the 6.5m with Werner.

            Hindsight etc.

  18. JohannaAdams10
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Rodriguez or Zaha?

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

      Zaha from GW5

  19. Pedersen
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Whats up with this season. Match results are all over and random people getting hattricks in random matches...

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

      Hardly random people

      Salah, Son, Vardy would have been rather high on the list of pre season predictions.

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

      Need a chaos engineering to predict results

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

        I am software engineer, so I am all about patterns and I can find none...

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

          Except penalties

  20. gers23
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    It's suddenly dawned on me... I'm not very good at this game 🙂

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

      I've been playing it for 11 years, I'm still not good. I used to be, but not anymore.

  21. Earwicker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    At least we know we're in trouble when our team is almost identical to that week's Scout Picks...and Salah and Robbo to come.

  22. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I’m on WC currently and before the city game I had Sterling and Kdb with no Vardy. Thinking of sacrificing Sterling for Vardy now. Penalties and all that. Is it knee jerky?

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

      Well how has knee-jerking out Son, Bruno, Kane, etc worked out for people this season? If you’re asking if you should sell Sterling before Leeds away then you are the casual lol

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I’m on my wildcard. Don’t see how considering Vardy over Sterling makes me a casual. You keep on loling at people though buddy, go you.

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

          It makes you a points-chaser, which is worse than a casual

          1. FPL Blow-In
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            😆 this place has gone to the dogs

          2. FPL Blow-In
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            You realise Vardy outscored Sterling last year. He also has 5 goals so far this season in comparison to Sterling’s 1 assist albeit with an extra game played. New handball rule means more penalties. Yes Sterling has Leeds next gw but as I said I’m on my WC and not setting my team up for one week am I...

    2. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I would say that's a decent enough move. Vardy will score a good number of points this season, so it's all about what you do with the remaining funds.

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

    My FPL team just gave me the vote of confidence

  24. Qaiss
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Is Werner believed to be on penalties for Chelsea?

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

      Without Jorginho yes

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

      Doubt it.

    3. Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I don't see why he wouldn't be, assuming Jorginho won't get back in the team.

    4. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He'd probably miss tbh

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

          Just needs a goal and then he’ll go on a run of goals. People will want him back eventually.

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

            Eventually. The right word

    5. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Hows this for a front 7 Penalty FC?

      Bruno KDB Salah Klich
      Mitro Jimi Vardy

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

        Prefer Ings and Maupay to Mitro and Vardy. Cheaper and allows a better defense.

        But yes, this looks like it could be the way...

        1. Alisson WondHaaland
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Hmmm yeah perhaps.

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

        Ings and Richarlison fine too, or could try to upgrade Klich, not sure if I can find any 7+ ones.

    6. Bavarian
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      18 pts, any better?

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

        22,kdb captain

    7. Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      What is the goalkeeper solution this season? Very few 4.5 options and all look horrible. McCarthy may have turned a corner. Leno looks good but fixtures are horrible. Set and forget or rotation?

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        McCarthy

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

          As i have said since week 1. Get Meslier.

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

            Why not pay more for Patricio?

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

        if every game has a pen and theres barely been a cs how does it even matter

        just spend 4.5 and 4.0 and hope u get some save points

        doesnt seem like there will be many cs this season

        1. Postman Ty
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Valid

      3. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Maybe Guaita+Mccarthy if you're willing to spend 9.5 which I won't

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

      Best pen taker to replace Son?!?! Take a hit and get Bruno ?

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

        What team did you end up with?

        TAA, Podence variation?

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

          went with this in the end mate. Been a disaster!

          Martinez Steer
          Semedo Saiss James Lamptey Mitchell
          Salah KDB Foden Son Havertz
          DCL Jimi Brewster

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

            Well it's basically my team so we're in it together! I captained Havertz though.

            Good luck us with the double Wolves def.

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

              ah Havertz worked out better than KDB! kudos mate.

              Whats your plan with Son. Gonna try and shoehorn in Bruno? or upgrade 4.5 striker? Need a pen takers that's for sure. Good luck bro

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

      Any news on Podence? When will he be back?

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

        Expect him back next GW.

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

          Cheers TM

    10. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I think fantasy is ruined with those stupid rules about penalties.