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Jota and Firmino both start as Jesus returns for Man City’s clash with Liverpool

The Premier League winners and runners-up in each of the last two seasons clash at the Etihad this afternoon.

Manchester City v Liverpool gets underway at 16:30 GMT.

Debate has raged this week over whether Diogo Jota (£6.4m) or Roberto Firmino (£9.2m) would get the nod to join Mohamed Salah (£12.4m) and Sadio Mane (£12.0m) in the Liverpool attack but, in the end, both players start for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Barring any curveball formation choices, the Reds’ boss seems to have opted for a similar 4-2-3-1 set-up that he trialled in the Gameweek 6 win over Sheffield United.

Klopp has made two changes from last Saturday’s win over West Ham, with Jota replacing Curtis Jones (£4.4m) in one of those alterations.

Joel Matip (£5.4m) is in for Nat Phillips (£4.0m) at centre-half in the other.

Pep Guardiola has also made a brace of changes from Gameweek 7.

Gabriel Jesus (£9.3m) is back to lead the line, with the Brazilian making his first Premier League appearance since the opening weekend of the season.

Ilkay Gundogan (£5.4m) also returns to the heart of the City midfield, with Riyad Mahrez (£8.3m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) making way.

There is again no place in the hosts’ starting XI for Phil Foden (£6.6m), who hasn’t started a league match since Gameweek 5.

It’s not often that we can say that the majority of City assets are differentials in FPL but that is the case at present, with Kevin De Bruyne (£11.5m) the only member of Guardiola’s squad who boasts a double-digit ownership.

They are even less popular within the top 10k, with Kyle Walker (£6.1m) – who sits in 8.15% of these squads – the most-selected option.

Salah is by some distance the most-owned player in this fixture, both within the top 10k (65.34%) and overall (46.9%).


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Gundogan, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Torres, Sterling, Jesus.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Gomez, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Jota, Firmino, Mané, Salah.

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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    That’s a pen

  2. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Should be a pen

  3. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    That isn't a penalty IMO.

  4. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Clear pen this

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

    City pen probably

  6. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Should’ve never made the switch from KDB to Sterling when he was out.

    Sterling’s useless. Worth a transfer for the switch back?

  7. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Never in a million years is that a pen 😆

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Neither was wolves

      So have to give it

      1. Begbie.
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Agree on that count. Ruining football with this crap.

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

        2 wrongs don’t make a right

        1. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Consistency adds value

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

            Someone needs to have ball to change it

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

              *the balls

      3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Because of the rules which are terrible

    2. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Always a pen, every year

    3. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Based on previous it is.

    4. Third Eye Vision
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It’s worse than the Wolves one.

      Shame about the rules, but they have to give it.

    5. djoker_nole
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      cry some more

    6. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Didn't Leicester just get a pen for less?

  8. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Haha pen city

  9. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Penalty surely

    1. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Running with his arms out like he was looking for a group hug!

  10. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Clear pen

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

    Could be a penalty

  12. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    29% own TAA. 29% dead teams?

  13. CheesyZoot
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know KDB's owenership?

    1. Third Eye Vision
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      15%

  14. Hattrick Harry
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    KDB first goal coming oh yeah

  15. Pavsboot
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I've somehow got to get Salah, Kane, Bruno and KDB into my team. Headaches....

  16. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Has to be a pen if the Leicester v Wolves one was.

  17. FPL_trail_runner
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Ive been way too patient.

    Down from 300k to 1.2mil in 2 weeks despite no hits.

    Crazy to think but the 12-16point hit i was debating midweek to buy coufal, lamptey, Chilwell, Kane (c) (and didnt do ) and sell robbo taa, saiss and antonio would have me around 20points better off now

    Season has been ruined by poor decisions past few weeks

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

    City pen given

  19. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    This is the same as the penalty at Leicester. Almost identical. Should be given.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      This

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

    Please miss Kev

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

      Thank you Kev x

  21. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    If Kilman's was given, this should be as well.

  22. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Pen given

  23. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Given

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

    Poor from Gomez

  25. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I said robbo would get 1 point

  26. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Come on KDB

  27. elchilangles
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    if that's a penalty then the rules are totally mental!

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

    WOW Should have bought KDB 🙁

  29. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Clearest penalty ever

  30. tambourineman
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    KDB misses