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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

    Milner on pens

    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Wrong

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Lol no

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

    If TAA is out Chilwell is ready for a triple rise

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

      He's already quadruple risen

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

    Tearing calf is 4 weeks minimum, and if bad 6-8 weeks oit

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

      But he maybe didn't tear it

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

        Yes not tearing badly is possible but still few weeks

  4. Traction Engine Foot
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Feck it, time to wc.

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

      I envy you

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

    TM you got lucky by benching TAA

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Make your own luck.
      City were always scoring.

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

        Maybe. But he might have scored

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

          If continued to play.

          Well I see you doing a -8 or -12 now

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

    Ffs, wanted TAA owners to keep him

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Lfmao

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

      I bet we all have him come the end of the season

  7. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    This has been a disaster for those with anyone other than salah in this game

  8. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Need 4 penalty saves from Martinez to save my season

    1. SAY MY NAME
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      lol me too, plus a few goals from grealish

  9. sambyy
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Great minute as Sterling captainer and Trent owner.

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

      Owning sterling has been a Nightmare

    2. GROBARI
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling captain vs Liverpool? Sterling is bad when he play against them

    3. 2999 - Lady of Legend
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Same! 🙁

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

    How unfortunate, oh well makes TAA to Chilwell nice and easy

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Was the plan anyways

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

        Would probably have done it GW10

  11. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    TAA + Jimi > Chilwell + Werner worked great!

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

      Wow very lucky

  12. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    That should help the Liverpool defence

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

    TAA drops incomimg

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

    Lamptey to get a call up for England with TAA out?

  15. 2999 - Lady of Legend
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Terrible couple of minutes for us Sterling and TAA owners. :-/

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

    People still own TAA?

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Takes me back to your posts about him before the season if anything

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

        What did he say?

        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Went on and on about how he was criminally underpriced. I think he said he'd own him 8.5 or 9

          1. Cok3y5murf
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            *at

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

            This

          3. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            the amount of people who said TAA should be 8.5 lmao, what a joke.

      2. Party time
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Oh yes. Trent should be 8.5/9.0

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

      TAA will come good, lol.

    3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Have the exact cash to do Bamford + Foden to Vardy + Soucek. Should I? Both will rise and become unaffordable before the next GW starts for sure.

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

      Should have got Chillwell lads

    5. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Not any serious player still have TAA anyway

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

      FFS planned TAA to Cresswell this week and missed the deadline. Knew it would cost me points.

      I'll be delighted to get rid. What a disaster he's been this season

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

      Made my decision to take trent out a lot easier...

      Trent & Son > KDB & R James?

      1. Party time
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Oh yes. Leaning towards something similar. Would have to have a drink first

        • PartyPooper
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Why would you buy R James now? In looking to sell

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

        David Clifford magic 🙂

      3. Party time
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Easy to sell Trent now 😆

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

            1.5m to play with getting Chilwell, yum yum

        • gooberman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Sterling (c) booked. Looking like yet another captain fail. My captain scores this season:
          Auba 7
          Auba 5
          KDB 2
          KDB 2
          Fernandez 11
          Sterling 2
          Mane 2
          Sterling 1

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

            Damn...

          2. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Don't own Salah?

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

            Start captaining Salah and follow the poll here

            1. gooberman
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              Don't have Salah. Not interested in polls. Can make my own mind up. I've just been unlucky. It's been an absolute joke of a season. Never had such bad luck in 15yrs of FPL.

        • The Chosen One...
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Son will outscore Sterling with his tough fixtures

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

            Nah

            1. The Chosen One...
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              Spurs will play on the counter in those games which will suit him

        • Viper
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          TAA & Podence -> Chilwell & Ziyech with 2Fts one of my better moves this season. After selling Mccarthy & Adams in recent weeks I'll happily take it!

        • Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Actually this wasn't good for TAA non owners.

          1. OPTA FPL
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            This

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

            Yes, it was

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

            And not for Liverpool

        • manu4life99
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Sterling or KDB for gw10?

        • Manani
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          how did podence play earlier?

          1. GROBARI
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Casual game