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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. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    TAA Robbo maxx exodus coming up

    Chilwell and zouma to soar in price?

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

      Chilwell hauled most recently so it'll be him

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

        Yeah true. Zouma top of the points list will be popular replacement too

    2. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      If I had both I’d be bringing in Chillwell and Cancelo

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Cresswell

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

    salah is actually an awful footballer

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Done well to be behind only Messi for goals and assists since arriving at Liverpool then

        1. Das Boot
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Aye. but that's no good enough apparently.

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

          pens and tap ins, hasn't dribbled past a man since 2017

          1. Das Boot
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Is his job not to score goals or is he paid to just dribble past people?

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

            Yes u get assists through pens and tap ins. Genius

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

            Hahahaha - Jesus this forum is pure gold

      • Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Great post. stuff of legends.

        1. Das Boot
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          lol

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

          More bell than leg

      • Steve McCroskey
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Just the opinion of your average football fan that has no real knowledge of the game whatsoever

      • Stoic
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        His finishing has improved a lot this season

      • Dreams
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah. Sure.

      • Yankee Toffee
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        and selfish too

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

      Fecking IB I want to use my 2ft right now!

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

        This! I want Coufal Bruno and Vardy ASAP

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

      City defense doing decent

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

      this is about the time Salah gets his second

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

      First 30 mins of this game looked like it was gonna be a thriller, now it just become as exciting as watching the ballots being counted in the US before the winner !

    6. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Foden seems to be so far down the pecking order. Not only behind the usual suspects, but also Torres & Bilva.

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

        Yeah, he’s got to go

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

        yes time to sell

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

      Any sign of foden coming on? Sooner take my chances with Konsa

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

      what websites do you guys use for price changes?

      1. Jack Burton
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Fplstatistics mate

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

      Without Firmino.. liverpool struggle with pressing

    10. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I actually can't remember the last time I was happy enough with my team to leave it alone for a week

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

      TAA has been such a waste of ownership this season.

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

      Dias or Cancelo?

    13. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Would you consider getting Jota on a WC?

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

        Nah, too many better options

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

      Pool level dropped since bibby went off

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

        thissss

    15. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      booted out Trent and Foden for Ziyech and Chillwell.

      only correct decision I've made in this shite season. Was for a hit too.

    16. gryffsonofarthur
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Who's getting the winner in this? Or we calling a draw?

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

        Draw

    17. SM001
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Even KDB can't be relied on anymore.

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

      WC?

      McCarthy
      Robbo Lamptey Dallas
      Salah KDB Son Foden Podence
      Kane DCL

      Button Davis Mitchell Ferguson

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

        you serious!? not at all. it's a manageable team. just need to use ft's to get rid of foden and podence. you can get rid of deadwood on bench when you do WC later

      2. Gazza2000
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yep

      3. Steve McCroskey
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Lol at Mitchell and Ferguson. Not worth a WC in my opinion

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

        Take a few hits to clear the rubbish.

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

        Thanks for your input everyone! Cheers!

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

          No

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

        Kane foden > Antonio, Bruno? Enough money?

    19. Underdogs11
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling 4.7 PPG
      de Bruyne 4.2
      Bamford 7.2
      So weird.

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

        L.U.C.K

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

      This is all City

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

      Funny how sterling thinks he can dribble through 4 defenders

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

        No footballing brain

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

      Too much feeding for the trolls going on here

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

      Sterling... ugh.

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

      Lol, was that a suplex?

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

      Laporte YC

    26. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I'm pretty sure Bumford will become shite as soon as I transfer him in

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Do it. Then I don't have to get him.

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

      Martinez (Steer)
      Trent - Coufal - Lamptey (Dallas & Taylor)
      Salah - Son - Zaha - Podence (Burke)
      DCL - Kane - Werner

      -4 hit to do Son & Trent to KDB & Cancelo.. yay or nay?

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

      Sterling is overpriced this season

    29. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      TAA to Chilwell or Cancel?

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

        chill