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De Bruyne continues in false-nine role for Man City against Brighton

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) is set to continue in a false nine role for Manchester City with Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m) left on the bench for the game against Brighton.

The mercurial Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) and in-form Phil Foden (£6.2m) will flank the German, with no room for Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) in the starting XI.

Behind De Bruyne is budget midfield favourite Ilkay Gundogan (£5.5m), with Rodri (£5.4m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m).

Pep Guardiola has stuck with the same back four with John Stones (£5.0m) and Ruben Dias (£5.8m) at centre-back. Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) and Joao Cancelo (£5.8m) continue at full-back.

Ederson (£6.0m) returns in goal, replacing Zack Steffen (£4.4m).

Graham Potter has yet again had Fantasy Premier League managers tearing their hair out with another much changed lineup.

Classed as a midfielder on the game, Percy Tau (£5.5m) looks to be making his Premier League debut up-front, supported by Leandro Trossard (£5.7m) and Alexis Mac Allister (£5.3m).

With the impressive Yves Bissouma (£4.5m) suspended, Davy Propper (£4.8m) comes into the side to partner Ben White (£4.4m) in centre midfield.

Bernardo (£3.9m) and Joel Veltman (£4.3m) lineup at wing-back. Adam Webster (£4.4m), Lewis Dunk (£4.8m) and Dan Burn (£4.2m) are the three centre-halves.

Robert Sanchez (£4.4m) keeps his place in goal.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan, Mahrez, Foden; Bernardo Silva

Brighton XI: Sanchez; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Bernardo, Veltman; Propper, White, Mac Allister, Trossard; Tau

1,818 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Foden on course to becoming the best player in the World!

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Keep it in yer pants

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

      Judging from Salah's trajectory and their respective PL hauls at 20, Foden will become the GOAT undisputedly

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

    Mahrez wastes Cancelo A

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Again...damnn

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

    F***** MAHREZ

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

      F**** MAHREZ WASTE CANCELO ASSIST

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

    Mahrez miss

  5. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez fail

  6. Westfield Irons ⭐️
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Note to self: Man City are a mega rich play thing of an oil rich dodgy nation state and I neither support them or want them to win. I support the under dog! But come on Cancelo max BPS please!

    1. Londongeezaa
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Uselsss comment.

      1. Westfield Irons ⭐️
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Hopeless spelling

        1. Londongeezaa
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Typos and spelling are two very different things.

  7. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Will Cancelo last 2mins?

  8. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Would you BB this?

    Martinez(EVE,mcy)
    Saiss(WBA)
    Bamford(BHA)
    Laca(NEW)

  9. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS

    Team to play Fulham: Lloris, Aurier, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon, Winks, Hojbjerg, Ndombele, Sissoko, Kane, Son

    Subs: Hart, Lamela, Alli, Moura, Vinicius, Bale, Alderwiereld, Doherty, Davies

    FULHAM TEAM NEWS

    Team to play Tottenham: Areola, Tete, Aina, Robinson, Anderson, Adarabioyo, Anguissa, Reed, Loftus-Cheek, Cavaleiro, Decordova-Reid

    Subs: Rodak, Hector, Kebano, Ream, Bryan, Kamara, Lookman, Onomah, Kongolo

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

      Alderweireld had his most ever transfers in in a GW too! 😀

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Wow!

  10. Captain_Shirokov
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    REGUILONNNN let's go

  11. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling warming up! Needs to come on for Mahrez

  12. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez, you are well and truly crap.

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

    Mahrez terrible miss from Cancelo A

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Cancelo! Even worse 🙁

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Wow!

  15. Cousin Greg
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez bench for next 3

  16. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Was that stones? Ffs!

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

      Cancelo I think

  17. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez, useless.

  18. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    LOL. Mahrez, Bernardo, Gundogan all flop.

  19. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    What a mess in the bos!

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      *box!

  20. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez is a fraud

  21. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    EFF OFF

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

    KANE STARTS

    1. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Is that a surprise?!

    2. Cousin Greg
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      KANE SCORES

  23. 1zverGGadeM
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Gundo and Bilva misses too..
    City are onfire

  24. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Ffs... Brighton with whole team on the line there.

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

    Gundo unlucky.

  26. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Oooooo City so unlucky

  27. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Urgh get Mahrez off

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

    Ffssss Gundo inches away from a goal then assist then a goal again

  29. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Ffs... cancelo is destined to never get an attacking return for me.
    Thanks mahrez.

  30. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    I dunno, Bernardo, it's not that KdB was just standing there in acres of space or anything...