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Jesus returns to lead the line for City as KDB drops back into midfield

Pep Guardiola has recalled Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m) into his attack for the first of two fixtures in Double Gameweek 19 for Manchester City against Crystal Palace.

Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) is also back for City, despite skying a penalty against Brighton. Bernardo Silva appears (£7.4m) in the other attacking position.

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) captainers of Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) will be hoping the City talisman can deliver returns in a more familiar midfield role after Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) and Bruno Fernandes (£11.3m) both blanked earlier.

Ilkay Gundogan (£5.5m) and a returning Fernandinho (£5.4m), classed as an FPL defender, make up the rest of City’s midfield three.

Ruben Dias (£5.8m) and John Stones (£5.0m) partner each other in central defence, with popular FPL asset Joao Cancelo (£5.8m) benched in favour of Kyle Walker (£6.1m)

Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) continues at left-back, and Ederson (£6.0m) remains in goal for the Cityzens.

Roy Hodgson is without Crystal Palace talisman Wilfried Zaha (£7.3m), who has been left out of the line-up completely.

Out-of-position Andros Townsend (£5.6m) is paired up front with Jordan Ayew (£5.6m).

In Roy Hodgson’s conventional 4-4-2, James McCarthy (£4.3m) and Luka Milivojevic (£5.6m) play in centre-midfield, with Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) and James McArthur (£5.2m) occupying the wings.

Veteran Gary Cahill (£4.5m) returns in central defence alongside James Tomkins (£4.5m), with Joel Ward (£4.3m) at right-back.

Budget defender Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) continues at left-back after ousting Patrick Van Aanholt (£5.4m) from the team.

Vincente Guaita (£4.8m) is between the sticks.

Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko; Fernandinho, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Sterling, B. Silva, Jesus

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Tomkins, Cahill, Ward; McArthur, McCarthy, Milivojevic, Townsend; Eze, Ayew

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  1. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Yesss Cancelo your turn now 🙂

  2. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Damage limitation. I'll take that as a Salah captainer!

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

    This is the week I've been waiting for.... finally some jam

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo 20 mins to match Stones and Dias then. Can he do it?

  5. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Stones just crashed LiveFPL

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Stones defo on pens then!

    1. Totalfootball
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Plz no , will miss it

      1. threeputt
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        my fear also

  7. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Does anyone here have Dias Stones and KDB ?

    1. marcos11
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Have all three

      1. Totalfootball
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Wow congrats

    2. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yup

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

      hi

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

      Yep

    5. Amans94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Me, and a lot of others I would think.

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

      Yep. All three here 🙂

    7. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Of course

    8. JJO
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes,with Kdb 3x

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

      Have KdB (C), Stones and Cancelo also for his haul in the next game 🙂

    10. Totalfootball
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wow

    11. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Gundo over Dias

  8. Party time
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Throwing STONES

    • Slurpy
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      My mate who bottom of our league has Triple captained stone by mistake he says

      1. Slurpy
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        *Stones

      2. Railwayman
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Link or it's a lie.

          1. Ron_Swanson
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            wow

          2. Railwayman
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Incredible stuff, one for the smooth section 😀

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Hate these comments

    • Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Stones had zero shots on target going into this gameweek.

    • Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Take a long loving rest KDB

      1. CheesyZoot
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Banks his start next game, lovely

    • thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      C’mon Pep... stick Stonesy upfront for the last 20 mins, let the lad get a hatty for sh**s and giggles!

    • Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      In all fairness, never did I understood the all Dias over Stones talk because he is like more nailed. When they play together, City keeps CS's. And the lad is even cheaper, what can one ask from a City defender ?

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Both is the way to go.

        I went Cancelo and Stones but I guess it's better than Cancelo and Dias.

        1. Railwayman
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          I have Cancelo too, easily decided Stones before Dias few weeks ago.

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Anyone brave enough to captain Stones here?

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Walker & Zinchenko 90’ a good sign for Cancelo casuals.

      1. thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        He was always going to play next GW anyway.

        People get rested, it happens.

        No idea what the snarky ‘casual’ comment is about

    • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Kdb cleanie locked in lol

    • Londongeezaa
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I guess the plus side to KDB coming off is he will be fresh for the next game.

      But it does look like Salah could well outscore him now 🙁

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Why?

    • Isco Disco
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      All I need is another KDB goal or assist and this will be a great gameweek for sure

    • PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Stones joy easing my Salah captaincy fail.

      And to think I joked about Stones scoring two earlier: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/01/17/shaqiri-starts-in-attacking-liverpool-line-up-to-face-manchester-united/?hc_page=21&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23235478

      Like England Panama all over again!

      1. Railwayman
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        You called it!

    • AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      KDB starts against Villa

      As we all know

    • Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Well, KDB rested for the next game. Can only hope he scores then 🙁

      Cmon Cancelo!!

    • Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Was that goal good for Stones owners but Dias non owners?

    • Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wtf is going on.

    • The Red Devil
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Kdb gundogan off
      Cancelo Torres on

    • Kodap
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      That stones goal takes me into the top 100k, 84k!!!! Mad

    • Hypnos
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      omg Stones (C) the top 100k dream is alive again!

    • Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      TC Stones the real winners here

    • Reeker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Just means he's not getting benched next game for KDB

    • diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      The pythons are out with that Stones brace.

    • REDMOND IN SANDALS
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      if only dias could head.. Kdb assist ruined