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

    Dias got an assist for that? really?

    1. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Was his shot so yes of course.

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

      Shot saved and rebound scored is and has always been an assist

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

      For what? The sot that the keeper rebounded into Stones?

      If so, then yes, as it standard procedure

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

      Letter of the law my friend

    5. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Why wouldn't he?

      Pretty standard for a rebounded shot that is put in to be given as an assist.

    6. Fergymac
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      This exact thing happened with Chilwell yesterday and he didn’t get an assist

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

    Yessssssssss!!!!!!!! TC!!!!!!!

  3. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling G

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

    Sterling G
    Torres A

  5. Parsnips
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Insane

  6. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Congrats Sterling punters

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

    Sterling

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

    Does anyone own Sterling any more?

    1. Im New Here
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Only for this dgw

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

      They can't be much competition if they do lol

  9. MoSalad
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling WOW... can’t score a penalty then does that!

  10. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling to steal KDB BAPS

    1. david31058
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      If he gets another

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He is way off on 25
      Fernandinho next on 26
      Gundogan 32

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

    Nooooooooooooo FFS

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

    Yay Sterling goal

  13. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    If only I had captained Stones!

  14. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KDB(C) fail 🙁

  15. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    If only I hadn’t taken all those stupid hits before BB this could’ve been an absolutely monumental OR rise!

    Went no KDB - Stones and Dias instead! Absolutely delighted!

    But on a -12 bit of a dampener lol

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Better from 19 yards than 12.

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

      lol

  17. Lucky Z
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Finally Sterlo

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

    Ffs lucky Sterling owners outscore KDB

  19. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    sterling scores

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

    Yuk... Trasheem goal to reward the casualest of casuals

    1. Weeb Kakashi
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cry some more

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

      Haha it’s anti-casual to go Sterling now tbf

    3. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cry more

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

      Singaporean Softshell crab!

    5. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Those casuals who got minus points last GW. This place on game days is a cesspool.

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

    The end of days must be close when this idiot scores a FK, what a joke Guaita is...

  22. Karhumies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I was planning to C Dias but chickened out and chose Salah instead. Wish I had went with my gut feeling. Although Stones is the king this GW. Happy to have them both.

    1. Cruyff Turn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hindsight bias, that would have been the wrong decision. I left the vc on Dias.

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Did FPL towers give Torres assist, unless I am going blind it was Foden got fouled for freekick no!? Maybe I wasn’t paying attention enough.

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        You're going blind 😆

    3. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I honestly was heavily tempted

  23. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thank you Raheem. Foden assist the cherry on top

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Wasn't it Torres assist?

      • ilikewud
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        It wasn't a Foden assist tho

      • Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Torres assist.

        1. Uncle John from Jamaica
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Torres clealry

      • Danno - Emre Canada
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Torres I’m afraid

      • DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Man that sucks. Wasn’t paying attention!

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

      Sterling to jump into form now?

    3. jammie26
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Stones and Dias owner here. Whats happening?

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Points galore

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

        No idea but just love it and accept it

    4. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Max BAPs if no CP goal for me from this one. Stones for a -4 paid off bigly. 74 before BAPs with 14 yet to play kind of makes up for the bench boost fail.

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

      KDB captain fail. 🙁

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

        Better than Salah and Bruno so far so can't complain on my end.

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          This.

          At least there’s Burnley to “look forward to” in the hope Salah remembers what scoring a goal looks like.

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

          Salah and Bruno combined at that

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

        6-7 points is a good base for him to haul at Villa

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

        Better than all the other logical captains ... so no.

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

        How's it a captain fail when he is already ahead of the two other popular captain choices (Salah and Bruno) and we are only half way through the GW? This site...

    6. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Just had to score didn’t you Sterling, ya little rat

    7. Nice to Finally Michu
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      YES
      SO HAPPY I COULD CRY

      1. Nice to Finally Michu
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        get another king

    8. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Amazing how KdB can walk away with a bonus point in a 4-0 game where he contributed with only an assist. Broken bonus system.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        And Kane 3bps, joke of a system

      2. Saka Punch
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Has he still got the bap??

        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yes. Probably 100% ownership in FPL towers.

      3. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Almost like there’s more to it than goals and assists. A system which rewarded just those would be broken.

        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Agree, clean sheets for defenders should matter too.