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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

2,067 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Raz still nowhere near the BPS

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

    Only on 66 points even with Stones! Anyone worse?

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

      Many... Give it a break

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

      64 here

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

      A ton of people, lmao

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

      50 with Stones 🙁

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

      47 net. Think I'm one of the worst on here. Oops!

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

      21

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

      Are you asking does anyone have less than 66 points?

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

        Anyone with stones with less than 66

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

          Me of course

    8. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      61 net

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

      41 here - no City (but 2 FTs and I'd have only gone for Cancelo anyway). Plenty will be in the 40s.

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

        Genuinely taught people were in the 100s by some of the posts haha not a brag at all! Good scores all round

    10. djman102
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      58(-8) with Stones. He basically brought me back to a green arrow for the time being.

    11. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      77 no Stones. Was coin flip him or Cancelo 3 weeks ago and thought Cancelo more likely attacking points lol

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

      67 at the moment. 9 inc TC to go

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

        No Stones or KDB

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

    A sense of what could have been with (K)DB, Stones & Dias.

    Feels like a fail.

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

      Dias scoring instead of hitting the keeper would have been better for u

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

        Season ender.

    2. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No fail there

  4. Ozzy smith
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    First and last time I ever get 8 baps from one match!

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

    Really can't see anyone else other than City winning the league. They've got their defence sorted.

    1. Mile Plankton
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Did you think that when Liverpool beat Palace 7:0?

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

    64 with no chips

    Love to see it

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

      Same! Gotta love it!

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

      Well done

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

      Me too no chips 66 points 🙂

  7. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KDB set for 1 bonus?

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      yes

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

      This is ridiculous, when one of my players scores a goal they sometimes don't get a BAP

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

      Yup. Highly owned in FPL towers.

  8. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Looks like a statement win but Palace nothing without their best player. Villa the real test.

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

      Palace are in trouble. Been awful for weeks.

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

      Villa might only have half a team.

  9. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    How many BAPs for KDB?

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      1

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

      1

  10. dansmusen
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    74 and 12 to go including Salah C

    1. Mile Plankton
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      66 and 15 to go, KDB (C)

  11. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KDB back in the baps

  12. meechamspowders
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Lad in my work mini league had stones, KDB (tc) & gundogan.

    Anyway.......salah & wood > Maddison & kane good moves?

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

    It is Gundogan vs KDB in bps

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

      They're both off

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

      I have both can they both get 1bap

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

    5/5 CS from the backline with 5 left to go. More of this next time please.

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

      Nice I'm only on 4/6 (Pope+Cancelo) 6 to go.

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

      Defenders have been carrying this gameweek so far no doubt

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

    65 work triple arsenal tomorrow, should go into Tuesday on 100!

  16. HippY
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I have 2 City players and I'm already starting to panic that I don't have 3... upcoming fixtures are so, so good

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

    As annoying as that Stones brace is I was so close to getting Cancelo in over Dias this week. Could've been much worse.

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

    KDB on 14 points with Villa (H) left to go, will take that

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

      Yep he's very lucky to have that many points

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

        Lucky?

  19. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    72 with a wasted TC so far

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      LOL

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

      Well done.

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

        thanks

    3. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He’s returned and has a game left!!
      Be grateful.

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

      how is it wasted you simpleton

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

        Im not a simpleton and its because its very underwhelming only an extra 7 points lol

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

      You've got very lucky with his bap

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

        True thought it was gone with Sterling goal

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

    65 with 12 to go. Can’t complain too much about KDB missing points I suppose

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

    Who would have thought John Stones would turn my season around....

  22. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Salah + Vardy > KDB + Kane will be a popular move next gameweek

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

    Raz was on negative baps before the goal and people believe he should be in the baps because Guaita is trash and lets in a tame shot in his corner lol

  24. SHOWSTOPPERRR
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    46(-12) with Martinez(2), grealish (2),antonio,vardy,kdbC,bruno,salah,dias to go...

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

      Minus 12 was ballsy - seems to be coming good for you.

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

    At least 45% in the top 10k without either Stones OR Dias

    Wow. Rank killer match

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Very very true

  26. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    42 points from DeBruyne(TC) & Stones from the FIRST game 😯 holy cow

  27. Ejaaz11
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    102(-4) with 11 to go. 12 if Sam plays. =D

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

      Mega

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

    All relief

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

      On for 200 🙂

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

        Sry was for the post above

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Very funny name 🙂

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

    68 with 13 matches to play. Very happy with that. First, gameweek this year that feels like my team is firing.

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

    Palace only turn up if they think they will get anything. Otherwise they are a full on relegation side.

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

      Poor professionalism.

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

      This. They’re that team that is just good enough to stay up but only turn up for maybe half of the matches.