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Cancelo returns for Man City as Aston Villa name full-strength XI at the Etihad

Joao Cancelo (£5.8m) is back in the Manchester City team after his recent Double Gameweek benching.

His 12.6% ownership will certainly feel they have some catching up to do after John Stones (£5.1m) and Ruben Dias (£5.8m) already registered double-digit hauls against Crystal Palace.

And if the full-back is to match their Double Gameweek 19 scores, he will have to put in some shift as the centre-backs are both in the team again tonight.

The only fit competition Stones and Dias face right now comes from Eric Garcia (£4.7m) who is named on the bench, while Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) and Nathan Aké (£5.4m) remain sidelined.

Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m) are the only even remotely viable Fantasy assets benched by Pep Guardiola for the Aston Villa game.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) and Ilkay Gündogan (£5.5m) both start in central midfield while Raheem Sterling (£11.4m), Phil Foden (£6.3m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) form the front-three.

Meanwhile, Aston Villa come to the Etihad Stadium with what looks, on paper, to be their best XI.

Following their recent coronavirus (COVID-19) postponements, Dean Smith has named an exceptionally strong side.

Ollie Watkins (£6.1m) is supported by an attacking midfield trio of Jack Grealish (£7.7m), Bertrand Traoré (£5.9m) and the returning Ross Barkley (£5.9m) who makes his first start since Gameweek 9.

And Smith can draw on a first-choice back-four as well, which features Matt Targett (£4.6m), Tyrone Mings (£5.4m), Ezri Konsa (£4.7m) and Matty Cash (£5.0m) with Emiliano Martínez (£5.1m) in goal.

Manchester City v Aston Villa Line-ups

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Walker; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gündogan; Sterling, Foden, B Silva.

Aston Villa XI (4-2-3-1): Martínez; Targett, Mings, Konsa, Cash; McGinn, D Luiz; Grealish, Barkley, B Traoré; Watkins.

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  1. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Apparently looks like Rashford will be benched

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      My bad luck continued. (c)

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Boris made the call to ole

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

      Haul as a sub incoming..

      1. Neves say Neves
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        subscriiiiibe

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

      Lookman don't mess with us

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

    With Cancelo, Stones and Grealish.

    What’s more beneficial for rank, a Grealish return or City clean sheet?

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

      Obviously city cs..

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

      proably pretty close given so many have City def

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

      City CS

      Given you doubled up in defence.

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

        Thanks all

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

      Grealish needs to score if haul, assists are useless.

    5. Max City
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      stones' goals will be good

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

    Gundo has only 20 mins for his goal...
    Please score soon ...

  4. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    How did Walkers injury look? Chance he will be out for long?

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hard to tell, he played on for a while so I think impact short term injury rather than muscle

      • RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        The injury totally messed up City .

        Cancelo was killing it at LB linking up with Foden, since he moved to RB City have looked less threatening.
        Hopefully they sort it out in 2nd half.

        1. Dosh
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Foden and Cancelo on the left were ripping Villa apart!

      • Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        looks like it will have to be amputated

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

      Please Kevin. Just 1 assist. I will genuinely take 1 assist. That will make the TC at least tolerable.

      1. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        agree, at this point, i'll settle for an assist

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

      Is Cancelo a more expensive Lamptey?
      No end product.

    4. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Would you consider this to be a fail if you have triple captained KDB?

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

        Not a fail, but 10 points isn't exactly great..

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

        Yes 10 points in a dgw is very easy to beat

        1. TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Easier in theory than in practice

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

        10 points is meh on TC but it's better than Mané last season.

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

        10 points is the bottom end of acceptability

        He only needs to get 1 goal for it to be a success though

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

        Considering what Mane did to me last seasons, no.

        1. Party time
            3 years, 2 months ago

            It was a terrible night for us

        2. PrestigeWorldwidewidewide..…
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          the game ended already?

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

          LOL
          Absolutely not !

          Kane/Sane/Mane were my TC last 3 seasons !!

          1. The Sociologist
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Haha same here, I’m kicking myself for not pulling the trigger this week.

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

        0 -0 please. Lots of saves for Martinez

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

          so far so good!

        2. R.C
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yes please and Stones 2 bonus

        3. MIGHTY JOE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          yes plz

      7. Joey Tribbiani
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        City need Haaland

        1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Every team in PL apart from Spurs do!

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

          any striker willing to go into the 6 yard box would converted one of these crosses i think.

        3. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Not sure he's the solution - a bit like a better quality Werner

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

            if werner could finish he'd have 20 goals already! i'd take that.

        4. Podge
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Lukaku maybe ?

      8. Party time
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Come on Villa. Gove Ederson some shots to save

        • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Villa will feel it after 65-70 and City will get another 1 or 2-0er

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

            looks that way. villa really tired themselves out in the 1st half and don't have that match readiness that city have

        • FER FUSCH AKE
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Need a martinez Pen save and a Cancelo goal assisted by KDB.

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

            You want fries with that?

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

              You can't just say that to anything

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

              Laughing so much at thislol

        • MIGHTY JOE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          0-0 hoooooooooooold

        • Pep Roulette
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          #MUFC Starting XI

          De Gea
          Wan Bissaka
          Bailly
          Maguire
          Shaw
          Fred
          Pogba
          Fernandes
          Martial
          Cavani
          Greenwood

          1. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Rashford dropped

          2. Dosh
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            No Rashford?!

          3. Party time
              3 years, 2 months ago

              No Rashford

            • Hybrid.power
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Sake.

            • Deulofail
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Martial my hero!

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

              Van de Beek must play and Telles hope this isn’t true

          4. Garlana
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Want a 1-0 game.. stones goal

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

            I am so anxious ahead of this 2nd half. Not sure I can watch it.

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

              LOL

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

            45 more minutes of hiding behind the sofa as both a United fan and a 5-player + (c) owner from this match. Oh well, a little anxiety is good for the soul.

          7. Max City
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            I'll take a hattrick from Gundogan

          8. Woy_is_back
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Hope it ends 0-0.

            Stones, Martinez, KdB owner

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

              me too. stones, diaz, martinez, kdb (not cap).
              0-0 would be wonderful.

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

              I'd be ecstatic with a 0-0 here as well.

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

                TC'd KDB but have three defenders so I might take that tbh.

          9. Hotdogs for Tea
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Villa creaking

          10. HonestBlatter
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Is Rashford benched? Haul from bench against tired legs?

            1. JBG
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Looks more and more like it.

            2. Old Man
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Is he actually on the bench? Haven't seen the squad

              1. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                comes out in 5 minutes

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

              OGS finally realized Rashford can't play at home

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

            Villa going to get knackered here

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

              Or maybe City will! Villa with the extra rest.

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

            Shame these crosses don't count for saves.

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

            Rashford benched? At least I can start to enjoy my areola haul

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

            Would even just take an assist here Kevin ffs

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

            I am on the verge of tears at De Bruyne's position. He's playing like a defensive midfielder

            1. JBG
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              And strolling around while City have the ball around Villas penalty box.

            2. Digital-Real
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              if it stays 0-0 he will bomb forward around 70 min mark

          16. Chucky
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Would a City CS benefit those with a single defender?

          17. Rains of Castamere
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Almost Martinez assist lol

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

              Arghhh

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

            All set for a Salah haul tomorrow

          19. My heart goes Salalalalah
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Almost Martinez assist