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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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1,995 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Triple def owners with their hearts in their hands.

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

      i'm conflicted with triple defence plus grealish and watkins

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

    This Villa performance bodes well for Newcastle next!

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Newcastle to win 0-5 going by how this season has been...

  3. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    First Fulham playing great first game after covid, now Aston Villa.

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

    OMG gundo missile

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

      Silva sorry

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

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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

    Have thoroughly not enjoyed owning De Bruyne bar one week

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

    OMG bernado Silva

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

    Bernardo G

  9. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Surely that's offside?

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

    Offside in the build Up

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

    This is a great goal

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

    The commentator is blind

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hilarious wasn’t it

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

    Oh bugger off Bernardo

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

    Grealish should have been booked today

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

    Yesss destroy those clean sheets

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

      No

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

    Dias up to 2bps

    Martínez (35)
    Dias (29)
    Cancelo (28)
    Targett (28)
    Ederson (27)
    Rodrigo (25)
    Stones (24)
    Mings (25)
    Konsa (21)
    Cash (21)

  17. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundogan owners thought he’d scored because of the commentator. Lol

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

    Commentator omg...

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

    Lol commentator thinks it’s gundo

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

    Gundo G

  21. 1zverGGadeM
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    offside in buildup

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

    Oh ffs!!!!! P**s off silva!

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

    NOOOO

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

    That’s offside

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

      Nope

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

    De Bruyne be back on at this rate

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

    Come VAR.

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

    Screw you City

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

    Such a useless FPL goal.

    Bernardo G
    Rodri A

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

      A great FPL goal as it gives Dias bonus

    2. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It’s useful to everyone who doesn’t own Martinez

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

      Perfect for defence

  29. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Everyone's exhausted

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

    YYYYYYYEESSSSSS!!!!! Perfect so far! Now hold, City!