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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. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    125 with Martinez, Bruno, Salah and Anguissa to play again!

    Best score I've ever had on Fantasy in all my years of playing, call it a 'brag' but i'm chuffed.

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wow well played

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

        Thank you mate, proper chuffed!

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

      110 with Salah Bruno Martinez Watkins Pieters Areola here

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

        Nice!! Good luck bro

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

      GG bro

    4. Neo-Viper
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      That is some score. 'Gratulations on the all the green big fat arrows!!

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

        Thanks viper, appreciate it!

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

      I’m 130 with Martinez Wan bissaka Salah Bruno and de gea still to play! Hoping I can hit 150

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

        Me too haha!

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

      Very well done!

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

        Thank you Sminky! Appreciate it.

    7. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Great job, hope you can nudge 150 🙂

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

        I'm really hoping so!! 😀

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

    Will wait til end of the GW, but almost 100% set on KDB to Gundogan.

    Enables Bamford to Kane the following week.

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

      Sounds like a plan

  3. Party time
      3 years, 2 months ago

      109 pts with Lookman, Salah & Fernandes left

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

        Same, 113-4 with Bruno Salah(C) Mane Robertson Grealish left

    • Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Love to see it, my DGW hits Antonio, Stones and Gundo have now all completed their hauls. All I need now is a Bruno and Salah (C) haul to take me to 150 for the week 😀

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

        Keep us updated

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

        And you can’t know if it’s 150 because the potential hauls are yet to be given a number

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

        Asking the dog if he gives a ... nope.

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hold Dias, sweet prince.

    • OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      happy for Cancelo and Stones CS but KDB(C) major disappointment.

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

      Cant sell kdb before west brom and Sheffield utd but he's gone after that I think

      1. Camino Aleatorio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        He might be hurt.

        He's gimpy, you can always see it.

    • evilfish
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Feel so disheartened as a long time Cancelo owner, will I ever be rewarded? 🙁

    • Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      What a game, Villa were very unlucky with the first goal not being called offside but City did dominate. Can't complain about my trio of Dias, KDB and Gundo this week at all

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

        Yep

        Man City 2 - 0 Aston Villa
        (xG: 3.50 - 0.66)

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

      VILLA ROBBED

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

        100%

    • diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      BT Ref has now changed his mind and says the goal should stand.

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

        What's his reasoning

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

          Mings chesting the ball down is a deliberate play on the ball and therefore Bernardo can come from an offside position and steal the ball off Mings.

    • Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Targett please grab a bap for me...

    • Alisson WondHaaland
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      As a KDB owner but Salah captainer, I feel very weird. Especially because my ML rivals dont own KDB so he was actually a differential for me

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

      115 -4 with 5 to play, yet still somehow disappointed.

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

        Can’t be disappointed with that surely

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

          KdB (c) fail kinda hurt.

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

            Still a massive green arrow. 870K up from 2M.

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

        Asking the dog ... nope, doesn’t care.

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

        Try having a team all DGWers with the exception of Bamford and being on 72 with 4 to go, then you might understand disappointment!

        1. The Count of Monte Cristo
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Really unlucky, pal. Hope you get a good finish to get you to 100. Good news is that BB still intact?

    • royaljoe
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      140pts with Shaw, De Gea, Fernandes, Wilson and Martinez. Madness

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

        Keep us updated

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

        Similar here. Went from 200k to 20k. Feels good

    • moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Targett look knackered, or good to play next game?

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

        Should be fine hopefully

    • Your Man With The Hair
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Is livefpl not loading for anyone else?

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

        On and off.

    • Silecro
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      So good having Stones and Dias as only City assets

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

        Should’ve gone without Kdb and BB. Meh... opted this and have to accept the outcome.

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

          You're not alone. I dont have KDB but i have played BB and aquired a monster haul of 6 points

      2. Dybala10
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        This

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

      20 points from Martinez, Stones, Cancelo, Grealish and KDB. (TC) Not great really, was hoping for double that at least

      1. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Not wrong to feel disappointed but it could easily have been a "1-1 Bernardo and Traore" match.

    • OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Will Cancelo keep 1 bonus?

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

        Yep

    • sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Still a chance for us Salah trip cappers to claw back.

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

        Can see Salah scoring a brace..

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

      Karma is real. Grealish injuring KDB cancels out the offside goal.

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

      Hit the ton with 6 to go despite big KDB craptain fail.

      1. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        If you see Kdb as a cap fail, how do you pick captain? He got one assist in the first, raz misses a pen which would give him 3 more, then i lost the nimber of assist he should have had and he would gave talen the pen. Bruno was a yellow away from ban and was Lucky in the last minute not to get booked, and Salah is not at it at the moment. Who Else? Vert unhappy with how things unfolded this week but Kdb was far the best cap choice. Saying this, Bruno will stamp Aina and get a penalty.

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

      119 points and only 2 goals in my whole team, both from Antonio 😀

      1. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        That's impressive with no Stones!

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

      Now to settle into my big areola haul

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

        United don’t shoot much

    • Party time
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Kdb(C) but I want Salah to haul tomorrow

      • fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        All setup for a quadruple return from the Mossiah!

      • Canarinha
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        baps to whoooo

      • DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        14 from 5 including captain. Any good?

      • Railwayman
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Cruell ending for Martinez, he did nothing wrong and went from 11 to 3 points in the last 10 minutes...

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

          The best thing of this match

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

          It was glorious to watch. Martinez owners have had far too much luck this season

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

          What a player, Arteta let the wrong goalie leave

          1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Incredible player

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

            What are you on about? Leno has been amazing for Arsenal this season as well.