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Man City stick with false nine in first game without KDB

Raheem Sterling (£11.5m), the in-form Phil Foden (£6.3m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) start in a front three for Manchester City in their first game without the injured Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m).

Popular budget midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (£5.6m) is part of a midfield three, with Rodri (£5.4m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m).

John Stones (£5.1m) and Ruben Dias (£5.9m) hope to continue their impress partnership at centre-back, with Joao Cancelo (£5.8m) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) at full-back.

Ederson (£6.0m) continues in goal.

Callum Robinson (£5.4m) is back up front for Sam Allardyce’s West Brom side.

Big Sam will be hoping Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) can continue his good form, alongside Karlan Grant (£5.8m), Robert Snodgrass (£5.7m), Jake Livermore (£4.7m) and Romaine Sawyers (£4.8m) in midfield.

Semi Ajayi (£4.8m) lines-up at centre-back with Dara O’Shea (£4.3m), with Kieran Gibbs (£4.3m) at left-back and Darnell Furlong (£4.5m) at right-back. Sam Johnstone (£4.5m) is in goal.

In the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang £11.3m), Alexandre Lacazette (£8.3m) starts up-front for Arsenal.

Bukayo Saka (£5.3m), Emile Smith Rowe (£4.5m) and Nicolas Pepe (£7.6m) are supporting Lacazette.

Granit Xhaka (£5.2m) and summer signing Thomas Partey (£4.9m) start in centre midfield.

With Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) missing through injury, Cedric Soares (£4.6m) starts at left-back, opposite Hector Bellerin (£5.1m).

Rob Holding (£4.5m) and David Luiz (£5.4m) line-up at centre back, with Bernd Leno (£5.0m) in goal.

Danny Ings (£8.3m) and Che Adams (£6.0m) are the Saints’ chosen front two, with Theo Walcott (£5.8m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) out wide.

Set piece specialist James Ward-Prowse (£6.1m) is in central midfield with Ibrahima Diallo (£4.5m).

With both first choice full-backs missing, Yann Valery (4.7m) starts at right-back, with Jake Vokins (£3.9m) at left-back. Jan Bednarek (£4.9m) and Jake Stephens (£4.6m) continue at centre-back. Alex McCarthy (£4.7m) is in goal.

Man City XI: Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko; Gundogan, Rodri, Mahrez; Bernardo, Foden, Sterling

West Brom XI: Johnstone; Furlong, Ajayi, O’Shea, Gibbs; Snodgrass, Sawyers, Livermore, Grant, Pereira; Robinson

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Valery, Stephens, Bednarek, Vokins; Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Walcott; Ings, Adams

Arsenal XI: Leno; Bellerin, David Luiz Holding, Cedric Soares; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Smith Rowe, Pepe; Lacazette

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

    ABOUT TIME!!

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

    Finally!

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

    Currently climaxing as a Gundogan and Cancelo owner

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

    Here's the haul! We knew it was coming. And I took a -8 so I wouldn't miss it!

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

      -4 here!

    2. Stormbringer22
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Get in Camzyyyy! Feels great man! Cancelo was due big time. Great transfers for both of us 🙂

  5. Calculated Risks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Got Cancelo as my vice...no chance Bruno is benched unless Covid or injury tho

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

      Me too!

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

      If Bruno doesn't play tomorrow I get Cancelo (c) and Soucek off the bench. I'll never moan about bad luck again if that happens!

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

        Wow fingers crossed all round. I have soucek 2nd on bench so can't see that happening but good luck to you

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

    Dias and Stones (my only MCI) nowhere near the baps

    Frustrating match!

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

    omfg

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

    Cancelooooo finally redeemed for the dgw 1 pointer in the DGW

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

      Did he score 1 point for the DGW though?

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

        In one of the games yes

  9. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Congrats to the Cancelo cappers

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

    Cancelo owners strike back after the stones haul !

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Many own both...which you should.

  11. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Yaaassss.. I feel little better as a cancelo and dias owner after sucking up those stones goals last week!

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

      Getting one over those Stones+Dias owners is great

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

    Tbf we all knew he was due

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

    Az has mentioned a Cancelo haul for last 3 months, there it is.

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

      hahaha

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

    Ref never blew his whistle. Play till the whistle, literally schoolboy stuff

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

    Fully deserved.

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

    Well done, Cancelo captainers! Happy to have his points at least after the Soucek disaster.

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

    Salah (c) Cancelo (vc)

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bruno(c) for me

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

        oops yeh i meant Bruno (c) haha

  18. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo pulling a Stones.

  19. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo (vc)
    Soucek 1st sub

    😀

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

    Phew brought in Cancelo this week for a hit.

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

    Second jammy City goal in a week. And it's United that get all the calls. Riiiiiiight.

  22. Il Capitano
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Robbo to Cancelo nearly as good a FT as Dallas to Stones last week. Thanks City

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

    Brought in Cancelo two minutes before the deadline

    Feelsgoodman

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

    Credit where credits due to the referee there not blowing the whistle

  25. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    can someone stop jizzing long enough to tell us who got the assist?

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

      bernardo

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

      Silva

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

      Bernardo

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

      Bilva

    5. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      thanks all, you may resume jizzing

  26. WE GO FOR IT
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Just glad I got him in for his haul!

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

    Vomits everywhere. I've got nothing so far

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

      I’ve got jizz everywhere now

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

    Told you a Cancelo haul was incoming.

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

      You and literally everyone else, simmer

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

        Nah. I said this game. Haven't hyped him up before.

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

      you did 🙂

  29. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    The ticking time bomb has finally exploded!

  30. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo haul has been waiting an age