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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. AlternativeB
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Got Vardy on the bench. going down from 4k to 6k tonight :/
    Not sure if this is possible after price adjust but is it safe to transferes now?
    1. Chilwell/Vardy -> Stones/Kane
    2. Vardy/Bam -> Kane/5.2
    3 Vardy -> Someone else

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

      Diddums?

      2

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Not when spurs have still to play on Thurs

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

      Just hold for tonight and wait for news

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

        The latest news suggests 2 weeks so he won't be back for the good fixtures, worth still holding him?

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

    Big task for Bruno to outscore Gundo VC now!

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

      He can do it!

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

      Hope he gets rested

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

        It will never happen, but I have Cancelo (VC) & Soucek 1st sub.

        God make it happen.

      2. Old Bull
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I’ve got Soucek first sub so it would be great. Don’t think it will happen as he didn’t play the 90 in the FA cup

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

      1 goal + ass highly likely

      1. AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        That would be great.

    4. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I need Bruno to outscore VC Cancelo!

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

    I never ever would have expected, going into tonight with: Antonio (cry), Bamford, Raphinha, Dallas (new), Dias, Stones (wba), to be on a red arrow!!

    This game’ll be the end of me 😀

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

      Tough one there bro 🙁 thankfully Cancelo Gundo saving me, but similarly expected a helluva lot more from Antonio Bamford (and Coufal, who I benched Dallas for).

      Soucek on your bench too?

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

        Yep... Soucek 2nd on bench

        Not my week lol

        Well done on Gundo and Cancelo!

    2. Buck The Trent
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Had same rank before GW start ... no raph & dias but lucky got gundo, cancelo & saka !

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

        Awesome mate well done!

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

    Zinchenko's corners are so poor.

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

      Take away corners are.

  5. Old Bull
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Slightly crazy thinking, but Ings to Werner?

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

      Slightly?!

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I think Chelsea players are don't buy don't sell and see what Tuchel does to the team

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

      A bit maverick, but could work if you expect Werner to benefit from the new manager immediately

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

      Yep crazy

    5. Old Bull
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      So often a team will play well with a new manager from day one. Will Chelsea?

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

        Tuchel has been brought in to get the best out of Havertz and Werner so not crazy.

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

    Pretty unlikely Bruno matches Cancelov

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

      I’d say very likely plus more

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

        Hope you're right. Won't enjoy my Cancelo points if he blanks

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

        Why? Bus vs bus.

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

    What a dizzying night of FPL

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Soucek

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

    Gundogan last matches (latest first) :

    14(?), 10, 8, 3, 9, 11, 3, 10, 0 3

    Wawaweewaah

  9. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    54 with Soucek on the bench. What could have been

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

      You KNOW you’ve done well

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

    Subbing Jesus in really clogged the drain...

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

      Imagine if he had started this game.

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

    Sky really think football only started when the premier league started!! They just paid tribute to jo Venglos who sadly passed away....only mention that he was Celtic manager. He was actually the first non uk manager in English top flight when he appointed aston villa manager in 1990

    1. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      That's DOCTOR Jo Veglos.

  12. RashFraud
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Who would drop to bring Salah in?
    Bruno Son Gundo Soucek Maddison

    FWIW fwds are Kane Wilson Bamford

    Money no problem

  13. Gross Blank Point
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    34 from 4 and I'm on a red arrow lol

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

      Try being on 10

      1. Gross Blank Point
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeh, sorry, I'm only dropping a few hundred places, wasn't trying to rub it in on anyone, horrible to watch what seems like everyone else hauling.

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

    Currently looking at around 71pts with 5 to play. Should hopefully crack the top 1m this GW!

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

      Nicely done. That’s a massive score

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

      Live FPL says 73 😮

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

      Damn

    4. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good job for captain Cancelo. I saw you recommend it and bottled!

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

      Massive, well done capping Cancelo.

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

      Well done mate. Cancelo (C)?

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

        Yes 😀

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

          Looove that, well deserved

    7. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Top work I guess Cancelo capt? I was so close but bottled it for Sterling.

  15. Viper
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundo just rested?

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

      Yes

    2. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes.

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

      Yep

  16. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Crazy gameweek

    Just Gundogan and Dias isn’t enough - red arrow 🙁

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

      I had an awful start in the first two games with Bamford, Dallas and Coufal but better now.

    2. Gross Blank Point
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I have Gundo, Stones and Cancelo and am on a red arrow

  17. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Could do with A Stones goal now

  18. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Easy KDB > Sterling move for me this gw then giving me -

    Martinez
    Dias - Dier - KWP
    Sterling - Bruno - Grealish - Son - Foden
    Martial - Bamford

    Button - Wilson - Mitchell - Holding

    Thoughts? 🙂

  19. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    All right, so which ghost team or -32 hit team will be leading the gameweek ranks today?

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

    Andy (LetsTalkFPL) could genuinely win the whole thing this year

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

      Nah there’ll always be a random er who wins

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

      About time he had a good season!

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

      Team link?

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He had terrible last season, so feel a bit sorry for him. Let's wish him good luck!

      I think his style last season was too conservative and risk averse, but this season that Rönkä approach has worked.

  21. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is Sterling playing as a lwb?
    Guardiola is again innovative

  22. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Not watching the match but does Sterling look anywhere near nicking another goal?

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

      City seem to have taken the foot off the pedal a bit.

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

      No

  23. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Who to captain next week?

    Salah, Kane, Son, Cancelo, Fundogan?

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

      Kane

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

        He is my transfer in next week.

        Just need to decide whether for Brewster or Bamford.

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

      Kane

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

        Current thinking is Kane yeah.

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

    Raz, you overpriced touchline hugger. Get in the game. You had your rest the last 20 mins.

    1. HD7
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I really dont understand why he is playing lwb last 20mins

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

    Gundogan and Cancelo you legends! Get in

  26. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo playing like KDB

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

    In a season of bad moves and decisions for me, Cancelo to Walker in GW11 has to be the worst of them all, so far.

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

    Sold Kdb for Sterling this week as l really thought he would return well and wanted to wait n see with Gund
    Was willing to take -4 if needed this week, so would you make the switch to enable Bamford/Rodrigo to Kane?

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

      Only way to get Kane? If so I’ll say yes as think Kane is best captain pick next week

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

        Pretty much
        Don’t own Son but have Salah Bruno Grealish
        Cheap forward line which isn’t firing so feel Kane is the way to go

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

      Probably. Think I’ll be doing that myself tonight leaving 0.1m in the bank

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

        In saying that, sterling good captaincy option next week (if he plays!)

  29. Dr Van Nostrand
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Fat Sam's 4th massacre in 7 games. Not too late to bring back Bilic

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

      He’s made them worse for sure.

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

    Cancelo A Stones G to cap it off too much to ask?