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Guardiola wreaks havoc as Sterling, Cancelo and Stones all benched for Man City

Pep Guardiola has dealt Fantasy Premier League arguably the harshest blow of the season so far with his Gameweek 21 team-sheet.

Raheem Sterling (£11.6m), Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m), Joao Cancelo (£6.0m) and John Stones (£5.2m) are all among the substitutes as Manchester City host Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon.

Ilkay Gündogan (£5.8m), Phil Foden (£6.3m) and Ruben Dias (£5.9m) hold onto their starting berths amid all the changes.

Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m) returns to Manchester City’s line-up for the first time since the first match of Gameweek 19 while Foden and Ferran Torres (£6.9m) staff the flanks either side of him.

Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) comes in for Stones at centre-back with Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) and Kyle Walker (£6.1m) on the left and right-hand side of defence respectively.

Sheffield United, as ever, line-up in a 3-5-2 formation with John Fleck (£5.6m), John Lundstram (£4.9m) and Oliver Norwood (£4.5m) in midfield while Rhian Brewster (£4.5m) and Oliver Burke (£4.2m) are up-front.

Also of encouragement for the Blades is a return on the bench for Oli McBurnie (£5.6m).

Manchester City are not the only team to rotate this afternoon as Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) drops to the bench for Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) to come in.

Jordan Ayew (£5.6m) and Michy Batshuayi (£5.7m) are paired up-front for Crystal Palace with Wilfried Zaha (£7.2m) dropping back to replace Andros Townsend (£5.6m) on the flanks of midfield.

Ruben Neves (£5.2m) and Adama Traoré (£6.0m) are on the bench for Wolves with João Moutinho (£5.2m) and new signing Willian José (£7.0m) come into the side.

Max Kilman (£4.0m) earns another start in the back-three while Romain Saïss (£5.0m) is not in the matchday squad.

West Bromwich Albion are in 5-4-1 for the meeting with Fulham featuring Robert Snodgrass (£5.7m) and Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) staffing the left and right-hand side of midfield.

And Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.3m) is the fall-guy at Fulham, dropping to the bench so Aleksandar Mitrović (£5.5m) can lead their 3-4-2-1 formation.

Gameweek 21 Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Van Aanholt, Dann, Kouyaté, Clyne; Zaha, McCarthy, Milivojevic, Eze; Ayew, Batshuayi.

Wolves XI: Patricio; Kilman, Coady, Boly; Semedo, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Hoever; Neto, Willian José, Podence.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Laporte, Dias, Walker; B Silva, Fernandinho, Gündogan; Torres, Jesus, Foden.

Sheffield United XI: Ramsdale; Ampadu, Egan, Basham; Bogle, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; Burke, Brewster.

West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone; Gibbs, Bartley, O’Shea, Ajayi, Furlong; M Pereira, Gallagher, Livermore, Snodgrass; C Robinson.

Fulham XI: Areola; Adarabioyo, Andersen, Aina; A Robinson, Anguissa, Lemina, De Cordova-Reid; Lookman, Loftus-Cheek; Mitrović.

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1,778 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    WBA goal - thank god. Forgot to swap goalies.

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

    AREOLA CS GONE! This is NIGHTMARE week

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

      Killing me 🙁 just know Martinez will haul now; the reverse of last week

  3. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Big Sam's finally got his first home goal

  4. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Everyone gangsta until their cappo is a useless no show piece of jiz cloth...

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You put it so delicately!

  5. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lord & Prince down after head class.

  6. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Chippy tea for the wba players if they win

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

    Foden clarted

  8. MoSalad
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    This GW is the stuff of nightmares!

    1. PogChamp
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep! 25 point GW on the cards.

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

      Somebody will get 100 points and I 20 max.

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Prefer this over that DGW a few weeks back. at least everyone's getting no points, not just me.

  9. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Foden ugh 🙁 This season is horrible

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Oh wow thought he was definitely going to go off there. Phew - hopefully i jinxed

  10. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Get up Foden

  11. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    looks like Mahrez Cancelo coming on

    1. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nice slightly less chance of Sterling being subbed on.

  12. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Idk which is worse.. DCL blank or Cancelo banching..

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cancelo as he’d have gotten points.

    2. Alexis Nonsense
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      To me DCL is way worse

      Cancelo got me points and will get me points

      Why I got DCL in I don't know

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

        Would agree

  13. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    My cup opponent has double Fulham defence. That WBA goal is very welcome

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Can't be much of an opponent with double Fulham defence

  14. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dang it, brought in Pereira this week and no assist given there

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Good punt. Almost thought of bringing him in

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

      Really? He should get it.

      Intended area.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Unlucky...

      Deflection.

      He's on form

    4. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Given!!!

  15. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Last time my captain scored was in GW 17...

  16. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Forden looks ok to continue

  17. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gundo finally reverting back to midfield when I cap.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He's pretty advanced with Jesus and Torres out wide

  18. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Does Foden get baps for that? Need every point I can get....

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A single save Areola? Ffs man

  20. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A few more mins before my afternoon goes from bad to worse with pep roulette

  21. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Foden was barely toucehd, he's fine

  22. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Get Gundo off already!

  23. A. PRISE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Why Perreira assist not given??

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      His name isn’t Bruno...

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

      His cross won't have reached him without the deflection, but this one's quite harsh like 50-50.

      1. A. PRISE
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Given!

  24. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    No chance Dias is off before the 60th 🙁

  25. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Add this to the growing tally of captain fails then. Not even Gundo saving me this week

  26. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    City need Cancelo ON

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

    Gundogan playing like KDB - best player on the pitch, but clearly going to blank.

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Agreed

  28. That Was Easy!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wilson first on the bench, Sterling (C)

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Very lucky

      1. That Was Easy!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Sterling is going to come on.

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

      Sterling staying benched would be huge for you!

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Skill!

  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Any others starting Areola with Martinez on the bench this week? 🙁

  30. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    HOLD Gundo

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      hold what

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        CS point. 3 points is a haul this week.