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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. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Get Sterling On BALD NOOB

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

      Need some Sriracha sauce in the mix

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

    Fulham 2.2

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

      GET IN

    2. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thought the bbc had got the dud 3pm ko!

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

    Pep thinks he's a genius

  4. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo & Mitchel benched, GundoC blank..this week has ended sooner then I thought 🙁

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

      I have cancelo, Mitchell and stones and gundogan captain

      1. AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Almost the same, only Dias over Stones. XD

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

        Same here Fudgy

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

          Feels bad

  5. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    @Fudgy

    At least you don't own Saka.

    #positivity4fudgy

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

      That's true but likely soucek haul off the bench for saka punters

      1. F_Ivanovic
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Most people that have saka won't have soucek given they're in the same price bracket as a 4th mid

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

    Laporte down with head knock

  7. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Fulham 2-2
    Cavaleiro

  8. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wow.. some bench luck..
    Wilson coming in for saka.

    Is saka injured or what?!

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Huge jam donut!!!

      1. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Lol, feels a bit better having missed soucek and saka midweek on the bench! 28 points down the toilet.

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

      Baby apparently??

    3. LarryDuff
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Same 😀

    4. aleksaa2
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sore hip

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

    Cav G
    Reed A

  10. In Bale We Trust
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Laporte nasty head collision. Will be surprised if he stays on

    1. In Bale We Trust
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Well he seems back up and at it after all. Fair play to him

  11. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Subs combine
    Cavaleiro G Reed A

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

    God this is bad... nothing going right at all

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

      Same for everyone ; 80% of players are the same for any non dead team ; the problem is taking hits this week like I of course did...

  13. Reeker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I don't even own Brewster anymore but I always hope he will score one day

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He’ll score loads next year in the championship

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

      Soon as Wilder goes he may stand a chance

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

      Sentimental

  14. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Laporte fine

  15. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Easy United win. Without 2 best players Saka and Tierney.

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

      0-0

  16. tafrère
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Areola, Cancelo, Stones, Gundo (C), and now Saka !

    At least I have Wilson lol.

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

    Laporte appears fine

  18. The Frenchie
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I fell asleep during 1half of City game, just wake up now..

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

      You’ll be back snoring shortly

  19. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I think i will end this GW on minus points...

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Same

  20. Here's Tom with the We…
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I blame Harry Kane for my sh*te gameweek

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

      And then he’ll play and score a brace

      1. Here's Tom with the We…
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Haha yeah about right

  21. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez big points vs Burnley incoming.

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pep is known to bench people 2 games in a row

  22. Parsnips
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    This gameweek going horribly wrong. No Saka no stones no cancelo. Captain fail. Blanks on Digne and Dcl!!!

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

      But you can roast some parsnips to make up for it

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

    How many baps for Mitchell, Stones and Cancelo?

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

      3, 2, 3

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

    If Pep can’t have 5 subs he doesn’t want any...

  25. aborg
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pep no intention to sub anyone yet !

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

      My bench is not enough

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

    8 points from 5, captain included.

    Awesome...

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      12 (-8) from 2 xD With GundoC

    2. squits
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hahaha same here. Less if C cancelo comes on and stops the big dvl vice points

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

      8 from 4 here including captain

  27. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo and Stones owner, but thankful I didn’t captain Gundogan.

    1. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Gundo my v/c
      Ster cap !

      1. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        With covid and winter you shouldn't do that.

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

        Pep likes to inflict this sort of pain in people.

        1. Gizzachance
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          True

  28. fusen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is anyone else not bothered about Gundo blanking?

    I brought him in this week pretty much entirely because I felt forced to bring him in as absolutely everyone around me now has him. In my main paid league, all top 10 players now have him since this week and 8 of them captained him including me.

    If he blanks, everyone blanks. Meh...

    I'm looking forward to when his purple patch ends so I can get rid again.

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      His purple patch ended today. Pep remembered that he is a DM

    2. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Its ended.

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

      No. I like points.

    4. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      My league aren't all sheep

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

    Foden gliding.

  30. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Can't count anymore how many times [C] failed this season!

    1. squits
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      5 out of my last 6

      1. Here's Tom with the We…
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I’m that bad a picking a captain, my four year old daughter is going to choose from now on!