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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. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    2BP from Dias, lovely

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

      Really? Wow what a beast

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

      Nice!!!

    3. Harper (No more Penandes)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Remember some time ago someone said he wasn't worth £5.5, yeah right. And he hasn't even scored yet.

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

      He’s a machine

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

    Gundogan(c)
    Cancelo (Dallas bench)
    Stones (Coufal bench)
    Digne (bought with FT)
    Areola (failure, played over Martinez)

    A clean sweep of fails so far!

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

      Love it!

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

        Will be impressive if I get 11/11!

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

      Take a few valiums dude

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

        Maybe a z00t. Such an irritating game this can be sometimes

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

      You need a bear! Or couple.

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

        Beer 😉

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

    Madison vc, meguire and targett coming in for sterling (c) and cancelo. Not that bad, right ?

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

    Brewster off the bench for Cancelo lol

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

      He got double the points he normally does.

  5. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Of course, my biggest ML rival has Sterling as captain and Son as VC, while Gündogan plays 90 minutes straight and gets cheated out of a clear handball penalty.

  6. Andre W
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Just realised I’m down to 9 with no Saka..

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

      Who is on your bench?

  7. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Not even a cameo appearance from Mitchell, down to max 9 players for the week!

  8. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling (c)
    Son (vc)

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

      Same pinch

    2. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      so lucky

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

      Sterling (c)
      Richarlison (vc)

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Ouch

    4. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Salah here

  9. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lucky Sterling Cancelo captainers lol

    1. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bruno (vc) it is

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

      Why? Do you think that bench players like Soucek and Coufal against Liverpool would have done much better against a Sterling/Cancelo cameo ?

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

    12 from 2,will take it

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

      8 from 2

      Well... Not counting Cancelo or Stones

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

      Humble jam brag....

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

        Switched cap from Dias to Dias just before deadline,hardly any luck...

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

          DCL*

    3. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      0 so far lol! Sterling c Mitchell stones

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

    Bench of Bamford, Dier and Holding.

    Will that make a difference?

    1. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sure

  12. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pages flying

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

    Can't see Cancelo being benched again anytime soon.

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

    City just deserved a draw today

  15. Jindaljain
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling, Stones out & Bamford, Dallas in with Son (c) amazing

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

      Wait, What

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

    Time to captain Dias every week I think

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

      Agreed

  17. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Thank you Dias and Ederson. No thanks Gundo.

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Subtle brag aha

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

    That could have been so much worse.

    Mane (c) it is and I’ll still have 11 players.

    Furious at myself for not getting Perreria, Barnes let’s see you match that 13

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Mane rumoured to be not playing btw

        1. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Unlikely

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

      Dias owners only have him because they can’t afford Stones and aren’t brave enough to get Cancelo....

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

        Always preferred Dias over Cancelo due to naildness

      2. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I have both

      3. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        What? Stones is cheaper than Dias?

      4. mezza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Because they can't afford Stones?

      5. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

    3. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Holding in for Cancelo. Christ.

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

      Wish Gundo had just been benched too to give a shot at Son(c). I know he’ll somehow haul now that I swapped the armband near deadline

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

      love you Ruben Dias

      all on you Salah (C)

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

      Punishment for going stones over dias

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

        Stones still a great pick Fudgy.

        #positivity4fudgy

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

      Ml rival..
      Sterling(c) , cancelo(vc) and stones.

      Gotta hurt.

    8. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pep masterclass, rested key players and solidified top spot

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

      Don’t mind that Gundo blank at all after getting his points last GW.

      Nice % of captain fails.

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

      Sterling (C), Barnes (VC), Wilson off the bench

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

      Nice to get a CS from Mitchell off the bench.

      ...

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

        Have him and Guaita was counting on double CS lol

    12. MarcoHammy111
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling captain -Jesus vice captain . Could be worse

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

      So when I dont own Gundogan City score 5. When I own him they get a cagey 1-0 win. Pathetic...

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

        Next week other way around