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Laporte starts alongside Dias and Stones as Foden benched for Man City

Phil Foden (£6.2m) is the only Fantasy Premier League asset of note to fall foul of Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy in Gameweek 22.

The England international had started each of the last three league matches but finds himself on the bench for Manchester City’s trip to Burnley tonight.

He is joined there by Kyle Walker (£6.1m) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) who appear to have lost their full-back place to Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) in Gameweek 22.

The Frenchman has managed to secure a start alongside Ruben Dias (£6.0m), John Stones (£5.2m) and João Cancelo (£6.0m) suggesting he is back in the left-back role has been known to play in the past.

It is worth saying that his inclusion could mean a back-three for Manchester City with Cancelo used in a midfield role.

Ilkay Gündogan (£5.8m) extends his run of Premier League starts to 10 matches as he is included in midfield alongside Rodri (£5.3m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m).

Whether or not he has the opportunity to press into dangerous areas could depend on Gabriel Jesus (£9.2m) though.

As we recently discovered, the Brazilian’s presence in the team usually limits how close Gündogan gets to the goal and he leads the line tonight, flanked by Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m). The Algerian has scored in each of his last four Premier League meetings with Burnley.

As ever, the Clarets turn up in a 4-4-2 formation but they are not quite at full-strength.

Chris Wood (£6.2m) and Ashley Barnes (£6.0m) are both missing with injury which means Jay Rodriguez (£5.8m) and Matej Vydra (£4.8m) lead the line.

Meanwhile, Jack Cork (£5.0m) earns his second league start of the campaign in light of Josh Brownhill‘s (£4.9m) enforced absence with a foot problem.

Charlie Taylor (£4.5m) remains sidelined with a hamstring injury so Erik Pieters (£4.3m) keeps his place at left-back.

Elsewhere, Leicester travel to Fulham with Brendan Rodgers following through on his promise to select a replacement for Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) based on the fixture.

After two matches at centre-forward, Ayoze Pérez (£6.0m) moves into a right-wing berth, pushing Marc Albrighton (£5.3m) to the bench and allowing Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.6m) to start up-front.

Harvey Barnes (£6.9m), who has blanked just once in his last seven Premier League appearances, starts on the left-hand side of the attack while James Maddison (£7.3m) is in the hole.

Rodgers has also tweaked defensive personnel following a 3-1 home defeat to Leeds with Hamza Choudhury (£4.7m) coming in for holding midfield Nampalys Mendy (£4.3m) while Wesley Fofana (£5.0m), stricken with a hamstring problem drops out for Çaglar Söyüncü (£5.3m).

Ricardo Pereira (£5.9m) earns his first Premier League start of 2020/21, coming in for the injured Timothy Castagne (£5.7m).

Fulham keep faith in their 3-4-3 formation although Kenny Tete (£4.3m) replaces the benched Bobby De Cordova-Reid (£5.3m) as the right wing-back.

After starting, and assisting, against West Bromwich Albion, Aleksandar Mitrovic (£5.5m) leads the Fulham attack with Ademola Lookman (£5.0m) and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (£5.9m) either side of him and Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.3m) on the bench.

Gameweek 22 Starting Line-ups

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Gudmundsson; Vydra, Rodriguez.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Laporte, Dias, Stones, Cancelo; Gündogan, Rodri, B Silva; Sterling, Jesus, Mahrez.

Fulham XI: Areola; Adarabioyo, Andersen, Aina; A Robinson, Anguissa, Reed, Tete; Lookman, Mitrović, Loftus-Cheek.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Justin, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Choudhury, Tielemans; H Barnes, Maddison, Pérez; Iheanacho.

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1,424 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    That's it I'm doing Soucek, Sterling to Son, Grealish.

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

      So sure?

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

    How on earth is Jésus on 31 BPS??! That is complete nonsense.

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

      Scored, shot on target against a defender a yard in front of him, failing to pass to Sterling gets extra points these days.

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

      24 for a goal, 3 for winning goal.

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

      24 for a goal?

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

      He gets a 24 point start with a goal.

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

      24 immediately for the goal.

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

        I get that, but he's lost the ball more than once and had a blocked shot. Had a dribble and then lost the ball at the end of it.

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

    Well Raphinha fit. Please don't do a Soucek, Soucek.

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He's had his potato salad and ready to break hearts 😎

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

        I've already accepted it.

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

    Sterling to Son done

    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Link your team liar

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

      Before Son has played and this match is done?

  5. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ederson looks like a member of an experimental dance group

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

      Diver-City?

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

    The question is, if Salah is benched will he come on if Liverpool are winning?

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

      Usually does.

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hope not.

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

      Not if winning comfortably

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

      What’s the score? What minute? How many subs already used? Is it raining?

      How would we know?

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

      Came on against Palace when the game was over so I’d assume so

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

    Cancelo close

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

      He can't keep doing this to me.

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

      You mean crappy cross?

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

    LEEDS TEAM NEWS

    Starting XI: Meslier, Ayling, Cooper, Struijk, Alioski, Phillips, Raphinha, Dallas, Klich, Harrison, Bamford.

    Subs: Casilla, Roberts, Costa, Hernandez, Davis, Cresswell, Shackleton, Jenkins, Huggins.

    EVERTON TEAM NEWS

    Starting XI: Olsen, Godfrey, Mina, Holgate, Digne, Iwobi, Doucoure, Gomes, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

    Subs: Virginia, Keane, Delph, King, Nkounkou, James, Bernard, Coleman, Davies.

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thank Godfrey!

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Digne still deeeeep?

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

        Yeah. Playing high fullbacks vs Leeds is tactical suicide!

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

        Left back.

        4-2-3-1

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

      Dallas and DCL goals please

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

      HAMEZ!

    5. mookie
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thank you!

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

      DcL & Bamford brace

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

      No James is bad for DCL man

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

    Raphinha and Bamford starts yessss

  10. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dias is just 23 years old.

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

      Lingard is 28.

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

        Is that his rating in FIFA?

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

      The next VVD

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

      Scarily good already, won’t be too long before the big clubs come knocking.

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

        You crack me up Rainer, love your bait haha

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

        like city?

    4. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Become an important player for city already

  11. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling the prime example of because he’s expensive on fpl he must be due a haul

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

      Timing is everything.

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

    Pope England’s #1 officially begins.

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

      I hope. His distribution is not as a good as Pickford but otherwise he's much superior.

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

    Massive Fail Sterling

  14. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

    Perfect goal

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

    Man City 2

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

      Sterling 2 yards out

      Assist Gundogan

  17. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Raz G
    Gundo A

  18. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    RAAAAHEEEEEEM

  19. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gundo A! Yay.

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

    G Raz
    A Gundogan

  21. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Razzzzzzz

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

    Sterling G
    Gundo A

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

    Sterling goal but Gundogan assist ffs

  24. zdrojo187
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterlingson

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

    STERLINGGGGGGGGG

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

    Surprised Sterling didn’t miss!

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

      If he missed that sitter, it will be chaos here

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

      From 3 yards!

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

    CAPATAINOOOOOO GOAL

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

    Gundo!!

  29. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling the tap in merchant at it again!!!

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

    Yesss! Sterling you beauty!