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Dias recalled for benched Stones as injured Gundogan and Calvert-Lewin miss out

Double Gameweek 24 comes to a conclusion as Everton and Manchester City meet at Goodison Park.

Kick-off on Merseyside is at 20:15 GMT.

The two most-owned players from these two teams don’t feature tonight although the no-shows from Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m) and Ilkay Gundogan (£6.1m) aren’t shocks, with their managers having previously ruled them out in their pre-match press conferences.

Pep Guardiola gave an update on Gundogan ahead of kick-off:

The injured Gundogan is one of three players who started the win over Tottenham Hotspur who doesn’t feature in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI.

The other two are Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) and John Stones (£5.2m), who both drop to the bench.

Kyle Walker (£6.1m), Ruben Dias (£6.1m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) all return to the visitors’ side.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) makes his return to the City matchday squad following a month on the sidelines and is among the substitutes, along with Sergio Aguero (£10.3m).

Guardiola has threatened more changes when City head to Arsenal this weekend, saying:

If you see the schedule that we have… we have a game every three or four days, everybody is going to play. Against Arsenal, we are going to play new ones.

Carlo Ancelotti has gone one better than his opposite number, making four alterations from the defeat to Fulham at the weekend.

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (£4.8m) returns from a rib injury, with Robin Olsen (£4.5m) making way to accommodate the England international’s comeback.

Yerry Mina (£5.5m), Michael Keane (£5.1m) and Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) are also back in the line-up, with Seamus Coleman (£4.8m), James Rodriguez (£7.7m) and Andre Gomes (£5.3m) all dropping to the bench.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Silva, Rodri, Foden, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.

Everton XI: Pickford, Mina, Keane, Holgate, Godfrey, Davies, Doucoure, Digne, Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Richarlison.

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  1. JOELIO8701
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    92 points with Sterling cap fail

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

    142 all out for me I guess then. Pretty happy!

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

      BB fail tho

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

        Yeah not great lol

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

          Always next season

      2. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yeh disaster GW that....

    2. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cheeky bench boost then 😉

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

        😀

    3. djman102
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Well done! 104 so far for me. First ton of the season I think.

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

        My 2nd I think

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

      Well done mate!

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

        Thanks

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

      Just moan about something anyway so it feels less weird

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

    Is KdB still on pens when he is on the pitch? I can’t remember

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

      Yep

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

      If he's not feeling too tired 😉

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

        Ah yes haha

  4. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Never thought my highest scoring player would be the Fulham defender Aina on 20 points :0

  5. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling to Fernandes worth a hit?

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

      Why do you not own him already!?

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

      Sterling to Fernandinho is worth a hit

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

        Hahhaha

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

      Sterling to Burke would be worth a hit

    4. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lol thanks folks

  6. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Man City with a double in 26 and 27. Going to be loads of rotation but who would be your 3? Gündogan kdb and Dias?

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

      *possible/likely double

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

      Yeah probably. Id even stick Stones in there too.

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

        Going off Cancelo, and think Dias will play most out of any defenders

    3. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ill probably just stick to ones you have which is Cancelo, Stones, Gundo for me. Different story if you're using a WC tho

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

        Yep on wc

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

        Yep same

    4. marcos11
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dias, Stones and Gundo I think

    5. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ederson for guaranteed starts

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

      Have sterling Dias stones
      Would lose stones if I could but might not have that luxury for a hit.
      Sterling to Gund if he’s fit for gw26 to fund Kane

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

        Looks good moves. Would prefer Gündogan over sterling even if they were the same price

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

          Now you tell me hahaha
          Going Kdb to sterling over Gund has cost me around 30k rank

  7. matiakez
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo as good as he looks still only has that one game where he went big

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

      Flatters to deceive a bit, tempted to go Dias on wc for more secure starter

  8. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling is awesome to us (G)undo

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

      Legendary.

  9. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pep: "cancelo you come central, Bernardo you shoot on sight, Foden , you do all the mazy runs"
    Sterling: " what should I do boss"
    Pep: " you go stand out of the way , over by that white line, there's a good lad"

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

      Might have moved a bit more if he'd taken some white lines

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

      I’ve literally never seen such a poor performance. Never in right place, lazily off side, lost the ball and then stupid yellow

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

      Odd thing was that whenever the ball went out wide left, Sterling was nowhere to be seen

  10. Muscout
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I think sometimes you just have to go with your gut

    Everyone on here was saying Sterling over Gundo (c)

    And Rich over Cavani

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

      All a bit of luck ; it's really not a science.

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

        Total game of luck with this many players

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

      Cavani over Rich*

  11. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    G+A from Bernardo, finally a bit of fortune for the world no.1 this week

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

      Haha good one

      ‘Finally a bit of luck’ I mean....

      1. Alisson WondHaaland
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Haha, I mean he's been hit pretty hard by not owning Gundo at all

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

          The fact BSilva is even vaguely covering Gundogan points is insane luck in itself

          1. Alisson WondHaaland
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            'Cover' isnt really fair, he costs more afterall. He went for the risky differential pick and over the past few weeks it hurt him very badly.

            He wouldnt be 1st without without the risks he takes so I think credits got to be given where its due, just got on the wrong end this time round

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

    What a let down this gw has been.

    TC Bamford just for laughs or?

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

    The worst bit about this is the moment I sell sterling he’ll haul

    1. MIDIMAN2010
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He’s gotta go. I don’t care anymor

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

    I have Sterling in my UCL fantasy team.

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

    -12 and green arrow, let’s try -20 next GW!

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      -48 has a nice ring to it

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

      I’m nearly there

  16. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo is a funny one isn’t he

    For all his ‘attacking threat’ if you ignore the 1 game he got a goal and an assist he has done basically nothing from an attacking return perspective

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

      Watching him he has no end product, great stats but he’s the tadic of defenders!

  17. Winners900
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Do you think Stones will go up in price? Really have tough desicion where I might be forced to downgrade Dias

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

      Doubt it
      Lots of more casual players will probably sell him now as he is 'dropped'

  18. Camino Aleatorio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Not a joke -

    Be careful on how you hate Sterling.

    A bulgarian kid actually lost his FPL world title over hating Sterling

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

      He lost his world title for racist comments about sterling

      Quite a difference

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

      Bit of a difference from laughing at a blank vs racial slurs.

    3. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I think you mean a grown man was racist

      • Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Behave yourself with this nonsense

      • Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        That was ridiculous wasn't it

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

          What a shock that someone as thick as you would defend it

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

            When did I defend it lol wtf

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

              Saying that it’s ridiculous that he lost fpl for comments on sterling

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

                I obviously don't think that lol

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

      Laporte should be playing for West Brom

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

      Need random Stones sub on for 100...

    6. Steinburg FC
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cavani yellow flagged?????????????????

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

        Google

        1. Steinburg FC
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          thumps up

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

        OGS mentioned he had a muscle injury, not sure how bad though

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

      and then casuals on twitter like lateriser and AbuBakar Siddiq said that Sterling is great TC option hahahah

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

        I know Lateriser always plays like this, but there's a reason he's struggling a bit this year.

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

        He was. Pretty much any City asset is on a DGW.

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

          He wasnt. Thx God i didnt listen them.

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

        I think lateriser is a great guy but I’ve gone with him on a bunch of 50:50 calls this season and it’s cost about 80-90 points.

        All good logic and reason behind them and upside chasing is hard but just none of them hit

        1. waldo666
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          There's a lesson there.

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

      Richarlison gone from a 9 pointer to a 5 pointer.

      1. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        He still out scored my Sterling Capt

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

      Laporte won't be starting again. Been terrible today.

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

        Just a rest for john

    10. Dirty Harry
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pep to Sterling: Raheem, stop licking the line paint, what have I told you man?

    11. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling doesn't care, City are winning

    12. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Obviously it feels like a minus 20 is worth it at the moment but Sterling to KDB worth a hit?

    13. ajk1211
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Must not rage transfer Sterling... must not rage transfer Sterling...

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

        Too late, I just did -12

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

          Yeah he’s gone

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

        I did as soon as he got subbed off

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

        No way he'll play v Arsenal.

      4. ajk1211
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Im probably delusional (it’s been said), but what odds Sterling haul vs Arsenal after the shocking DGW?

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

        Gone - was thinking about it before the match, no brainer after the match

    14. bored by december
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Help me decide on one:

      Sterling -> Salah (-4)
      Antonio -> Kane (-4)

      Team:
      Pope
      Cancelo Stones Maguire Dallas Coufal
      Sterling* Son Bruno Barnes Raphinha
      Antonio Bamford Brewster

    15. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why did everyone on here say Sterling was the outstanding captain pick for this gw?

      1. Gunners in Haaland
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Never again

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

        Stats, streaky player and wasn’t due a rest.

        He stunk the place out but it was a good choice, just didn’t pay off

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

        To trap others.

      4. teneighty
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        They didn't own Gundo.

      5. Tango74
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Because everyone is against each on here and give bad advice