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Guardiola hints at Double Gameweek 26 and 27 for City and offers Gundogan update

Double Gameweek 24 came to a conclusion on Wednesday evening as Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to ten points with a win over Everton.

Elsewhere on a generally underwhelming night for those with Fantasy interest, Burnley and Fulham played out a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor.

SEEING DOUBLE

How the top 10k FPL managers set their teams up for Double Gameweek 24

A throwaway line from Pep Guardiola in his pre-match interview on Wednesday evening set tongues wagging in the Fantasy Premier League world.

The City manager lamented a busy month ahead for his side before the clash with Everton, in doing so mentioning that games against Wolves and Southampton – City’s two outstanding fixtures following cup-related postponements – had been added to the calendar in March.

Those two matches could realistically only be added to Gameweeks 26 and 27 if we’re looking at City’s schedule before the March international break:



Premier League fixturesOther fixtures
February 21Gameweek 25: Arsenal (a)
February 24UCL, last 16: Monchengladbach (a)
February 27Gameweek 26: West Ham United (h)
March 2/3*Gameweek 26: Soton (h)/Wolves(h)?
March 6*Gameweek 27: Manchester United (h)
March 9/10*Gameweek 27: Soton (h)/Wolves(h)?
March 13*Gameweek 28: Fulham (a)
March 16UCL, last 16: Monchengladbach (h)
March 20FA Cup, quarter-final: Everton (a)
—————INTERNATIONALBREAK———————-

*Exact March dates are yet to be finalised by the various broadcasters

ARE YOU ILKAY?

Missing his first Premier League game since Gameweek 12, Ilkay Gundogan (£6.1m) sat out City’s win at Goodison Park.

Guardiola had forewarned us that the German would miss out on the trip to Merseyside and he had more to say on the in-form midfielder ahead of kick-off, suggesting that a return to action in Double Gameweek 25 wasn’t yet assured:

Elsewhere on the fitness front, Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) marked his return from injury as a late substitute.

We await news on Joao Cancelo‘s (£6.1m) condition, with the Portuguese defender taking a heavy kick to his knee in second-half injury time and limping through to the game’s conclusion.

As for Everton, the Toffees could have Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m) back for the Merseyside derby this weekend:

SILVA LINING

Guardiola hints at Double Gameweek 26 and 27 for City and offers Gundogan update 1

De Bruyne’s return gives Guardiola another option in the centre of midfield, where Gundogan and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) have started every Premier League match that they have been available for from Gameweek 14 onwards.

It was Phil Foden (£6.1m) who ostensibly filled in for Gundogan as the left-sided ‘number eight’ on Merseyside, with the youngster opening the scoring with a deflected 31st-minute effort and generally posing more of a threat than the shot-less Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) further up the flank.

Bernardo meanwhile made it six attacking returns in his last seven starts, first claiming the assist for Riyad Mahrez’s (£8.1m) superb strike and then taking advantage of some suspect goalkeeping from Jordan Pickford (£4.8m) to round off the scoring himself.

Bernardo has started 12 league matches in a row now and his and Gundogan’s run in the team pre-dated De Bruyne’s injury by some time.

It’ll be interesting to see how Guardiola incorporates the Belgian back into his side, then. Given the form of Bernardo and Gundogan in their respective central midfield positions and Gabriel Jesus‘ (£9.2m) lack of it up front, it’ll be the Brazilian who will be watching more nervously over his shoulder – both Bernardo and De Bruyne have operated as the spearhead of the City attack over the last few months.

Rotation will beckon for most City players during the upcoming period of fixture congestion, it has to be said, with Guardiola telling reporters:

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.

ALL ABOUT MEE

It’s now just one clean sheet in seven matches for Burnley without their skipper Ben Mee (£5.1m), who missed Wednesday’s draw with Fulham due to the concussion protocol.

The Clarets’ shut-out record stands at seven in 17 when Mee is fit and the good news for Sean Dyche’s side is that the first-choice stopper will be available for selection for the weekend’s clash with West Bromwich Albion, a fixture that offers Burnley a very good opportunity to add to their clean sheet tally.

Not that stand-in centre-back Kevin Long (£4.3m) was culpable for this clean sheet loss, with first-half substitute Robbie Brady (£5.0m) – on as a replacement for the crocked Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.4m) before having to leave the field himself – making a hash of a goalline clearance for Fulham’s opener.

On a disappointing evening for owners of Nick Pope (£5.6m) et al, the four Fantasy assets who emerged from the draw at Turf Moor with any sort of FPL return were all owned by 1.5% of Fantasy managers or fewer.

Ola Aina (£4.5m), the fortuitous scorer of the Cottagers’ goal and assister of one of Josh Maja‘s (£5.5m) strikes in the win over Everton, finished as Gameweek 24’s joint-top scorer on 20 points alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.3m) – two players owned by a combined 10 managers inside the top 10k.

Fulham were worthy of their point and their undefeated run against sides outside of the top four now stretches to ten games.

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1,127 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    People ate going to bench to likes of Mee/Tarkowski vs. WBA just because they have Pope, and one of them is going to score a header vs WBA.

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

      Does Mee return from head knock?

      1. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Protocol finishes before the start GW25

        https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php

      2. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah. Dyche said he's back for weekend.

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Still contemplating BB

      It largely comes down to SGW Burnley v WBA plus Martinez or SGW Leeds v Villa and 2x Martinez

      1. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I’m edging towards 26 just because of the Dbl for Pope..

        A. Current 26 Pope Dunk Raphinha Bamford
        B. Current 25 Pope Dias Calvert-Lewin Antonio

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

    Currently on this approach which saves me a wild card;

    Pope / Martinez
    Alioski, Shaw, Cancelo, Stones / Dier
    Fernandes, Gundo, Salah / Grealish, Barnes
    Ings(c), Bamford, DCL

    Will probably do:
    Alioski to Rudiger and Ings/Bam to Watkins for DGW26 and BB.

    All sound OK?

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

      You have the team everyone has. Looks good though to me. Hopefully Gundo plays

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

    John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me Life, between the legs of me wife!"

    That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night!

    He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the Best toast of the night."

    She said, "Aye, did ye now. And what was your toast?"

    John said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife."

    "Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!” Mary said.

    The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street Corner. The man chuckled leeringly and said, "John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary."

    She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know, he's only been in there twice in the last four years. Once I had to pull him by the ears to make him come, and the other time he fell asleep".

  4. damiang2233
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is Salah likely to rise in the coming days?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No, he is on - 14. You an check his price change in the link below

      http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/Home/IndexAndroid2

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

    KDB in for Sterling?

    Worried KDB might not play against Arsenal though

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

      should play but not the full 90.

      45?

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No

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

    what a relief Stones is actually going down now. So can wait with transfers !

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

      What if Laporte and Dias is the new favoured CB pairing

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

        they conceded

        1. Ozzy smith
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Lol.

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

        Highly doubt that.

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

    Keep Gundo, Stones and Cancelo, or ship one def and get De Bruyne/Foden?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Keep for now.

  8. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Which option.

    A. Targett & Mitchell (sub)
    B. Konsa & Webster (sub)

    Will be FH29

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

      If you can, wait and see if Mitchell starts this weekend, otherwise I’d go with B

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

    KDB on -99% on FPLstats!

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

      not interested tbh

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

        Soon but not yet.

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

          Try fitting him in with Kane, Bruno and Salah

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

      Don't think he'll drop, getting brought in pretty heavily atm by the looks of it.

  10. George James
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Put in order of priority if on a WC...

    A) Kane
    B) Son
    C) Salah
    D) Bruno
    E) KDB

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

      Bruno, Salah, Kane, Son, KDB

    2. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      C
      D
      A
      B
      E

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

      Tricky

      A
      E
      D
      C
      B

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

      A, C, E, B, D

    5. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      CDABE

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

      CDBAE

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

      DACBE

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

      DACBE

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

      Bruno Kane Salah Son KDB

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

    Does the fact Sterling subbed after 80 minutes point to fact he will start Arsenal game or was he brought off as on YC

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

    How to improve the team below guys -

    ——-——Martinez————
    —-—Robbo Dias Stones——-
    Salah Bruno Son Grealish Gundo
    ———-Kane Watkins———-
    Bench: Lowton, Struijk, Brewster

    1. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Brewstsr to Bamford

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

        No money ITB

        1. Big Hands Barry
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Robbo brewster to dallas bamf?

  13. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Last Man Standing GW24 (737 teams)

    Safety score = 78
    Top score = Fudgy 138 on BB
    LMS average = 93.07 (-0.85) = 92.22

    77 teams to be removed, 660 through to GW25
    Up to 12% or minimum out next GW
    Congrats to all the survivors 🙂

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Minimum 80 out next GW.

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

      Yes I did it!!!! 😀

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

        Well done mate

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

          thanks

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Might get that 3rd (real multiple) top 10K now.

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

          Yeah, I need to nail 26 and 29 now.

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Blanks & doubles can really define a season.
            Been a few seasons since I've done well in most of them.

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

      Wow, just saw that i'm still in it! Nice little surprise 🙂

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Well done, slowly getting more difficult each GW.
        Need to get through the chip GWs mainly.
        GW37 likely to be a DGW I think so any chip holders have a nice advantage as that's the final.

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

      Through, tenth greenie in a row now. The lawn gunna keep on growing, nobody be mowing.

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Good time to update the link 🙂

    5. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      How many participants were they this year in LMS TM?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        4550 or thereabouts.

        1. CRO KLOPP
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Cheers. Is that the highest amount ever?

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            My profile has a link to article, 5108 last season.
            Late season start and early entry cut off reduced the numbers.

            1. CRO KLOPP
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Still 4.5 k,big number.

  14. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Man City rotation over the next while is going to be hell. Will be single game weeks for lots of city assets.

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

      Pick & stick

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Absolutely

      Case to be made for Ederson? His returns pretty well match Dias exactly so far - the City defenders aren't really smashing it with attacking returns - Robbo, VVD and TAA they are not.

  15. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pope
    Cancelo Stones Robertson
    Salah Fernandes Gundogan Raphinha
    Bamford DCL Antonio

    Martinez Soucek Coufal Ferguson

    2 FT, 5.4 itb

    1. Soucek >> Son (save 1FT for 26)
    2. Antonio >> Ings (save 1FT for 26)
    3. Antonio >> Watkins (save 1FT for 26)
    4. Coufal >> Dallas (save 1FT for 26)
    5. Combine 2 of the above??

    Thanks all

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

      1 and 5 looks strong

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

        1 and 4*

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

      3 for the DGW and BGW29 player in one.

    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1 and 3 for 26 and 29. Coufal is cheap enough to keep on your bench for 29

  16. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How to improve the team below guys -

    —————Martinez————
    ———Robbo Dias Stones————
    Salah Bruno Son Grealish Gundo
    ————Kane Watkins————
    Bench: Lowton, Struijk, Brewster

  17. tuturututu
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How is this looking for next gw?

    Martinez
    Shaw, Dallas, Stones
    Salah, Bruno(c), Sterling, Maddison, Gundogan
    Kane, Bamford

    Rudiger on the bench

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

      Looks good. Are you keeping Sterling for the future?

    2. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Looks good

  18. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Remove?

    A, Foden for Raphinha
    B, DCL for Ings

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers.

  19. Bleh
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Best move here? 8.3 ITB and all chips remaining including WC.

    A. Mitchell > Dallas (-4)
    B. Stephens > Raphinha (-4)
    C. Both the above (-8)
    D. G2G

    Martinez (4.0)
    Dias, Stones, Cresswell, Mee (Mitchell)
    Salah, Bruno, Gundo, Soucek (Stephens)
    Bamford, Ings (DCL)

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

      Raphina for me

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

        Thanks!

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

    How would you put the bench order for these 3?

    1) DCL
    2) Cresswell
    3) Stones (already starting Dias)

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

      DCL first

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      123

  21. Oooo Matron
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling triple captain fail! Any thoughts here? Might stick & give myself two transfers for DGW 26 chaos.

    Martinez
    Dallas Cancelo Mee
    Grealish Fernandes Sterling Salah Son
    Bamford Watkins

    Subs: Button, Dias, Dawson, Brewster

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

      save ft imo.I am thinking Sterling->Raphinha.

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

    I want to wildcard now but it means ditching triple Burnley before WBA D:

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

      He will score again!Keep for sure.

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

        He looked very good tbh

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

          Yeah,he is such a passionate player.Also in the last 4 away games Wbrom has conceded a goal from a forward (Kane, Sharp, Antonio,Silva).

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

            Oh wow nice lol. You've just made this very hard for me lol

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

      WBA flying off the back of an unlucky draw with United . . might not be the worst thing.

  23. Il Capitano
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    WC, BB, TC remaining

    1 FT 3.6m ITB

    McCarthy Pope
    Stones Cancelo Lowton Dallas Coufal
    Soucek Bruno Salah Son Gundogan
    Adams Bamford Antonio

    A) Soucek + Antonio > Raphinha + Ings (-4) (Possible BB25 if Gundo is fit, WC26)
    B) WC25, BB26

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

    Who to remove for Dallas?

    A) Dias
    B) Cancelo
    C) Digne
    D) AWB

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

      C

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

        Not Cancelo considering he’s injured?

    2. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      C

  25. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    For gw25:
    Pope, Martinez
    Cancelo, Stones, Mee, Kilman, Coufal
    Salah, Bruno, Gundo, Grealish, Soucek
    Antonio, DCL, Bamford

    2FTs, 4.2itb
    1) DCL, Soucek > Kane, Raphinha
    2) DCL, Coufal > Kane, Dallas
    3) Antonio, Soucek > Ings, Raphinha

  26. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    WBA attack has improved recently. Diagne looks decent.

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Failed reply to Fudgys post

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

      I know. It's basically;

      Pope + Lowton + Barnes

      vs

      Martinez + Dallas + Kane

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

        B

  27. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Missed the games today, anything important to note?

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

      Cancelo got a knock at end. Burnley solid defensively, unlucky to give a CS up. Fulham not great defensively and city strong defensively and good in attack.

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

      Another reminder to avoid Sterling

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

      Sterling was reporting playing but I listened via radio and the only time they said his name was twice, one when he lost the ball and the second when he was subbed off.

    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers all.

  28. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling to Kdb for free.

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

      Yes

  29. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    KDB over Son on a WC?

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

      Prefer Son tbh

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No, too early to bring in KDB.

  30. Gabbiadini
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Do we think Antonio will drop next update?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No he survives another day

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

        hopefully so, I might hold off then.