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Iheanacho benched as Man City make mixed start to Brighton clash

Kelechi Iheancho (£6.2m) is on the bench for Leicester as they visit Chelsea on Tuesday evening.

It is the first time he has missed out on a Premier League starting line-up since Gameweek 25, Ayoze Pérez (£6.0m) his replacement tonight.

Jamie Vardy (£10.2m) keeps his place in the side while James Maddison (£7.2m) returns after featuring from the bench against Manchester United.

Chelsea are in 3-4-3 as per usual, with Christian Pulisic (£8.3m) and Mason Mount (£7.3m) either side of Timo Werner (£9.2m).

Elsewhere, there was a mixed start to Manchester City’s trip to Brighton.

Ferran Torres (£7.0m) earned a fourth successive start but it lasted no more than 15 minutes after João Cancelo (£5.8m) earned an early red card.

Torres was being used as a number nine, in the middle of Phil Foden (£6.1m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) after Pep Guardiola had praised his credentials for that role earlier this week.

Foden and Mahrez are making their first appearances since Gameweek 35 and 32 respectively with Raheem Sterling (£11.0m), Sergio Aguero (£10.3m) and Kyle Walker (£6.1m) deemed “not fully fit” according to the club website.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) returns from his recent muscle injury on the bench, where he is joined by Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m).

Goalscorer Ilkay Gündogan (£5.6m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) are either side of Rodrigo (£5.3m) in midfield while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m), Ruben Dias (£6.0m) and John Stones (£5.1m) are in the back four which now features Eric Garcia (£4.7m) on for Torres.

Leandro Trossard (£5.5m) was on the Brighton bench tonight with Alexis Mac Allister (£5.3m) and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£5.4m) selected to support Danny Welbeck (£5.5m) in attack.

However, the Belgian international came on 30 minutes into the encounter following a thigh injury for Welbeck.

Gameweek 37 Line-ups

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: R Sánchez; Burn, Webster, White; Moder, Bissouma, Alzate, Groß; Mac Allister, Jahanbakhsh; Welbeck.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Gündogan, Rodrigo, B Silva; Foden, Torres, Mahrez.

Chelsea XI: E Mendy; Rüdiger, T Silva, Azpilicueta; Chilwell, Jorginho, Kanté, R James; Pulisic, Werner, Mount.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Söyüncü, Fofana, Castagne; Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Albrighton; Maddison; Pérez, Vardy.

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1,035 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    OMG Burn

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Burn City

  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Timo G
    Mount A
    Offside

  3. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Goals everywhere

  4. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Conspiracy against Chelsea!!! !!!! !!!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Get real

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      2 off

    3. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Ha

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Clear penalty. And if that was Cavani they wouldn't have ruled it of for offside

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      That's about as clear a penalty as you'l see. What is VAR doing today?!?!?!?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah clear clear penalty!!!

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Poor Timo

  6. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    BURN GOALLLLL

  7. Tomas_brolin
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Had Trossard since Sheffield Utd and done nothing. Scores off bench vs city

    Held onto Shaw instead of just getting Dallas

    Please Antonio do something tomorrow to make it worth getting you over Bamford

  8. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Pep sacked in the morning!

  9. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Brighton are crazy

  10. Hazz
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    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Werner PLEASE stay onside for once in your life.

    Serious Morata movement.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      That REALLY wasn't Werners fault . . . how long do you have to wait to play in an open man???

  11. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Jesus on BSilva off

  12. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Fans matter. See Brighton. Hopefully Burnley are next

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Should lift those third string Liverpool centre backs!

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Uhhh tell that to United.

  13. Collie01
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    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Can't wait to triple up on Brighton for GW1 next year

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Shhhh... fpl towers are reading here they will inflate the pricing.

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Plus Pukki

  14. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    City have conceded 6 goals now in less than 165 mins

    Great way to prepare for their first ever UCL final

    1. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      that too vs Newcastle and Brighton lol

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I'd play my UCL final team in every game possible.

  15. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Var is being used at the Euros so we can look forward to it sucking out all the joy from international football as well...

    1. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      It will be used better than the joke of a job the english refs have done

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      At least some of the refs using it will be competent.

  16. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    DAN BURRN OMGGGG THIRD ON MY BENCH HERO

  17. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    LOL @ Tuchel

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Well well

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        well

    2. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      That's actually a funny comment

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Surprising isn't it?

  18. justaguy9
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    i chose antonio or bamford
    i benched digne for dias
    i dont have bruno who gets ghost goals & assists & soft penalties.
    sums up worst ever fpl season

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Dias yellow

  20. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    A Vardy goal will make me horny

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      2 goals in his last 23 games

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Hence...

  21. BeWater
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Werner would be amazing at 5 a side.

  22. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bloody crazy legged crane.

    All he did when I owned him was not show up when I needed him, and then have a 1 min cameo to stop me getting Dallas haul.

  23. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Dias YC

  24. Hits from the Bong
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    What happened to Torres? Knew I should have played Lingard

    1. moz_1983
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Tactical following the red.

    2. Hazz
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      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Tactical change after they went down to 10 men.

    3. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Wounded. Thanks

  25. Babelcopter
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Still pissed. Man Utd assets killed me. Lost my ML because of Shaw and Greenwood...

  26. AC/DC AFC
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    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I love the competitiveness of English football.

    Both Manchester clubs load up and both struggle to get a result home to Fulham and at Brighton.

    Not weakened squads...

    Just a proper match!

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      City have fewer players though tbf

  27. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Will gundo keep the 3bps?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      On for 43 right now but can't gain any more. Others may overtake him.

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        On for 3*

  28. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Dias best defender in PL they said!

  29. Hazz
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    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    City conceding for fun right ahead of the Champions League Final.

    Lucky for them Chelsea couldn't score in a brothel.