Dugout Discussion

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.

GET IN-GAME DATA AT LIVE FPL

Check your own rank and in-play FPL stats on LiveFPL.net every Gameweek

1,035 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Thought Mike dean was gonna just keep playing until he could book a few more players

    1. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      showed amazing restraint to not send a few off i thought.

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        It was strange as usually can’t wait to get card out. Maybe there was too many to book that he’d be there all night

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

    Champions League juhuuuu

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

      Not yet

    2. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Please dont jinx another thing

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

    My butthole has been puckered tightly for the last 20 minutes. Finally I can release...

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Cant imagine last weekend

  4. RogDog_jimmy
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    will happily take 9 pts from Rudi.
    man that Meslier benching hurts though. urgh.

  5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    FFS Leicester just fall short at final hurdle second season in a row

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

    Announcer said that De Gea got the assist. FPL has to fix it

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

      Really?

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

        Wow the announcer.. must be legit then.
        Please stop, we get that you don't own bruno.

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

    I would take that lost Rudiger 15 pter if will mean Liverpool loosing top 4 on a goal difference

    1. BRFC1883
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      What?

      1. DRIZ ✅
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        No idea

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

    How did Rudiger not get a red ? Thats utterly pathetic

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

      Naaah. It wasn't red. Watched closely

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Did he ever get a yellow? Not showing on fantasy, that yellow is worth -2

      1. RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        no yellow no nothing.

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

    how does leicester miss out on CL from the position they were?

    1. BRFC1883
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Something to do with points

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

      Wheels came off when Maddison got injured

  10. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I cant believe leicester have blown up 2 years in a row, and the perez miss was criminal.

    Its also hard to believe that Liverpool have worked themselves back into the reckoning!

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

      thanks to their GK. that headed goal will go down as one of most unforgettable moments in football history

  11. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Just seen the Chelsea score. 1pt for Mendy are you effing kidding me. Eff off you useless pri#k!

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

      Better than Meslier!

  12. ILOVEBAPS
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Nacho & Rudiger on my bench.

    1. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      ouch - seems Nacho, Bamford, Rudiger, Dallas were all popular bench selections.
      I'm happy I started Rudi over Nacho - 3 extra points in the end. maybe too greedy to think i could have got them both right.

    2. easy_conners
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Me to

    3. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Both in my team despite looking at options to take them out.

    4. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Jorginho and Rudiger first and second on my bench and unlikely to come on for anyone.

      Nacho coming on blocked Jorginho’s bench points, but at least Nacho notched.

  13. Athletico Underachieving
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Captained Greenwood and have Rudiger and Nacho 2nd and 3rd sub. Thrown away 35 weeks of hard week in the last two!

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

    great going. 5 from 4 here. cant get any worse can it?

    1. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      nah that seems pretty dang bad.

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

        mendy dias shaw greenwood

  15. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    OR an ML rests on Kane vs Salah tomorrrow, then

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

      Kane wins imo

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

      Similar battle in mine.

      Who you got? I'm on Salah (c)

      1. Pompel
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I'm on Kane 🙂

  16. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Only 1 more GW before the pain ends. Greenwood, Mendy, Raphinha....Rudiger and Bamford on the bench. 5 red arrows in a row.

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

      Yeah I got greens but still want to end

    2. ILOVEBAPS
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Tough week. Can understand those benching to be fair. Rudiger isn’t someone who we play for attacking returns and they did concede like most thought they would. Bamford hasn’t been great either and there are many other strikers doing the biz.

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

    i benched pickford & digne & played the clowns mendy & dias

    EVE CS guaranteed tmrw

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

      Amen

    2. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Praying for Everton game gets cancelled. Have Digne and DCL with Rudiger and Bamford on the bench.

  18. g_jannyg
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    How is Ndidi on 2bps.

    Rudiger might not get 1. I need bonus from Rudi.

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

    If Kane is out Spurs could go much wrong if they get Kun for free

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

      He can barely walk mate.