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De Bruyne and Duffy benched as Man City face Brighton in evening kick-off

Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City is the last of six Premier League matches being contested on Saturday.

Kick-off at the Amex is at 17:30 BST.

There are a couple of high-profile benchings on the south coast in the form of Shane Duffy (£4.4m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m) but no real shocks aside from that, with the other main players from a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) perspective all involved from kick-off.

Solly March‘s (£5.3m) recall and Duffy’s demotion to the bench is the one change that Graham Potter has made from the side that drew at Norwich last weekend, so Yves Bissouma (£4.5m) once again has to content himself with a place among the substitutes.

Pep Guardiola’s two changes from the midweek Champions League win at Club Bruges sees Gabriel Jesus (£8.6m) and Ilkay Gundogan (£7.2m) come in for De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez (£8.7m).

Raheem Sterling (£10.7m) misses out as a precaution.

All three of the Manchester City players who can boast a double-digit ownership, Ruben Dias (£6.2m), Joao Cancelo (£6.3m) and Jack Grealish (£7.9m), start this evening.

Cancelo is by some distance the most-owned City asset in the top 10k, with Phil Foden (£8.0m) a distance second:


GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Dunk, Burn, Veltman, Gross, March, Lallana, Moder, Cucurella,Trossard, Maupay.

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Webster, Connolly, Bissouma, Mac Allister, Mwepu, Duffy, Richards.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Gundogan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Grealish, Foden Jesus.

Subs: Steffen, Stones, Ake, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Edozie, Palmer.

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  1. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I was eating my tea watching the game on silent & I genuinely thought the second goal was Jesus(g) & Grealish(a). So I was pretty miffed when I loaded up Fantasy app and found out that jammy git Foden got some non-descript touch to steal the goal.
    Oh well!

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      No goal without Foden's touch 😉

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I think the first one was actually an own goal that foden stole too

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Foden final touch.

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Dont think so

  2. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Pep's next three subs?

    Fernandinho
    Mahrez
    Cancelo

    1. Digital-Real
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Zinc*

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Probably won't use 3. Majority of these starts sit out midweek.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Yet he's adamant he wants 5 to compete in Europe on their terms.

  3. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Keep those saves coming please Sanchez

    1. gellinmagellan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yess!

  4. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Just seen today's cricket highlights. England totally skinned West Indies.

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Rashid essential

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Eng shd easily win their grp. Knock out stages very hard to call though especially if they face ind or pak

  5. Devos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Oh boy, I had trouble choosing between mount&vardy and havertz&auba. Ofcourse I chose the latter. #facepalm

    Luckily I have Rudi, Kovacic and Foden to ease the pain.

  6. gellinmagellan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Not one for early transfers but seriously considering doing Greenwood > Foden right after this match...

  7. Bleh
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    James or Chillwell?

    1. Hutchiniho
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Chilwell easy.
      What prices are they in FPL?
      Telegraph they're 3.9 and 5.0 (£50m budget) Makes it a much more difficult choice.

  8. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Lamptey 🙂

  9. Forgetmeknot
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Don’t normally do early transfers but seriously tempted by Duffy to Chilwell for free.

    Would need to be tonight as exact money - reckon Alonso plays vs soton mid week?

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yep

    2. gellinmagellan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Surely Chilwell cant be dropped on this form. Makes sense to pull the trigger if you have the exact funds

    3. artvandelay316
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Already did Alonso to Chilwell earlier. Alonso will drop and Chilwell will rise tonight so had to be done immediately.

    4. Forgetmeknot
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers all, just realised I don’t need to rush as I can get James instead at end of week - but do we think chilwell scores more than James?

    5. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I'm probably doing it tonight. Chilwell is just too hot not to pickup now. And this would cover me as well in case Raphinha is injured.

  10. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Brighton looking like scoring yet?

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

      Yes, but Ederson saves it

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Looking a little more likely but need to find the final pass.

  11. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Lamptey incoming

  12. Crouching Tiger
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    ML leader has a bench consisting of Livra, Smith Rowe and Hwang. That's 30 points sitting right there, and it doesn't look like he's going to get anyone off the bench. Hehe.

    However, he's got Foden and Chilwell both, so it looks like a massive gameweek never the less...

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Why hehe? He's got players at his disposal without hits. Can you counter?

  13. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bridghtons digne coming on

  14. BrutalLogiC
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    What to do with alonso.. Swap for rudi or chilwell

    1. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Chilly

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I have bought Chilly already. More attacking and safer pick with tv in mind.

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

    Could do with a City cleanie bust here...

  16. Assisting the assister
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Benrahma and Sarr to Foden and Normann

    A. Yes
    B. Non

  17. sirmorbach
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Hold your horses, we don't know the extent of Raph's injury yet and Leeds got Norwich next.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Let them transfer him out, we'll see them here next week moaning about bad luck

      • Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Same people who brought in Lukaku for Ronaldo as soon as the GW started last week

    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Duffy will be straight back in GW10. Obviously not going to play him but still great for bench.

    3. King Kohli
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Want to get in Chilwell. Who would you remove?

      A. Dias
      B. James

      Defence is:
      TAA Cancelo Dias James Livramento

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 5 months ago

          I'd stick with that or James

        • GE
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          A

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

        Lanptey on

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Great to see

      3. Bleh
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Seriously tempted to do Jota, Benrahma, Marcal > Son, Foden, Chilwell for a -8. Am I mad?

        1. Hutchiniho
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Easy moves

        2. Assisting the assister
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Yep will pay back easily

      4. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Can see Brighton getting 1 here

        1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah city taken the foot off the gas ages ago. Pep won't be happy.

      5. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Rule 16 A (ii)
        Jack Grealish shall be entitled to a free-kick any time he goes to ground.

        Can't blame the ref.

      6. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Brighton playing well. Probably created more chances against Man City than most other teams in the PL do in a home fixture.

        1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Cancelo has been very quiet he is no Reece James, or in this game Cucurella! Booking now as well.

      7. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Cancelo yc

        1. pundit of punts
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Things I like to see

      8. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Cancelo YC

      9. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Cancelo YC

      10. Pedersen
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        60min passed and all survived the roulette

      11. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Canceyellow

      12. Lord of Ings
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Anyone who saw it live,chances of raphinha starting next week?