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FPL Gameweek 19 Scout Picks: City triple-up against injury-hit Leicester

We have chosen our best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players for Gameweek 19 ahead of Sunday’s 13:30 GMT deadline.

We’re already three fixtures down for the Boxing Day matches, with the postponement of Liverpool v Leeds United depriving us of the services of Mohamed Salah (£13.1m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£8.3m) for the first time in a while.

We have gone for a 4-5-1 formation this week and, as ever, we are limited to an £83.0m budget for our starting XI.

Our four substitutes, meanwhile, are chosen from the budget/mid-price crop of players to give some potentially cost-effective alternatives to the big hitters who invariably make the initial cut.

GOALKEEPER

Norwich City are the division’s lowest scorers with a paltry eight goals in 17 matches and even the change in head coach hasn’t really addressed that weakness, with Dean Smith’s side finding the net on just one occasion in the last five league fixtures. A Covid outbreak isn’t likely to do the Canaries’ preparations any good, either, so Aaron Ramsdale (£5.1m) wasn’t a difficult pick this week. As well as the opposition, he is also in on his own merit: he has the highest points-per-match average (5.1) of any first-choice goalkeeper this season and has prevented more ‘expected goals’ (4.2) than any other shot-stopper bar Jose Sa.

DEFENDERS

 

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  1. Amartey Partey
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Is there any news from the Newcastle team about covid cases or are they all clear?

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Newcastle - MU is so far no concern.

  2. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Who remembers when this site didn't even get close to completing a page on Christmas Day? 😀

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      2013?

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Me, just about.

    3. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Those were the days

  3. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Cancelo spotted in training. Check exactly @ 1:00

    youtube.com/watch?v=n-ZrUIYGE9U&ab_channel=ManCity

    1. Konig Luther
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      although it's from yesterday

      1. pablo discobar
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        That photo from today has Foden with bleached hair again

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

          That’s the point I made last page. But if people gullible enough to remove Cancelo based on unsourced and unsubstantiated rumours then so be it

          1. Amartey Partey
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 3 months ago

            Maybe he did the test after training? Would be weird I know.

  4. smash
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Has Sterling been seen in the training photos? stuck with him currently is a easy swap but I've other fires currently

    Cheers

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Yep

      1. smash
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        That's good at least
        Cheers

  5. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    DDG (Bachmann)
    Alonso Cancelo Livra (Amartey, TAA)
    Silva Foden ESR Son (Jota)
    Watkins Broja (Dennis)

    0FT, 5.3ITB

    A) Foden & Dennis --> Bowen & Ronaldo (-12)
    B) BSilva & Dennis --> 6.1max mid & Ronaldo
    C) Foden --> Mahrez (-8)
    D) Other
    E) G2G

  6. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Breaking news!! My Nan is not in the Man City training pics 🙁

    1. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      My Nan?

    2. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Nani?

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Wanna be my Nan my nan?

    4. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Pep roulette strikes again.

      1. DycheDycheBaby
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Yes! 🙁 Haha

    5. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      She’s in the jacuzzi with Grealish

      1. Amartey Partey
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Don’t tell Foden.

        1. DycheDycheBaby
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Hahaha

        2. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          *Rooney

    6. Amartey Partey
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Damn. I’ll have to transfer your nan out then.

    7. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Clubbing with Foden?

    8. Fantasy Football Friend!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Damn, was hoping for a geriatric

    9. Haa-lala-land
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Four Nan? Four?! That's insane.

  7. 2OLEgend
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Merry Christmas all.
    Would love some feedback on this.
    1FT - 6.1m ITB

    Ramsdale
    James, Cancelo, Tierney, Livra
    ESR, Bowen, Bernardo, Salah*
    Watkins, Dennis
    (Foster - TAA, Jota, Davis)

    Assuming Salah and Dennis is leaving for afcon.
    Would you do Salah & Dennis to Son & Ronaldo (-4)?

    Any other suggestions?
    Thanks alot!

    1. Waddlinho
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Yes, I would.

  8. jimmy.floyd
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Dier or Bavies?

    1. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Reguilon or nothing imo

    2. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Bavies out of those two

    3. EugeMurts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Dier more nailed

  9. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    With the uncertainty regarding foden & cancello (I know only speculation) does this make salah to
    Son (c) more appealing?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      What's the correlation?

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        I was going to captain foden & cancelo but if question marks over them my other captain choices not great so son (c) looks v tempting

    2. Amartey Partey
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Or Ronaldo.

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Yeh defo although I have to take hit for Ron so salah to son easier

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Why is there uncertainty over Foden? I would be surprised if didn’t start after serving punishment last game. And Cancelo wasn’t in a photo which may have been from training yesterday albeit Foden must have bleached hair last day or so to same colour as he had in Euros

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Hope you are right

      2. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Best forward under 9m?

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

          I ‘m on front 3 of Lacazette Ronaldo Broja. Not a lot of options really under 9 m. Antonio may miss game tomorrow but fixtures/likely doubles then good

          1. Stranger Mings
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 3 months ago

            Yeh agree snd good front 3! Thanks

  10. Dave’s Rubber Digne R…
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Thoughts welcome.

    Initial view is 10 playing so will hold transfer and FH for GW’s 21 & 22. Salah sold after Leicester.

    Ramsdale
    Cash / Cancelo / James / Dalot
    Foden / Mount / ESR
    Lacca (c) / Watkins / King (not playing)

    Steele / Salah / TAA / Jota

    If Arsenal impacted may use FH.

  11. smash
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone thinking of Salah out then back in for Leicester game following week?

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      If I sell Mo, will only get him back after AFCON.

    2. Stranger Mings
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Yeh I could do that as have money ITB but more likely to wait til after AFCOn

      1. smash
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah I think I'll be selling but I'll have Sterling midweek still who I've money tied up in plus enough in the bank to get Salah back for Leicester

        Hopful my rivals will FH expecting me to be Salah'less then I'll use a proper luxury transfer getting him back (assuming no other fires)

    3. Amartey Partey
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I’m not a big fan of the hokey pokey.

      1. smash
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        I'm only concerned on my mini league tbh, if I was concentrating on overall rank/finishing top 10k etc I wouldn't go down that route, depends what my rival does too really

  12. JBG
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    https://mobile.twitter.com/OddsOnFPL/status/147476594289063117

    So at least 2 City players have got 'Rona.

    1. Stranger Mings
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Deleted ?

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Whatever you linked do comes up as post deleted

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Hmmm. Well that's inconvenient.

    3. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Fake news!!

  13. TheYogaDaddy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    What to do here? 8 currently playing with Foden and Antonio 50-50

    Ramsdale
    Livramento James Cancelo Dias
    Foden
    Watkins Antonio

    (Foster) (TAA) (Salah) (Raphinha) (King) (Brownhill)

    1 ft, 0.6 itb

    a. Free Hit
    b. Raphinha to Bowen/Martinelli
    c. Salah and Raphinha to Son and City Mid/Bowen (-4)
    d. Salah, Raphinha and King to Son, City Mid/Bowen and Broja (-8)

  14. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Help greatly appreciated chaps - 2.1 ITB and 1 FT:

    Ramsdale
    James, Cancelo, Reguilon, Dier
    Foden, Silva
    Lacazette

    (Steer, Salah*, Jota*, TAA*, Dennis*, Gelhardt*)

    A) Salah, Raphinha & Gelhardt -> Son, Watkins & Saka
    B) Salah, Raphinha & Gelhardt -> Ronaldo, Saka & Bowen
    C) Something Else

    Cheers!

  15. Amartey Partey
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Make sure you have a sub just in case Cancelo is out! :/

  16. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Rumour of Cancelo being out?

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

      Read last 2 pages- all unsubstantiated rumour

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah just rumors so far.

    2. CroatianHammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      He was late to training, probably had time off for great behaviour

  17. 007 [RoboKlopp]
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Who is better Bowen or Merinelli?
    Cheers.

    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      *Martinelli

    2. EugeMurts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Probs Bowen cos Martinelli is not nailed

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

    last year Cancelo celebrated Christmas together with his woman, not with some cards...
    https://www.instagram.com/p/CJMtCnPl5VU/

  19. SuperStig
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Can’t decide! Pros and cons to use my “Christmas gift” (FH..)
    Current team:
    Rams (Foster)
    Livra, Cancelo, James, White, TAA
    Salah, Bowen, Jota, McGinn, Gallagher.
    Dennis, Watkins, Jesus
    Considering doing Salah + Watkins/Jesus to Son & Ron

  20. Beatle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Spurs game rumoured to be off?

    1. Grande Tubarão
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      It is?

    2. CroatianHammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      The request is made to postpone based on early tests, assuming more cases. Not sure it's set in stone. No point worrying. FH I guess if I lose another 2 players.

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Exactly. What’s the point in worrying?

  21. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Daily fail reporting it too

    https://mol.im/a/10344577

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      ‘Set to be’

      They are all using the same source.

  22. Ronanm
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Considering options:
    Current team:
    Ramsdale
    Cancelo James livramento Williams (TAA)
    Foden, silva, odegarrd (jota Salah)
    Wilson Lacazette (Dennis)

    With .7itb 1 ft

    A) Williams and livramento to dalot and reguilon
    B) Salah and Dennis to Bowen and ronaldo
    C) Salah & Dennis to Kane and mount

    A allows keep Liverpool assets but others allow greater strength in depth with possible pep roulette and other cancellations. Or do I use free hit to

    Ramsdale (gunnarson)
    Cancelo James dalot (lamptey Tsimikas)
    Mahrez martinelli son mount Bowen
    Ronaldo Kane (Broja)

  23. kbizzle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    For a free hit this week, would you go:

    A) De Bruyne + Antonio
    B) Bernardo + Kate

    while Mahrez and Son are locked in.

    1. kbizzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Thats obviously meant to be Kane not Kate

  24. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Not playing FH, just crossing my fingers for no more cancellations.

    Sanchez
    Cancelo / James / Emerson
    Foden / Rashford (c) / Mount / ESR
    Watkins / Wilson / Pukki

    4.0 / Williams / Salah** / TAA**

    Nothing in the bank, anything worth a hit?

  25. Green Jumper
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    I'm shipping Salah out before deadline.
    Not sure whether to get Fernandes for fixtures or go for Sterling or de Bruyne instead.