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Southampton v Man City team news: Dias returns in Guardiola’s only change

The final Premier League match of the day sees Southampton play host to Manchester City.

Kick-off at the St Mary’s Stadium is at 17:30 GMT.

Pep Guardiola has kept his tinkering to a minimum for the Saturday night match, with Ruben Dias replacing John Stones in his one and only change from the side that defeated Chelsea last weekend.

Ralph Hasenhuttl make three alterations following Southampton’s defeat at Wolves, with Kyle Walker-Peters, Stuart Armstong and Che Adams coming into the side.

Lyanco, Nathan Tella and Ibrahima Diallo make way for the hosts as the Saints’ head coach seemingly returns to his trusty 4-2-2-2 set-up after a dalliance with a wing-back system in recent weeks.

Most of the interest from a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) perspective focuses on City assets, unsurprisingly, with the ownership figures within the top 10k (taken from LiveFPL) listed below:

Armando Broja is owned by not far off 8% of managers in the top 10k but 95% of those bosses have benched him this week.

GAMEWEEK 23 LINE-UPS

Southampton XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Salisu, Bednarek, Perraud, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Redmond, Adams, Broja.

Subs: Caballero, Valery, Lyanco, Stephens, Elyounoussi, Walcott, Diallo, Long, A. Armstrong.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Grealish, Foden.

Subs: Carson, Slicker, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Jesus, Fernandinho, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand.

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1,055 Comments Post a Comment
  1. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    1 point for Sterling. Nice.

    1. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Top post. Nice.

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Nice.

    2. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Beauty

    3. teneighty
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Nice

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

    Sterling off at 59’ lovely

    1. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Absolutely.
      10+ m player who cant even get 2pts
      Hahahahajajajajajaja

  3. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    I hit double digits!

    1. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Congrats!

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks, feels incredible!

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Bragging alert!

  4. fplgaruda
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Yesss Cancelo +1 point!
    Celebrate every point we got

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

    KWP HOLDDDD

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

      Did you play him?

      1. fplgaruda
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Which team?
        He can instantly delete them whenever it mess up

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

          Conceded anyway.

  6. fantasist
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Pep trolling Sterling owners with that perfectly timed substitution

  7. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo Bowen Foden Raph Ronaldo Dennis [C] 2 2 2 2 2 -2, what a GW!

    1. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Its like Raphs formation

    2. Hooky
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Triple Desmond!

    3. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      you should be happy you are on 8 mate

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        I would yeah if you say so 😛

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

    KDB a Laporte goal

  9. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Slowly creeping towards 20.

  10. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Laporteeeeee!!!!

  11. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Laporte goal

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

    Laporte G
    KDB A

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

    Oh so Alonso > Laporte would have worked out then. SIGHH

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

      KDB assist though. Points!

  14. Hiiler
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Well this GW seems even worse then last GW for template players. No template player has gotten any points so far. Last GW most who got points got at least a goal. Ecxept Bruno who got more. This GW so far no goals either from template most owned players,

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

    I’m not even in positive points yet with only 4 players not yet played (only took a -4 too 🙁 )

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

      At least United won.

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

        Yeah I might support them again

  16. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Gift from Che Adams!

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

    KDB gets me into double digits.

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

    Laporte!!!!!!

  19. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    KdB has been picking out Laporte and Cancelo all game

  20. evilfish
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Finally a return!

  21. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Ridiculous goal conceded. Completely needless foul, terrible marking. If teams aren’t going to try and stop city then there’s no point to any of this.

  22. BIG TONES
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Cool dance moves from Laporte

  23. fantasist
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Any City defender who isn't Cancelo is a differential. Well done Laporte owners.

  24. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    This is on course to be my worst week ever, by some distance! Nice

    1. seanie3
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Don’t you say that most weeks

  25. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Went Laporte over Digne, at least some consolation

  26. Sun God Nika
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Kdb captain saved me

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

    C KdB, Laporte in for a hit. Strange, what is happening?!?

  28. Podge
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    KDB 3 baps wahoo

  29. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    @KAPTAIN KANE you jinxed it.........

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

      I’m so sorry

  30. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Laporte about doubling my team's score.