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In the final Premier League match of the day, there’s a small matter of a derby at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City take on Manchester United.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

For the visitors, Ralf Rangnick will have to cope without Cristiano Ronaldo who has picked up a hip injury, along with Raphael Varane and Luke Shaw, both of whom have tested positive for Covid-19, plus Edinson Cavani.

That means Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire feature at the heart of the defence, with Alex Telles operating at left-back.

Further forward, Scott McTominay comes in for Nemanja Matic, whilst Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Elanga and Jadon Sancho line-up in attack.

As for Man City, Pep Guardiola makes three changes to his starting XI, with Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez replacing Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling.

Dias, meanwhile, will be missing for at least four weeks after injuring his hamstring at Peterborough on Tuesday.

Nathan Ake and Cole Palmer are City’s only other absentees.


GAMEWEEK 28 LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Grealish, Foden

Subs: Carson, Sterling, Gundogan, Jesus, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Delap, Mbete, McAtee

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Telles, McTominay, Fred, Pogba, Fernandes, Sancho, Elanga

Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Dalot, Jones, Hannibal, Lingard, Mata, Matic, Rashford

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  1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
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    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    “And so it begins…” - King Theoden, T.A. 3019

    1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yes! What a first post!

      Play up, Uruk-hai

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Uruk-jihai…

  2. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Maguire position wow

  3. dark91
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Did B.Silva to Coutinho for a hit but still happy for Bernardo

  4. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Grealish seemed to be in a offside position but was not checked. Affected the game by letting the pass go by to KDB.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      There have been dodgy calls for City recently, that isn't one.

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Utd fan or Liverpool?

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Pool fan who wants Utd win 😉 But VVD "blocked" in toenail offside position in cup final and I cannot see huge difference to this. If Grealish would have stood still hands up it would be different but he did a intentional trick letting ball go through his legs.

        Well nevermind, this is just me trying to get better result for Pool.

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          How did it in any way influence play? Liverpool fan who sees nothing wrong with that goal. United humiliation is always better than anything.

          1. Dr Van Nostrand
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            • 10 Years
            3 years, 10 months ago

            Who cares about ManU. Has-been club. Your own club matters far more than what others do especially when a title is on the line

            1. Bushwhacker
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 10 months ago

              And its up to us to win it.

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      No.

  5. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Arsenal when it didn’t stand with Ozil on the Uighurs in 2019: “As a football club, Arsenal has always adhered to the principle of not involving itself in politics.”

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Apples taste different to oranges.

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
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        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Both genocidal fruit tho.

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Well we should kneel for Palestine for decades if there’s a bar.

    2. Londongeezaa
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      The double standards and hypocrisy is unreal.

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Wut?

    3. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Well said

      All depends on who england/west hate

      1. HashAttack
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Hate's a strong word ... depends on who buys our weapons

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Yes fair enough

  6. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Come on Cancelo, true differential this week

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Funny it's come to this. Common Cancelo!

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
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        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Hahah I was thinking this

  7. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Same shitty Utd. Cancelo get on the scoresheet

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Well done.

    2. Butcher
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      United have played way better than City in the first 23 mins

  8. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cancelo to match James?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      3 years, 10 months ago

      Dan

  9. Scottyo
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Just been hacked. 10 transfers made. No chips left to save me. Any advice or should I just bin the lot.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Got that bad? I feel yer.

    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Contact official FPL asap

      1. Scottyo
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Just so you know. Official FPL do nothing for you.

    3. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Sorry to hear.

  10. Bushwhacker
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Bruno and Grealish going at it is like being back at school again. Girls only school.

    1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
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      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Zzzzz

  11. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cool, calm & collected from Maguire there.

    Always in control!

  12. Brehmeren
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Maguire lucky there

  13. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Would love a McTominay goal, Fred assist

  14. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Sancho goal

    1. tokara
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      U are always ahead

  15. tokara
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    What are the chances of King not playing next game

    Watford Twitter saya hamstring (precautionary)

    🙁

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    OMG sancho

  17. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Sanchoooooo

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Pogba A, great goal.

  18. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Sancho G

  19. TorresMagic™
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    • 16 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Lovely!

  20. AC/DC AFC
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    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    United equaliser

  21. Hazz
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    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Well Cancelo dreams shattered

    1. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      34 pts lost not selling him to james (c).
      Yup 34 pts.

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 16 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        You captained Cancelo?

        1. jacob1989
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Cap salah. Equally useless

  22. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Get iiiiiiiin

  23. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Oh dear Rodri.

  24. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Great goal

  25. jacob1989
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Not selling cancelo for james and c him the worst decision of my fpl career.

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

    So much space for Sancho

  27. mdm
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Sanchoo. Game on!

  28. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cancelo owners absolutely NOWHERE to be seen cuz they're IN THE MUD

  29. Bishopool
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Sanchooooo!

  30. One More Hit
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cancelo sellers rejoice. And spend the next three pages telling the rest of us that you did it