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Leeds v Man City team news: De Bruyne benched, Jesus starts again

After the omission of Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold from the Liverpool teamsheet in the lunchtime kick-off, there is another high-profile benching at Elland Road this evening.

Leeds United take on Manchester City in the 5.30pm kick-off and Pep Guardiola has left Kevin De Bruyne out of his starting XI, along with Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez.

That trio are among five changes from the midweek win over Real Madrid.

Oleksandr Zinchenko drops to the bench along with De Bruyne, Bernardo and Mahrez, while John Stones misses out through injury.

In come Joao Cancelo (who was suspended in the Champions League), Nathan Ake, Raheem Sterling, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish.

Jesse Marsch has made three changes to his starting XI tonight and it’s a defensive-looking set-up, as Junior Firpo, Robin Koch and Pascal Struijk all come in for the hosts.

Dropping out are Diego Llorente, Mateusz Klich and Daniel James, so it’s possible that we might be seeing a five-man defence from the Whites.

GAMEWEEK 35 LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Firpo, Koch, Raphinha, Dallas, Phillips, Harrison, Rodrigo.

Subs: Klaesson, Llorente, James, Bate, Gelhardt, Cresswell, Greenwood, Klich, Shackleton.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Joao Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Ake, Rodri, Gundogan, Grealish, Foden, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus.

Subs: Zinchenko, Steffen, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Egan-Riley, Mbete-Tabu, McAtee.

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535 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    Foden, get the haul mate!

    1. 1-1 at Newcastle
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      Would be unreal

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

    LMS safety score currently 14

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

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

      12 now with the Robbo lost bonus.

  3. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    How many will City score?
    3, 4...more?

    1. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      Only 2. Cancelo brace

      1. Dammit_182
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 days ago

        Has he ever got a brace???? Would love it but….

        1. NABIL - FPL otai
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 2 days ago

          I have a dream..

          1. NorCal Villan
            • 2 Years
            2 years, 1 day ago

            Oh, yeah
            Crazy dream, uh-huh
            Anything I wanted to know
            Any place I needed to go

      2. sulldaddy
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        *Laporte
        FIFY

    2. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      Not more than Dallas' 2...

    3. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      lots hopefully

  4. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    Would you FH this team? 1 FT, 0 itb. No BB left

    Kasper
    TAA Robbo Cancelo James Cash
    Salah Son Saka
    Watkins Nketiah

    (Pope Martinelli Gordon Weghorst)

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

      Which gw? 😉

      36 definitely not.

      1. Indpush
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Not for 36

  5. Dammit_182
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    Ah, not laughing at the Salah cappers now with my KDB cap….

    1. sulldaddy
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Same... 🙁

  6. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    just took a point off robbo,,, WTF

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      FFS

    2. el polako
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      Yeah, in the shite week like this every point matters.

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

        That's the way I'm looking at it with Mateto potato in for TAA 🙂

        1. el polako
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 1 day ago

          I'm getting his solid 1 point too 😉

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

            Lovely! 😉

        2. NotReadyForPrimeTime
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 1 day ago

          Make that one more here...

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

            Welcome to the club. Wat at home next - fingers crossed x

    3. luk46
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      how’s that even possible about 3 hours after? thought bonus points are pretty much locked shortly after the game now…

    4. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      What? I hate how these kind of things aren’t transparent

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

        Transparent now. Invisible even

  7. Alan The Llama
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    Cooper injured, Klich in

    1. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      Alice? No wonder, he's 74

  8. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    Burnley is the Mike Meyers of the PL...

  9. capoultra
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    Let's go Jesus, I'm pumped for this

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

    Looks like I'm cheering for Leeds to score as a Cancelo owner.

    1. el polako
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      How come ?

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

        Laporte and City mids.

        1. el polako
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 2 days ago

          I got triple City defence, all or nothing for me.
          Not doing it next season though- that Watford goal last week still hurts.

          1. sulldaddy
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 1 day ago

            That watford goal was a killer... I mean Watford??

            1. el polako
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 1 day ago

              Yeah, unexpected and obviously massive swing points wise but that's always the risk when doing defensive triple up.

    2. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      ha - own none of the players, just hoping for a Man City win 🙂

    3. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      Cancelo will score

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Ouch... How high is their ownership? (Or should I check it myself?) We still want Cancelo to get pts though 🙂

  11. NJ MetroStars
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    double city defense owners unite!!!!!!!!!! cancelo/laporte

    1. boc610
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 days ago

      sorry but as a pool fan i hope they both end up on -2

    2. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      o/

      These are the toughest games to watch though when you’re just hoping for a clean sheet

  12. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 days ago

    Bunch of 2 pointers on my team. 🙁

    1. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Bunch of 1 pointers here.

    2. Drexl Spivey
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Winners.

    3. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Beats 1 or zero

  13. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Feel sorry for Sterling owners

  14. Sgt. Schultz
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Should have passed the ball !!!!

  15. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    I think the bonus points system should be tweaked so the number of bonus points a player gets depends on the absolute value of their bps for a match. For example, if you get between 20 and 29 bps you get 1 bonus point, between 30 and 39 bps you get 2 bonus points, between 40 and 49 bps you get 3 bonus points and 50+bps is 5 bonus points.

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

      Just give an extra point for a cs, goal etc.

    2. SEXY SON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Whole bonus should be scrapped and 3 bonus only to the official MOTM

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Nah, wee sneaky 1 bonus points are wonderful!

      2. NorCal Villan
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Isn’t MOTM a subjective decision?

        Honest question. I don’t know, it’s not something that is part of broadcasts here in the states

    3. noissimbus
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      That's too OP. I'd maintain the system, just tweak 2 things:
      1) Extend the points cut-off to something like 24hrs after a match to ensure all data are final.
      2) Provide BPS details for each player, or at least each team's top 5 players in a match.

  16. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    What's the best scenario with KDB (c), Cancelo and Laporte?
    Son (vc).

    I dunno if KDB (c) comes on if say, City are 0-1 up after 60 mins.
    But if Leeds score early, KDB (c) might come on earlier and do something drastic.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      KDB will come on when Leeds go 1 up

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Never then

  17. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    People still getting salah in for DGW36 right?

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

      Nah, not if he’s not 1st choice anymore

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        😆

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

        Yeh lost his place now for sure

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

      Depends on midweek.

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

        Yep guess alternative is mane or KDB

  18. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Foden assist

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

    Rodri goal.
    Foden assist?

    1. Jock Grealish
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      yes

  20. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Foden haul begins

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

      Looking good for Camzy's Foden over Coutinho call

      1. Drexl Spivey
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Looking good for quite a few calls.

      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Already regret having life and not having considered that...

  21. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Didn’t pull trigger on James + Kulu to Mings + foden

    The pain is starting

    1. SEXY SON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Kulu is going mental tomorrow. I bought him this week

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Feels like he’s going RWB

        1. SEXY SON
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 1 day ago

          Emerson Royal there

        2. noissimbus
          • 2 Years
          2 years, 1 day ago

          That is mental.

      2. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        He dropped in price this morning, too.

  22. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Come on Foden, you points trickling merchant, grab a haul now when I really need it.

  23. SEXY SON
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Just had a premonition - Leeds win this game

  24. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Actually considered Rodri today because I couldn't get to any of the other City mids...but then decided that it would be utterly ridiculous 😀

  25. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Laporte almost certainly not continuing here

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Concussion close at least... I don't think they should continue

      1. A. PRISE
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        I believe he has died and came back to life again

    2. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Non owner confirmed

  26. SEXY SON
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Tell you what, I know he’s just scored but thinking about it - Rodri is actually a bit of a dark horse pick, especially for the price.
    Will be intriguing to see his price next season.

    1. SEXY SON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Virtually nailed as well

  27. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    great, brought in laporte this week, now he's down

    1. sulldaddy
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Both players back up now

  28. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    so silly to risk anything, just get em off

    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      I really need those 6 points mate

    2. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Agreed. Player wellbeing over FPL points!

    3. noissimbus
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      At least get them checked extensively off field before allowing them to re-enter.

  29. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Laporte in pain after heading the ball, just get him off lol

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      ( non owner 🙂

    2. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      keep him on, owner 🙂

  30. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    What to even do next week. 1 FT, 0.4 ITB

    Ramsdale
    TAA/Robbo/Cancelo/Cash
    Salah/Son/Kulu/Saka/Coutinho
    Mateta

    Foster/Broja/Wood/Schar

    1. Indpush
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Roll transfer