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Newcastle v Man City team news: Dias and Mahrez benched, Grealish injured

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In the final Premier League match of the day, Newcastle United host champions Manchester City at St James’ Park.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

For the visitors, Pep Guardiola makes two changes from the side that beat Bournemouth 4-0 in Gameweek 2, as John Stones and Bernardo Silva replace Ruben Dias and Riyad Mahrez, both of whom drop to the bench.

They sit alongside new signing Sergio Gomez, but Jack Grealish misses out through injury.

Newcastle, meanwhile, are unchanged after last weekend’s goalless draw at Brighton and Hove Albion.

GAMEWEEK 3 LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Willock, Joelinton, Almiron, Saint-Max, Wilson

Subs: Dubravka, Krafth, Lascelles, Fraser, Ritchie, Murphy, Anderson, Longstaff, Wood

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Ake, Cancelo, Rodri, Gundogan, Silva, De Bruyne, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Dias, Mbete, Lewis, Gomez, Phillips, Mahrez, Alvarez, Palmer

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  1. DRIZ ✅
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Congrats Salah cappers

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Driz mate

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    2. COLLIN QUANER
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Mega haul incoming

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    3. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      oh he'll fail too - it's that sort of week. Expect a Slabhead and Milner brace each.

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  2. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Started with 22 from 3 today and then 28 from 8 till now 🙂

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    1. Sif
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No boasting please.

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Above 20 pts posts are rather insulting 😆

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      1. Zilla
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Oh it's one of them weeks then

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

        I'm on 54 (hides in the corner)

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  3. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Mini League rival sold ASM and Wilson on WC this GW 😀

    Still has about 30 points more than me this week 🙁

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    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      20*

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      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        25*

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    2. M2.0
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      How can you have a rival after 2 Gameweeks?

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      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Everyone in your.mini league is called your mini league rival right?

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      2. Glasner Ball
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        League with 2 players?

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        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          3 😀

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      3. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Are Arsenal and Spurs rivals after only 2 GWs?

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          No, Spurs arent worthy

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    3. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I sold Saliba 🙁

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  4. Juza
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Walker permanent bench after this game

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    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Having a mare

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Is this new kid good to come on at LB and have Cancelo move over?

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  5. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Walker needs off at half time

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  6. Pointless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    How nailed is Saliba? (I'm now considering as an Ake replacement - only have precisely £5.0m available)

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    1. Cajunfit
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Can't imagine him going out after all three of his performances. Seriously seems nailed and playing even better than Gabriel

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        They've made a chant for him. Nailed.

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  7. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    That was a pen

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  8. Random Name
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    clear pen

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  9. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Will Walker loose his place ? Cv

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    1. Stimps
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Heavily rotated from now on I'd say

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    2. Juza
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Playing even Ortega at LB would be better

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  10. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea got thrashed in a football game by some soccer players..shame

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      That Brenden dude really knows how to ball

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    2. sulldaddy
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I see what you did there

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  11. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    If you mixed Walkers footballing ability & Cancelo's defensive ability you get a bricklayer.

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Good one

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  12. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    It wasn’t a pen imo

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  13. Dr. Rog
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Shaping up to be a 2 horse race - Arsenal and Brighton

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    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Potter should be at a big club soon.

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      1. Glasner Ball
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Villa looking

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    2. The Ilfordian
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      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Leeds currently in 2nd says hi.

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    3. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Forgetting Leeds mate?

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    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      LEE?

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    5. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      What odds on bottom 3 being Leicester, Man U and West Ham at the end of the year?

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  14. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    C'mon Haaland, do something!

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He is f***ing useless. I've capped him too 🙁

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  15. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Walker for Gomez at half time

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  16. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    United won't finish top 10 in this league

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    1. Cajunfit
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Actually, United fans might be pumped to see the start of City, Liverpool and Chelsea. But I agree they look mentally beaten.

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    2. Shteve
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      2-1 up against City at HT suggests otherwise

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      1. ☈☾
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        MUFC

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  17. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    How this wasn't a peno?

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    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      City.

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    2. Shteve
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It was never a pen

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    3. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      clear one

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  18. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Foden & Walker off for Gomez & Alvarez?

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No and no

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    2. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      For a hit?

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  19. bench boost for every gamew…
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    That is allowed from Stones? Ok. He is going for Schaer not the ball.

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    1. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I activated wc in gw4, maybe just going triple City defense so Liverpool win the league then. Ha ha.

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  20. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I've had a rotten week in fpl but as a NUFC fan I'm in absolute dreamland here

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    1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Doing well in FPL is important but what gives me more pleasure is LEEDS thumping Chelsea, even though I had mendy and James and non of my beloved whites. That's what's really important. It's only a game. Marching on together.

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  21. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Well City have dropped points at least twice in the first 5 games in the last 3 seasons, suppose they were due

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    1. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      True. Call this their Leicester moment.

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  22. marcos11
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Ramsdale Ward
    TAA Cancelo James Perisic Walker
    Salah Martinelli ____ ____ Andreas
    Haaland Jesus Archer

    a) Mount/4.5
    b) Rodrigo/Neto

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    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Rodrigo + 4.5

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      1. marcos11
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Have Neto and Mount at the moment and would need -4 to get rid of both

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  23. M2.0
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    0.2 m off Diaz instead of Zaha. Where would you find the funds??

    ————-—Sanchez——————
    ———TAA - Saliba - Cancelo ——
    Salah - Rodrigo - Zaha - Martinelli
    — Haaland - Jesus - Toney ——-

    a) Cancelo > Robbo, Saliba > Dunk
    b) TAA > Robbo
    c) Haaland > Kane
    d) Keep Zaha

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    1. ahak9
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      D. You already have Salah

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  24. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane owners were right it's a safer and proven choice to keep him ahead of Haaland.

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    1. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Haaland is at least two times the player Kane is.

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  25. Fish up a tree
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Foo Fighter!

    The sun'll come out
    Tomorrow
    So ya gotta hang on
    'Til tomorrow
    Come what may
    Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
    I love ya Tomorrow!
    You're always
    A day
    A way

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      That's all well and good but don't forget tomorrow's still to come

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    2. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fish up a tree
      Foo in the mud

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      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Deulofail in the Foo

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        1. Andy_Social
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Tomorrow Never Comes

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

      At least we know now who writes speeches for Kamala Harris.

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  26. Randaxus
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Newcastle's defense is overrated by the FPL community, Newcastle are a good attacking team who play attacking football, but I would not say their defense is far above average.

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    1. Randaxus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      defence*

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    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, they got smashed by Brighton. Forest are fairly kack.

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  27. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    City need more control upfront which they lose from playing Haaland.

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  28. King Carlos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    My bench has currently scored more points than my starting XI...

    14-13! Lol!

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  29. pablo discobar
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Haaland has gots to go

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Agreed

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    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Does he yeah

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    3. It's Fergie Time
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      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      when I WC, I'm going no haaland, no salah

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  30. El Presidente
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Go big at the back they said...

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    1. chunk
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Wasn’t a believer and stand by it.

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      1. Haalander
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        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        This

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    2. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I still believe in it. But for value you've got to look at the 5-5.5 million defenders as well

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      1. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Medium at the back
        Is the new big at the back

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    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Cancelo/James did their work in first 2 GWs, it's TAA/Robbo that need the points

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    4. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      In the long term, it’ll get lots of points/value. Can’t switch those big defenders in and out willy nilly

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Cool Heads > Knee Tremblers

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    5. yousunkmybattleship
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      • 16 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fail

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    6. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Worst thing about big at the back is the Trent and Robbo blanks are still to come

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