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3 September 2022 1258 comments
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Aston Villa v Manchester City brings to an end a roller-coaster day of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) action.

Kick-off at Villa Park is at 17:30 BST.

There is just one change apiece for the two sides playing this evening.

Douglas Luiz replaces Emiliano Buendia for Villa, who look to be packing the midfield in preparation for their free-scoring visitors.

New signing Jan Bednarek is on the bench but Leander Dendoncker, who had a sore throat as of Friday, isn’t part of the squad.

Pep Guardiola’s solitary alteration unsurprisingly sees Kevin De Bruyne return to the starting line-up, with Julian Alvarez dropping to the bench.

Jack Grealish and Nathan Ake are fit enough to be substitutes for the visitors.

All of that means another appearance for Erling Haaland, one of six City players to start all six of their league matches so far in 2022/23.

Haaland comes into this fixture off the back of two successive 17-point hauls and was transferred in by a further 834,616 FPL teams ahead of Gameweek 6, pushing his ownership past the 75% mark.

He was by some distance the most-captained player of the week, too, with almost 5.4 million managers handing him the armband.

GAMEWEEK 6 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Digne, Mings, Konsa, Cash, Ramsey, Kamara, McGinn, Luiz, Watkins, Bailey.

Subs: Olsen, Chambers, Augustinsson, Young, Bednarek, Coutinho, Buendia, Ings, Archer.

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

Subs: Ortega, Wilson-Esbrand, Lewis, Ake, Gomez, Grealish, Palmer, Alvarez, Mahrez.

GAMEWEEK 6 RESULTS SO FAR

Wolverhampton Wanderers1 – 0Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur2 – 1Fulham
Nottingham Forest2 – 3Bournemouth
Newcastle United0 – 0Crystal Palace
Chelsea2 – 1West Ham United
Brentford5 – 2Leeds United
Everton0 – 0Liverpool



  1. Sparkys Barmy Army
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    A. TAA
    B. Cancelo
    C. Sancho
    D. Zaha
    E. Bernardo

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

      Yes?

    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Nice list

    3. Sparkys Barmy Army
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Sorry pressed post by accident, meant to say have 2FTs and considering which of these players are the best option for the next few gameweeks

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

    Time to sell Walker ?

    1. OptimusBlack
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yes maybe I have TAA James Tripper Neco & Walker and think to Sell Walker to Dalot

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

        Yeh maybe Walker to dalot to help
        Upgrade midfielder

    2. Ser Davos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Whilst he's playing, 5m for a MCI defender is excellent tbh

      Depends if you want a Citeh mid

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

        Fancy dalot or fofana to help upgrade mid

        1. Ser Davos
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Not sure they're worth it tbh. Chelsea porous and MUN can easily shift to dysfunctional

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

            Yeh tricky , I guess worth it if means get a good midfielder upgrade for da silva

            1. Ser Davos
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              yeah, it's a diffiicult season to get a grip of tbh

  3. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Considering they don't even use Walker as RB but rather a holding mid/rcb I won't be surprised if he is frozen out of the 11 after this. Can easily play a 3rd center back instead

    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Reply to above

  4. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Disgusting stuff from the referees once again

  5. Drexl Spivey
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Gerrard straight on the blower to Fenway.

  6. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Balls, switched Captain from Haaland to Salah last night.

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Not clever

  7. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Foden passes when he should shoot and shoots when he should pass

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

      This

    2. Cojones of Destiny
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      yep

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

    Villa and Wham robbed.

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

    Just come in ... so Bailey scored - how many held on to him?

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      About 4

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

        And 3 of them probably benched him

      2. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        And he's on their bench

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      None. And if they did they benched this week.

    3. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Not that many - goal gave me a rank boost

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

      nah, replaced him with Rodrigo couple of weeks ago
      why would you hold on to a 4.x m player when there's options like Rodrigo.

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

      Transferred out this week. Would have never played him so does not matter. If Gross get RC then I might not be that happy 😀

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

    Arsenal & Spurs fans going to find out quickly about the decisions City get.

  11. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Game will prob get played until city win (just like Liverpool)

  12. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Let bailey drop to 4.6!

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

      Tempted to go da silva to Bailey

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Chasing pts?

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

          Yes but da silva terrible

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

    Time to sell dias? Got cancelo too....

    Downgrade to beef up the mids / attack?

    Spurs next - prob don't want 2 x city defenders

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

      Who for? Defenders have been pretty rubbish in general. Would move funds into midfield

    2. Ser Davos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Laporte's imminent return could be important, I was pretty dismissive of that factor in pre-season

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

        No idea who for....perhaps neco? Dalot?

        1. Ser Davos
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Forest conceding 3 at home to BOU doesn't bode well, but I imagine he facilitates a formation shift

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

            Yeah it's the 1.9m saving I'm interested in rather than the player....

  14. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Walker ➡ Trippier looks like a move I'm gonna make with one of my FTs this gw

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Look

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Any of Walker, Cucu or Perisic are probably good to sell for Trippier.
      Not the best week to get him mind you

    3. Free Hat
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Same

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

    Mahrez wastes Gundo assist

  16. Cojones of Destiny
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    what a game !

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Which game?
      The City game has been a bit turd

  17. el polako
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    It may aswell be best league in the world but the level of refereing is shocking - absolute shambles.

    Fuming WHU fan.

  18. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    So full 90 for Haaland and rest for Alvarez would suggest Alvarez plays CL game on Tuesday with Haaland playing Spurs game next Saturday

    1. SkyByBo
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Probably wasn't the plan

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I posted this theory last week, surely Haaland isn't needed for the group games, and Alverez probably more suited while Haaland's physicality more suited to the Prem

  19. DMP
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Os course have double City defence and Salah (C).

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

      Of course*

      1. Rojo's Modern Life
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        And?

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

          And?

          Halland scored and Villa too.

          1. Rojo's Modern Life
            • 15 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Why are you telling us?

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      TAA and Robbo for me

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

    Salah cappers only 6 points down on Haaland captainers

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      This again

    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Are they going to be clinging on to that every week

      1. GoonerGirl
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Hey, it's all we've got to make ourselves feel better.

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

        I'll cling into anything I can

    3. Bushido
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I captained Kane over Halaand, made no difference in the end as they both scored the same amount of points.

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

      But they also spent 13m on Salah as opposed to spending it somewhere else, like non-owners

  21. syke63
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Laugh is on Villa cos they'll keep Gerard for a while longer.

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

    A KDB goal now would be sweet

  23. Maeki2
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    How can KDB not have 3 bp he is by far the best on the field

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

      I've only watched the last 25 mins but a few shots off target and wayward passes as well as losing the ball a few times

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

    Cmon Villa! Deserved at least one point from this after referee farce.

  25. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Bailey has great fixtures now lol

  26. Ginkapo FPL
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal for the league then

  27. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Haaland full game, didn’t expect that
    Still another goal

  28. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Lucky escape for Salah cappers

  29. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal the big winners today

    But can we back it up tomorrow?

    1. laGan1n1
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Rashford - Arsenal 2:0

  30. el polako
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    KDB cappers unlucky.