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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rice	ARS	7.1m	120.0%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.9m	109.6%	Very Likely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	101.6%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.2m	89.3%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	94.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	93.6%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	84.8%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	76.1%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	75.4%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	75.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	71.8%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	70.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	69.6%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	67.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	69.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	67.0%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	66.4%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	64.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	64.8%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	59.0%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	56.2%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	57.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	52.5%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	48.7%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	47.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.2%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	49.8%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	48.6%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	45.8%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	44.9%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	43.2%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	44.8%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	38.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	43.8%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	42.2%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	34.8%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.6m	42.5%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	41.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.4m	171.5%	Very Likely
Johnstone	WOL	4.5m	102.1%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.0%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	98.2%	Likely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	101.9%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.1%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	100.6%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	99.1%	Likely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.7m	96.9%	Likely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	100.2%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	100.3%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	99.2%	Likely
Tzimas	BHA	5.3m	100.0%	Very Likely
White	ARS	5.3m	94.7%	Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.0%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	99.3%	Maybe
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	100.5%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.8%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	97.1%	Maybe
Gittens	CHE	6.1m	95.6%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	96.9%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.2%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	95.8%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	93.2%	Unlikely
James	LEE	5.3m	93.6%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	92.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.9%	Unlikely
Foster	BUR	5.0m	91.9%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	92.3%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	95.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	92.0%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	91.6%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	91.4%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	91.0%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	91.0%	Unlikely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	88.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	89.0%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

The penultimate Premier League match of the day sees Manchester City attempt to reduce Arsenal’s advantage at the top of the Premier League, following the Gunners’ victory over Leicester City.

The reigning champions are away at Bournemouth, who dropped to 19th in the table after wins for Leeds United and West Ham United in the 3pm kick-offs.

The action at the Vitality Stadium gets underway at 17:30 GMT.

After he talked of “fatigue” in Friday’s pre-match press conference, it always looked likely that Pep Guardiola would make changes for today’s clash on the south coast.

He’s made four in total from last Saturday’s draw at Nottingham Forest, although two are influenced by illness: Aymeric Laporte doesn’t make the squad, while Kevin De Bruyne is only fit enough for substitute duty.

Kyle Walker and Bernardo Silva are benched, meanwhile, as Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji, Rico Lewis and Julian Alvarez are handed starts.

Riyad Mahrez, who failed to get onto the pitch at Forest, is only among the substitutes again.

Bournemouth’s only change from last Saturday’s 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers is an enforced one, as defender Chris Mepham comes in for injured midfielder Marcus Tavernier.

We’re probably looking at a system change to a back five, then, as the Cherries attempt to take a Premier League point off the Citizens at the 13th time of asking.

GAMEWEEK 25 LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Neto, Smith, Stephens, Mepham, Senesi, Zemura, Lerma, Billing, Ouattara, Traore, Solanke.

Substitutes: Travers, Randolph, Fredericks, Stacey, Rothwell, Christie, Semenyo, Anthony, Moore.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Foden, Rodri, Gundogan, Grealish, Alvarez, Haaland.

Substitutes: Moreno, Carson, Walker, Phillips, Perrone, Gomez, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez.

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Eleven Hag

2 years, 10 months ago

Too early asking questions?

A) Mee - Fulham(h), Eve(a), Saints(a)
B) Espu - Westham (h), Leeds (a), Palace (h)

A or B

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Robe Wan
2 years, 10 months ago
B
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The Bandit

Losing BAPs for a yc really has to change. Robbo was on 2 bonus before late (incorrect) yc and lost 3 points because of it. What a joke 😡

The Bandit
2 years, 10 months ago
-1 for the card is sufficient
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1. St Pauli Walnuts
  2 years, 10 months ago
  Valid point Uncle
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