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Man City v Chelsea team news: Haaland benched as champions make nine changes

Having secured their third Premier League title in a row on Saturday, Manchester City welcome Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium for their final home game of the season.

Kick-off is at 16:00 BST.

As for the all-important team news, Pep Guardiola has ripped up his usual team-sheet and makes nine changes from the side that beat Real Madrid on Wednesday.

That means Ederson, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and, most importantly, Erling Haaland are all on the bench.

Kyle Walker and Manuel Akanji are the only players who keep their place in the starting XI, which includes Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez as the front three.

As for Chelsea, they make five alterations, as Frank Lampard brings in Kepa Arrizabalaga, Wesley Fofana, Cesar Azpilicueta, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kai Havertz.

The players to drop out are Edouard Mendy, Benoit Badiashile, Mateo Kovacic, Noni Madueke and Joao Felix.

GAMEWEEK 37 LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Ortega, Walker, Akanji, Laporte, Gomez, Lewis, Phillips, Mahrez, Palmer, Foden, Alvarez

Subs: Ederson, Stones, Dias, Rodri, Grealish, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Haaland

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Fofana, Silva, Chalobah, Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Enzo, Gallagher, Hall, Sterling, Havertz

Subs: Mendy, Koulibaly, Chukwuemeka, Pulisic, Mudryk, Ziyech, Fofana, Madueke, Joao Felix

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640 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Captain

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      America?

  2. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Yes lads!!

  3. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Will be ruled out

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Handball

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Disallowed

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Oh...

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Ugh. 50/50s just uber punishing me form some reason.

  6. fantasist
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Handball var

    1. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Phew

      1. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Yep!

  7. DycheDycheBaby
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    YESSSSSS

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      NOOOOO

  8. RICICLE
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Just typical for that to be disallowed, just unbelievable, nothing given what so ever

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Days before var it’s given

      1. RICICLE
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Indeed

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      A blatant handball...

      Be odd to allow it.

  9. TheTinman
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Let it stand

  10. fantasist
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Haaland on

    1. fantasist
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Mahrez off 3 pts bagged

  11. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mahrez off. Great

  12. Philosopher's Stones
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    No run out for Haaland then?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Um

    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Timing

  13. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Haaland on

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Mahrez off

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        That's a painful minute for Mahrez owners

        1. RICICLE
          • 2 Years
          1 year, 3 months ago

          Me, but used to pain, horrendous season, horrendous game

  14. TheTinman
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Booooo

  15. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Let’s go captaino

  16. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    I wonder if they could keep the assist?

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      How?

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Lol.

  17. Bubz
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Great nice one Mahrez. Absolute waster

    1. RICICLE
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      He is an absolute clown

  18. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Haaland on mahrez off

  19. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    That's Mahrez's CS banked /s

    1. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      I’m taking every small win

  20. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Who are you captaining gw38? Eze for me.

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Eze for me too, I'm captaining Haaland.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Lol

    2. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Salah

  21. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    18 min hatrick needed

  22. TheTinman
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    You just know Haaland braces here 😆

  23. Royal5
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mahrez failes every time I get him

    1. TheTinman
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Been unlucky

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Grateful to get 3 points out of him, to be honest.

  24. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mahrez off = phew
    Captain on = yay!

  25. Make United Great Again
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    This hurts as an Alvarez owner. Needed another goal

  26. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    One person's pain is another person's joy.

  27. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Grateful it wasn't a Mahrez yc

  28. chocolove
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Akanji 1
    Stones 1
    Beauty

  29. Salalalalah
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Ha ha just my luck this week, Mahrez assist ruled out and now subbed!

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Handball and luck?

  30. dshv
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mahrez to Gakpo for final
    Week ??