[ Partly Updated on 22/11/21 at 22:55. ]

{{{ Procuded partly by memory, but also by using official Fantasy Premier League & Transfermarkt. }}}

| In order of league positions from the 2020/21 season. |

||| Manchester City |||

||| Geography, Club, History & Modern Times|||

▪ Manchester

▪ 1st in 2020/21.

▪ Premier League champions in 2020/21, 2018/19, 2017/18 2013/14 & 2011/12.

| Coach/Manager – Guardiola |

| Usual Formation – 4-3-3/4-2-3-1/4-1-4-1/4-1-2-3 (sometimes a 3 at the back system.)

||| First 6 Fixtures |||

Vs Spurs (A)

Vs Norwich City (H)

Vs Arsenal (H)

Vs Leicester City (A)

Vs Southampton (H)

Vs Chelsea (A)

||| Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Availability (At The Time Of Writing)|||

{ Manchester City’s set up is tough to figure out at the moment, with players coming back late from international duty and Guardiola’s tendency to rotate a lot, so be weary that some main starters/key players can be rotated, especially in and around the time of Champions League matches. }

| Ederson |

| Dias |

| Cancelo |

• Can play right back or left back (started 2 out of 3 GWS thus far).

| Rodri/Gündogan/Bernardo Silva | The German international was top scorer for Manchester City in the Premier League in 2020/21 & has scored his first goal of the season against Arsenal in GW3. |

| De Bruyne { Scored double figures (13) in the Premier League in 2019/20. } ( Set piece taker, and has got in double figures for assists in 5 seasons in the Premier League – 12, 23, 18, 21 & 10 in 2020/21, 2019/20, 2017/18, 2016/17 & 2015/16 respectively). [ Please note that assists may not be official assists – winning a free kick, penalty or a deflection on a cross may have been included as an assist but a considerable amount of De Bruyne’s assists have been ‘official’. [ Stats from official FPL. ]|

[ Did not start in GW1, the Belgium international came on as a substitute, and has not played any minutes in the Premier League since GW1. ]

| Grealish (6 goals scored and 12 assists in the Premier League in 2020/21). Played on the left in GW2 & GW3.|

| Jesus/Mahrez |

• The Brazilian has assisted/scored 4 goals in the Premier League in 2021/22.

• Sometimes takes corners. Scored double figures in 3 Premier League seasons (11, 12 & 17 in 2019/20, 2017/18 & 2015/16). Double figures for assists in 3 seasons in 2019/20 (14), 2017/18 (13) & 2015/16 (11 assists).

| Possible Starters |

| Sterling | Scored double figures in the Premier League in his previous four seasons – 10, 20, 17 & 18). Double figures for assists in 4 PL seasons (15 in 2018/19, 17 in 2017/18, 14 in 2016/17 & 10 in 2014/15. |

||| Squad |||

||| Goalkeepers |||

| Ederson |

| Steffen |

| Carson |

||| Right Backs (Or Wing Backs) |||

| Cancelo |

The Portuguese is versatile, and can sometimes plays left back, or in midfield {effectively}, therefore has more possibilities of starting matches but can still be rotated.

| Walker |

||| Centre Backs |||

| Dias |

| Stones |

| Laporte |

| Aké |

| Itakura |

||| Left Backs (Or Wing Backs) |||

| Zinchenko |

||| (Defensive) Midfielders (6s or 8 or 10s) |||

| Rodri |

| Fernandinho |

| Y.Herrera |

| Gündogan |

The German international can play further forward or as a false 9.

| De Bruyne |

The former Wolfsberg and Chelsea player is hugely influential, can play further forward/as a false 9 or go out to the left or right to create chances, and is usually on set pieces (some).

| Bernardo Silva |

||| Right Wide Forwards |||

| Mahrez |

| F.Torres (played through the middle in first 3 GWS) |

• Scored 2 and got aagainst Arsenal in GW3 and the Spaniard can play anywhere across the front 3.

• Scorer of 7 Premier League goals (4 assists) in his debut season.

| P.Roberts |

||| Left Wide Forwards |||

| Sterling |

Sterling can play on the right and/or through the middle.

| Grealish |

Grealish can also play as a midfielder (number 8)/attacking midfielder or on the right.

| Foden |

Scored 9 goals and got 8 assists in the Premier League in 2020/21.

||| (False) Number 9s |||

| Jesus | The Brazilian started on the right in the first 2 GWS. | Scored double figures in two Premier League seasons – 14 in 2019/2020 & 13 in 2017/18). [ Scorer of goals from in and around the 6 yard box, is a bit of a ‘flat track’ bully (scorer of goals/assists at home against weaker defensives). | [ Played wide on the right in Manchester City’s 5-0 home win against Norwich City ].

||| Manchester United |||

||| History, Club, Geography & Modern Times |||

▪ Manchester

▪ 2nd in 2020/21.

▪ 20 times Premier League/English First Division champions.

||| Coach/Manager – Rangnick (temporary) |||

||| Usual Formation – 4-2-3-1/4-3-3/4-2-2-2 [ Updated on 27/11/21 at 14:25. ]|||

||| First 6 Fixtures |||

Vs Leeds United

Vs Southampton (A)

Vs Wolves (A)

Vs Newcastle United (H)

Vs West Ham United (A)

Vs Aston Villa (H)

||| Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Availability(At The Time Of Writing/Tweaked/Edited Depending On Form/Team Selections) |||

| Wan-Bassaka |

| Maguire |

| Varane (when fit/available)

| Shaw (when fit) |

| Pogba |

| Bruno Fernandes |

The Portugues has been Manchester United’s main penalty taker and is one of their direct free kick take, but Ronaldo’s arrival may affect thaat.

| Ronaldo |

▪ 88 Premier League goals [ Updated on 05/11/21 at 23:57 ]

| Possible Starters |

| Greenwood |

▪ Greenwood appears to be a starter (started first Manchester United’s first two matches and he has scored in each of Manchester United’s first two matches (2 Premier League goals). [ Started on the right in GW2, although his goal was scored from a central area. ]

[ Scored (3) in each of his first 3 Premier League matches but Ronaldo’s return may see his minutes affected, although he may continue starting by playing out wide. [ Sancho, Cavani & Martial are also options for Manchester United. ]

||| Squad |||

||| Goalkeepers |||

| de Gea |

| Henderson (injured/a doubt) |

| Heaton |

| Grant |

||| Right Backs |||

| Wan-Bissaka |

| Dalot |

||| Centre Backs |||

| Maguire |

| Varane |

| Lindelöf |

| Bailly |

| P.Jones |

||| Left Backs |||

| Shaw |

| Telles |

|||(Defensive) Midfielders (6s, 8s or 10s) |||

| McTominay (injured/a doubt) |

| Fred |

| Matic |

| Pogba |

| Bruno Fernandes |

| Lingard |

| van de Beek |

| Mata |

||| Right Wide Forwards |||

| Sancho |

The former Dortmund forward can also play on the left, land did not play much at all in the European Championships in the summer. [ Did not start in GW1 or GW 2 but is edging closer to a start. ]

Diallo

||| Number 9s |||

Ronaldo

Greenwood can play on the right or through the middle (*possibly* on the left too – his goal against Leeds United in GW1 was from him running in behind on the break/pulling out on the left. [ Played on the right in GW 2. ]

| Cavani [ The former PSG striker was not involved in GW2. ]|

| Martial | [ Martial played through the middle in GW2 but he can also play as a wide forward.]

||| Left (Or Right) Wide Forwards |||

| Rashford |

||| Liverpool |||

||| History, Club, Geography & Modern Times |||

▪ Liverpool, Merseyside

▪ 3rd in 2020/21.

▪ 19 times English First Division/Premier League winners.

▪ 6 times Champions League/European Cup winners.

▪ World Club Championship winners in 2019.

||| Coach/Manager – Klopp |||

||| Usual Formation – 4-3-3 (occasionally 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2/4-4-1-1/4-2-4) |||

| First 6 Fixtures |

Vs Norwich City (A)

Vs Burnley (H)

Vs Chelsea (H)

Vs Leeds United (A)

Vs Crystal Palace (H)

Vs Brentford (A)

||| Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Availability (At The Time Of Writing)|||

| Alisson |

| Trent |

| Van Dijk |

• 2 starts, 2 clean sheets & more minutes in the bank.

| Robertson | Robertson started his first Premier League match of the season against Chelsea.

| Fabinho | [ Did not play in GW1 or GW 2, due to being away with Brazil on international duty/arriving back late in the summer personal reasons, but the former Monaco midfielder is back in training and pushing for a start. ]

| Salah |

Salah goes in the 2020/21 season off the back of scoring 20 goals or more in 3 consecutive Premier League seasons.

• 

| Mané |

▪ Looked sharp in pre-season, a wide forward who scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history, and is one of the highest scoring wide forwards in recent Premier League history. [Scored a brace in GW38 at home to Crystal Palace].

||| Squad |||

||| Goalkeepers |||

| Alison |

| Kelleher |

| Adrián |

| Karius |

||| Right Backs |||

| Trent Alexander-Arnold |

| N.Williams |

||| Centre Backs |||

| Matip |

| Van Dijk |

| Konaté |

| Gomez |

| N.Phillips |

||| Left Backs |||

| Robertson | The Scotish international did not play in the Premier League for Liv this season but was named in Liverpool’s match day squad against Burnley (2-0).

| Tsimikas |

Started Liverpool’s first two matches, and played his part in Liverpool’s 2 wins, 2 clean sheets and got an assist against Burnley (2-0).

||| (Defensive) Midfielders (6s & 8s) |||

| Fabinho |

| Thiago |

| Henderson |

| Keita |

| Elliot |

Typically a right wide forward, but Elliot performed really well as a midfielder in pre-season.

| Jones |

| Milner (currently injured) |

| Oxlade-Chamberlain |

Can play as a false 9 {experimented in that role away at Wolves [0-1] and in other matches}, or as a wide forward/winger.

| Woodburn |

||| Right Wide Forwards |||

| Salah |

▪ Occasionally plays/can play as a 9.

| Gordon |

▪ Youth academy player, may officially be named in some squads this season and he did play in Liverpool’s 3-1 home friendly win against Osasuna.

||| Number 9s (Or False 9s)|||

| Jota |

Played through the middle (and scored) in Liverpool’s away win Norwich City (0-3). [ Played in a front 2 for Wolves and can play on the left (possibly) on the right, but can play in different positions in an attack. ] { The Portuguese international has scored 16 goals to his name in 38 appearances the club. } [ Updated on 29/09/21 at 00:33. ]

| Firmino (injured) |

| Origi |

| Minamino |

||| Wide Left Forwards |||

| Mané |

||| Chelsea |||

||| Geography, Club, History & Modern Day Successes |||

▪ West London.

▪ Two time Champions League winners.

▪ 2021/22 UEFA Super Cup winners.

▪ Premier League winners in 2016/17, 2014/15, 2009/10, 2005/06 & 2004/05.

▪ 4th in 2020/21.

||| Coach/Manager – Tuchel |||

||| Usual Formation – 3-4-2-1/3-4-3 (or possibly 3-5-2) |||

||| First 6 Fixtures |||

Vs Crystal Palace (H)

Vs Arsenal (A)

Vs Liverpool (A)

Vs Aston Villa (H)

Vs Spurs (A)

Vs Manchester City (H)

||| Main Starters/Key Players/Influential Players/Availability (At The Time of Writing) |||

| Mendy |

Can sometimes be rotated for Kepa.

| Azpilicueta | The Spaniard can play as a centre back in a back 3 (or 5, off the ball), or as a wing back.

| Chalobah, Rüdiger, Christensen (Played in GW1, in Chelsea’s win). |

| Kante (a doubt)|

Mount

Lukaku (has over 100 Premier League goals to his name, unlikely to start or feature from GW1). [Available for selection for GW2.]

||| Squad |||

|||Goalkeepers |||

| Mendy |

| Kepa |

| Bettinelli |

||| Centre Backs |||

| T.Silva |

| Zouma |

| Rüdiger |

| Chalobah |

| Christensen |

| Sarr |

|||Right-Wing Backs (Or Right Backs) |||

| Azpilicueta (played as a centre back in a back 3(5 off the vall) |

The Spaniard is very versatile, he played left back for Chelsea in previous seasons, and can play as a centre back in a three man defence or play right back or possibly right wing back.

| James |

| Hudson-Adoi |

Can play as, or more of a typical wide forward/winger.

||| Midfielders |||

| Kante |

| Jorginho |

| Saul |

| Kovacic |

| Loftus-Cheek (unwell, a significant doubt) |

| Bakayoko |

| Barkley |

| Baker |

||| Left Wing Backs (Or Full Backs) |||

| Alonso |

| Chillwell |

| Emerson (on loan at Lyon)|

||| Attacking Midfielders/Number 10s/Wide Forwards |||

| Ziyech | The talented former Ajax player played well in pre-season and scored in the Super Cup final but has yet to play any minutes in the Premier League.

| Havertz |

| Mount |

| Pulisic |

Sometimes plays as a wing back.

||| Number 9s/Forwards |||

| Lukaku |

| Werner |