<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heading into Gameweek 18 the fixtures are coming thick and fast for the festive period, with four gameweeks taking place across the next two weeks.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One team in good form heading into this cluster of gameweeks is Manchester City, who have won their last five Premier League fixtures &#8211; and their last seven in all competitions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Erling Haaland has scored the most FPL points this season with 151, 52 ahead of the next highest scorer Antoine Semenyo. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This has seen the Norwegian forward rise to 74% ownership, which means most active managers already own him.</span></p>
<p>Squawka have used their <a href="https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/">comparison matrix</a> to analyse four of the best Manchester City assets for you to target over the festive period.</p>
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<h3>Phil Foden</h3>
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<h4>Price: <span style="font-weight: 400;">£8.9m</span></h4>
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<h4>Teams selected by: <span style="font-weight: 400;">40.5%</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phil Foden is in sublime form for Manchester City this campaign, scoring seven goals and providing two assists in 15 Premier League appearances so far.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a slow start to the season, Foden is thriving in Pep Guardiola’s new system which has more focus on central combinations, with the 25-year-old netting six of his seven goals in the last five games.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Foden has accumulated 91 FPL points so far, averaging 6.1 points per game which makes him the second-highest point scorer for Manchester City behind Haaland.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The England international is attempting (5.8) and completing (1.8) the most crosses per 90 this season for Manchester City, which gives him a significant assist threat when aiming for the aerially dominant Haaland.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is also averaging the second-highest volume of shots per 90 behind Haaland with 1.7 (excluding blocked shots) and has a conversion rate of 30.43% &#8211; just 1% less than the Norwegian in this regard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If Foden isn’t already in your team, he is looking more and more like a must-own with his selection rising to over 40% in recent weeks.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_73214" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73214" class="size-full wp-image-73214" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Foden-5.jpg" alt="Phil Foden. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Foden-5.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Foden-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Foden-5-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-73214" class="wp-caption-text">Phil Foden. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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<h3>Nico O’Reilly</h3>
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<h4>Price: <span style="font-weight: 400;">£5.3m</span></h4>
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<h4>Teams selected by: <span style="font-weight: 400;">11.3%</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nico O’Reilly is another player thriving in Guardiola’s system this season, often finding himself in advanced areas out wide and in the penalty area.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 20-year-old has played 16 of Manchester City’s 17 Premier League games so far this season, nailing down the left-back slot as his own, and that’s likely to remain the case for the upcoming period with <strong>Rayan Ait-Nouri</strong> away at AFCON.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">O’Reilly has one goal and three assists in the Premier League this season, and has scored 74 FPL points in total, averaging 4.6 points per game.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of the players being analysed here, O’Reilly is winning the most duels (6.1 per 90), but has only gained +2 points from defensive contributions on one occasion this season.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While O’Reilly doesn&#8217;t offer bonus points for defensive contributions, his extra offensive threat is a unique selling point that supports his inclusion.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is averaging 3.4 touches in the opposition penalty box per 90 (only 0.1 less than Foden) and 0.3 assists per 90 this season &#8211; eclipsing Foden in that regard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a nailed on starter in the Manchester City backline, O’Reilly is a great player to own as a route into the City with three clean sheets in their last four games.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_75862" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75862" class="size-full wp-image-75862" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2244200814.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2244200814.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2244200814-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2244200814-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-75862" class="wp-caption-text">Pep Guardiola celebrates with Nico O&#8217;Reilly. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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<h3>Rayan Cherki</h3>
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<h4>Price: <span style="font-weight: 400;">£6.6m</span></h4>
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<h4>Teams selected by: <span style="font-weight: 400;">8.2%</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rayan Cherki is fast becoming a Premier League favourite among Manchester City fans and neutrals, but </span>the 22-year-old is not just style over substance, as Cherki has scored once and provided six assists in his 12 Premier League appearances this season.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cherki has scored 53 FPL points, averaging 4.4 points per game and currently sitting second in the league for assists with six (only behind <strong>Bruno Fernandes</strong>).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Frenchman is averaging 1.0 assists per 90 this season &#8211; five times the amount of Foden.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is also creating 3.6 chances per 90, which is 1.5 more than Foden and three times as many as O’Reilly and Nunes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Constantly looking to be a decider in the final third with clever passes, Cherki isn’t afraid to take shots himself either and could be set to continue a rich vein of form in the coming weeks.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_76531" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-76531" class="size-full wp-image-76531" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251814268.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="749" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251814268.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251814268-300x219.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251814268-768x562.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-76531" class="wp-caption-text">Rayan Cherki. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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<h3>Matheus Nunes</h3>
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<h4>Price: <span style="font-weight: 400;">£5.4m</span></h4>
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<h4>Teams selected by: <span style="font-weight: 400;">2.1%</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matheus Nunes has become a nailed on starter this season at right-back under Pep Guardiola.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nunes has played 15 of Manchester City’s 17 Premier League games this season, scoring one goal and providing four assists, which is more than O’Reilly has contributed at left-back.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 27-year-old has scored 76 FPL points at an average of 5.1 points per game, making him Manchester City’s fourth-highest point scorer this season.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is averaging 37.3 passes in the opposition half (more than Foden, Haaland and O’Reilly) which shows his involvement in the attacking third and with that in mind it’s no surprise that he’s been able to contribute four assists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As another option in this strong Manchester City defence, Nunes could be a good alternative to O’Reilly, priced at just £0.1m more but offering slightly greater assist threat so far this season.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_76651" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-76651" class="size-full wp-image-76651" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251765233.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251765233.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251765233-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-2251765233-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-76651" class="wp-caption-text">Matheus Nunes. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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