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19 August 2017 3086 comments
Mark Mark
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Gameweek 2 begins in south Wales, with Swansea City hosting early league leaders Manchester United.

Jose Mourinho’s side claim that position following Sunday’s 4-0 demolition of West Ham United – their biggest opening weekend victory since 2006 (5-1 vs Fulham).

In contrast, Swansea will play host having battled to a 0-0 stalemate at Southampton; a game which saw them muster just four shots on goal to the Saints’ 29.

However, Paul Clement’s side are unbeaten in their last six Premier League matches – winning four and drawing two – and are on the verge of a club record if they can possibly avoid defeat today.

Goals may be hard to come by for the home side who are without the departed Gylfi Sigurdsson and last season’s leading scorer, Fernando Llorente. That pair contributed 53% of Swansea’s goals last season.

United will look to Romelu Lukaku for their goals.

Backed by his growing Fantasy ownership – which now accounts for 53.5% of FPL managers – the Belgian will look to build on last weekend’s brace against the Hammers.

However, his record against Swansea is far from convincing. He has claimed just three goals in 11 appearances against the Welshmen and has failed to score against them in his last six outings.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Johqvist
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    What are we supposed to do now, actually watch the game!?

    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      I'm experiencing it in braille

  2. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Wonder if FPL are hoping there is no action while the game is updating so they can capture all the points.

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Wow nearly ayew

  4. Oven Glover
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    A yew!

    1. Oven Glover
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      🙂 Ayew off the bar.

  5. DR0GBA
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    What a chance for Swansea!!!

  6. Top 210 Club
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    wow

  7. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Ayew bar

  8. Fowler23
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    OMG swans almost

  9. Sebbo29
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Wow that was close

  10. FALCAO & MOU
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    I will kill them if they do that again.

  11. Guy Demel
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    FPL servers still trying to calculate Zahas transfers out whilst keeping the price at 7m

  12. Fowler23
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Lol Kaku captioned btw

  13. kime67
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    what was de gea thinking!

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Hard to anticipate anti-skill tbf.

    2. Fred54
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      How great the weather must be in Madrid at this time of year...

  14. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Lukaku really has the worst first touch of all time.

    1. ImTheDude
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Clearly you have never seen Jozy Altidore play.

      1. reddick16
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        being from canada and tfc supporter - can confirm this lol

  15. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Untied back to their usual state 😆

  16. Fred54
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Ayew bar does a Rooney and hits the bar while on duty.

  17. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    As Alan Smith said. "Some 60 seconds of action". Utd almost concede and then Swansea almost concede.

  18. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Lukaku > who for -4?

    1. Dreams
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Lucas Perez.

    2. faver
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Andrew Ayew

    3. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Elliott

  19. Business Cat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Shaping up to be a great game after 3min...end to end 😎

  20. Patty
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    With Lukaku in my team but not captained, should I be wanting to Lukaku to score high or low

    1. Gaffa914
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      High

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      High but not as high as your Capt

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      You should be wanting him to score a bit less than your captain - maybe 15 points vs 10 or 7 vs. 12 etc

  21. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    So cruel on swans that

  22. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Did anyone see Lukaku go past Mawson there? You telling me Ibra would have done that if he was up front. That is the difference this season.

  23. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Dave save 😎

  24. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    DDG save? 😛

  25. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    That was all Pogba's fault

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Not really, it was a shit pass to him

    2. Fred54
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Its alright, pre update these mistakes don't count.

  26. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    I have DDG in goal & Abraham as my first bench player. Nearly crapped my pants there.

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Was ayew not Abraham

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Ayew with the cross; Abraham missed the header.

      2. FALCAO & MOU
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Abraham for header off post.

      3. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Abraham was about 3 inches from a tap-in... 😆

  27. FantasyNik123
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know why fplstatistics.co.uk hasnt been giving good predictions?

  28. The Royal Robin
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    FPL - Too much time spent on aesthetic detail and not enough on functionality.

  29. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Come on lukaku