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FPL managers expect win and clean sheet for Man United against Newcastle

Paul Pogba (£8.1m) will be the Fantasy Premier League focus of Saturday’s late kick-off, amid rumours over manager Jose Mourinho’s future.

The Manchester United midfielder is the most popular player in the fixture as Newcastle United visit Old Trafford. He is currently in 14.7% of squads.

He recently overtook Romelu Lukaku (£11.0m) whose ownership suffered from the switch to Harry Kane (£12.5m) for Gameweek 8, who blanked in a 1-0 win over Cardiff.

Meanwhile, there will be interest in the Man United defence with Newcastle’s recent struggles in front of goal.

David De Gea (£5.9m) remains the most fashionable Red Devil defensive asset, in 19.8% of squads, but Luke Shaw (£5.1m) may prove the more effective.

He has 10.5% backing from the Fantasy community and looks like he could also pull in some attacking returns.

Newcastle are still a club for the Fantasy hipsters, with no player boasting more than Joselu‘s (£5.0m) 4.8%. However, the striker has not started the match with Ayoze Pérez (£6.1m) and Yoshinori Muto (£5.7m) preferred up front.

MANCHESTER UNITED XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Shaw, Smalling, Bailly, Young; Matic, McTominay; Martial, Pogba, Rashford; Lukaku

NEWCASTLE UNITED XI (4-4-2): Dubravka; Manquillo, Fernandez, Lascelles, Yedlin; Kenedy, Diamé, Shelvey, Ritchie; Pérez, Muto.

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1,603 Comments Post a Comment
  1. President Giggs
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Can't believe I played Shaw over Doherty

    1. Eton Rifles
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      oops

    2. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      wow.

    3. That Was Easy!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      On paper a very likely clean sheet, Shaw’s at home, don’t blame you.

  2. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Laughing so so hard.
    My sides are really sore.

  3. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Please remember that LOL@ posts are banned.

    Sadly in the circumstances.

    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      How about
      Lil lal lul
      Give me something here 🙂

  4. Chenku╰☆╮
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hazard captain next week..

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      nope triple

  5. Marvin of all he surveys
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    I'm a Liverpool fan, but I genuinely feel sorry for Jose. He doesn't deserve this.

    1. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      He does. He's a fud.

    2. AIRMILES
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      What are you on about? The guy's an a***hole. He totally deserves this.

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      He put us through hell for the best part of a decade.

      Sort yourself out, Marvin 😉

    4. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      He DOES deserve this

    5. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Don't worry, he'll be crying all the way to the bank.

    6. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Totally agree Marv.
      If you listen to Gary Neville on Friday night football yesterday he is 100% correct.

    7. Norsemen
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      He's a turd. Not forget to mention Ed Woodward. What an imbecile.

  6. Hughes the Daddy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Moaninho gone.

  7. TOLV TUMS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Mike Ashely on phone in stands declining offers to sell

    1. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Hahaha!

  8. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hazard tripple captain gw9 confirmed

    1. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Nah, they'll put up a fight under the new manager

      1. TOLV TUMS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        And that will be....Carrick??

  9. weaver93
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Player power at its finest...

  10. Rash
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    This is exactly how chelsea were just before Mourinho got sacked. Disgrace

    1. Wetdream
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Architect of his own demise...

  11. Goat
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Awkward article heading

  12. supperspout
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    TC on whoever’s vs United next week?

    1. Goat
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Hazard

  13. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    When he goes tomorrow, Benitez will be in the frame.

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Now THAT would be something. Maybe woodward has "the glass of wine" with him post-match today

    2. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Uhh no...Liverpool....

  14. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    On the plus side, United now dont need to explain if Jose was sacked anyway

    1. Rash
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Think the players had this in mind also

  15. The Jackal
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Cant believe De Gea is still %20 ownership. Defence is laughable.

  16. Danstoke82
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Pondering these moves;

    AWB (crap fixtures) + Fraser (meh) + Kane (rage) > Doherty + Salah + Wilson -4

    Yay or Nay?

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Yay

  17. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Of all the headlines they could have picked for this article 😀

    1. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      David got too cocky after kane blank

    2. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      I expect your profile picture guy to score tomorrow! 😀

  18. Werkself
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    And Newcastle wearing the City uniforms... 🙂

  19. BbBb
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Maureen has to go!

  20. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Good man muto

  21. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Has Scott McTominay won a competition to play for this team?

  22. DJDave1979
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Ashley Ancient.

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Flip phone? Motorola Razr 😆

  23. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Why are LOL@ posts banned? I enjoy those posts, one of most interesting thing during match day on this site is lol posts, it's fun

    1. Darth_Krid
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      It’s childish.

      1. Eton Rifles
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        so is pissing the bed, but plenty of adults do it

      2. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        FPL is a game, we play it for fun, and lol posts are fun.
        people go serious for those post must be children or under 18

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        miss good old time here

    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      I'm glad they are.

    3. ZaZaZu
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Shows the kind of mentality most people don't want on these forums

    4. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Glad they’re banned.
      Only 10 year olds speak like that

  24. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Mata coming on

  25. money face bandwagon
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Noisy neighbours

  26. Styles_X
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    can they really sack Mou now after they explicitly said they are not going to xD. United are a shambles

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Sounded a bit less clear cut on talk sport today.

  27. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Mata coming on lol

  28. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Mata coming on at 17 mins WOW
    whoever goes must be so weird

  29. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Mata needs to go to a decent club

  30. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Bailly coming off