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Wolves rotate as Rashford starts for Man United

Nuno Espirito Santo has already begun the rotation process ahead of Wolves’ FA Cup semi-final next weekend.

Raúl Jiménez (£6.8m) and Matt Doherty (£5.4m) were both named on the bench for the Double Gameweek 32 trip to Burnley.

Diogo Jota (£6.1m) keeps his place leading the Wolves line, while Joao Moutinho (£5.3m) starts in midfield.

Elsewhere, there was good news for those with Marcus Rashford (£7.6m) in their squads as he was confirmed as starting against Watford.

The England international has been deployed up front alongside Anthony Martial (£7.2m).

Romelu Lukaku (£10.8m) and Jesse Lingard (£6.7m) were named among the substitutes although there was no place in the match squad for Victor Lindelof (£5.1m) after his wife gave birth earlier this week.

It’s Phil Jones (£5.1m) who is paired with Chris Smalling (£5.6m) at centre-back for Manchester United.

Meanwhile, opponents Watford have rested some players but have made fewer changes to their attack than Wolves as they prepare for the FA Cup semi-finals.

Troy Deeney (£5.9m) and Gerard Deulofeu (£5.7m) start up front of the first-choice four-man midfield.

Intriguingly, it’s in defence where the Hornets have made a change, with Craig Cathcart (£4.5m) on the bench, allowing Miguel Britos (£4.3m) to start.

Daryl Janmaat (£4.9m), Christian Kabasele (£4.4m) and Adam Masina (£4.3m) keep their places in the side after starting against Manchester City in Gameweek 30.

There was good news for those invested in Crystal Palace assets as Vicente Guaita (£4.2m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.5m), Jeffrey Schlupp (£4.5m), Luka Milivojevic (£6.3m) and Wilfried Zaha (£6.9m) all start.

There was some rotation for Brighton ahead of their involvement in the FA Cup semi-finals as Martín Montoya (£4.3m) and Bernardo (£4.2m) come in at full-back.

Chris Hughton has gone for a front-three of Anthony Knockaert (£5.2m) and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£6.7m) either side of Glenn Murray (£6.3m).

Burnley keep faith in their front two of Ashley Barnes (£5.7m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) while Jeff Hendrick (£5.2m) reclaims his starting berth on the right flank from Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.5m), who drops to the bench.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Bernardo, Duffy, Dunk, Montoya; Bissouma, Stephens, Pröpper; Knockaert, Murray, Jahanbakhsh.

Southampton XI: Gunn; Bertrand, Yoshida, Bednarek, Valery; Højbjerg, Romeu; Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Redmond; Ings.

Burnley XI: Heaton; Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil; Barnes, Wood.

Wolves XI: Rui Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Traoré, Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Jonny; Cavaleiro, Diogo Jota.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Dann, van Aanholt; Meyer, Milivojevic, Schlupp; Townsend, Batshuayi, Zaha.

Huddersfield XI: Hamer; Smith, Schindler, Kongolo, Durm; Bacuna, Hogg, Mooy; Pritchard, Löwe; Grant.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Evans, Chilwell; Tielemans, Ndidi, Maddison; Gray, Vardy, Barnes.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic; Clyne, Mepham, Aké, Daniels; Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Fraser; King, Wilson.

Man United XI: de Gea; Young, Smalling, Jones, Shaw; Herrera, Matic, Pogba; Mata; Rashford, Martial.

Watford XI: Foster; Janmaat, Kabasele, Britos, Masina; Doucouré, Capoue; Hughes, Pereyra; Deulofeu, Deeney.

1,221 Comments Post a Comment
  1. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Smalling playing well

    1. theodosios
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sarcasam?

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Surprisingly not sarcastic.

  2. FlockofSeagulls
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Barcelona will destroy this United midfield. It's literally non existent.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Ole surely wont leave 4 up for every Barca attack.

      1. FlockofSeagulls
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Watford strolling past Herrera and Matic like they're training cones.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Oh I know, they've been poor too. But getting no help from the front 4 whatsoever doesn't help.

          1. FlockofSeagulls
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Yeah you're right.

    2. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not much between PSG and Barca teams on paper.

      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Apart from Messi...

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Well of course, he's outstanding as an individual, but the overall team quality is pretty even I feel.

          1. The Ejiptian King
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Yeah I agree, it's just he's that good that if he plays well, it means they most likely win.

            1. HamezMace
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Quite possibly.
              As much as I want the English teams to do well, I'd honestly prefer Barca v Juve final.

              1. The Ejiptian King
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                If we have to go out, I'd prefer that too! I'm not as big on wanting the other English teams to do well.

                1. HamezMace
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  If Northampton ever make the Champions League I might feel the same.

                  But as we're currently drawing at home to 10 man Port Vale I won't hold my breathe

  3. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Sold Rash due to his yellow flag. Rash decision

    1. Celt Abroad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Wish the man united news hadn’t been so vague this week.

    2. FlockofSeagulls
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I brought Rash and Martial in because of their yellow flags.

  4. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    It's painful to watch Mata try to sprint

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I wanna see him and Higuain have a race.

      1. Tcheco
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Surely Higuain wins it

    2. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      He looks like a old boy player.

  5. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Romeu on for max baps and first on my bench. Hoping Aguero is out for the second game now!

    1. JasonG123
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Oh dear.

    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      🙂

      1. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        😮

    3. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      World class trolling

    4. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      why do you hope that?

    5. tokara
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      lol logic

    6. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      This

  6. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Jimi will come on right?

    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes. 1 point for you sir

  7. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pep: "Aguero said he felt something - not an injury. We we will know tomorrow. We can't complain about injuries. We are in good shape. Now is the last part of the season. We have seven games left in the Premier League. If we win every game, we will be champions." #MCFC

    1. Says
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      felt something, but not an injury, what was it then? regret? arousal?

  8. HamezMace
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Tidy finish from Rashford, but he fully botched that celebration

  9. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pogba > Mane is a no brainer providing he isn't injured tomorrow, right?

  10. Regin
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Guardiola, though, says the Argentine made the right choice by deciding to leave the field and says he’s hopeful he hasn’t sustained a bigger injury. ‘Tomorrow we have the real assessment,’ said Guardiola. ‘He says he felt something but not injured. For precaution he decided not to continue, hopefully it’s nothing serious.’

    Good news?

    1. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not too fussed actually - will have zero effect on rank

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Huh? Plenty captained Sterling or TC'ed Aguero.

      2. Regin
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        it will have a lot of effect on rank if he is ur TC.

        1. El-Kloppico
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Has not failed though.

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yup

    3. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Best we could hope for

    4. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not for Cardiff really but perhaps for cup games

    5. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Good news if nothing was pulled but Jesus was waiting in the wings already, feel its even more likely he'll be put in vs Cardiff.

    6. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Atleast he has already scored decent points

  11. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Martial fraud troll strikes again.

    1. theodosios
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Troll? He and Jones are best players on the pitch..

    2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      and a cheat

  12. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Just got off the phone with FPL towers; they will remove Rashy's flag if he scores a brace

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      They can put whatever flag they want on him now 😀

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

    Should I be worried about my Sterling captaincy!?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No point in worrying, nothing you can do now.

      Could easily beat Kun if he starts vs Cardiff and Aguero sits out.

  14. Mini Mahouse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Any clues that Jímenez might be coming on soon in second half?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      1-0 Burnley helps.

  15. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    We need a Kane goal now to complete the RAK

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Wouldn't an ARK be better?

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        No. We’re RAKing up the points 🙂

        1. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          If you have an ARK, the goals might go in two-by-two, hurrah, hurrah...

          1. Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            😀

    2. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      More like we need Jimenez to come on and score to open the JAR

    3. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I have HAR which is what everyone will say when Big Hig inevitably does nothing.

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

    Of course my chip-less mini league rival has both Shaw and BSilva…

  17. Dele
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Who else licked the wrong Silva?

    1. Dele
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Picked hahaha

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yup 🙁

    3. Rash
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I feel like I've been licked

    4. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yep. Swapped B out for D at the final hour

    5. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I will lick bsilva after today

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        😀

    6. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Licking the transfer window.

  18. Rash
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Well done Charles Leclerc

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

      Legend

      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Not sure that having never won a race he could be described as a legend.

    2. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Great performance, future World Champion

  19. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Higuain on only 4.5%
    Massive differential if he can score a brace over the 2 games.

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      ...big if

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yep. Without the if, everyone would have owned him. If we were sure of a brace.

    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yep. Ended up going without him due to poor form and potential rotation with Giroud.

    3. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      This is Big Hig's one and only chance for me.

    4. BoleynWin
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I don’t think he will play both games if I’m honest. Sarri discussing rotation & I would put him very high on the list to be rested for one match in place of Giroud. Fingers crossed for you though

  20. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Did anyone predict lolderof not starting? Big failure.

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yep. Lakeland.

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Sorry autocorrect ruined it.
        Lalaland

    2. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A lot on here this morning, made me change.

      1. circusmonkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Oh I wasn't on here this morning. I went with the guy that said "never been so happy to hear that a sprog has dropped out of a Swede's muff". I thought it was done, now still got ddg but don't mind them conceding.

        1. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Last night was the prime time to discover the Lindelof news.

  21. Effe
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I really want a Vardy goal here

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      He missed a sitter in the first half

      1. Effe
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Hopefully he’ll get another chance especially if Bournemouth push up looking for an equaliser towards the end.

  22. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Wormgoor brace. Anyone put a Rich Uncle on him?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Wrong forum

    2. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Legend.
      Only got him for the assuming name

  23. Says
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone ever seen Bilva and Danny Ings in the same place at the same time?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I’ve seen then in Starbucks once in separate tables. Not sure if this counts for this quiz

  24. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Waiting patiently for Zaha dive and Mili penalty

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Or Zaha dive and gets a YC

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Imminent

    3. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      It's usually around the 75th minute

      1. Gandalf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        As predicted!

  25. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Patiently waiting for my Duffy and Schlupp golazos

    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Currently on for two clean sheets for budget options, with another game to come, don't be greedy

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Timing

  26. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Ryan/Foster
    Robbo, Doherty, Kola, Dunk, Bednarek
    Sterling, Mane, Son, Deulofeu, Knockaert
    Aguero, Lacazette, Jiminez

    Not sure I like any WC34 attempts with Kane...

    Wish I could have Auba, Kane, Kun and Jimi somehow 🙁

    Triple BHA may be pushing it a bit.

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

    Getting ready to see the clean sheets added, only for each one to be taken away

  28. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pogba being crap today

  29. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pogba should really be subbed off. Looks terrible

  30. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Southampton goal

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      YASSS