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24 April 2019 3325 comments
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Two Premier League fixtures take place this evening, bringing Double Gameweek 35 to a close.

Wolverhampton Wanderers host Arsenal in the 19:45 BST kick-off at Molineux before the Manchester derby gets underway at a rain-soaked Old Trafford 15 minutes later.

Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero both start for City but Pep Guardiola has made three changes to the side that beat Spurs on Saturday, with Vincent Kompany, Fernandinho and David Silva replacing John Stones, Phil Foden and the injured Kevin de Bruyne.

Bernardo Silva continues on the right flank with Sterling on the opposite wing, meaning no start for Riyad Mahrez or Leroy Sane.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has wielded the axe after the 4-0 loss at Everton, with Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Andreas Pereira and Jesse Lingard returning in place of Phil Jones, Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matic, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial.

All bar the injured Jones of those five players are among the substitutes.

There is no Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Arsenal matchday squad, with the Gabonese striker and wing-back Sead Kolasinac among seven players to drop out of Unai Emery’s starting XI.

Arsenal say that Aubameyang misses out this evening having had a “small sinus procedure”, while Kolasinac is among the substitutes.

Shkodran Mustafi, Mohamed Elneny, Carl Jenkinson, Matteo Guendouzi and Konstantinos Mavraponos are the other men to make way as Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Granit Xhaka, Lucas Torreira, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi are recalled to Emery’s line-up.

The Arsenal head coach looks to be reverting to a 4-2-3-1, with Iwobi, Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil supporting Alexandre Lacazette in attack.

Leander Dendoncker for Morgan Gibbs-White is Nuno Espirito Santo’s only change, meaning that Raul Jimenez, Diogo Jota, Matt Doherty and Jonny all get two starts in Double Gameweek 35.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Darmian, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Young, Fred, Pereira, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Silva, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Torreira, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi, Lacazette.

  1. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Still no Kun or Sterling involvement

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Still over 30 mins to go

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 5 hours ago

        I can guarantee that you'll be disappointed

    2. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      YES... WE KNOW (in capital letters)

  2. OldBenKenobi
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Lingard missed that because he was too busy stropping about due to missing the first attempt.
    Sums them up at the minute.

    1. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Never know why players do this

  3. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Told a friend earlier that City's real banana skin is Burnley away. Blingard and co don't have the heart.

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Pog goal or Laporte cleanie most worth for me?

    1. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Pogba goal for sure..

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Pogba goal. More points and lower ownership in Top 10k

    3. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Pogba what I want

  5. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Miss of the season? It’s not even miss of the week 🙄

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Chill

    2. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      If UTD want to get 3 points today - yes, it's a HUGE miss!

  6. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Jiminez. Come on

  7. Nas
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Why is doherty still on?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Nuno hasn't got him so needs him to lose the cleanie

    2. OldBenKenobi
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Lol

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Why is Jimenez still in?

    4. Richd
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      He needs another goal

  8. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Dear Nuno Espirito,

    Please sub off Doherty.

    Yours sincerely,
    Every owner

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      You don’t speak for me, I want more attacking points 😉

    2. Homer21
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Why did you do that??????????

  9. OldBenKenobi
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Kim looks tired. Get Jesus on Pep 😉

    1. OldBenKenobi
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Kun* ahhhh

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Kim Jong Un?

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 hours ago

        Him too

    3. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Kim Kardashian?

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 hours ago

        Her as well

    4. Old Bull
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      I knew a Kim and she was always looking tired

    5. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      You’d be tired doing a lap of Red Square in his condition 🙂

  10. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Utd FK. Won by Pogba

  11. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    United FK dangerous position

  12. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Free kick in a great area for unites

  13. tambourineman
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Jota subbed

  14. Mario Balofail
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Jessie Lingard reminds me of Jessie Pinkman...he couldn't get the job done...

  15. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Nooo Arse goal!!

  16. tambourineman
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    3-1, Sokratis goal

    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Kolasinac assist??

      1. Richd
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 hours ago

        Plz

      2. tambourineman
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 hours ago

        Xhaka I believe

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 5 hours ago

          Xhaka Can

  17. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Jimmy I beg you

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      You're getting too desperate

  18. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Sod off arsenal

    1. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

  19. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Yess Doherty CS gone!

    1. Richd
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Have some respect.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 hours ago

        🙂

  20. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Sokratis g fuuuu

  21. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Finish work to 3 Wolves goals but no Jimmy involvement 🙁

  22. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Ahhhh godamnit

  23. IRBOX ⚽
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Wolves CS gone - delicious

    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      Yummy best thing that that happened so far

  24. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Screw you arsenal

    1. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 hours ago

      🙂

  25. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Can Jimi score now?

  26. McSauce
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    that goal cost Doherty 6 points 4 + 2 BAPS

  27. Sif
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Argh! double Wolves CS gone and the dream of 100+

  28. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    The wrong defender scored

  29. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Jota cleanie INTACT 😎

  30. Old Bull
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 hours ago

    Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once again