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Few line-up surprises as Wolves host Man United

Wolves and Manchester United have both named largely unsurprising line-ups for the first Monday night clash of the 2019/20 season.

As expected, Nuno Espirito Santo has made no changes from last week, retaining a 3-5-2 shape for his key men.

The majority of them were not involved when Pyunik were seen off 4-0 at Molineux on Thursday, so Raúl Jiménez (£7.5m) and Diogo Jota (£6.5m) have both had seven days since their last start.

Popular budget midfielder Leander Dendoncker (£4.5m) continues to be involved in the heart of Wolves’ engine room, alongside Rúben Neves (£5.5m) and Joao Moutinho (£5.5m).

Matt Doherty (£6.0m) holds onto his right wing-back berth following injury in pre-season, with Jonny (£5.5m) on the opposite flank.

While Jota and Jiménez boast 19.3% and 11.4% ownership each, the wider Fantasy world does appear to be backing a Manchester United clean sheet.

That’s according to the ownership anyway, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) the most popular player in the Monday evening meeting.

He currently sits in 36.1% of teams while David de Gea (£5.6m) is owned by 20.4% and Harry Maguire (£5.5m) by 19.2%.

The Gameweek 2 captaincy debate also concludes with Marcus Rashford (£8.6m) getting the final say.

He comes into Gameweek 2 skippered by over 220,000 managers, making him the most fashionable captain at Molineux today.

Meanwhile, Daniel James (£6.0m) comes in for his firstever start for Manchester United in the Premier League.

“He has made an impact since day one. In pre-season, in training and he came on last week to get a goal. We’re going to chop and change at times. Andreas did well last week but today Daniel James is the right choice. Dan is Dan. He’ll give us the X factor of his pace, his attributes also off the ball will be important as he’s incredibly hard-working.” – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Wolves XI: Patrício; Boly, Coady, Bennett; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez.

Man United XI: De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelöf, Wan-Bissaka; McTominay, Pogba; Rashford, Lingard, D James; Martial.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 2

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  1. Rinseboy
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Worth wildcarding from this
    Pope
    TAA VVD Digne Rico Montoya
    Salah Sterling Perez Moura Tross
    Pukki Jota Greenwood
    to this
    Pope
    TAA AWB Digne LUND Montoya
    MANE Sterling MARTIAL KDB Tross
    Pukki Jota Greenwood

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

      U need the WC later more

    2. KLOPPS AND ROBBERS... the s…
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Does just VVD, Perez > AWB, Martial work?

    3. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nope

  2. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Neville banging on about Utd having no leaders tonight. But I was lead to believe that was Harry Maguire because they won 1 game

    1. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Decent result tonight against a serious team. Man U have exceeded expectations sofar.

    2. StayoutheSpiceZone
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      United were good tonight. Much better than last season so far

    3. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Which Neville?

      1. Naby K8a
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Gary. On MNF

      2. RichardNixon
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I imagine the fraud. ie the one who in Spain almost relegated a champions league level football club

  3. spikkis
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Perez and wilson —> martial and jota?

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes

    2. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Barnes over Jota

      1. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Pffffff

    3. KunDogan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes

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

      Yes good moves

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

      Why Jota ?
      Not in form. Don't buy don't sell i guess.
      Tony is great pick obviously.

      1. Cruz88
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Not in form? Didn't you see his overhead kick midweek?

    6. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes

  4. R.C
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How much did the AVG increase by after today's game?

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

      Avg maybe 39ish...?

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

    Guys what do you reckon?

    Will Wood and Moura start at the weekend?

    Thinking of shipping Moura but not if he’s gonna start vs Newcastle

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

      Moura yes
      Wood yes

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

      I'd hold Moura, should get some minutes

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I am holding Moura for NEW

  6. n-doggg
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Martials 0.1 price rise is very problematic! Grrrr

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Naaa it’s food maaan

  7. Riders of Yohan
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    TAA / VVD + king —> AWB + pukki?

    Thoughts appreciated!

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Whattt}

    2. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      All day, frees up bucks for midfield.

  8. StayoutheSpiceZone
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pope
    Dunk Laporte VVD Coleman
    Salah sterling Maddison Trossard
    Pukki Kane (c)

    Ryan, Lundstram, dendoncker, Greenwood

    Taken an early -4 to rid Barkley and ake

    Gtg u guys reckon?

    1. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I took a -4 to shift Barkley as well.
      Looks good

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

        Cheers man

        Barkley utter crap

        1. The 12th Man
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Can’t believe I went there.
          Fraser,Barkley,Wilson > KDB,Cantwell,Pukki for me.

          You go Maddison?

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

            Yes, I wanted to have some Leicester cover. Good luck mate

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

    Safe to bring in Martial? No injury doubts or anything?

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

      He looked fine

    2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He was garbage to be fair

    3. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      GTG

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

      Yep

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

        Thanks all

    5. Dreaming of glory
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yup

    6. beetlejuice
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Was about to bring him and checked stats..only 1 shot. Will get Mount instead

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        It was enough to score though. Great finisher. Wolves ain't pushovers too defensively.
        He's great FPL asset imk

    7. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I did last night. Nice price point and up against rubbish next week.

  10. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ditch Perez or Moura for Martial ?(1.4 itb)

    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Perez. Bet he's dropped this gw

      1. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers

      2. Dreaming of glory
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        This

  11. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    1. get rid of
    a) TAA
    b) VVD

    2. get a hold of
    i) KDB
    ii) Martial
    ps... have sterling

    1. Dreaming of glory
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Vvd & kdb

  12. Dreaming of glory
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts?

    Heaton > Adrian
    TAA > wan b
    Van djik > walker
    Walker peters > kelly
    Salah > mane
    Mcginn > kdb
    Robinson > martial

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

      No
      No
      No
      No
      No
      Yes
      Yes

      1. Dreaming of glory
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Ha if i could do mcginn & robinson to kdb and martial i would but u need to make cuts to upgrade x 7m in midfield

      2. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        You realize that's impossible without the other moves?

  13. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Martial scores: damnit, have to get him in asap. Guess I'll move a moura/tielemans on early.
    Martial does almost nothing the rest of the game: think I'll give it a think and probably wait on it.

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I dunno, he genuinely could be a set and forget for the next 10 weeks if he doesn't get injured

      1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        And yet if he doesn't score in the next two I'll be irritated and want rid. Think tielemans lack of anything might make it happen but also have Wilson to deal with

    2. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      haha that's exactly same as me.

    3. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I though he was excellent tonight overall.

  14. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ole understands tsb and bench wankery.

    Nice.

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

    Moutinho (26)
    Patricio (25)
    Rashford & Neves (22)
    -----
    Martial & Maguire (20)

    6 dispossesions for Tony.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Rival has Mourinho. True story. He had 104pts GW1 too. Wow

      1. lespaul
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Doubt it

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

      Pen save took away Tony's bps i guess 😮

    3. MarcusAurelius
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Spot on Rainer 🙂

  16. AD2110
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A) Perez & Wilson -> Martial & Pukki
    B) Perez & Jota -> Mount & Pukki

  17. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    United are not convincing as a team for the full 90 min, but Martial OOP one goal per game is not bad for 7.6M investment, right?

  18. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    What is it with United and having terrible designated penalty takers. Rooney for years and years despite the worst record in the league and now Pogba.

  19. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    RMWCT

    Pope - Woodman
    Laporte - AWB - Alderweireld - Lundstram - Kelly
    Sterling - Mane - Martial - Lanzini - Mount
    Kane - Pukki - Wickham

    1. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Again?

      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Changed it

    2. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Looks ok.
      Don’t like Lanzini or Mount but could be ok.

    3. KunDogan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      U have all the cool kids for gw1-2

  20. MikeStrutter
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A) 3-4-3 with Kane-Pukki-Barnes up top. Cantwell as the 5th mid

    B) 3-5-2 with Kane-Pukki-4.5. Add Martial to midfield, but downgrade Zinch to a 4.5 def. Already have KDB and Sterling from City. No assets from Manu as of now

  21. Coaly
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Yellow flags not shown any more on the FPL site?

    Seems like the features have been made deliberately worse this year

    1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Still better than app.

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

    Jota, Wood, Perez survive a week longer in my attempt purely as there are other worries. *sigh*

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I gave up on Wood.
      Can't take it anymore !!
      I hate preseason 😀

  23. FCRS BGD
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Guys
    In FPL Draft who would you rather have:
    1. Mount
    2. Trossard
    3. Redmond
    Thanks

  24. ZAWAd25
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    On WC

    A) Salah + Martial + 5.0 defender
    Or
    B) Mane + KDB & (Kelly and rotate with Lundstram)

  25. jsd202
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Cabellos and Mane or Cantwell and Salah? Thanks.

  26. cuppatea78
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I have Zinchenko but thinking of swapping for AWB.

    What do you think?

  27. Genji3lade
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Can only get one, who do I choose?

    A.) KDB
    B.) Martial (allows me to afford Pukki too)

  28. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Greenwood coming on for 1 minute lost me 14 points from Lundstram

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Rough luck

    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He stuffed up GW1 for me with Dunk as well. Thats why he was 3rd sub this gameweek.

  29. Fernando Torres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A) Cantwell(sub) + Mina (4-4-2)
    B) Ceballos + Mings (sub) (3-5-2)

    First to 2 guys

  30. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    So who doubled up on the UTD defence during the first half lol.

    To have kept double up on LFC defence not looking too bad now, aint it?