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The last Premier League fixture before the October international break takes place at St. James’ Park, as Newcastle United host Manchester United.

Kick-off on Tyneside is at 16:30 BST.

As anticipated, the Red Devils are without Paul Pogba (£8.4m), Anthony Martial (£7.5m), Luke Shaw, Jesse Lingard (£6.4m) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) for this encounter.

Lingard, Pogba and Victor Lindelof (£5.4m) – who has picked up a back injury – make way from the team that drew 1-1 at Old Trafford, with Juan Mata (£6.3m), Fred (£5.3m) and Diogo Dalot (£4.9m) replacing them.

Ashley Young switches over to left-back to accommodate Dalot, with Axel Tuanzebe (£4.4m) partnering Harry Maguire (£5.5m) at centre-half.

There is still no league start for Mason Greenwood (£4.4m), who is only among the substitutes.

Marcus Rashford (£8.4m) again leads the line for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.

Steve Bruce has rung the changes after the Magpies’ 5-0 thrashing at Leicester last Sunday.

Emil Krafth (£4.5m), Paul Dummett (£4.5m), the suspended Isaac Hayden (£4.5m), Yoshinori Muto (£5.3m) and Christian Atsu (£5.4m) all drop out, with Ciaran Clark (£4.4m), DeAndre Yedlin (£4.4m), Jetro Willems (£4.5m), Matthew Longstaff (£4.5m) and Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m) coming into the starting XI.

Not a single Newcastle player on show is owned by more than 5% of FPL bosses.

Rashford, Maguire, Daniel James (£6.2m) and David de Gea (£5.6m) all have double-digit ownerships, along with Greenwood.

Just over 100,000 FPL managers have captained Rashford for this fixture.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Clark, Willems, M. Longstaff, S. Longstaff, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton, Almiron.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Tuanzebe, Maguire, Young, Fred, McTominay, Andreas, Mata, James, Rashford.

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  1. Epic Fail
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    A crucial 6 pointer in the battle to avoid relegation.

  2. EL tridente
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Pukki to Wilson?

    1. JohnnyCroat
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      If you don't have Wilson, yes definitely. I went Pukki to Abraham last night... and probably bought myself some value in the process (Pukki losing some, Tammy A gaining some).

  3. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Newcastle players to start bandwagons in this plum fixture

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Name three players that are yet to blank

    Hint: 1 def, 2 mids

    1. thunder_mike
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Mount

    2. AndyCook
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Martial

    3. AndyCook
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Hudson-Odoi

    4. AndyCook
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Targett

  5. JohnnyCroat
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Let's go James! Hattrick please. You're my last player to come and I could use some sickening scoring to make my day.

  6. beric
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    53 all out, eat my dust

    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      xxx

    2. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Bar steward.

    3. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Tha gangs all here!

  7. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Why did I swap Mane for Sterling(c)?????

    I did the opposite a few wks ago with same result...

  8. jtreble
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    I think Pep is going to have to ease Otamendi out of the lineup. Difficult choices.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Garcia has to be worth a shot.

      Stones back after IB might save him, he’s not much better though.

      1. jtreble
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Walker at CB might have to be considered. Otamendi has to go.

    2. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      It would be madness not to sell him in the summer if the price is right. Laporte can't come back soon enough.

  9. Freaki
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Should we start transferring out Ota?

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      We?

    2. GE
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I wouldn’t

    3. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      No, but we should start partying whenever he avoids a red card.

  10. GE
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Salah and Pukki -> Mount and Auba (-4) here or just WIldcard?

    (1FT, 0.0 itb)

    Pope
    TAA/VVD/Digne/Ota
    Salah/Sterling/KDB*/Cantwell
    Tammy/Pukki

    Bench: Button, Lundstram, Dendoncker, Wickham

  11. adibo
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Pukki to wilson or raul?

    1. Ohh1454
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Wilson

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Given Bournemouth have Norwich and Watford next, surely Wilson

    3. Vasily
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Raul

  12. Ohh1454
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Would the double up of madisson and vardy be to much ?

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      might work one week, then 2 weeks where it doesnt

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Nope, go for it.

      Turn that shield into a sword, as Joe would say

    3. tafrère
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      With their run of fixtures I think it's fine. Doubling up seem to work well this season (Cantwell+Pukki, Mount+Abraham, Yarmo+Haller).

    4. Drexl Spivey
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Teetering on being a little overexpensive.

    5. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I just want vardy

    6. thunder_mike
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I am going for it.

  13. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    To think, Mahrez would've gotten that sweet sweet cleanie point if he had been subbes a little later! Something the rest of the city team didn't get.

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      4 point difference for a few

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      And the other appearance point

  14. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Mahrez 59 minutes.... really?!!

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      59:50 someone said 😀

      1. tafrère
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        59:54,

        Beautiful.

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          Even better!

      2. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Yep. Would've made 60min if he'd walked rather than sprinted off 😆

    2. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Outscored KdB, you should be happy

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        No, because I benched Ceballos and wasted a transfer

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      That bad?

    4. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      My highlight of the GW. That's how bad it's been.

  15. BrutalLogiC
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    8 weeks of Ederson, feels good to ditch him

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Brutal logic

  16. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Never thought I'd be happy to see the IB.

  17. Rhodes your boat
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Early thoughts please guys with 2ft and 0.1itb

    Pope
    Taa soyuncu tomori rico
    Salah sterling kdb son
    Abraham Pukki

    Button cantwell lundstram greenwood

  18. Optimus.
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    All week I had Salah (c) but of course I swapped it to Sterling last minute..

    Fuming

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Lol

    2. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Errr they got the same points

    3. Alexis Nonsense
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      a whole lot of points lost there!!!

    4. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      All week I was playing Dendoncker but of course I swapped it to Sterling last minute..

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW6FxZzfIuQ

  19. Don Kloppeone
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Two lessons learnt for me:

    1. Auba is not the magic WC cert that warrants ripping everything up for
    2. MCI without KDB can be as toothless as a granny who’s misplaced her teeth

  20. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    I think I might just captain Rico next gw really... I cant see how he doesnt get at least 10 points

  21. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Is James going to finally do something?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Booked?

  22. beric
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Kdb will be back after the break, city will thrash palace.

    Sterling c, kdb, kun ftw

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Pep to rest the 1st teamers to focus on winning the CL?

      1. Thomas Magnum
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Not until after group stage surely

      2. beric
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Nah, city will still win the league

    2. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      This

    3. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Palace are City's bogey team. And it's away. Not an easy game.

  23. MarvelouSuccess
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Vardy vs Wilson will be an interesting debate

  24. Von Lipwig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Will this be one of the all time lowest average scores?

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I've seen worse

    2. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      You probably weren't around for the snow GW with almost every game cancelled.

  25. Christina.
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Time to sit back. 2 Ft's.

    OR 70

    Heaton
    TAA Soy Lundy
    Mane KdB* Mcginn
    Auba Pukki Kun

    Cantwell Kelly Lowton

    1. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Who's your other mid? Are you really 70th?

      1. beric
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Well done if you are bro x

      2. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Mount

        yes, can you believe it.

        https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/345/history

        1. beric
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          Amazing! Good luck man, I'm rooting for you x

    2. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      70th and only playing with 10 men - impressive!

      1. Stoic
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        KDB gets points for 2 usually

    3. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      well done ! who are you prioritizing gettin ?

  26. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    An unexpected game week so far, maybe this game will be the most entertaining of the weekend.

  27. DVassell
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Which is better?

    a) Son + Vardy

    or

    b) Maddison + Aubameyang

    1. MarvelouSuccess
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      B long term

  28. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Stay on that bench Mason

  29. Party time
    6 years, 9 months ago

    City with only 2 shots on target, It seems Patricio had an off game

    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      He caught about 5000 crap crosses though.

  30. Pacer.
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Done my transfers now so I have a life over the next fortnight

    Sterling > Mane
    Pukki > Tammy
    Wickham > Connolly

    Pope
    VvD, Robbo, Pereira, Lundy (Hanley)
    Son, KdB, Mane, Mount
    Auba, Tammy (Connolly)

    I'm such a greebo, right.