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Starts for Lundstram and £4.0m defender in Sunday’s only Premier League game

The penultimate match of Gameweek 13 takes place at Bramall Lane, with Sheffield United entertaining Manchester United.

Kick-off in Sunday’s only Premier League fixture is at 16:30 GMT.

There is plenty of interest for Fantasy Premier League managers in this game, with David de Gea (£5.5m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m), Harry Maguire (£5.3m), Daniel James (£6.2m), Marcus Rashford (£8.6m) and John Lundstram (£4.9m) all sitting in more than 10% of FPL squads.

All six of those players start in South Yorkshire today.

Anthony Martial (£7.8m), who is on the cusp of a double-digit ownership himself, also features in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s starting XI.

The Norwegian head coach has made just one alteration to his Gameweek 12 line-up, with Phil Jones (£4.8m) replacing the injured Scott McTominay (£5.1m).

Whether Jones is a like-for-like swap for the Scot in midfield or joins a back three remains to be seen, with Solskjaer saying ahead of kick-off:

Phil has been training well. He’s got experience of playing both central midfield and at the back. When you show the attitude he’s shown in training, it’s time for him to get a chance. Marcos [Rojo] is injured, Axel [Tuanzebe] isn’t really ready to come in so it was an easy option.

Brandon Williams (£4.0m) gets his second successive start at left-back (or wing-back), keeping the benched Ashley Young (£5.4m) out of the side despite the latter’s return from suspension.

Solskjaer said of that decision:

Brandon’s played really well in every game he’s played. I didn’t find any reason to leave him out. It’s a testing stadium for him to play at so it’s a good opportunity to show his mentality because his temperament is one of his strengths.

Chris Wilder makes two enforced changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur a fortnight ago.

Dean Henderson (£4.7m) – owned by just over 5% of Fantasy managers – is ineligible to face his parent club, so Simon Moore (£4.4m) deputises for the on-loan goalkeeper for the hosts.

The hitherto ever-present John Egan (£4.5m) hasn’t recovered from a calf injury so Phil Jagielka (£4.2m) gets his first Premier League start of the season.

Lys Mousset (£5.0m) and David McGoldrick (£5.4m) again start up front.

The Blades have kept clean sheets in three of their six home fixtures in 2019/20 and conceded just four goals in those half-dozen matches.

Solskjaer’s troops have won just one of their six away games this season and are yet to keep a clean sheet on the road.

Three of the Red Devils’ five away goals came at Carrow Road in Gameweek 10.

Sheffield United XI: Moore, O’Connell, Jagielka, Basham, Stevens, Baldock, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Mousset, McGoldrick.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Jones, Maguire, Lindelof, Williams, Pereira, Fred, James, Martial, Rashford.

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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy down

  2. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram down

  3. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram down injured.

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Ligaments

  4. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    was that a james assist? if so....yes!

  5. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    MADDDDDD

  6. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Few yard closer, Rashford would've missed that.

  7. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy up

  8. Waynoo
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pathetic from Sheffield

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

      Why ? They have a defence with not a lot of pace. Man U have been pathetic for 70 mins but are now running at them with pace.

  9. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Rashford is class, gets so much criticism but he is positioning is second to none

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yea... thats why he's scored so many goals. Tammy has more goals in 13 gws than Rashfords best ever season

  10. Lev Yashin
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    3x MUN and nothing for Tony.

  11. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    No Henderson and Egan was a huge handicap but still didn't think they'd concede 3.

  12. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Tsparkes10 jinxed his team 🙁

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Did the same to his fantasy team last year by constantly quoting his early rank

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      What happened?

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

    Great to meh to bad to worse to horrible in minutes ffs

  14. Pumpkinhead
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Congrats to Rash owners and eventual sellers! You got your points!

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

      Thanks mate!

    2. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Thanks mate. Won’t be selling him with Villa at home up next

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Hope he’s not but a Lundstram injury would be good for the game.

  16. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    What on earth is the keeper doing

  17. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I was hoping Martial to score the winner not Martial

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      *not Rashford. Sorry

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Huh?

  18. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wow what happened. I went to get a cookie and we've scored 2 more?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Martial goal now only missing

  19. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Martial with a blank. 🙁

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Don't say that

  20. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Fergie and Woodward so smug lmao

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not as if United are going place imo

  21. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    WHERE THE HECK is the goalkeeper going. IdIoT

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      He's a youngster, let him be.

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

        Couldn't care less

  22. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Why are Man Utd still attacking? Keep it tight now.

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

      They can’t defend.

  23. HellasLEAF
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Mount owners.

    Sticking with or getting rid.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Want to get rid but may have to keep him for one more GW

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Stick. Will haul next week

  24. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Scholes picked his best United XI recently and had Rashford, Martial, James and Greenwood all playing.

  25. dark91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    A goal for Martial and 2 for Lundstram would be great

  26. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram benchers a lot happier now

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ole has fallen on his best attacking lineup

    Feel sorry for villa

  28. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lol at the guy bragging about his football bet -1 Sheffield utd

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

      Figured he added a zero anyway

  29. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I still think Martial is the pick of United players to own

  30. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    You know what, if sacrificing these FPL points is what it takes to extend Oles tenure, I'll take it.