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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. The Man Pastore
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope Button
    TAA Chilwell Lundstram Lowton Kelly
    Mane KDB Maddison Mount Cantwell
    Wilson Vardy Abraham

    2FT / 1.9ITB

    What to do here?

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

    Yes

  3. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Nice!

  4. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    LUNDSTRAMMM ASSSITTTTY

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

    Fleck G
    Lundstram A

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

    LUND ASSISTTTT

  7. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram assist?

  8. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy A!

  9. No Professionals
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram assist

  10. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram assist if it stands

  11. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Fleck G

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

    Lund assist, should’ve scored

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      he's crap

  13. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lund assist, what a guy

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

    Lund assist it seems.

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

      Should have scored it really

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

        DDG is hard to pass atm unless on the floor.

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

    Lundsturam gets the assist i think.

  16. theodosios
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Assist?

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

      King Lund

  17. Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ohh lundyy

  18. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy A

  19. Stef rocks
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Yeahhh Lord Lundy assist

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

    Lundstram haul would be awesome for all of us

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

    Phil Jones playing rugby

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

    OMG fleck

  23. UpTheCherries
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lunday Assist

  24. No Professionals
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Should have scored to be fair

  25. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Phil Jones is an absolute spectacle.

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

    Oh my god Lord Lundstram!

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

    yes perfect storm incoming, Lunds attacking return. Rashford you can now go bonkers

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      No martial

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

    Lundstram assist?

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

    Lund should score the waster

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

      a truly good player, makes the others around him better

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lunstram for England, or Sweden, or wherever his auld pair are from.

  30. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy