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Pogba absent as Man United travel to face Burnley

Paul Pogba (£8.4m) has not travelled to Burnley for Manchester United’s Gameweek 20 match.

The Frenchman has made substitute appearances in both of the last two outings but will not feature at all this time around.

Manchester Evening News reporter Samuel Luckhurst has reported that Pogba’s absence is due to the tight turnaround between matches, especially tricky for him considering his long spell on the sidelines through injury.

Gameweek 19 goal-scorer Mason Greenwood (£4.3m) finds himself back on the bench after a rare start against Burnley, while Marcus Rashford (£9.1m) and Anthony Martial (£7.8m) feature in the starting XI once again.

Meanwhile, Burnley have gone with a full-strength side despite playing on Boxing Day.

Ashley Barnes (£6.2m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) lead the line although Nick Pope (£4.7m) is the key Fantasy asset, owned by 14% of managers.

Burnley XI: Pope; C Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; A Barnes, Wood.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Williams, Maguire, Lindelöf, Young; Matic, Fred; Rashford, A Pereira, D James; Martial.

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

    Next sprint is key for him.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hopefully it comes in the 60th min.

    2. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Doubt he carries on after half time

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

    Joe Hart p*ssed off that Pope isn't injured and planning to smash his face at half time

  3. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Nice big drama queen Pope...

  4. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Burnley playing spectacular tiki-taka

    1. JBG
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      They really are... Very Barca 2008 esque.

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

    Pickford a good replacement for Pope?

    1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Gotta pick a Papal or two.
      You've gotta pick a Papal or two.

  6. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope reincarnated.

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

    STANDARD

  8. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Yesssssss!!!!!

  9. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Get in Tony!!!

  10. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Martial G
    Perry A

  11. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Martial G

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Tony G
    Andreas A

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

    Pray for Pope to make 60

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

      1 or 2 points. Not much difference.

  14. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Selling martial for Pulisic will haunt me forever

    1. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Did the reverse transfer this week. Pulisic was a disaster.

  15. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    YEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!

  16. I SPEAK ENGELS AND DRINK GI…
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ramsdale
    Söyuncu-TAA-Kelly
    Mane-KDB-Grealish-Alli
    Vardy-Rashford-Tammy

    Button, Guilbert, Hayden, Lundstram

    1) Alli -> Salah
    2) Alli -> Sterling
    A) Tammy -> DCL
    B) Rashford -> Jimenez

    Need to do A/B for 1/2 (-4)

    Do those or save? Do now or see tomorrows games? DCL rising or something else? Thanks

  17. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Fifty million down the drain... Tony Martial scores again!! 😀 😀 😀

  18. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    TONY MARTIAL SCORES AGAIN

  19. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bloody Pope. Wish he'd been subbed and kept the cleanie points

    1. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      What? He wouldn't have got clean sheet points if he had been subbed as he wouldn't have played 60 mins.

  20. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Yessss!

  21. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Charlie Taylor you're world class idiot.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I'm just sitting here thinking...

  22. Party time
      4 years, 4 months ago

      MARTIAL MY TRAP I LOVE YA

    • Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Was so close to bringing in Martial for Alli too....durnit

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

      Alli to Martial pays off!

    • Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yess Martiallllll

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      3 mistakes.

      3 Martial goals.

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Forced mistakes* 😉

      2. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        3 **** not given.

      3. Party time
          4 years, 4 months ago

          RUTHLESS

          1. Fred54
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Does Ruth not own Martial in any of his 7 teams?

      4. aborg
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Martiallllllll

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

        Yes!

      6. Mo Salah No Mane
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Get in
        Get the f*** in Martial

      7. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Nice! Burnley will need to go forward now. Time for Rashford to do something.