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Martial fit to start for United as Traore returns to Wolves side and Lloris misses out

The final two fixtures of a truncated Gameweek 28 kick off simultaneously at 14:00 GMT.

Everton play host to Manchester United at Goodison Park, while Tottenham Hotspur face Wolverhampton Wanderers in north London.

The stand-out storyline on Merseyside is Anthony Martial‘s (£8.0m) inclusion in the United starting XI, three days after he missed out on the Red Devils’ Europa League win over Bruges with a thigh problem.

Martial wasn’t spotted at the team hotel ahead of this fixture but, not for the first time, a no-show at the Lowry didn’t translate into an absence from the United side.

Bruno Fernandes (£8.3m), the most-bought Fantasy Premier League asset of Gameweek 28, also starts today.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made only one alteration from last weekend’s win over Watford, with Scott McTominay (£4.9m) replacing the injured Daniel James (£5.8m).

Solskjaer said ahead of kick-off:

It was just a precaution on Thursday, [Martial] probably could have played. We didn’t take the risk though, knowing Odion was going to play well and there would be no problem.

[James] got a knock on Thursday but he’ll be fine for Thursday [against Derby in the FA Cup] or definitely next weekend so not too much to worry about.

Richarlison (£8.3m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.3m) continue their partnership up top for the hosts but elsewhere, Carlo Ancelotti is proving increasingly difficult to second-guess.

The Italian has made five changes from the 3-2 defeat to Arsenal, with Theo Walcott (£6.2m) returning from injury and Andre Gomes (£5.2m) making his first start in over three months.

Seamus Coleman (£5.3m), Michael Keane (£5.2m) and Tom Davies (£5.3m) are also recalled, with Djibril Sidibe (£5.1m), Yerry Mina (£5.3m), Fabian Delph (£5.3m), Alex Iwobi (£5.6m) and the injured Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.4m) dropping out.

The big news from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is that Adama Traore (£5.9m) is recalled to the Wolves starting XI, with Nuno Espirito Santo changing back to a 3-4-3 for this encounter.

Leander Dendoncker (£4.4m) makes way, while Santo’s other alteration is enforced: Ruben Vinagre (£4.2m) in for Jonny (£5.4m) at wing-back.

Jose Mourinho has made four changes to his Spurs side for this afternoon’s clash.

Tanguy Ndombele (£5.8m), Toby Alderweireld (£5.3m) and Jan Vertonghen (£5.2m) are all benched, while Hugo Lloris (£5.3m) is missing from the squad altogether with a groin problem.

Paolo Gazzaniga (£4.2m) comes in for the hosts’ goalkeeper, with Eric Dier (£4.8m), Serge Aurier (£5.0m) and Dele Alli (£8.3m) also returning to the side.

Mourinho said ahead of kick-off:

Hugo Lloris doesn’t feel in a condition to play. He’s played a couple of matches with a little problem which he was able to hide, but this time it wasn’t possible.

It’s another opportunity for Paolo to play and another challenge for the team. [Lloris] is obviously a very experienced and quality keeper, but life is made of challenges and we know we will have to fight until the end of the season, and we play against a very difficult opponent, of course.


Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Holgate, Baines, Davies, Gomes, Walcott, Calvert-Lewin, Sigurdsson, Richarlison.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Fred, Fernandes, McTominay, Martial, Greenwood.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Boly, Coady, Saïss, Doherty, Neves, Moutinho, Vinagre, Traoré, Jiménez, Jota.

Spurs XI: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sanchez, Tanganga, Davies, Dier, Winks, Lo Celso, Dele, Bergwijn, Lucas.

1,283 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Go on Carlo

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ancelotti red

  3. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Will Jimi get bonus for winning goal? Maybe he’ll get 2BPS ?

  4. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Carlo RC

  5. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Richarlison fuming

  6. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Anceloffi

  7. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wish I had the money for Doherty. Boly LoL

  8. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lol. Carlo red card after the game, suspended for the next game.

  9. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    See ya, Carlo.

  10. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Dendoncker yellow youve gotta be joking

    1. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lol, he blocked Kabasele coming off the bench for me as well. Perfect

  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Doherty, Jimmy & Jota.

    My heroes.

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Jam heaven

  12. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    46 all out ... even with Vardy, Ings and Gomez .. phew

  13. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bancelotti

  14. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I NEED MY 6 DCL POINTS NOW 😡

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

      😛

    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Might still be added....

  15. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    If that's up the other end there's no way it's ruled out

  16. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Fernandes over Richarlison worked! At least something right

  17. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jota and Jimi Double up tempting

  18. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Back 3 sorted going forward.

    TAA | Alonso | Doherty

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why TAA? He only got one point

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        TAA first name on the sheet bro

  19. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Carlo owner here 🙁

    1. JT11fc
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Darn. Ole in -4?

  20. dark91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ancelloti Reda Card 😀

    1. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Go easy!

  21. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Nice 2 yellow cards for my players in a week like this, when every point is pure gold 🙁

  22. Ode
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy & Traore -> DCL & B. Fernandes done

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Vardy and Traore > Jimmy and Sarr for me

      1. Ode
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Already have Jimmy. Sarr a good option aswell

  23. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I captained Ancelotti... sad.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      *raises eyebrow*

  24. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Glad to see the back of this gameweek. Team actually looks good next week

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nailed on for a 22 pointer GW then.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      A lot of our teams looked great for this week..

  25. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Did you guys hear that Infantino is interested by examining the offside rule? If they change it, perhaps that will square the circle with VAR in the Prem and satisfy you cranky lot 😉

  26. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Chelsea have got off light dropping points yet again........

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yep. But Sheff Utd have a game in hand and Wolves and Man Utd will chase you down if you keep playing the way you are.

      Time to play:

      Caballero
      James Rudiger Zouma Azpi
      Kante Jorginho
      Willian Mount Alonso
      Abraham

  27. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What do Auba, KDB, Stephens, Rico and Dendoncker have in common?

    They all have 0 points and are in my team

  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    57 all out

    Poor gw but I'll take it

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

      LOL

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      LOL

    3. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      F Off

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        😮

    4. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      😮

    5. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      dreadful, time to give up and come back next year.

    6. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Bad Bemba

    7. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      That's a great score this GW mate!

  29. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Is 44 points going to be enough to make the FFS Cup, I've never qualified before has that disallowed DCL cost my place ?

  30. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Williams sneaking on in front of Dendoncker from the bench. 1 point gained after donkey yellow!