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Manchester United bring out big guns as Wolves switch to 3-4-3

Manchester United line up with a wealth of attacking pace and talent for their Gameweek 31+ meeting with Sheffield United.

Paul Pogba (£8.3m) returns to the starting XI for the first time since Gameweek 7 after impressing as a substitute against Spurs.

The Frenchman sits alongside Nemanja Matić (£4.8m) in midfield, supporting a powerful front-four.

Anthony Martial (£8.0m) retains his centre-forward berth, supported by an attacking midfield trio of Marcus Rashford (£8.9m), Bruno Fernandes (£8.7m) and Mason Greenwood (£4.3m).

Simon Moore (£4.3m) comes in for Dean Henderson (£5.3m) in the Sheffield United goal, with rotation taking place elsewhere in the Blades’ side.

Phil Jagielka (£4.1m) comes in for the suspended John Egan (£4.6m), with Jack Robinson (£4.0m) retaining his place in light of Jack O’Connell‘s (£4.6m) recent injury.

Meanwhile, David McGoldrick (£5.4m) and Lys Mousset (£4.5m) are handed rare starts up-front and John Lundstram (£4.9m) is back in midfield.

Wolves look equally dangerous ahead of their meeting with Bournemouth as they go with the 3-4-3 shape that helped them get the 2-0 win over West Ham.

That means a first start since the Premier League resumes for Adama Traoré (£5.7m), supported by Matt Doherty (£6.4m) in a wing-back role.

Diogo Jota (£6.4m) starts once more, supporting Raúl Jiménez (£8.2m) who garnered some captaincy attention for Gameweek 31+.

Owners of Everton assets will be encouraged by the Norwich line-up named by Daniel Farke.

In a big statement of intent, he has dropped Teemu Pukki (£6.5m), Todd Cantwell (£4.7m) and Emi Buendía (£6.0m) to the bench, opting for largely second-string attackers at Carrow Road.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.5m) and Richarlison (£8.3m) are the main Fantasy draws among Carlo Ancelotti’s men, both starting up-front together in the favoured 4-4-2 formation.

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has shuffled his attacking pack once more, desperate to make a breakthrough at Newcastle.

He has named the same back-four but lines up an attacking midfield trio of Trézéguet (£5.2m) and Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) either side of Jack Grealish (£6.4m) in support of Mbwana Samatta (£5.7m).

Despite the recent upturn in Fantasy interest, out-of-position midfielder Keinan Davis (£4.3m) finds himself on the bench.

Villa face a Newcastle side with the joint-most number of clean sheets in home matches this season, featuring the in-form Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m) in attacking midfield with out-of-position FPL defender Matt Ritchie (£5.3m) on the other flank.

There are also starts for budget options Jamaal Lascelles (£4.3m) and Federico Fernandez (£4.6m).

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka; Matic, Pogba; Rashford, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Martial.

Sheffield United XI: Moore; Robinson, Jagielka, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; McGoldrick, Mousset.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Rose, Lascelles, Fernandez, Manquillo; Hayden, Shelvey; Saint-Maximin, Almirón, Ritchie; Joelinton.

Aston Villa XI: Nyland; Targett, Mings, Hause, Konsa; Luiz, McGinn; Trezeguet, Grealish, El Ghazi; Samatta.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Klose, Godfrey, Aarons; Tettey, McLean; O Hernandez, Duda, Rupp; Drmic.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Holgate, Keane, Coleman; Bernard, T Davies, Gomes, Iwobi; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Wolves XI: Patricio; Saiss, Coady, Boly; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez, Traoré.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; A Smith, Aké, S Cook, Stacey; Stanislas, Lerma, L Cook, Billing, Brooks; C Wilson.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 31+

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  1. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Casual Martial(TC) rejoicing

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      No way! Nice!

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        I'm not a casual though my rank suggest otherwise

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Can’t link his team properly though 😉

    3. FISSH
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      That's some shout. Well played

  2. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Son>Martail? will be a common site on here for the next few days.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Might as well get it over and done with.

  3. Party time
      3 years, 10 months ago

      MARTIAL give us more points please

    • ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I’ll buy Martial then he’ll blank every game

    • Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      No martial but atleast I have rashford and Jimmy captain

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Martial owner but Fernandes captain.
      Awful captain choices all season.

      1. Keep Calm and Play On
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Same here, luckily with Martial having such a low EO our rank should still improve but what could have been...

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Hardly anyone owns Martial so you are in a great place given Bruno's EO

    • Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Bruno runs everything

    • Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Oh Martial please stop it now

    • Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Martial's first ever hat-trick, chapeau Lateriser: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/76913/event/40

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Wow

      2. Party time
          3 years, 10 months ago

          He is too good for man utd

        • brianutd-why always we? 20
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Amazing effort

      3. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        No Bruno(c) involvement. I hate it here.

        Rashford 2A a bare minimum

      4. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        The GW of Martial

      5. mrodgers91
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Finally got bruno this week and captained, went for the wrong one. Never mind

      6. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Special shout out to Lateriser! Well played sir

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          What did he do ?

          1. Milk, 1 Šuker
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 10 months ago

            I believe he captained Tony

      7. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        For you Brady Bunch fans...

        "Martial! Martial! Martial!"

      8. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        First hatty since a Kane Boxing Day one.

        Thank you Tony the Trap 🙂

      9. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Pythons out

      10. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Delighted for Martial - months of hard work finally paying off

      11. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Hurts with a pint on Richarlison over Martial.

        1. ClassiX
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Yup - me too. Thought Bruno was enough cover.

      12. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Guys lets all get Tony so he stops scoring now pls

      13. Wolfman180
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Captained Aguero last week, this week Bruno..... can someone else pick me a captain next gw?

      14. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        3 goals no Bruno ahhhhh

        1. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Ridiculous rly

      15. KGFC
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        How is SHU in the top half of the table!!! Yes they don't have their star keeper and a defender but still... How can they not even try!!! Pathetic at PL level

      16. nerd_is_the_werd
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Anyone captained Martial (c)?

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Lateriser12 (writes articles for FFS)

        2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Called it then naturally went KDB lol

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21912357

      17. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        5 subs incoming.....

      18. Garlana
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Richarlison off, fail...

      19. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        United about to make 5subs at once

      20. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        5 subs that Bruno off

      21. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        5 subs at once for manu lol

      22. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        5 players in for United. Hockey changes

      23. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Bruno done?