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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. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Son captain doesn’t look to bad know lol it was between him and Bruno so

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      If that goal wasn’t disallowed...

    2. Babelcopter
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Seems like Salah captainers true winners of this gw

  2. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Double Wolves defence is only a small consolation for not owning Martial.

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

      Good call

    2. thomashl
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah same

  3. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Well Lascelles has been a disaster for me so far.

    1. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He's a 4.3m defender. You can only expect so much.

      1. The Suspended One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        So much of this..
        Who is surprised when the likes of Jota, DCL, Lascelles fail from week to week; that’s why they are cheap

        1. seanie3
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Vardy isn't cheap and he hasn't done anything the last two games

  4. N00B
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Free hit fail! Thanks Bruno (c), Richarlison and DCL.

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

      I'm using mine in GW33.

      Pray for me.

      1. N00B
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        I will. In gw33 I will use my wc.

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Expecting Richarlison to save you?

      1. N00B
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Versus Norwich, sure.

    3. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Mine Worked nicely, 54 pts so far.
      Salah (c) and TAA to play.

      1. N00B
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Nice. I have Salah and TAA too, so good luck to both of us!

  5. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Hate the captaincy element of this game.

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

      It's one of the only ways to make big gains. Most of the top 10k teams are probably nearly identical, you need a way to jump ahead

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Late riser called Martial, he’s got to be top 100 now

      2. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Capped

      3. el polako
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Can also kill gains.
        Your whole team performs well captain fails and at your opponents team most fail but 1 single player (captain) hauls.... you end up even despite the fact that you picked better 11

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Hate it but love it.
      Definitely needed

  6. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Might seem like a weird question but I've not watched the game...

    Did Martial play well to deserve the hattrick or was it the players around him that made it easy?

    1. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Martial played very well

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Thank you.

        Went with Williams, Bruno, Rashford. Ugh. ML opp has Martial (yay, not). Did Williams > AWB.

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      His BPs score doesn’t seem “amazing” for a hat trick

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers

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

      Good positioning and finishes.

      Two very good Rashford assists.

      Rash missed an open goal from a Martial pass, could have been more.

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Awesome, so long as Rashford keeps it up, hoping next season FPL flips their positions on the game (Rash mid, Martial fwd)

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

          It won't.

    4. One More Hit
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Was clinical, Rashford wasteful at times but can't complain at two assists

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        He'll get there, thoughts on Greenwood?

    5. thehodge
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Played well and definitely should have even had an assist was it not for Rashfords sitter.. reckon if you have Bruno though I wouldn’t rush to get him in

    6. KDF
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Good finishes, all 3! Everyone around him was top quality too.

      1. Fpl_Juggernaut
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Sheffield c team made him look good

    7. james 101
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He took them well

      Very impressed at how calm he was for his hat trick shot

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks bud!

    8. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Should have had a 4th but put it on a plate to gashford

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

    Rashford expected to hold his BAP.

  8. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cheeky 2 Baps for Ritchie

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

      I'm livid about this, baps have been stupid this season

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Why? Got a CS went off, then they conceded
        Perfect

        1. Buck The Trent
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Does his injury look bad?

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

    6 clean sheets out of 7 for wolves since Bolys back. Pure luck.

  10. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    I ned salah to blank or season over for me

    1. Party time
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Oops

        1. Woy_is_back
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Sup bro. What's your rank these days 🙂

      • ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Season over... are you kidding us? You should be proud and really happy.

      • Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        6th in the world.
        Excuse me if I don't feel sorry for u.

    2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Martial and Traore thank you 😎

      1. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Noice

    3. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      So Fernandez, was he playing in a different position today?

      1. Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Nope - as influential as usual but had to settle for assists of assists today.

        Martial clinical af.

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

      Any chance of baps for traore?

      1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        The way the baps are anyone can get them

    5. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      How bad is ritchie injury?

    6. Dacra
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Shouldn't have benched Patricio, I can't remember why I did it. Something about not wanting double up with Saiss.

      Stupid.

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

        If you're not starting Patricio at home vs Bournemouth why do you even have him?

      2. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        who for??

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

      Need 4 from Auba tomorrow to make up for the DGW fall

    8. Big_Bear
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      81ish all out. Happy with that after Kane(c).

      Hoping Crystal Palace beat Liverpool to nil :-s

    9. pundit of punts
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      RMWCT

      Ederson - Button
      TAA - AWB - Boly - Taylor - Robinson
      Mane - KDB - Son - Martial - Mount
      Rashford - DCL

    10. Neevesy
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Full strength Liverpool team is so so strong!

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

      Anyone unhappy with Bruno please sell asap. Welcomed.

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

        Will be plenty of Bruno to Martial switches

        1. bigdip
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          i'm thinking of doing it. anyone else?

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

        it'll happen and for Martial

    12. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Is Jota injured?

    13. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Everton & Leicester have been surprisingly disappointing this gameweek

    14. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Cap pick next is actually tricky, think I'll just go with Jimi as he is the safest bet

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Boring though. No highs with Jiminez

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

        Going Auba myself

    15. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Aurier captain next week! Who's with me? :p

    16. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      The Owl definitely needs a much needed trip to the barbers.

    17. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Salah captainers unite!!!!

      Huge opportunity here for us

    18. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Schmeichel
      AWB Digne Keane

      Who knew?!

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

        AWB was lowkey touted.

    19. thomashl
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Seriously:

      Son to Martial?
      A cheaper centre forward for a better team.

      1. thomashl
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Team:

        Patricio
        TAA Maguire Doherty
        Salah Son KdB Fernandes Saint-Max
        DCL Jimenez

    20. Chandler Bing
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Gabbiadini scores for Sampdoria. Who remembers him?