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Bruno Fernandes (£8.7m) has surprised Fantasy managers by starting for Manchester United’s trip to Brighton.

The Portuguese international played a full 120 minutes in an FA Cup win at Norwich on Saturday, suggesting that he might miss out on Gameweek 32+.

Despite having Andreas Pereira (£4.8m) and Juan Mata (£6.1m) on the bench, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Fernandes for a fourth start in all competitions since the Premier League resumed.

In light of extra-time in the FA Cup, it will be interesting to see how long the midfielder is able to last at the Amex Stadium though.

Fernandes will also be under the microscope of eagle-eyed Fantasy managers still curious about how he will cope with Paul Pogba (£8.3m) in the side.

The Frenchman made his first league start since Gameweek 7 when Sheffield United were dispatched 3-0 at Old Trafford, arguably overshadowing Ferandnes in the process.

Therefore, it will be important analyse whether or not the same will be true on the road, especially considering this is the same XI that Solskjaer named against the Blades.

That means another Premier League start for Mason Greenwood (£4.3m) on the flanks of attacking midfield, Marcus Rashford (£9.1m) on the opposite flank and Anthony Martial (£8.2m) in the centre-forward position.

The out-of-position FPL midfielder scored 10 points the last time he faced Brighton and launched himself onto the Fantasy radar with a hat-trick in Gameweek 31+.

Manchester United may not have it too easy at Brighton though. Notorious tinkerman Graham Potter has gone for an ultra-conservative formation, featuring a back-five and a trio of midfielders screening the defence.

Dan Burn (£4.5m) tucks in alongside Lewis Dunk (£4.7m) and Shane Duffy (£4.8m) at centre-back while Tariq Lamptey (£4.0m), who impressed against Leicester, could be up against Rashford.

Dale Stephens (£4.4m), Yves Bissouma (£5.0m) and Davy Pröpper (£4.8m) have been given the task of protecting the back-five, with creative players such as Aaron Mooy (£4.8m), Leandro Trossard (£5.8m) and Pascal Groß (£6.2m) on the bench.

Alexis Mac Allister (£5.5m) looks to be in a rather disconnected number 10 role just behind Aaron Connolly (£4.2m) in the lone-striker role, while Neal Maupay (£5.7m) finds himself among the substitutes.

Brighton and Hove XI (5-3-1-1): Ryan; Montoya, Burn, Duffy, Dunk, Lamptey; Bissouma, D Stephens, Pröpper; Mac Allister; Connolly.

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelöf, Wan-Bissaka; Matic, Pogba; Rashford, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Martial.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 32+

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  1. Bruce Lee
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Feels good to have jammy Bruno points for once

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Not jammy

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Did you bench him?

      1. Bruce Lee
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        just got him in... tbh i quit looking at fpl after i tc'd dgw mane and he got injured 1st half of the 1st game - that's when bruno started

  2. waltzingmatildas
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Doherty captain not looking too bad. Won't get all the points every week but happy with my 3 utd: awb, Bruno and martial.

  3. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Woo hoo, Bench boost with Ings on it AND captained Fernandes.

    Only Salah/Aguero/Mahrez can ruin my week now (he got ditched for project restart)

    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      great call on bruno C well done

  4. tricky80
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Foden a valuable asset now Sane is confirmed to be on his way out?

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      He could be, but nothing to do with Sane

    2. El Muñeco
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Sane has been on his way out for a long time. Doesn’t change anything

  5. BigBillyBass
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Why didn’t Martial play tonight??

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Because I bought him and captained him

  6. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Anyone with TC left, not playing it on GW33?

  7. lordkippe
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    33 with 6 left and captained played. Rubbish. Season over

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Don't be so dramatic
      The top 10k average..? 33.8 with 6.2 players remaining

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Only 33? Shocking return. Might aswell quit now the

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        Then

  8. FPL_Devil
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Keeping Captain Rashford for the next GW. Am I crazy?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      No.

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Keeping= not crazy

      Captain= you will kick yourself he looks woefully unfit. Anything is possible I guess

    3. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Yeah hes not scoring points from left back

    4. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Thinking about swapping to Greenwood tbh.

      1. FPL_Devil
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        I am keeping him on loyalty from earlier in the season.

  9. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    James owns Ryan.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Based on that shot? He must change keeper to whoever he faces each week then

  10. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Need Salah (c) to save my week

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      The damage Pope does to rank is unreal. Absolute wasteman.

    2. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      And Ings only scores when I don't own him. Absolute wasteman x2.

  11. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Nice to hear that Roy Keane is finally getting a chance at management again.

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Azerbaijan seems strange though. Thought he'd get a gig in League 1/2 tbh.

      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        Yeah but it seems no English club is willing to take a risk on him which is their loss.Roy would certainly ruffle the feathers of some of those over payed prima donna's in England and that must scare off some clubs.

        He is still relatively young as a manager and this job might be a good stepping stone as he makes his way in the management game.

  12. HNI
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Lol manutd possession dropped by 19% to 50% after pogba and bruno replaced

  13. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Like the #88 OR (currently #21) who stuck with the exact same team from the previous week including the Bruno captain - currently on 63 points
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2014087/event/41
    Wonder if deliberate or if he missed the deadline!

    1. HNI
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Considering his horrible past seasons, definitely forgot

    2. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      And awesome players left too

    3. beric
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Have you looked at all of the top 88 teams?

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Great team so prob just banked a transfer

    5. WVA
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Forgot, fpl is all luck

    6. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Missed it most likely. Kept son on vc too and kept exact same bench

  14. Hulk Smash
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Unbelievable. I was licking my lips when I saw my rival's Jimenez captain fail but Rashford has done sweet F all. Probably a risky captain pick in hindsight. Thought I had an advantage with triple United attack (Rashford, Martial, Bruno) vs Bruno and AWB for him but his two have averaged 12.5 points each and mine have averaged less than 7 each.

    /Pity party

  15. Don Kloppeone
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Mooy to catch a late goal to wipe off the CS?

  16. Greek Freak
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Here's a stat about Martial so you can lol @ me:

    in my team: 5 goals in 16 games
    not in my team: 9 goals in 8 games

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Never had him in my team

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        So 14 in 24 games 🙂

        1. Greek Freak
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 24 days ago

          Not owning him at all would've kept me a lot saner.

          1. Van der Faart
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            6 years, 24 days ago

            Same. Very frustrating tonight

  17. WVA
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Why doesn't McTominay start as holding midfielder instead of Matic?

    DDG
    AWB Maguire Lindelof Williams
    McTominay
    Pogba Fernandes
    Rashford Martial Greenwood

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Because Matic is better

      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        I think it depends on the team they play against. Scotty a lot more forward thinking and has the pace, Matic Mr Reliable and a calmer more experienced player

  18. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Come on Duffy

  19. teddypicker
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Goal ronaldo!

  20. Miguel Sanchez
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Captain:

    A) Salah (AVL)
    B) Bruno (BOU)

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Salah.

      I'd assume it's Hendo Fab Gini on Thursday and Keita Ox come in on Sunday.

      Villa prob get battered if so.

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      If Salah is subbed off against city then him. If not Bruno more safe

  21. Babelcopter
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    What a GW this could be if Auba blanks!

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      No chance.

    2. Greek Freak
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      I've captained him and I haven't had a goal from my captain since February. Practically guaranteed to blank.

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Would love it.

      I just need a Salah haul for a monster week. I'm on 46 with 6 to play including Salah (c).

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Can't see it

    5. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Ain't happening, Norwich got only 1 fit centerback.

    6. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      He is my cappo.

  22. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Bruno MotM, but Greenwood going to take all the BAPS?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Forward BPS.

  23. fusen
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    It was an entirely rational move to swap Bruno for martial.

    The number of minutes for both, the way they both played recently.

    Bruno's first goal was a deflection in ffs.

    It's just one of those standard FPL lucky break for people who kept him

    1. Babelcopter
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Stop it. It was stupid move.

      1. fusen
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        In what way was in stupid?

        Who would have bet money that Bruno would have been benched tonight to give him a rest before the lineups?

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 24 days ago

          Stop.

          The straws are out of reach.

          1. fusen
            • 14 Years
            6 years, 24 days ago

            Simple minds see simple things

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Lol

    3. Rinseboy
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      hahahahaa this is literally mental

    4. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Consistency vs Mr Inconsistent.

      1. Greek Freak
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        You say consistency but the one time I captained him...

      2. fusen
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        Ignoring all the info that suggested martial could thrive with the new source of creativity in midfield. That Fenandes just like in the previous game would be deeper helping others flourish.

        It wasn't a stupid move and people who say it was are blinded by the points that happened to occur. It could have gone completely differently if a Brighton player doesn't deflect the ball into the goal

    5. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      I got both. Covered!

      1. fusen
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        That was the most logical thing to do. Congrats!

  24. @persecuted_by_mods
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Get Salah, or go without? Ability obviously not in doubt but a lot of money for someone that may be rotated, or at the very least will play alongside a heavily rotated team

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Would wait two weeks. Let's see what sort of team Klopp puts out.

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
        6 years, 24 days ago

        Cheers, could haul Vs villa though and grealish isn't exactly killing it in my team

  25. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Where are those two numpty’s I argued with a few days back who said Martial was the far superior option to Fernandes?

    They even accused me of chasing points...

    1. L S P
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      too many numpties to choose from

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Are they in Martials parents house?

    3. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Just checked the latest game week stats on the site
      Martial has more trans in than Bruno
      Bruno has more trans out than Martial
      Crazy !
      Might change after tonight

      1. Athletic Nasherbo
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        @Jjeyy
        @Nightcrawler

  26. Postman Ty
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    So Brighton just had a cross that was definitely curling into the goal which would have been a 3rd save for DDG, but it wasn't counted?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Cross not shot.

      1. Postman Ty
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        Yes but that doesn't matter, on target makes it a save. If it goes in it's still a goal whether intentional or not.

  27. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    2FTs and no idea what to do. Thinking of getting rid of Son to bring in a third united player (Martial or AWB probably)!? Or I could do Nketiah to Greenwood!?

    Pope
    TAA Doherty Lascelles
    Mane Fernandes Son KDB
    Rashford Jiménez Nketiah

    (Saiss Hayden Kiko)

    1. thomashl
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Almost same situation here. Would go AWB given that you have no def coverage

  28. AYLD28
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Thoughts?

    Pope (McCarthy)
    Maguire TAA Doherty (Fernandez Stephens)
    Fernandes Salah Son Richarlison* (Mount*)
    Rashford* DCL* Jimenez

    2 FT

    1. DCL + Richarlison > Connolly + KDB
    2. Rashford + Richarlison + Mount > Greenwood + Mahrez + KDB (-4)

    I can go 2 and hold the Mount > Mahrez move for next GW for free.

  29. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    United look so confident on the ball now. Such a drastic change from last season

  30. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 24 days ago

    Next season's prices are going to be interesting!
    Bruno 10m+
    KDB 12m+
    TAA 8m+

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Can't see TAA being more than he was this season tbh... I expect Bruno and KDB will be 11 at least.

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        TAA obvously has to be priced up. If you are in basically 100% of the top 10k teams that means you are underpried

      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        You can't? In terms of points/pound he's the best. I would pay 8.5m for TAA easy. 9m and I might reconsider especially if Robbo is 7m. In terms of points potential, TAA should really be priced at 9m.

    2. Party time
      6 years, 24 days ago

      True

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Ings 9m

    4. Stoic
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      You listed the max prices

    5. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Bruno 9-9.5
      KDB 10.5-11
      TAA 8-8.5

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        That would be too generous.

        Bruno 10m
        KdB 12m
        TAA 8.5m

        That's how it'll be.

      2. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        KDB has already risen to 10.7 this season. Will be 11.5 at least, otherwise, everyone would get him.

    6. Greek Freak
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 24 days ago

      Martial 9.5m forward
      Auba 11m midfielder

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 24 days ago

        Why should Auba be a midfielder when Trent and Robbo are defenders?

        1. Greek Freak
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 24 days ago

          Because he plays as a wide forward, same as Salah and Sterling who are mids.