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Fernandes and Pogba both start against injury-hit Bournemouth defence

Bruno Fernandes (£8.8m) and Paul Pogba (£8.3m) both start for Manchester United as Bournemouth come to Old Trafford.

The pair were subject of an injury rumour circling around some quarters of the media on Friday evening, but it would appear they came through the most recent training session unscathed.

In fact, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has named an unchanged line-up from the side that won comfortably at Brighton, much to the delight of Fantasy managers interested in their assets.

At a time when Manchester United options are in such high-demand, it is encouraging to know that the manager has found a settled selection. This is the first time since November 2006 that an unchanged XI has been named in three successive Premier League matches.

That means Mason Greenwood (£4.4m) is on the right-hand side of attacking midfield once more, joined there by Fernandes and Marcus Rashford (£9.1m).

Meanwhile, Anthony Martial (£8.2m) starts up-front hoping to replicate his most recent Old Trafford outing, which saw the Frenchman score a hat-trick against Bournemouth.

A further boost for Manchester United backers has emerged in the form of injuries to Chris Mepham (£4.3m) and Steve Cook (£5.0m), who was reprimanded by Eddie Howe this week for publicly criticising Bournemouth.

With Simon Francis (£4.4m) still on the sidelines, a dearth of options has forced the Bournemouth manager into some tough decisions with his defence.

Left-back Lloyd Kelly (£4.4m) has tucked into centre-back alongside Nathan Aké (£4.8m) with Diego Rico (£4.2m) earning his first start since Gameweek 26.

Elsewhere, Leicester host Crystal Palace, although that fixture has considerably less Fantasy interest.

Jamie Vardy (£9.7m) remains the most popular Fox, sat in 26.2% of teams, but has just two goals since Gameweek 19.

That statistic does not particularly bode well given that Roy Hodgson’s men have four clean sheets from their last six matches.

It is also frustrating news for the 15.1% still in possession of James Maddison (£7.4m), who does not make the matchday squad while Harvey Barnes (£6.0m) is among the substitutes for the third match in a row since the Premier League returned.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, Justin; Pérez, Tielemans, Ndidi, Albrighton; Iheanacho, Vardy.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Cahill, Sakho, J Ward; Zaha, Riedewald, Milivojevic, McArthur; Benteke, Ayew.

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

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Rico, Aké, L Kelly, A Smith; Stanislas, L Cook, Lerma, Brooks; J King, Solanke.

2,491 Comments Post a Comment
  1. UKG
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    United clean sheet ruined already.

  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Bournemouth decide to do a thing

  3. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Oh dear Maguire..

  4. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    LOL AT MAGUIRE

  5. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Stanislaus goal.lol.

  6. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    OMG Bournemouth

  7. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Fernandes and Martial to Mane and Saint Maximin?

    No brainer right?

  8. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    MAGUIRE LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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

    Oh this is ridiculous

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Bournemouth looking really good here

  11. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Love it

  12. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Perfect scenario owning 3 United attackers

    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      this

    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      You own Ighalo?

    3. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Just what we needed

  13. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Not surprised.

    I put AWB in my team.

  14. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Lol @ all of us

  15. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Maguire losing 20million in value from that nutmeg

  16. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Did expect so many bruno captains. Awesome

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      75 minutes left

  17. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Very funny

  18. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    any of the regular suspects said Bruno captain fail yet ?

  19. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    What a move tho

  20. Orion
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Stanislas showing some class here...

  21. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    DdG got to go i guess. Time's up

    1. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      More ammunition for Keane

    2. CroatianHammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      To be fair Henderson surely the No.1 next season

  22. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Proud DDG owner

  23. fplking14
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Stanislas just ended Maguire career.

  24. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Man U cleanie wiped, DDG awful at near post

  25. CroatianHammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Whoops. Here's hoping they've woken the Red

  26. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Nutmegged 😆

  27. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    United CS WIPED!

  28. Greek Freak
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Yes Bournemouth, come on!

  29. krzys
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Would love to see Roy Keane's reaction

  30. Bunk Moreland
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Stanislas. FPL gold whenever fit.