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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.

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  1. the snazzy viking
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Iheanacho GOAL

    1-0

  2. Cok3y5murf
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Bailly making his mark lol

  3. Shark Team
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Can someone explain me why it's always raining in your country???

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Temperate zone

  4. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Nacho G

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

      Better than Vardy of late.

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Assist?

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Tielemans

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    VAR is legendary... LOL

  6. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    VAR is being a microscope

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pen given

    1. Glad He Ate Her
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      omg

  8. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Main rivals with Pope and me stuck here with Ddg. Save it! Save it!

  9. The Red Devil
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Wtf was bailly thinking

    1. Coupes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      wtf was matic thinking with that pass

  10. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Saaaave it!

  11. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Tiele assist
    Guaita shocker

  12. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    bs

  13. Pukki Party
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Wasn't there a clear offside in the build up?

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

      Yup. But VAR won’t intervene for that, nooooo

      1. Pukki Party
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Lol he was way offside

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

          I know, it’s insane! Glaring offside

  14. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Bailly burning his bridges already

  15. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    King goal

  16. The Train Driver
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    How the f is that a handball?

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    OMG king

  18. HollywoodXI
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    VAR needs to be binned. That’s shocking.

  19. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    F off!

  20. Tempestic
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    DDG 🙁

    1. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Waste of a place. Getting him over a 3rd Utd attacker has been a shocking decision for me.

  21. FFSbet.com
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mike Dean have bet on this one 7+goals

  22. Pompel
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    DDG c'mon

  23. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Talk about VARiation

  24. Says
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    B'mouth player who hit the post needs a geometry lesson.

    Also, in hindsight the basketball Bailly played to get fit may have been a mistake.

  25. UKG
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Never a pen

  26. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    AWB
    Worst decision ever

    1. The_Fish
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Got me some lovely points the last 2 weeks.

  27. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    KINGGGGGG

  28. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Are Rashford, Martial and Bruno essential now?

  29. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Useless Spanish fraud should have saved it. 🙁

  30. Ha.
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno, please stop