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Unchanged line-ups for Man United and Southampton as FPL bosses eye Fernandes

Fantasy Premier League managers can take increased encouragement from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as he 2019/20 season winds to a close.

The Manchester United boss has named an unchanged side yet again, allowing the likes of Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m), Mason Greenwood (£4.9m), Anthony Martial (£8.3m) and Marcus Rashford (£9.0m) to retain their Fantasy appeal.

“We’ve had a decent amount of recovery days in between, which we won’t have the rest of the season now. We picked the short straw in that respect, but we picked the long straw at the start of this period. Didn’t feel we needed to change.” – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

All eyes will be on the Portuguese international tonight, as he was chosen as the overwhelming favourite for the Gameweek 35+ captaincy by this season’s current top 10,000 Fantasy managers.

56.3% of them made the decision to hand Fernandes the armband this week, at least 41.4 percentage points more than any other option.

It was Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) who finished a distant second, backed by just 14.9% of managers at that level before his blank against Burnley.

At the very least, those who captained Fernandes will be feeling somewhat protected, as he goes into this Southampton match with an effective ownership in the top 10k of 151.7%.

Meanwhile, Danny Ings (£7.4m) remains a key player on the Fantasy scene, still sitting in 28.6% of squads worldwide.

His owners can probably feel more encouraged ahead of tonight’s trip to Old Trafford than they realise, considering Ings’ and Southampton’s away record this season.

The forward has netted in every single road trip since the Premier League’s restart while the Saints have the fifth-best away record this season (27 points from 17 such matches).

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

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Walker-Peters; Redmond, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Ings, Adams.

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  1. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Polystyrene fans

  2. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Test that man

  3. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Awful by de Gea - hospital pass to Pogba

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

      Not de geas fault

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

      Pogba should have done better

    3. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Ederson plays that pass all the time. Poor from pogba

  4. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLL Southampton GGMU

  5. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    LOL DDG cleanie gone.

  6. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    What the hell why are Southampton so good away, it’s bizarre!

    1. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Hassenhuttl plays we ith intensitet and high press and countee attack. Suits them better away and Vs teams home that have plenty of possesion

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

    Foul on Pogba surely?

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

    Pogba turning like a headless chicken cost a goal... Great!

  9. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Souness nursing a semi

    1. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Reckon hes packing a meaty one. What do you think?

  10. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Having time to take a touch like hat in the 6 yard box is criminal defending

  11. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Did say Man Utd not looking their usual selves. Very slow moving the ball. Usually they zipping it around with one touch passing and using their physicality / pace advantage.

    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Wow good job talking. We’ll work on walking next week

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      SOU a lot more energetic and with a much higher press than the dross United has trashed since the restart

  12. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Why is AWB in my team?

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      He was hot property a week ago

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

    Man Utd concede.. woohooo!!

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

    Bruno on the beach 😀

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

      At the pool, the diver.

      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        😀

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

    Pogba excelling there

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

    Southampton are well good

  17. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    cs gone 😀 😀

  18. Party time
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Utd cleansheet gone

    • sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      This gameek keeps on giving... ML lost, OR doubled.

    • Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      VAR?

    • DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Bad minute as Martial and Maguire owner!

    • BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Literally the most over rated player in the world.

      Not even close

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I thought Armstrong finished it well

      2. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Neymar says hi

    • Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      A poster on here was saying Pogba is just as good as KDB. LOL. I shall not name and shame but you know who you are.

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

        Loooooool

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

        McCarthy would've saved that

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

          Reply fail

      3. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Lucy2019?

    • Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Arsenal for top 4

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        maybe in 2024

    • Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Anyone watching Konyaspor vs Istanbul Basaksehir?

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

      United all over the place

      1. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        nice juxtaposition

    • goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Big Graeme Souness getting a dossier on Paul Pogba ready as we speak.

    • Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Haha

      1. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I think its too simplistic to say, but i do get your point

    • BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Woo-wee! It is on like Donkey Kong!

      1. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I like your attitude

    • JELLYFISH
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      DDG over Pope GW32 was such a bad move