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Solskjaer turns to midfield diamond as Willian and Holding return for Arsenal

The penultimate Premier League match on Sunday sees Manchester United play host to Arsenal.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is at 16:30 GMT.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has seemingly jettisoned natural width in favour of a midfield diamond for this clash, having used that set-up in the Champions League in midweek.

Scott McTominay (£4.9m) returns to the centre of midfield alongside Fred (£5.3m) and Paul Pogba (£7.8m), with Bruno Fernandes (£10.5m) playing just behind a front two of Marcus Rashford (£9.6m) and Mason Greenwood (£7.2m).

Anthony Martial (£8.7m) is still suspended while Edinson Cavani (£8.0m) is only among the substitutes.

Arsenal have made 10 alterations from the win over Dundalk on Thursday, with only Mohamed Elneny (£4.4m) keeping his place.

Compared to Gameweek 6, however, there are only three changes, with Dani Ceballos (£5.0m), Granit Xhaka (£5.4m) and the injured David Luiz (£5.5m) missing out.

Rob Holding (£4.4m) makes a surprise return to the starting XI despite having initially been ruled out for three weeks with a hamstring issue, with Willian (£7.8m) also back from a calf problem.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.7m) again starts out wide for Mikel Arteta’s troops.

He has now blanked four Gameweeks in a row, which represents his worst run in FPL since moving to England over two years ago.

Fernandes, the only United player who boasts a double-digit ownership in FPL, has never blanked two games in a row since joining United earlier this year.


Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, Pogba, McTominay; Fernandes, Rashford, Greenwood.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Elneny, Partey, Willian, Aubameyang, Saka, Lacazette.

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

    🙁

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

      Your team need you

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Do something Tony. I still have you in my team. You're almost as useless as Bruno and Greenwood in ma team LOLololol

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        GW2 WC and then abandoned FPL?

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

          Pretty much. Keep missing the deadlines 😀

          1. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            😀

    3. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      We are missing you

  2. stu92
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Martinez - 4.0
    Robbo - Saiss - Kilman - Targett - Lamptey

    Defence is pretty poor at the moment, hardly any returns. Considering Saiss to Zouma/Bellerin, is it worth getting them both in?

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

      Saiss-Kilman double up is genious.

      1. George Agdgdgwngo
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Why?

  3. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Ole is only good in UCL

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

      Arteta outsmarts him

  4. waltzingmatildas
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Terrible week. And will only get worse as a non Kane/son captainer.
    Did dream ayling got on the score sheet though!

  5. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Please price drop for Bruno. I need it in order to be able him and Kilman. Otherwise it will have to be a fodder which I don't like in a covid season

  6. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Pogba disasterclass. That's tomorrow's MNF analysis sorted

  7. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Holding has the best head

    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      What has happened to his hair in the past year or so

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

        I think he actually grew some

  8. Party time
      3 years, 5 months ago

      United back to factory settings

    • Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Beautiful Bruno blank

    • Jdpz
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Is Pogba good option? I need somebody for Pulisic. Pogba is very active today.

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

        Hahahahahahahahahahah

        1. Jdpz
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          ;P

      2. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        he is a world class player you know that

        1. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          He is, just in the wrong club at the mo - unfortunately bought for daft money at the wrong time for utd. Serious waste of talent and hard cash!

      3. Liberate HK - antichinazi
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Yes (in 18/19)

    • ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Leno save with his head

    • BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Baffling he would take off Bruno instead of McTominay. Seems petty almost

      1. Begbie.
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        He could tell they weren't getting a pen today thus Bruno was useless.

    • Jdpz
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Tierney, go for clean sheet!

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Willian was on the pitch? lol

    • sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Utd need to change their home...Anyway a stadium can catch Covid?

      1. sunzip14
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Any way*

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      ⚽ Team News 📰
      BRIGHTON : Sanchez, Webster, Veltman, Burn, Lamptey, White, Bissouma, Lallana, Gross, March, Trossard
      Subs: Ryan, Mac Allister, Alzate, Welbeck, Propper, Zeqiri, Bernardo

      TOTTENHAM : Lloris, Doherty, Alderweireld, Dier, Regulion, Sissoko, Hojbjerg, Lamela, Ndombele, Son, Kane
      Subs: Hart, Winks, Bale, Rodon, Lo Celso, Moura, Davies

      1. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Ryan???

      2. Liberate HK - antichinazi
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        wtf where is Maupay

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Delle not even on the bench. Wow

      3. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Aurier not even on the bench, time for Doherty to keep delivering!

        Thanks

      4. sunzip14
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Maupay???

      5. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Ryan benched?

      6. Hect.OR 98th
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        No Maupay....well that was a good investment two weeks ago,

        1. Lukakuna
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Same, gonna go Bamford or Wilson tonight I think

          1. Kun Tozser
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Bamford not even played

            1. Lukakuna
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Good point, Wilson then 😉

      7. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Hahaha no Maupay. Lovin this gw

      8. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        MAUPAY????

      9. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        WTF who is this goalkeeper!?

        FPL this year is getting more and more stupid

      10. The Mandalorian
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Looks like Maupay got on the wrong coach and ended up in Newcastle

      11. KGFC
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        So glad Regulion starts!!

      12. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        No Maupay. No Ryan. Sceans incoming......

      13. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Kane starts. Get in

      14. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Come oooon Lamptey

      15. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Bale came to be a bench player?

    • Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      This arsenal side could not be anymore different from the wenger one

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

      Van de Beek just came in and he's already the best player in MUN shirt

      1. Alexis Nonsense
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Says more about the rest of them than him I guess?

        I rate him, but he shouldn't be able to outshine Fernandes, Pogba etc. in a cameo

    • _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Auba yc

    • ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Ryan benched

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      How are United looking? Bruno likely to score?

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Nah

    • The Mandalorian
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      If Cavani was a horse he'd have been put out to pasture years ago.

    • BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Who the hell is in goal for Brighton!? Why was Ryan dropped?

    • sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      No Maupay

    • Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      WHERE IS MAUPAY?????

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

      Who the f is Sanchez? 😆

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Haha this

    • Party time
        3 years, 5 months ago

        No Maupay

      • Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Who's in goals for Brighton?

      • Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Not like Ryan would get any points anyway.

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          True. But it means another transfer down the road ...

      • Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Lmao Ryan benched and Maupay missing