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Rashford fit to start but Martial, Cavani and de Gea miss out on West Ham clash

The penultimate match of Gameweek 28 sees third played fifth in the race for UEFA Champions League qualification.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is at 19:15 GMT.

The most-captained player of Gameweek 28, Bruno Fernandes (£11.5m), features in this clash.

Those Fantasy managers who handed the armband to – or perhaps vice-captained, after yesterday’s Manchester City no-shows – the Portuguese midfielder have a chance to steal a march on their rivals following blanks for the likes of Harry Kane (£11.4m) and Son Heung-min (£9.6m) in the earlier kick-off.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made just the one change from the United side that triumphed in the Manchester derby.

It’s an enforced one at that, with Mason Greenwood (£7.0m) in for the injured Anthony Martial (£8.6m) up top.

Martial and Edinson Cavani (£7.8m) aren’t involved in the matchday squad and neither is David de Gea (£5.3m), whose spell in quarantine will end after today’s game.

Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) is fit to feature, however.

David Moyes has made three alterations from the side that beat Leeds United 2-0 on Monday.

Mark Noble (£4.5m) makes his first competitive start since West Ham last played at Old Trafford in the FA Cup at the beginning of February.

Jarrod Bowen (£5.9m) and Ben Johnson (£3.9m) also come into the side.

Said Benrahma (£6.0m) is benched, Pablo Fornals (£5.9m) misses out with a minor muscle strain and Jesse Lingard (£6.1m) is ineligible to feature against his parent club.

GAMEWEEK 28 SO FAR…

Rashford fit to start but Martial, Cavani and de Gea miss out on West Ham clash 2

The north London derby was a dismal watch for most Fantasy managers with Tottenham Hotspur representation in their squads.

Son Heung-min (£9.6m) limped off with an injury, Gareth Bale (£9.5m) failed to make it to even the 60-minute mark and Harry Kane (£11.4m) was denied by an offside flag and a goalpost as Spurs’ three popular attacking assets accumulated just four points between them.

On Son’s issue, Jose Mourinho said:

That’s football. I don’t know how long it is. It’s muscular. Muscular is always not easy. He’s a guy that normally recovers very, very well from any kind of injury.

That’s an accumulation of matches. In the Europa League the other day, I gave him 30 minutes rest… but 60 is still 60. And when you are in so many competitions, some players they have more minutes than others, which is normal. It’s something that can happen.

Rashford fit to start but Martial, Cavani and de Gea miss out on West Ham clash 3

Bale was hooked because of what his manager described was a lack of “intensity”, meanwhile.

Spurs barely deserved the lead given to them by Erik Lamela‘s (£5.7m) rabona, with another effort on goal not arriving until the 70th minute.

After a quiet game, Kane belatedly found the net with a header that was flagged for offside before seeing a late free-kick smash against the hosts’ goalframe.

Arsenal turned the game around with a deflected effort from Martin Odegaard (£5.9m) and an Alexandre Lacazette (£8.1m) penalty.

Owners of the Gunners’ two most-popular assets were as much out of luck as those with Spurs’ in-demand players.

Bukayo Saka (£5.3m) was withdrawn at half-time with a hamstring injury, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.4m) was an unused substitute for disciplinary reasons.

Their manager explained:

We don’t know [about Saka]. He was feeling his hamstring.

[Aubameyang] was going to start the game. We had a disciplinary issue, we have drawn the line and we move on. We have a process that we have to respect for every game, and that’s it.

We deal with the situation on the day. That’s been done, now we move on.


Manchester United XI: Henderson, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, James, Rashford.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Johnson, Noble, Bowen, Antonio.

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1,278 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Does 60 mins count as a return these days?

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      it does this weekend

      what a pile of dung it's been

    2. SEXY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This week it does!

  2. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Repost of a team earlier.

    Makes you wonder if Mo gets a rest tomorrow so he also gets the Dawson OG to add to Saka, Son, Pereira, Burn and Bamford off the bench look.

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1331338/event/28/

  3. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Great save to deny Bruno

  4. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno’s luck is done.

  5. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Not watching. Will Bruno keep the assist?

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      They'll probably give him 2 assists for the inconvenience caused.

    2. SEXY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I hope so, I said earlier, they need to start only adding returns if they’re certain they will count.
      Rather than add them anyway only to take them away

    3. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Shouldn't FPL is fixed so you never know

    4. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Surprised if he doesn't.

      Haven't seen a replay to show it isn't his

  6. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    bruno on top of baps what a surprise

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lovely

      1. REDMOND IN SANDALS
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        now on 0 after cleansheet baps lol

    2. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nowhere near the top

  7. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Please get to 3 baps Maguire!

    1. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      X 1000

      Emotional rollercoaster this game. Don’t have Fernandes, united and West Ham defence

  8. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I thought that ‘assist’ came of mctominay?

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It did. Think it's been changed now

    2. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It did but Bruno claims assists like Kane does goals.

    3. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It did. Has been changed.

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Replays showing McAuley got a touch.

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Mcauley touch = bruno assist still

  10. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Please Shaw stop punishing me. You were my last minute WC switch 🙁

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      he fecked my rank by missing on 40+ pts. unbelievable

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bowen misses sitter, Cresswell offside assist

  12. Crouching Tiger
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Fernandes assist taken away

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Official?

      1. Crouching Tiger
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yep, McTom got it

    2. Rassi
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes!

  13. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Reckon brumo keeps the assist cuz of fpl ownership bias

    Clearly shd be mcT assist tho

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It is. Stop whining

  14. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Shaw better not bottle this haul

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Is 6 points a haul?

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yes? What do you think happens if every player in your team gets 6 points ?

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          8pts is a haul

        2. BeaversWithAttitude
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Not a haul. It's called a clean sheet.

        3. sully29
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Nah, 6 points is a return. You need more than one return of it to be a haul.

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I agree with you wholeheartedly.

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No

      He needs to bottle it surely. We want it again!

  15. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno assist GONE

    1. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Justice

      1. MIGHTY JOE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        100%

  16. james 101
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Drama aside...

    Mark out of ten tonight?

    A. Cresswell
    B. Bruno

    (Not watching)

  17. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kane was such a bad captain choice this week in hindsight.

    1. Londongeezaa
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      KDB, Gundo, Son, Bruno not much better.

    2. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Practically any decision on this God given earth that doesn't pan out is bad in hindsight.

  18. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    McSauce assist, not Bruno. Changed by FPL!

  19. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    McTominay assist?

  20. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno assist taken away Oh thanks God!!!

  21. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How on earth have they given that as a Bruno assist ?!
    Complete shambles & shows no integrity if it’s finalised.

    1. Crouching Tiger
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      dial up

  22. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Mctominay assist confirmed?

    1. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sadly ... yes LOL

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thank god don’t own Bruno

  23. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno 1v1. goes down injured

  24. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Come ooooon Bruno scoreeee!!!

  25. Del Griffith
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wheres my Bruno Assist gone?

    1. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Back to the drawing board

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

      You're clearly not watching the game.

    3. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Given to McTomminy

    4. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Mark is having fun apparently 🙂 with some pints 🙂 😉

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

    Mctominay assist

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

    Shaw moving up on BPS

  28. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Those were some nice captain points I had once

  29. lewis1290
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    AWB PLSS get something man - crucial in ML

  30. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Justice!

    (Sorry Fernandes owners. Been there in recent weeks, Sterling robbed of an assist comes to mind)

    1. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why apologise? The right thing was done