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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. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    You still sticking with the obvious captain choices this week? I never really considered captaining anyone other than Kane or Son for GW29. Now I'm thinking about just trying to just get lucky with a high ceiling differential. Just can't see Kane punishing non captainers against this Villa side. Might just YOLO it on someone like Dallas.

    1. M2.0
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lookman (C)

    2. Flair
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

      Kane (C)

    3. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Cresswell

      1. Maddi Son
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I like it.

    4. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kane has free kicks and pens

    5. DAZZ
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Potentially Bale

    6. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio?

    7. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lewis Dunk is the man!

  2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    West Ham defense in FH29 team should be good, right?

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Cresswell for sure.

      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yes

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

    Not sure what will hurt me more.

    A Bruno (c) fail or a Creswell clean sheet 😐

  4. KAALI_DAAL
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    DCL owners are not gettin rid just because of BGW right? He got Brighton and Palace after that.

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Was hoping we'd hear about the DGW by now, but Ben still things it's likely in GW30 - makes it tougher as CRY + AVL is a decent double

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Neither is Shu. But we will have a lot of injuries.

  5. lordkippe
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Remember Mitrovic spanked Leeds last time around? If he has a sure starter I would bring in and captain

  6. Pukki Party
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on this WC for 29? My team is such a bad shape i have to decide between Coufal or Dallas VC if i don't use WC.

    Martinez
    Reguilon Coufal Dallas Veltman
    Bale Raphina Trossard
    Kane Watkins Antonio

    Sanchez Fernandes Gundogan Cancelo

  7. Vazza
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    DCL the real winners this week with a 6 point haul

  8. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So Son's injury is deemed to b be 'muscular' and no mention of hamstring. Not definitely out of GW29 then.

    1. Vazza
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      You’re clutching at straws mate

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Guess we'll see for Europa. If not in the squad at all will be a tough call (as Mou's press conference comments will be unhelpful as usual)

    3. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Erm... isn’t your hamstring a muscle?!

    4. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Is the hamstring an organ? Bone?

      It’s a muscle.

      1. jason_ni
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Well known its actually cartilage.

  9. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Right ... come on Bruno ... positive mental attitude!

    1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks you Bruno ... for rewarding my faith and belief ... now SCORE, I demand a feast like the greedy capitalist dog that I am ... SCORE, SCORE!

      1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        And I have been punished for my greed ...

  10. Jindaljain
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Scott YC

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno Assist ?

  12. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno assist?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

      1. mezza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Get in!

    2. Eric the King
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Og I think

  13. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    BRUNO

  14. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dawson Goal 🙂

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Can’t stop scoring

  15. Begbie.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno assist right?

  16. Eric the King
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Og

  17. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Maybe not...OG

  18. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    =[

  19. djman102
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Announcers saying Dawson OG, McTominay A

  20. Jindaljain
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    VAR CHECK

  21. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Definitely an OG

  22. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dawson owners in a state of disarray

    1. It's Fergie Time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      3rd on my bench, never was going to start him vs United

  23. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Assist given!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Very surprised!

    2. Trilly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Don’t think McTominay touched it so should be an assist I think.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Possibly, either way I’ll be fuming if they remove it.

        They need to start only adding it if they’re certain it won’t change, otherwise very annoying

  24. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What was Dawson at on the original cross, letting it go past him?!

  25. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Reality = mctominay assist Dawson own goal

      What fpl will do= Bruno asssistttttt

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah sadly this is what will happen.

      2. djman102
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I'd take it. 🙂

    • Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Looked like McTominay got a touch but clear OG

    • Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Surely not Bruno assist, it’s come off someone

    • Rains of Castamere
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Last replay looked like no McTominay touch

    • camarozz
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Omg. Dawson 1st sub for Kdb.

    • MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      NO Bruno assist. Calm down cappers