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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. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno always delivers even when he's crap.

  2. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hard to see if McTom got a touch there...

    1. Says
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      he acted like he did in the celebrations

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

    Var keep my Coufal cs dream alive

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

    The one time Shaw doesn't take the corner. Owners were denied an assist

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

    Dawson can’t stop scoring.

  6. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ffs Bruno vice

    1. The Train Driver
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Schhhh

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Who did you call for the extra Dunk BAP? 😉

      1. Fudgy
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mark

  7. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thought I had some captain points for once. Alas, the joy was short lived.

  8. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno will beat Salah's 303!!!

  9. fusen
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I put £10 on Bruno to score £24 return as I didn't captain him

    Be typical if he gets an assist here

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

    Come on, that’s not a Fernandes assist.

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

      Don’t matter either way - virtually 100% ownership on the dot

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It does for people who don’t own him or captained him

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

          Fair, I’m biased I guess 😉

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

        Matters for us madmen without Fernandes haha

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

          Haha

  11. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Mctominay touched it and then og

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

    BRUNO GOT ASSIST

    1. The Train Driver
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      For now... Still can change unfortunately.

  13. Napoleon IV
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    some guy losing it on Twitter even worse than you lot on here:

    https://twitter.com/RandyShafter/status/1371178245148794882

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sounds like he's got it spot on to me

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

      Wow, he’s actually replying to himself for about the first 5 tweets haha

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

        Twitter is extremely toxic from what I hear.
        I keep my fpl stuff with you lovely lot on here 🙂

    3. Mighty Wings
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      At least equally embarrassing

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

      Hahahahahah amazing, he worded my thoughts perfectly haha

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

      Lol

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

      Nice

    7. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Reading between the lines of that Twitter chaps rant, I think he's not too happy right.

    8. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He speaks for most of us this season.

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

    Does Mark have Bruno? If so, assist will be given!

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

      Captained him so guaranteed he'll get the assist.

  15. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No Bruno. Of course he gets a poxy return

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

    Cresswell corner assist coming up

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

    Definite McTominey assist

    1. kennethrhcp
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Didnt look like a touch to me

      Yes I capt bruno

    2. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      THIS

  18. Party time
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Bruno, kindly put the ball in the net

    • Shark Team
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It's crazy, how is this a Bruno assists if its also an OG? Mctominay clearly touched it

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

        Did he really? I unfortunately didn't see that happening.

      2. HonestBlatter
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        He did...look the slomo replay

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

      Twins coming on

    • camarozz
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Dawson in for Kdb.

      Both brought in on my WC

    • Champions League Varane
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I mean it isn’t an assist if it is it’s ridiculous lol

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

      What’s the record for fpl bonus points since it was created?
      Ings maybe last season 40?
      Bruno gonna smash it this season...

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

      They're reviewing the 'assist' now. We all know how it ends though.

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

        How do you know they are reviewing it?

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

          FPL Twitter says assist is TBC.

        2. AIRMILES
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Fantasy Premier League
          @OfficialFPL
          ·
          4m
          Goal - Dawson (own goal)
          Assist - tbc

          Man Utd 1-0 West Ham (53 mins)

    • HollywoodXI
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Dawson in for Gundo. Awesome.

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

        Oh wow

    • TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Can’t have it both ways.

      Scott McTominay leaps the highest and gets something on it - he runs off celebrating - but it looks to have come off Dawson last.

      It’s either OG McTominay assist or his goal Fernandes assist

    • fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Don't captain Bruno and the dodgy assist gets given. Captain Bruno and the dodgy assist will be taken away. It's how FPL works. Deal with it.

    • HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      McTominey got touch...he should get the assist

    • Pariße
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Souček looks like such a lovely character.

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

      Bruno denied a goal by Flappy