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Leeds v Man Utd: Injured Raphinha misses out as Solskjaer opts for pace

There is no Raphinha (£5.4m) in the Leeds United squad as the Whites prepare to host Manchester United this afternoon.

Kick-off at Elland Road is at 14:00 BST.

The winger’s ongoing absence is not a huge surprise, with Marcelo Bielsa saying in his pre-match press conference that the Brazilian hadn’t been able to train as of Friday.

In Raphinha’s absence, Bielsa has named the same team that drew 1-1 with Liverpool in Gameweek 32.

Patrick Bamford (£6.5m) leads the line and keeps up his ever-present record in 2020/21.

As for the visitors, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made just one tweak to his starting XI.

Daniel James (£6.2m) replaces Paul Pogba (£7.6m), with the United boss opting for pace in attack.

The Welsh winger played a starring role in the reverse fixture of today’s match, scoring in a 6-2 win for the Red Devils.

Solskjaer said of his inclusion ahead of kick-off:

You have to think about this game but you also have to think about the run of games that we’re facing. And Dan did really well against Leeds at home.

Marcus Rashford (£9.6m) shrugs off an ongoing foot problem to feature, with his manager adding:

We’re managing him. He’s doing loads of work in the gym but he’s not been on the pitch training with boots on, that’s the hard bit on his toe. [We] give him as much recovery as possible, trained yesterday, felt no reaction, so he’s ready.

Eric Bailly (£4.8m) returns to the United bench after recovering from COVID-19, with Edinson Cavani (£7.9m) also among the substitutes.

Bruno Fernandes‘ (£11.6m) joint-highest score of the season came when these sides last met, with the Portuguese playmaker scoring two goals and assisting another en route to a 17-point haul.

He is unsurprisingly the most-owned player on show in this game, sitting in 57% of FPL squads overall and in 82.6% of the top 10,000 teams.

LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Llorente. Struijk, Alioski, Dallas, Harrison, Phillips, Bamford, Roberts, Costa.

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

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456 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    More phantom baos BS

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      English please

  2. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Shaw and Dallas owners in heaven.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Oh yes

  3. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Thank you Shaw!

  4. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    SHAWWWWWWW

  5. Party time
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Bruno blanking is typical fpl 😆

      1. KAALI_DAAL
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        He has crap returns for quite some time

    • Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Dallas and Goalman on my bench

    • hueycho
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      United so so so poor

    • FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      How many BAPS for Shaw? And Bruno gotta go.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        3

        And yes he does

      2. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Bruno > Son looks easy

    • Royal5
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Dallas coming on for Raph. Ty.

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Dallas - the jam keeps on rolling.

        1. SpaceCadet
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Buy of the season

          1. Royal5
            • 12 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            This years Lundstram

        2. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Yup

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Some collapse from United after winning the league in January.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Hope you enjoy the Europa league.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          United certainly do. Despite qualifying for this years CL, they still ended up in the Europa 😉

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Rival has Dallas, Shaw, Wood, Vardy and Nacho 🙁

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        yikes... That wood pick

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I think Cancelo goes back to Dallas. Screw the Everton defense imo

    • Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Shaw and Rudiger's 9 & 8 pts make up for Coady's zero.

    • EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Took a hit to bring Greenwood in 🙁

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Same here nothing works for me the last few weeks

      2. JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Same. But for Lucas Moura and had to, so I didn't have to play with 10 men.

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Thank you Shaw !!!

    • _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Sold Coady and Bamford this week (Watkins/Veltman)

      Not gonna lie, was expecting it to backfire. so far so good.

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Greeeeennn juhuuuuu

      1. Life_Ban
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        What does this even mean?

        1. Fitzy.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          The poster is a clown

    • Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Shaw, Dallas, get in there lads, the amazing good run continues.

    • Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Gotta stop playing Bamford ahead of Dallas.

      Props to Leeds though.

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Top 20K dream is alive juhuuuu

    • JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Shaw, Struijk, Greenwood and Bamford. No Bruno. Will take that and run! Bruno out GW26 was a masterpiece

    • Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Struijk was immense. Deserves the three baps

    • Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      AWB and Shaw both at 3 pts atm...

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Baps I mean...

      2. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Does that mean Struijk is on 1?

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Atm yes

        2. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Not certain if they are final though

    • dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Sort of sums up season with Leeds v United ending up 0-0

      How do you see United v Liverpool going?

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        2-1

      2. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        0-0. Starting Shaw and Trent and bench one of Jota/Greenwood if not both

      3. Nanoelektronicar
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Liverpool high line could be a problem, but United looked uninspired anyway. Leeds were defending great too.

      4. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        2-0

      5. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        United with one eye on Europe versus a team who can't score despite numerous chances. Nil Nil.

      6. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        1-1

    • Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Guys just a heads up. Mark does not own Shaw so don't be surprised if the inevitable happens 😉

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Lol, wouldn't be surprised.

      2. Fitzy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Side splitter... 🙄

    • Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      My Mendy to Meslier transfer actually paid off

    • Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Greenwood matched Bruno 🙂

    • Pompel
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      And so thw GW from hell continues. Currently 17 points worse off on Free Hit than with last weeks team. OR in free fall and waving good bye to any chance if ML victory.
      Just got to try to limit damage until end of season now, not to drop outside 100K

    • DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      As a Leeds fan and a Shaw owner that needs points to win my mini league that's perfect.

    • Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Battery : 0.5%