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Kane on the bench as Shaw and Fernandes start for Man Utd

Two Premier League matches kick off at 2pm BST today – Southampton v Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes two changes from the team that comfortably beat Leeds United in Gameweek 1, as Nemanja Matic (£4.5m) and Anthony Martial (£7.9m) replace Scott McTominay (£5.5m) and Daniel James (£6.0m) in the starting XI.

New signings Raphael Varane (£5.5m) and Jadon Sancho (£9.4m) are both named on the bench.

Ralph Hasenhüttl’s Southampton will be looking to bounce back from their opening-day loss at Everton, though they are without a win in 10 home league matches against The Red Devils.

New signing Adam Armstrong (£6.0m) leads the line, while £4.0m defender Tino Livramento gets another start at right-back ahead of Kyle Walker-Peters (£5.0m), who again has to settle for a place on the bench.

At Tottenham Hotspur, Nuno names an unchanged starting XI with Harry Kane (£12.4m) on the bench. That means another out-of-position start for Son Heung-min (£10.0m).

Of all the current Premier League sides that the South Korean international has played against, Wolves are the only team he hasn’t scored against. Could that be about to change?

Meanwhile, Bruno Lage takes charge of his first Wolves home game and makes just one change to his starting XI, with Nelson Semedo (£5.0m) replacing Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.0m).

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Stephens, Salisu, Perraud, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Walcott, Djenepo, Adams, A Armstrong

Subs: Forster, Bednarek, Walker-Peters, Valery, Diallo, Elyounoussi, Tella, Redmond, Long

Man Utd XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Fred, Martial, Fernandes, Pogba, Greenwood

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Varane, James, Lingard, Mata, McTominay, van de Beek, Sancho

Wolves XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Marcal, Trincao, Traore, Jimenez

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Silva, Gibbs-White, Dendoncker, Cundle, Marques, Campbell

Spurs XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Alli, Moura, Bergwijn, Son

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Davies, Sessegnon, Winks, Lo Celso, Gil, Kane, Scarlett

1,517 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Ron_Swanson
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Can’t believe Dele on pens

  2. Strchld
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Dele 6.5 could be steal.

  3. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Alli owner here, anyone else?

    1. RichRover
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Yessir

    2. Playing_the_Numbers
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      yup 🙂

  4. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Kane seething, missing out on easy goals

  5. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Dele on pens? So disgusting

  6. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Son owners in dreamland

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Nightmare land?

  7. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Dele thanks for taking that pen but when i get son, i expect you to give them to him.

  8. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Alli essential at that price if Kane leaves

  9. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Salisu stopping everything

  10. FPL_Crisis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Didn’t realise he was out, what happened to Rui Patricio?

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      New club

      1. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Had no idea

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Rome

      1. La Roja
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        lu Lukaku

    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Gone to Roma

      1. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers totally missed that move

  11. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Ali only took it because he was guaranteed to score if not fouled

    1. Get up ya bum
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      "fouled"

  12. just a man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Shaw fk to Pogba, controlled and hit it but saved

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      And yet another one wasted by Pogba

    2. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      And again but Pog header over

  13. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Son not goodvar pens amyway

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Less vodka mate

      1. Kellz86
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Or more vodka?

  14. dark91
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba could have had 2 goals by now!!

  15. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    That’s a very easy chance Pogba has missed. Poor

  16. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Shaw with two peaches of a free kick and two missed chances from Pogba

  17. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba looking dangerous. A

    1. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Dangerous over the crossbar yea

  18. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Armstrong is rapid

  19. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba is so dangerous, getting some chances

  20. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Looking like a potential bloodbath at St Mary's

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      One way traffic all United

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

      Not now

    3. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      That Pogba ball to Martial then was beautiful

    4. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Hope so.

  21. Licky
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    That looked like a penalty.

  22. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    What the? No Son on pens then?

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Time to sell him for Delle

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Kane on pens next GW anyways

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          Surely still De Bruyne

    2. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Don't like son anymore

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Nope

  23. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    I need a Maguire goal, come on slab head

  24. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Get Martial off. Ruining this team!

  25. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Odds of Wan Bazooka goal today?

  26. Drogo
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    So gonna regret not doing Gundo > Pogba after gw1. Already 0.2m diff.

  27. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    The goal is coming

  28. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Alli > Son locked

    1. ZAMUNDA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      You mean Son -> Alli?

  29. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Is Livramento nailed over KWP ?

  30. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    why play pogba on the wing when you got sancho man

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Because he’s playing well there?

      1. Kellz86
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Not particularly, Sancho is a much better winger

        1. Make United Great Again
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          4 assists vs Leeds and has looked threatening already. Sancho was bought to play on the right anyway

          1. Kellz86
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 9 months ago

            A sun set of one match is not enough to say Pogba, not a natural winger, is better than Sancho, a proven winger. Look at the opponents sir

            1. Kellz86
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 9 months ago

              A subset