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7 August 2022 1227 comments
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Gameweek 1 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues on Sunday with Leicester City v Brentford and Manchester United v Brighton and Hove Albion.

Both games kick-off at 14:00 BST.

£4.0m ‘keeper Danny Ward starts in goal for Leicester following Kasper Schmeichel’s transfer to Nice, with Daniel Iversen on the bench.

However, Ricardo Pereira and Harvey Barnes both miss out, with the former ruled out for six months after rupturing his Achilles in the friendly against Sevilla.

Brentford, meanwhile, hand debuts to defenders Ben Mee and Aaron Hickey, with Thomas Frank opting for a 4-3-3 formation that includes Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa and Ivan Toney in attack.

Kristoffer Ajer and Sergi Canos are both injured, while Ethan Pinnock is a long-term absentee.

At Old Trafford, Lisandro Martinez and Christian Eriksen both start, while Cristiano Ronaldo is on the bench.

As expected, Anthony Martial misses out, which means Erik ten Hag will deploy Eriksen as a false nine.

There is one change for Brighton from the final friendly against Espanyol, as Adam Lallana starts in place of Enock Mwepu.

Alexis Mac Allister is also in the starting XI after shaking off a recent groin issue, while new signings Levi Colwill and Jeremy Sarmiento are substitutes.

There is no place in the squad for Julio Enciso.


GAMEWEEK 1 LINE-UPS

Leicester City XI: Ward, Amartey, Fofana, Evans, Castagne, Tielemans, Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall, Justin, Maddison, Vardy

Subs: Iversen, Soyuncu, Thomas, Mendy, Praet, Albrighton, Perez, Iheanacho, Daka

Brentford XI: Raya, Hickey, Jansson, Mee, Henry, Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Wissa, Toney

Subs: Strakosha, Dasilva, Onyeka, Dervisoglu, Lewis-Potter, Baptiste, Sorensen, Roerslev, Stevens


Manchester United XI: de Gea, Dalot, Martinez, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Eriksen, Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford

Subs: Heaton, Malacia, Varane, Wan-Bissaka, Garner, van de Beek, Elanga, Garnacho, Ronaldo

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Webster, March, Gross, Mac Allister, Caicedo, Trossard, Lallana, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Colwill, Mwepu, Maupay, Sarmiento, Undav, Mitoma, Van Hecke



  1. ZimZalabim
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Bruno taken the number 8

    what was his old number ? and who is a famous number 8 from united ?

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      In the PL...Rooney Ince Mata..Butt

      1. ZimZalabim
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        ince i remember wearing 8

        when was rooney 8 i remember him wearing 10

        1. It's Fergie Time
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          pre-pl, sir bobby, denis law and george best

          1. ZimZalabim
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            so its ur clubs most famous number

            1. _Ninja_
              • 15 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Best is associated with 10
              ..Law wore almost every number lol

        2. _Ninja_
          • 15 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Rooney was 8 for 3 seasons
          04-07

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Anderson and Butt

  2. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like Bruno up front to me. But I imagine they'll be a lot of switching positions and fluid rotation.

  3. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Vardy throw a party before I replace you with Nunez

  4. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Come on Mbeumo!
    Your time has cometh.

  5. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I’d bite your hand off for 3 points from ward today.

    Also rashford OOP striker should have made him the obvious cheap midfielder. Good luck owners, you should get double figures comfortably

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      With a 4m goalie all you can expect is some save points really. Least there's no expectation when the cleanie is lost.

      1. TomSaints
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Exactly.

        If he can get 1-2 cs over first 5 and wildcard then mission accomplished

      2. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Because Lei will have 0CS this season of course

    2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Easily pleased

  6. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    A 6.5 Man U mid playing upfront can't be poor value in FPL surely?

  7. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Penandes misses easy chance

    • _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Bruno blasts over in the box.

    • La Roja
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Bruno to row Z

    • Puntillimon
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lol @bruno

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      21/22 GW1 Bruno scores that...

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        More like 20/21

      2. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Last season Bruno?

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Got a hatty in week 1

            1. tiger
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Oh yeah...I didn't have him, I think I might have blocked that out from my memory

              1. Rainer
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                😀

          • Rainer
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Was the Leeds hatty not last season?

      3. Fer Fuch's Ake
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Fernandes shanking a blatant goal

      4. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Big chance for Bruno.

        Ballooned over the bar from 14 yards.

      5. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Maguire pinging the ball around like Pirlo.

        Come at me haters.

        1. La Roja
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Stop drinking too early lad

        2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          hes looking confident for once. i like it

        3. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I wish Maguire well as do you, but you’re opening yourself up for a big fall.

        4. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          *like Pingu

        5. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Drunk at 4pm yesterday, 2pm today.

          Come on GB...

          1. La Roja
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            That’s what being Manu fan does it to you…

          2. Piggs Boson
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Hey that was from the night before.

            And I'm sober today!

            *hic*

        6. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Hopefully he has another good season so we can put the Maguire vs Pirlo debate to bed

          1. Piggs Boson
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            😆

          2. Rainer
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            😆

      6. Lingard’s Shin Guards
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        thats complete shite

      7. SpaceCadet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Ward save!

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          OMG

        2. _Ninja_
          • 15 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          MOAR

      8. Gudjohnsen
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        United will surely get 4th spot with Fred in that midfield.

        1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          hes garb

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 8 months ago

              In the right system he's great

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  Like on the bench for Lincoln city

          2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Rashford is defo not playing striker as the BBC had him as earlier

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Never was, it's Bruno and Eriksen rotating

              • Herger
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                I’m watching Brentford instead but looks like Bruno up top to me

                1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
                  • 7 Years
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  u watching brentford and mynameisq watching united

                  impossible

                  1. @persecuted_by_mods
                      3 years, 8 months ago

                      Never heard of multiscreen mate

              • Fer Fuch's Ake
                • 12 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                What's the highest scoring ever goalie points in FPL? 4.0 Ward needs to proves his supreme value with a worldie

                1. Hazz
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  2002/03 (187 points) Friedel
                  2020/21 (186 points) Martinez

                  1. Botman and Robben
                    • 9 Years
                    3 years, 8 months ago

                    Damn, there was FPL in 2002/03?

              • Nightcrawler
                • 6 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Castagne the 4.5 bargain better get his 15 pointer today

              • Wild Card this!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                McTominay plays almost striker lol

              • La Roja
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Fred looks like he might just start to sing Gangsters Paradise

                1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
                  • 5 Years
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  Why?

                  1. @persecuted_by_mods
                      3 years, 8 months ago

                      We should have ignored this comment and moved on

                      1. @persecuted_by_mods
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          Before I get banned for making a joke about it

                          1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                            • 8 Years
                            3 years, 8 months ago

                            I could do with a good banging

                            1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                              • 8 Years
                              3 years, 8 months ago

                              Banning

                              Mods I swear

                              Banning

                              1. La Roja
                                • 14 Years
                                3 years, 8 months ago

                                Disgusting

                          2. fantasyfog
                            • 10 Years
                            3 years, 8 months ago

                            You know what you are mon amigo, we see your true colours shining through ( all colours welcome )

                        • La Roja
                          • 14 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          Couldn’t agree more

                  2. asr
                    • 9 Years
                    3 years, 8 months ago

                    Scotty playing as striker when United attacking, seen it all now

                  3. Scots Gooner
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    3 years, 8 months ago

                    Ward haul incoming

                  4. Random Name
                    • 10 Years
                    3 years, 8 months ago

                    Welbeck and tripping over. Name a better duo

                    1. @persecuted_by_mods
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Lacazette and moaning

                        1. La Roja
                          • 14 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          😀

                        2. _Ninja_
                          • 15 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          Bruno and moaning

                      • dark91
                        • 10 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Xhaka and red cards

                      • La Roja
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Laca and being average

                        1. Random Name
                          • 10 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          Laca averaged more goals per season in the pl than drogba.

                          1. La Roja
                            • 14 Years
                            3 years, 8 months ago

                            Deigns is remembered as ledge

                            Laca is not even remembered

                            1. La Roja
                              • 14 Years
                              3 years, 8 months ago

                              Drogba*

                            2. Random Name
                              • 10 Years
                              3 years, 8 months ago

                              drogba not even top 20 pl players all time

                              1. La Roja
                                • 14 Years
                                3 years, 8 months ago

                                Where is laca in top 200 let alone Top 20?

                                1. Random Name
                                  • 10 Years
                                  3 years, 8 months ago

                                  Laca is top 200

                                  1. La Roja
                                    • 14 Years
                                    3 years, 8 months ago

                                    199th?

                                    1. Random Name
                                      • 10 Years
                                      3 years, 8 months ago

                                      you can hate all you want but he's scored over 200 goals in his career. How many other professional footballers have 200 career goals?

                                      1. La Roja
                                        • 14 Years
                                        3 years, 8 months ago

                                        I don’t hate him. I just don’t get your obsession and defending him. He was just an average striker who played in arsenal. You believe what u like lad

                                        1. Random Name
                                          • 10 Years
                                          3 years, 8 months ago

                                          I just like him simple as that. Having said that, i'm not the one that brought him up. You did.

                                2. Random Name
                                  • 10 Years
                                  3 years, 8 months ago

                                  he's 100th for pl goals scored all time in just 5 seasons

                                  1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                                    • 8 Years
                                    3 years, 8 months ago

                                    More seasons than most ahead

                          2. Yordan Letchkov
                            • 9 Years
                            3 years, 8 months ago

                            No, he didn't.

                      • Piggs Boson
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Giggs Boson & Booze

                        1. La Roja
                          • 14 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          😀

                      • Chalobah's Witness
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Pickford and provoking bad injuries.

                      • Lieutenant Frank Columbo
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Mendy and …. No, let’s leave that one.

                      • fantasyfog
                        • 10 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Callum Wilson and injured

                      • Lieutenant Frank Columbo
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Everton and great transfer windows.

                      • MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Redro and Q

                      • DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Ronaldo and penalties.

                    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
                      • 7 Years
                      3 years, 8 months ago

                      avram glazer needs to shave off that little bit of hair at the back. just let it go mate

                      1. Piggs Boson
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        He's actually watching a game 😯

                    3. Forza Papac
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 10 Years
                      3 years, 8 months ago

                      Did anyone else see the pen ten hag was using? 😆

                      1. Zalk
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Had one when I was 9 I think, he's doing color-in.

                        1. Forza Papac
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 10 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          I would always try to push all the colours down at the same time which would inevitably break the pen

                    4. Rainer
                      • 9 Years
                      3 years, 8 months ago

                      DDG so uncomfortable with the ball at his feet, especially if pushed onto his left foot...

                      Should guarantee at least one Alisson Blunderland moment this season.

                      1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        De gea to maguire

                        One of the most graceful parts of the beautiful game

                      2. Piggs Boson
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Agree. Henderson was much better at that. Better at sweeping behind a high line too.

                        Hopefully DDG improves on it in training. Ten Hag is known for developing players.

                      3. TomSaints
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        It shows how much the game has changed. DDG probably one of the best raw shop stoppers in the world but that’s no longer enough for a modern gk

                    5. @persecuted_by_mods
                        3 years, 8 months ago

                        Sancho ghosting as always, incredibly overhyped bundesliga dross

                        1. Zalk
                          • 14 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          Didn't even know he played, where is he?

                          1. @persecuted_by_mods
                              3 years, 8 months ago

                              Exactly, no idea what people see in him except the name and letting bundesliga fool them

                        2. TomSaints
                          • 8 Years
                          3 years, 8 months ago

                          Just realised I’ve got Ivan starting and Ward on bench… hope that doesn’t come back to haunt me