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27 December 2022 707 comments
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Today’s second of two Premier League matches takes place at Old Trafford, where Manchester United host Nottingham Forest in the 20:00 GMT kick-off.

Four points behind Tottenham Hotspur but with two games in hand, the Red Devils will expect a home win against 19th-placed Forest.

Anthony Martial‘s (£6.7m) minutes have been managed during recent matches and he gets the nod here, leading the line with Marcus Rashford (£6.7m) and Antony (£7.5m) on either side of him.

Popular Fantasy Premier League (FPL) picks Bruno Fernandes (£9.8m) and Luke Shaw (£4.8m) also start, although it’s uncertain how their defence will line up. Diogo Dalot (£4.8m) has a hamstring injury.

Raphael Varane (£4.8m) makes the line-up just nine days after the World Cup final but, with Lisandro Martinez (£4.5m) still celebrating and Harry Maguire (£4.7m) only on the bench, there are two other full-backs as well as Shaw – Tyrell Malacia (£4.2m) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.3m).

Perhaps the latter will be at centre-back, although Casemiro (£4.9m) stepped back during last week’s Carabao Cup match.

Opponents Forest can’t play goalkeeper Dean Henderson (£4.7m) against his parent club so in steps Wayne Hennessey (£3.9m). New signing Gustavo Scarpa is also ineligible, whilst Morgan Gibbs-White (£5.5m) has a knock.

Much-owned cheap defender Neco Williams (£4.0m) is named as a substitute, as Jesse Lingard (£5.4m) makes an emotional return to the boyhood club he spent 21 years at.

GAMEWEEK 17 LINE-UPS

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Malacia, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Shaw; Eriksen, Casemiro, Fernandes; Antony, Martial, Rashford

Subs: Heaton, Bennett, Maguire, B Williams, Fred, van de Beek, Iqbal, Elanga, Garnacho

Nottingham Forst XI: Hennessey; Aurier, Boly, Worrall, Lodi; Mangala, Freuler, Yates; Johnson, Awoniyi, Lingard

Subs: Smith, Cook, N Williams, Colback, O’Brien, Toffolo, Surridge, Dennis, McKenna



FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Martial G
    Rash A

  2. jack88
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Assist from rashy. Well done boi

  3. Salarrivederci
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    James, Havertz, Rashford and Martial.

    Damn it James!

  4. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    That ball from Bruno wow

  5. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Rashy assist woohoo

  6. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Martial goal, Rashford assist, get in juhuuuuuu juhuuuu

  7. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Wayne too much Hennessy

  8. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Martialll!!!!

  9. Maddamotha
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Get in!!! Martial and Rashy!!

  10. Ninja Škrtel
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    RASH AND MARTIALLLLL YESSS!!!!

  11. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Man U and boxing days, name a more iconic duo

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Turner and Hooch

    2. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Man U and Thursday Nights.

      1. DRIZ ✅
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

      2. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

    3. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Check your calendar

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Rain in Stoke?

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

    Martial & Rashford, absolutely get in there lads.

  13. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Martial or Mitrovic?

    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        No

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

      Maybe

    3. mdm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Mitro

    4. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Mitro winning so far

  14. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Rashford is my vice captain, any chance Haaland to miss all along tomorrow? Will bring Shaw from the bench too 😉

    1. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      No chance.

    2. jack88
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah haaland won the worldcup. He is chilling with messi

    3. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Sorry Daniel, I know you want a back on the back for a VC but it means nothing.

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

    Wayne Hennessy is a terrible keeper. Get 7 today Bruno

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yes!

  16. jack88
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Wanted martial, wanted mitro, had nketiah but i ended up with having darwin.

  17. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    It just gets better and better.

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

    Shame Rashford is only my VC 😛

  19. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Martial goal is my punishment for Darwin.

    1. jack88
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Same. To have darwin, i did pope> pickford too

  20. Dry Lunch
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Who needs Almiron when you have the rashmister

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I have both. Great value!

  21. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    So basically all the popular strikers have scored, except Nunez.

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

      Wilson's hattie on my bench.

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      And Wilson and I own both

  22. putana
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    there really should be massive scores this gameweek. Every popular attacking player has returned besides Darwin

  23. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Martial, Mitrovic, Havertz, Toney, Nketiah and Watkins all in the points and I manage to pick Wilson lol

  24. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    FPL broken

  25. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    The thing about wild cards is I should just leave them until 2hrs before deadline. Too much time just makes me think too much. ”Kulu huge differential instead of Almiron. Wilson before Martial is clever too.”
    My own fault but still a bitter pill to swallow.
    I never learn. Good on you all for making the right choice.

  26. jack88
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Shaw at cb has better chance of bonus than at lb if utd keep cs?

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

    Well, only James & Darwin flunked from my XI so far. Cancelo, KDB, Haaland to play (alongside Rashford & Martial).

    Surely going to be some monster scores this week.

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Same here except I've got ramsdale

  28. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Rashford-Kane-Saka

    should be England's front three.

    1. putana
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      how about when foden scores tomorrow?

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Nope. Foden has talent, but for me he has a 'laddish' personality that gets in the way. Grealish and Maddison are similar to Foden. Saka and Rashford are more sober characters.

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

      Foden?

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Toney in the middle and it’s coming home

    4. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Southgate should have been removed already. England will never win anything with him in charge.

  29. Big_Bear
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Any chance Cancelo, Mahrez or Haaland won't play tomorrow? Trippier on the bench here (I'm such a idiot)?

    Although to counter my idiot status I have Rashford as captain, whoop!

  30. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    FPL tower having trouble processing all these goals

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Too busy paying the share holders rather than updating the processing power