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Match 13 of 30 over this busy festive period sees Wolverhampton Wanderers play host to Manchester United.

This is new Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui’s first Premier League game in charge at Molineux, where the action gets underway at 12:30 GMT.

It’s one change apiece for the two teams in the West Midlands, and Erik ten Hag’s sole alteration is a seismic one.

The 32.9%-owned Marcus Rashford is only among the substitutes this lunchtime, with his place in the starting XI taken by Alejandro Garnacho.

This is no seasonal rest for Rashford – ten Hag has benched him for an unspecified misdemeanour.

“Internal disciplinary.” – Erik ten Hag two-word explanation for Marcus Rashford’s benching

Julen Lopetegui’s one change from the side that defeated Everton sees Matheus Nunes replace Joe Hodge in central midfield.

That means another start for £3.9m-rated FPL defender Hugo Bueno, who once again sees off the challenge of Rayan Ait-Nouri at left-back.

GAMEWEEK 18 TEAM NEWS

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa; Bueno, Kilman, Collins, Semedo; Moutinho, Neves, Nunes; Podence, Costa, Hwang.

Subs: Sarkic, Ait-Nouri, B. Traore, Jimenez, Guedes, Toti, Jonny, A. Traore, Hodge.

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

Subs: Heaton, Lindelof, Maguire, Rashford, Fred, Williams, Van de Beek, Elanga, Mainoo.



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  1. yousunkmybattleship
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Marcus

  2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    What did Rashford do?

    1. Cheat with his brothers wife?
    2. Visit the same shops Rooney used to go to?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Made a bad joke about ETH

    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Turned up late because he stopped to feed a feral child.

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        We don’t have feral children in the UK.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          There’s a few of them on here.

          1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Ahh you mean Slouch

            1. Rupert The Horse
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Defo. Misery personified.

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      ‘Twas caught gerbling.

    4. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Spent too much time around JLingz

    5. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lost track of time eating cold nuggets and lumpy custard whilst staring at his OBE or knighthood or whatever it was.

    6. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Used one of ETH's fancy ointments.

    7. Stimps
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sharted in the cafeteria

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        😉

    8. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Wished Ronaldo good luck at his new club...

  3. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Just seen Rashford is benched. Between that and the Salah blank, this GW has decent potential!

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Don’t really mind. I had a pretty tough time deciding on who to bench so…

      1. The Mentaculus
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        ...so you benched Salah?

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

        Guess you’re praying for a Rashford no show or an Andreas blank then

  4. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno now is the time to repay my faith in you. Brace please

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

      Not a chance he reads this mate.

      1. Stamford B
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Too close to kick off for a start

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      *Bueno

  5. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Rashford scores off the bench, don’t worry.

  6. MJF
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Rashford the most overrated Man Utd youth product since David Healy.

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Robbie Savage says hello.

    2. Auntie Niemi
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You must've never heard of Gabriel obertan.

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Famous Man Utd academy product

      2. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He wasn’t a youth product eh had already been playing in France for a few years I think...

    3. Mirror Man
      3 years, 6 months ago

      It could be a lot worse. We could have spent £90m on the new Ian Dowie.

      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Dowie was poor enough. The new Forlan maybe?

        1. Mirror Man
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Bit harsh. Class player really but he just couldn't handle the big stage at OT. Nunes has that bit of donkey about him though, which is why I like the Dowie comparison.

          1. GreennRed
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            You seem to know more about donkeys than football.

            1. Mirror Man
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Good knowledge of both to be honest, but probably more so the football than the donkeys.

  7. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hope Rash doesn't come on I will take Andreas vs Soton this week.

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Solanke for me if Rash doesn’t come on.

      1. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Ditto, I wanted to start Solanke but couldn’t see how I could. Guess we need to cheer on Utd

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Totes

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Same, hope ETH stays grumpy the whole match

  8. Sad Pablo Arsecobar
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    A. Keep nunez
    B. Nunez to mitro for the double
    C. Nunez to havertz for the double

    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Keep

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

      Keep

    3. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      B

    4. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      B or C

    5. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A

    6. Bluetiger1
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      B

  9. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Shaw better CB than Maguire

  10. SpaceCoyote97
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Dalot for Cucarella?

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No. He's still not fit enough to start.

      1. SpaceCoyote97
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I meant get rid of Dalot for Cucarella.

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Yes for DGW. Not sure where Cucurella playsinafew weeks when Chilwell and James start again. Saw him RCB in a few lineups before World Cup.

  11. Stimps
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Why is Luke Shaw starting ahead of Lindelof and Maguire at CB?

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      See above (it’s gonna be Mee).

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Neither are 100% fit.

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Maguire is last choice. Shaw preferred. But you knew that

  12. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Probably worth keeping Rasher for Bournemouth right?

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yes, he will probably come on at HT for Antony if he keeps playing like he is this half.

  13. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Anthony is passing what Darwin is to shooting

  14. DycheDycheBaby
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    It is quite bizarre seeing Shaw at CB 😀

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not as bizarre as last week. Getting used to it now.

  15. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Costa needs a few more gears!

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He’d have em with a few less years.

  16. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Gnacho really should have scored that

  17. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Antony so so close

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      *Garnacho

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Antony should have smashed it afterwards tbf

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Garnacho*

  18. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Rashford decision looking stupid already. Fine him 2wks wages don't cut nose off to spite face...

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      What he do?

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No it's not. Two weeks wages won't mean a thing to him. Sounds more like you're peed off because of FPL reasons.

      1. BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Oh I am but he's punishing the team's chances like a weak supply teacher keeping the whole class in.

    3. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Rashford is known for being extremely clinical of course

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He’s pretty good these days.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Still wastes a lot of chances though

    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Gotta love a forum.

    5. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      More important to show who’s the boss than playing his most in form player and increase the chances to win

      1. BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        We'll have to disagree on that. Any boss who in punishing a player punishes the whole team loses respect.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Yeah no one respected Fergie for example

          1. BobB
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Fergie would have dealt with it very differently

            1. x.jim.x
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Yeah, he would have left him out completely.

            2. Mirror Man
              3 years, 6 months ago

              He would have got Mbappe in the summer.

        2. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Agree to disagree, was ironical

  19. DycheDycheBaby
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Semedo lol. What was that

    1. bombonera
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Biggest liability in the league

    2. Mirror Man
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Give him a break mate he's doing his best.

  20. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Rashford would’ve nailed that!

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Would be 1-0 if Rashford received that chance

  21. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Semedo with almost a no look assist for Garnacho

  22. JBG
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    That should have been 0-1....

  23. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Semedo channeling his inner Maguire

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Funny name for a gerbil.

  24. Hooky
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Surely Jonny has to be a better option than Samedo at RB?

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Thanks for asking. Yes he is. Samedo will be targeted.

      1. Hooky
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        We know better than these overrated Wolves managers.

        1. bench boost for every gamew…
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Wolves have talented yet not clinical players. Lopetgui is a class manager, so was the other. Jimmy gone bad after hos head injury talen all their attacking output away.

    2. Mirror Man
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He's used as cover

  25. pagos04
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Why was there a standing ovation on the 17th minute?

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Celebrating Fred

    2. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Longest Deigo Costa has been on a pitch without a booking

  26. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wolves looking dangerous now

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      MU should bring on Liam Neeson or Kevin Costner.

      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Neeson is more of a hurling man, being from Antrim.

  27. Cojones of Destiny
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    yawn

    1. Mirror Man
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Poor night's sleep?

      1. Cojones of Destiny
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        nah just a boring game )

  28. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Semedo really wants Garnacho's shirt

  29. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Brilliant from Bruno

  30. JBG
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Costa really is a sh*thouse player, isn't he? Absolutely no need to barge in to Shaw like that.

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Seems like a loveable and cuddly guy

      Why do you say that?

      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Probably two foot tackles his wife before they go to sleep.

    2. Mirror Man
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I reckon he could have been a decent MMA fighter. Nasty fella.