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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. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Good management from ETH.

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

      Really shows the team who’s the boss. They say United needs disipline as Solskjær was too soft…

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

        I understand the lax approach right after Mourinho left but he had a chance to start putting his foot down afterwards.

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

        We have an Ole sympathiser in the house

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

          Obviously 🙂

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

    Bruno close

    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      a whisker

    2. Custard Gannet
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Close to Row Z

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

      😆

  3. Shultan
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Should I get rid of cancelo, James & Darwin for a hit or leave cancelo on bench for next week?

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

      Let the dust settle today ...

      1. Shultan
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah I guess but with GW19 starting Monday don't he too long to decide what to do!
        Darwin is going to either mitro or Havertz but genuinely no idea what to with James, other defenders are trippier, Shaw, white & cancelo

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

      Depends who you’d play but without knowing I’d say no

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

      Get rid. Pep is obviously trying to prove a point with these lineups so all is probably not well behind the scenes. It'll only get worse before it gets better.

      Ake is his golden boy now. Probably because he's so rubbish that he tries extra hard and we know Pep loves that.

      1. Shultan
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Weird first cancelo gets dropped by portugal & now pep...sureky cant just ne injury & something has happened

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

          It’s not injury as he played in the last game and is on the bench so could play again today.

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

      This is exactly my thought.

      We can afford

      Cancelo Nunez James -> Stones Castagne Kane

      Worth it for a -4?

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Wouldn't be going Stones, personally.

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

          Who’s most nailed from city for the double do you reckon?

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

    Neves showing Bruno how to take a FK

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

    Fernandes having a mare

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

      Rupert?

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

        😉

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

      So weird, I don’t know what’s happened

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

      I’m up next.

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

      Again. As an owner I was hoping for a revival after Ronaldo but looks far off.

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

    Surely Foden needs to look for a new club at the end of the season?

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

    Just one Fernandes return. That’s all I’m asking for

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

      Same

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

      Sell him

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

        No **** Sherlock haha

        It was a big error and looking for a goodbye present

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

          Feels so wrong to be punished punting on a great differential pick

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

            Yep I got all the punts wrong based on last week and today so far

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

              Punts this season are useless, it seems. Sadly.

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

      Late penalty incoming

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

    Eriksen just makes 60

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

    You would think Cancelo starts vs Chelsea..right? Right, right?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yes and foden too

    2. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I'm benching for Gabriel, so don't even care haha.

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

      If fit yes

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

      Have James and Wilson to move on with 2ft so Cancelo is a hold for me for now

    5. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yes both will be saved to play in FA cup game next week

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

    Imagine when Pep starts doing this with Haaland, gonna be a nightmare

  11. JBG
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Antony doesn't have a right foot does he?

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

      Prosthetic?

  12. kempc23
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Any news on Wilson? I have him, Foden, James and Rashford. Need a Patterson masterclass!

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

      wait 8 minutes

    2. Shultan
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Read Wilson trained so that's positive sign!

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

      Yes, he’s basically injured for life but people keep buying him.

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

    at what point does foden have enough and request out? Hasnt been a starter since october

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

      And yet ironically back then he was starting every week.
      Pep is so weird man

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

        He's a very cliquey manager. Once you get in his good books he'll start going overboard with the plaudits in the press conferences and you're guaranteed to start until his next pet project comes along.

        Fully expecting a 'Lewis is soooo good, without him we would be fighting relegation. He is so important to how we play. Without him we're nothing'.

        That's the kind of dramatic nonsense he comes away with.

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

      Got rid on restart , after the 3 benchings pre w/c, didn’t wanna take a chance again. Benched v Leeds

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

      He was starting in champions league then though. Its just rotation. Peps been doing it since forever. Even KDB and Haaland will get it occasionally but they'll play around 33-34 matches because of how important they are. The rest aren't as important

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

    Worth for a -4?

    Cancelo Nunez James -> Stones Castagne Kane

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

      Not for me. Bringing in any City player that isn't Ederson, KDB or Haaland is too risky at this point.

  15. JBG
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Noooo.. how do you miss that Shaw???

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

      Oh now I see, haha.

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

      There was a touch from a Wolves defender before it got to him. No time to react

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

        Yeah didn't see that until the replay. Too bad.

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

    Glorious gameweek to a s**tshow.

    James injured, Cancelo and Rashford benched.

    Salah blank.

  17. dansmusen
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Shaw and Bueno on bench. Shaw max BAP guaranteed.

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

      why bench shaw lol

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

        Was Shaw or Andreas. Though choice.

  18. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Haaland, KDB & Walker. One time, Pep.

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

      Lewis is starting so doesn't look good for Walker.

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

      Kdb to punish his sellers

  19. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Bueno CS banked. 3rd on the bench.

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

      Same but to be honest nobody was goining to play him.

  20. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    RAN impact sub

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

    Azpilicuta is nailed while James is out?

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

      Only Kepa is nailed

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

        Well he is the manager after all.

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

      Probably not. Loftus-Cheek is back in training and for some reason successive Chelsea managers love to throw him in at RWB every now and then.

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

      RLC back soon, I think. Pulasic etc. can also play RWB.

  22. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Cancelos cameo is gonna block Bueno right?

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

      Likely

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

      Yep

  23. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Fred finally gets the yellow card he's worked so hard for

  24. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Fred. What an awful human being.

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

    collins >>>> antony

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    DCL starts

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

    Bueno clean sheet locked

  28. GreennRed
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Hacks down the Leixlip man

  29. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    Bournemouth : Travers, Smith, Senesi, Kelly, Zemura, Cook, Lerma, Billing, Anthony, Solanke, Moore.
    Subs: Plain, Stephens, Christie, Mepham, Rothwell, Stacey, Lowe, Dembele, Pearson.

    Crystal Palace : Guaita, Clyne, Anderson, Guehi, Ward, Doucoure, Schlupp, Eze, Olise, Zaha, Ayew.
    Subs: Butland, Mateta, Hughes, Edouard, Ebiowei, Richards, Riedewald, Gordon, Ozoh.

    FULHAM : Leno, Robinson, Ream, Diop, Tete, De Cordova-Reid, Reed, Palhinha, Pereira, Willian, Mitrovic
    Subs: Rodak, Adarabioyo,m Duffy, Wilson, Cairney, Chalobah, James, Vinicius, Harris

    SOUTHAMPTON : Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Salisu, Bella-Kotchap, Maitland-Niles, Edozie, Ward-Prowse, Elyounoussi, Aribo, Adams
    Subs: Caballero, Caleta-Car, A Armstrong, Perraud, S Armstrong, Mara, Diallo, Lavia, Finnigan

    Everton : Pickford, Patterson, Mykolenko, Godfrey, Coady, Tarkowski, Gueye, Onana, Iwobi, Gray, Calvert-Lewin.
    Subs: Begovic, Holgate, Keane, McNeil, Doucoure, Maupay, Coleman, Vinagre, Davies.

    Man City : Ederson, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish.
    Subs: Ortega, Walker, Phillips, Cancelo, Gundogan, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Palmer.

    Newcastle : Pope, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Joelinton, Wood, Almiron, Willock, Burn, Longstaff, Guimaraes.
    Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Wilson, Saint-Maximin, Ritchie, Lewis, Manquillo, Murphy, Anderson.

    Leeds : Meslier, Ayling, Forshaw, Koch, Cooper, Aaronson, Harrison, Adams, Rodrigo, Struijk, Gnonto.
    Subs: Robles, Firpo, Roca, Summerville, Llorente, Kristensen, Gelhardt, Greenwood, Klich.

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

      Cheers Sim.

    2. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Wilson cameo incoming

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

      Cheers Sim...

    4. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Cancelo again

  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Ok Lewis is essential