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14 January 2023 1409 comments
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The Manchester derby is the first Premier League match of the day and kicks off at Old Trafford at 12:30pm GMT.

United and City are two of the four clubs who ‘double’ in Gameweek 20 and have been well-backed by Fantasy Premier League managers as a result: three of the top four most-bought players ahead of Friday’s deadline came from the these two teams.

The names in question were Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford and Kevin De Bruyne, and all of them start this afternoon.

As for the rest of the team news, Anthony Martial is fit enough to start for the hosts at Old Trafford.

Shaw stays at centre-half, with Tyrell Malacia at left-back, while Fred comes in to bolster the midfield at the expense of the benched Antony.

Three City players who have struggled for Premier League game-time since the World Cup, Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden, are the only three survivors from the side that lost to Southampton in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

Foden is back on the left flank at the expense of Jack Grealish, while Walker and Cancelo’s deployment at full-back means that there is no place for Rico Lewis.

Aymeric Laporte is also among the substitutes.

GAMEWEEK 20 TEAM NEWS

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

Subs: Heaton, Lindelof, Maguire, Martinez, Antony, Elanga, McTominay, Garnacho, Mainoo.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Ake, Akanji, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Mahrez, Foden, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Phillips, Gundogan, Grealish, Laporte, Alvarez, Gomez, Palmer, Lewis.



  1. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    fekk off rashford

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

    Arsenal fans in dreamland.

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

      Arsenal fan here but city robbed

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

        Ref has let everything go for United.

        Just like the good old days

      2. The Senate
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        United should’ve had a pen first half and didn’t, Eriksen booked for sneezing on Grealish, not sure United have been lucky tbh

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

      Until they lose to United next weekend.

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Huge NLD
      Saka being out is bad though

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

    Haaland dive

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

      Should be YC

      1. The Senate
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        They didn’t walker’s earlier dive either

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Funny

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

        See on the slow mo replay Casemiro didn’t even touch him lol

        1. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          You must be blind

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

    Pen plz come on ref

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

    Not a pen.

  6. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Talked myself out of Rashford but I think it’s finally time to start believing in this team and in United assets.

    1. Ady87
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Captaincy that is, I own him.

  7. statenisland
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Absolutely FML

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

    Pep should play Alvarez over Haaland next match 😉

  9. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    That's pen

    1. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Lol

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland getting desperate

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

    City constantly cheating!

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

      Been looking for a pen whole match, cheats!

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

    Lol

  13. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What a game!!!

  14. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pep pepped himself again

    1. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Top Pep

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

    Yeah, the main Haaland(C) hope now is the first half vs Spurs

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nope, we want him to blank.

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

    Haaland tc fail yikes

  17. AARON-1
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    United in the title race.

    1. Kane and Ablett
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Absolutely! With a squad stronger than Arsenals

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No way. They are not catching arsenal. They did a favor to arsenal now though

  18. Kane and Ablett
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Wow, I’m always catching up with the offside and handball ball rules…. How does Rashford’s fun not influence the defenders ….. influence vs interfere , this isn’t sport this is legalese

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

    Kane mega haul at the Eithad at this rate, plus the usual mauling at home to Arsenal.

    Get ready for the FEAST

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

      Don’t write off a SON haul

      He loves to feast on city and arsenal

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

    WE’RE BACK!!

  21. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Worst ref ever

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Superb refereeing

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

    Fred YC

  23. tryf88
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rashy punishing

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

    Triple Rashford (C) with Palace up next. I’ll take that.

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yep looking good

    2. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Well played

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Was awaiting you, you went missing after he got hurt first half 🙂

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

      Well done mate! Saved the TC, but C is good enough as well. Love this!! Come on you reds!

    5. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Well played!

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

      Looks good I might ..oh wait I already did fml

    7. l@sp0
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Still afraid he's carrying smt and might be rested against palace. But hope not...

  25. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cass down

  26. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone selling Haaland? Has really regressed stats wise. An expensive Danny Welbeck.

    1. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      If be blanks vs Spurs will be sorely tempted

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

        You won't sell him before Wolves at home. Behave yourself.

    2. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Haha interesting comparison. Will hold though, still have faith

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

    United back at it with pocketing the refs

  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Terrible fk from kdb

  29. Mirror Man
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Haaland eh? Just a fat Peter Crouch.

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

        with a stupid hair do

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

        Lmao!

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

      Strange that the United players are suddenly getting loads of injuries that they can magically play on from after a minute.