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

    El Baldico lived up to its billing. Great game! 🙂

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

      Battle of the Bald

    2. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Very cerebral

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

      Haha. It’s funny because they’re bald.

      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        You guys are so baldist

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

    He'll break the scoring records but City were a better team without him.

    1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Facts

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nah. Pep being stubborn because it is always Pep's way or nothing.

    3. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      They played fine with him until the break. I don't think he's the problem, the rest of the team isn't playing well either

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

      Haaland is the new Ronaldo!

    5. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Shearer to Pep's Gullit

  3. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Boom

  4. Bluetiger1
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thats it all over United win

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

    United!

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

      Yeeeess!! Fking love that!

  6. jwong23
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Well deserved win by ManU

    1. Shark Team
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No

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

      City robbed

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

        How?

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

        Said no one ever. Again.

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

    Bernardo, kdb, mahrez all washed up and past their best

    City be happy with top 4

  8. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Silva was shocking at the end. Just useless

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

    Best team won on the day tbf

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

      Lol

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

    (2+2)*3 =12 point tc boom

  11. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford 3 bps
    Bruno 2
    Casemiro, kdb 1

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

    Kdb 1 bonus

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

      Hope he keeps it

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

    Haaland has never shown up in a big game.

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

      Just the hat trick and 2 assists in the reverse fixture.

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

        At home vs a fledgling utd at the time not a big game

        1. Granville
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Nope, your comment was nonsense.

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

        That wasn’t a big game, Utd had Ronaldo then and we’re sheeite

    2. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He made the runs, they never played the pass

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

      Lol

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

      If he is in the squad he shows up for the game

  14. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland 0 bonus

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

    Nice 6 bonus from rashy and 1 from kdb

  16. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Seeing 2nd half, harsh result.
    City should have pushed more for 0-2 instead of controlling a 1 0 lead as usual.
    But kuddos to utd though

  17. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland is that nba scoring champion who plays in a team that loses so he can break records

    1. D One
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      LeBron James ?

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

    Everyone forgetting refereeing now and that first goal that turned the match.

  19. Ruinenlust
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Such an undeserved victory

    1. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Haha

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

      Didn’t Citeh only have 1 SoT?

  20. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Man Utd in the title race

  21. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    timewasting in the pl is a joke, won't be long until only 1 half of football is actually played

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

      Actually liked what the world cup did by adding ton of extra time atleast as a short term solution.

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        it was way better

        casemeiro at the end trying to hack grealish down, instead of yc he gets to waste 90 seconds, just ridiculous

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

      Agree much prefer the World Cup time keeping

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

    1-0 City win might have suited me a tad more rank-wise, but take the TC flop & rivals transfers not massively paying off (yet) all day.

  23. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    When was the last time Man U won the derby?

    1. Mirror Man
        3 years, 2 months ago

        About ten minutes ago

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

          True.

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

      Well done TC Rashford owners, I just had Cap this week & last 🙂

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

        It’s a game of four halves

    3. Mirror Man
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Rashford has more bonus points today than Haaland had shots at goal.

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

          He also had more goals than Haaland too.

          What’s your point?

      • Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Rash (c) 🙂

        1. Sailboats
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Nice one

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

          Snap, past two games 🙂

          1. Weasel Boy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Same 🙂

      • nerd_is_the_werd
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        That's what we like to see...

        Rashford (3)
        Fernandes (2)
        KDB (1)

        Own all 3, get in!!
        Haaland (c), but let's not get into that....

      • It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Give us 5-5-0 next season

      • noquarternt
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Haalf season wonder

      • diesel001
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Wish Pep would play this side:

        Ederson
        Walker Dias Laporte Cancelo
        KDB Rodri Gundogan
        Bernardo Haaland Grealish