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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. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    City playing like they are 2 up

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

    These slow ball movements from City is simply infuriating

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

    Ever since De Bruyne said Belgium we’re too old to win the World Cup his form has dipped so badly,

    He’s looking too old to do anything. Fred is bossing him

    1. jwong23
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      More city players need to play the ball forward. KdB can't do it all on his own

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

        So he’s only a system player?

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

      More looking forward to seeing the Croydon de Bruyne tomorrow

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

    What should I be hoping for as TC Haaland and Mahrez but ddg and shaw in team?

    1. MJF
        3 years, 3 months ago

        DDG pen save but Haaland nets the rebound, pen won by Mahrez. Shaw goal.

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

          Then Mahrez doesn’t get his assist…

          1. MJF
              3 years, 3 months ago

              That my friend is a very good point!

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

          Do you know why you bought and picked them?

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

            Haaland and ddg were already in my team. Shaw looked like a long term buy and mahrez a punt.
            Have rashford too. But no city defense.

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

          Big city win today and Utd cleaning vs Palace is best outcome

        4. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Haaland hattie

      • Ruinenlust
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Why didn’t Rodri shoot?

      • FantasyTony
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Fred pocketing KDB is not what I expected to see.

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

          Fred is a beast off the ball.

          Doing a Park Ji-sung today.

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

        Kdb not even on corners

        1. jwong23
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          KdB is pretty lousy on corners to be fair

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

        Has Haaland touched the ball yet?

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

          He’s touched it more than Foden has

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

            True

      • Royal5
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        No service for Haaland so far

      • Saka White Rice
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Already regret the TC. Its clear he won't score more than 1 goal I 2 games...oh well...its not the most important chip anyway

        1. MJF
            3 years, 3 months ago

            23 minutes gone man,

          • Neevesy
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Yawn.

          • Pariße
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            He can still do a hattrick against Tottenham although Man United and Tottenham were never the best fixtures for a TC.

            But at 21 goals so far, his form is almost inevitably going to drop as it’s so unlikely what had already happened.

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

            That's some pretty blatant passive-aggressive reverse psychology you've got going, there. Fate ain't fallin for it 😀

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

          Has Foden touched the ball yet?

        3. Pariße
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Silva needs 30 touches to check all options and end up passing sideways.

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

            At least he's checking

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

            I missed the decisive plays from David Silva...

        4. jwong23
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Bernardo is literally running in circles...

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

          Credit to ETH and Casemiro for the clear improvement so far

          Or maybe City's form is telling

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

            Speak of the (red) devil

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

          Haaland TC feels like a big fail.

          Do something city

          1. Defcons are for Kinnear
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Goldilocks fraud

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

            Came here to say "waiting for the TC wasted comments"

            22 mins, and I wasn't disappointed.

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

            Trying to jinx it?

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

          Haaland blocked

        8. Zladan
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Blonde Andy Carroll.

        9. SM001
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Was that Haalands first touch?

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

          Our midfield is extremely compact. City are there for the taking on the counter

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

            Oor err

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

              Dammit!

              Oo err*

        11. Gazwaz80
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Haaland being kept warm like a pop tart in Fred’s pocket…

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

            Warm? Pop tarts are hotter than the sun!

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

              Boppin' Marv proverb

              1. Gazwaz80
                • 6 Years
                3 years, 3 months ago

                Haha, meant De Bruyne also 😀

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

              A pop tart once melted a hole in my tongue like a drop of Alien blood.

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

                How long did you put it in for?

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

                  Don't know why but this question made me snort with laughter.

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

                    8 Minutes!?

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

                      We'd be entering nuclear fusion territory after 8 minutes.

                      1. Gazwaz80
                        • 6 Years
                        3 years, 3 months ago

                        Haha 😀

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

                        Starting to realise that you weren't intentionally quoting Alan Partridge 😆

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

                          That was an apple pie.

                        2. Gazwaz80
                          • 6 Years
                          3 years, 3 months ago

                          Dan…

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

                  10 seconds

        12. MJF
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Martial being shouted at by the crowd twice for laziness.

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

              I can’t stand him.

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

              Screaming at glass makes it more likely to break

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

                Deulofail proverb

          • Zladan
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Ten Hag got United playing ball.

          • TomSaints
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            DGWs are a trap

          • FantasyTony
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Can see where Wout might do a job for United. Martial's holdup play is only decent with the ball to his feet.

          • Silecro
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            As a owner of Shaw, Rash, Ederson, KDB and Haaland(c) i fully expect match to end 1:1 with goals from Bruno and Rodri. Asists Casemiro and Bilva

            1. FPLtfs
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Most likely.

          • boc610
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Dear fred , please let kdb out of your pocket, thanks

          • g40steve
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Fred like a limpet stuck to KDB

          • jacob1989
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            This has 0-0 written all over it

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

              Just the bottom left corner for me.

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

                Top left for me

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

              You talking about the article comment section?

          • g40steve
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Is that a card board cut out of Martial?

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

            Goalcelo yet?