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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. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    "..something about Fred, pocket and Kdb"

  2. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford in Cancelo's pocket

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

    ManU is not conceding corners in their defending. That's pretty impressive

  4. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Almost a foul by cancelo. Wtf

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

      Yc*

  5. F_Ivanovic
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    L.Martinez has really been a terrible transfer.

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

      Eh

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

      What?

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

      Bs

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

      Lautaro?

    5. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nonsense

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

      Do you mean in FPL?

    7. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      This surely ranks up there as one of the most rubbish posts of the season.

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        You know when a mod gives you grief, you’ve been talking trollop

    8. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      For your team or United?

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

        For my team obviously.

    9. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Clueless

    10. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Unless you're talking about bringing him into your team...

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

    Will Cancelo make 60?

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

      Yes he’s good

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

      He's 28 and fit, should live to well past 60...

  7. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KdB's mind seems to be elsewhere at the moment, should've released his autobiography 'Spare' in the off season....

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

      Fred's markled him outta the game

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

    Walker sneaky

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

    Poor Tyler that was just an awkward fall, ended up hitting his head on the floor.

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

    Eriksen needs a visit to the hair & teeth clinic in Liverpool

  11. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What was that pass from Bruno there… he can pull off work for passes and can’t get the simple ones right. That was awful

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      *world class

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

    Rashford shot cleared off the line

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

    Ederson awol

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

    Trashford

  15. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    L.Martinez in Shaw's pocket?

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

    Rashford ffs

  17. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What is Eddy doing?

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

      Playing football

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

      His standard stuff tbf.

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

    Poor from rashford

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

      Worse from Ederson

  19. Norco
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    That was a run to the loo when the diarrhoea is about to breach

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

    Casemeiro should have done better. Smash it at goal or create something instead of lumping it in

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

    Madness from Ederson

  22. Lanycia9
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Book Malacia. I mean seriously if you behaved like that in a Sunday league game you'd be rightly slaughtered

  23. Shultan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Listening on radio in car, what did Ederson do?

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Are you driving and texting

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

      Hope you're not driving & posting?

      He ran miles out the box and missed everything...

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

      Insane sweeper keeper
      But it all worked out

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

    Good to see haaland drops back a bit to create some different spacing

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

    Rashford chance again

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

    Poor touch from rashford

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

      Way too heavy

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

        Good run poor touch otherwise i think he scores

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Squaring to Martial may have been the better option

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

    Rashford two big misses now

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

    Rashford regression as suspected.

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

    Guess a few capped Rashford so makes sense to hope for a blank anyway?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Depends on EO at your rank and mini leagues

  30. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Trashford is back