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The final match of Gameweek 5 – and the last Premier League fixture before the three-week international break – sees Fulham and Manchester United square off at Craven Cottage.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Man Utd boss Michael Carrick makes just one change from the Manchester derby.

Luke Shaw returns from injury and replaces Patrick Dorgu, who drops to the bench.

Benjamin Sesko is absent from the matchday squad. That means Matheus Cunha is likely to start up front for the visitors.

Carlos Baleba meanwhile is named among the substitutes.

Fulham are unchanged from their goalless draw with Liverpool in Gameweek 4.

LINE-UPS

Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Charles, Bobb, King, Iwobi, Garcia

Subs: Lecomte, Andersen, Larsson, Smith Rowe, Palacios, Angel, Sessegnon, Muniz, Kevin

Manchester United XI: Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw, Tielemans, Mainoo, Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford, Cunha

Subs: Darlow, Dorgu, Mazraoui, Yoro, Baleba, Santos, Mount, Zirkzee, Lacey

LIVE GAMEWEEK 5 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

Fulham v Man Utd team news: Shaw starts, no Sesko

You can follow all the day’s action via the Live Gameweek page, which you can find in the all-new FPL Toolkit section.

Here you can track the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out.

And there’s also the all-new Match Centre to explore. Here, you’ll find stats, heatmaps, rolling xG graphs and more on every Premier League fixture.

A lot is free for all, with Chief Scout Members getting full access.

Enjoy!


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  1. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 hours, 14 mins ago

    Rashword doesn't look any worse than other MU players.

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      8 hours, 14 mins ago

      That's not a compliment

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 hours, 43 mins ago

        Neutral comment. He doesn't have to improve much to become an fpl pick. Wouldn't rule that out happening next February or something like that.

  2. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    8 hours, 13 mins ago

    So Rashford is still a footballer. How interesting...

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 10 mins ago

      A crap one at that

      1. PartyTime
        • 5 Years
        8 hours, 5 mins ago

        He could become a chauffeur instead

  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    8 hours, 10 mins ago

    clear contact, not a dive is it even if not a foul

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 hours, 7 mins ago

      Not worth of yellow imo. There was contact, but he didn't even try not to fall. I don't know the current rule atm.

  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    8 hours, 9 mins ago

    a half full of pretty terrible finishing

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 8 mins ago

      A few top saves from the keepers

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 8 mins ago

    Where are my Bruno and Mbeumo hauls?!

  6. Esraj
    • 10 Years
    8 hours, 8 mins ago

    A nice training session during the international break. No stoppage time required.

  7. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 2 Years
    8 hours, 8 mins ago

    cannot believe that Bruno chance off the post

    FPL truly is a game of inches & luck

    1. He’ll still haul

      1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
        • 2 Years
        7 hours, 58 mins ago

        need Tielemans to stay where he is. hate when Bruno drops deep to cover him

  8. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 hours, 7 mins ago

    Food for thought here.

    Say Haaland is highest scoring player this year. We can all guess his total number of points.

    I’m going to guess 240-260.

    Or what total points amount is worth 15.6 million?

    There’s a great argument that with perma-captaincy he’s still worth the money but….there’s definitely fun/opportunity in going against it

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 hours, 6 mins ago

      *Looking at his season history, he’s only scored over 240 total points once*

    2. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      • 2 Years
      8 hours, 5 mins ago

      I think the argument is more so that's he's nailed for 90 mins and rarely ever injured and the focal point in the best attack in the league

      who are the alternatives? Joao Pedro injury prone, Isak being wrapped in cotton wool and unable to play a full 90, Arsenal don't have a striker... etc etc

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 hours, 4 mins ago

      There could be, but what's the dream team? If Saka, Palmer and Bruno+Mbeumo etc were hauling every week that money could be well spent. But have likes of Gross and Konsa in our teams now.

    4. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 hours, 3 mins ago

      I grow tired of this. If you want to be clever go against owning Haaland. You could captain MGW vs Coventry or Palmer vs Brentford or Saka vs Brighton.

      1. mixology
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 hours, 13 mins ago

        I captained MGW. Have Isak in place of Haaland. It’s only tiresome when the premiums cost 12-12.5 million and are actually scoring well and scoring consistently

    5. F4L
      • 11 Years
      8 hours, 2 mins ago

      got him in this week as i lost faith in rotating captaincy tbh and pedro injury provided an excuse

      looking for 8.5/9 goals every 10 starts, should result in around 7-7.2 points per start. theres too many good enablers in defence and mid. definitely less fun though

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        8 hours ago

        *also i think city look better than i expected them to be, and have serious strength in depth . its tough to imagine them completely losing form

        1. mixology
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 hours, 6 mins ago

          Good points. 12.5m-13m he’s in my team. Can’t justify 15.6 million personally

  9. One More Hit
    • 7 Years
    8 hours, 6 mins ago

    74 points this week with Bruno still in play, and only 2 playing defenders. Haven't touched the team since before the GW1 deadline.

    Technically, with 5FT and all chips bar BB remaining, I think some careful planning could still yield a good season. But that's against the rules of a ghost team.

    1. The Philosopher
      • 6 Years
      8 hours, 3 mins ago

      I'm also a ghost team, where the points are ghosting.

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 hours, 3 mins ago

      Lose ghost team league?

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 hours, 2 mins ago

      Well played. Patience rewarded this week.

    4. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 1 min ago

      Total points?

      1. One More Hit
        • 7 Years
        7 hours, 59 mins ago

        340. I'd wager there's active players on here in a worse position.

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 17 Years
          7 hours, 56 mins ago

          Im only 13 points ahead with active management. But I do still have BB and FH.

          1. One More Hit
            • 7 Years
            7 hours, 55 mins ago

            I used BB in gameweek 1, so technically there's a wildcard, free hit and triple captain going unused. Fully expect by GW19 once the first chips are exhausted I'll be well adrift.

        2. bitm2007
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          7 hours, 52 mins ago

          320 after 24 point red arrow last week, and only 29 this week with just Brono in play.

    5. One More Hit
      • 7 Years
      8 hours ago

      It's just mad how tight it is in most MLs. I'm just about within the top 1m at the moment too. Appreciate that'll all fall apart as BGWs occur and people start using more chips, but with a couple of better early season picks (not Szoboszlai and Rodon) it'd be even better.

    6. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 8 Years
      6 hours, 44 mins ago

      How are you're other 99 ghost teams doing?

  10. Bobadoba
    • 16 Years
    8 hours, 1 min ago

    Odegaard out for Schade or wait a bit?

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 1 min ago

      I would wait.

      1. Bobadoba
        • 16 Years
        7 hours, 57 mins ago

        I'm thinking this too due to fixtures

  11. FC Hakkebøf
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 59 mins ago

    Can we expect Robertson to be nailed for Spurs going forward? He is so much better than Udogie :/

    1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      • 2 Years
      7 hours, 57 mins ago

      He really, really, really isn't

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      7 hours, 55 mins ago

      He’s been struggling, tbh

  12. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    7 hours, 56 mins ago

    RMWC

    Raya Verbruggen
    Egan Konsa DeCuyper Gvardiol Diop
    Saka Fernandes Groß Balloumi Janelt
    Haaland Brobbey Pedro

    1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      • 2 Years
      7 hours, 55 mins ago

      enjoy the next 4 consecutive Brobbey blanks my brother

    2. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      7 hours, 50 mins ago

      Only 1 Chelsea for their fixture run?

      1. Baines on Toast...
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 hours, 49 mins ago

        lol what fixture run

        1. pundit of punts
          • 13 Years
          7 hours, 46 mins ago

          Great fixtures for attackers for Chelsea

          1. Baines on Toast...
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            5 hours, 15 mins ago

            again, which ones?

    3. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 hours, 49 mins ago

      Was thinking, "Where has the money gone?" then noticed 10.5m on keepers.

    4. boombaba
      • 13 Years
      7 hours, 39 mins ago

      Surely Leno as a 4.5 option with that fixture run

  13. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 54 mins ago

    Most combined shots in the first half of a game since 03/04 season apparently

  14. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    7 hours, 53 mins ago

    Foden + Szoboszlai ➡ Gross + King with 2 FTs gives me -

    Sels
    Calafiori - Konsa - Williams
    Palmer - Rogers - Gross - King
    Haaland - Pedro - Wissa

    Hornicek - Sangare - Muharemovic - Dedic

    Have just enough in the bank for Sangare ➡ Semenyo in GW 7.

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 hours, 51 mins ago

      Sounds good.

  15. JBG
    • 8 Years
    7 hours, 51 mins ago

    Šeško just had to get injured again. MUs attack is trash with Cunha as false 9.

  16. HollywoodXI
    • 12 Years
    7 hours, 47 mins ago

    36 points all out. Glad there’s a 3 week break lol

    1. FantasyTony
      • 9 Years
      7 hours, 46 mins ago

      Show off

    2. Warby84
      • 11 Years
      7 hours, 41 mins ago

      Was 12 (-8) this morning finished on 56 (-8)

      1. BrockLanders
        • 11 Years
        6 hours, 57 mins ago

        Show off

  17. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 45 mins ago

    Only one DC for Shaw - what’s he doing lol

  18. Haalander
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    7 hours, 42 mins ago

    Is Bruno involved in anything? Trying to check updates haven’t seen his name mentioned in any activity

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      7 hours, 41 mins ago

      Hit post

      1. Haalander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        7 hours, 37 mins ago

        Need a Bruno goal badly

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      7 hours, 40 mins ago

      Busy running in behind Cunha and doing nothing because Carrick is using him wrong now.

      1. Haalander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        7 hours, 38 mins ago

        Yea noticed last game seemed to be deeper second half was perfect playing the attacking role. Time to get rid by the sounds of it

  19. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 hours, 37 mins ago

    bassey you legend

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 hours, 36 mins ago

      *finally a player upped the tempo

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      7 hours, 33 mins ago

      Well done Fulham!

  20. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    7 hours, 36 mins ago

    LOLnited.

    1. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      7 hours, 34 mins ago

      Maguire CS busted.

  21. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    7 hours, 36 mins ago

    Maybe just maybe man utd get relegated this season

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      7 hours, 32 mins ago

      We live in hope

  22. EffPeeEll
    • 6 Years
    7 hours, 36 mins ago

    Cue the rage Bruno/mbeumo/Maguire transfers ;)))

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      7 hours, 31 mins ago

      Problem with that is if Bruno not an asset everyone is affordable

  23. Bobby Digital
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 35 mins ago

    Time to WC to get rid of Mbeumo and Bruno

    1. fantasist
      • 16 Years
      7 hours, 34 mins ago

      Until the incoming Mbuemo goal with Bruno assist

  24. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 35 mins ago

    Carrick getting sacked in the morning.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 hours, 32 mins ago

      That would mean an extra 12hrs salary - Ratcliffe will get rid at FT…

      1. EffPeeEll
        • 6 Years
        7 hours, 31 mins ago

        Radcliffe reckons the whole of the UK is f***^&)
        Manure downwards .

  25. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    7 hours, 34 mins ago

    Bruno ain't worth £12m

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 hours, 34 mins ago

      *£1.2m

      1. fantasist
        • 16 Years
        7 hours, 33 mins ago

        *£0.12m

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          7 hours, 32 mins ago

          True

  26. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    7 hours, 33 mins ago

    Joao Pedro injury saved my GW

    Would have been on 32 points without the FH

    On 65 points now

    One small issue and an entire GW looks so different

  27. Winging it
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 hours, 31 mins ago

    United V Spurs after the international break should be dubbed as El sackicko.

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      7 hours, 30 mins ago

      It’ll be a comedy of errors from both!

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 hours, 28 mins ago

        El Horse Dungio…

        1. Haalander
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          7 hours, 27 mins ago

          lol

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 hours, 24 mins ago

      Two teams with new managers by then ?

      1. Winging it
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 hours, 22 mins ago

        Somehow I don't think United will sack Carrick, the board are clueless.

  28. JBG
    • 8 Years
    7 hours, 30 mins ago

    No need to make any changes Carrick.. perfect as is

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      7 hours, 28 mins ago

      Yep, steady as she goes Carrick - all is good 🙂

  29. Haalander
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    7 hours, 28 mins ago

    I heard goldbridge during the week saying one senior player wanted carrick out. Wonder who that is considering they’re all playing tripe

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 hours, 27 mins ago

      Maguire…he’s had a hand in the sacking of the last eight managers…

      1. Haalander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        7 hours, 26 mins ago

        No wonder tuchel closed the door on him ever playing for England again well inder him at least

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          7 hours, 23 mins ago

          Maguire is a massive donk - one FA Cup in eight seasons. He is 100% part of the problem

      2. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 hours, 26 mins ago

        There are no other ‘senior’ players, maybe Shaw or Rashford, just…but they’re all clowns

  30. Herger
    • 4 Years
    7 hours, 27 mins ago

    You have to wonder if that VAR howler last week has had an impact today as well (not saying there’s not some things Utd could have done better as well). It’s the sort of thing that can kill momentum and derail a season.

    1. Jacquet or chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      7 hours, 26 mins ago

      Nah. They’re just a bit rubbish.

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 hours, 25 mins ago

        *They’re just rubbish

    2. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      7 hours, 24 mins ago

      Yea agreed you need momentum to build confidence but I think u it’s just lack a quality manager. Conte inward bound next for the big pay cheque

      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 hours, 20 mins ago

        Their defense is total crap. All slow clutch and grabbers. Best attacker has to drop back and shore up the midfield. Lacey the only bench goal threat

    3. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      7 hours, 22 mins ago

      shouldn't affect a so-called "big club"