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Rashford absent for Man United’s trip to Wolves

Marcus Rashford (£7.6m) was not named in Manchester United’s matchday squad to face Wolves on Tuesday night.

It is understood by the Manchester Evening News that the forward missed out on the Molineux encounter because of an illness.

It means that Romelu Lukaku (£10.8m) returns to the starting line-up for the first time since Gameweek 30.

The Belgian is flanked by Jesse Lingard (£6.7m) and FPL defender Diogo Dalot (£5.3m) in a front three.

Anthony Martial (£7.2m) has been named on the bench while Paul Pogba (£8.9m), Fred (£5.4m) and Scott McTominay (£4.2m) are selected as the midfield trio.

Victor Lindelöf (£5.1m) returns at centre-back after missing the Watford game, and plays in defence alongside Chris Smalling (£5.6m), Luke Shaw (£5.1m) and captain Ashley Young (£5.7m).

Meanwhile, Wolves have restored Raúl Jiménez (£6.8m) and Matt Doherty (£5.4m) to the side after they were beaten 2-0 at Burnley on Saturday.

It is certainly a much stronger looking outfit with those two back, while Ryan Bennett (£4.1m) returns from suspension.

Ruben Vinagre (£4.3m), who has shown statistical promise in his recent performances, comes in for Jonny (£4.3m) at left-back.

After much concern over rotation, Troy Deeney (£5.9m) and Gerard Deulofeu (£5.7m) both started both Double Gameweek 32 matches, the second seeing them host Fulham.

That selection comes in spite of Watford playing Wolves in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final.

In fact, Javi Gracia’s only changes to the side that lost at Manchester United on Saturday are all in defence.

Daryl Janmaat (£4.9m), Christian Kabasele (£4.4m) and Adam Masina (£4.3m) all drop the bench while Miguel Britos (£4.3m) misses out entirely.

Coming in for the quartet are José Holebas (£4.8m), Adrian Mariappa (£4.2m), Craig Cathcart (£4.5m) and Kiko Femenía (£4.2m).

After they missed out on the defeat to Manchester City, Tim Ream (£4.2m) and Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.4m) return to the Fulham side.

Watford XI: Foster; Kiko, Mariappa, Cathcart, Holebas; Hughes, Doucouré, Capoue, Pereyra; Deulofeu, Deeney.

Fulham XI: Rico; Christie, Ream, Le Marchand, Bryan; Anguissa, Chambers; Babel, Cairney, Sessegnon; Mitrovic.

Wolves XI: Rui Patrício; Bennett, Coady, Boly; Doherty, Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rúben Vinagre; Jiménez, Diogo Jota.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Shaw, Lindelöf, Smalling, Young; Pogba, Fred, McTominay; Lingard, Lukaku, Dalot.

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  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 22 days ago

    My dgw green arrow is 100 places up. Anticlimactic if you would...

    1. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 22 days ago

      a green is green....

    2. thischarmingman
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 22 days ago

      Plot twist: he was 101st before

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 22 days ago

        Ha!

  2. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 22 days ago

    Smalling... Young... Augero... Son.... Rashford....

    Hate this game... 5k rank destroyed.... 🙁

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 22 days ago

      Wow thats bad

      1. gaurava1216
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 22 days ago

        Still have Batshuay 2pt to look forward to
        Probably a pogba yellow in next 6 mins

        Lets see if Sterling starts....

    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 22 days ago

      Why Son. He blanked (as expected) against Liverpool but still has Palace at home next.

      1. gaurava1216
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 22 days ago

        He didn't even start....

        1. Smurf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          Jiminez didn’t start the first game either.

  3. Patch
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 22 days ago

    Desperate for Rojo to cameo

    Need a point

  4. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 22 days ago

    Pogba getting as frustrated as his owners. YC coming

  5. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 22 days ago

    1 more save please Foster

  6. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 22 days ago

    Wtf has happened to Pogba

  7. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 22 days ago

    At least I -only- had Pogba tonight...

    Not thst I expect the rest to do much better.

  8. Party time
      5 years, 22 days ago

      Madamotha. Where you at?! You been talking nonsense about United winning Wolves. Identify yourself bloke. Come out of your place of hiding and talk more nonsense again

    • Cash'nBurn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 22 days ago

      3 United players in my FH squad scoring a grand total of ‘ -1 ‘ on the night...

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 22 days ago

      Without Jimenez is there a goal?

      1. Mysterion
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 22 days ago

        😀

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 22 days ago

        Haha

      3. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 22 days ago

        Is that like the tree in the forest thing?

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          chicken and egg

    • It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 22 days ago

      Why on earth did I cling on to Pogba through all of this?

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 22 days ago

        This!

    • MTPockets
        5 years, 22 days ago

        Perhaps OGS isn't actually a great mananger

        1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          He isn't

        2. Robe Wan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          Exactoooo

        3. Now I'm Panicking
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          Judge him after the summer when he has bought Kenwyn Jones and a load of Norwegians.

          1. MTPockets
              5 years, 22 days ago

              All funnelled through his mate Solbakken.
              Wasn't that impressed with his managing in Norway of recent years, let alone the PL

          2. Mario Balofail
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Like the whole utd squad...

        4. Richd
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          Need Kane to save the GW.

          He’s the kind of guy that can I suppose but it’s gotta be BIG.

          1. Dannyb
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            This

          2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            It certainly does. Hattie at least. Cue 2 points.

          3. The Ejiptian King
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            At this stage, I'd definitely rather be relying on Kane in the first game at their new stadium than Higuain.

          4. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            "Help us Obi Wan Kaneobi...you're our only hope"

        5. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          Haven't seen it but it sounds like more of an assist than Salah, that's for sure...

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Way more justified

        6. AzzaroMax99
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 22 days ago

          Pogbexit?

        7. Party time
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Ole is overhyped. I said it before and I will say it again!

            1. waterboy
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              When ?

          • Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Seems Jimmy has been given BPS as a form of compensation.

            1. DandyDon
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Yes that just cheered me up slightly. 2 or maybe even three is basically the assist however would have been 6 of course if an assist had been given like it should.

          • lilmessipran
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Doesn't that Jones header hit Jiminez first then smalling? Shouldn't that be counted as an assist?

            1. SADIO SANÉ
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              it should be counted as a goal, being serious

              1. Robson-Canoe
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                True, on target and Smalling touch doesn't change anything

            2. DandyDon
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              He definitely get a toe on it after jones header

          • L S P
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Well, at this point I was right about double Palace def and not owning Pogba.

            That is all.

          • Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Can’t wait to get some watford boyos in on WC, though they won’t play Fulham every week

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              I can recommend Deulofeu.

          • Fpl Richie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            There I was thinking at least I don't own Young.
            Smalling you Muppet!

          • wilsonito
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            Even as a Jiminez non owner, that should be his goal. It came off him and would have still gone in if Smalling didn’t touch it.

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              If he touched it better it wouldn't have gone in.

              1. wilsonito
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                You could say that for any defected goal then

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 22 days ago

                  The ball traveled twice as fast after the touch.

                  1. wilsonito
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 22 days ago

                    Valid and it should be an own goal in my opinion, but not in the opinion of the rules

          • Keep Calm and Play On
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 22 days ago

            I'm free...free falling down the ranks

          • Party time
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Why is that not a Jimmy assist?! fpl at it again

              1. Rainer
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Smalling OG
                Jones A
                Jimmy AA
                Salah AAA

                1. Mysterion
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 22 days ago

                  Brunt AAAA

            • Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Another palace CS + attacking return for Schlupp would be beautiful

            • barracuda
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Who does Ronka have from Watford?

              1. barracuda
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                *Whom

              2. Sim Simma
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                No one who scored

              3. L S P
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Deulo

              4. barracuda
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Cheers guys, sounds like this is not his week.

              5. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/829593/event/32

                Probably another red arrow for him - his conservative playing style has backfired on him this season,

            • TLF
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Smalling and Young were decent picks, UTD double defence, superb.

              1. DandyDon
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                That’s a bad combo. I was on double defence but changed to just De Gea who seems to have been best of a bad bunch. Will take my 5 points

            • Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Gray two assists great pick by Neale on the scoutcast

              1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Top pick...I didn’t listen mind...

            • gaurava1216
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Pogba in peoples' WC teams now?

              1. Tsparkes10
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                I just made one. Had no United 🙂

              2. Keep Calm and Play On
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                nope

              3. Business Cat
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Nope!

              4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Nah, Everton and Man City will pummel them and he’ll walk away with his umpteenth blank

              5. Old Man
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Leaving very soon

            • Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 22 days ago

              Really need a Kane masterclass tomorrow to save my FH game week...

              1. gaurava1216
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Son for me

              2. Tsparkes10
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 22 days ago

                Higgy and Haz plez