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Wan-Bissaka comes through injury to start against Leicester

Manchester United’s injury situation appears not quite as bad as first feared as Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) starts at right-back against Leicester.

The player had been flagged with a back injury in the week but has been declared fit for the first XI.

However, Paul Pogba (£8.5m), Anthony Martial (£7.7m) and Luke Shaw (£5.4m) are indeed missing for the Red Devils.

Marcus Rashford (£8.5m) starts the match in a central role supported by Daniel James (£6.2m), Juan Mata (£6.4m) and Andreas Pereira (£5.0m), which means substitute Mason Greenwood (£4.5m) still awaits his first league start of the campaign.

There are very few surprises for opponents Leicester other than Demarai Gray (£5.3m) coming in for his first Premier League start of the season, featuring alongside Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) and James Maddison (£7.1m) in a front-three.

Mason Mount (£6.4m) and Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) hold their places in the Chelsea team despite concerns about Champions League rotation setting in.

The changes come elsewhere in the side as it looks like Frank Lampard has opted for a 3-5-2 formation to match Wolves.

Antonio Rüdiger (£6.0m) makes a much-anticipated return in central defence, joined in the middle by Andreas Christensen (£5.0m) and Fikayo Tomori (£4.5m).

With Emerson (£5.5m) ruled out, Marcos Alonso (£6.2m) returns at left wing-back with Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.9m) on the opposite flank.

Opponents Wolves have restored Diogo Jota (£6.3m) to the starting line-up while Adama Traoré (£5.0m) is at right-back and Jesus Vallejo (£4.9m) and Romain Saïss (£4.4m) come in at centre-back.

Callum Robinson (£5.3m) is fit enough only for the bench for Sheffield United but David McGoldrick (£5.5m) is able to come through and start alongside Oli McBurnie (£5.9m).

John Lundstram (£4.2m) keeps his place in midfield, even as John Fleck (£4.9m) returns from injury, Luke Freeman (£5.4m) the man to make way.

Meanwhile, Southampton’s defensive situation looks a little unclear ahead of kick-off.

They have named three centre-backs in their team, Jan Bednarek (£4.5m), Jannik Vestergaard (£5.1m) and Maya Yoshida (£4.4m) but there is no recognised left-back in the starting line-up.

It is thought either Japanese international Yoshida will play that role in a back-four, or central midfielder Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (£4.9m) will fulfil it in a five-man defence.

In attack, Che Adams (£5.8m) is flanked by Sofiane Boufal (£5.5m) and Moussa Djenepo (£5.4m), who starts despite concerns over a muscle problem.

Finally, it looks as if there’s a different shape for Brighton as they name a 4-3-3 formation. It is possible that Dan Burn (£4.5m) and Adam Webster (£4.4m) are at full-back while Pascal Groß (£6.5m) starts in central midfield and Solly March (£4.9m) pushes forward into more familiar territory.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Webster, Duffy, Dunk, Burn; Groß, Stephens, Pröpper; Maupay, Murray, March.

Burnley XI: Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters; Lennon, Westwood, Cork, McNeil; Barnes, Wood.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Young, Maguire, Lindelöf, Wan-Bissaka; Matic, McTominay; James, A Pereira, Mata; Rashford.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Choudhury, Tielemans, Ndidi; D Gray, Vardy, Maddison.

Sheffield Utd XI: D Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.

Southampton XI: Gunn; Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Cédric; Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Højbjerg; Djenepo, Adams, Boufal.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Sissoko, Winks; Lamela, Eriksen, Son; Kane.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Ward, Cahill, Sakho, van Aanholt; Townsend, Milivojevic, Kouyaté, Schlupp; Zaha, Ayew.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Vallejo, Coady, Dendoncker; Jonny, Moutinho, Neves, Saïss, Traoré; Jiménez, D Jota.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga; Christensen, Rüdiger, Tomori; Azpilicueta, Mount, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Willian, Abraham.

1,783 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    It's gonna be a long afternoon. I went Pepe over Son xD

  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Maguire shot in the box

    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      😀

    2. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Is he OK?! Where was he shot

      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        One bullet - bang bang

        1. Blueberg
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          That's two bullets.

  3. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pereira wasting James assist... Useless

  4. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    too ra loo ra, too raloo rye aye
    Come on, Harrrrrrry!

  5. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Maddison big miss

    Maguire & Lindeflop all over the place

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      FERK

    2. Bada Bing
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lindeflop doing lindeflop things. One of the worst defenders ever in a top six EPL team.

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Hes awful. United should have never sold Evans

  6. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Maddison close

  7. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    United pen

  8. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Rashford wins pen

  9. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Peno United

  10. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Already my players missing huge opportunities.. going to be one of those game weeks.

  11. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Soyuncu 😆

  12. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Big fan of Madisson shrugging off United's CBs. Vidic and Ferdinand would never.

  13. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Silly Soyboy went flying in

  14. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pen utd

  15. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Soyuncu madness

  16. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Balls... save it Kasper

  17. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adorable efforts from Brighton to contain world class striker!

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Barnes is inevitable.

  18. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    G: Rashford
    A: Rashford

  19. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    RASHYYYYY

  20. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Soy sauce is pretty bad

  21. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Soyuncu, talk about unnecesary. What a blunder.

  22. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Rashford 1-0

  23. Eze Really?
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I was going to do Mane to Son and Firmino to Kun.
    NOW?

  24. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    :/

  25. BERGKOP
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    How that gets given over the Matip penalty... Crazy...

  26. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Of course Rashford scores now, idiot

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Typical... AWB + Rash -> TAA + Tammy -4 looks bad rn. But would have been priced out otherwise 🙁

  27. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pogba fuming.

  28. ‘Tis the Season
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Soft pen

  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bleurgh

  30. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Rashford Boom!