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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.

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

    0-1 Chelsea

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

      Tomori

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

        No assist

      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Who is not Japanese

    2. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Tomori G

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

    Mountain assist?

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

    Mount assist surely?

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Surely? He was tackled.

  4. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I thought Son was meant to be benched the internationals. Would have brought in him for sure 🙂

  5. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    If pepe gets double digits vs Watford this could be a very interesting price point.

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Son of Pepe

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        *or

        1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Kdb too 🙂

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

      Indeed it could!

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

    Mount take it?

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

      Long range shot from Tomori

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

    JASON_NI 1 day, 18 hours ago

    On a wc, a or b
    A) Salah / Cebellos / Otamendi
    B) Son / Firminho / 4.5 def prb soyuncu

    Each option would need to be starting each week.
    B means captioning sterling most weeks

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

      Needless to say.. I went with a 🙁

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Are you still on wildcard?

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

        Nah.. this was yesterday.. when I was on the wc.. hindsight is 20 20

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

    Mount looked like doing anything??

  9. wildnothing
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    As a non Pool owner todays result was Kinda good right even though Salah and Mané scores?

    1. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      How do you have zero Liverpool players?!

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

      For non pool.. any time they concede is good.. tho a brace and goal isn't great!

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

      If a goal and a brace plus bonus points is a good result that tells you you should just get them in...

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

    Who the hell is Tomori?!

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Chelsea CB who was on loan at Derby last season.

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A Canadian with a Japanese name born in Nigeria

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

        Is that the epitome of globalization or what

    3. Squib
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie: that Tomori

      1. Critical Observer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        When the ball, hits your head, and you're sat, at row Z, that's Zamora...

  11. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bring in Tomori today or tomorrow?

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

      this instant

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

    Haven’t seen the goal but that’s a clear Mount assist.

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

    Actually mildly considering vanDijk+DeBruyne+Ceballos->Son+D.Silva+Lowton for a -4.

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

    No way that's a Mount assist. Wolves player kicked it.

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

    Need Tammy to get on the scoreboard!

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

      He will

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

        Good

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

        Told ya haha!

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Any other wishes?

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

        Nahh that'll do

    3. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Done

    4. JonBoy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Can you say that again? Seems to work!

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

      Lol that really happened 😀

  16. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    No assist for the Chelsea goal, came to him via a tackle.

  17. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    No assist given.

  18. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    2-0 Chelsea.

    1. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Tammy

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

    Tomori with a Stunner!

  20. KUNingas
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    VVD + Martial -> Pieters + Son for free?

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

    0-2 Chelsea

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

      Tammy

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

        No assist

  22. JonBoy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tammy!

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

    Need some points, Mount and Barnes. get to it lads

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

    Surely this time its mount assist?

  25. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    No assist

  26. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Mount assist!

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Seems unlikely. He needs to get off a pass to get an assist.

      1. MITHRRANDIRR
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thought it was him who was fouled and touched the ball, which fell for Tammy?

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

    Tammy Essential

  28. Jaok
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Where is Montoya?

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

      Tonsillitis

  29. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    0.3 rise for son this week then? With those fixtures...

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

      Don’t be daft

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        As per below - he can't rise 0.4, its capped at 0.3 in any single week so the fourth rise would have to happen next GW

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

      How the hell do you figure that?

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        When a player's net transfers in reaches a certain level they rise in price, but there is a maximum of three rises per week so he can't rise more than 0.3 in 1 week

  30. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Clearly not Mount’s assist