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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. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Kane score a goal FFS

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Son *

    2. MITHRRANDIRR
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Relieved I sold him.

  2. FISSH
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    If kdb is benched I'm going to lose my mine

    1. FISSH
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mind*

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Blow the mine

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Haha yep. Brought him in this week rather than going for Son/Pepe

  3. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Lol, Chong coming on. Greenwood owners in absolute tears

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      It's ok mate, I'll cash in one Donck's 1 point haul from my bench.

  4. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Saiss G
    Moutinho A

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

      Saiss scores quite regularly!

  5. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    4.4m Chong coming on.

  6. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Trying to give Abraham an own goal.

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

      Those BT jokers. Savage well up for it.

  7. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Come on guys, we haven't picked Lundstram for the cleanies, it's for those sweet attacking returns 🙂

  8. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Kepa is so bad

    Worst shot rave ratio in the league this season

  9. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Mount 3 pts -> 2 pts

  10. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Mount now loses cs point lol

  11. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    AWB first on my bench, Dunk 2nd

    CLASSIC

  12. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Same moment Lund cs gone and Mount misses open goal. Well at least Salah scored one as a captain.

  13. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thought Fellaini was coming on for United for a sec there!

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

    Cmon Tammy one more 🙂 or Lundstram you can score too...

  15. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Palace definitely conceding another here

  16. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Pep anxiety.

    1. Effe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Me too. Hoping Aguero (c) and Sterling (vc) will start

  17. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Where's Cheech

  18. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Can’t look!

  19. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    If Tammy had stopped that goal with hand, would it have been a red?

    1. Captain_Shirokov
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Surely

  20. Captain_Shirokov
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Kepa useless

  21. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Harvey Barnes more likely to score than Ashley Barnes the way Burnley are playing

  22. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Kane taking ages to score

  23. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Aurier looks really good.
    If anywhere near nailed I would get him in.

    1. Captain_Shirokov
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Palace making him look decent, nothing to see here

      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        4.9, good price.

    2. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      this

    3. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Attitude is the only thing that stops him from playing. Same at PSG

  24. JonBoy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Burnley latest: Wood off Rodriguez on. The news you've all been waiting for.

  25. JJO
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    How is that not a Abraham og

  26. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Jesus I am getting nothing today

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Same boat pal

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Just one of those days

        1. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          seasons*

  27. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Aurier nearly screamer

  28. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Wildcard draft any good? Any changes?

    4.5gk(undecided)
    Taa, digne, lowton, Lund, 4.0
    Mane, sterling, son, kdb, jorginho
    Tammy, Barnes, 4.5

  29. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Jamie please score

  30. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Who is Aurier's competition for that spot?

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      KWP and Foyth when fit.

      1. tm245
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers - should be a decent pick then.