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Injury-hit Manchester United head to Tyneside in final Gameweek 8 fixture

The last Premier League fixture before the October international break takes place at St. James’ Park, as Newcastle United host Manchester United.

Kick-off on Tyneside is at 16:30 BST.

As anticipated, the Red Devils are without Paul Pogba (£8.4m), Anthony Martial (£7.5m), Luke Shaw, Jesse Lingard (£6.4m) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) for this encounter.

Lingard, Pogba and Victor Lindelof (£5.4m) – who has picked up a back injury – make way from the team that drew 1-1 at Old Trafford, with Juan Mata (£6.3m), Fred (£5.3m) and Diogo Dalot (£4.9m) replacing them.

Ashley Young switches over to left-back to accommodate Dalot, with Axel Tuanzebe (£4.4m) partnering Harry Maguire (£5.5m) at centre-half.

There is still no league start for Mason Greenwood (£4.4m), who is only among the substitutes.

Marcus Rashford (£8.4m) again leads the line for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.

Steve Bruce has rung the changes after the Magpies’ 5-0 thrashing at Leicester last Sunday.

Emil Krafth (£4.5m), Paul Dummett (£4.5m), the suspended Isaac Hayden (£4.5m), Yoshinori Muto (£5.3m) and Christian Atsu (£5.4m) all drop out, with Ciaran Clark (£4.4m), DeAndre Yedlin (£4.4m), Jetro Willems (£4.5m), Matthew Longstaff (£4.5m) and Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m) coming into the starting XI.

Not a single Newcastle player on show is owned by more than 5% of FPL bosses.

Rashford, Maguire, Daniel James (£6.2m) and David de Gea (£5.6m) all have double-digit ownerships, along with Greenwood.

Just over 100,000 FPL managers have captained Rashford for this fixture.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Clark, Willems, M. Longstaff, S. Longstaff, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton, Almiron.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Tuanzebe, Maguire, Young, Fred, McTominay, Andreas, Mata, James, Rashford.

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  1. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    A crucial 6 pointer in the battle to avoid relegation.

  2. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pukki to Wilson?

    1. CroatianHammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      If you don't have Wilson, yes definitely. I went Pukki to Abraham last night... and probably bought myself some value in the process (Pukki losing some, Tammy A gaining some).

  3. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Newcastle players to start bandwagons in this plum fixture

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Name three players that are yet to blank

    Hint: 1 def, 2 mids

    1. thunder_mike
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mount

    2. AndyCook
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Martial

      • AndyCook
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Hudson-Odoi

        • AndyCook
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Targett

        • CroatianHammer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Let's go James! Hattrick please. You're my last player to come and I could use some sickening scoring to make my day.

        • beric
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          53 all out, eat my dust

          1. Christina.
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            xxx

          2. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Bar steward.

          3. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Tha gangs all here!

        • camarozz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Why did I swap Mane for Sterling(c)?????

          I did the opposite a few wks ago with same result...

        • jtreble
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          I think Pep is going to have to ease Otamendi out of the lineup. Difficult choices.

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

            Garcia has to be worth a shot.

            Stones back after IB might save him, he’s not much better though.

            1. jtreble
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Walker at CB might have to be considered. Otamendi has to go.

          2. Forza
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            It would be madness not to sell him in the summer if the price is right. Laporte can't come back soon enough.

        • Freaki
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Should we start transferring out Ota?

          1. fr3d
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            We?

          2. GE
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I wouldn’t

          3. Forza
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            No, but we should start partying whenever he avoids a red card.

        • GE
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Salah and Pukki -> Mount and Auba (-4) here or just WIldcard?

          (1FT, 0.0 itb)

          Pope
          TAA/VVD/Digne/Ota
          Salah/Sterling/KDB*/Cantwell
          Tammy/Pukki

          Bench: Button, Lundstram, Dendoncker, Wickham

        • adibo
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Pukki to wilson or raul?

          1. Ohh1454
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Wilson

          2. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Given Bournemouth have Norwich and Watford next, surely Wilson

          3. Vasily
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Raul

        • Ohh1454
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Would the double up of madisson and vardy be to much ?

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            might work one week, then 2 weeks where it doesnt

          2. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Nope, go for it.

            Turn that shield into a sword, as Joe would say

          3. tafrère
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            With their run of fixtures I think it's fine. Doubling up seem to work well this season (Cantwell+Pukki, Mount+Abraham, Yarmo+Haller).

          4. Drexl Spivey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Teetering on being a little overexpensive.

          5. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I just want vardy

          6. thunder_mike
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I am going for it.

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

          To think, Mahrez would've gotten that sweet sweet cleanie point if he had been subbes a little later! Something the rest of the city team didn't get.

          1. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            4 point difference for a few

          2. HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            And the other appearance point

        • HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Mahrez 59 minutes.... really?!!

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

            59:50 someone said 😀

            1. tafrère
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              59:54,

              Beautiful.

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

                Even better!

            2. Business Cat
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Yep. Would've made 60min if he'd walked rather than sprinted off 😆

          2. fr3d
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Outscored KdB, you should be happy

            1. HuttonDressedasLahm
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              No, because I benched Ceballos and wasted a transfer

          3. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            That bad?

          4. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            My highlight of the GW. That's how bad it's been.

        • BrutalLogiC
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          8 weeks of Ederson, feels good to ditch him

          1. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Brutal logic

        • Fred54
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Never thought I'd be happy to see the IB.

        • Rhodes your boat
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Early thoughts please guys with 2ft and 0.1itb

          Pope
          Taa soyuncu tomori rico
          Salah sterling kdb son
          Abraham Pukki

          Button cantwell lundstram greenwood

        • Optimus.
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          All week I had Salah (c) but of course I swapped it to Sterling last minute..

          Fuming

          1. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Lol

          2. Don Kloppeone
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Errr they got the same points

          3. Alexis Nonsense
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            a whole lot of points lost there!!!

          4. Forza
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            All week I was playing Dendoncker but of course I swapped it to Sterling last minute..

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW6FxZzfIuQ

        • Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Two lessons learnt for me:

          1. Auba is not the magic WC cert that warrants ripping everything up for
          2. MCI without KDB can be as toothless as a granny who’s misplaced her teeth

        • have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          I think I might just captain Rico next gw really... I cant see how he doesnt get at least 10 points

        • Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Is James going to finally do something?

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

            Booked?

        • beric
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Kdb will be back after the break, city will thrash palace.

          Sterling c, kdb, kun ftw

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

            Pep to rest the 1st teamers to focus on winning the CL?

            1. Thomas Magnum
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Not until after group stage surely

            2. beric
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Nah, city will still win the league

          2. Thomas Magnum
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            This

          3. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Palace are City's bogey team. And it's away. Not an easy game.

        • MarvelouSuccess
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Vardy vs Wilson will be an interesting debate

        • Von Lipwig
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Will this be one of the all time lowest average scores?

          1. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I've seen worse

          2. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            You probably weren't around for the snow GW with almost every game cancelled.

        • Christina.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Time to sit back. 2 Ft's.

          OR 70

          Heaton
          TAA Soy Lundy
          Mane KdB* Mcginn
          Auba Pukki Kun

          Cantwell Kelly Lowton

          1. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Who's your other mid? Are you really 70th?

            1. beric
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Well done if you are bro x

            2. Christina.
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Mount

              yes, can you believe it.

              https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/345/history

              1. beric
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Amazing! Good luck man, I'm rooting for you x

          2. TheDragon
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            70th and only playing with 10 men - impressive!

            1. Stoic
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              KDB gets points for 2 usually

          3. Cojones of Destiny
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            well done ! who are you prioritizing gettin ?

        • Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          An unexpected game week so far, maybe this game will be the most entertaining of the weekend.

        • DVassell
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Which is better?

          a) Son + Vardy

          or

          b) Maddison + Aubameyang

          1. MarvelouSuccess
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            B long term

        • Ha.
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Stay on that bench Mason

        • Party time
            4 years, 5 months ago

            City with only 2 shots on target, It seems Patricio had an off game

            1. Forza
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              He caught about 5000 crap crosses though.

          • Pacer.
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Done my transfers now so I have a life over the next fortnight

            Sterling > Mane
            Pukki > Tammy
            Wickham > Connolly

            Pope
            VvD, Robbo, Pereira, Lundy (Hanley)
            Son, KdB, Mane, Mount
            Auba, Tammy (Connolly)

            I'm such a greebo, right.