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Starts for Lundstram and £4.0m defender in Sunday’s only Premier League game

The penultimate match of Gameweek 13 takes place at Bramall Lane, with Sheffield United entertaining Manchester United.

Kick-off in Sunday’s only Premier League fixture is at 16:30 GMT.

There is plenty of interest for Fantasy Premier League managers in this game, with David de Gea (£5.5m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m), Harry Maguire (£5.3m), Daniel James (£6.2m), Marcus Rashford (£8.6m) and John Lundstram (£4.9m) all sitting in more than 10% of FPL squads.

All six of those players start in South Yorkshire today.

Anthony Martial (£7.8m), who is on the cusp of a double-digit ownership himself, also features in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s starting XI.

The Norwegian head coach has made just one alteration to his Gameweek 12 line-up, with Phil Jones (£4.8m) replacing the injured Scott McTominay (£5.1m).

Whether Jones is a like-for-like swap for the Scot in midfield or joins a back three remains to be seen, with Solskjaer saying ahead of kick-off:

Phil has been training well. He’s got experience of playing both central midfield and at the back. When you show the attitude he’s shown in training, it’s time for him to get a chance. Marcos [Rojo] is injured, Axel [Tuanzebe] isn’t really ready to come in so it was an easy option.

Brandon Williams (£4.0m) gets his second successive start at left-back (or wing-back), keeping the benched Ashley Young (£5.4m) out of the side despite the latter’s return from suspension.

Solskjaer said of that decision:

Brandon’s played really well in every game he’s played. I didn’t find any reason to leave him out. It’s a testing stadium for him to play at so it’s a good opportunity to show his mentality because his temperament is one of his strengths.

Chris Wilder makes two enforced changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur a fortnight ago.

Dean Henderson (£4.7m) – owned by just over 5% of Fantasy managers – is ineligible to face his parent club, so Simon Moore (£4.4m) deputises for the on-loan goalkeeper for the hosts.

The hitherto ever-present John Egan (£4.5m) hasn’t recovered from a calf injury so Phil Jagielka (£4.2m) gets his first Premier League start of the season.

Lys Mousset (£5.0m) and David McGoldrick (£5.4m) again start up front.

The Blades have kept clean sheets in three of their six home fixtures in 2019/20 and conceded just four goals in those half-dozen matches.

Solskjaer’s troops have won just one of their six away games this season and are yet to keep a clean sheet on the road.

Three of the Red Devils’ five away goals came at Carrow Road in Gameweek 10.

Sheffield United XI: Moore, O’Connell, Jagielka, Basham, Stevens, Baldock, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Mousset, McGoldrick.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Jones, Maguire, Lindelof, Williams, Pereira, Fred, James, Martial, Rashford.

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

    No excuse for Ole ...

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

      Oops poor top post 🙁

    2. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      If you treat every post as if it were a top post, you would never have this issue

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

        Philosophical buddy

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

    Lundstram needs subbing soon!

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

    Ole is 100% gone this week

  4. Mikeharbrw
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Blades for top 4?

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      They’ll pip Pool to the title

  5. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Need Lundy to be subbed after 60mins because of his YC and Rashford to score pretty please.

  6. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram on 4 yellow cards- when does amnesty kick in?

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      irrelevant as you aren't going transfer out

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      GW 20 ish

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Probably gets 5th in GW17.

  7. andres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    So have 2 FTs and a lot of cash. Mount, Tielemans and Pieters the ones to go...

    Pieters - tempted to get Robbo in but that would present a little benching problem... need a playing defender though. Who would you reco for that position??

    For the midfielders I can't decide on two of the three: Pulisic, Madds, Son (can't have Robbo if I get him)

    Pope
    TAA Soy Lund
    Mane KDB Mount tielemans
    Abraham Vardy jimenez

    Pieters, Cantwell, Kelly 4.7 ITB 2FTs

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Keep Mount

  8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy red would be hilarious

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Scenes

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Preferably after a VAR check

    2. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Get out.

  9. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks Man Utd for the £55 Million for AWB. Team look a shambles under Golem.

  10. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Can’t see Utd getting anything out of this game

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Thanks captain

    2. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Great eyesight

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy was an absolute steal at 4.0m. Is he still worth bringing in at 4.9m ? Asking for a friend

    1. FPL DONKEY
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yes 100%

      Sheffield Utd great defence great fixtures and plays OOP

    2. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Even if he is classified as a midfielder he will still an oop

    3. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah

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

      Yes. For the next few fixtures. He's absolutely worth it. Although now he's suspension tightrope and knowing how he plays, he'll be banned for at least one of the next 4.

  12. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram and Mousset on bench 😎

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Ouch WR.

    2. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      WOW

    3. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      GTFO!?

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

      Lund Mous and Martial..?

    5. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Link team.

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

      No autosubs?

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Nope. Mount fail

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

          Painful

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

    Jose finished 2nd with this shower.

    Respect. Respect. Respect.

    1. Grumbledook
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Zlatan wants a word with you.

    2. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      This

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Scary what he can do with Tottenham this season and next. Next season I reckon they'll be 3rd at the very least and if City remain this unconvincing, they could well be challenging.

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

        Nervy few months for Leicester & Chelsea I think.

        If they slip up, Jose will pounce, certainly wouldn’t rule out Top 4.

    4. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      He is an integral part of the journey that led them to this.

      How leaving a club in turmoil has somehow come to be an advert for him I'll never know.

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        He was fired after not getting support from the board... He didnt "Leave them in turmoil"

        1. Wilshere Knowledge
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          He was fired for doing an appalling job.

  14. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Gary Nevile's squeaky voice is painful when he is covering matches.

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Just find a dodgy American stream 😀

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

        I wish Sky gave an option to mute commentary with the red button or something.

    2. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Better than carragher

  15. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    That goal mean so much to me.. Mousset in my fpl team 100 pounds on Sheffield -1 at 7 to 1 pre game ..boom boom

  16. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Olé oit and Poch In tomorrow?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Poch loses £12m if he signs for a new club within 3 months of leaving Spurs. So probably not

      1. Pumpkinhead
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        lol, you did some research

      2. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        ManU can pay him 13M as signing fee i guess.

        1. Pumpkinhead
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Why would he want to go there tho?

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

        well Man U would have to pay him like 20 mil then lol

        1. BrutalLogiC
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Exactly.. no big deal

  17. The Gobstopper
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Can we just talk about how beautiful McGoldrick's run was on the last goal? The way he pulled Maguire completely out of position? Wow. Great run...

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

      He has been great in this game

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      He can't score but he's possibly our most important attacking player with the way he moves and links up play.

    3. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      True. Maguire is so overrated - cant believe they spent so much on him.

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

    Maguire xG

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pretty low I imagine

  19. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone still got Man U defenders?

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

      Yes don’t ask

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

      doesnt Mark have Williams?

  20. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Against big 6

    Error 404, big six not found

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

      Make this game more interesting 🙂

  21. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    ManU making SHU look like Barca.

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

      More like Borussia. Get your basics right Klopp, they learnt from you only

    2. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not fair on SHU. Man U making Man U look like Man U.

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Thats better. I admit.

    3. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Everyone makes SHU look like Barca.

      It's become a thing that people always seem to have their worst games against us...

      1. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Hhmmm.. Challenging for top4?

  22. Crystal Pulis
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    All this, while Smalling gets a goal, 2 assists and a cleanie with Roma...

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Italy is an easier league though.

  23. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Remind me again why Martial was in the scout picks this week?

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

      Scout Picks article.

    2. soup natsi
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      there's a scout picks article

  24. cravencottage
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Williams will be a fine player but too soon for him

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Reminds me first steps of taa

  25. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Whenever AWB is in the attacking third it always looks like he doesn't have a clue what to do with the ball and just wants to get rid of it quick.

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Was the same last year on palace

    2. Free Hat
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Still looking for Zaha perhaps

    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Thought he used to be a winger

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Nope Townsend, and Nope was always orthodox RB and normally playing behind Townsend who defensively always put in a shift covering/linking with AWB as well (this was often overlooked in how good AWB was for us)

    4. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Like we all said tbh. AWB with us was excellent defensively but so much to learn going forward. Can understand why we took the £55million in the end even if for him this has come to soon.

  26. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Says a lot when AWB is in open space and United players don't pass to him, knowing that being counter attacked is more likely than creating a chance.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      He's pretty poor going forward. Don't blame 'em.

  27. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    They are never in motion when they receive a pass, so easy to close down that way.

  28. HNI
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Whonwould believe Ole did Jones to Lingard?!

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      idk

  29. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    AWB YC

  30. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wan Bissaka yc