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Solskjaer, Mourinho and Santo name unchanged sides for Sunday’s matches

There is plenty of interest for Fantasy managers in Sunday’s two 14:00 GMT kick-offs.

Manchester United take on Everton at Old Trafford, while Wolverhampton Wanderers welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Molineux.

There aren’t many team changes around from Gameweek 16.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has named the same starting XI that beat United’s cross-city rivals in the Manchester derby.

Having made a raft of alterations in European dead rubbers in midweek, Jose Mourinho and Nuno Espirito Santo also revert back to the sides that performed well last weekend.

The only manager to make any starting XI changes is interim Everton boss Duncan Ferguson, who welcomes Seamus Coleman and Yerry Mina (both £5.3m) back from injury.

Bernard (£6.4m) and Tom Davies (£5.3m) are also drafted into the team, with Theo Walcott (£6.2m), Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.4m), Djibril Sidibe (£5.3m) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.4m) all dropping out of the squad.

Walcott and Schneiderlin’s absences are enforced due to calf injuries, while Sigurdsson and Sidibe were both taken ill ahead of today’s game.

Marcus Rashford (£9.0m) was the most-bought Fantasy Premier League asset of Gameweek 17 and now sits in more than one in four FPL squads.

Rashford has also been transferred in by more Fantasy managers than any other player ahead of Gameweek 18, despite facing two fixtures before then (United are also in EFL Cup action in midweek, although the visit of Colchester United will likely lead to plenty of rotation).

Rashford has only blanked once in the last eight Gameweeks.

Raul Jimenez (£7.5m) is also on a pretty good run of eight attacking returns in the last nine Gameweeks, although hasn’t found the back of the net in his last three league run-outs.

The Mexican striker was sold by more FPL managers than any other player in both Gameweeks 16 and 17.

Dele Alli (£8.7m) and Son Heung-min (£10.0m) have been picking up plenty of owners over the last month.

Since Mourinho first took charge in Gameweek 13, Alli and Son average 9.5 and 9.25 FPL points per match respectively.

Harry Kane (£10.9m) and Diogo Jota (£6.1m) come into Sunday’s game at Molineux off the back of their highest scores of the season, meanwhile.


Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, James, Lingard, Rashford, Martial.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Holgate, Mina, Keane, Digne, Bernard, Davies, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Patricio, Doherty, Coady, Saiss, Dendoncker, Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Traore, Jota, Jimenez.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Dier, Sissoko, Dele, Son, Lucas, Kane.

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  1. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Baines assist....haha...

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      De Gea assist

  2. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Baines essential

  3. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Leighton Baines has been missing from Everton.

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

    Baines bandwagon!

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

      I genuinely might bring him in if Digne is out for a while, lol.

  5. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Baines on corners aswell. He’s coming in 100%.

  6. Waynoo
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Sick of leaving so many points on my bench, this game is brutal

  7. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    VAR

  8. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Great, United cs wiped out and noone gets the points

    1. Grand Thibauto
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No one loses as well

  9. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    This is pathetic from united

  10. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    VARce

  11. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    OMG Lindelof

  12. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Wow hasn’t been overruled for the foul 😯

    1. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      How did they not see that?

      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        It wasnt foul

        1. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Watch it again

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

            I don't think it was a foul either.

          2. Niho992
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Would be goal anyway. He gave up on the ball. All clear.

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

    Lindleof great clearance and then OG lol and I was just about to say he was doing decent. Not his fault mind

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

    Best keeper in the world.

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

      Really poor from DDG

    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      bEsT

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

    Lindelol.

    Rashford G needed more now

  16. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Other than shot stopping, de Gea doesn't offer much. Poor on crosses, poor kicking, doesn't command his box.

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

      Not true if you are talking on his all time career.

      1. goriuanx
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Don't ever recall him being good on crosses or having good kicking. He used to be the best shot stopper in the world though, but those days are behind him. There's at least 4 GKs better than him.

        1. Pukki Party
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          When he came to the prem he was very bad at crosses, got a little bit better but i cam recall him fumbling a few balls in the early games

          1. Gnu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            The fumbling or errors came from him being completely dominated and bullied.
            Fergie stood by him and he did toughen up.

  17. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Baines is back!

  18. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Sir Leighton assist

  19. james 101
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ha. Baines?

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

    Dier fluffs Dele assist. Hits the post.

  21. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Diet post, wastes Alli A

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      F##king autocorrect Dier

  22. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    LOLDELOF

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

    This will turn Rash on

    1. james 101
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Good

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

      Great

    3. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I suppose people get turned on in different ways.

    4. teneighty
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Strange fetish but ok.

  24. james 101
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Big Dunc enjoying life?

  25. lindeg
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    man u only good when playing counter attacking

  26. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Dier essential

  27. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Trent to Baines... who’s with me? 🙂

    1. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Him or Holgate. Need someone cheap and reliable for 18.

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

    Looks a foul ? VAR have overturned some amount of nonsense I’m surprised to see that given.

  29. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Where did that United team go that tore into City last week? Attitude is all wrong at United.

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

      Lifted themselves for games against an old manager and then a derby.
      Now look like they did in games before that.

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Well, we all bought Rash and turned him into the trash, that’s what happened

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

      They were playing counter attack

    4. DublinDude
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Small team mentality

  30. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Baines > Digne