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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.

1,309 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Wolves core. RIP Aurier haul 🙁

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

      Score*

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

      My prayers answered.

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

    Traore!

  3. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Thunder goal from Adama.

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

    Traore wipes the Spurs CS

  5. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Is ti Jimmy?

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

    Jimmy A yeaaaaaaaaaaaah

    Punish them all

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

      Yessssssss

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

    Oh cmon Jimenez

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

    well this has been an anti climax, snday games always suck fantasy wise.
    Traore goal btw

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

    YESS SPURS CS GONE

  10. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Jimi w assist

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

      It’s a start

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

    Anyone but Traore!

  12. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    That lad looking for Spurs conceding let's hear a juhuuuu

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

      No

  13. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    RIP Aurier cleanie

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

    Deserves his goal he has run them ragged

  15. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Jimmy a season keeper?

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

      bargain

    2. Effe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Is for me

  16. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Traore first on the bench. Go on KDB, take the weekend off lad.

  17. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Deserve that goal so much

  18. CMJC
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    How is lindelof booked for that - less in it than the goal

  19. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you Jimenez

  20. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Of course Traore, replaced him with JWP

  21. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Toby YC

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

    Jimenez and Traore 😎

    Name a better duo !

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Ever heard of Bendtner and Chamakh ?

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

      Chuckle Brothers

      1. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Luiz and Sokratis has dethroned smalling and jones to that title

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

    Grats to those who held onto Jimenez when they could've got Rashford / Tammy. You are elite.

    1. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No we just couldn't afford

    2. CMJC
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Never even considered it

  24. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Jimmy just ticks over, im not greedy

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

    Your turn for some returns Marcus

  26. AnfieldLad
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Traore first bench, Rico second bench ...

    1. AnfieldLad
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      & Gazza in net woo

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Sounds like poor management to me...

      1. AnfieldLad
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        As in too much money tied up on the bench? Because there was no way either of those 2 were starting over anyone in my team this week

  27. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    So Rashford back to Jimmy then, christ

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

      This. My move not looking so clever now.

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

      selling jimi before next gw v norwich was always madness

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

      Lol calm those knees lad.

    4. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I've done the opposite. Poor me

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

      I only kept Jimmy to captain him next week

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

        this

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

      Why?

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

    Tammy > Jimenez was the move to make all along. Should have kept him this GW.

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

    Jimmy or Kane goal would be great

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

      Or... Rashford

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

        No.

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

        no

  30. Sid1891
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Lindelof owners think again