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Jimenez starts but Traore benched as Santo reverts to a 3-5-2 for Norwich clash

There are two matches kicking off simultaneously at 14:00 GMT this afternoon.

Both of the host teams were in UEFA Europa League action on Thursday night, with Manchester United facing Watford at Old Trafford and Wolverhampton Wanderers entertaining Norwich City at Molineux.

The headline team news comes from the West Midlands, with Adama Traore (£5.9m) suffering his second successive benching in the Premier League.

Nuno Espirito Santo has reverted to a 3-5-2 for this clash with the bottom-of-the-table Canaries, making only one change from Gameweek 26: surplus winger Pedro Neto (£5.0m) replaced by Joao Moutinho (£5.4m), who is part of a three-man central midfield.

There are starts for Raul Jimenez (£7.8m), the most-bought FPL asset of Gameweek 27, and Diogo Jota (£6.1m), who scored a hat-trick against Espanyol on Thursday evening.

Norwich’s two alterations are both enforced, with the injured Christoph Zimmermann and Sam Byram replaced by Ben Godfrey and Jamal Lewis (all £4.4m) at centre-half and left-back respectively.

Todd Cantwell (£4.8m) keeps up his ever-present record in 2020, while Emiliano Buendia (£6.0m) is again only a substitute.

Over at Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made two changes to the Manchester United side that beat Chelsea 2-0 on Monday.

Victor Lindelof (£5.3m) comes in for Eric Bailly (£4.9m) in a straight swap, while Brandon Williams (£4.1m) is replaced by Mason Greenwood (£4.4m) in a move that signals a change in formation from 3-4-1-2 to 4-2-3-1.

Odion Ighalo (£6.5m) is on the bench, as is Scott McTominay (£4.9m), who returns following a two-month lay-off.

Nigel Pearson’s only change from the 1-1 draw with Brighton a fortnight ago comes at right-back, with Adrian Mariappa (£4.2m replaced by Craig Dawson (£4.8m).

Ismaila Sarr (£6.2m) is only fit enough for a place among the substitutes.


Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Fernandes, Fred, James, Martial, Greenwood.

Watford XI: Foster, Masina, Cathcart, Dawson, Kabasele, Capoue, Doucoure, Hughes, Deulofeu, Pereyra, Deeney.

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

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Godfrey, Lewis, McLean, Tettey, Cantwell, Duda, Rupp, Pukki.

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  1. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Traore get out of my team yah trash...

  2. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Saiss you beauty

  3. JoeSoap
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Note to self. 2 transfers never works even when free. Slow & steady wins the race.

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I can confirm that doesn't work either.

    2. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      It’s pretty random

  4. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    18 points here with Mane(c), Salah & TAA to go. Anyone doing worse?

  5. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Took me till last gw to go 11pts ahead in my 75 a head ML.

    Took me one wk to duck it up. Somehow had Troare capt with Salah and Mane in my team.

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ouch

      1. camarozz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Still don't know how I did it. Pure mistake. Had Salah cap all wk but must have hit something Saturday morning by mistake and games had kicked off b4 I realised it.

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I know you’ll say it’s hindsight but that captain decision was just needlessly crazy

    3. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      This is so good to hear. Thanks for the laugh 😆

  6. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    My rank has been roasted. Down from 66k to 107k.

    Need Richarlison to eat the Arsenal defence alive as well as Salah(c) TAA and VVD to all haul tomorrow!!!

    Nightmare...

    1. BNMC
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      "Richarlison to eat the Arsenal defence alive"
      Even I could do that!

  7. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Final try. Wildcard time?

    Ryan (McGovern)
    TAA Robbo Soyuncu (Lundy Holgate)
    Mahrez KDB Salah Traore (Saka)
    Auba Ings Ayew

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      -8 will do the job

    2. Wılly
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Try when people aren't talking about the match that just finished.
      (-4) Auba and Mahrez out

    3. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers both

  8. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Son + Lundstram -> Traore + Boly for a hit worked out ok but I'm worried about Adamas gametime...

    1. Wılly
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Change of system today, he's always been at threat to that

      1. teneighty
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Info straight from the source, cheers! 😉

  9. SHOWSTOPPERRR
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How many Saiss will get?

    1. BNMC
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He'son 2 now

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jota 3
    Doherty & Saiss 2

    No Doherty deductions, it seems. Could of course changes.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Awesome

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Did Munday get Saiss?

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Who?

    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Fingers crossed

    3. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nice.

  11. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Is Traore out of favour now or just being eased back in? Was planning on bringing him in for next GW.

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I am considering getting rid of him if he starts in the EL on Thursday night his chances of starting next week will be 50/50 which is not ideal

    2. Wılly
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Change of system today, he's always been at threat to that

  12. jayzico
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Are Liverpool now playing GW28? They're playing watford? Eh

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      They always were playing gw28

    2. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Liverpool were always playing 28.

      Only League Cup final effected.

    3. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 1 month ago

        They never had the blank

        City villa arsenal Sheffield are the 28 blankers

        1. jayzico
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Cheers

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        GW28 is Carabao final weekend, no other blanks.

      • bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        they have always been playing GW28, it's 31 and 34 where they could blank.

    4. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Martial hates BAPS

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Like Salah, needs multiple return

      2. SH
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        He gets less bp for scoring goal as a midfielder. But he nicely cover it with one extra point for goal and often one for cs

    5. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      My GW team looks like a Binary Code 😎

      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        same 😀

      2. BNMC
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Maybe some 10s in there?

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Salah 🙂

    6. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      51 with 3 and C to go. Anyone worse? 😛

      1. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        if DCL scores a brace I might be.

      2. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yawn

    7. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Bruno. Tony. Jimmy. Fill house.

      Special mention to the saints trio of McCarthy, Stephens and Long.

      If only Aguero didn't miss that pen I'd be in the top 1k.

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Well done man, if I saw a Southampton trio in any team along with Bruno and martial I'd say that was a poor manager

        • Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Nice

          Shooting back up those ranks

        • ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Well done. Always paying off.

        • HVT
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Well played, I thought of you when I saw those United goals.
          Thoughts on bringing in Utd mids right now?

          1. Lateriser 12
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Bruno looks good.

            1. HVT
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Yea getting hard to ignore.
              What about Traore?
              Keep or sell?

        • PascalCygan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Class! Long!

        • Chucky
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          double united and triple soton... season of the casuals....

      2. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Silver lining on forgetting to sell Son before the deadline means I get Greenwood's 8 points off the bench.

        Happy days.

        1. ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Greenwood is a real talent. That left foot reminds me of RVP.

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Yeah looks great, proper ping on him

      3. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Plenty will buy Jota now. Watch him go 10 games with straight blanks. Happens every season.

        1. Silecro
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          yeah,it does, but mostly in first half of the season, and he still ends up with 120+ points

          1. FPL ElasticO
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Jota is in-form right now scoring regularly in EL & also PL..... so getting him not a bad option at all.

          2. Royal5
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Had him for all those blanks both this season and last.

      4. Champ
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Wonder if many people will chase Jota points now...

        Can't see NES changing things for his lineups too much when Jota has been doing so well in Europe.

        Busy schedule ahead. Pity it coincides with such nice fixtures.

      5. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Too many Portuguese players un Wolves :0

        1. ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Including the Manager and staff.

      6. HVT
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Kelly > ‘The Doc’
        11point swing
        I’ll take that!

        1. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          My last 2 transfers

          Lundstram > Stevens
          Sidibe > Doc

          1. HVT
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Class well played,
            What’s your next few?

      7. Camino Aleatorio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Welp Brandon Williams Traore Harvey Barnes J Perez are not looking like stone cold locks for GW 28

        A bunch of wasted trades for new owners

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

          I think Traore and Barnes will be fine. Probably Perez, too.

      8. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Saiss over Boly - check
        Benching Stephens over Cantwell bullet dodged by Williams - check
        Aguero pen miss as the requisite blank so as not to make everything too easy - ugh
        Liverpool triple incoming, on 39 so far. Could be worse.

      9. PascalCygan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Lol at this gameweek. Benchings and blanks galore.

        It was nice being in the top 10k for a week. Back out now!

        You know when we were discussing ‘bad beats’ and assessing your decision rather than the outcome? That’s helping - I actually don’t feel as annoyed as I might have because I still feel like I made the right calls.

        Don’t know how long this calm will last, though!

      10. FPL ElasticO
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Is Jota better option than Jimenez??

        1. Holmes
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Based on today's performance, yes

        2. ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          No.

        3. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Not much in it

          1. Paul Psychic Octopus
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            1.7m in it. If you can use the money well.

        4. Wılly
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          More likely to get his minutes managed

      11. DycheDycheBaby
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Anyone who has Hayden and wondering if he will play blank GW28, read this:

        https://tbrfootball.com/newcastle-fans-claim-isaac-hayden-was-missed-in-crystal-palace-defeat/?grva_cmp_open=1

        1. RealVirg
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Ok will give him next eeek

      12. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Doherty just thrown down to 36 BPS, weird one.

        1. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          CS
          Assist
          1 Bap

          No complaints

        2. ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Still double digit haul. Not bad at all.

        3. Over Midwicket
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Lol great stuff for owners like me who went for the attacking option over Saiss

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            The goal is coming!

      13. Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        17(-4)

        TAA Mane Salah (c) to play.

        Top that.

        1. HashAttack
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          One of my ML players - played WC and is on 15 from 8 ... that's pretty harsh

      14. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Love the Bruno interview saying Martial needs to cop on and score from his assists 🙂

      15. el polako
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        What happend to Digne ?

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

          Calf strain

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

            (Calf strain was Stevens)

        2. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Everton defence is rotation central at the moment