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Manchester United bring out big guns as Wolves switch to 3-4-3

Manchester United line up with a wealth of attacking pace and talent for their Gameweek 31+ meeting with Sheffield United.

Paul Pogba (£8.3m) returns to the starting XI for the first time since Gameweek 7 after impressing as a substitute against Spurs.

The Frenchman sits alongside Nemanja Matić (£4.8m) in midfield, supporting a powerful front-four.

Anthony Martial (£8.0m) retains his centre-forward berth, supported by an attacking midfield trio of Marcus Rashford (£8.9m), Bruno Fernandes (£8.7m) and Mason Greenwood (£4.3m).

Simon Moore (£4.3m) comes in for Dean Henderson (£5.3m) in the Sheffield United goal, with rotation taking place elsewhere in the Blades’ side.

Phil Jagielka (£4.1m) comes in for the suspended John Egan (£4.6m), with Jack Robinson (£4.0m) retaining his place in light of Jack O’Connell‘s (£4.6m) recent injury.

Meanwhile, David McGoldrick (£5.4m) and Lys Mousset (£4.5m) are handed rare starts up-front and John Lundstram (£4.9m) is back in midfield.

Wolves look equally dangerous ahead of their meeting with Bournemouth as they go with the 3-4-3 shape that helped them get the 2-0 win over West Ham.

That means a first start since the Premier League resumes for Adama Traoré (£5.7m), supported by Matt Doherty (£6.4m) in a wing-back role.

Diogo Jota (£6.4m) starts once more, supporting Raúl Jiménez (£8.2m) who garnered some captaincy attention for Gameweek 31+.

Owners of Everton assets will be encouraged by the Norwich line-up named by Daniel Farke.

In a big statement of intent, he has dropped Teemu Pukki (£6.5m), Todd Cantwell (£4.7m) and Emi Buendía (£6.0m) to the bench, opting for largely second-string attackers at Carrow Road.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.5m) and Richarlison (£8.3m) are the main Fantasy draws among Carlo Ancelotti’s men, both starting up-front together in the favoured 4-4-2 formation.

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has shuffled his attacking pack once more, desperate to make a breakthrough at Newcastle.

He has named the same back-four but lines up an attacking midfield trio of Trézéguet (£5.2m) and Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) either side of Jack Grealish (£6.4m) in support of Mbwana Samatta (£5.7m).

Despite the recent upturn in Fantasy interest, out-of-position midfielder Keinan Davis (£4.3m) finds himself on the bench.

Villa face a Newcastle side with the joint-most number of clean sheets in home matches this season, featuring the in-form Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m) in attacking midfield with out-of-position FPL defender Matt Ritchie (£5.3m) on the other flank.

There are also starts for budget options Jamaal Lascelles (£4.3m) and Federico Fernandez (£4.6m).

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka; Matic, Pogba; Rashford, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Martial.

Sheffield United XI: Moore; Robinson, Jagielka, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; McGoldrick, Mousset.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Rose, Lascelles, Fernandez, Manquillo; Hayden, Shelvey; Saint-Maximin, Almirón, Ritchie; Joelinton.

Aston Villa XI: Nyland; Targett, Mings, Hause, Konsa; Luiz, McGinn; Trezeguet, Grealish, El Ghazi; Samatta.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Klose, Godfrey, Aarons; Tettey, McLean; O Hernandez, Duda, Rupp; Drmic.

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

Wolves XI: Patricio; Saiss, Coady, Boly; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez, Traoré.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; A Smith, Aké, S Cook, Stacey; Stanislas, Lerma, L Cook, Billing, Brooks; C Wilson.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 31+

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  1. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    What a peace of s this football is

  2. Fpl_Juggernaut
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why is there so much hype around this bruno guy.. Looks pretty ordinary to me.. Not much of an upgrade on lingard.

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Stfu please

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      LOL

    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nice grav

    4. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Squid alert

    5. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah he just scores and assists, but otherwise agree

    6. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Especially when Lingard is still young

    7. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He spends more time on the floor crying than playing football

      1. Fpl_Juggernaut
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Alli, neves, doucoure, maddison etc all are better than him. Far more classy, talented and more rounded players, this guy just shoots from far like Redmond

        1. Garlana
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Alli hasn't shown jack sh*t for ages.

          1. Fpl_Juggernaut
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Talk to me once bruno scores a goal like alli vs palace

        2. Fpl_Juggernaut
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Even Phil foden is better

  3. Dele
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mouse up

  4. Greek Freak
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Everton are being outplayed here - on this evidence, can't believe I thought DCL was a good option.

  5. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Imagine having triple Everton ... :/

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Double here

      1. Garlana
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Holgate, DCL, Richarlison...

      2. moment
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Ditto but at least the expiry of my free hit will get rid of them automatically

  6. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Come f!cking on DCL

  7. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba vs Lundstram

    Lundy wins

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      The Swedes are hard bet!

  8. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hey guys, thoughts on my GW32 WC squad? Yes I know no Liverpool but I am happy to take the chance as I think there will be rotation galore after they clinch the league. 

    Edersen / Button
    Maguire / Doherty / Alonso / Lascelles / Masina
    KDB / Bruno / Son / Mount / Sarr
    Rashford / Jimi / DCL  

    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not when there are games on

  9. Teahupo'o
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    For all the talk about difficulty in replicating quality defence after the break, goals sure seem quite scarce.

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Think we should start moving to playing more of our defenders? I'm thinking of moving back to 4 or 5 even at the back

    2. HTL
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      5-4-1 for the win

  10. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    St Maxim looking an option now?

  11. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba loves to showboat doesn't he

  12. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    They should simulate some chances too

  13. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    The value is in defenders in this game
    7 clean sheets
    5-3-2!

  14. Frucke
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Is salah and robertsson starting tonight?

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      30 mins

  15. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martial g awb a

  16. Greek Freak
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martial G

  17. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wolves totally outplaying Bournemouth, but lacking cutting edge. Traore playing well.

  18. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martail goal

  19. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martial again

  20. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martial G

  21. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    MARTIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL

  22. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martial needs to go in my team with these players behind him

  23. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Tonnnnnyyyyyyyyy

    AWB assist

  24. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    AWB Assist

  25. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martial g, AWB assist

  26. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Oh absolutely bog off

  27. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I love you Tony. 🙂

  28. Danstoke82
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Looked like Martial was the one to get

  29. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pogba over Martial has been punishing so far.

  30. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Don't have Martial but 2 assists, pretty happy. Just need Bruno C points!