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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. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    LateRiser in heaven.

    More Tony!

  2. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Imagine not having Martial 😀

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I'd kill myself

  3. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Lateriser12 spot on again with Martial(c)

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

    AWB to Martial got both! Finally my luck

    1. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Maguire and Rashford here (y)

  5. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Get Maguire over AWB, they said...

  6. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Damn. What's martial's EO?

  7. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    50m down the drain

  8. Party time
      3 years, 10 months ago

      MARTIAL give us more points!!!

    • goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      You know things are bad when even AWB manages to get an assist 😆

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Martial on pens?

      1. Party time
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Yes. Now he is

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Why tf did I go for Richarlison on wildcard, bloody heck.

        1. Garlana
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Did the same...and it hurts

        2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Good question

        3. AC Yew
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Got him on FH not sure if thats worse or not

      3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        AWB Assist
        Tony Goal

        Lovely stuff 🙂

        2 more Tony

        Let’s be havin ya

      4. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Another good assist from Spider Wan.

        His attacking threat keeps getting better.

        1. Reg83
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          I got ddg over AWB. Foolish me

      5. Dybala10
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        AWB, my boy! Yeees.

      6. gooberman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Another snorefest tonight. Half time and 2 goals in 4 matches.

      7. One Man
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Feeling like it's a world cup, games coming think and fast, evenings off and cold beers in the fridge.

      8. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        So many wrong choices on my WC :p
        Saiss over Doc, Rash over Martial, Maguire over Awb

      9. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Sir Tony...arise!

      10. Reg83
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        What was I thinking selecting Bruno over martial? Herd mentality. Damn

        1. OverTinker
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          chose Tony over son - but it was so tough at that time

      11. Greek Freak
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        We've got an out-and-out striker listed as a mid, and yet people still thought Bruno was a better option?!

        I only have myself to blame of course, if I'd watched United prior to this there's no way I would've captained (or even bought) Bruno. Now have to wait for a lucky penalty.

        1. how now brown cow
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Martial has been playing up front all season.

          Not exactly a revelation.

          1. Greek Freak
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 10 months ago

            Fernandes not looking like doing anything sure is a revelation though, based on what I'd read about him before.

          2. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 10 months ago

            LOL
            Obviously don’t watch the games 🙂

      12. School of Poch
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        AWB 2nd on my bench and went with Rashford/Bruno instead of Martial. Hate this game.

      13. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Well Done Tony now please Bruno

      14. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Ugh.. Tony again from horrible marking

      15. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Martial only owned by 13% of the top 10k
        Vs. Bruno 79% despite being cheaper and more attacking

        1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Bruno is the better option but not today

          1. Kellz86
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 10 months ago

            Based off what evidence? That's 13 goals now for Martial this season, Bruno is only in his 7th match for Utd. Not enough data points for that claim.

      16. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Thats settled my 3rd United spot

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

          AWB?

      17. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Assist from Obi Wan?! Even better!!

      18. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Not captaining Martial looks like an horrendous call now.

        1. Camzy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          You weren't gonna cap Martial, let's be real.

      19. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Is Bruno still on the pitch ?

      20. dshv
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Is there a chance for bruno to do something

        1. Fpl_Juggernaut
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Bruno Mars?

      21. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        casuals with tony in heaven...