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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. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Quick question about the new sub rules
    Do half time & drinks break count as one of the 3 allocated slots if used ?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Half time doesn’t, not sure about drinks break

    2. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Drinks break yes, half time no

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

    Sheffield United are a busted flush.

    Overachieved all season (and well done to them, by the way) and relied on a very consistent selection, and were fortunate not to suffer many injuries.

    Now that usual starting XI has been broken significantly by injury, their fixtures are tough and it all look downhill, to me, for the rest of the season.

    Sell.

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      yes sir will sell all assets now

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

      Probably blame COVID-19 as well
      The standard of football has been boring in pretty much every game I have seen post lockdown
      Fans make a huge difference

    3. mrodgers91
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Egan and henderson back next week, maybe oconnell too depending how bad the injury is

  3. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Adama nervous. Head to head quarrel with some Bournemouth player

  4. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why did Ritchie go off?

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

      Injured

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

        Ffs

    2. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Injury

  5. HNI
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Love to.have Martial to get me in top 10k atleast for tonight. Just 13% ownership is brilliant. OOP from a top 4 chaser at 8mn. Such a bargain

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      ok bro

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

        Not ok. Amazing

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Good pick mate well done

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

    Was Bruno subbed?

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

      Nope

    2. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No

    3. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No. But might as well be.

  7. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    One of the biggest mysteries in football to me is how frequently players fail to beat the first defender from corners. Watching the Everton game and it's happened about 80% of the time. Just baffling.

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

      Eriksen was the worst for it.

      Technically brilliant but corners...

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Corners have a terrible conversion to goals, best chance of a goal is playing it short. Corners are massively over-rated

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

        Would have to disagree with that. I don't see the value of short corners. Seen it so often were players mess about playing it short and mess it up and don't end up getting a cross in. It's a free chance to get the ball into the box straight from the corner.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Its statisically the best way to take a corner, second best is playing it back to someone waiting outside the box.
          Defenders get drawn out the area, playing the ball directly into the box is the least sucessful way to utilise a corner.
          Stats taken from all major european leagues across 5-10 years or something like that, but still corners are over-rated.
          The amount that fail to get past the first man is like 40% something

    3. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      The thing is it's deliberate. Every time. 1 arm raised, near post and try and get runnerss across.

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

    Salah haul needed to save the GW

    1. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Mane*

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

        *Salah and Manè

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      This

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

    Smith is a brave lad sticking the head into Traore. 😆

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

    Traore off
    Dendoncker on

  11. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    SHU pls score

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      -1

    2. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Would love this to wipe out all the MU cleanies.

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

    According to bbc sport Jota should have won a penalty before he went off. That’s annoying if true.

  13. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Come on Doherty put one in for Jimenez!

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

      THIS

  14. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Dendonkey on.

  15. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Either of these worth a -4:
    A - Leno > Martinez / Lloris
    B - Egan > Aurier / AWB

    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

  16. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Kun > Carroll

    1. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      (C)arroll

  17. Henning
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How does Everton doing it, is Richarlison and DCL doing well.

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

      Dcl too selfish and can't finish...Rica missing

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

        Thanx.

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

    Please Palace keep Liverpool quiet

  19. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ah Bruno, come on now

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

      THIS

  20. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Time for Boly to score

  21. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bruno getting frustrated

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

      Owners too

      (Sad face)

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

    Martial Hattie!!

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

    Martial hattrick

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

    Martial hat-trick

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

    Martail hatrick 🙂

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

    Martial G Rashford A

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

      Lateriser12 smashing it

  27. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hattrick

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

    OMG

  29. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Booom

  30. james 101
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Very nicely taken

    1. james 101
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Cool head there huh?