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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. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Martial G
    Rash A

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

    MARTIAL 3

  3. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Nice goal

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

    Rich may be subbed 🙁

  5. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Wow.

  6. Party time
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Did the people really captain Fernandes over Martial

    • Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Hattie? And I went for Bruno 🙁

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

      Oh flip right off.

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Well done cappers!

    • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Jeez Martial

    • SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      This sucks

    • Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Rashy Assist!!

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

      Yess!! Martial good boy

    • goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Who else went Pogba over Martial?

      1. james 101
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Thought of you after our recent chats on this mate

        1. goriuanx
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Frustrating but such is FPL.

        2. james 101
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          To be fair pogba is class

          Seems deeper though today?

    • El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      3-0 n no Bruno involvement?

    • HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Tony hattyy

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

      Give the man a knighthood! C'mon Tony!!

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Fernandes assisting the assister

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

        Fernandes to Pogba to Martial to Rashford back to Martial 😆 close enough

    • Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      TONYYYY

      I LOVE YOU

    • SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Martial has killed my gameweek.

    • Party time
        3 years, 10 months ago

        MARTIAL is a beautiful TRAP STAR

      • Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        I hate Martial. I just sold him last week. Ffs.

        1. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Ouch

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Bruno useless.

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

          He makes them tick

      • OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        TOny hattrick!!!
        Atleast I have him

      • The Tinkerman
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Chose captaincy from Son, Bruno and Jimi by drawing lots.

        Got Bruno.

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

          Son was massive fail also.

        2. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Ouch

      • FISSH
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Such fine lines. All of a sudden I don't want Fernandes haha

      • have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        ugh I was deliberating Martial v Rahsford for so long on Monday... Went Rash, because I thought Martial no doubt will get injured soon enough. Shoudla got both and no Bruno -_-
        Gonna be hard not to do Bruno>Martial

      • J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        That’s what we love to see!

      • FPL_Devil
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Flip flopped between Bruno and Marcus and went for the wrong one

      • Robson-Canoe
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        First Premier League hattrick for United in the post-Ferguson era?

        1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          In the League yes