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Fernandes and Pogba both start against injury-hit Bournemouth defence

Bruno Fernandes (£8.8m) and Paul Pogba (£8.3m) both start for Manchester United as Bournemouth come to Old Trafford.

The pair were subject of an injury rumour circling around some quarters of the media on Friday evening, but it would appear they came through the most recent training session unscathed.

In fact, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has named an unchanged line-up from the side that won comfortably at Brighton, much to the delight of Fantasy managers interested in their assets.

At a time when Manchester United options are in such high-demand, it is encouraging to know that the manager has found a settled selection. This is the first time since November 2006 that an unchanged XI has been named in three successive Premier League matches.

That means Mason Greenwood (£4.4m) is on the right-hand side of attacking midfield once more, joined there by Fernandes and Marcus Rashford (£9.1m).

Meanwhile, Anthony Martial (£8.2m) starts up-front hoping to replicate his most recent Old Trafford outing, which saw the Frenchman score a hat-trick against Bournemouth.

A further boost for Manchester United backers has emerged in the form of injuries to Chris Mepham (£4.3m) and Steve Cook (£5.0m), who was reprimanded by Eddie Howe this week for publicly criticising Bournemouth.

With Simon Francis (£4.4m) still on the sidelines, a dearth of options has forced the Bournemouth manager into some tough decisions with his defence.

Left-back Lloyd Kelly (£4.4m) has tucked into centre-back alongside Nathan Aké (£4.8m) with Diego Rico (£4.2m) earning his first start since Gameweek 26.

Elsewhere, Leicester host Crystal Palace, although that fixture has considerably less Fantasy interest.

Jamie Vardy (£9.7m) remains the most popular Fox, sat in 26.2% of teams, but has just two goals since Gameweek 19.

That statistic does not particularly bode well given that Roy Hodgson’s men have four clean sheets from their last six matches.

It is also frustrating news for the 15.1% still in possession of James Maddison (£7.4m), who does not make the matchday squad while Harvey Barnes (£6.0m) is among the substitutes for the third match in a row since the Premier League returned.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, Justin; Pérez, Tielemans, Ndidi, Albrighton; Iheanacho, Vardy.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Cahill, Sakho, J Ward; Zaha, Riedewald, Milivojevic, McArthur; Benteke, Ayew.

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

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Rico, Aké, L Kelly, A Smith; Stanislas, L Cook, Lerma, Brooks; J King, Solanke.

2,491 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greenwood G
    Bruno A

    1. Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Hahaha, I have both and c is Bruno!!

    2. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Perfect

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bruno assist

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

    Rash to Greenwood done

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      🙂 o/

  4. moz_1983
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greenwood!

  5. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greenwooooooooood

    Get Innnnnnnn n

  6. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    My frontline is Jimmy Nketiah Greenwood.

    No regrets

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

      Think what makes a lot not do this is that there will be a lot of money itb

    2. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same lol!

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

    Would you carry on playing this game if your captained blanked every week?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nope, yet i have

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

        Same lol

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

      its almost normal

  8. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Have both!

  9. Gerd Mueller’s thighs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I have both of those guys....shocker

  10. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    And i bought this muppet Rashford

    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      We’re 29 minutes in and he’s been the best united player.

  11. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Poor keeping

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

    Wow. Did not expect greenwood to keep scoring

    1. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Why? He's really good

  13. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Yes Greenwood!

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

    GREEEEEEENWOOOOD

  15. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Didn’t captain Bruno but have Greenwood. Is that good?

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

      I've done the same, but yeh of course!

  16. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greenwoodddddd

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

    Keeper blooper

  18. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Very poor from Ramsdale.

    Good hit from Greenwood.

  19. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wooww!!!

  20. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ramsdale definitely should have saved that

  21. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bruno C & Greenwood owner 🙂

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

      Same here

  22. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Dream goal, should have gone with safe choice of Fernandes captain

  23. TAT
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why did I pick Rashford over Greenwood. Could have saved all that cash instead…

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

    Too good and too cheap to ignore

  25. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greenwoood brunoooooo......
    Rashford, you're next!

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

    Damn, Greenwood was in one of my 10 options this week!

  27. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ramsdale is a league 1 goalkeeper. The reason Bournemouth will be relegated

  28. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Yay

    Got him as makeweight in my minus 8. All I need now is for Vardy to stay quiet

  29. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Martial over Bruno is killing me.

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

      Martial assist? (for the penalty)

  30. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greenwood’s first touch was fantastic again - pure class