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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. the snazzy viking
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Iheanacho GOAL

    1-0

  2. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bailly making his mark lol

  3. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Can someone explain me why it's always raining in your country???

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Temperate zone

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

    Nacho G

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

      Better than Vardy of late.

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Assist?

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

        Tielemans

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    VAR is legendary... LOL

  6. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    VAR is being a microscope

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

    Pen given

    1. Glad He Ate Her
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      omg

  8. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Main rivals with Pope and me stuck here with Ddg. Save it! Save it!

  9. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wtf was bailly thinking

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

      wtf was matic thinking with that pass

  10. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Saaaave it!

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

    Tiele assist
    Guaita shocker

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

    bs

  13. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wasn't there a clear offside in the build up?

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

      Yup. But VAR won’t intervene for that, nooooo

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Lol he was way offside

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

          I know, it’s insane! Glaring offside

  14. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bailly burning his bridges already

  15. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    King goal

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

    How the f is that a handball?

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

    OMG king

  18. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    VAR needs to be binned. That’s shocking.

  19. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    F off!

  20. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    DDG 🙁

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

      Waste of a place. Getting him over a 3rd Utd attacker has been a shocking decision for me.

  21. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mike Dean have bet on this one 7+goals

  22. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    DDG c'mon

  23. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Talk about VARiation

  24. Says
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    B'mouth player who hit the post needs a geometry lesson.

    Also, in hindsight the basketball Bailly played to get fit may have been a mistake.

  25. UKG
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Never a pen

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

    AWB
    Worst decision ever

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

      Got me some lovely points the last 2 weeks.

  27. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    KINGGGGGG

  28. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Are Rashford, Martial and Bruno essential now?

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

    Useless Spanish fraud should have saved it. 🙁

  30. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bruno, please stop