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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. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    almost 33

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

    Bailly is Bournemouth stand out player here

  3. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    wtf is var about, joke, you cant tell thats obviously not touched his shouulder and not his arm?!

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

      I thought that as well. You can’t see it for sure. Then how can you confidently make the call?

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

    Utd need a fourth.

    And a fifth

    And probably a sixth just to be safe with this shenanigans at the back

    1. Rotation's Alter Ego
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Makes for good entertainment at least!

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nice

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

    Harry Maguire's career has nosedived since Leicester - donkey now

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

      Not even top 10 in Prem

    2. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Fake news.

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

      Awful player

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

      Not true.

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

    Martial gets the game winning goal bps right?

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

      Yeh but he needs the assist or he won’t get near 😉

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

    Great game this

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

    Did Ragabolly increase the motivation level for Bournemouth?

    The exact same thing happened at the end of the season in Virtual FPL! 😆

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

    The fact that VAR isn’t used for going back checking massive offside (like Shaw’s, and Bournemouth now), but used like this... it’s astounding.

  10. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Brilliant game...

    It's what we want, goals and to be competitive and open!

    Points points points....

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

    Ferrari attack
    Fiat Punto at the back

    Harsh on Punto’s, I know.

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

      Nearly drowned my iPad in beer 🙂

  12. Mr Arsenal
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    The top of Bailly’s shoulder stretches down to his forearm. No penalty!

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

    That feeling when you’re having your hair cut and your phone keeps buzzing

  14. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Best game since restart by a country mile

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

    Greenwood goal

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

    ddg, Conollly -> Pope & Greenwood -4 done. Silly fecking decision own ddg.

  17. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    GREENWOOODDDDDDD GOALLL

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

    Man U can't wait for the time out

  19. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Holy crap!!

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

    Greenwoooooooooddddddddd

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

    Sick. Sick toung player

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Tongue* 😆

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

    Rashford out Greenwood in asap!!!

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

    Omg what a player

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

    Masonnn

  25. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    So, why did I get AWB?

  26. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Thats it changing Rash to Greenwood. He must he nailed now

  27. One More Hit
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Christ, Greenwood

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

    My bench. Oh my bench is hurting bad!

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

    Matic assist