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Unchanged line-ups for Man United and Southampton as FPL bosses eye Fernandes

Fantasy Premier League managers can take increased encouragement from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as he 2019/20 season winds to a close.

The Manchester United boss has named an unchanged side yet again, allowing the likes of Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m), Mason Greenwood (£4.9m), Anthony Martial (£8.3m) and Marcus Rashford (£9.0m) to retain their Fantasy appeal.

“We’ve had a decent amount of recovery days in between, which we won’t have the rest of the season now. We picked the short straw in that respect, but we picked the long straw at the start of this period. Didn’t feel we needed to change.” – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

All eyes will be on the Portuguese international tonight, as he was chosen as the overwhelming favourite for the Gameweek 35+ captaincy by this season’s current top 10,000 Fantasy managers.

56.3% of them made the decision to hand Fernandes the armband this week, at least 41.4 percentage points more than any other option.

It was Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) who finished a distant second, backed by just 14.9% of managers at that level before his blank against Burnley.

At the very least, those who captained Fernandes will be feeling somewhat protected, as he goes into this Southampton match with an effective ownership in the top 10k of 151.7%.

Meanwhile, Danny Ings (£7.4m) remains a key player on the Fantasy scene, still sitting in 28.6% of squads worldwide.

His owners can probably feel more encouraged ahead of tonight’s trip to Old Trafford than they realise, considering Ings’ and Southampton’s away record this season.

The forward has netted in every single road trip since the Premier League’s restart while the Saints have the fifth-best away record this season (27 points from 17 such matches).

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

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Walker-Peters; Redmond, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Ings, Adams.

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  1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    F sake Rashy offside goal

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      sounds like it was his own fault

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

    Lmao Rashford "unlucky" again

  3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Don’t worry. United will score in this game. 100% guaranteed

  4. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Rashford is such a poor footballer... Should know better how to keep onside

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

    Rashford has been so unlucky in the last few games

    1. BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      That was $hit play, not unlucky

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

        last few games, not that one play

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Can it be unlucky if the same thing keeps happening?

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

        hit post, Pogba off side ... lots of bad luck in last few games

    3. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Hes just been shite unfortunately

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

      ... umm ... 🙂

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

    How can Rashford STILL not time his runs?

    Greenwood twice the player already IMO

    1. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Agree

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      He's such a Theo

      1. Alexis Nonsense
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Nah...Theo never scores, Rashford at least scores

  7. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I am so selling de Gea for McCarthy. Kinda wish I had the balls to make that trade this week.

  8. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Rashford will indeed score tonight, I sold him

  9. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    As a Rashford owner - I am at fault - it is my fault he isn't onside for his goals

    I wish I had better skill at fpl

  10. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Rashford is the Mancunian Inzaghi...look him up kids.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Pippo or Simone?

  11. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I feel for Rashford, unlucky these days

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Why is that unlucky?

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Unlucky if you own him, lucky if you don't.

    2. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Running miles offside isn’t unlucky tbh

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

    AWB is a Tesco Tony Hibbert

  13. Greek Freak
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Southampton showing other teams how it's done - if you press the United defenders they tend to sh!t themselves.

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Bit harder playing a team who know what’s going on.

  15. Greek Freak
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Two 'great' crosses by Bruno there, failing to get over the first man.

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba 😆

  17. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    the signs are all against united and their fans in the opening minutes 😀

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Do the signs say 'This City if Blue' all of a sudden?

      1. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        City fan here man - just enjoying

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      They don’t deal with the pressure for the 4th place

  18. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    If Che Adams could pass...

  19. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba losing the ball again. What's wrong with him

  20. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Get Pogba off

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba in the mood.

  22. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    SOTON are going to win or at least take a draw from this game. I called it yesterday. This is the worst GW ever so no way the results wil go as expected

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Logic

  23. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Please get Pogba off

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

      Best midfielder in the world

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        He's just a sh!t harry winks

      2. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Who said that? I’ve always said KDB was the best midfielder in the world. Go in my history and show me where I said it?

  24. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Ole needs to hook off Pogba!!! That guy is pathetic!

  25. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba no longer in contention for POTY

  26. Mighty Banana
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I have 1FT, if I free hit now, do I get 2 FTs next week?

  27. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jesus Pogba

  28. CheesyZoot
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Would you rather on FH:

    A) Alonso + Azpi (depending on team leak) + Puli + Antonio

    B) Alonso + Puli + Willian + Digne

  29. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Rashford to Ings for a hit this week is becoming tempting

  30. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba and Bruno tossing it