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Fosu-Mensah in for Shaw as Solskjaer makes changes but Greenwood is passed fit

Gameweek 36+ continues at a furious pace, with two more Premier League matches kicking off at 20:15 BST this evening.

There is a lot riding on this evening’s games from a Fantasy perspective, too, particularly at Selhurst Park.

Manchester United are the visitors to Crystal Palace, while in tonight’s other fixture, there is a clash between two south coast clubs as Brighton and Hove Albion face Southampton at the Amex.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had named an unchanged starting XI in his previous five league games but that run has come to an end this evening, with the Norwegian making two alterations to his line-up.

Mason Greenwood (£4.9m) isn’t among the changes, however, with the youngster passed fit to start after an ankle knock.

The injured Brandon Williams (£3.9m) and Luke Shaw (£5.4m) are both unable to feature, so Timothy Fosu-Mensah – not priced up by FPL at kick-off – is given the nod at left-back.

Scott McTominay (£4.8m) is in for Nemanja Matic (£4.8m) in Solskjaer’s only other alteration.

Bruno Fernandes (£9.1m), Marcus Rashford (£8.9m) and Anthony Martial (£8.4m) all start.

Fernandes was the third-most-captained player of Gameweek 36+, both overall and in the top 10,000.

A whopping 91.6% of the top 10k own the Portuguese midfielder, while Martial and Greenwood also sit in more than one in two squads among this elite group.

For the Eagles, the suspended Christian Benteke (£5.7m) is replaced by Andros Townsend in the attack.

That will likely see Jordan Ayew (£5.1m) moving centrally in the Belgian’s absence.

There are a whopping 11 changes in total at the Amex.

After naming the same team three matches in a row, Ralph Hasenhuttl has made five alterations for the trip to Brighton.

Danny Ings (£7.5m) starts but Ryan Bertrand (£4.8m), Jack Stephens (£4.4m), Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.4m), Che Adams (£5.3m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.2m) are benched.

Jake Vokins (£4.0m), Jannik Vestergaard (£4.5m), Will Smallbone (£4.5m), Michael Obafemi (£4.9m) and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£4.8m) are recalled.

Ever the tinkerer, Graham Potter has brought Neal Maupay (£5.7m), Tariq Lamptey (£4.1m), Dan Burn (£4.5m), Dale Stephens (£4.4m), Solly March (£4.6m) and Glenn Murray (£5.4m) back into his side after the 5-0 defeat against Manchester City.


Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Ward, Sakho, Dann, van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic, McCarthy; Townsend, Zaha, Ayew.

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

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Ward-Prowse, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Vokins; Smallbone, Højbjerg; Romeu, Redmond; Ings, Obafemi.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Burn; March, Stephens, Propper, Trossard; Maupay, Murray.



FPL Lessons Learned From Gameweek 36+

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

    How’s Ings playing?
    Does he look like an essential vs BOU next week?

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

      Do you already have Jimenez in your team?

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

        I love Jimenez and was considering bringing him in for Vardy but he doesn’t have high ceiling like Kane or Ings

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      After city struggled against them, I’d say no

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

      Bournemouth are good

    4. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Still kind of feels essential, regardless.

      1. jdp219
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        But ML rivals have him, so I feel antsy.

    5. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Watch Madrid, relax, have a beer, and read the update after the game, mate 🙂

  2. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    That was terrible from AWB. Wasn't even under pressure

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

      Was pretty good for his standard tbh.

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

    AWB 😆

    Palace happy to leave him free.

  4. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Who do you think will score next?

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

      Deeney, tomorrow.

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

      Ings followed by Martial...

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

      Elvis

  5. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Great McCarthy clean sheet gone, gameweek is so bad it’s actually amusing

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

      Look at it liked this - you got C and VC the right way around - one for the record books there

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Every cloud and that lol

  6. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Christ above please win United

    And do something anything Ings!

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Say it louder

    2. The Red Devil
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Amen

  7. Party time
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nice one Maupay. Score again

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      So about Pulisic being a captain fail...

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

          6 points is basically 12 this week.

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

        You’ll be banging on about this for months at this rate

    • Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      That much laughed at Pulisic 12 point captain haul seems to get bigger and bigger as the games go by.

    • have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Man U frauds, back to bad at best

    • Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Mid July is always a terrible time for fantasy football...

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I've always enjoyed the fantasy games for the World Cup and Euros. Did pretty well in the last Euros especially after Ronaldo brace vs Hungary, but then I had French players in the SFs and Portugal done me

    • Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      As a Chelsea fan and FPL owner of Greenwood, Bruno, and AWB, I totally enjoy todays match because (most probably) any outcome will be okay for me

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

        Not if you're a Chelsea fan

        1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Yes because man U loss good for top 4 and Man U win a high probability of my assets geting a houl... Kinda like a hedge

      2. Sad Pablo Arsecobar
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        2-1 Man u. Martial and Mctominay goals, pogba assists.

        1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Sc**w that...

    • Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Keep it going palace. Only noobs support United

    • Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      A 0-0 from Uniter Palace would actually be perfect for me.

    • AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Come on Bruno(C). Save my week 🙁

    • Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      So glad I captained Jesus.

    • Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Townsend is 29 years old, really?

      1. FPL price manipulators are …
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Him and Walcott have a great future ahead of them

    • Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Wan-Bisakka with a great opportunity there and a weak shot.

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

        Palace players not even marking him. They've seen him try to play attacking day-in, day-out in training.

        1. Tasty Jerk
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          😉

    • have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      1 Man U is too many, let alone 3 attackers..

    • Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Wish there wasn’t a game tomorrow night, just want this GE to be over

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

        GW

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

          I'm on Antonio captain in the shoot out under the lights in London Olympic stadium

      2. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Amen

    • Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Greenwood is human

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

        Regression was overdue.

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Greenwood wasting Tony A .... would have been heaven

    • JBG
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      2gws ago that would have went in :/.

    • TwiggsJameson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      The gameweek that just gives and gives.........

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

        Maybe every popular pick is gonna to bang in GW38+ and 100+ scores will be common on here

    • _Gunner
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Come on Ings

    • jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I haven't seen anyone tie a shoe that slowly since my daughter started learning how.

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

      Man Utd looking likely?

      I've been busy...

      Who are we dropping after this game week?

    • My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Maguire fooked. What a gameweek

    • mgilbert86
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Well atleast with that goal Maupay might be less at threat of potter rotation for next week.

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

        I prefer King.

    • La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Maguire fail

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

        Why? Is he off?