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Greenwood and Wan-Bissaka benched as Man United host Palace

Mason Greenwood (£7.5m) finds himself on the bench as Manchester United start their Premier League campaign a week late.

The 18-year-old was a fixture on the right-hand side of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s attacking midfield trio during Project Restart, but his place has been handed to Daniel James (£6.5m) today.

The Manchester United boss has made two surprising decisions on the right-hand side of the pitch as Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) loses out to Timothy Fosu-Mensah (£4.5m) in defence.

Outside of that, the Red Devils line up mostly as we would expect. Anthony Martial (£9.0m) leads the line, supported by Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) on the left and Bruno Fernandes (£10.5m) in the number 10 role.

There will be plenty of eyes on those two players as Jan Sienkiewicz pointed out in the most recent captaincy article that Crystal Palace have shown some weakness from set pieces and down their right flank in open play.

Roy Hodgson’s men arrive at Old Trafford in their traditional 4-4-2 formation, Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) once again deployed out of position as a centre-forward alongside Jordan Ayew (£6.0m).

Budget defender Tyrick Mitchell (£4.0m) keeps his place in the side at left-back, although the defensive injury crisis at Palace eases slightly with the return of Mamadou Sakho (£4.5m) at centre-back.

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelöf, Fosu-Mensah; Pogba, McTominay; Rashford, B Fernandes, D James; Martial.

Crystal Palace XI (4-4-2): Guaita; Mitchell, Sakho, Kouyaté, J Ward; Schlupp, McCarthy, McArthur, Townsend; Zaha, Ayew.

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2,161 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Ayew having a dreadful game

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Pen retake 😆

  3. Captain Vantastic™
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lmao

  4. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    LMAO

  5. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hahahhaha

    They call him the Ghanian Messi 😆 😆

  6. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Retake lol

  7. Party time
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Congrats to Ayew owners

    • Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Dean Henderson in tears

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Maybe not

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      That was one of the worst penalties I've ever seen

    • The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      DDG saving Oles bacon

    • Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      What the heck is going on?? He’s going to retake it?

      1. The Suspended One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Wow lol

    • Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      That’s why Milivojevic takes pens

    • Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Holy shiiit

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      CMONNNN

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ole sacked in October

    • Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Wait lol

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      This is hilarious

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Retake...too funny!

    • Live Lad
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Even if Palace gets a CS, I won't regret benching Mitchell. And I want him to get a CS because my rival capped Martial.

    • Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Same player obliged to retake it?

    • Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Seems like Palace have bought Var today

    • ClassiX
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      WEST HAM TEAM NEWS
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      Subs: Randolph, Balbuena, Johnson, Lanzini, Yarmolenko, Anderson, Haller.

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    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Wtffff

    • Hattrick Harry
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      New peno, yeah

    • Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Get Milivojevic on.

    • Royal5
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Awful pen

    • Pedram
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ayew is just terrible

    • KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      This is a FARCE!!!!

    • Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ayew again !

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Gary Neville shouldn't be on commentary here, embarrassing himself.