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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. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Mitchell the new Lundstram

    1. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yep!

    2. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nevermind

    3. Ser Davos
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not much sign of PVA atm

    4. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nope.

  2. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Maguire is so bad. The fact that he is the club captian is beyond joke.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 6 months ago

        No need for hyperbole, he's a good player surrounded by utter dross. Not much he can do really

    2. Pratik
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So Mitchell is an essential, right? 😉

      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Playing defender priced at 4.0....essential 😉

    3. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Was gonna do auba havertz to kdb/sterling fernandes but now I’m not sure, Rodriguez instead of Fernandes?

      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I did that move. Hasn’t been involved today. Solskjær has him playing really deep

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

      Only Auba(c) can save us now

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

      OMG donny van de beek

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

      van de Beek is such a good finisher.

    7. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      VBddddddddddd

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

      Said at half time that Van de Beek was essential

    9. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Looked off.

    10. NULL-X-VOID
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      In the whole 90 mins, Greenwood has been the best player on the field

    11. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Mitchell cleanie now gone.... devo

    12. Diedhiou See That?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      3.8% owners loving that...

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

      Digne & Fernandes new owners club join me...

    14. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      VdB screamer

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

        "screamer"

    15. Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Checks Van Der Beek’s price

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

        Not nailed

    16. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Both the penalty and retake were correct decisions as per the rules. Whether those are good rules is another matter.

      1. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        The penalty was correct but the rule about keepers is to prevent them stepping forward. He hasn’t actually stepped forward ( his foot was in the air) until the kick. It was a bad call

    17. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Congrats Donny owner

      1. Diedhiou See That?
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Singular

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

      Assist??

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

        None

      2. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Crystal Palace

      3. Wild Card this!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        None

    19. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lovely seeing United loose as a Chelsea fan. Bruno owner btw and no Salah. But Dony score while I was typing

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Gonna be lovely seeing chelsea lose tomorrow too 😆

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

          Won’t be to palace if we do

          1. Zimo
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Only 2 more gws for that too don't worry

    20. Zalk
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If Guaita had left the line in the reverse situation I'm sure Neville would understand.

    21. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      VDB essential

    22. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ayew owners also like, getting an assist when it should be negative points for pen missed...

    23. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No assist

    24. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No assist imo

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

      C's wipeout

    26. 1zverGGadeM
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      FFS Mitchell CS wiped out 🙁

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

        Who on earth was starting him this gw anyway?

        1. 1zverGGadeM
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          me?

          1. Diedhiou See That?
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Brave and/or foolish

            1. 1zverGGadeM
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Just Happy 🙂

    27. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You’re not out of your element, Donny

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

        Mark it 9 Donny!

      2. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Life does not stop and start at your convenience

    28. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No AWB today.

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

      My bet on all teams to score is going well

      1. Diedhiou See That?
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Odds?