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Greenwood starts for Man United as Lamptey shakes off knock to play

The return of Mason Greenwood (£7.5m) to Manchester United’s starting line-up is one of three changes made by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of their trip to Brighton.

Following cameos against Crystal Palace and Luton, as well as recent off-the-field controversies, the 18-year-old replaces Daniel James (£6.5m) and will be determined to start this season with the same form that finished the last.

His goal in June’s subsequent south coast meeting was one of five scored during the nine games of Project Restart. The other goal scorer during the 3-0 win was Bruno Fernandes (£10.5m), who disappointed during last Saturday’s shock 3-1 home defeat to Palace.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) was also benched for their opening match but regains his place at right-back, with the other change seeing Nemanja Matic (£5.0m) step in for Scott McTominay (£5.0m).

Their consolation goal came via new signing Donny van de Beek (£7.0m) but he remains a substitute, despite Solskjaer’s insistence that the former Ajax man can easily play alongside both Fernandes and Paul Pogba (£8.0m).

Brighton bounced back from an opening day defeat to Chelsea by emphatically beating Newcastle 3-0 on the road. They are looking for their first back-to-back league wins since last November.

Although Neal Maupay (£6.5m) bagged a brace on Tyneside, it was pacey wing-back Tariq Lamptey (£4.6m) who was many people’s man of the match.

This was despite the youngster leaving the pitch in the 57th minute and missing out on an FPL clean sheet. Head coach Graham Potter confirmed that Lamptey “received treatment this week but he trained on Thursday.”

With such a cheap price and two assists from two games, Lamptey is emerging as an exciting asset and it will be interesting to see how he copes against Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) and Luke Shaw (£5.0m).

Brighton’s only change from last Sunday’s win sees Adam Lallana (£6.4m) return in place of the suspended Yves Bissouma (£4.5m), missing the second of three domestic matches after his acrobatic kick to the face of Jamal Lewis (£4.5m).

BRIGHTON XI (3-4-3): Ryan; Dunk, Webster, White; Lamptey, Lallana, Alzate, March; Connolly, Trossard, Maupay

MANCHESTER UNITED XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Matic, Pogba; Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford; Martial

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2,226 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Finally we’ve woken up let’s get this win now!!

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

      Fair score should be 2-0 for Brighton.

      1. The Fantastic Mr Fox
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        the keep track of goals, not how times the teams hit the post 😀

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

          Not sure what you mean but Utd did not have any proper chances from open play.

    2. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      United have been asleep since 2013

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      We are far from woken up mate... got a gift of an OG

    4. ThisPostsOnFire
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      (Fellow Untied Fan)

      Woken up?

      Got lucky.

      Maguire should have been called up for a foul and Bruno shouldn't even be on the pitch for the free kick.

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

    Penalty and further poor defending all round

  3. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    United look like a Sunday League team

    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      This

  4. The Knights Template
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Trossard furrowed brow

  5. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wow Lamptey won 2 penalties already.

  6. the dom 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    FPL hasn't updated it as a Dunk own goal?

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

      They make it up as they go along.

      The KDB "assist" last week was a joke.

      1. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        clear as daylight its come off Dunk

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

      they dont care

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

      More people check the site if their players score points so it makes sense for them to give it to Maguire and KDB as opposed to not if they think they can get away with it.

  7. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Was fun while Brighton we’re winning and playing well. United will win second half, Bruno pen incoming

  8. Salalalalah
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    And to think that ManU was touted as title challenger this season !! They will be lucky to make top 4

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Replaced by everton

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

        Forgetting spurs arsenal wolves leicester?

      2. BERGKOP
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Nope

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

      At the moment it looks unlikely for top 4 to be honest. Everyone is improving around us and we’re not.

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

      Me and Leeds mate in pub tonight reckoned Leeds and Villa will both finish above Manure. Probably not but who knows

    4. Salalalalah
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Everton, Chelsea and Arsenal other than obvious two
      Chelsea yet to hit full stride with key players missing

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

        this
        hard to see any game strategy

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

      (United Fan)

      The delusion of my fellow supporters has been baffling.

      Until OGS is out and we have defenders that can actually recover their positions from a high-line, we won't come anywhere close to competing.

      We got lucky with that 10 game run when Bruno arrived last season - simple as.

      Nothing changed tactically - OGS doesn't have the understanding to change things.

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

        Need woodward and glazers out as well and Pochettino in

      2. Salalalalah
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        reply fail above

        totally agree

  9. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Yeah Dunk king of the own goal, this one is still his best though.... 😀

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osAQC2KLSfA

    1. DeathoftheParty
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Brilliant

  10. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Having both Lamptey and Maupay looks decent shout as Lamptey is going to win a fair few pens this season

    1. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lamptey is the best 4.5 option for me

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Lamptey or Saiss?

  11. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Who’s in the Lamptey starters club? Last season Lundstram from GW1, this season Lamptey

    1. ThisPostsOnFire
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I was very close to it this week. Was hoping for a miraculous United resurgence - as a fan - but regretting not pushing him into the XI now.

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Me. I did fancy him to get an assist. Kept Taylor and KWP on my bench. Less impressively, I've also got Bruno.

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

      Me

  12. DeathoftheParty
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    OG, Matic assist is hilarious to me.

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

    Martial + Son --> KDB + Jimenez looks like a reasonable move this week, right?

    1. ThisPostsOnFire
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Until OGS is replaced (or until we go on one of those spontaneous runs that actually as nothing to do with him as a coach) then yes Martial and any other United attacker out.

  14. Von Lipwig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    My defence looks like this:

    Taa robbo Justin Shaw Mitchell

    Shaw to lamptey? Yey or net?

    1. Salah(c)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Shaw to coady

      1. Von Lipwig
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah? Wolves do look good. Coady over saiss?

    2. ThisPostsOnFire
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nobody should have a United defender.

      Looks a great transfer.

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

    Think Maupay will be a good pick this season.

  16. Locarno
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I knew Bruno would be a differential. Just not a negative one...

  17. ThisPostsOnFire
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    (United Fan)

    We have gotten away with that big time.

    Definite second yellow for Bruno (who has been absolutely pathetic for us since those 1st 10 or so games) on the penalty

    Maguire with as clear a foul possible on the eventual scorer of an own goal (who wouldn't have been in that position had he not been fouled)

    Disgraceful refereeing and VAR so far here.

    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A non deluded UTD fan. I salute you sir. Hard to find

      1. ThisPostsOnFire
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Unfortunately, I have to agree.

        It's a very lonely place in the Olé out club.

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

      Fair play. I am ok with Bruno not given second yc but goal was imo a clear foul.

      This half was probably a wake up call for Utd so let's see if we have better half from them.

  18. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Brighton looked good against Chelsea too.

    Mediocre first year, but it's looking like Potter could be a gem for the Seagulls.

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

      Hopefully they stick on long term basis

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

    I daren't ask but how's Bruno looked?

    1. Locarno
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Like a man who thinks he's left his stove on and wants to get home as quickly as possible to check.

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

        Hopefully he can call home and get that sorted and come out better 2nd half 😆

    2. super zlatan
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      United in general have looked poor.

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Awful both sides of the pitch

    4. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Good assist of assist

    5. xuwei
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      5 terrible passes, conceded the penalty and lucky to be on the pitch. Aside from that great!

    6. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      3/10 at best.

    7. ThisPostsOnFire
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Bruno has looked dreadful in every game since his first 10 or so games.

      Unfortunately nothing has changed

  20. Cholito
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    United back to his NORMAL form. All the things post-lockdown were flukes/statistical outliers. United have no system, United heavily related on individual performances. And it was like this since 2013.

    All this Fernandes hype was absolute joke for me, i'm just not getting why everybody screaming his name for 6 months. He scored penalties/longshots/flukes/ricochets and assisted corners/free kicks/3 yrd passes on longshots.

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

      His attitude gave them a lift but without pens he offers little

    2. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      100%

    3. ThisPostsOnFire
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      (United Fan)

      Fernandes is not a top class player.

      He had a 10 game run where teams didn't know what to do with him.

      In reality he's turned out to be extremely eratic and not a player you want in a top team that requires consistent performances all round.

      Most of all OGS is not a top coach, not a mediocre coach, not a coach that should be registering in the media.

      Unfortunately he is the coach of my team. It is not a comforting feeling.

    4. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      FPL confuses probably.

      FPL wise if you get lot of results from corners assists, pens and free kick all the time those are still valuable points.

  21. easy_conners
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Give Henderson a go between the sticks!

  22. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Had Maupay in numerous WC drafts, changed my mind last minute.. yep!

    1. Old and Slow
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      This. Lol

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Any other players you had or just him? Lol

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

      Penalty merchant

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

      What did you change to?
      I went Wood over Maupay replacing Brewster

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

    Captain Jimenez next week?

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

      Nah

    2. SAY MY NAME
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      might not be a bad pick but surely KDB against Leeds?

    3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Considering it

  24. Old and Slow
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lamptey going to punish me sittng on my bench...

  25. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Horrendous Martial pick. Feel sick.

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Relax mate it’s been 45 minutes

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You feel sick a lot. You should see your doctor.

    3. super zlatan
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Switch to jimmy for those fixtures.

    4. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Feel sick again? Weird coincidence that you are feeling sick every time your players are doing bad

  26. Salah(c)
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Greenwood out for who
    A)foden
    B)barnes
    C)other(already have podence and hamez)
    C)to 4.5 and get robbo in defence

    1. Old and Slow
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Foden

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

      A

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

      Keep and switch to Pulisic when he's back

  27. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    If you didn't start the Lamp you don't deserve his poibts

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

      First sub

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

      Lampinho!!

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

      What if i have trent robbo and saiss instead of lamp

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

        Then you have a good defence but Lamp looks so good got to be worth 4.5

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

          Yeah maybe i remove saiss for him if wolves look shaky at the back. Otherwise i can't get him

  28. yalala
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I need a smoke

  29. super zlatan
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    As a united fan , it’s depressing watching us. 🙁

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

      Yeah same

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

      As a Liverpool fan it's funny

    3. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      For the last 7 years

    4. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      It's depressing for me too (not a fan)

  30. Somar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    There's no Preamble this Saturday? I don't see the article.

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

      Don't think we got one last week either : (

    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Replaced with a far more informative ‘sports book’ article.....

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

        In Arabic.