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Fantasy community turns to Fernandes in hour of need

Fantasy Premier League managers are turning to Bruno Fernandes (£11.1m) in their droves, desperate for some rare Gameweek 16 joy.

In a round where Everton and Manchester City are out of action, a number of key personnel were benched in Tuesday’s earlier fixtures and doubt hangs over the upcoming schedule, Fernandes could be the saviour for many.

No player has registered more than his total of seven double-digit hauls making him the second-most transferred-in asset for Gameweek 16.

Predictably, Fernandes starts in the number 10 role for a strong-looking Manchester United side, flanked by first-choice wingers Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) and Mason Greenwood (£7.1m) while Edinson Cavani (£7.8m) comes in for Anthony Martial (£8.7m).

Alex Telles (£5.5m) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.3m) take the full-back positions off Luke Shaw (£4.8m) and the injured Victor Lindelöf (£4.8m) while it’s a second consecutive start for Eric Bailly (£4.9m) alongside Harry Maguire (£5.4m).

Meanwhile, Nuno Espirito Santo has rung the changes for his Wolves line-up, perhaps handing the advantage to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Romain Saïss (£5.0m), Conor Coady (£4.9m) and Max Kilman (£4.1m) represent the best-possible back-three available to him right now in light of Willy Boly‘s (£5.4m) injury but Rayan Aït-Nouri (£5.0m) and Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.4m) are handed the wing-back slots.

Daniel Podence (£5.5m) and Fabio Silva (£5.2m) find themselves on the bench as Nuno hands the centre-forward berth to Pedro Neto (£5.9m), flanked by Vitinha (£4.8m) and Adama Traoré (£6.1m).

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Telles, Maguire, Bailly, Wan-Bissaka; Matic, Pogba; Rashford, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Cavani.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Kilman; Aït-Nouri, Neves, Moutinho, Hoever; Vitinha, Neto, Traoré.

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  1. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Saiss post

  2. Rinseboy
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Give me a good double gameweeker defender up to 5.1?

    Can't be from Leeds or West Ham to go with:

    Fabianski Meslier
    TAA Coufal Justin Dias

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

      KWP?

      1. Rinseboy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        could give him a go was a bit put off by their fixtures but you never know! cheers

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Dallas seems pretty good.

      1. Rinseboy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Maxed out on Leeds gutted to have Meslier already!

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

    Saiss hits the bar. United hanging on.

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      LOL!

    2. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      "hanging on"

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

        3 keeper saves and woodwork hit 😉

    3. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Does Saiss even drink?

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

    Is there a way of seeing the % of Bruno (VC)?

    1. Konstaapeli
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I'm one, if that helps.

  5. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    This week shows why preparing for double gwk19 and BB is not the brightest idea ... Just saying

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

    This game is a snooze fest.

  7. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Old Trafford is a massive stadium.

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

      Has been for a while

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

    Annoying I’ve got Dallas but Ayling on my bench.

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      You have a bench? Hate brag posts.

      1. Dele
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Genuinely not a brag

  9. Bielsa Murderball
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    What exactly is the Cup qualification score on LiveFPL?

    1. QPR CARIBBEAN
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      25

      1. Bielsa Murderball
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Sorry, I had meant what does it mean actually?

        1. QPR CARIBBEAN
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          If you are currently on 25pts on higher you have qualified for the cup(hits not included for qualification).

  10. rdamjan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Arteta on Saka injury: "Hopefully not. He was limping as he took a strong challenge. Hopefully he'll be alright."

    I hope too. I need him against WBA:)

  11. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Painful, painful gw.... team in the gutter, being carried only by Bamford and Dallas. Missing 2 easy CS from Coufal and Taylor makes it even harsher!

    Not to mention the fact I held off on KDB Davis to Raphinha(!) Vardy/Kane.

    Here’s hoping Son Robbo and Salah(c) at least make the field tomorrow

  12. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Everytime I cap Bruno, Poobag decides to start and ruin him..

  13. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Chances of Mitchell starting against Sheffield Utd?

    1. CheesyZoot
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Hope so, would save me a transfer

  14. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Building to field a team in BGW18 has been such an awful strategy, particularly if the Spurs game is off 🙁

  15. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    24.6m that is 25% of my budget didn't play and I am on a green arrows, 39 points with Salah (C), Bruno and Kane to go

    @Fudgey this requires skillzzz bruh

    1. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      arrow*

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

      Pure luck and u know it

  16. acidicleo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Is the outbreak at fulham or spurs?

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      fulham

    2. ‘Tis the Season
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Fulham it seems

  17. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    So any news on Spurs-Fulham and Newcastle-Liverpool games?

  18. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Fabianski and Dallas my heros.

  19. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    What happened to Che Adams?

    Injured or just subbed?

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

      Played 90 a few days ago.

    2. Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Subbed. Zero involvement in the game today

    3. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Was shite......threw him out with the rubbish

    4. F4L
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      subbed. Gonna sell for Watkins when possible. Pretty anonymous for 3 weeks now.

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

      Made the 59th minute club

  20. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Dallas - what a saviour! Shame no goals or BAPs from Bamford in a 5-0 rout, but 2A not to be sniffed at

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

    Shite from Ait.

  22. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Ait Nouri almost

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      hahaha. even though you bait people left right and centre Bross, I find you throughly entertaining boy!

  23. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    16 from 5 so far. After a good recent run it's looking shaky. Will be a disaster for me if the Spurs game is off, especially having plumped for Dier over Dallas this week.

  24. Jack Burton
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Needs more Martial

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

    this was the week we were waiting for, where the casuals were seperated from the pros

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

      Casuals well and truly stunned! Will be haunted by this GW for years to come.

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

      Jesus this site has well and truly gone to the dogs. Sad

  26. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    What happened to Igahlo? Did Ole a great deal of service last season. Why not give him five minutes here and there?

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Im sure he knew what kind of deal he was signing on for.

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

      Cavani for example. He got to play for MU and is happy forever, or as hi lives 🙂

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

        ...as long as he lives... 😉

  27. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mccarthy owners finally get one over Martinez

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Guaita owners still waiting for their day in the sun..

  28. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Did Chilwell to dier foe this gw.

    Oh, well 5 points lost there.

  29. aborg
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone thinks this game will be another draw?

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

      Goalless draw I meant

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      hopefully, could do with a jammy Kilman CS

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

        Lol me too

    3. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Nay

  30. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Thoughts on Antonio in for Watkins this week? Or will he be eased in