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Pogba on Man United bench as Mitchell named a Palace substitute again

Paul Pogba (£7.7m) finds himself on the Manchester United bench for the first time since Gameweek 15 tonight.

The French midfielder has become a key player for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men during that time and has been handed a well-earned rest for the visit of Southampton.

That could be good news for owners of Bruno Fernandes (£11.4m) or Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) though.

Pogba has often been known to limit what the Portuguese international can contribute in his number 10 role given his own propensity to take up an advanced central role and pull strings too.

Meanwhile, Solskjaer has also used him on the left-flank of attacking midfield, where Rashford produces his best game – so it will be interesting to see what impact there is tonight.

That said, Southampton are hardly in a solid state right now, especially when it comes to injuries.

Following the loan departures of Jake Vokins and Yan Valery has left them particularly short in the full-back areas.

Ryan Bertrand (£5.0m) retains his berth as the first-choice on the left of defence while Kayne Ramsay (£4.0m) fills in on the right tonight considering Kyle Walker-Peters‘ (£4.7m) most recent stand-in Ibrahima Diallo (£4.5m) is out with a muscle problem.

The combination of Oriol Romeu (£4.5m) and Diallo missing out means a first Premier League start for Alexandre Jankewitz (£4.5m) in central midfield alongside James Ward-Prowse (£6.0m).

Ralph Hasenhüttl can call on his first-choice forwards though with Danny Ings (£8.4m) and Che Adams (£5.9m) both up-front while new loan signing Takumi Minamino (£6.0m) is not involved yet.

Newcastle are forced into just the one change for their Gameweek 22 meeting with Crystal Palace.

Jamaal Lascelles (£4.2m) sustained a muscle injury in the recent 2-0 win at Everton, which sees Ciaran Clark (£4.5m) come back into the side.

Ryan Fraser (£5.6m) and Miguel Almirón (£5.6m) provide the width in a 4-5-1 formation aimed at Callum Wilson (£6.7m) while Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.1m) lies in waiting on the bench.

For the second match in a row, Crystal Palace are in 4-2-3-1, an interesting development considering how long Roy Hodgson has favoured 4-4-2.

Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) earns back-to-back starts at the expense of Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) for the first time since Gameweek 15, suggesting the Eagles’ manager prefers the Dutch international when playing 4-2-3-1.

Wilfried Zaha (£7.2m) is back in the attacking midfield trio again, joined there by Eberechi Eze (£5.8m) and Jordan Ayew (£5.6m) in support of Michy Batshuayi (£5.7m).

And joining Mitchell on the bench is Jean-Philippe Mateta (£6.0m) still waiting for his first Premier League start.

Gameweek 22 Starting Line-ups

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelöf, Wan-Bissaka; McTominay, Fred; Rashford, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Cavani.

Southampton XI (4-4-2): A McCarthy; Bertrand, J Stephens, Bednarek, Ramsay; Djenepo, Jankewitz, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Adams, Ings.

Newcastle United XI (4-5-1): Darlow; Lewis, Clark, Schär, Manquillo; Fraser, Hendrick, Shelvey, Hayden, Almirón; Wilson.

Crystal Palace XI (4-2-3-1): Guaita; van Aanholt, Dann, Cahill, Clyne; Milivojevic, Riedewald; Zaha, Eze, Ayew; Batshuayi.

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2,289 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    G Rashford
    A Shaw

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

      Sorry, A Greenwood

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Greenwood

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

        Got you, the overlap caught me out!

  2. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Rashford goal Greenwood assist

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

    Rashford G
    Shaw A

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

      Shaw AA****

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Greenwood A surely?

  4. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Makes Everton's result look appalling this

  5. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cahill as well?
    The night of no ownership

  6. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Damn it, my stream is slow.

  7. Cruyff Turn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Aaron Wan-Bissaka has two Premier League goals this season, having never scored in any of his previous three seasons in the competition. (BBC)

  8. Zebras
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Just got the jammiest of fpl returns:
    Had planned on bringing in Salah for Riedewald but wanted to wait til hours before in case of any news to make the move. I started Riedewald in anticipation of bringin and captaining Salah. Ofcourse the time gets away from me and I miss the deadline (hadnt moved the captaincy over yet).
    As if he's just started and scored when I was prepared to see him come off the bench for a cameo!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ok?

  9. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Rashfordddddd finally

  10. lewis1290
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    2-0 rashford Shaw assist

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Mason shawwood

      • Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Greenwood assist.

        1. lewis1290
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          my bad thought was shaw

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dunno why BT sport are blaming Ings for that AWB goal. Don't think anyone who has ever watched football expected him to make that run.

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        That doesnt mean he shouldn't have done it though.

    3. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This could get messy

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

        Leo?

        1. how now brown cow
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Mr

    4. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      That looked offside live

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        2nd phase I think

        1. Pariße
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I was sure Greenwood made a run too fast but 3 Southampton players lagging on the other side.

      2. Pariße
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        But far from it.

    5. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      AWB Rashford heaven 😀 Come on Bruno

    6. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bruno off at HT?

    7. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Rashy G

    8. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I will not own a united player again this season if they can keep getting results like this

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        same here. Title race back on 😉

    9. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cahill! Get in, old man!

    10. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Look at all these players I don't have

    11. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      United 2-0 Soton

      Another 7 goals please in remaining 65 minutes

    12. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Shaw playing like he’s still at Southampton

    13. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Zaha goal disallowed

      1. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Ffs

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Nooo why

    14. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Zaha offside.

      1. MoSalad
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Nooooooooo

    15. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Penandes getting no penalties these days. How come?

    16. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Rashford, does nothing for 4 weeks, then scores when shipped out.

    17. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Shaw and AWB mega hauls incoming

    18. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Greenwood assist.

    19. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Jwp time

    20. Custard Gannet
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Playing Johnstone over McCarthy not looking so bad now

    21. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Moronic challenge from Cavani.