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Fernandes faces porous Albion as the most-captained player of Gameweek 24

Over 1.5 million Fantasy Premier League managers have handed Bruno Fernandes (£11.5m) the armband this afternoon, making him the most-captained player of Gameweek 24 – despite the lack of a ‘double’ for Manchester United.

‘Dead’ teams will of course account for some of that figure but, as a better gauge of active squads, Fernandes’ was the third-most-captained player of Double Gameweek 24 among the top 10k, with just under 10% of this select group making him their skipper.

The Portuguese playmaker, who was benched in the FA Cup in midweek, returns to United’s starting XI this afternoon for the trip to West Bromwich Albion.

The Baggies have the division’s worst defence, having shipped 54 Premier League goals this season to date.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made two changes from the side that drew 3-3 with Everton, with Fred (£5.3m) and Anthony Martial (£8.7m) recalled.

The injured Paul Pogba (£7.6m) and the benched Mason Greenwood (£7.0m) drop out.

Sam Allardyce has also made a couple of alterations from his Gameweek 23 line-up.

On-loan Turkish midfielder Okay Yokuslu (£4.5m) gets his first start after joining the Baggies last month, with the talismanic Matheus Pereira (£5.5m) also recalled after a surprise benching last weekend.

Romain Sawyers (£4.7m) and Karlan Grant (£5.7m) make way.

Kick-off at the Hawthorns is at 14:00 GMT.


Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial, Cavani.

West Brom XI: Johnstone, Peltier, Ajayi, Bartley, Townsend, Yokuslu, Snodgrass, Maitland-Niles, Gallagher, Pereira, Diagne.

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1,117 Comments Post a Comment
  1. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How many will Man Utd score?

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      One fewer than West Brom

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

        Can't have a negative score, unless we're talking about a Bruno own goal

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

          Now it's okay

  2. boc610
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    so ben mee could be fit to play Fulham according to Dyche?

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It will take a lot for Mee to be out, I think he plays..

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

      He got battered more than a few times in the game & carried on.

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

    It's so strange to want one of your players to blank

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Points always give you an edge if you're bothered about mini leagues and rank or the cup etc.

  4. Gazwaz80
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    PLAY UP!

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Skate

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

    Birthday hatty for Cavani

  6. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lol

  7. Gunners in Haaland
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nice

  8. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ffs

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

    There goes AWB clean sheet!!

  10. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

  11. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Shaw cleanie gone already LOL

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Shaw goal and assist incoming

  12. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    De Gea does good jokes

  13. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Get in!!

  14. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Didn’t get Shaw for his cleanies anyway.....

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Indeed!

    2. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This

  15. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nice.

    They were a bit unlucky up front at Spurs.

  16. Redranger
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Well Shaw was a nice one week punt...

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

      Nope

  17. King Carlos
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How did Soton and Ings look?

  18. Gazwaz80
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    So it’s looking like Ings and 3 Leeds next week 🙂

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

    MOSALAD - nice punt!

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

      Hahahaha thanks, sometimes need a bit of luck.

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

    Someone's gonna win fantasy5 this week

  21. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    omg

  22. 3 A
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lol . Obi wan kenobi n big show lost clean sheet

  23. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Andy will be fuming.

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

      Good. He's over achieving . About time

  24. Hooky
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lindelof very weak there

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Water is something

    2. King Carlos
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lindelöf must be the most overrated cb in the league

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ridiculous comment, who the hell has ever rated him?

          1. King Carlos
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Ogs apparently...

        • Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Overrated? Stupidest comment I’ve seen in a while

          1. King Carlos
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Why is that?

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 1 month ago

                To be overrated someone has to rate you in the first place, ogs doesn't rate him but no other options Bailly is made out of Weetabix

              • Pukki Blinders
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Nobody rates him to be overrated in the first place

                1. King Carlos
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Ok.. semantics.

                  But he is bad..

        • mad_beer ✅
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          United defense. LOL!

        • Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Anyone know Bruno’s top 50/100k EO?

          Do I wanna celebrate points or a blank

          1. Forever In Our Shadow
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Silly comment this early in the game.

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Why?

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

                Over 100 by few percents. Root for a blank.

        • Zladan
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          As bad as Lindelöf was there, I can’t believe that was given. Victor’s face was literally grabbed.

          1. King Carlos
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            This...

          2. Saxe-Gotha
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            That was criminal. Absolute foul.

        • Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          "Fernandes faces porous Albion...correction...WBA faces porous...".

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

          Looks like I benched the right players this week. Son and Lindelof!

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

            You own Lindelof?

          2. Rash
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Shouldn't be owning lindelof to bench in the first place.