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Cavani back in United XI as Solskjaer explains absence of Martial and de Gea

After drawing a blank in the goalless draw with Chelsea at the weekend, Fantasy Premier League’s leading points-scorer and most-owned player will attempt to resume normal service at Selhurst Park.

Bruno Fernandes’ (£11.6m) sub-par record against the ‘big six’ is well documented but his output against the rest of the division is exemplary, with 26 attacking returns in 19 such games this season.

The Portugal international unsurprisingly is involved from the start against Crystal Palace this evening but there are one or two eyebrow-raising selections in Ole Gunnar Solskaer’s starting XI, most notably between the posts.

David de Gea (£5.3m) isn’t involved in the visitors’ matchday squad at all as Dean Henderson (£5.2m)makes just his third start of the season.

Anthony Martial (£8.7m) is also missing, with Solskjaer explaining ahead of kick-off:

Anthony got a knock in training on Monday in his knee, not ready for this, hopefully for the weekend but we’re not sure yet.

That’s personal reasons [why de Gea isn’t involved].

Edinson Cavani (£7.9m) returns from injury to lead the line, with Eric Bailly (£4.8m) and Nemanja Matic (£4.7m) also recalled.

Making way are Daniel James (£6.2m), Victor Lindelof (£4.8m) and Scott McTominay (£4.9m).

Crystal Palace make just the one change from their goalless draw with Fulham at the weekend.

James McCarthy (£4.3m) replaces Jairo Riedewald (£4.4m) in the engine room, while Connor Wickham (£4.4m) and Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.3m) returning from lengthy lay-offs on the bench.

Wilfried Zaha (£7.1m) isn’t involved despite a recent comeback to training.


Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Cahill, Kouyate, van Aanholt, McCarthy, Milivojevic, Ayew, Eze, Townsend, Benteke.

Manchester United XI: Henderson, Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, Matic, Bruno, Rashford, Cavani, Greenwood

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  1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bench one:

    A) J Lingz (LEE)
    B) DCL (che)
    C) Bruno (mci)

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      DCL

    2. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      C ...

    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      C

    4. adam wigan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      DCL. I know United don’t perform well against big 6, but Bruno still has penalties

  2. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pretty disappointing night of football in all aspects thus far.

  3. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Any chance of some points?

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      In 3 minutes there will be 10 clean sheets rolling in.

  4. Drumandbaines123
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    The fog is making me feel like I'm losing my sight watching this now...

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

      Probably for the best

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Probably better off.

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

      It's like the good old days watching the match in a smoke filled pub

    4. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Probably better off

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

    Title slipping away from the January champions.

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You're struggling for top 4... calma

    2. Big Mac 24
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Brilliant

    3. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Haha

    4. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      And let's talk about where Liverpool are...

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

      How many January championships in their locker?

    6. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Have fun in the Europa mate

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        United are playing there atm?

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

      Congrats, you got a few bites there

  6. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lads is it now time to get Isaac Success in?

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

    Alway Fred

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hiya!

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

    Mili range.

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

    Worst triple captains in history?

    Bruno
    Sane
    Mane
    Andy Carroll

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

      Sane

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It'd be quicker to look through my history.

    3. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane been there done that

    4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane vs Cardiff springs to mind

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

        That was bad missed one game & 1 point in the second!

    5. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      KDB vs Newcastle this season

      Watch the highlights... massive haul fail

    6. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Also Duffy

    7. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Some of those just unlucky. People TCing a brighton defender was strange.

    8. djman102
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bruno is currently outscoring my 3 previous TCs combined (Kane, Sane, Mane), so I wouldn't consider that the worst.

    9. Bobby
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Surely it's mane given he was injured after about 18 minutes and the other half of fpl had triple captained mo for a jammy brace at the same time

      1. Bruce Lee
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        This was the true moment I lost all hope with FPL

      2. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        That was the best week ever

    10. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Negredo

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Careful, isn't that what Cavani said?

  10. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Even the weather is fed up with this game.

  11. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    United so poor tonight.

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Have been for nearly 3 games now

  12. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    We miss Pogba.

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah but look at the front 4. It shouldn't be difficult to create chances without him. You wouldn't believe we were the top scorers in th league.

  13. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kane TC could turn out to be a pretty great shout if he puts his big boy pants on tomorrow night. What an underwhelming DGW ...

  14. LiamK17
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Best 7.8m? With 29 in mind?

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

      what position?

      1. LiamK17
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Sorry Midfielder*

  15. barton fc
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What to do with this lot?
    Martinez (sanchez)
    Cancelo stones dallas (shaw white)
    Salah Fernandes gundog raphinha (Barnes)
    Kane DCL Watkins

    A) Barnes > lingard
    B) Fernandes > son
    C) bank

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

      C

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

        Though I am considering B lol

        1. barton fc
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Same, would be tempted to bench bruno if i got jesse in could sell salah instead as I've got less value in him

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

            Yeh I have loads of value in Bruno so that's the main issue for me

            1. barton fc
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Gone none in salah but think ill give him Fulham

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    This is so bad. Everyone’s giving the ball away

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

    Bruno 60. Clean sheet banked.

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

      6 points isn’t the worst DGW blank. In fact it’s in my top half of captain scores this season

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

        Yeah, the 18 probably won't actually look too bad next to his name. He's owed a booking in this match tho tbf.

  18. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Could Palace sneak a 1-0 here I wonder ....?

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

    At 3% ownership a Maguire goal would be amazing. I’ll settle for the cs though

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

      Stuff of dreams

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

        3 baps would be amazing

  20. Old Bull
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hoping Palace will score

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

    3 - Bailly, Maguire (25)
    1 - Wan-Bissaka, Ward (23)

    van Aanholt (22)
    Guaita (21)
    Shaw (21)

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Booo

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

        bies

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It's come to something on a massive DGW when you're dying for a AWB bonus point.

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        You got two CS out of him, have some perspective.

        1. Hulk Smash
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Kinda my point. In a team with Dias, Stones, Gundo, Salah, Bruno TC, Barnes, DCL, Kane etc my best return looks likely to be a defender with no attacking threat. I'll take it but my God it's uninteresting and disappointing.

  22. Kaneyonero
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cmon rash give us some points

  23. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nees some Shaw crosses for BAPS

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Or concede a goal

  24. LiamK17
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Watching Fred play football makes me wanna quit the sport and take up netball

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Do it. You can master it in 3 minutes.

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

      Pivot, pivot

    3. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      🙁

  25. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    On a positive note, 18 point TC is a lot better than my last 3 tries.

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I got 9 pts 🙂

  26. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    tekkers, great technique in the box.

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      They don't call him Bentekkers for nothing.

  27. Iwantmorepointsthanks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What would you do for GW27:

    A) Bruno --> Bale
    B) DCL --> Antonio
    C) save FT

    Obviously won't make any changes until late Friday / or even Saturday morning.
    Thanks in advance!

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

      C

      You dont want to sell DCL cos he might have a decent double in 28

      1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks!

    2. Sterling Malory
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A, definitely A.

      1. Sterling Malory
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        But seriously, don't do A.

        Save FT.

  28. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Do we think Spurs are more likely to carve open this Palace defence than United?

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

      1. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Bale Kane Son are better than Rashford Cavani Greenwood.

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nope

    3. Bobby
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Roy is quite good against the top teams. Sets up his team like its the last stand.

  29. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Did Benteke just shoot backwards?

  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ole looks impressed. Might have found another defender

    Excellent clearance there by benteke