Fixtures

Man Utd set for Triple Gameweek 35 as clash with Liverpool is rearranged

Manchester United will have a Triple Gameweek 35 after the Premier League announced that their postponed clash with Liverpool will take place next Thursday.

The Red Devils will also face Aston Villa and Leicester City in the next set of fixtures, with all three of their Gameweek 35 matches taking place in little more than 100 hours.

Jurgen Klopp’s troops will also have a Double Gameweek as a result of today’s announcement.

The soon-to-be-deposed reigning champions will take on Southampton on Saturday before they visit Old Trafford.

United will still blank in Gameweek 36 as a result, while Liverpool will be at home to Championship-bound West Bromwich Albion.

REVISED GAMEWEEK 35 SCHEDULE

MANCHESTER UNITED

Sun 9 May: Aston Villa (A)
Tue 11 May: Leicester City (H)
Thu 13 May: Liverpool (H)

LIVERPOOL

Sat 8 May: Southampton (H)
Thu 13 May: Manchester United (A)

REVISED GAMEWEEK 35 FIXTURE MATRIX

*Thanks to moderator Legomane

WHICH UNITED AND LIVERPOOL ASSETS STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF STARTING ALL OF THEIR GAMEWEEK 35 MATCHES?

Earlier in the week, we had a two-part look at which Double Gameweek 35 players stood the best chance of avoiding a benching in the upcoming set of fixtures.

The article linked below has been revised after today’s announcement and now includes Liverpool, along with an amended entry for Manchester United.

CHANGE OF CHIP STRATEGY/TRANSFER FOCUS?

Liverpool's front four toil at Anfield as Newcastle assets creep onto FPL radar

Today’s announcement was seismic but it doesn’t change some things.

Manchester United, for example, will still blank in Gameweek 36, so the situation remains that any Fantasy managers going all-in on the Red Devils in Triple Gameweek 35 will have to either have a strong bench, an exit plan (possibly involving hits) or an unused chip up their sleeves.

Those on a Free Hit, of course, will have no such worries.

What it does perhaps alter is a greater chance of two or more starts for most of their key players in the upcoming Gameweek, even allowing for a benching along the way.

Liverpool players suddenly become even more attractive – although that was immediately the case as soon as Sunday’s match was postponed and it became clear that the game wouldn’t be rescheduled for Gameweek 34.

A double-header against Southampton and West Bromwich Albion, as had been mooted in some circles, would have been dreamland territory with regards to the Gameweek 35 captaincy and triple captaincy. The fact that United now play thrice, and one of Liverpool’s fixtures is at Old Trafford, may temper interest in Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) and co when it comes to the armband discussions.

But the Reds being one of just five teams who have two fixtures in Triple Gameweek 35 and an unaffected match in Blank Gameweek 36 is a boon for chipless FPL managers and Wildcarders alike who are investing in players for the entire run-in, not just a one-off Gameweek.

While the addition of Liverpool to the Double Gameweek 35 contingent does give chipless managers a greater chance of getting more players out with two games, those FPL bosses with Free Hits and Wildcards in hand still have the advantage of focusing mostly on the next seven days without being too concerned about the decimated schedule in Blank Gameweek 36.

IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER TEAMS

The best Neto replacements and whether FPL managers should stick with Fernandes

Today’s shock announcement will not just affect Liverpool and United.

It could, first and foremost, also be good news for Leicester City assets.

The Foxes now have an extra day of recovery ahead of their FA Cup final appearance on Saturday 15 May, which could alleviate some of the rotation risk – if there ever was any – for that clash with United. The temptation for Brendan Rodgers to hand some of his key players a breather may partly depend on the results of the weekend fixtures, however, and where they leave his side in their ongoing push for a top-four place.

The game against the Red Devils is also the second of United’s three fixtures (or four, if we include tomorrow’s UEFA Europa League tie against Roma). Would Ole Gunnar Solksjaer perhaps rotate against the Foxes with one eye on Thursday’s clash with Liverpool, then?

Aston Villa, United’s first Triple Gameweek 36 opponents, will also be hoping for similar favours from Solskjaer on Sunday.

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  1. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Looking at my 36 team my enthusiasm is waning.

    A utd def isn't going to be worth 2 hits (to cover blank) is it?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      They do have FUL, wol to end the season, so could still be worth it. Can't bench them?

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Still 2 hits. I'm a bit hit averse.

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Back to the drawing-board

    3. Golden Oldies
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Henderson is a good shout.. prob mist guaranteed to play all 3 and if other keeper plays in 36 turn no biggie benching him that week....

      For anyone using bench boost I think Henderson is best way to utds defence...

    4. I Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      This is exactly what I'm thinking. If I get a United defender it either costs me an extra hit to get Dallas in 36 or I just go with a man less. I guess that could work out okay?

  2. Khalico
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Will Saka play both games in the double or just play Lingard for his single?

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Depends (maybe) if they reach the final.

      1. Pariße
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        He will if they don't

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I think you just answered your own question. Worth the transfer?

  3. Golden Oldies
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Went mad and took a -12....
    Leaves me with 3 TGW players...(Rash, Greenwood and Henderson)

    10 DGW players

    + Lingard and Kane
    Bench Boost active...

    No point taking it too seriously now unless you really have to..hits are grand... enjoy the entertainment of it...

  4. GE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    No chips left, good plan?

    GW35: Mendy -> Pickford
    GW36: Castagne and Nacho -> Dallas/Coufal/Coleman and Antonio/DCL

    (2FT, 1.1 itb)

    Mendy
    TAA/Shaw/Castagne
    Salah/Bruno/Son/Lingard/Jota
    Kane/Nacho

    Bench: Forster, Rudiger, Holding, Davis

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I would do Son to Greenwood this week. Maybe as well as Mendy to pickford

      1. GE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        And Castagne and Nacho out for a hit next GW?

  5. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I'm more concerned with bgw36

    I'll have to take -8 to field a full team

    1. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah exactly. United players are a trap. No doubt they'll get rotated.

      1. GE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Agree, nothing has changed, if United would have a DGw35 + GW36 then many will discuss diffently

  6. @persecuted_by_mods
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Liverpool double and captaincy here is better than a triple in which barely anyone plays 3 games and even if anyone does it would be with a heavily rotated second string

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Greenwood should feature all three and is dangerous off bench

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Yeah minutes but Liverpool guys are getting 90 and 90 most likely

            Greenwood might get 90 70 and 20

            1. zotter
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Agreed

              1. zotter
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                But Jota might get 90 and 25

                And difficult to afford Mane

                1. @persecuted_by_mods
                    2 years, 10 months ago

                    True, salah should be good to go though

          • I Member
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Captaincy has to be Bruno imo.

        2. Jdpz
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Schmeichel Forster
          TAA, Shaw, Coady, Fofana, Reguilon
          Bruno, Jota, Lingard, Son, Bowen
          Iheanacho, Bamford, Kane

          0.1m itb., 2ft. I still have bboost and TC
          What to do?
          Play TC (Bruno) or bboost?

          1. zotter
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Tc

        3. BobB
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          So will Bruno, AWB etc play all 3 in GW35 or will Ole rotate?

          1. Holmes
            • 10 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Can't be sure, maybe 2 and a half game which is still fine.

            1. Big_Andy_GAWA
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              AWB doesn't really seem to be rested or rotated. Hmmmm...

        4. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Start this week?

          A) ASM
          B) Davis

          1. Pariße
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Smith Rowe

            1. Pariße
              • 9 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              oh that's ESM haha

              1. Big boy Bowen
                • 7 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Haha yes this is Saint Maximin

        5. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          All eyes on who sits out Roma.

          *Likely/Should* start 2 of the 3 and then a potential sub appearance!

          1. zotter
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Agreed. If Bruno and Greenwood start Roma = not good

          2. The Ejiptian King
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Dan James injured too when he's actually needed to rest others, useless.

          3. WE GO FOR IT
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Regardless of who starts, most players will start 2/3 games barring injury.
            Maguire, AWB and Henderson might start 3. Bruno slight chance as well.
            Shaw, Pogba, Greemwood, Cavani, Rashford should start 2 for sure.

        6. MadeinIreland
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Hmmm - I’m not so sure getting all these United players will be worth it as they blank the following week anyway. I may Captain Salah as a differential.

          I have Fernandes and Shaw and hopefully that will be enough - probably better to load up with another Liverpool player

        7. Wag the Drog
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Son, Kane, Konsa -> Bruno, Watkins, Shaw -4?

          Kasper
          TAA / Rudiger / Konsa
          Salah / Maddison / Son / Jota / Lingard
          Kane / Iheanacho / DCL

          1. zotter
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Get rid of rudiger over konsa. Nasty double then a blank

            1. Wag the Drog
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              thanks

        8. bitars
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          This is fun with my FH 🙂

          1. OverTinker
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Yes eame same here but which three United players?

            1. Herman Toothrot
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              AWB and Bruno so far for me.

              Deciding between Pogba and Greenwood for the third

        9. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Already have 3 Leicester so getting united players becomes an issue

          1. Luton_Fan
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Im gonna lose maddison despite his dgw i think

        10. Pompel
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Defense of

          AWB - Konsa - Dallas - Rudiger* - Stones*

          No Shaw, no TAA - I'm f**ked before GW starts

          1. zotter
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Worry about Trent not shaw

            1. Pompel
              • 10 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              I'll need to find a way to get him yes , a hit or two is on the cards for sure

        11. Holmes
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Now hopefully K. Phillips is fit so that I can happily get rid of Triple Spurs.

          1. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Cue goalfest.

          2. Pompel
            • 10 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            He's fit, was in starting 11 in postponed match

            1. Holmes
              • 10 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Need Mr. K to be fit, not interested in Nat 😉

            2. how now brown cow
              • 9 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              He means Kalvin.

            3. The Ejiptian King
              • 5 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              He's talking about Kevin Phillips, former Sunderland striker.

              1. how now brown cow
                • 9 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Avoid unless niall Quinn is playing.

                1. The Ejiptian King
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 10 months ago

                  What a duo!

        12. Sun Jihai
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          The triple GW actually makes Iheanacho the most interesting captain choice to me I think as he plays Newcastle followed by a probably heavily rotated Man Utd team who are in the middle of 3 games in 5 days

          1. zotter
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            United might hit that game hard and rest v villa.

          2. MadeinIreland
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Could be a good move - I’m going for Salah I think

          3. WE GO FOR IT
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            If United win vs Villa and Leicester, 2nd place is sealed. But yeah, Iheanacho has become a better pick now.

          4. Pompel
            • 10 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            There's some logic to that

          5. drughi
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            I like vardy nacho double up now

        13. djman102
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Only way to get Salah and Greenwood is to lose Son and Kane:

          Kane-->DCL
          Son-->Salah
          Neto-->Greenwood

          Worth a -4 to you?

          1. RamaJama
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Yes

        14. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          On FH:

          Get another Pool next to Salah and TAA?

          Martinez
          TAA, Shaw, Digne
          Salah, Bruno, Greenwood, Zaha
          Vardy, Nacho, DCL

          1. RamaJama
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            2.3 in the bank

          2. zotter
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            No that’s good. Maybe Alison over Martinez but not sure if you can fund that

            1. RamaJama
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Can fund that

              1. zotter
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Might be good. As has better double and better fixtures after too

                1. RamaJama
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  2 years, 10 months ago

                  On FH

          3. OverTinker
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Shaw will never play 3 games

            1. RamaJama
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Go Maguire instead? Or AWB?

              1. OverTinker
                • 5 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                I am considering Maguire

            2. JBG
              • 5 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Telles probably plays tomorrow and Shaw the rest.

          4. Don Kloppeone
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Nice team. G2G

        15. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Which, if any, of these moves would you do here?

          A) Masuaku, Son, Welbeck > Digne, Greenwood, Watkins (-4)
          B) Masuaku, Son, Welbeck > Digne, JWP, DCL (-4)
          C) Lingard, Welbeck > JWP, Wood (2FT)
          D) Son, Holding > Greenwood, Digne
          E) Something else!

          2FT 0.4itb. No chips
          Mendy/ Forster
          TAA, Rudiger, Shaw, Holding
          Salah, Jota, Son, Bruno
          Kane, Iheanacho
          (Mendy/ Forster) (Lingard, Welbeck, Masuaku)

          Cheers!

          1. RamaJama
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            D

            1. Don Kloppeone
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Cheers mate - tempted by the extra -4 for Welbeck > Watkins - would surely pay off?

        16. jtreble
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Is this schedule the PL's way of punishing MUN?
          • Sun 9 May: Aston Villa (A)
          • Tue 11 May: Leicester City (H)
          • Thu 13 May: Liverpool (H)

        17. circusmonkey
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Brilliant live stream swearing!

        18. Bubbles1985
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Davis and Vardy to Cavani and Watkins for free??

        19. Nanoelektronicar
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          King Kev impression: I would love it if Bruno punish the sellers, love it!

        20. DB_00
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Would you sell Kane or Vardy this gw to fund Salah?

          1. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            The one who doesnt score goals anymore.

        21. AdamJ91
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Sorry if this is a stupid question but am I able to use my 2 FT in preparation for next GW and then use my FH this week?

          1. The Ejiptian King
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            No.

          2. djman102
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Any transfers you make during FH week become part of the FH (regardless of when you hit the button).

            1. AdamJ91
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Thank you!

        22. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Currently have Shaw and Bruno with 2FT,

          A) TAA, Greenwood, Lingard
          B) Maguire, Digne, Son

        23. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Maguire in all day long

        24. Pariße
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Might be useful to check FIFA's stamina ratings to decide who to pick from United.

        25. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          TRIPLE game week bonanza!!!

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            But with 3 United how long is there to the Europa Cup final, is that an issue still?