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Fernandes widely captained as United’s Triple Gameweek gets underway at Villa Park

Manchester United get their Triple Gameweek 35 underway at Villa Park this afternoon.

Kick-off in the Red Devils’ clash with Aston Villa is at 14:05 BST.

There is unsurprisingly plenty of interest in players from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side in Fantasy Premier League, chiefly Bruno Fernandes (£11.5m).

The Portuguese schemer is the only Premier League player among the top 10,000 Fantasy managers with a double-digit ‘effective’ ownership (EO), which differs from conventional ownership in that it takes into account things like captaincies and benchings.

Luke Shaw (£5.5m) and Mason Greenwood (£7.2m) are the next most-owned United assets within the top 10k:


Looking at the overall captaincy figures, Fernandes has been handed the armband by more than twice as many FPL managers as any other player in Gameweek 35:


NameTeamTotal
FernandesMUN2243915
KaneTOT987101
SalahLIV802301
SonTOT413355
VardyLEI368438
De BruyneMCI256151
Calvert-LewinEVE241302
IheanachoLEI219436
WernerCHE181946
AubameyangARS177572

There were few surprises when the teamsheets were released, with Solskjaer making four changes from United’s Europa League semi-final against Roma in midweek.

It’s the same starting XI that would have taken to the field in the postponed clash with Liverpool last week, with Edinson Cavani (£8.0m) only among the substitutes.

Aston Villa are unchanged from their 2-1 win at Everton.

Jack Grealish (£7.5m) is still missing through injury but is back in first-team training and could be in line for a return for Thursday’s rematch with the Toffees.


LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Traore, Barkley, El Ghazi, Watkins. 

Subs: Heaton, Wesley, Nakamba, Elmohamady, Hause, Davis, Ramsey, Philogene-Bidace, Chukwuemeka.

Manchester United XI: Henderson, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Greenwood, Fernandes, Pogba, Rashford. 

Subs: de Gea, Bailly, Cavani, Mata, Telles, Matic, Williams, van de Beek, Tuanzebe.


PREVIOUSLY IN TRIPLE GAMEWEEK 35…

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Brighton and Hove Albion have often been their own worst enemies this season, failing to translate promising underlying and attacking numbers into meaningful results.

And they imploded in spectacular fashion on Sunday, contriving to lose a match that they had been winning comfortably and seeing two key players sent off.

Lewis Dunk and Neal Maupay will both be suspended for Gameweeks 36 and 37 as a result of their dismissals: Maupay’s sending off for dissent carries an automatic two-match ban, while Dunk’s red card – for a denial of a goalscoring opportunity, on this occasion – was his second of the season and he will also be unavailable until Gameweek 38.

Dunk had earlier opened the scoring with his fifth goal of 2020/21, a tally that only Stuart Dallas can better among FPL defenders.

Wolves may have triumphed but this was another unconvincing audition for their Fantasy assets, with Nuno Espirito Santo’s side second-best before Dunk’s red card and little better thereafter.

Santo looks to be rotating in the season run-in, too, with Adama Traore only named among the substitutes before coming off the bench to draw the hosts level.

Morgan Gibbs-White rounded off the comeback in the final stages, having squandered a glorious chance minutes earlier.

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955 Comments Post a Comment
  1. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Martinez penalty save incoming

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

      As a Martinez and Bruno owner, nah.

    2. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      (Main rival triple villa defence)

  2. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Come on El Capitan Bruno

  3. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Who won the pen?

    1. dabber7
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Pogba

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

      Pogba

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

      Pogba

  4. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Yes. Come on Bruno

  5. Party time
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Martinez pen save time

    • justaguy9
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Great. Bruno gifted a penalty. Season over. No bruno

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

        Bruno living on pens is a bit tiresome, ain't it.

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Martinez never saves this

    • Pino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Bruno! Bruno! Bruno! Bruno! Bruno! Bruno!

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Owning Msrtinez and Bruno

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

        You would hope for a Martinez save

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Bruno haul

    • _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Bruno goal Pogba assist.

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Bruno goal

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

      That's why you keep Bruno.

    • @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 10 months ago

        As long as he doesn't totally miss the target save or goal is good

      • potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        At last

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

        Pogba played him.

      • Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Penandes

      • Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        why is my game feed a minute behind?

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

          Latency

      • Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Hahaha Bruno is such a rat man

      • HonestBlatter
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Bruno minimum

      • Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Bruno should be rested in the 62nd minute

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

          59th

      • @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Penanding through the snow, on a one horse open sleigh

        • Milk, 1 Šuker
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Bruno likes to give people heart attacks with that technique innit?

        • JBG
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Yes!

        • TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Penandes!!!

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

            Dreamland

        • TomSaints
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Scoring first at home v United is pretty much a guaranteed loss

        • DandyDon
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          HUGE! Captain but also no Martinez. Well done Bruno lad.

        • NETFLIX & CHILWELL
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Douglas Luiz must have Bruno as Captain this week too.

        • DAZZ
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Brunoooooo

        • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Need something for greenwood quickly or he’s being dragged off