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Meslier, Rashford, Ings benched as fans return to Premier League grounds

End-of-season rotation continues to ramp up as fans return to Premier League grounds.

Leeds, Manchester United and Southampton each boast at least one important Fantasy asset on the bench while Fulham come to Old Trafford with a very shuffled pack.

Illan Meslier (£4.8m) is among the substitutes at St. Mary’s Stadium tonight with Kiko Casilla (£4.1m) handed a first start since the Gameweek 19 defeat to Brighton.

He is joined there by Pascal Struijk (£4.0m) who ends a run of five successive starts to allow Liam Cooper (£4.3m) to return to the team for the first time since his Gameweek 31 sending off at Manchester City.

The club captain appears to be set for a night in a back-three alongside Diego Llorente (£4.4m) and Luke Ayling (£4.4m) with Stuart Dallas (£5.4m) and Ezgjan Alioski (£4.3m) either side of Kalvin Phillips (£4.9m) in a 3-3-3-1 formation.

Rodrigo (£5.7m) comes in for Mateusz Klich (£5.2m) play at number 10 with Jack Harrison (£5.5m) and Raphinha (£5.5m) either side of him and Patrick Bamford (£6.5m) leading the line.

As ever, Southampton are in their 4-2-2-2 formation with Che Adams (£5.7m) and Nathan Tella (£4.3m) leading the attack in Danny Ings‘ (£8.4m) absence.

Theo Walcott (£5.8m) celebrates his permanent switch to Saints by starting on the flanks with Moussa Djenepo (£5.4m) while Oriol Romeu (£4.5m) failing his late fitness test means another central-midfield outing for Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) next to James Ward-Prowse (£5.9m).

Marcus Rashford (£9.6m) is Manchester United’s big-name benching as they host Fulham.

Paul Pogba (£7.6m) and Mason Greenwood (£7.3m) are on the left and right flanks of attacking midfield respectively tonight while Edinson Cavani (£8.0m) leads the line in front of Bruno Fernandes (£11.4m).

Axel Tuanzebe (£4.1m) makes a second league start from a possible three alongside Victor Lindelöf (£4.8m) while Luke Shaw (£5.5m) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.7m) are in their usual full-back roles.

Fulham come to Old Trafford with a rather second-string appearance as Joachim Andersen (£4.5m), Ola Aina (£4.4m) and Kenny Tete (£4.3m) on the bench.

Tim Ream (£4.2m) is handed the captaincy in his first start since Gameweek 6 and looks like one of just three recognised defenders alongside Joe Bryan (£4.5m) and Tosin Adarabioyo (£4.5m).

Gameweek 37 Line-ups

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Shaw, Tuanzebe, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka; Fred, McTominay; Pogba, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Cavani.

Fulham XI: Areola; J Bryan, Adarabioyo, Ream; Lookman, Reed, Anguissa, Lemina, De Cordova-Reid; Cavaleiro, Carvalho.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Salisu, Vestergaard, J Stephens, Walker-Peters; Djenepo, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Walcott; Tella, Adams.

Leeds United XI: Casilla; Llorente, Cooper, Ayling; Alioski, K Phillips, Dallas; Harrison, Rodrigo, Raphinha; Bamford.

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1,419 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 20 mins ago

    Cancelo kneejerkers punished!

  2. Drumandbaines123
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 20 mins ago

    Bruno been getting lucky points all season due to high ownership unfortunately. Just something that us non-owners have to deal with I'm afraid.

  3. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 20 mins ago

    Glad I sold for Digne after all.

    Mendy punt in GW 38?

  4. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 20 mins ago

    Bruno assist absolute scandal

  5. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 19 mins ago

    Surely Bruno won't get another yellow will be.... 🙂

  6. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 19 mins ago

    Raphinha please get sent off...

  7. Runaway
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 19 mins ago

    Stage is set for a jammy deflected goal and late penalty for a 18 pointer when he should have actually got -2. Not owning Bruno is painful 🙂

    1. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 16 mins ago

      First week not owning him for absolute shed - still stationed behind the sofa

    2. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 mins ago

      shed = ages

  8. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 19 mins ago

    Cranberello

  9. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 19 mins ago

    Bruno assist for Cancelo red?

    1. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 18 mins ago

      He'll probably get bonus for that

  10. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 19 mins ago

    Well .... Ederson CS now looking unlikely ....

  11. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 19 mins ago

    Who did Struijk replace and why?

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 18 mins ago

      His wife. She was a spy

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 17 mins ago

      Llorente

  12. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 18 mins ago

    Another lesson today that it's vital to have a high ownership team. I remember a fair Salah assist not being given because he was a differential that week and I captained him.

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 17 mins ago

      I like this conspiracy. Explains my shank

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 17 mins ago

        but not my stank

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 17 mins ago

      This is handringing at the extreme.

      Football was always about the rub of the green!

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 16 mins ago

        And the rob of the green

    3. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 17 mins ago

      That is exactly why it wasn't given...you influential sausage you

  13. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 18 mins ago

    10th Minute:
    Red Card: Cancelo
    Assist: Bruno Fernandes

  14. Salarrivederci
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 18 mins ago

    City will probably win 3-1 anyway.

  15. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 18 mins ago

    Now he will get Fodden out im sure

  16. Nanoelektronicar
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 18 mins ago

    No way Leeds keep a clean sheet here.

  17. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 18 mins ago

    Any early reasons why meslier was benched? Just rotation?

  18. BrockLanders
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 18 mins ago

    Absolutely breathtaking that Bruno assists been given. Utterly pathetic

  19. Demba Demba
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 17 mins ago

    Fernandes capper here and whilst I agree shouldn’t be an assist, all this talk of a conspiracy is laughable

    1. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 16 mins ago

      No conspiracy. Just corruption and stupidity

      1. Demba Demba
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 16 mins ago

        Corruption? Come on, it’s a game of fantasy football!

  20. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 17 mins ago

    Already getting a bad feel for this GW

  21. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 17 mins ago

    Torres coming off .... hard one for gamblers ...

  22. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 17 mins ago

    Torres getting hooked.

  23. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 17 mins ago

    To those watching, which City attacker has been yanked?

    1. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 16 mins ago

      Torres

  24. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 17 mins ago

    Still time for 1-2 more goals but I badly misjudged this united game. Thought it would be goals galore

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 16 mins ago

      They don't need to push it. Why force it and risk an injury before the finals?

  25. djman102
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 16 mins ago

    Garcia on for Torres

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 16 mins ago

    I don't get it why people are surprised that Bruno got late pts, once he got a goal and 3BP after the final whistle. Yeah, after the final whistle

  27. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 16 mins ago

    No sympathy for non Bruno owners. He’s the highest scoring player in the entire game.

    Why would you not have him?

    1. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 mins ago

      You do know that you can own him but not cap him right?

      1. Londongeezaa
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 mins ago

        I said Non owners

  28. Salarrivederci
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 16 mins ago

    My I feel for the Torres owners. Harsh.

    1. Salarrivederci
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 16 mins ago

      Damn*

  29. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 16 mins ago

    Slow motion assist replay at 1:18 here: https://streamable.com/bgxd8e

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 mins ago

      There was another replay from behind Bruno that clearly showed no contact.

    2. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 mins ago

      Thanks. Now maybe everyone can shut up, see the deviation and move on

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 14 mins ago

        No deviation there, sooo.........

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 14 mins ago

      Didn’t even touch it

    4. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 12 mins ago

      Thanks. Nice quality, but misses one of the angles. From reverse, you can see that there's no way he got a stud to it. It's more about whether it touched the outsite of his boot initially . Which there seems to be no evidence for. (Though you could argue no clear evidence against)

  30. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 16 mins ago

    Feck off Cancelo for ruining my ML