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Kane on the bench as Shaw and Fernandes start for Man Utd

Two Premier League matches kick off at 2pm BST today – Southampton v Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes two changes from the team that comfortably beat Leeds United in Gameweek 1, as Nemanja Matic (£4.5m) and Anthony Martial (£7.9m) replace Scott McTominay (£5.5m) and Daniel James (£6.0m) in the starting XI.

New signings Raphael Varane (£5.5m) and Jadon Sancho (£9.4m) are both named on the bench.

Ralph Hasenhüttl’s Southampton will be looking to bounce back from their opening-day loss at Everton, though they are without a win in 10 home league matches against The Red Devils.

New signing Adam Armstrong (£6.0m) leads the line, while £4.0m defender Tino Livramento gets another start at right-back ahead of Kyle Walker-Peters (£5.0m), who again has to settle for a place on the bench.

At Tottenham Hotspur, Nuno names an unchanged starting XI with Harry Kane (£12.4m) on the bench. That means another out-of-position start for Son Heung-min (£10.0m).

Of all the current Premier League sides that the South Korean international has played against, Wolves are the only team he hasn’t scored against. Could that be about to change?

Meanwhile, Bruno Lage takes charge of his first Wolves home game and makes just one change to his starting XI, with Nelson Semedo (£5.0m) replacing Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.0m).

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Stephens, Salisu, Perraud, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Walcott, Djenepo, Adams, A Armstrong

Subs: Forster, Bednarek, Walker-Peters, Valery, Diallo, Elyounoussi, Tella, Redmond, Long

Man Utd XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Fred, Martial, Fernandes, Pogba, Greenwood

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Varane, James, Lingard, Mata, McTominay, van de Beek, Sancho

Wolves XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Marcal, Trincao, Traore, Jimenez

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Silva, Gibbs-White, Dendoncker, Cundle, Marques, Campbell

Spurs XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Alli, Moura, Bergwijn, Son

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Davies, Sessegnon, Winks, Lo Celso, Gil, Kane, Scarlett

1,517 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Does anyone have the link to the notable players list?

    1. ClassiX
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Some notable players' team ID's:
      Joe Lepper - 4505
      Ben Crellin - 43649
      Tom Freeman - 818
      Joshua Bull - 11724
      Andy LTFPL - 2
      MagicTorres - 99889
      Fabio Borges - 380968
      Jay Egersdorff - 597549
      Darren Wiles - 1223318
      Mark Sutherns - 56371
      Holly Shand - 372
      Karam - 971
      Sam Bonfield - 6356
      Magnus Carlsen - 132645
      Tom Stephenson - 4799
      Alistair Hughes - 2582523

      1. Bartowski
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks!

      2. Scots Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Andy needs to get a life

      3. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Wow, Andy got 2?!

      4. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Andy got 2 😮

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 8 months ago

          Must have been given it, right?

  2. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    If Southampton replace Vestergaard and don’t suffer too much from injuries they shouldn’t be near relegation

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Need a GK first, IMO. Both their GKs are not good enough. Otherwise the outfield picks itself when fully fit:

      KWP Stephens Bednarek Perraud
      Walcott JWP Romeu Djenepo
      Adams Armstrong

  3. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Salah cappers lucky as always.

    1. Tango74
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Why lucky ?

      1. Chalobah's Witness
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        they always get away with bad performances and even when he blanks he's lucky enough to get a CS.

        1. Tango74
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 8 months ago

          Not really lucky as could of captained Taa so more unlucky as I picked wrong one

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    United have been shocking since sancho came on

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      OMG

  5. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Best thing to come from this game is Livramento emerging as the standout Tsimikas replacement option. Can't see him losing his place now, and surely a better option than most 4.5s out there.

    1. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Better than Duffy?

  6. The Frenchie
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    What do you guys think of Mbeumo?

    Good idea or better to spend those 5.5 on a defender like Pereira or Digne?

    1. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Tough fixtures on the horizon

  7. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Breaking news: Ben White refuses to play today hearing Lukaku starting

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      And he’s put in a transfer request, supposedly….

  8. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Sancho is so average.

  9. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    2 mins + stoppage time to survive for non-Bruno(c).

  10. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    There's no urgency to get rid of Tsimikas lads... No danger of price drop, no guarantee of Robbo being fit.

    1. bigwig
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Robbo was on the bench though, that means he's fit

      1. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        If he really was fit, wouldn't you expect him to have got a run out?

  11. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Y’all can say all the good things you want about Bruno but I’m gonna say the fact that Bruno Fernandes is one of the most unreliable players in FPL! He has let me down almost every time I’ve captained him.
    Fkn overrated glory hunter costing 12M. Rather have Greenwood and Pogba in my team rather than this cry baby. I’m so done with Bruno

    1. CHIBBY1990
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Cry baby whinging about a cry baby

      1. Isco Disco
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Doesn’t change the fact that Bruno is a cry baby and not a reliable captain

  12. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Ben White owners getting lucky again.. ffs

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

  13. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    anyone know why Sancho hasn't had a run out off the bench?

  14. A Fat Spanish Waiter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Ben White injured, or just left out?

    1. BobB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      He has Lukakitis

    2. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      covid

    3. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Apparently COVID.

    4. A Fat Spanish Waiter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Cheers. Just saw the news. Arse are a super spreader team, I guess.

    5. Gunneryank
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Lukaku-21?

  15. Zalk
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    I guess home advantage is back to be reconed with.

  16. Cookie Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    I knew Shaw was the obvious captain

    1. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Mahrez. funny old game

      1. Kun Tozser
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 8 months ago

        Mane, funnier game

  17. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    ManU really bad they need to spend another 200 million to win the PL

    1. JBG
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah... No

  18. Gunneryank
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    I'm in mind of the words of the great Han Solo:

    I've got a bad feeling about this...

  19. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    That was Maguire’s 8th booking in his last 16 league games 😆

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Scumbag

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Didn't we do a good bit of business selling him for 80m?

    3. Rotation's Alter Ego
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      392 days since Lindelof's last yellow card in the league.

      No, I know nobody asked but there you are

  20. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba yc

  21. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba YC

  22. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Fergie Time.....

  23. Bounce
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Chelsea putting out 7 defenders, ridiculous lineup.

  24. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Adams chopping Bruno down like he's nothing

  25. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Bruno limping

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Goal incoming…Aguero style

  26. Nanoelektronicar
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba yc means 2 bonus points for Shaw?

  27. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Oh FFS…..Pogs

  28. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    How is Shaw getting baps.

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      Might keep him for a while then, not that I can see United getting cleanies.

    2. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      He's created loads of chances from set plays.

    3. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 8 months ago

      2 pin-point accurate crosses that Pogba fluffed

  29. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Livramento MoM

  30. Zalk
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 8 months ago

    Shaw on 2 bonus