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Ronaldo starts and City unchanged again: FPL Gameweek 4 team news

There are six Premier League matches kicking off simultaneously this afternoon but there is only one place to begin with the team news.

Cristiano Ronaldo makes his first start for Manchester United since re-signing from Juventus last month and is one of two changes that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made to his starting XI from Gameweek 3.

Nemanja Matic also returns, with Fred dropping to the bench.

The Red Devils’ opponents, Newcastle United, make four changes to the side that drew 2-2 with Southampton last time out.

Callum Wilson is injured, with Joelinton replacing him up top.

Fabian Schar, Federico Fernandez and Jacob Murphy also make way, with Isaac Hayden, Ciaran Clark and Javier Manquillo recalled.

As for the ‘noisy neighbours’, Pep Guardiola has named an unchanged team for the third match in a row.

Brendan Rodgers makes three alterations from the Leicester side that begun the win at Norwich, with Ryan Bertrand and Jannik Vestergaard making their first Leicester starts. Timothy Castagne is also recalled.

Daniel Amartey, Ricardo Pereira and Luke Thomas drop out.

Ralph Hasenhuttl makes two tweaks to the Southampton team that salvaged a point at Newcastle, with Nathan Redmond and Romain Perraud brought in for the benched Che Adams and Kyle Walker-Peters.

West Ham boss David Moyes keeps faith with the same side for the fourth game in a row, with recent signings Kurt Zouma, Nikola Vlasic and Alex Kral all among the substitutes.

Watford make two changes from their 1-0 defeat by Spurs before the break. Both are at full-back, with Danny Rose and Jeremy Ngakia ousting Craig Cathcart and Adam Masina.

Wolves are unchanged again.

Mikel Arteta makes seven changes from the 5-0 defeat at Man City.

Kieran Tierney, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are the only four players to keep their places.

Aaron Ramsdale and Takehiro Tomiyasu make their debuts, while Emile Smith Rowe is only a substitute.

Daniel Farke makes four changes from his side’s last outing. Christos Tzolis, Lukas Rupp, Kieran Dowell and Andrew Omobamidele start, with Ben Gibson, Billy Gilmour, Milot Rashica and Todd Cantwell dropping to the bench.

Brentford make one change from the side that drew 1-1 at Aston Villa as Shandon Baptiste makes his first Premier League start, with Saman Ghoddos dropping to the bench.

Brighton hand a debut to Spain international defender Marc Cucurella, with Joel Veltman and Danny Welbeck also recalled.


GAMEWEEK 4 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tierney, White, Gabriel, Saka, Odegaard, Aubameyang, Maitland-Niles, Tomiyasu, Pepe, Lokonga

Subs: Leno, Partey, Lacazette, Smith Rowe, Soares, Tavares, Chambers, Mari, Martinelli

Norwich XI: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Rupp, Dowell, Tzolis, Lees-Melou, Williams, Pukki, Kenny McLean, Omobamidel

Subs: Gunn, Gibson, Gilmour, Cantwell, Kabak, Normann, Rashica, Sorensen, Idah


Brighton: Sanchez, Webster, Duffy, Dunk, Cucurella, Veltman, Lallana, Bissouma, Welbeck, Trossard, Maupay.

Subs: Steele, Scherpen, Roberts, March, Alzate, Richards, Locadia, Roberts, MacAllister.

Brentford: Raya, Pinnock, Jansson, Ajer, Henry, Janelt, Norgaard, Canos, Baptiste, Toney, Mbeumo.

Subs: Fernandez, Thompson, Ghoddos, Jensen, Onyeka, Zanka, Forss, Wissa, Roerslev.


Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Albrighton, Ndidi, Tielemans, Barnes, Vardy, Maddison.

Subs: Ward, Amartey, Ricardo, Evans, Dewsbury-Hall, Soumaré, Daka, Lookman, Iheanacho.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus, Torres, Grealish.

Subs: Carson, Stones, Ake, Sterling, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Foden


Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, Pogba, Matic, Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Sancho, Ronaldo.

Subs: Heaton, Bailly, Dalot, Lindelof, Fred, Lingard, Mata, van de Beek, Martial

Newcastle XI: Woodman, Manquillo, Hayden, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Willock, Longstaff, Almiron, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin.

Subs: Schar, Lewis, Hendrick, Krafth, Fernandez, Murphy, Darlow, Gayle, White.


Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Stephens, Salisu, Perraud, Elyounoussi, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Djenepo, Redmond, Armstrong

Subs: Forster, Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Adams, Broja, Tella, Diallo, Bednarek, Valery

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Fornals, Benrahma, Antonio

Subs: Areola, Zouma, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Vlasic, Noble, Diop, Fredericks, Kral


Watford XI: Bachmann, Ngakia, Troost-Ekong, Sierralta, Rose, Etebo, Sarr, Sissoko, Kucka, Bonaventure, King.

Subs: Louza, Cleverley, Masina, Sema, Cathcart, Tufan, Kabasele, Hernandez, Elliot.

Wolves XI: Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Nelson Semedo, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Marcal, Trincao, Jimenez, Traore.

Subs: Hoever, Ait Nouri, Daniel Podence, Mosquera, Boly, Silva, Ruddy, Hwang, Dendoncker.

1,981 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Lazaretti
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    10pts including captain.

  2. boc610
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    ASM too good for that club

    1. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Sshhhh

  3. Costa Nostra
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Sancho is so poor...surely will get the first goal.

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Signed Saka’s back-up for £78m, love to see it!

  4. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    It's so nice to have a mass 3pm kickoff again. Goals flying in left and right...

  5. Esalman
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    240 minutes of premier league, no goal.

    1. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Best league in the world mate

  6. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    5-4-1s are the winners this week

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      With TAA captained.

  7. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    I would be really interested to know if there have ever been so many parallel games in the world in one league that were 0-0 at half-time.
    Waiting for the stats guys.

    1. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Saw in Italian league once

  8. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    OPTA Twitter 23secs

    First time ever, that all games are 0-0 at HT

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Lets pretend there's been a goal... OMG!

    1. Esalman
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I'm down.

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      the floodgates are open

    3. Costa Nostra
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Well if we're pretending then...

      OMG SARR!!!

    4. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      OMG!! Im bored.

  10. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Is the GW after international break normally goal dry? Got to remember to go heavy on Defense after each break

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Don't really think so. Argument for players being tired and making errors that result in goals.

  11. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Is there anything that can be done regarding ads on FPL Statistics site? Geez, it puts my head away!!!

    1. Licky
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Would an adblocker work?

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        I'll look into that. It is absolutely awful!! Lol

  12. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Lingard and Elanga are better than Sancho, I consider this to be an actual fact at this point

  13. Gr3g
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    When is the IB over.
    Way too quiet here on Saturday afternoon.

  14. KirkhamWesham
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    I held on from bringing in Ronaldo, as it'd have cost me 8pts or a wildcard.

    My intention was to bring him and Jota tonight before price rises.
    I'm uneasy about shipping Bruno.
    I think him and Ronaldo will work really well.

  15. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Watford will be the first to score - just know it

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Josh King screamer

  16. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Sancho NEEDS to be on the right for games like this.

  17. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Don't think I've made it this far where I could still win Super 6...

  18. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Its the GW for defenders.

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Omobamidele keepers are laughing.
      I got his price drop AND sold him on WC

  19. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Leno dropped?

    Ramsdale looks great for GW 7 WC

    1. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      He does indeed

    2. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Hmm I was wrong about that then, should get plenty of shots to save in big games too

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

    Sky sport curse.

    Rubbish games often put on at 3pm so we don’t have to watch them

  21. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Does Matip play in front of Longstaff?

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Maybe Schlupp

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        😀

  22. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Sancho is bang average.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      You rate him that highly?

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Thats why he's behind Saka for the 3lions

  23. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Grealish literally does the same thing over and over all game.

    1. el polako
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Hog, fall, cry, repeat.

  24. WHUFCSmith23
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Not sure about any of the games you lot are watching but the Southampton vs West Ham game has be dire. Complete dross

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      yea its pretty bad, my stream just broke and im not rushing to fix it

  25. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Steve Bruce would have been a FPL God.

    52 goals from a defender which is the all time record for a United.

    1. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Denis Irwin my friend

      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Irwin would have been mental too with the frekicks and pens.

        Bruce still scored more from defense over his career though.

  26. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Newcastle have some everything right so far really

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      *done

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

      If you say so

  27. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone start Brandon ?

  28. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    No surprise Man Utd v Newcastle is the main live TV game today I spose (other games moved to the minor channels), is good though having so many 3pm kick offs at the same time (especially when we are not playing) 😀

  29. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Pretty uneventful afternoon. I'm watching Leverkusen vs Dortmund, what a match!

  30. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Need an All out Defense chip