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

    Marcal with 2 assists and I went Semedo of course

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

      Semedo should have a goal, bad luck

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

        Yeah, tough alright

    2. Thanos
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same 🙁

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Marcal had like 1 assist in his previous 5 seasons before today!

    4. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Coady here

    5. OLEgend
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Coady here

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

      Az on Q&A video with Sam saying something along the lines of "Marcal is old, he's not the Wolves defender you want" (I paraphrase, of course)

  2. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    bruno better get used to long shots anyway 🙂

  3. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Thank You Bruno I'll have another

  4. Glad He Ate Her
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    How many goals does Lukaku score today, and why is it 3?

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

    WCs striking gold with Marcal.

    One of those...

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I was 0.1 off of Marcel im so sad

  6. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Torres to Raphinha my transfer my planned transfer for the week. Don't think I can be bothered with the headaches after all.

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

    Traore another losts of farts but no poo display?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Have this urge to get him. Always fun to watch and he'll get double figures at some point

  8. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno ends on 9, Ronaldo on 13 with bps. Worth the hit but not as much of a swing it could have been.

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

      8 as most captained

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

        Until Salah gets a hattrick.

    2. Salan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Fair comment.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      5 mins and injury time left for a hattrick

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      For one week yes but for long term? And pen as well perhaps ...

  9. OLEgend
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Marcal with a couple of assists btw

  10. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    The upside is that no-one owns both Bruno and CR7. So CR7 owners still winning.

    1. Glad He Ate Her
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      No-one is a strong statement

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

        Sorry, the 7 owners of 8 million players

  11. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno Jimenez to Ronaldo Jota for a hit essentially locked in.

    Jimenez been a fail, but would you give him more chances? Could alternatively do Bruno Obafemi to Ronaldo and a mid up to 5.5 (or 6.0 if I take another hit to replace Digne with Semedo

  12. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Marcal outscores CR7

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

    Of course I went Semedo over Marcal…

  14. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Comn CR7 get one more!!

  15. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    MARCAL 2 assists
    Woohoo

  16. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno and Greenwood off

    For DVB and Martial

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

      😮

  17. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Can we have a peaceful Shot in Target towards Sa please

  18. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Okay just seen both of Marcal's assist. He is a lucky lucky boy!

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

      1st was a quality cross
      2nd was cushioned ball to the striker
      Nothin lucky about it

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      yep, two fantasy assists. Hopefully floodgates open for Wolves now going forward

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

    Who sold Marcal ?

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

      Why the hell would you have sold Marcel before this GW.

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

    Willocks luck well and truly running dry.

  21. Dr. Rog
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Double Man Utd change.

    Bruno Fernandes and Mason Greenwood come off.

    Anthony Martial and the lesser spotted Donny van de Beek are on.

  22. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    My mate did Fernandes, Tsim, DCL > Ronaldo (c), Jota, Marcal

    Rather disgusting. He even benched Raphinha for Marcal!

  23. Isco Disco
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    MARCAL, CR7, SHAW
    WC Success confirmed baby
    WOOHOO

  24. Game of Throw_ins
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    So Marcal nailed now? Went Semedo on WC :/

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

      Marcal's assist was an assist from an OG and a pass lucky that he was right next to the striker with a 1m pass.

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

        Marcal getting in better positions and putting in great crosses.
        One of them was converted into an OG
        Pass for the 2nd goal was a cushioned ball to the striker in the 6 yard box.
        Wth is even doing so close to the goal! Locked in my team for the next 3 weeks

  25. Call Me Old Fashioned
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Tsimikas to Marcal could be worth a cheeky transfer

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

    kneejerkwildcardison

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

    Bruno off and Ronaldo still on. VDB on

  28. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Samchez and Raya both just a couple.of saves away from 3bps

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

      Story of Sanchez' life.

  29. Cojones of Destiny
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    smooth : sold benrahma on wc
    rough: marcal first on bench ))

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

      Enjoy the price rise at least.

      1. Cojones of Destiny
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        yep this))

    2. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same. At least we got him. Points and money to come.

  30. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hate ESR with a passion

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

      I kept him literally for this week, was told not to start him, yet started him over Coufal AND Livramento.

      Shocking management by me.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Started him over Dunk. Also started Raya over Sanchez. 1-0 Brighton win probably as bad as it gets.