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Ronaldo leads Man Utd line as Pogba set to feature in advanced role

Two Premier League matches kick off at 14:00 BST today – Brighton and Hove Albion v Leicester City and West Ham United v Manchester United.

At Brighton, Graham Potter makes just one change as Adam Webster (£4.5m) is sidelined with a hamstring injury and is replaced by Solly March (£5.4m).

Pascal Gross (£6.0m) is continuing to self-isolate due to Covid-19 regulations, but Enock Mwepu (£5.9m) does return to the bench along with Tariq Lamptey (£4.4m).

As for Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City, Boubakary Soumare (£4.9m) makes his first Premier League start and comes in for Marc Albrighton (£5.4m), while Ricardo Pereira (£5.5m) replaces Timothy Castagne (£5.4m) at right-back.

Meanwhile, Michail Antonio (£7.9m) is suspended for West Ham United after being sent off against Southampton in Gameweek 4. As a result, either Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m) or Nikola Vlasic (£6.0m) will lead the line, with Said Benrahma (£6.4m) and Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) completing David Moyes’ front four.

For Manchester United, Scott McTominay (£5.4m) starts alongside Fred (£5.0m) in a double pivot following groin surgery. That means Paul Pogba (£7.8m) could move back into a more advanced role on the left of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 4-2-3-1 formation.

Mason Greenwood (£7.7m) starts ahead of Jadon Sancho (£.9.1m) on the right, who drops to the bench along with Donny van de Beek (£5.8m) and Victor Lindelof (£4.9m), both of whom featured in Europe.

GAMEWEEK 5 LINE-UPS

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Duffy, Dunk, March, Lallana, Bissouma, Cucurella, Trossard, Maupay, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Burn, Richards, Mwepu, Alzate, Mac Allister, Moder, Connolly

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Castagne, Dewsbury-Hall, Amartey, Choudhury, Daka, Lookman, Iheahancho, Albrighton

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Vlasic, Benrahma, Fornals, Bowen

Subs: Areola, Masuaku, Dawson, Noble, Kral, Lanzini, Fredericks, Diop, Yamolenko

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, Pogba, Ronaldo

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Matic, Martial, Sancho, Lingard, Bailly, van de Beek, Mata

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  1. JBG
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Hahaha

  2. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Was inevitable.

  3. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Matic assist

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

      Game changer!

  4. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    LINGARDINHOOOOOO

  5. Lingard’s Shin Guards
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    It just had to be him

  6. el polako
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    This hurts...

  7. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    He'll be some player when he fills out.

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

    Jesse to the rescue.

  9. Gunneryank
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Oh no he didn't

  10. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Had to be Lingard lol

  11. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Mendy got a knock in midweek

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

    Get one more Ronaldo pls

  13. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Super subs

    Ole nailed it

  14. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Matic yes "GAME CHANGER"

    LinGOAT!!!

  15. dark91
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Happy for Lingard tbh. This should make up for his mistake in the CL

  16. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Written in the stars lol

  17. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Imagine actually wanting to get Benhrama in for the likes of Jota or Torres after his showing today.

    Shockingly pathetic

  18. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Pathetic from Lingard

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

      ?

  19. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    That magic sub by Ole was genius

  20. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Lingard on 2 bonus.

  21. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Pushes Ronaldo out of the BAPs

  22. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Another nail in the Greenwood coffin for me

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    That’s a pen

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Should have been

  24. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    That's a dagger for West Ham.

    You have to say Lingard has done well coming on this year (Young Boys aside)

  25. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Anti-Pen

    1. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      I thought it was a corner

  26. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    That's a pen...

  27. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    perhaps he isn’t one of their own after all 🙂

  28. AgentRed
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    That one actually was a pen

  29. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Away record still intact!!

  30. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Greenwood position in danger