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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

1,640 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Bruno wants the pen

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

    Bowen

  3. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Haha Noble coming on

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

    Absolutely scandalous refereeing

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

    this is pure bs

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

      Justice

  6. Ninja Škrtel
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    scenes

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

    Can't wait to sell Shaw 😆

  8. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Noble ?? 😀

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

    this VAR is a joke

  10. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Will West Ham mess it up?

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

    Scenes and handbags

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

    Noble on to take the pen lol

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

    CR7 should take it

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

    Lol... What a farce.

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

    Ronaldo keeps running into and falling over the defenders legs

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

      Yeah really fell over Zouma there.. what a joke comment.

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

    Noble lad

  17. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Noble coming on for pen

  18. n-doggg
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Absolute joke

  19. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Consistent with earlier games at least

  20. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Noble loooooool

  21. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Fall over Noble

  22. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Noble owners in wonderland

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

    Noble on to take the penalty lol

  24. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    so controversial, not that decision but United not getting given a stonewall pen seconds earlier so late in the game. Noble on to take it!

  25. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    How is the Ron one not a pen!!!!! VAR is a joke

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

    Oh fantastic thanks Sanchez

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

      That mother f**ker!

  27. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Justice would be De Gea saving this

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

    Very strange that the Ronaldo one didn't go to the monitor.

  29. TheBiffas
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Pick 3 for the foreseeable future:

    A) Odegaard
    B) Gray
    C) Sarr
    D) Gallagher
    E) Raphinha
    F) Doucoure
    G) Benrahma
    H) Other

    Don't have the budget for C+E+G

  30. Harry the Hack
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Shaw essential