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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. JBG
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hahahhahah!!!!!! Yeeeeeees!!! Take that ABUs

  2. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    The chosen one

  3. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    DDG pen save

  4. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    As we seen with England in the summer subbing on players to take pens is a bad idea.

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

      haha yes that was a good precedent of course

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

    stupid decision for me having a fresh player take a pen but to be fair top save

  6. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    De Gea max baps?.

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

      Benny maybe

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

    Oh dear. XD

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Poor decision by Moyes

  9. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    VAR might be into match fixing, but that is justice for Man Utd

  10. 3 A
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Remember Southgate do the same?

    Sub in the penalty taker and they cant score...

    They / him dont have rhytm . Dont do that again.

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

    Lol Noble

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

    There is no way DDG is not back as the no 1 gk again!!!

  13. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    If only Moyes had some prior information about English players taking penalties with their first couple of kicks of the game.

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

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

    Moyes you idiot

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      What he was thinking? He did it on purpose imo

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

        He was smirking before penalty was taken, like he’s some kind of billy big balls genius - what a clown.

  15. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    In other news
    Brighton are 3rd!

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

      Ha and deservedly so on showing so far

  16. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    DDG Herooooooo!

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

    Robbed of FPL points and United still win - this couldn’t be much worse

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

    See you next season maybe guys 🙂

    Good luck!

    1. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      See you next week mate

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

        Unfortunately not, deleting team this evening

        1. fish&chips
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          OK mate, take it easy. If you're not enjoying it, it's the right decision. Come back fresh next year

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

            Thanks, yes not good when it starts to affect overall mood.

            If I miss it I’ll do a team next season. I’ll stick come on here as I love the FFS community

        2. Kellz86
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Why not now?

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

            Just in case Kane returns, it would be a fitting final tribute

    2. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      See you tomorrow

  19. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    United have a dream team.

    No one else has Messi and Ronaldo

    https://www.manutd.com/en/videos/detail/jesse-lingard-reacts-to-messi-lingard-nickname

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

    Ah yes justice. Stupid referee was probably bribed by Moyes

    1. Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      You're a United fan complaining about penalties, that's rich.

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

    That was a joke at the end.

    How wasn't Ronaldo given a pen on vs Zouma?

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

      You could tell Zouma knew it was one

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

    Justice is served. Never want to hear ManchesVAR United again

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

      This x1000.

    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Does the truth hurt?

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

        Certainly did not favour ha today did it

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

          *us

    3. Harry the Hack
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      ManchesVAR United

  23. fish&chips
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    James benched to round off a poor WC. livra on the bench but we all know James will cameo

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

    All these ABUs can crawl back under their rocks now like they usually do.

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

    Benrahma on 3 BPs for one crap shot.

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

    Moyes doing Southgate - what an idiot.

  27. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Today, I own De Gea, Benrahma, Ronaldo and Duffy.

    Storming up the ranks

  28. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    VAR has had a mare today but DDG put it in its place

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Got everything right in this game? Ronaldo dived into every contact, even the ones where he would legitimately have won a penalty if he didn't dive

        And the Shaw handball was stonewall

        1. The Senate
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          the handball was 50/50, arm was behind his back and moving away.

          Zouma scything Ronnie down 2 minutes prior WAS stonewall

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

          Three clear penalties

          1. Harry the Hack
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 6 months ago

            lmao. trolling yeah?

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

              Three stonewall pens, the two on Ronaldo were both fouls and the Shaw handball.

        3. AgentRed
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          The last Ronaldo shout was a stonewall penalty, no idea how it wasn't given.

          I agree neither of the first two were, and that Shaw's one was. Justice delivered in the end though.

    2. kUwe Inc.
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Mark Noble

    3. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      VAR is useless in every way possible. F*****g joke