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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. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    65(-4) all out.
    With Lukaku still to play and many capping him too, will be pretty glad with a grey arrow this week.

    1. Von Lipwig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Jealous. 51 with Rudi to play

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

      70 (-4) probably enough to sure a small green arrow i'd imagine after subs and this che/tot game

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

      Snap(ish). 61 all-out.

    4. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      56 + Lukaku on WC. Almost certainly a red arrow

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

      64 all out.

    6. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      9084 ; OR#1 ; circle jerking for the rest of season .. suck it all!

    7. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      75 all out

    8. GoonerSteve
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      48 all out.

      Urgh.

  2. Hairy Potter
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Just realised that there are Carabao Cup matches this week. I suppose I should wait on FT until later in the week.

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

      depends who you're looking at bringing in. Expect many first team players to get rested depending on the fixure. You might be able to justify a gamble on someone

    2. MOZIL
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      which teams are playing in the Carabao Cup?

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Most will play b teams

  3. Sid07
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    1) greenwood to raphina
    2) shaw to rudiger

    1. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Keep Shaw.

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

      would save shaw move till gw7 based on fixures

    3. Auntie Niemi
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Both.

  4. Utopsis
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Keep Shaw

  5. sandman58
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Any suggestions what to do with Torres?

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

    Awful weak, 48 pts all out and dropped about 200k in rank, so fancy a wildcard. Thoughts on this would be very welcome gents.

    Current team

    Sanchez (Foster)
    TAA, Shaw, Coufal, (Manquillo, Williams)
    Salah, Greenwood, Torres, Gray (Gilmore)
    Ings, Antonio, Ronaldo

    Potential Wildcard team:

    Sanchez (Foster / Steele)
    TAA, White, Shaw (Manquillo, Livramento)
    Salah, Gallagher, Sarr, Gray (Gilmore)
    Lukaku, Antonio, Ronaldo

    ?

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

      Rudiger over Shaw

  7. Deer-in-headlights
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Who to lose for Raphina?

    1. Jota > Raphina
    2. Pogba > Raphina
    3. Save FT

    Thanks!

  8. Spg76
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Foster Watford #1 until they get demolished 6-1 or something