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Mane, Matip and Pogba benched as Man Utd host Liverpool in Gameweek 9

In the final match of Gameweek 9, Manchester United host Liverpool in a mouth-watering clash at Old Trafford.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

Manchester United make three changes from Gameweek 8, with Marcus Rashford (£9.4m), Fred (£4.9m) and Scott McTominay (£5.4m) replacing Nemanja Matic (£4.5m), Paul Pogba (£7.6m) and Jadon Sancho (£9.0m).

Bruno Fernandes (£11.8m) also starts despite heading into the game as a doubt.

For Liverpool, Sadio Mane (£11.9m) drops to the bench with Joel Matip (£5.0m).

As a result, Diogo Jota (£7.5m) starts in attack alongside Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£8.9m), while Ibrahima Konate (£5.1m) partners Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) in defence.

Curtis Jones (£5.0m) is a substitute having missed the last two games with a groin injury, but Fabinho (£5.4m) and Thiago (£5.3m) miss out completely.


GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Man Utd XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford, Ronaldo

Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Dalot, Lingard, Matic, Pogba, van de Beek, Cavani, Sancho

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Salah, Jota, Firmino

Subs: Adrian, Mane, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Origi, Matip

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  1. Rabb05
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    136 points. What a week! Makes it all worthwhile when it all comes together! Salah (c), mount, foden, tonio, livra. Rank up from 700k to 96k

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Lol, quite the contrast to me below 🙁

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Congrats!

    2. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      lol well done, what a score!

    3. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      WOW congrats! Mount and Foden is huge

    4. Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Well done!

    5. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Well done mate very good, what were your moves for this game week?

    6. Rabb05
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers all! 3rd year playing and highest score to date. Only move this week was vardy in for kaku so didn't get anything there... Had wildcarded mount, foden and livra and james in last week

  2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Gone from 25k to 391k, absolute mare! Cancelo, Azpi, Havertz(c), Vardy, Tierney

    WC activated.

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      What team will you get?

  3. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Good result for United. New manager incoming

  4. Drexl Spivey
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    All that money...

  5. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Surprised listening to the radio that they're surprised by the manner of this result. Could see it coming a mile away.

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

    That's my Ronaldo > Kane transfer sorted.
    A nice-placeholder for Lukaku or Ronaldo himself if Ole is sacked come GW13 or GW14

  7. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool are a scary team to face

  8. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Kane and Son facing this lot next week 😎

    Get on the wagon whilst it’s hot

  9. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ronaldo could ask Salah for his shirt.

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

    Not even 3 digits this GW. Failure.

    1. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      same here

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      yeah same, not getting 100 when your captain gets 48 alone is frustrating lol

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

    Ronaldo has a goal dissalowed and misses a sitter, what a surprise, the bad luck continues

    1. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Oh for Christ's sake, just call a helpline already.

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

    Did that just happen?

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

      I havent slept well lately but hopefully this dream lasts long.

  13. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    No Roy Keane in the studio is so so so disappointing

  14. TheBiffas
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    88 points, red arrow.

  15. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Wow regained my 32 pts I lost to rivals Foden capt with my Salah capt. Happy days.

  16. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Omobamidele --> Cancelo or Gallagher --> Foden?

    Both Omo and Gallagher would be on the bench, currently playing White who would be replaced by either City boys

  17. F4L
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I know there aren't many Mane owners, but time to shift? Would be fine with the odd benching but if Klopp is just going to rotate Firmino/Jota/Mane to keep them all happy then I'd sell

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

    78 points with Aubameyang (c). Would have been 96 with Salah so still pretty poor by standards on here.

    I had a big green arrow before Liverpool game, just shows how much one game can change and how good they are!

  19. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Okay … start the boasting you lot ….. score check?

    1. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      88 points, red arrow

      1. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Which would indicate your rank was pretty decent going into the week

        1. TheBiffas
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          around 50k, yeah. down to 70k

    2. pundit of punts
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Done

      See below 😀

      1. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Yup superb result

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Not amazing but chuffed for me - 79!

    4. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      102

      1. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Century club, lovely

    5. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      93

    6. BooYaKasha
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      114 (-4)

      1. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Lovely stuff

    7. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      101 despite having Cancelo 1 Ronaldo 1 Vardy 1 Gallagher 2 Benrahma 3 Sanchez 4, unbelievable really.

      1. Eh, just one more thing ...
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Lovely … had similar plebs in my team too so happy thanks to mr Mo.

    8. Xna
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      118 (-4) 500k to 130k

    9. Rabb05
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      136! Best ever gw. Up from 700k to 61k!

  20. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    126 points 😯

    Best ever SGW score

    Best ever WC success

    Stuff of dreams! 🙂

    1. Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Well done!

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      My word

    3. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Congrats

    4. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Well played, now give me some of your luck please

    5. pundit of punts
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Thank you all 😀

    6. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Very well played

  21. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Sold CR7 & Greenwood for Foden & Hwang.

    OHHH IT FEELS GREAT

    1. pundit of punts
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Fantastic

      Nicely done

    2. puhd
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Great moves

    3. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      For a hit? I'm selling CR7 for a hit this week

    4. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Dream transfers

  22. OneArseneWenger32
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Anybody else with Mount foden and salah but captained Kane or is it just me?

    1. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Oh sweet Jesus …. That’s gotta be in next weeks Rough and the Smooth

  23. puhd
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Best Raphina replacement?

    Other Mids: Salah Havertz Foden Brownhill

    A- Kovacic
    B- Jorginho
    C- Smith Rowe
    D- Gallagher
    E- Townsend or Gray

  24. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mo Salah accounting for 55% of my points this week. 😆

  25. TKC07
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah has a lead of 50 points than 2nd top scorer after 9 GWs.. !!!!!!

  26. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I may have picked the wrong week to not captain Salah 😆

  27. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    65 points with Havertz(c),350k fall.Frustration.

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

    Is the 'Ignore Profile' feature in the works? Asking for a friend.

  29. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Pogba extremely disrespectful today

  30. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Playing 1 short this week and brought in Vardy.
    On 93 points (Salah (C) and TAA)
    Livra + Rudiger