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Double Gameweek 21 takes a bit of a breather after tonight’s match between Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, which kicks off at 17:30 GMT.

This is the 25th Premier League game in the space of eight days but we’ll have none in the next week as the domestic cups take centre stage.

This is plenty of Fantasy interest in this seventh fixture of Gameweek 21, particularly when it comes to the hosts.

David de Gea is the most-owned goalkeeper among the top 10,000 FPL managers, with Cristiano Ronaldo sitting in just under a third of these leading bosses and indeed in FPL teams overall.

The veteran Portuguese is the second most-captained player of Gameweek 21 (999,060 managers have handed him the armband), although that accolade has to be taken with a pinch of salt given the number of drifting Fantasy ghost ships now littering the overall ranks.

Both players start this evening in a Manchester United side showing two changes from the team that beat Burnley.

The alterations come at centre-half, with the injured Eric Bailly and Harry Maguire replaced by Raphael Varane and Phil Jones; the latter is starting his first United game in almost two years.

Victor Lindelof misses out once again because of coronavirus.

“Victor was still positive. Harry received a knock on his chest or whatever in the game against Burnley so we thought he would be good again for tonight but yesterday he was just trying, it was impossible, he even had too much pain when he was just standing or sitting.” – Ralf Rangnick

Bruno Fernandes is back from suspension but only among the substitutes, while Diogo Dalot and Marcus Rashford are benched for the second successive Gameweek.

Wolves haven’t been in action for over two weeks and there are two changes from the side that drew 0-0 with Chelsea, with Francisco Trincao and Nelson Semedo coming in for Leander Dendoncker and Ki-Jana Hoever.

Adama Traore is, once again, on the bench for the visitors, as is the fit-again Rayan Ait-Nouri.

Romain Saiss will depart for the Africa Cup of Nations after tonight’s game.

GAMEWEEK 21 LINE-UPS

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Jones, Shaw, McTominay, Matic, Greenwood, Sancho, Cavani, Ronaldo.

Subs: Rashford, Lingard, Fred, Bruno Fernandes, Dalot, Henderson, Alex Telles, van de Beek, Elanga.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Neves, Moutinho, Marcal, Trincao, Jimenez, Podence.

Subs: Hoever, Ait Nouri, Bruno Jordao, Silva, Ruddy, Dendoncker, Traore, Cundle, Bueno.

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  1. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Brilliant from Jones

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Class is permanent

  2. Feloh
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Phil Jones Assy incoming.

  3. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lol. Jones wins the free-kick. Going to get the BAPS with a lucky assist?

  4. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Great to see United's summer signings improving the team.

    Ronaldo + Sancho + Varane around £1 million a week.

    Such a shame they have de gea baling them out.

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Verane has not been bad

      1. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Not saying any one them have individually. United seem unable to create a functioning team though despite huge spending.

    2. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Pretty sure United fans said they will win the league with those signings

      Siuuuuuuuuuuuu

  5. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What a save Sa.. FT

  6. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Super Sa

  7. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bye bye alonso, Think it’s time for me to invest in a wolves def, don’t give away much

  8. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Who's at the wheel?

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Alonso

      1. CheesyZoot
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Hmmm morbid much?

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Paul Scholes

    3. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nobody
      Thelma & Louise style

    4. NorCal Villan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Cowboy Neal

  9. Feloh
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What a load of crap as an United fan and a DDG owner.

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Looks like you’ve lost the battle of Portugal

  10. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sa(ve)

  11. Londongeezaa
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Not even a United Triple GW can convince me to keep any United players. Avoid at all costs.

    1. Feloh
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I'll keep DDG.

      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Dé Gea will still be class. Unfortunately the men in front of him will cost him the CS his performances deserve.

  12. _Freddo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ronaldo blank.

    Suiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

    1. not_astarte
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      keep quiet

      1. _Freddo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Suiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

      2. DycheDycheBaby
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Sueeeyyyyyyy!

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Good for owners long-term

      1. _Freddo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Why? They are just hustling for the DGW?

  13. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Norwich scarf sales will be through the roof this week...

    #OleOUT

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hahaha

  14. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    5 points from 2 tonight. I'll take it.

  15. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rangnick masterclass

  16. SINGH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Siuuuuuuuuuuuu oh wait loooool

  17. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sa has taken over from Ramsdale as set-and-forget

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I swapped him a while back for DDG!

    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I took him out before Liverpool City Chelsea manu and Brighton, he got 3 CS and 24 points

    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yip. 6/8 cleansheets.

  18. Roy Hudd
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ronaldo fail (again). Such a waste of FPL funds.

  19. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Well done Wolves. Deserved the 3 points

  20. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ronaldo and DDG owener but Wolves totally deserve three points. Well Done

  21. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ragball out

  22. sirmorbach
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How do you leave Bruno out?

  23. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What’s a Ralph Rangnick? German godfather of football you say?

    Hilarious.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      There HAS to be some commercial or contractual pressure on him to play Ronaldo. They have the players in the squad to play a 4-3-3 which he prefers and yet they're not in order to keep Ronaldo happy.

  24. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Decent CM in for Spurs in January and 4th will be a cakewalk for them

  25. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ole out!!

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I mean Rangnick out!!!

  26. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ronaldo > ? to release the gigantic funds 🙁

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Gelhardt

  27. Podge
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Where’s the 11 pointer I was promised from de gea?

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      In the bin, Phil Jones assist for the goal

  28. Cheeto__Bandito
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DDG outscores Ronaldo lets go

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lovely.

    2. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Woohoo

  29. Drexl Spivey
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cushdy.

  30. g_jannyg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    United look awful, should shot of Rangkick quickly.

    He doesn't have a clue

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      System is not working with those players

    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      How many managers need to come and go for people to realise it’s the players that are a bunch of useless turds

      1. El Presidente
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah, the same thing was said about Spurs.. Conte arrives and look how they look now. Fitter, faster, solid, more confident, tactically awareness... a good manager makes a huge difference!

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          That's it, proper coaching. De Gea papering over a lot of cracks. Not just the back four at fault. Midfield not helping defensively. Rangnick needs to earn his money through improving them, not demanding new players.

      2. Pacer.
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        We are close to completing the circle when Moyes finishes above them

    3. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I've read somewhere that

      People overestimate what he can do in 6 months and underestimate what he can do in the next 2 years.

      Can't agree more

      1. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        He won’t stay 2 years

        1. ChelseaGuy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          It's an advisory position with the management, less about the players and more about the brand

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ronaldo is the problem ; whether it's contractual or commercial Rangnick isn't playing his style of football in order to include him.

      1. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Can’t blame one player for how bad everyone else is

      2. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        They'd be fighting relegation and out of CL without Ronaldo. The rest of the attack need to contribute more but Rangnick needs a system to improve attacking contribution from them all.

        1. Pacer.
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Fighting relegation? That's a completely absurd claim

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Peak delusion from CR7 fanboys who can't grasp they're a better team without a man standing up there doing nothing but moaning and occasionally scoring

            • GreennRed
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Absurd? They'd be 11 points worse off without Ronaldo and 12 points worse off is 16th place. Wouldn't be a bigger loss than Dé Gea, singlehandedly making them look good. Who should they play up front? The 'inform' Rashford, Cavani, Greenwood, Martial maybe???? Rangnick needs a better overall performance from the United attack. That doesn't necessarily mean playing Ronaldo but the rest, bar Cavani maybe, aren't showing much.

      3. A. PRISE
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Did he ever watch a football game I wonder

      4. DycheDycheBaby
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        The players are also the problem

      5. Del Griffith
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        4-2-2-2 what a joke

      6. Hairy Potter
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Central midfield is really poor, and relying on their current fullbacks for width instead of attacking wide players seems strange.

      7. g_jannyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Just doesn't look like anywhere near understanding the requirements of the Prem

        4222 not working and midfield well overrun

        Any decent side will beat them atm