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14 January 2023 1409 comments
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The Manchester derby is the first Premier League match of the day and kicks off at Old Trafford at 12:30pm GMT.

United and City are two of the four clubs who ‘double’ in Gameweek 20 and have been well-backed by Fantasy Premier League managers as a result: three of the top four most-bought players ahead of Friday’s deadline came from the these two teams.

The names in question were Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford and Kevin De Bruyne, and all of them start this afternoon.

As for the rest of the team news, Anthony Martial is fit enough to start for the hosts at Old Trafford.

Shaw stays at centre-half, with Tyrell Malacia at left-back, while Fred comes in to bolster the midfield at the expense of the benched Antony.

Three City players who have struggled for Premier League game-time since the World Cup, Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden, are the only three survivors from the side that lost to Southampton in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

Foden is back on the left flank at the expense of Jack Grealish, while Walker and Cancelo’s deployment at full-back means that there is no place for Rico Lewis.

Aymeric Laporte is also among the substitutes.

GAMEWEEK 20 TEAM NEWS

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Shaw, Varane, Malacia, Fred, Casemiro, Eriksen, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial.

Subs: Heaton, Lindelof, Maguire, Martinez, Antony, Elanga, McTominay, Garnacho, Mainoo.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Ake, Akanji, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Mahrez, Foden, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Phillips, Gundogan, Grealish, Laporte, Alvarez, Gomez, Palmer, Lewis.



  1. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    "..something about Fred, pocket and Kdb"

  2. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Rashford in Cancelo's pocket

  3. jwong23
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    ManU is not conceding corners in their defending. That's pretty impressive

  4. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Almost a foul by cancelo. Wtf

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Yc*

  5. F_Ivanovic
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    L.Martinez has really been a terrible transfer.

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Eh

    2. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      What?

    3. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Bs

    4. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Lautaro?

    5. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Nonsense

    6. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Do you mean in FPL?

    7. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      This surely ranks up there as one of the most rubbish posts of the season.

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        You know when a mod gives you grief, you’ve been talking trollop

    8. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      For your team or United?

      1. F_Ivanovic
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        For my team obviously.

    9. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Clueless

    10. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Unless you're talking about bringing him into your team...

  6. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Will Cancelo make 60?

    1. Shark Team
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Yes he’s good

    2. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      He's 28 and fit, should live to well past 60...

  7. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    KdB's mind seems to be elsewhere at the moment, should've released his autobiography 'Spare' in the off season....

    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Fred's markled him outta the game

  8. Ruinenlust
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Walker sneaky

  9. Pariße
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Poor Tyler that was just an awkward fall, ended up hitting his head on the floor.

  10. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Eriksen needs a visit to the hair & teeth clinic in Liverpool

  11. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    What was that pass from Bruno there… he can pull off work for passes and can’t get the simple ones right. That was awful

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      *world class

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Rashford shot cleared off the line

  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Ederson awol

  14. La Roja
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Trashford

  15. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    L.Martinez in Shaw's pocket?

  16. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Rashford ffs

  17. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    What is Eddy doing?

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Playing football

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      His standard stuff tbf.

  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Poor from rashford

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Worse from Ederson

  19. Norco
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    That was a run to the loo when the diarrhoea is about to breach

  20. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Casemeiro should have done better. Smash it at goal or create something instead of lumping it in

  21. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Madness from Ederson

  22. Lanycia9
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Book Malacia. I mean seriously if you behaved like that in a Sunday league game you'd be rightly slaughtered

  23. Shultan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Listening on radio in car, what did Ederson do?

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Are you driving and texting

    2. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Hope you're not driving & posting?

      He ran miles out the box and missed everything...

    3. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Insane sweeper keeper
      But it all worked out

  24. jwong23
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Good to see haaland drops back a bit to create some different spacing

  25. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Rashford chance again

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Poor touch from rashford

    1. jwong23
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Way too heavy

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 3 days ago

        Good run poor touch otherwise i think he scores

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Squaring to Martial may have been the better option

  27. Ruinenlust
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Rashford two big misses now

  28. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Rashford regression as suspected.

  29. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Guess a few capped Rashford so makes sense to hope for a blank anyway?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 days ago

      Depends on EO at your rank and mini leagues

  30. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 days ago

    Trashford is back