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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. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    El Baldico lived up to its billing. Great game! 🙂

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Battle of the Bald

    2. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Very cerebral

    3. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Haha. It’s funny because they’re bald.

      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        You guys are so baldist

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

    He'll break the scoring records but City were a better team without him.

    1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Facts

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Nah. Pep being stubborn because it is always Pep's way or nothing.

    3. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      They played fine with him until the break. I don't think he's the problem, the rest of the team isn't playing well either

    4. Kane and Ablett
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Haaland is the new Ronaldo!

    5. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Shearer to Pep's Gullit

  3. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Boom

  4. Bluetiger1
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Thats it all over United win

  5. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    United!

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Yeeeess!! Fking love that!

  6. jwong23
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Well deserved win by ManU

    1. Shark Team
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      No

    2. Stimps
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      City robbed

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        How?

      2. Warblers
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Said no one ever. Again.

  7. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Bernardo, kdb, mahrez all washed up and past their best

    City be happy with top 4

  8. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Silva was shocking at the end. Just useless

  9. The Senate
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Best team won on the day tbf

    1. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Lol

  10. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    (2+2)*3 =12 point tc boom

  11. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Rashford 3 bps
    Bruno 2
    Casemiro, kdb 1

  12. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Kdb 1 bonus

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Hope he keeps it

  13. Random Name
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Haaland has never shown up in a big game.

    1. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Just the hat trick and 2 assists in the reverse fixture.

      1. Random Name
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        At home vs a fledgling utd at the time not a big game

        1. Granville
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Nope, your comment was nonsense.

      2. Kane and Ablett
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        That wasn’t a big game, Utd had Ronaldo then and we’re sheeite

    2. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      He made the runs, they never played the pass

    3. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Lol

    4. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      If he is in the squad he shows up for the game

  14. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Haaland 0 bonus

  15. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Nice 6 bonus from rashy and 1 from kdb

  16. Free Hat
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Seeing 2nd half, harsh result.
    City should have pushed more for 0-2 instead of controlling a 1 0 lead as usual.
    But kuddos to utd though

  17. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Haaland is that nba scoring champion who plays in a team that loses so he can break records

    1. D One
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      LeBron James ?

  18. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Everyone forgetting refereeing now and that first goal that turned the match.

  19. Ruinenlust
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Such an undeserved victory

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

      Haha

    2. The Senate
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Didn’t Citeh only have 1 SoT?

  20. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Man Utd in the title race

  21. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    timewasting in the pl is a joke, won't be long until only 1 half of football is actually played

    1. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Actually liked what the world cup did by adding ton of extra time atleast as a short term solution.

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        it was way better

        casemeiro at the end trying to hack grealish down, instead of yc he gets to waste 90 seconds, just ridiculous

    2. Kane and Ablett
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Agree much prefer the World Cup time keeping

  22. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    1-0 City win might have suited me a tad more rank-wise, but take the TC flop & rivals transfers not massively paying off (yet) all day.

  23. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    When was the last time Man U won the derby?

    1. Mirror Man
        3 years, 2 days ago

        About ten minutes ago

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          True.

    2. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Well done TC Rashford owners, I just had Cap this week & last 🙂

      1. Limbo
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        It’s a game of four halves

    3. Mirror Man
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Rashford has more bonus points today than Haaland had shots at goal.

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          He also had more goals than Haaland too.

          What’s your point?

      • Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Rash (c) 🙂

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

          Nice one

        2. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Snap, past two games 🙂

          1. Weasel Boy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 2 days ago

            Same 🙂

      • nerd_is_the_werd
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        That's what we like to see...

        Rashford (3)
        Fernandes (2)
        KDB (1)

        Own all 3, get in!!
        Haaland (c), but let's not get into that....

      • It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Give us 5-5-0 next season

      • noquarternt
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Haalf season wonder

      • diesel001
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Wish Pep would play this side:

        Ederson
        Walker Dias Laporte Cancelo
        KDB Rodri Gundogan
        Bernardo Haaland Grealish