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Starts for Lundstram and £4.0m defender in Sunday’s only Premier League game

The penultimate match of Gameweek 13 takes place at Bramall Lane, with Sheffield United entertaining Manchester United.

Kick-off in Sunday’s only Premier League fixture is at 16:30 GMT.

There is plenty of interest for Fantasy Premier League managers in this game, with David de Gea (£5.5m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m), Harry Maguire (£5.3m), Daniel James (£6.2m), Marcus Rashford (£8.6m) and John Lundstram (£4.9m) all sitting in more than 10% of FPL squads.

All six of those players start in South Yorkshire today.

Anthony Martial (£7.8m), who is on the cusp of a double-digit ownership himself, also features in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s starting XI.

The Norwegian head coach has made just one alteration to his Gameweek 12 line-up, with Phil Jones (£4.8m) replacing the injured Scott McTominay (£5.1m).

Whether Jones is a like-for-like swap for the Scot in midfield or joins a back three remains to be seen, with Solskjaer saying ahead of kick-off:

Phil has been training well. He’s got experience of playing both central midfield and at the back. When you show the attitude he’s shown in training, it’s time for him to get a chance. Marcos [Rojo] is injured, Axel [Tuanzebe] isn’t really ready to come in so it was an easy option.

Brandon Williams (£4.0m) gets his second successive start at left-back (or wing-back), keeping the benched Ashley Young (£5.4m) out of the side despite the latter’s return from suspension.

Solskjaer said of that decision:

Brandon’s played really well in every game he’s played. I didn’t find any reason to leave him out. It’s a testing stadium for him to play at so it’s a good opportunity to show his mentality because his temperament is one of his strengths.

Chris Wilder makes two enforced changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur a fortnight ago.

Dean Henderson (£4.7m) – owned by just over 5% of Fantasy managers – is ineligible to face his parent club, so Simon Moore (£4.4m) deputises for the on-loan goalkeeper for the hosts.

The hitherto ever-present John Egan (£4.5m) hasn’t recovered from a calf injury so Phil Jagielka (£4.2m) gets his first Premier League start of the season.

Lys Mousset (£5.0m) and David McGoldrick (£5.4m) again start up front.

The Blades have kept clean sheets in three of their six home fixtures in 2019/20 and conceded just four goals in those half-dozen matches.

Solskjaer’s troops have won just one of their six away games this season and are yet to keep a clean sheet on the road.

Three of the Red Devils’ five away goals came at Carrow Road in Gameweek 10.

Sheffield United XI: Moore, O’Connell, Jagielka, Basham, Stevens, Baldock, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Mousset, McGoldrick.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Jones, Maguire, Lindelof, Williams, Pereira, Fred, James, Martial, Rashford.

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  1. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Tempted to use BB chip GW17.

    Would you bench boost this?

    Pope (NEW)
    Tomori (BOU)
    Baldock (AVL)
    Ward-Prowse (WHM)

    Planned transfers with no hits
    GW14 Ota > Baldock/Oconnel/Stephens
    GW15 Heaton>Henderson
    GW16 Mount > Moura/Zaha
    GW17 Dend > Ward-Prowse

    Current team (1FT £1.6m itb, WC available)

    Pope 
    TAA Lund Soy
    Mane KDB Maddison Mount 
    Jiminez Vardy Tammy 

    Heaton,Tomori,Dend,Ota

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Way too much - you'll NEVER stick to this

  2. Gobigorgohome
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Lingardinho in

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I doubt the kids here even know who Ronaldinho is

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Jones coming off
    Lingard on

    1. Zimo
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Wow that's the most depressing substitution ever.

  4. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Thoughts
    A mount to son
    B james to madd/teilinan
    0.1 short of James to son
    Cheers

    1. 7rjngs lollygagger
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Get Pérez

      1. Gizzachance
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers

  5. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    #JLingz coming on.

    Ole trusting another teenager to come on and change the game.

  6. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Dab king on

  7. Gobigorgohome
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Promising young talent Lingard on

  8. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    And to think McTominay is one of the lowest earners (£10K/week?). We look totally lost without him. Urgh

  9. FPL Daniel
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Not watching the game, did Lundy missed a sitter ? How is Martial looking? Any assist for the first goal ?

    Thanks

    1. Brosstan
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      DDG master save denied Lundy

    2. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Lundy assist for the goal

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Awesome

  10. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Phil Jones, thank you for that 45 minutes of laughter.

  11. tisza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    any side with a centre midfield of Fred & Pereira is going to struggle

  12. Brosstan
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Lingard is what Ole can do... JFC what a shambles

  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    DDG will take max baps. you just know it

  14. Robe Wan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Lingard should be perfect for no goals and assist again

  15. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Lingard coming on. Lundstram clean sheet locked in

  16. Piggs Boson
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Lingard, Peireira, Fred as the midfield 3. Jesus christ...

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Yes just think of their wages alone!

  17. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    United will probably equalize .

  18. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Jlings on, things can only get better 🙂
    Ole’s at the wheel.

  19. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    The FPL tower dude that listed Lundy as a Defender must have been smoking some potent stuff.

    1. 7rjngs lollygagger
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      SU fans didn’t believe he’d play at all

      1. Drexl Spivey
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Fan.

      2. Brosstan
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        But they knew that he wasnt a defender. 4.5 midfielder would have been excusable

    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      He surely had to resign over this?

  20. 7rjngs lollygagger
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone point me to head to head leagues please

  21. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Rashford needs to pass there.

  22. Zimo
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Ah yes typical Rashford. Running and running till the ball runs out of play

    1. Zimo
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Should have signed Usain Bolt when we had the chance. Could have done it much faster

  23. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Rashford long SoT

  24. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Rashford close.

  25. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Still laughing at that gameweek where Lingard was in minus figures for expected assists.

  26. corderz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Keep or drop Aubameyang?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I sold him for Laca so I could upgrade Yarmolenko

      I’m not sure if Auba is worth 11m tbh

  27. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Own Vardy and Mane. Which do you guys prefer?

    Mount and Sterling ->

    A) Salah and Tielemans
    B) Pulisic and Son

    1. Jay Arell
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      B

  28. Jay Arell
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    This has got to be THE worst mutd performance this season? Absolutely shocking

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Seems the standard

    2. Limbo
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      TBF SHU have made them look shite

    3. Brosstan
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Short memory... They looked just as dire against Newcastle.

  29. The Mighty Hippo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    A Martial goal in the second half will be just lovely, especially as I have Lund on the bench 🙂

  30. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Have the ball 25 yards out in front of goal and everyone just STANDS STILL! It’s fu*k1ng horrible to watch.