Here’s our FPL summer friendlies 2019 article with matches from Tuesday 30 July. We’ve got lineups and some comments on key players of interest. Included are Man Utd, Norwich, Burnley, C Palace and Newcastle
FPL summer friendlies 2019 – The weekends preseason matches part 2
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Burnley 6 Nice 1
Goals: Wood 3 Hendrick, Gudmundsson, Rodriguez
Burnley: Heaton (Hart 46), Bardsley, Long (Tarkowski 46), Mee (Dunne 70), Pieters, Lennon (Rodriguez 70), Hendrick, Westwood (Cork 70), Gudmundsson (McNeil 46), Wood (Wells 82), Barnes. Subs not used: Legzdins, Vydra.
So a bit of a mixed lineup with only 1 game to go but it matters. I can’t believe the front 2 will be separated and apart from the FBs which should be £4.5m Taylor and Lowton then there is little else of interest. There’s not even a £4.5m mid believe it or not.
Wood keeps up his form which was better than Barnes towards the end of the season
Here’s a match report and a you tube video
Palace 2 Wimbledon 2
Couldn’t find a lineup for this believe it or not but that’s more a comment on the lineup itself. The Palace goals for example were scored by someone called Brandon Perrick.
The match was notable for Sakho getting 60 minutes which I believe will be the end of Kelly for GW1. I expect Dann to be ahead of Kelly. I guess it’s conceivable he could play RB but I would expect Ward to do that.
Kristiansund 0 Man Utd 1
Goal: Mata pen
Lineup and 90 mins ratings
Starting XI: De Gea (6); Wan-Bissaka (6), Jones (6), Lindelof (6), Shaw (7); Matic (4), McTominay (8*); James (6), Lingard (6), Martial (7); Rashford (7).
Substitutes: Romero (6), Dalot (6), Tuanzebe (6), Rojo (5), Young (5), Pereira (6), Fred (6), Mata (7), Pogba (7), Chong (6), Greenwood (7).
So quite easily a starting 11 except for Pogba. Obviously there’s still transfer activity in the shape of Maguire and Dybala. I suspect Dybala would be a number 10.
Sofa score can sometimes be inaccurate but it was impossible to verify whether it was Martial or Rashford as a CF. A disappointing score line that’s for sure even if the game was attack v defence.
Here’s the 90 mins report and video highlights
Hibernian 1 Newcastle 3
Goals; Joelinton, SLongstaff, Lascelles
Newcastle United: Karl Darlow; Javier Manquillo (Jamie Sterry 77), Fabian Schär (Federico Fernández 77), Jamaal Lascelles (c), Paul Dummett (Ciaran Clark 71), Matt Ritchie (Rolando Aarons 11); Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey (Matty Longstaff 77), Sean Longstaff (Ki Sung-yueng 60); Miguel Almirón (Jacob Murphy 69); Joelinton (Yoshinori Muto 69)
Sofa score seemed to have got Manquillo and Dummett in the wrong positions.
A full strength lineup I would suggest and 1 that gives some hope to £6.0m mid Almiron. £4.5m Hayden again lineups up as a safe CDM.
£6.0m Joelinton was praised in the attached match report.
Norwich 1 Atalanta 4
Goal; Cantwell
Norwich City (4-2-3-1): Fahrmann; Byram (Aarons 76), Godfrey, Klose, Lewis (Heise 83); Leitner (Vrancic 76), Trybull (McLean 63); Cantwell (Roberts 63), Buendia (Idah 83), Hernandez (Srbeny 66); Pukki (Drmic 63). Subs (not used): Krul, Stiepermann.
So a pretty mixed lineup. Godfrey came in for £4.0m def Hanley who tweaked a groin. Whether that means he’s in or out is hard to tell.
It was a promising performance by £4.5m Mid Cantwell but whether he will start is a big question give the other attacking mids available.
Here’s a match report
You can see more in our pre-season hub article which will be updated regularly.
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