Fantasy United: Everything you need before Fulham (H)
The countdown is on to Manchester United's first Premier League match of the season, and here you can find everything you need to play our new Fantasy United game when the Reds meet Fulham.
You have until 18:30 BST on Friday (16 August) – 90 minutes before kick-off at Old Trafford – to submit your opening line-up of the season, comprising of five Player Trading Cards you have packed in our latest digital collection.
With the clock ticking towards that matchday-one deadline, we’ve rounded up all of the essentials to get your campaign up and running, from the basic rules, to creating and joining mini-leagues with friends, fellow fans and club legends…
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HOW TO PLAY
Once you have started your Player Trading Cards collection at manutd.com/playercards, you will be able to pick your first five-man squad for Fantasy United, via manutd.com/fantasy.
The Reds that you select will score you points based on their real-life actions – including goals and assists – in every men’s competitive fixture this season, starting on Friday.
Your squad contains three slots for Classic cards and one each for those of Rare and Ultra-Rare varieties, which will net you double and triple points respectively if allocated into their correct slots.
For more information on how to play Fantasy United and our complete breakdown to points scoring and managing your team, check out this comprehensive guide.
TOP PERFORMERS THIS SUMMER
The Fulham game is the first chance for you to score points from your selected Player Trading Cards but, in the build-up to the fixture, we have been tracking our players' summer performances to see who may be primed to bring in returns for your Fantasy United team.
Across pre-season matches against Rangers, Arsenal, Real Betis and Liverpool, plus last weekend's Community Shield duel with Man City, nobody would have scored more points than Amad's tally of 29.
The Ivorian winger has been in fine form for Ten Hag's men going into the new campaign, but does he make your team? Finding his Ultra-Rare card before 21 August will also automatically enter you into a prize draw to win a signed edition of the gold-coloured item.
Casemiro would have been United's next highest scorer with 21 points, closely followed by Marcus Rashford (19) and Mason Mount (18), after impressive performances from the trio across our last five matches.
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MOST SELECTED V FULHAM
If you are looking for some help with the key decisions for your first line-up on Friday night, you may be interested to know who are the most popular players in the game at present.
Captain Bruno Fernandes, who signed a new contract with the club on Wednesday, is in more Fantasy United teams than anyone at the time of writing, off the back of a standout showing as he returned to action from his summer break in last weekend's Community Shield. Our skipper was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet too, having a second-half wonderstrike ruled out for offside, but he has certainly shown his potential to reward Fantasy United managers against Fulham.
Rashford, our third-highest points scorer over the summer, and Alejandro Garnacho, our goalscorer at Wembley, come in just behind for Fernandes for selections, while our most picked Fantasy Five is currently rounded out by Kobbie Mainoo and Andre Onana. How does your team compare?
Most selected line-up: Onana, Fernandes, Mainoo, Garnacho, Rashford.
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CREATE AND JOIN MINI-LEAGUES
As well as tracking your progress against fellow United fans via our global leaderboard, you can compete directly with friends by creating or joining mini-leagues.
Check out our steps on how to do that here – as you will see, building up the members in your league will put you in with a chance of winning some great prizes!
Across 2024/25, you can also battle with former United heroes Andy Cole, Denis Irwin and Bryan Robson in our legends league, as well as pitting your wits against our fantasy content creators FPL Raptor and Statman Dave in their exclusive expert leagues.
Set up your Fantasy United team now, ahead of Friday's clash with Fulham!
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