Dugout Discussion

Salah benched as Mane and Robertson miss out altogether

Six Premier League matches take place this evening to bring Gameweek 15 to a swift close, with many Fantasy Premier League captains – and vice-captains, following Sergio Aguero (£11.0m) and Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.5m) no-shows at Watford – set to be in action.

Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), Harry Kane (£12.4m) and Eden Hazard (£11.0m) are the second, third and fourth-most popular captaincy options of this midweek round of matches – but just two of these in-demand players start for their respective clubs tonight.

Salah is only among the substitutes for Liverpool tonight as Jurgen Klopp rings the changes at Turf Moor, with injured pair Sadio Mane (£9.8m) and Andrew Robertson (£6.5m) not in the match-day squad and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.3m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m) also dropping to the bench.

Xherdan Shaqiri (£7.0m) lines up in a front three with Divock Origi (£5.0m) and Daniel Sturridge (£5.8m).

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.2m), who has experienced price rises in three consecutive days having been transferred in by over 525,000 FPL managers ahead of last night’s deadline, also lines up for Arsenal as the Gunners head to Old Trafford.

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) is named as a substitute for the third match running as Unai Emery perseveres with a 3-4-2-1, while Jose Mourinho has dropped Romelu Lukaku (£10.7m) and Paul Pogba (£7.9m) to the bench as he matches the Gunners with a three-man backline.

Hazard is named in Chelsea’s starting XI along with Marcos Alonso (£7.1m) as the Blues head to Molineux, though there are five changes elsewhere in Maurizio Sarri’s starting XI.

Morgan Gibbs-White (£4.3m) replaces the suspended Ruben Neves (£5.0m) for Wolves, while Ryan Bennett (£4.2m) is recalled to Nuno Espirito Santo’s line-up.

Dele Alli (£8.9m) is among five players dropping out of Mauricio Pochettino’s starting XI for the visit of Southampton, with Kieran Trippier (£6.1m) fit to play at right-back.

Kane and Christian Eriksen (£9.2m) retain their starts after Sunday’s north London derby defeat.

Kelvin Davis has made four changes to the Saints side in what will be his only match in charge, with the south coast club reverting to a flat-back four.

Richarlison (£7.0m) is back on the left wing for Everton as Cenk Tosun (£6.6m) returns up front, with Rafael Benitez going ultra-defensive with a 5-4-1 at Goodison Park.

Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) is absent through injury as Leicester head to Craven Cottage, with Tom Cairney (£4.8m) dropping to the bench for the hosts.

Back to the fixture where we started this round-up, Sean Dyche has made five changes to his Burnley starting XI as James Tarkowski (£4.7m) returns in defence.

Burnley XI: Hart, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Cork, Westwood, Brady, Barnes, Wood.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Gomez, Van Dijk, Matip, Moreno, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Shaqiri, Sturridge, Origi.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Zouma, Mina, Digne, Gueye, Gomes, Lookman, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Tosun.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Schar, Lascelles, Manquillo, Ki, Diame, Atsu, Rondon, Murphy.

Fulham XI: Rico, Christie, Odoi, Mawson, Le Marchand, Kamara, Chambers, Seri, Sessegnon, Vietto, Mitrovic.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Soyuncu, Chilwell, Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Maddison, Diabete, Iheanacho.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Moutinho, Saiss, Vinagre, Gibbs-White, Jota, Jimenez.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso, Kante, Fabregas, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Morata, Hazard.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Bailly, Rojo, Smalling, Darmian, Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Martial, Rashford.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Sokratis, Holding, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Ramsey, Iwobi, Aubameyang.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Foyth, Rose, Dier, Winks, Eriksen, Son, Lucas, Kane.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Cedric, Yoshida, Stephens, Targett, Hojbjerg, Davis, Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Gabbiadini.

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7,029 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    How did Lingard look today?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Annoying.

    2. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Beyond the mistake that allowed him to score - nothing of note

    3. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      He still has the same punchable face.

  2. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Great GW!

    1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Not bad

    2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Better than 13.

    3. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      How’s your score ending up buddy?

    4. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Wrong

  3. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Kane looking good. Can see him tear Barcelona apart after 6 days of rest

    1. Nascimento
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Yawn

    2. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Lol

      Kinda expect him to be benched vs Leicester indeed

  4. MTPockets
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Aubameyang blank. Nice

      1. Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        People clamouring to get him all for 0.3 😆

    • Tshelby
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      51 all out will get my third consecutive red arrow

      1. Sharkytect
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Same here. Was in the top 5k in gameweek 6. Plummeting, now.

        1. Fergus1107
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          I've gone from 5k in GW6 to 55k in GW15.

          Annoying.

    • Snoop
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Hazard, Arnie, Ederson to kane, Anderson, fabianski for -4

      Or Salah Arnie, to kane, Anderson

      1. asquishypotato
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        I’m doing Haz and Arnie to Anderson and Aub

        1. jimmy.floyd
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          This

      2. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        B

    • asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Curious to see the expected goals for Aub, definitely looked like a lot of chances

      1. Pieterke30
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Still a best buy than Laca? Couldnt watch the game

        1. asquishypotato
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          He had some good shots, but went wide when Laca was on.

          It’s a bit tricky for both in reality.

    • DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Considering, loosing Robbo for Ben Davies. Also have TAA.

      At 5,6 looks great value for Spurs coverage ar the back.

      What do you guys think?

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Rose is back so you expect him to play 1 in 2

        1. DMP
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          I think he is nailed.

          Rose will play european competions and cups.

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Auba more price rises than points this GW!

      1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        All them wildcards.

        1. Ambrosiana Inter
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Apparently wild cards don’t count towards price rises

          1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 6 months ago

            Apparently not.

      2. KGFC
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Hehe 😀

      3. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Only really got brought in en masse because people could switch easily from Kun to him (but not Kane)

    • Tommy J
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      No clean sheets in the 10 fixtures, pretty unusual....

      1. asquishypotato
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Great isn’t it? (Non Alonso owner)

    • Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      1. Arnie to Laca
      2. Arnie & Hazard to Auba & £9.4m (-4)

      Laca looking a good shout to start v Huddersfield. Feeling Auba could be rested/benched.

      1. Ohh1454
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Brought in auba yesterday but ya wouldn't be surprised if he was benched

        1. Klip Klopp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Yes you would lol... well I would

        2. Zladan
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Auba pricey and started 2 games in 4 days.

          Laca looking fresh coming back from injury, only been used off the bench... easy game v Hudds is perfect to rest key players over this busy period.

          1. Pieterke30
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 6 months ago

            Yeah. But surely Auba the better biy long term?

            Couldnt watch the gam

            1. Zladan
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 6 months ago

              Perhaps. He could be shifted out to the left wing again now if Laca starts up top.

    • Scotty B
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Trippier injured?

      1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        B

        1. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Lol

      2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        You still own.

        1. Scotty B
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Yup he in the baps?

          1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 6 months ago

            Pure jam.

    • Ohh1454
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Has diangana lost his place ?

      1. St Pauli Walnuts
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Seems so. Another punt bites the dust! He'll be stuck in 3rd slot on my bench for quite some time to come no doubt.

    • Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Guys please tell me hiw was kane today ??
      I am going to do Alison+Alonso+arnie >> fabs+kane+4.4m defender
      Please suggest defender too
      Thank you !!

      1. Pieterke30
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Schindler 4.3

        Couldnt watch any game tonight

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Thanks mate !!

      2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Yup nice one
        .Alonso has to go

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Thank you mate !!
          Want to keep hazard too, so this is the only way left.

      3. Carlton P
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Find another way!

      4. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Kane could’ve had at least 2 today. But it was v Southampton, he won’t be playing them every week.

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Cheer's mate !!
          My ML rival has him and thumped me with 30 points difference this gw. So....

    • The Mandalorian
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Jose Mourinho Specialist in Draws

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Kane rested at the weekend?

      1. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Never

      2. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        He doesn’t get rested.

    • Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Worst match I’ve ever seen. Horrendous.

    • JJO
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Hahahaha and that is Lacazetes goal how???
      They really dont know anymore what they are doing

    • St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Any news on Arnautovic injurt? I'd reluctantly put up with him being out for next game or maybe 2 as I've got so many other problems to sort ha

      1. Eytexi
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Looks like he's out til new year. That's just what I've heard, may be rumour.

        1. St Pauli Walnuts
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Ouch! Really wish I hadn't spunked my WC early doors.

    • Mesh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      How bad was Trippiers injury?

    • Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      aaaand 2FTs made

    • THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone got a decent score?

      1. Dosh
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        What's the predicted average?

      2. Eytexi
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        69 after BAPS, happy.

      3. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        What is a decent score this week?

        This weeks bloody confusing

      4. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        63 dunno how d3cent

      5. Hits from the Bong
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        78 (-4) if Doherty gets his bap

      6. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        79 here

    • JasonG123
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Does the FPL discovery lives scores include autosubs?

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        No

    • KGFC
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Does anyone know why was Keane dropped? Injury or tactical?

    • GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Kun to Auba/Laca for -4?

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        I’m going to Laca.

        Auba due a rest, Laca back and raring to go.

        1. Pieterke30
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          Yeah but if he only gets to start for the HUD game then Im not interested.

          1. Zladan
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 6 months ago

            When he’s fit, Laca starts.

            He was being eased back in. Now he should start... and start up top alone.

    • Eytexi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Kane (C) payed off, but time to switch to Aubameyang? Based on tonight seems a step backwards, but looking at future fixtures and Auba's explosive nature and captain potential, still a good move, or no? And why?

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Lol ffs no, keep Kane.

      2. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Ha I was thinking of moving from Auba to Kane this week. Can see Auba benched this weekend and Kane is nailed.

      3. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        I’m going with both

      4. Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Auba might get benched

      5. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        I’m keeping Kane until at least January...fixtures too good and know he’ll play. Great captain option. Might lose hazard to get Aubameyang tho

      6. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Yes. I don't think it's not a good move

    • Bada Bing
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Trippier injured again? I was planning to get him in for useless Alonso after today, but I guess I have to shelf that for now.

    • FC Bazalona
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      How bad was Martial injury ??

      1. Dybala10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Hammy.

    • EgyptianKing
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      I mates.

      You think Mane will play on saturday?

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        I thought he’d be back for the match tonight, but turns out he got stitches. I’d say one more match off.

    • Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Old Rank: 44,760
      New Rank: 115,339

      😮

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Ooooooof. Condolences!