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Focus on Liverpool assets as Alexander-Arnold misses out

All eyes focus on Liverpool as they host Crystal Palace among today’s 3pm Premier League matches.

Mohamed Salah (£13.5m) is by far the most-captained player of the Gameweek, with just under two million Fantasy managers handing him the armband.

He starts at Anfield today, alongside his usual attacking team-mates Sadio Mané (£9.5m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.3m).

Despite suggestions he could be involved against Palace, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.2m) was absent from the matchday squad through injury.

As expected, James Milner (£5.6m) fills in at right-back, so it will be interesting to see if that alters Salah’s recent involvement in Liverpool penalties.

Visitors Palace do indeed start with Julian Speroni (£3.9m) in goal, as Roy Hodgson opts for 4-3-3 once again, Wilfried Zaha (£6.7m) and Andros Townsend (£5.8m) flanking Jordan Ayew (£.5.7m)

Elsewhere, Callum Wilson (£6.5m) returns to the Bournemoutb line-up, while Andy Carroll (£5.4m) leads the West Ham line in the absence of Marko Arnautovic (£6.9m).

Marcus Rashford (£7.6m) and Paul Pogba (£8.6m) both start for Manchester United as they host Brighton, who have lined up with Glenn Murray (£6.3m) in the starting XI, a slightly uncommon occurence for away matches.

Oumar Niasse (£5.0m) makes his Cardiff debut starting up front alongside Callum Paterson (£5.1m) as the Bluebirds visit Newcastle.

Danny Ings (£5.5m) returns to the Southampton side, as Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (£4.4m) comes back into central midfield.

The Saints are set to host an Everton line-up featuring Richarlison (£6.9m) at centre-forward, Ademola Lookman (£5.1m) deployed on the right-wing again.

Bournemouth XI: Boruc; Clyne, Cook, Aké, Smith; Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Fraser; King, Wilson.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Noble, Rice; Antonio, Nasri, Felipe Anderson; Carroll.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Milner, Matip, VVD, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Keita, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Crystal Palace XI: Crystal Palace XI: Speroni; Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, van Aanholt; Kouyaté, Milivojevic, McArthur; Townsend, Ayew, Zaha.

Man United XI: De Gea; Young, Jones, Lindelöf, Shaw; Herrera, Matic; Lingard, Pogba, Martial; Rashford.

Brighton XI: Button; Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bong; Groß, Stephens, Pröpper; March, Locadia; Murray.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Yedlin, Schär, Lascelles, Lejeune, Ritchie; Ayoze Pérez, Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu; Rondón.

Cardiff XI: Etheridge; Peltier, Ecuele Manga, Bamba, Bennett; Mendez-Laing, Ralls, Camarasa, Hoilett; Paterson, Niasse.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bednarek, Stephens, Vestergaard; Valery, Højbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Targett; Redmond, Ings.

Everton XI: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne; André Gomes, Gueye; Lookman, Sigurdsson, Bernard; Richarlison.

Watford XI: Foster; Kiko Femenía, Kabasele, Mariappa, Holebas; Cleverley, Capoue; Sema, Pereyra; Deulofeu, Deeney

Burnley XI: Heaton; Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, McNeil; Barnes, Wood.

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2,432 Comments Post a Comment
  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Get out of my team Richarlison you waste of time

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      cool kids did it this week and before

      1. piquiblanco
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Cool kids and their -12s each week. Smh

    2. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Who you bringin in Bem

  2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    What’s Fraser looked like?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Short and stocky

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Stocky

    3. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Little blonde, about 4”9.

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      A cube

    5. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Traded his neck in for a mars bar.

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Any chance Etheridge could save a pen?

  4. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    At this rate, Kaku is probably going back to Everton.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Actually think Fellaini up front would be ideal for them. Can hold it up and would be a good target for Digne, Coleman and Siggy crosses

  5. Jon Snow
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Pogba (C) gamble not going to plan

    1. Whats the Huth
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Crazy gamble in the form salah is in

      1. Jon Snow
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Looked great 47 mins in, learned my lesson the hard way

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      at least he didn't blank

  6. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Fabinho hammy dead

  7. Whats the Huth
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Anderson and Richarlison are very disappointing. Time to shift them. But to who?

    1. InSaneMan-e
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      own both too.
      but i also want auba for cardiff at home...
      im leaning toward rich out

      1. Whats the Huth
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Hudds next. Anderson first to go

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Richarlison to Jota

      FAnderson up to Son when he comes vack

      1. Whats the Huth
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Might hold rich for these fixtures. Then Him to son seems the way to go

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

    Salah pissing away BPS

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      10 pts above Firm right now

      1. Robson-Canoe
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        and match winning goal

  9. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Lollana on

    1. Licky
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Oh god.

  10. Top 210 Club
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Really hate Salah

    1. I'm out of name ideas
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I hate mushrooms.

    2. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Racist

  11. FPL Dakes
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Cmon Pogba cmon

  12. Bubz
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Getting Bednarek 9 pointer in for Shaw. I’m the luckiest manager going

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Need Kun rest. Ha.

    2. Not again Shirley
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Lol I am getting Digne as my autosub for Shaw.

      Can’t think of the last time I had any luck with players coming in from bench!

    3. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Didn't you say you were the unluckiest before kickoff? 😆

  13. Alli 3',17',64�…
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Banana coming on

  14. maurorodi00
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    2 questions
    Sell kiko feminiabfor digne
    Or quaner to ings or arna ? (Ings will play next match ?

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Digne either gets a great score or a really terrible one

    No in-between

    1. FPL Dakes
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      This, blood diffcult owning him. Will ride the wave for now...

  16. Sánchez
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    My WC defence

    Alisson ... 1
    Bego ... Benched (0)
    Digne ... OG, -1
    Pereira ... -1
    Shaw ... ill (0)
    Doherty ... Bench (1)

    Last sub ... Bednarek (9)

    1. Bubz
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Ughhhh

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Oh 🙁

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      That is one awful defence though

      1. Sánchez
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Alisson plus 3 of Shaw/Digne/Doherty/Pereira most weeks would do well

        1. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          You ain’t going to get many cleans sheets out of that lot though, looks like you have gone for attacking returns ?

          1. Sánchez
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Very much aye

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      You win 😎

    5. tm245
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Ouch.

    6. Midlands Saint73
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Bednarek is on everyone's bench at least.

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Come on Everton one goal please, not hard is it?

  18. Podge
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Rashford gets a knee to knee deadener

  19. Numb
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Milner OFF

  20. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Milner red

  21. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Digne ( -1 ) and Bednarek ( 9 ) on bench, group hug

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      o/

  22. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Milner red card

  23. Tasty Jerk
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Milner red, another bad tackle

  24. Niho992
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Who will win more points what you think
    A:Alonso and Hazard
    B:Kolasinac and Auba

    ???

  25. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Milner sent off

  26. bialk
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Salah back on PK now.

  27. kaneishungry
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    MILNER RED!!!!!

  28. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Rash down

  29. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Milner RC, penalties back for Mo.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Games almost over tho

  30. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Milner off, who are they gonna play RB now?

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

      Rush back TAA and he'll get injured further.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      TAA, Fabinho, Gomez