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Fantasy managers spared pains of Liverpool rotation at Leicester

Fantasy Premier League managers have been spared the pains of Jurgen Klopp’s rotation for the first fixture of Gameweek 4.

After promising that unchanged line-ups would soon be a thing of the past at Liverpool, Klopp has made just one alteration to the side that beat Brighton in Gameweek 3.

New signing Naby Keita (£7.5m) drops to the bench to allow club captain Jordan Henderson (£5.4m) to come back into the starting line-up.

The headline Fantasy options Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), Sadio Mané (£9.9m) and Andrew Robertson (£6.1m) have all kept their places.

The Reds remain heavily backed in this fixture with Salah still in 55 percent of teams, Mané in 37 percent and Robertson in 21 percent.

As a whole, the Liverpool defence is still popular for this trip to the King Power Stadium with Virgil van Dijk (£6.0m) in 18 percent of squads and 17 percent invested in Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.0m).

It appears that Demarai Gray (£5.5m) is leading the Leicester line in the absence of Jamie Vardy (£8.9m). Kelechi Iheanacho (£6.0m) drops to the bench.

Ricardo Pereira (£5.0m) has earned plenty of attention for playing in attacking midfield twice so far this season but he is deployed at right-back for this one.

LEICESTER CITY XI (4-4-1-1): Schmeichel; Chilwell, Morgan, Maguire, Pereira, Ghezzal, Ndidi, Mendy, Albrighton; Maddison; Gray.

LIVERPOOL XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, Van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold: Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner; Salah, Firmino, Mane

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2,543 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Fixture proof and points goldmine combo, what’s not to like....

  2. Sif
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Bugger

  3. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Didn't touch a Leicester player. Did it?

    1. Berbalove
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Attempted clearance from Leicester defender, hit Mane, which controlled it and scored. Not sure that's an assist.

    2. Ryan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      It did

  4. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Firmino is a waste of 9.5, never in the right spots.

    1. FISSH
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      He could have scored lol

      1. SirStevieG
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        And he missed, as usual.

    2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I think he has been playing deeper this season from GW1 though? Thought Klopp tweaked things with new arrivals.

  5. FISSH
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Liverpool fan

    Don't own Robertson or mane

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Emotional hedge, good for you.

  6. Darth_Krid
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    If Carlsberg did goals...

    1. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Lol

  7. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    I dunno, I just tend to look on the bright side of the fact at least Salah is taking these chances. Bound to happen that multiple will go in at some point. Even if he keeps returning 8-9pts, how can you argue with that consistency?

    1. Dyballer
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Unless you really really want Hazard, Salah AND Mane is the best way to go in midfield. For sure, don't give up on Salah

  8. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Kane G
    Mendy A

  9. Speédy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    How is that an assist?
    Big deflection

    1. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No

    2. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      What are you talking about?

  10. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    In years gone by that wouldn't be an assist but they're so lax with the assists these days.

    1. filip747
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No assist get some consitantsy if you count that as an assist you ruined the fun of the game. and the guy putting the points up should be fired.

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

    People actually sold Mane for a hit?! 😆

  12. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Very tight at the top of my league. Currently in 3rd place but people in 1st and 2nd don’t have Mane and I do!! Come on mane

  13. Parm
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Y'all acting like Hazard won't get a hat-trick later.

    1. Willmissudimitrypayet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Still think my move from mane to Haz for minus 4 was good, yes.

  14. FPL Touches
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Bloody hell, that’ll be another 3 BPs for Robbo then...

  15. J T
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    So my Robbo and Mane Vs my Rivals TAA & Salah 😀

  16. Yellin' in my Ear
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Aguero EO 84% or 183% in the top 10k. Don't expect a big rank boost, even if he scores a few

  17. Chandler Bing
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    I hate Robertson

  18. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    People thinking its not an assist 😆

    More tears, we want more tears!

    1. Berbalove
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I'm an owner, and I'm really not sure that's an assist.

  19. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Touch off the defender didn't materially affect things. Robbo assist.

  20. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Mane goal robbo assist!!! Welcome to Gameweek 4 !!! Resisted all week to do mane to hazard for minus 4!!! Can relax a bit already!!! Happy days!!!

    1. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Ditto - main fear was Mané blank and Hazard getting a few and managed to resist that -4

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Same here mate!!!! The play wanB and bench Ings decision backfired on me tho grrrr

  21. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Who needs Salah

  22. el polako
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    15 minutes into the game, time to ditch Salah for Mane ?

    1. RiskyBusiness
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Don’t knee jerk that quickly salah should of scored 5 minutes earlier

      1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        I suspect he’s being sarcastic.

  23. Fiona B
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Non Robbo owners in full on denial mode.

    1. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Meh. Maguire clearly kicked it off Mane. Technically it's an incomplete pass and an interception from Mane.

      1. Berbalove
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        This.

  24. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    People still convinced that Robbo isn't worth the extra cash over TAA then?

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      You get what you pay for.

  25. Texas Pete
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Mane again. Think a -4 for Bernado and Formino to Bernardo and Mitro could be an option.

  26. Totti
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    mane punished the sellers

    1. Distinctly Average
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No idea why people considered selling him personally. I’m still considering binging him in!

      1. Totti
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        i'm sticking with mane from the begining of the season

    2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I’ve never owned but have lived in fear since GW1. In these early days though there are still a lot of casuals playing so one blank GW inevitably leads to them ditching for somebody else they’ve been told is “essential”.

  27. 1zverGGadeM
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Andy Robbo is our 4th Forward

  28. Distinctly Average
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Damn, choosing salah over mane is really starting to sting!

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      The game is early... Salah can score twice in 10 minutes and did last season.

  29. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Flood gates to open?

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Robertson - Mane combination is a good way to start the gameweek

    1. All de Gea no iDier
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Not according to the BBC:

      "Andy Robertson has the ball on the left wing, who finds Sane in the middle. He manages to get it past the defender in the box before poking it past Kasper Schmeichel and into the back of the net."

      Looks like the Man City midfielder got the goal

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        🙂

      2. Fantastisk
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Lmao

      3. FPL_Gyarados
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Next they'll say Kane got the assist :p

      4. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Fair play to Sane, that shows real dedication to score in this match!