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No surprises as Spurs host Liverpool in Gameweek 5 opener

There were no big surprises as the team sheets came out for Gameweek 5’s opening fixture between Tottenham and Liverpool.

Despite fears that Reds manager Jurgen Klopp would rotate some of his big hitting Fantasy Premier League options, Jordan Henderson (£5.3m) was the only one to drop out.

Naby Keita (£7.4m) comes in while Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), Sadio Mané (£10.0m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.4m) all kept their places in the starting XI.

As expected, Michel Vorm (£4.9m) comes in for the injured Hugo Lloris (£5.5m) while Harry Winks (£5.5m) gets the nod with Dele Alli (£9.1m) out with a knock.

There is unlikely to be much captain interest in this fixture with both Salah and Harry Kane (£12.5m) backed by under 6% in our most recent poll for the armband.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR XI (4-2-3-1): Vorm, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Dembele, Winks, Eriksen, Lucas, Kane.

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

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1,767 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    He ain't no Rugby player

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

    Come on you military dodging beast, wipe that cleanie.

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

    Harry off Son on

  4. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    What's up with those funny lids on their bottles?

  5. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    I want Son in my team

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Whose son?

  6. Grounderz
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    A tap on the face, Firmino should back soon in no time.

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

      timing

  7. Oven Glover
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Mendy dropped

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

      TAA comes in. Spurs to score

    2. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      lol Bemba was right

  8. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Spurs looking lively? Need this Pool cleanie wiped asap.....

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

    Mendy too hungover to play.

  10. Cojones of Destiny
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    fraser starting yay

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

    Bobby injury

  12. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Lineup - Leicester starting line-up: Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Rachid Ghezzal, Nampalys Mendy, Jamie Vardy, James Maddison, Demarai Gray.
    Substitutes: Marc Albrighton, Christian Fuchs, Vicente Iborra, Jonny Evans, Danny Ward, Daniel Amartey, Kelechi Iheanacho

    Lineup - Bournemouth starting line-up: Asmir Begovic, Adam Smith, Diego Rico, Jefferson Lerma, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, David Brooks, Dan Gosling, Joshua King, Callum Wilson, Ryan Fraser.
    Substitutes: Lys Mousset, Jermain Defoe, Andrew Surman, Simon Francis, Jordon Ibe, Lewis Cook, Artur Boruc

    Lineup - Arsenal starting line-up: Petr Cech, Héctor Bellerín, Nacho Monreal, Matteo Guendouzi, Sokratis, Shkodran Mustafi, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Özil.
    Substitutes: Lucas Torreira, Mohamed Elneny, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Rob Holding, Danny Welbeck, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Bernd Leno

    Lineup - Newcastle starting line-up: Martin Dubravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Paul Dummett, Isaac Hayden, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernández, Matt Ritchie, Mohamed Diamé, Joselu, Ayoze Pérez, Jacob Murphy.
    Substitutes: Yoshinori Muto, Ciaran Clark, Jonjo Shelvey, Kenedy, Karl Darlow, Javier Manquillo, Salomón Rondón

    Lineup - Cardiff starting line-up: Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Joe Ralls, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Víctor Camarasa, Harry Arter, Danny Ward, Bobby Reid, David Junior Hoilett.
    Substitutes: Gary Madine, Brian Murphy, Greg Cunningham, Jazz Richards, Kenneth Zohore, Callum Paterson, Lee Peltier

    Lineup - Chelsea starting line-up: Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Marcos Alonso, Jorginho, David Luiz, Antonio Rüdiger, N'Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovacic, Olivier Giroud, Pedro, Eden Hazard.
    Substitutes: Davide Zappacosta, Willy Caballero, Andreas Christensen, Daniel Drinkwater, Álvaro Morata, Ross Barkley, Willian

    Lineup - Fulham starting line-up: Marcus Bettinelli, Cyrus Christie, Ryan Sessegnon, Kevin McDonald, Denis Odoi, Alfie Mawson, Jean Michael Seri, Stefan Johansen, Aleksandar Mitrovic, André Schürrle, Luciano Vietto.
    Substitutes: Fabri, Joe Bryan, Maxime Le Marchand, André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Calum Chambers, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Floyd Ayité

    Lineup - Man City starting line-up: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Fabian Delph, Fernandinho, Nicolás Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva, David Silva, Sergio Agüero, Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sané.
    Substitutes: John Stones, Ilkay Gündogan, Phil Foden, Arijanet Muric, Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Riyad Mahrez

    Lineup - C Palace starting line-up: Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Patrick van Aanholt, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Andros Townsend, Luka Milivojevic, Jordan Ayew, James McArthur, Wilfried Zaha.
    Substitutes: Joel Ward, Vicente Guaita, Max Meyer, Jairo Riedewald, Martin Kelly, Alexander Sørloth, Jeffrey Schlupp

    Lineup - Huddersfield starting line-up: Jonas Lössl, Rajiv van La Parra, Chris Löwe, Terence Kongolo, Christopher Schindler, Zanka, Florent Hadergjonaj, Aaron Mooy, Steve Mounie, Elias Kachunga, Philip Billing.
    Substitutes: Isaac Mbenza, Danny Williams, Alex Pritchard, Laurent Depoitre, Adama Diakhaby, Tommy Smith, Ben Hamer

    1. Oven Glover
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      No Morata. Glad I sold him.

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

      Bilva and Fraser!!

    3. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Tomkins!

    4. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks. Dammit Mendy.

    5. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Glad I've got a bench to handle no Mendy!

    6. BON
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks, but would be more helpful if you excluded their first names. Makes it harder to read.

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        You do it then...

    7. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Sane starts! No Mendy!!
      Struth.

    8. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Looks like Sane and Mendy could be in competition for a start after all.

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

      Cheers G

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        You're welcome 🙂

      2. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        assist?

        1. G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Stop spamming my posts with your crap. Thanks in advance.

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

            why so serious? 😀

  13. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    No Mendy :O :O :O

  14. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Team News: BOU vs LEI, CHE vs CAR, HUD vs CRY, MCI vs FUL, NEW vs ARS
    Referee: Craig Pawson,Jonathan Moss,Graham Scott,Stuart Attwell,Lee Probert

    BOU: Begovic, Adam Smith, Steve Cook, Aké, Rico, Gosling, Fraser, Lerma, Brooks, Wilson, King
    Subs: Boruc, Francis, Lewis Cook, Ibe, Surman, Mousset, Defoe

    LEI: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Ndidi, Ghezzal, Maddison, Mendy, Gray, Vardy
    Subs: Ward, Fuchs, Evans, Iborra, Albrighton, Amartey, Iheanacho

    CHE: Kepa, Alonso, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Rüdiger, Kanté, Kovacic, Jorginho, Giroud, Hazard, Pedro
    Subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Christensen, Barkley, Drinkwater, Willian, Morata

    CAR: Etheridge, Bennett, Bamba, Morrison, Ecuele Manga, Hoilett, Arter, Ralls, Camarasa, Ward, Reid
    Subs: Brian Murphy, Cunningham, Peltier, Jazz Richards, Paterson, Madine, Zohore

    HUD: Lössl, Kongolo, Schindler, Zanka, Hadergjonaj, Mooy, van La Parra, Billing, Löwe, Kachunga, Mounie
    Subs: Hamer, Smith, Pritchard, Mbenza, Williams, Depoitre, Diakhaby

    CRY: Hennessey, Sakho, Wan-Bissaka, van Aanholt, Tomkins, Zaha, Kouyaté, McArthur, Townsend, Milivojevic, Ayew
    Subs: Guaita, Ward, Schlupp, Kelly, Riedewald, Meyer, Sørloth

    MCI: Ederson, Delph, Otamendi, Laporte, Walker, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, Sané, Sterling, Agüero
    Subs: Muric, Stones, Zinchenko, Gündogan, Foden, Jesus, Mahrez

    FUL: Bettinelli, Sessegnon, Christie, Mawson, Odoi, Seri, Johansen, McDonald, Mitrovic, Schürrle, Vietto
    Subs: Fabri, Fosu-Mensah, Le Marchand, Chambers, Bryan, Zambo Anguissa, Ayité

    NEW: Dubravka, Fernández, Lascelles, Yedlin, Dummett, Hayden, Ritchie, Diamé, Murphy, Joselu, Pérez
    Subs: Darlow, Clark, Manquillo, Shelvey, Kenedy, Muto, Rondón

    ARS: Cech, Bellerín, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Ramsey, Lacazette, Aubameyang, Özil
    Subs: Leno, Holding, Lichtsteiner, Mkhitaryan, Torreira, Elneny, Welbeck

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

      Thanks, much easier to read this way.

  15. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    no mendy

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Mendy starts ... For Leicester

  16. CostaCoffee
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    No Mendy

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

    Fraser!

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

      Awesome!

  18. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    ferk!!!

  19. HNI
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Will have not much fear removing Salah after Soton. His intensity has surely decreased. No way worth 13mn. At best 11 so if that 2mn can be used wisely no worries as Haz amd kun good captains

  20. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    No Mendy means another Boly 8 pointer off the bench...hopefully

  21. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Double Silva. Woop!

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

    No Mendy as expected

  23. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    why is mendy playing for leicester city?

  24. Desperately Seeking Dusan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Well Mkhi, you’ve certainly punished the err... holders.

  25. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    No Mendy. Ffs

  26. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Mkhi benched again, glad I got rid

  27. CostaCoffee
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Good news Hazard owners (and cappers) Giroud starts

  28. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    No Mendy means Bellerin autosubs in :l

  29. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Yep Mendy dropped. That’s good for the game. Let people sell 🙂

    TAA to score now I hope

  30. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Was there talk of Mendy not playing? How come?

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

      Seen out in a nightclub last night.

    2. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Seen in bar by blue moon forum member last night apparently

    3. HNI
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      He must have had a hangover today as he drank a lot last night

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

        Dont blame him with 100k£ a week. I would probably retire by 25 and invest the saved money and relax lol

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

      Yes plenty