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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. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial G
    Herrera A

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

    Martial LAW

  3. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ville Ronka has Kamara

    LEGEND!!!

  4. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    MARTIALLLLLLLLLLLLLLM

  5. palace ash
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kamara essential

  6. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    FFS I'm shite at this

  7. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial!!!

  8. Zebrahimović
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial! Thank god I kept him!

  9. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    That ball went out for a goal kick

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial G
    Herrera A

  11. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Dive

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial owners know! Geniuses!

  13. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    martial

  14. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Herrera assist

  15. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial essentialllll

  16. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Yes Martial.

  17. waitinginthelonggrass
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Mitro or Wilson in for Arnie?

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I’ve got Wilson so getting Mitro.

  18. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    MARTIALLLLL FINALLLLYYYYYYY CHUCKY IN SEMI HEAVEN

  19. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial!

  20. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial goallllll

  21. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial Sellers 🙂

  22. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial on WC? Ooooo

  23. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fml.
    Salah (c)
    No Kane yet
    No Richarlison yet
    Arnie
    Robbo

  24. Az
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I bloody love this week! lol

  25. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    LETS GO MARTIAL MY BOYYYYYYYY

  26. The Wise Owl
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial owner as an Arsenal fan, ouch.

  27. Crouching Tiger
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Subbed Martial out for Fanderson. Feels bad man.

  28. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Yes Martial

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

    Herrera was offside

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He was 😐

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah. And absolutely given an advantage due to it!

  30. Babit1967
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Omg Kane c
    Martial
    Richarlison
    Hazard