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. Gonna mesut up
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Never a yc for Bellerin, the rest of the calls have been okay but I think he got talked into that one.

    1. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I think he's trying to slow the game down

      1. Gonna mesut up
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Hmm.... maybe, I think he was just going for the ball and miscued. See about 10 of those every match.

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

    Damn it!! Now taa will get jammy 6 points and my ml rival has him! This is what can make or break the ml. Such pure luck for him!

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

      Game hasn’t finished yet ?

    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Well it’s not luck. He was unlucky to be benched and then started.

      Less chance for BAPS.

      CONCLUSION: your rivals unlucky. You’re a whinger.

    3. Big Ping
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      6 points? More like 15 when he bangs in a 40 yard winner 2nd half 😀

    4. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Let's hope for a Burnley masterclass.

  3. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Matic is such a scuzzy tramp

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

    Place your bets for a red card or two

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

    Come on you damn Gabonese poacher. Please.

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

    De Gea not going to let Pickford upstage him...

  7. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    So glad I chose Auba as my captain this week. Mr Invisible hahaha. Disaster of a week so far

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      strange choice

      1. The Big Fella
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Not really. Goalkeeper that wants to leave and his performances this season show it, half of the defence in the physio room or were 50-50 for this match, beaten by mediocre teams this season already, more public comments about his team by Mourinho yesterday in the press, good performance by Arsenal at the weekend.....

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

    Can we just cancel this damn gameweek?

    Fabianski pen save was peak and it's been completely downhill since.

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

      Dude you are on 32 points with more to come ... better than most

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

        eh.
        It's frustrating when my players don't score and the ones I was planning on getting do, innit

        1. Big Ping
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Why didn't you get the ones you were planning on getting?

    2. Ole.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Totally agree!

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

    Son looking very good

    1. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Good... convert to points please

  10. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Matic thinks he's playing rugby. Utd too crap to play fairly.

  11. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    How WH will lineup without Arnie? Is he out for long?

    1. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Until after Xmas likley.

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Difficult to know. Antonio might take up Arnie's spot or Lucas Perez might

    3. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Chicharito assured game time hopefully

    4. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Chicharito lone striker gw10 when he was out last time, Perez could partner him up top though

  12. 420king
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Rojo with another YC foul but refs fail to see it. Ramsey injured looks to be out.

  13. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    I like Ragabolly's site - live rank update is very good

    https://www.livefpl.net/rank

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      only when youre doing well 😀

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Don't wanna know

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

      1,717 here

    4. Wheyyyy
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Down from 33k two GWs ago to 96k live rank! Horrible lol

  14. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Getting Kamara off my bench haha what a time to be alive.

  15. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Rambo injurying himself trying to foul Matic

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

    Aubameyang with 10 touches, immense!

  17. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    anybody watching Tottenham how they play ? Is Kane good ?

  18. Top 210 Club
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Ideal gw would be... Another Kane goal, Salah getting a 1 pointer and a Burnley goal!

  19. Ligdon
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Digne already created two big chances woth no assist 🙁

  20. TaiwanHC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Do you guys expect Sane to rise tonight?

    1. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      nope... only 1 close is filipe anderson tonight..

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

        Thanks

  21. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    this is proper shite GW tbh

    1. Ole.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Proper shite

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

    Son or Eriksen looking worth it on WC?

  23. Ghost Gooner
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal passing so much better than under Wenger

  24. Yome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Kane (Lei) or Auba (HUD) captain?

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

      Auba obvs

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

        From the bench?

    2. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Auba rested surely? Laca (C)

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

      Wouldn't be surprised if Auba is benched

    4. Dosh
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Auba may not even start.

  25. Releasebreaks
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    That Liverpool team sure will not score, Salah to come in

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

      and score a couplle, hopefully

  26. JWilson3
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Can't believe I'm seriously considering Rondon as my Arnie replacement, so Rafa brought in Rondon...

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

      same
      although might do Wilson

  27. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Sucsess or Kamara as 3rd striker in a 3-5-2?

    1. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Kamara. Saves 0.3 and will get more chances under Ranieri it seems.

  28. Doctor Evil
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Is there a chance TAA can still get points for a clean sheet and 2pts for 60mins if he came on at 23 mins? Could with extra time no?

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

      Extra time doesn’t count

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

      🙂

    3. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      If Liv keep a clean sheet he will get 6 points.

    4. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      see me 4/10

    5. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      maths not your strong point?

    6. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      90 minus 23 = 67

    7. Ray In Bruges.
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I don't believe extra time gets counted for fantasy purposes but I might be wrong.

    8. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Lol

  29. Ray In Bruges.
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Pick one of each

    A) Kane
    B) Auba

    1) Chica
    2) Mitro
    3) Perez

    1. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Auba and Mitro

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

      Auba mitro

    3. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      B1

    4. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      A1

    5. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Auba good chance of rest this weekend.

    6. Bialystrzelec
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      A2

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

    Ffs hoijberg post? What a story that would have been. 3rd on the bench and will be making an appearance no doubt

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      noooo!! He hit the post? 1st sub for me, for Sterling, Mane or Lacazette, take your pick.