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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. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Would Brooks to Fraser in the future be sideways?

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Double top wow

    2. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      No

    3. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Fraser deffo an updated for me mate I have ended up with both

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

        *upgrade

    4. QUEN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      I like brooks personally

  2. AVFCChris1984
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    A) Sterling + 4.9 DEF
    B) Sane + Premium DEF

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

      a imo

  3. cjhewitt92
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Is it worth selling Salah or Hazard to bring in Kane

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Sell Salah imo

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

      yes probably salah more so

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

      Don't think salah justifies his price. Kane probably doesn't either but at least he's cheaper, is nailed, and there are nice 9m mids to replace salah.

  4. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Spent my FT on Duffy to Balbuena. Anything here worth a -4?

    Patricio
    Balbuena // Digne // Yedlin
    Fanderson // Hazard // Martial // Sterling // Richarlison
    Kane // Auba (C)

    4 // AWB // Bennett // Success

    0.4itb

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Good team

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Well Martial unlikely to play and I wouldn’t be confident captaining Auba

  5. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    City to destroy Chelsea this weekend?

    Also, how’d Auba look tonight?

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

      Nah, Luiz will be back in, Emerson too hopefully

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

        Luiz isn't exactly known for his defensive prowess...

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Aguero hattrick would be sweet!

    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Missed a great chance, quiet otherwise

    4. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling is gonna have so much fun.

    5. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah this is tough

      Sterling or auba

      Sterling defo starts - Chelsea look out of sorts

      Is auba benched...

    6. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Chelsea 4-3 win

      1. QUEN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        This would be juicy hazard/Alonso score 4 - sane score 3

        Perfect

    7. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      I thought Auba looked class on the ball. Could have had a couple chances. All of what I saw of the game looked a bit frenetic. Very unlike the Spurs match.

  6. FPL_DON
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Patricio Hazard Arnie > Hamer F Anderson Kane -8?

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Don’t think Kane will play next gw

      1. HonestBlatter
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Why is this?

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

        On what basis?

      3. FPL_DON
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        nah i think he will bro, im a spurs fan too

  7. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    That martial injury complicates matters. There's always something....

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

      look serious?

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Blessing in disguise for owners. Benchings/blanks were always going to happen.

    3. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Keep or sell?

      1. HonestBlatter
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Sell

  8. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Start one of

    A) Mitrovic
    B) alonso
    C) AWB

  9. abaalan
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Do I pull the WC on this lot? Honestly pretty happy with team but when else to use it...

    Fab / Pat
    Alonso / Robertson / Doherty / Wan-B / Diop
    Salah / Sane / RIcharlison / Gudmunssen / Paterson
    Kane / Wilson / Arnie

    Probably looking to offload Arnie, Alonso, Gudmunssen, Salah, Paterson at least on wc

  10. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Best option?

    A) Auba + Digne 442
    B) Wilson + Laca 343

  11. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Mane+Arnie->Schurrle+Auba (-4)?
    Planning to (C) Auba vs HUD, Mane falling tonight.

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

    Arnie replacement:

    A Mitrovic
    or
    B Rashford
    ?

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      a

    2. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      A

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Chicharito?

    4. QUEN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      A.

      I would consider other options though

  13. Tempestic
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Start Bennet or Balbuena next gw?

    1. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      As a Bennett owner, I'd say Balbuena

      1. Tempestic
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Haha, thanks 🙂

  14. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Fab, Foster
    Robbo, Alonso, Wan-B, Doherty, Bednarek
    Sterling, Fraser, Hazard, Rich, Gunnarsson
    Kane, Wilson, Arnie
    1FT, 1.0itb, WC available

    1) Arnie > Chicharito (then WC in gw17)
    1) Arnie, Haz > Auba; Bilva (-4)
    2) Arnie, Haz > Auba; FAnderson (-4)
    3) Arnie, Haz > Auba; Siggy (-4)
    4) Arnie, Haz > Laca; Sané (-4)

    1. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      All good options! I'm probably going to do 1 but very tempted to do 2.

  15. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Ditching Kane last year at Christmas really hurt me, not bringing him in this festive period looks like it'll do the same.

    Is he actually playing well though? I've seen precious few Spurs games and last I saw he was looking really laboured still.

    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Sounds like the makings of a George Micheal Christmas No.1

  16. BBC_TF
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Need to free up some funds for auba. What is the best route?

    A/ Robbo (injured) -> TAA (may be nailed if gomez is injured
    Or
    B/ Alonso (bad form/good xmas fixtures) -> Laporte (i have no city defender right now and he just got rested)

    Cheers

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      B

  17. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts on this wc team.
    Fabianski Steele
    Taa kolasinac digne Doherty Schindler
    Hazard sane sigurdsson richarlison Anderson
    Kane auba kamara

    0.2 itb

    Could have gone mitro but strikers have trolled me all season.For gw22 after the busy period over will get sterling for auba
    Thoughts?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Like it other than Kola

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      OK although no Sterling? Rather have Sterling over Hazard and double Everton midfielders bit risky- Richarlison to Fraser

      Is Kolasinac nailed?

      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Hazard will match sterling over next 5 IMO and then will get sterling through auba if sterling maintains form.I won't be capping sterling so I feel no point having him with fixtures congested

      2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 6 months ago

        Kolasinac has been great last 3 matches and Emery has switched to 3 atb I think .He is anyways a short-term punt due to fixtures

        1. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 6 months ago

          How will Holding out and imminent return of Koscielny and Monreal effect Kolas starts?

  18. JCrosbie
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Narrowed it down;

    Please vote;

    1. Erikson
    Or
    2. Felipe A

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      1

    2. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      1 easily if you have the funds

  19. UKG
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Arnie to Wilson obvious move?

    1. CroatianHammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      For my part, I went with Lucas Perez, the immediate swap in the XI itself. Figured he played well, the team is winning more than they're losing right now, so why not...

  20. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Captain next week

    A Sterling ( rested and away to Chelsea)

    B Aubameyang ( played full game v mun and now home to Huddersfield)

    1. Ohh1454
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Same dilemma myself currently on sterling

  21. SuperDan
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Is Aguero back for the weekend?

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

    For next week:
    A) Sané
    B) Richarlison

    On a Wildcard. Don't won't to lose Richarlison this weekend, but fine for the two afterwards.

    And also, reckon Anderson is better than Richarlison for the time being?

    1. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Are you on WC or not? For only next week I'd go Richarlison but on WC I'd go Sané

  23. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Those who go for Auba over Kane LoL

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Thanks

    2. camarozz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      You won't be saying that nxt week. Lol

  24. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    1) Arnie -> Rondon

    2) Salah + Arnie -> Eriksen + Auba (-4)

  25. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Auba + Laca overkill??

    Salah➡️Sterling
    Arnie➡️ Laca. - 4

  26. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone considering getting Kun back in if confirmed fit?

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

      Yup

    2. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Of course. Not yet though, will let Auba score some points first.

    3. Long ball Larry
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 6 months ago

      Not until the new year

  27. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Poch on Trippier's groin injury: "It will be a long period for him suffering this type of problem. But I don't believe it's a big thing. It's only he needs to start to accept that situation and live with sometimes some pain and play

  28. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    Jimenez too me from 54 to 62. A big difference this week.

  29. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    WC this team or wait another week and just do Salah + Arnie -> Sterling + Kane (-4)?

    Fabs Hamer
    Alonso Robertson* Doherty AWB Duffy*
    Salah Richarlison F.Anderson Fraser Camarasa
    Arnie* Aula Murray*

  30. Long ball Larry
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 6 months ago

    What do people think about Lucas perez’s Playing time over Christmas with Arnie out? Straight swap or featuring from the bench with Chico the main man?

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

      I worry about West Hams attacking rotation.