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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. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hope TAA comes on and gets a jammy CS!

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

      Why would he?

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

        Gomez injured

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

    Kaaaaannnnnnee

  3. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Wow Had Gomez 🙁

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

    Moves confirmed

  5. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Auba over Kane fail ffs

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Early days yet.

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

    Kane goal. Wildcard is a sucess 😀 😀

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

    HARRYYYYYYYYY

  8. The Left Duke #3
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Gomez injured TAA coming on, come on now clean sheet for the pool hooooooooooold

  9. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Harry G

  10. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Kane (c) get in.

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

    Eriksen assist ffs

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

    Stop the clocks. Get TAA on.

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

      Lol

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

    Lets go Kane and Hazard!

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

    Kane.. why you do this

  15. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Come om Kane need a hatty

  16. BIG BOY BRUNO
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    YES!!!

  17. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    TAA in this is my LUCKY day

  18. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    I have every game live on my cable. Spoiled for choice

  19. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    What a GW!

    Salah will come on to miss a pen at this rate

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

      This

  20. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    TAA owners lucky af.

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

      This

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

      As a triple no - starting Pool owner it's the least I deserve so nah nah boo nah to you.

  21. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Eriksen essential?

  22. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Harry Kane you absolute gent

    *Tips Cap*

  23. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    TAA on before 31 🙁

  24. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    What happened to Gomez?

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

      Clattered an advertising board

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

        Bad injury?

  25. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Eriksen 3 assists in a row

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

    TAA on for cleanie too. This is nice

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

    OMG KING. KANE HAS CHOKESLAMED NON OWNERS THROUGH THE SPANISH ANNOUNCE TABLE !!

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      You ok?

    2. The Left Duke #3
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Love it JR

  28. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    🙁 oh how the tables have turned since yesterday. I was riding high on cloud BOU. Salah (c) and Kane (v). Pretty sure every one of my rivals capped Kane. Lol

  29. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    TTA coming on for Gomez

  30. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    2 FT to get Kane (c)