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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 Login to Post a Comment
  1. trikster102
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    God damn Southampton getting a goal. I've only got 4 clean sheets from my goal keepers this season.

  2. Tsparkes10
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    68 pre baps... probs around 78 after baps. Buzzzinnnn 🙂 hopefully green arrows but sat at 4500 ish so be difficult

    1. Richd
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      You picked up well after yesterday ! 64 for me. 0 from alonso and Arnie. Doherty benched.

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers. I also benched Doh as my 3rd spot

    2. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Ragabolly is your friend

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Slightly confused

    3. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      90 points! how did that happen... livefpl shows a jump to top 8k

      1. Hits from the Bong
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Now that’s a good score. Well played

    4. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Nice subtle brag :

      1. Team17
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Think they've earned it

        1. Tsparkes10
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Hahaha exactly 😉

      2. Tsparkes10
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I try my best

    5. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      71(-4) here. Lost 8pts on Capping Salah over Kane but really shouldn’t complain. My worst aspect was the back row who all played but mustered 6 points between 4 including Alonso 0 and Duffy -2

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        8 points?? Surely more?

        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Oops you’re right. I’m tired and in a daze after this crazy GW! I lost 16 on Cap choice 🙁
          Turns out I should’ve been a sheep after all

  3. waltzingmatildas
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    WC activated, how does it look?
    Fabianski hamer
    TAA Digne Doherty Cedric awb
    Sane dilva siggy Anderson fraser
    Kane aubameyang Wilson

    1. mdm
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Really very good

  4. Rash
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    My 24hr stint in the top 500 is now over. Going auba over Kane this week didn't pay off..

  5. ABCDEFC
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Which option?
    A) Rudiger and Sane
    B) Schindler and Sterling

  6. jam
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Anderson & Son
    Fraser & Sane
    ?

  7. TAT
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Digne make it through the game alright? Need to make my moves tonight.

  8. Stevecat
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Rondon and lacazette (-4) for arnie and Wilson??

    1. mdm
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Just arnie rondon

  9. Strchld
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Martial or Trippier injured?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Looks that way.

  10. The Train Driver
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    With Holding injured, Emery going back to 4 in the back making Kolasinac a not so good pick again? Guess TAA it is!!!

    1. lugs
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      he can play Mavropanos or Kosc or Monreal when they're ready so don't rule him out just yet

  11. JohnnyMagrinho
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Only 9 defenders scored more than 2 points this GW.

    Surely thats a record low in FPL?

    Crazy.

    Also lovely is Doherty coming off my bench for some nice points.

    1. Konig Luther
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      up that to 10 if digne gets a bonus point

    2. elchilangles
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      and a third of them are Huddersfield players!!!

  12. Champions united
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Richa or anderson

  13. Lallama
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Doherty's 6 pointer not coming off the bench is a bummer. But still, a great week, 78 all out.

  14. FPL99
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Who's the best 4.5m midfielder to get would you say had Hudson-Odoi but now have some free cash so can actually get a playing 5th Mid?

  15. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Absolute madness this GW!

    Expecting more rotation during the weekend

  16. Dickie1898
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    79 all out. Nice recovery from a gw13 nightmare! Up to 5k.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      just over 6k here, nice

    2. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Rollercoaster this GW. Was OR6k a few weeks ago, 12k last week, 20k last night and had 4 non starters at 19.45 + Arnie. Now predicted OR7375. Breaking the school night rule as we speak.

    3. Regin
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      i havent got even half those points!

  17. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Laca(C) this weekend. G’nite

    1. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I just did Lacca in for Arnie... pray he start.

      1. Zladan
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        There is time to sleep on it as neither falling nor rising anytime soon.

        But I’ll be doing the same for free.

    2. mdm
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Auba

      1. Zladan
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Don’t be surprised if Auba benched v Huddersfield.

  18. FlockofSeagulls
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    If bonus stay as they are I got 72 (-12) and dropped roughly 2k places.

    I expected a drop to set my team up for the fixture swing so I think overall I'm happy with that. Could have been worse after rage transferring. 😆

  19. Amey
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    4.4m defender ??
    Please help guys !!
    Its 3.40 am here 😛
    I am doing a -8 transfer.
    39 points this gw was ...........

    1. Pieterke30
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Schindler I told ya

      1. Amey
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Schindler or Zanka ??
        What do you say mate
        Thank you for response 🙂

        1. Pieterke30
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Schindler more bonus less yellows

  20. thischarmingman
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Livefpl projects top 4K - wc still in hand. Sweeet

  21. Ghost Gooner
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    24 points > 0.3 price rise 😎

  22. Nightf0x
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    How is martial's injury?

    1. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      He ll be out this weekend.... looked like hamstring

  23. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    2 points dropped and awful gameweek in general. Meh.

  24. Pooodle
    • 17 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    First -4 of the year. Goodbye Aguero, Gudmundsson and Hazard.

    Hello Kane (c), Sané and Fraser and 43 points. Turning into a good week despite all the rotation.

  25. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    50 all out ... last 3 GWs have been horrible

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Similar here. Fecking rubbish game

      1. Chucky
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        This.

    2. grumpyman
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      That's dead on the top 10k average. If that's your definition of a terrible gameweek your good ones must be amazing!

    3. Tempestic
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Same

  26. Henning
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    No Need to waste a transfer for Richarlison in for Sigurdsson right?

  27. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Zero clean sheets!

  28. Nigawan
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Who should I replace Arnie with ?

    a) Lucas perez
    b) chicharito
    c) Murray
    d) Jimenez
    e) others

    1. Sergeant Slaughter
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      D

    2. mdm
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      C injured, so D imo

  29. KJT123
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    92 all out 🙂

    1. Arteta
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Congrats!

    2. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      90 for me 🙂

  30. antis0cial
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnie / Hazard to

    a) Kane / Fraser
    b) Kane / Snodgrass
    c) other 6.5 max mid
    d) Wilson / Sterling