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Six Premier League matches take place at 15:00 GMT today and there was mixed news for Fantasy owners upon the release of the teamsheets an hour before kick-off.

The good news for those FPL managers backing Liverpool’s most-owned assets is that Jurgen Klopp has named perhaps the strongest side available to him, with Xherdan Shaqiri joining Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino in a 4-2-3-1 for the for the visit of Newcastle United.

Trent Alexander-Arnold returns from injury to start, while Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk also make Klopp’s starting XI.

The 11.7% of Fantasy managers who own Anthony Martial were left disappointed, however, as the Frenchman misses out on the visit of Huddersfield Town through illness.

Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford all start, however.

Richarlison drops to the bench for the first time this season as Marco Silva deploys a wing-back system for the trip to Turf Moor, though Lucas Digne keeps his place.

Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane line up either side of Sergio Aguero for Manchester City as Riyad Mahrez once again has to make do with a place among the substitutes, while there is a start for Kevin De Bruyne in central midfield.

Kyle Walker drops to the bench as Danilo starts at right-back, while Leicester City are unchanged.

Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Christian Eriksen all start for Spurs at Wembley, meanwhile, though Dele Alli fails to recover from a hamstring injury and Kieran Trippier is rotated to the bench.

Ryan Fraser returns to the Bournemouth starting XI as Josh King makes way.

Rafael Benitez and Neil Warnock have made six and five changes to their sides respectively, with Salomon Rondon and Callum Paterson among the casualties.

Jeffrey Schlupp drops out of the Crystal Palace XI as Cheikhou Kouyate returns.

Sean Dyche sticks with a 5-3-2 for the visit of Everton, while David Wagner has made three changes to his team for the trip to Old Trafford.

Burnley XI: Hart, Lowton, Gibson, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick, Barnes, Vokes.

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Zouma, Mina, Coleman, Gomes, Sigurdsson, Digne, Walcott, Calvert-Lewin, Bernard.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Meyer, McArthur, Kouyaté, Zaha, Townsend.

Cardiff City XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Ecuele Manga, Bennett, Harris, Camarasa, Ralls, Hoilett, Reid.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Choudhury, Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Vardy, Maddison.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Danilo, Stones, Laporte, Delph, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Sane, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Shaqiri, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Diame, Hayden, Kenedy, Muto, Joselu.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelöf, Jones, Shaw, Fred, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Rashford.

Huddersfield Town XI: Lössl, Kongolo, Zanka, Schindler, Hadergjonaj, Durm, Billing, Mbenza, Depoitre, Pritchard, Kachunga.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Foyth, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lucas, Son, Kane.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic, Francis, S Cook, Aké, Daniels, Brooks, Lerma, Surman, Fraser, Stanislas, Wilson.

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  1. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Richarlison is gonna be subbed on isn't he... No AWB jam

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yep. Probably for 15/20 mins to keep him ticking over.

    2. Lemongrab
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Hopefully early enough to take advantage of this awful Burnely defence

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

      In the same boat...got Digne waving at me from 1st bench with no-one else in my team bothering to do anything 🙁

  2. Tshelby
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Really hoping on a no show of Richarlison or Alonso

  3. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    I swear to god both Digne and Lovren were my top targets however last week crazy GW made me knee jerk

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah I was going to get KWP and captain him

      • Grounderz
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        No need for you to swear. No need for you to show us what you guessed. We all look at actions/ results.

    2. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Son literally dummied Simon Francis into breaking his knee ligament by the looks of it.

    3. We ain't got no histor…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Why no assist for lindelof lads?

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Should be an assist if he touched it.

        1. We ain't got no histor…
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Didn't he?? I think he headed it

          1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Then it was cleared off line before matic turned it in

    4. Saka Punch
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Anyone watching city game? How are sterling and sane playing?

      1. CloudSky
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Sane pretty involved with some good runs. Sterling is shite

        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Pretty much this.

        2. SHOOTER MCGINN
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Got Sterling in for a hit not long ago now seems like he's the one to ditch...

      2. The 5% Team
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Sane looking lively indeed
        Think Sterling might be rested again this weekend, to be fully ready for Liverpool

    5. Maddamotha
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      All these goals and no points

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        same

    6. Dacra
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Sold Son.

      3/4 cleanies gone.

      No goals or assists.

      Yo ho ho.

      1. Lemongrab
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Why on earth would you sell Son before Bournemouth at home?

        1. Dacra
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Stupidity.

      2. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        But why?

    7. GE
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      All the players I transfer in gets injured/ill 🙁

      Last 3 GW transfers:
      GW17: Vertonghen in (injured, Spurs clean sheet the next GWs)
      GW18: Chica in (injured, played though)
      This GW: Martial in (ill)

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Who will you get next?

      2. FPL DONKEY
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Let me know who you're transferring in next week. Might be useful information 🙂

        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          🙂

    8. Manani
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      is this the last GW I can use my WC? (as in I have to activate my WC now?)

      1. MTPockets
          7 years, 3 months ago

          yes

        • Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          use it or lose it

        • Weilong7
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          yep... deadline on 29 Dec.. u can choose to use or let it be..
          i had my WC still as well..

        • Grounderz
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yes, you must activate your wildcard before the start of GW20.

      2. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Don’t be a tease, AWB!

      3. Winners900
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Is Sterling worth 1.8m more than Sane?

        Does not look like it

        1. Black Knights
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Never was.

          1. DantheManinaPan
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            At one point this season everyone was hailing Sterling as the best player currently in fantasy premier league.

            Up to this point he's arguably the player of the season, though the last 3-4 weeks have seen his form drop.

        2. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yep, Sterling is essential.

        3. The 5% Team
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Have both...depending on Chelsea match, I might swap Sterling for Hazard. Keeping Sane.

      4. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Digne not even in the baps despite scoring. So much for being a baps monster.

        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Wait for the clean sheet points to come in 🙂

          1. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            April's a long time to wait... 😉

      5. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Come on City S+S

        Need a blitzkrieg ASAP

      6. Gudjohnsen
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Kane off at half time?

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          He’d have to come on first.

        2. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Nothing would surprise me in this week.

        3. The 5% Team
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          he still owes us a hattrick this season 🙁

      7. LǝgleSs e|even
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        IS Kane still on?

        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          12.5 mid with Lucas playing

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

        Sane + Sterling magic needed

        1. DantheManinaPan
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yass

        2. LǝgleSs e|even
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Kane + Salah goal is a must

        3. HurriKane
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Both taken off at 60 mins for Mahrez- and Jesus.

          You just know bald fraud will strike again 😉

          1. Amey
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            🙁

      9. Maddi Son
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        If I was out and seen Spurs 3-0 with no Kane involvement, I think I would've puked on the spot

        1. DantheManinaPan
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I did.

      10. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Kane Sane Pogba goals required

        1. Dannyb
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          So much this.

        2. LǝgleSs e|even
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Salah too

          1. ClassiX
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Timing

      11. Rsforstar
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Salah won a pen

      12. The Enlightener
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Pool peno

      13. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Penalty. Salah pts

      14. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Wildcarding is the worst thing I ever did

      15. LǝgleSs e|even
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Hope Klopp ,Pep and Poch gave some good half time talk..

      16. tucaoneo
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Come on Spurs lads help Kane score a goal, don't make him claim yours.

      17. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        SALAHHHHHHH

      18. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Salah on penalites ouch

      19. thischarmingman
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Chance of rich coming on?

      20. The Enlightener
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Salah goal

      21. ClassiX
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Salah pen