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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. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Lineup - Brighton starting line-up: Mat Ryan, Martín Montoya, Bernardo, Dale Stephens, Shane Duffy, Leon Balogun, Solly March, Davy Pröpper, Glenn Murray, Pascal Groß, Jürgen Locadia.
    Substitutes: Beram Kayal, Gaëtan Bong, Florin Andone, Anthony Knockaert, David Button, Yves Bissouma, Bruno

    Lineup - Arsenal starting line-up: Bernd Leno, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sead Kolasinac, Granit Xhaka, Sokratis, Laurent Koscielny, Lucas Torreira, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Matteo Guendouzi.
    Substitutes: Mohamed Elneny, Eddie Nketiah, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Alex Iwobi, Joe Willock, Aaron Ramsey, Petr Cech

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

      RIP Steele

      1. Nabs Kebabs
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        get in button 😎

      2. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        All the signs are there but I won't be convinced until I see him in goal after Ryan has departed lol

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

    DDG stunning save

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Could’ve a buy now

      1. Podge
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Could be

  3. Ross From Friends
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Auba starts with Laca 🙂

  4. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    All those morons claiming Auba would definitely not start need to remember today and realise just because a player has played a few games in a row doesn’t automatically mean he will be rested so stop scare mongering.

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

      And if he hauls and Kane blanks that would be even more epic

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

        VC would burn for the second week running

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

      They’re not scaremongering. They’re offering an opinion that’s different to yours. Relax.

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

        lol. 100% of them are non-owners.

    3. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      They will continue to be shameless and post crap under the guise of speculating on a fantasy football website without any accountability whatsoever. Whatever happened to shutting up when in doubt.

      1. Sterling Silva is better th…
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        No one would ever post anything in that case

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

          Probably for the best.

  5. MTPockets
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Button on the bench, not Steele

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

        Great stuff, bodes well for the games Ryan is away

    • thunder_mike
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Sounds like Aubu starts according to BBC radio.

      1. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Reads like Auba starts according to BBC Live Text.

    • Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Lovren is mustard

    • thunder_mike
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Woop my bench keeper finally makes the bench.

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

      palace cs needs a wiping

      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        No thanks

    • Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling has been atrocious.

    • Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      any chance kane makes 90?

    • Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Actually big news. BUTTON is on the bench for Brighton. Looks to be the deputy to Ryan when he's gone

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

      POGBA GOAL

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

        FERK

    • diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      City in trouble if they don't win

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      OMG pogba

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

        F

      2. Merlin the Wraith
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Just lose the OMG! tag eh?? Don't for one minute reckon you might believe in a 'god' so just leave it out eh?

    • Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Miss having Mo in my team so much. Arghh

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

      POGBAAAAAAA

      1. SPorting
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Now calm yourself.

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

          finally some points

    • Alli 3',17',64�…
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      YES POGBAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

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

      Pogbaaaaaaaaaa

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

      Pogba yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

    • Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Connor Wickham coming on, yes 🙂

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Assist?

      1. InSaneMan-e
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Jlingz I think

        1. InSaneMan-e
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Herrera sorry

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

      Eurgh went Martial over Pogba

      1. Hect.OR 98th
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Me too. For a hit as well.

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

      Herrera A

    • Rsforstar
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Weird substitution from Puel, Choudhury has been very discipline

    • Zebrahimović
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Was .1 off getting Pogba!

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      The best United pick returns!

    • BoomXhakaLaca1
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Do city look like scoring?

    • Jafoole_88
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Holy jiiiiizzzzzzz... Pogba!

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

      You gots to admit that Mata-Rashfords linkups today have been impeccable