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26 December 2018 2273 comments
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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. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    POGBA GOOOOAL

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

    OMG pogba.

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

    DIGNE YOU BEAUTY

  4. BigBillyBass
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Absolutely disgraceful if you’ve benched Digne

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

    Can’t believe so many said bench Digne over AWB

  6. Monkey Hanger
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    POGBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  7. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    What a hit by pogba!

  8. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    not owning Digne is killing me

    1. Dirty Harry
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yep lost 2nd spot for sure now as the lad below me has Digne

    2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Sames.

  9. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Really surprised so many people benched Digne against one of, if not the worst team in the league at the moment.

  10. Dirty Harry
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Pogba brace.... kill me

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

    POGBA

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

    Lingard assist

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 3 months ago

        woohoo

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

      omg pogba i jizzed everywhere

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        wow

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

      Cmon Cardiff! Wipe that CS

    4. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I'm getting 1 point from Richarlison with Digne as 1st sub.

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

      POG Stunnerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    6. Son is Rising
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Digne sat second on my bench 🙁

    7. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Winner winner chicken Digne 😀

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

      yesssssssss Pogba again

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

      Really should have gone Pgba over Martial...

    10. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      lol people here still have Pogba? 😆

    11. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Chances of Alonso staying on the bench??

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

        slim

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

      please please please snoddy or alonso no show

    13. Gobigorgohome
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      POGBAAAAAAAA

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

      Biggest wagon in FPL history is on!

      1. FC Hakkebøf
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Whom? Digne, pogba and son?

      2. Chucky
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        and who's that?

      3. Jafoole_88
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Jizz-wagon?

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

      that is why mark is all time bets fantasy manager. he brought in Pogba

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

        Who didnt? 😉

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Lol oh dear

    16. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Lingard assist.

    17. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I was doing very well recently climbing up to 10k OR almost but the last 2gw’s just shafted me.

    18. Rhodes your boat
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Why didn’t I follow my gut and go A?!?!

      11 DAYS, 19 HOURS AGO
      Help please! A) siggy to son then back to richi in a few B) siggy to alli then back to richi in a few C) replace TAA (own Alonso robbo Digne balbuena and Ederson GK) D) save ft