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All eyes on in-form Salah for Liverpool v Arsenal

Liverpool take on Arsenal in the sixth fixture of Gameweek 20, with kick-off at Anfield at 17:30 GMT.

Over 1.1 million Fantasy managers have handed the captaincy to Mohamed Salah this weekend, while just under 415,000 FPL bosses have given the armband to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Both of these premium assets start this evening.

Jurgen Klopp has opted for an attacking 4-2-3-1 again for this fixture, with Xherdan Shaqiri keeping his place alongside Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

The Reds’ back four remains unchanged and indeed Klopp’s only alteration from the side that beat Newcastle sees Jordan Henderson drop out and Fabinho replace him.

Unai Emery has made four changes to his Arsenal side following the draw against Brighton on Boxing Day, with Aaron Ramsey, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Alex Iwobi and the fit-again Shkodran Mustafi replacing Laurent Koscielny, Matteo Guendouzi, Alexandre Lacazette and Mesut Ozil.

Ozil is absent from the squad with what is believed to be a knee injury.

Arsenal appear to be lining up in a 3-4-2-1, with Iwobi and Ramsey supporting Aubameyang in attack.

The Gabonese forward was the fifth-most-sold FPL player of Gameweek 20, despite registering three goals in his last two starts.

Salah meanwhile is averaging 11.75 points per match over the last four Gameweeks.

Liverpool XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Shaqiri, Firmino, Mane, Salah.

Arsenal XI (3-4-2-1): Leno, Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Torreira, Maitland-Niles, Ramsey, Iwobi, Aubameyang.

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2,316 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Dr Van Nostrand
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Should rest Salah now games over

    1. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      A few more easy falls still left in him

      1. Dr Van Nostrand
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Sokratis is a complete mug but I'm sure all the Man City players would have stayed on their feet!

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

      nah hatty incoming

    3. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      after the hatty he'll come off

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

    Have Salah but captained Kane again.. works captain for 2nd week running 🙁

    1. RyanC
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Just be happy to own Salah. 🙂

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

        Wrong *

  3. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Whoever doesn't have Salah, my advice is just bite the bullet get him in and leave him there.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      He’s in. WC’d, will remain there till end of season barring Injury

    2. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Not before City. Especially when the way I'm getting him in is via Alonso > TAA and Sterling > Salah. Alonso has a plum home game.

  4. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Prefer the Mickey D fantasy way of handling points regarding penalty kicks.

  5. Srv210
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Random question popping in

    Pogba+ Gunnarsson or Felipe+brooks

    1. BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      B

  6. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard Sane Martial Rich Snoddy.
    Where do I fit Salah in?

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

      Rich/snoddy if you can !

      1. JustPark
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Ditching Kane so yes.

    2. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Sane > Salah

      Downgrade Alonso and maybe another premium defender? I'm going TAA and Sterling to Salah

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

    Auba or Haz next gw captain?

  8. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Took a -4 to get from Auba to Salah. Worth it.

    1. BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Cool

  9. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Lacazette and sane to jimenez and salah for -4?

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

      yes

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

      Lacazette to start against Fulham imo - just one more week to hold - he's got 1 goal 4 assists in his last 6 appearances with 4 of those being 45min or less. I don't know what Emery is thinking to be honest. I'd hold just one more week, if you didn't already have Salah, seems like you can wait just one more week instead of bringing him in for City away.

  10. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Who would have thought Leichsteiner on a free would turn out to be a bad deal for Arsenal

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I miss Sagna.

    2. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Needs a good CB along side him, Sokratis & Mustafi are useless

      1. BENOIT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Mustafi especially

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

          What does Mustafi bring exactly? Never really seen "it", but hey I'm just a serf and not a manager.

      2. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        He's slow, technically average, and the biggest wuss I've ever seen in an Arsenal shirt.

        1. Nabs Kebabs
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          defintiely slow and awful technically but he's actually renowned for not being a wuss.

          1. Wilshere Knowledge
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Makes the relentless feigning injury worse. Horrible cheat.

            Hated him at Juve, hate him at Arsenal.

    3. banskt
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Lichtsteiner.

    4. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Bring back Per!

  11. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Perfect score for pool, can give rests to some tired platers

  12. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Kane Salah Hazard Kane Salah Hazard Kane Salah Hazard.

    Sprinkle in some Anderson.

    Riding it to glory

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

    Those lucky enough to watch Liverpool during the 70's/80's... how do this gang compare?

    1. BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Pointless comparing footballers in the 70s to now.

    2. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      More pace this lot. Almost no English players in both sides is curious.

    3. TFP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Hard to compare. This is a 'league of nations' team, whereas the old one was in practice restricted to UK players, at a time when none of the 'home nations' were outstandingly good.

    4. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Very favourably.

      Dalglish was my hero as a kid. Salah has the same cachet about him.

      VVD is this versions Alan Hanson. Robbo is Alan Kennedy.

      1. Je suis le chat
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        And Lovren is the new Lawro! Both classy sides in defence.

      2. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers all!!

  14. Syd.
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    That Arsenal defence has been a shambles all season.

    How they ever managed that long unbeaten run is baffling.

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

      Auba+laca

    2. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Shows that their main and only problem is at the back

    3. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Was a different defence then mostly

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

    I need to stop ignoring Salah as captain and start ignoring Kane.

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Auba touched the ball six times in the first half. Four of those were from the kick-off.

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Alli style

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

      Brilliant

    3. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Oh. My god.

  17. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    This week I had the Sterling and Sane predicament and elected to get Hazard in given Salah’s blanks against the top 6 this season.

    Think I’m just going to bite the bullet and WC this week and get him in and then rest peacefully. Liverpool wins are hard enough as a United fan without Salah trouncing your FPL performance!

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

      Ha ha. Exactly.
      Got him this week for hit.

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

    Salah (c) making up for my Holebas, Digne, Foster backline...

  19. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Arshavin time

    1. janowsc
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Only at 4 nil =p

  20. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Koncielny is old and slow and crap in the air, but Mustafi is just utter crap. Like, really. Gotta be the worst WC medal holder ever.

  21. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Missed the first 30 mins. Damn that Arsenal goal is beautiful!

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Lol

    2. janowsc
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Class pass, not a beauty contest though...

    3. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Iwobi with a blinding pass.
      But watching Firmino's secind, now thats sexy.

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

    Idk how the hell to go Salah. Killing my rank ffs

    Fab Hamer
    Alonso Robbo Doherty AWB Digne
    Haz Pogba Sane Snoddy Diangana
    Kane Auba Jimenez

    Which premiums to drop really?

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

      Auba

    2. GoonSquad
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Kane + Alonso + Snoddy

  23. Ask Yourself
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Bench sterling next week, play Mitro confirmed

  24. Tasty Jerk
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    First gameweek with Salah this season, enjoying 🙂

  25. Tinmen
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Did Mane get an assist folks?

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

      No, he lost possession of the ball, it fell to Firmino... no assist.

      1. Mysterion
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        None's having his best season yet

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

          Between him & TBC for the top points scorer.

  26. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Ranieri is really mad at Kamara...

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      What did he say

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        As Hazz below says...he was fuming!

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

      Nailed on to that 3rd bench spot until the next wildcard

    3. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Can he fine him for this ??

    4. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      “I said to Aboubakar Kamara to leave the ball to Aleksandar Mitrovic, he is the man who shoots the penalties. It is unbelievable, he did not respect me, the club, the team and crowd. I spoke with him, it is not right." (BBC)

  27. Sedemuda
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Laca on HT I would think?

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Well yeah

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      He'll probably bring on Guendouzi. Loves triple DM's does Emery.

    3. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      How predictable

  28. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    So it’s safe to say last seasons Salah is back and is here to stay? Should be a forward next season though

    1. Demel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Definitely classified as a forward next season.

    2. 808Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      His stats have been about what they were at this point last season, he's only scored 2 less goals so far. Granted he's missing a few assists vs last year

  29. Demel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Good moves??

    Sterling/Luiz > Salah/Bednarek

    Fab
    Doc - Digne - Robertson
    Salah - Hazard - Anderson - Sane
    Rashford - Jimenez - Kane

    Button - Camarasa - AWB - Bednarek

    2 FT
    0.2m

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

    Swallowing my pride and bringing Salah back in for Sterling has been the best decision I've made so far. The guy is class.