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Mane fit to start with Liverpool unchanged from Gameweek 30

Fulham face Liverpool in the first of two Premier League matches to take place on Sunday afternoon.

Kick-off at Craven Cottage is at 14:15 GMT.

Having been the source of much discussion after his absence from Liverpool’s training ground photographs on Friday, Sadio Mane is fit to start for the Reds.

Jurgen Klopp has made two changes from the side that defeated Bayern Munich in midweek, with Fabinho and Adam Lallana replacing James Milner and the injured Jordan Henderson.

That means Liverpool are unchanged from Gameweek 30, when they defeated Burnley 4-2.

Of the most-captained Fantasy Premier League players who are “active” in Blank Gameweek 31, three of the top four are Liverpool assets: Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.

The Egyptian has been handed the armband by over 1.7 million FPL managers, while Mane has been captained by just under 725,000 Fantasy bosses.

Firmino has been trusted with the captaincy by almost 200,000 Fantasy Premier League managers.

Mane was the most-bought midfielder of Gameweek 31, having been transferred in by just under 250,000 FPL bosses.

Salah, perhaps surprisingly given the reduced number of top-flight fixtures this weekend, suffered a net loss of 37,072 transfers.

Firmino, Salah and Mane’s away record in the Premier League is identical in 2019: all three have scored just one goal in five appearances on the road and haven’t registered a single assist between them.

Fulham’s unwelcome record of conceding two or more goals in every Premier League match this calendar year continued last weekend, however, and they have recorded just two clean sheets all season.

Scott Parker has made four changes to his starting XI from the team that lost to Leicester City, with Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Jean Michael Seri, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Floyd Ayite replacing Kevin McDonald, Ryan Sessegnon, Denis Odoi and Havard Nordtveit.

Calum Chambers looks to have moved back to centre-half, with Parker sticking with a 4-2-3-1 set-up.

Brighton and Hove Albion are also in action this afternoon, meanwhile.

The Seagulls face Millwall in the FA Cup quarter-finals, with a win for Chris Hughton’s side meaning that their Gameweek 33 clash with Tottenham Hotspur will have to be rearranged.

Albion already have matches against Chelsea and Cardiff City yet to be rescheduled and would have potentially have three Double Gameweeks if they progress in the 14:00 GMT kick-off at the Den.

Fulham XI (4-2-3-1): Rico, Fosu-Mensah, Chambers, Ream, Bryan, Seri, Anguissa, Babel, Cairney, Ayite, Mitrovic.

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Lallana, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-3-3): Ryan, Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo, Kayal, Stephens, Propper, Jahanbakhsh, Murray, Knockaert.

2,048 Comments Post a Comment
  1. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 13 days ago

    Rico looks so scared.

  2. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 13 days ago

    Salah has finally found his Chelsea form again!

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      The left footed Cuadrado is back.

  3. NATSTER
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 13 days ago

    What happens with Shaqiri ?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah form keeping him on the bench

  4. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 13 days ago

    Salah to punish non-owners in 33 at Soton?

    1. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Who cares. Points lost owning anyway.

    2. el polako
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Please dont start.

  5. Tommo1888
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 13 days ago

    I’m not going to captain salah for the rest of the season and may sell him

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      You go girl.

  6. Alli 3',17',64�…
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 13 days ago

    Salah the new Torres

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Stop it.

  7. Mané Mané Man…
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 13 days ago

    30 points already for TC Mane - another 9 bps incoming hopefully. Looks like it was worth the stress.

    1. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      39 with has and quiz to play

  8. Jay_
      5 years, 13 days ago

      14 from 9 here.

    • Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Why’s everyone so mad ?

      I didn’t get Mane and captained Salah and still think the weeks been ok.

      No CS for anyone. Everyone captained Salah anyway

      Keep them jam rags firmly in place.

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        well im on 25pts with only higuain to go which is pretty bad. salah is so so crap.

    • Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah is an awful awful awful player 🙂

    • Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah should retire

    • Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah will get 1 more chance this game

      1. BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        A chance of an early bath

      2. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        Nopr

    • Big Ping
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      I think I would punch Salah in the face if he was stood in front of me right now.

      1. FPL.team
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        Aren't you a big boy.

      2. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        What over a fantasy football game ?
        Think you need to get a life.

        1. Big Ping
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 13 days ago

          Lol if you think I actually meant that you need to check yourself.

          1. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 13 days ago

            What's the point of posting garbage like that then ?

            1. Big Ping
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 13 days ago

              Why say something negative literally every time you post on here? You're like the grumpy old man in the corner just trying to impart his misery on everyone else.

              1. George Sillett
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 13 days ago

                It's not surprising when such nonsense is posted. It's like a kindergarten on match days. And just to correct you it's not literally every time .

                1. Big Ping
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 13 days ago

                  For the most part I actually agree and often avoid this place during matchday. I stand corrected on 'literally everytime', happy to settle on vast majority.

                  1. George Sillett
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 13 days ago

                    Then we are agreed. ☺
                    I've earned the right to be old and miserable. ☺

    • gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Brighton 2-2!! 2 in 3 mins for them

    • The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Anybody got Salah TC on 6pts as their top scorer this week?

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        Mane 13 with baps, had him TC till the rumours yesterday 🙁

        1. The Tinkerman
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 13 days ago

          Same. I only have 2 points scorers. TC on Salah last minute, primarily because of pens, but partially influenced by rumours I guess.

          Mane (VC)
          Anderson

          Salah (TC)

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      A lot of Salah TC out there?

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        o/

    • Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah's FPL price next season?

      Down to 12m?

      1. Dannyb
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        In la liga fantasy?

      2. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        1.2m

      3. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        still would be massively overpriced.

        should be 10m

        1. Les Bleus
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 13 days ago

          He’s the top FPL scorer

      4. ktk_interista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        Probably 10-10.5

      5. The Tinkerman
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        both he and Mane should be around 10

      6. Chirsbom
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        Depends on end FPL points really.

        Everybody and their mother in this chat either wants to sell, or punch him, by the likes of it.

        Seems to forget that he has raked in the points earlier, and price will reflect that.

        No lower than 11.5 imo.

    • DR0GBA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah subbed lmaooo

    • Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Boooooooooo

    • g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Tc fail, OFF

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah subbed

      Even worse performance than last week

    • sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Lol. Great week

    • Says
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Salah is so trash that he's only the overall top player in FF by 7 points

      1. Ron_Swanson
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        current form is trash

      2. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        Form and luck has deserted him though.

        Sometimes in FPL you have to know when to cut the cord...

        1. Says
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 13 days ago

          Sure, I already sold him for Mane recently. But people acting like he's complete trash is laughable. He's drawing loads of defensive attention and playing wide a lot which is making it easier for Mane to be free in the box to get his goals. It doesn't translate to FF points, but he's definitely helping Liverpool.

    • Whats the Mata?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Thank God, Salah off. Can't see any more misses.

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Love you Mo!

    • SH1M1
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Fraud has been subbed

    • diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      Brighton should be winning this now. Millwall look tired and downbeat.

    • THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      TC down the pan.....

    • Costa Nostra
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      LMS projected safety score??

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 13 days ago

        Less than 20.

    • CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 13 days ago

      And the curtain closes.