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17 March 2019 2048 comments
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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.

  1. Numb
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Fulham goal coming here.

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Millwall scored

    2. Numb
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Told ya

  2. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Never a yellow card. Joke refereeing.

  3. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Come on Mo get a farewell goal before Mané taking over you in my team

  4. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Millwall 2-0 Brighton

    1. Ribus
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Damn

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      So 2-3 final score then....

    3. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Any implication to DGW ?

  5. Patch
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Brexit 2.0

  6. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Brighton 2-0 down

  7. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Pen denied for pool

  8. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    RIP 3rd DGW

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Don't forget City yesterday

  9. seewhyaxe
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    the second homecoming for Salah.

  10. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Salah defending like a hero!

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Salah was as far from making a block as he is from getting a goal!

  11. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    C’mon Fulham

    Had 3 against 1 there for a moment

  12. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Salah defending well.

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      At both ends

  13. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Would love a Fulham goal.

    1. Amey
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Yes

    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Yeah that would be fun.

    3. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      I would love them to score 3

    4. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      going to be a 94th minute consolation to make it 1-3 with a Salah blank 🙁

  14. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    The year of the casual!

  15. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Salah doing a good job at center back here.

  16. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Fulham knocking

  17. Pooodle
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Anyone else tempted to wildcard this week and free hit in 33?

    Can’t really face coming back to this awful team for 33!

    And most of the players we’d want for 32 and presumably also the players we’d want for the doubles in 35?

    1. Rash
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      I'm tempted

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Nah, DGW32 and DGW35 sides quite different.

      1. Pooodle
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 22 days ago

        United and City have both so would likely want 5-6 from them in both weeks.

        Also free hit in 33 would allow you to get Arsenal and Spurs players (presuming Spurs-Brighton is on) rather than having to rely on our current lot of Leicester/West Ham etc.

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Yip

  18. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Fulham gaining momentum

  19. adibo
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    4 extra points for salah for tracking back

  20. Mo Mané Mo Problems
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Millwall, Wolves or Watford.

    Pep rubbing his hands together.

  21. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Salah good defending

  22. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Salah desperate hands up for a pen not to seal the game but because is so desperate score lol

  23. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Top drawer sweeper play from Salah.

  24. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Hope Man City get Millwall in the FA Cup. Guarantees more minutes for Sterling and Aguero in the PL.

    1. Amey
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      CARNAGE

  25. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Just sub Salah off and put us out of our misery

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      3 point haul. I’ll take it.

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 22 days ago

        2?

  26. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    How is Salah so crap

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Firmino hasn’t been much better

    2. Chazz69
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Salah has been that way over the last 9 GW

  27. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Milner coming on to take the pen that pool get.

  28. NATSTER
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Origi and Milner are coming on.

    Who will be subbed off ?

  29. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Does Milwall winning mean Spurs don’t blank GW33?

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      Yes

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      yes

  30. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Up to 8 gw33 players if Millwall can hold.