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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. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Firmino subbed

  2. NATSTER
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    OFF

    Firmino & Lallana

  3. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Firmino and Lallana off
    Origi and Milner on

  4. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Firmino off

    Not a surprise as he has been as poor as Salah

  5. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Salah is worse than Adama Traore

  6. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Lalana Off

  7. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Bobby F off, Origi on.
    Lallana off, Milner on.

  8. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    There goes Salah pk prospect.

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Yep, and it was that in combination with doubts over Mane starting that led me to switch TC from Mane to Salah 🙂

  9. lindeg
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    finally salah has been found as nothing more than an average player

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Game not won, Salah off pens.

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      If he wins the pen, this is better. Would not back him to score right now.

  11. barracuda
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Many TC and FH chips wasted

  12. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Salah, time for your goal.

  13. Fernando Torres
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Kane triple captain GW 33 vs Brighton

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Double game week?

  14. Ross From Friends
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Salah hit the bar

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      *Mane

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Not quite.

    3. Rash
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Mane*

  15. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Duffy pretty annoyed at getting dumped out of the FA Cup.

  16. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Mane off the bar

  17. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Mane hits the crossbar

  18. Business Cat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Watch Liverpool get a penalty now and Milner to take it 😎

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Salah would miss it anyway

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Salah would probably leave for Egypt tonight

    3. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Watch me win the biggest lottery jackpot ever next week...

  19. SirStevieG
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    I love Salah but he couldn't score if there was no keeper. It's a bit sad.

  20. Boomerang V
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    If Millwall wins it means Chelsea will have no dgw 32?

    1. Amey
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      Nope
      They should get it

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Mane bar, Trent cross

  22. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    TAA to Mane would've destroyed my gw

  23. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Salah you useless knob

  24. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Mane close

  25. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Amish Lallana off

  26. DAZZ
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    The day we all drop salah from our gw32 free hits he will score 2 and get an assist, no doubt

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 12 months ago

      yeah probably. screw him

  27. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Mane shot OFF target

  28. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Babel G

  29. DR0GBA
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Wow VVD

  30. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 12 months ago

    Mane triple captain against Huddersfield