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

    Off bar? Off target? Minus bps?

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

    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  3. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    YESSSSSS

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

    Babel G
    VVD assist

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 22 days ago

      He truly knew his weakness...

  5. Annie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Lol

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

    Thank you Babel 🙂

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

      😀

  7. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Haha! What a shower of s***

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

    Oh F off VVD and Alisson

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

    Lmfao

  10. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Babeeeeeeeeeellllllll

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

    Sh**, LIV cs gone!

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    World's best CB and goalkeeper.....

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

    Trent should have been on 2 assists by now

  14. Richd
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Get in Fulham !

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

    FULHAM!

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

    Yes

    Yessssssss

    Virgil you beauty

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

    Yes!

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

    F off virgil...

  19. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    There it is

  20. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Oh just go to hell, Pool.

  21. Homer21
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    There we go

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

    Season over!

  23. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Salah winning goal incoming 😀

  24. DAZZ
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Lollll double liverpool defence in shambles

  25. Ron_Swanson
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    OMG

  26. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Our number 4

  27. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    I knew it....

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

    oh fck off liverpool you useless imbeciles

  30. TAT
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 22 days ago

    Double LIV def + Salah. Season over.