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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. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Milly to take it, dammit

  2. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Well Milner came on just in time

  3. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    It will be mane assist

  4. Chirsbom
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    A free goal for Salah that..

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      LOL, no 50 today

  5. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Heartbreak

  6. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    lucky Liverpool

  7. DR0GBA
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Mane assist and no Salah on the pen

    Get in!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Oh dear

  8. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    YASSSSSS

  9. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    FFS

  10. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Milner goal

  11. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    MANE ASSIST

  12. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Miss, please

  13. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Rub it in, rub it in...

  14. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    I'll take the Mane assist.

  15. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 20 days ago

    Bahahahahahaa

  16. MTPockets
      7 years, 20 days ago

      the fates are laughing

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Pukes everywhere

    • Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      MANEEEEEEEE(C)

    • Ross From Friends
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Mane assist

    • moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      oh you're kidding me

    • Bubz
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Whyyyyy did I captian Salah over Mane. Made no sense to. Sighhh

      1. Red Devil Swede
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 20 days ago

        Yeah

    • FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      What an effing joke. Salah not even taking the damn pen

    • Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Absolute joke of a season

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 20 days ago

        Crazy how many unlucky moments I’ve had which I sure many others on here have to

    • Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      This is BS.

    • Red Devil Swede
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Owning Salah is a joke 🙂

    • RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Luck of my season that! Please end this season

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Wait, people thought Salah would be taking it?

      1. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 20 days ago

        If it was 10 minutes ago he would have been.

    • SH1M1
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Salah blanking & Mane Goal&Assist ...

    • twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      Brutal for Salah owners

    • Licky
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 20 days ago

      That could've been a red.