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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. TAT
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Salah is actually ruining my season in mini leagues.

    1. twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      I’ve made up about 80 or 90 points since dropping a couple of months ago and am now top. Poor value.

      1. TAT
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Indeed. Funds could easily been spent better elsewhere.

        1. G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Hindsight is a wonderful thing...

          1. TAT
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            It is. Next season, I won't own players due to fear. Same with Kane last year,

  2. Distinctly Average
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    What’s salah and mane’s EO in the top 10k this week?

    Live fpl isn’t working this week for me

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

      Salah was 180ish from memory.

  3. Bees4Lyf
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    A robbo goal or assist would do wonders

  4. Monkey Hanger
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Might as well give Salah the linesman's flag.

  5. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Fear not. Salah is due

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Next week.

  6. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    EZ there Fabinho...dont need you off

  7. El-Kloppico
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Can we shout cap fail for all Salah(c) yet? Transparent!

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      I'm almost ready to do so.

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Salah(C) FAIL. I mean who needs him with Mane on fire

  8. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    What did Shaqiri do to lose his (semi-regular) place to Lallana?

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Nothing, he has done nothing 🙂

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

      Nothing for a few games, better of the bench, formation change...

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

    Fabinho lucky.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Nah, just a foul

  10. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Fabinho on the edge

  11. Mo Mané Mo Problems
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    The best thing about this gameweek is that Livefpl is down and I can’t watch my rank get worse in real time.

    1. Distinctly Average
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Is there any other site with EO stats?

      1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Fpldiscovery

        1. Distinctly Average
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          For individual players?

  12. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    I see lots of managers have burned their TC chip this gw.

    Surely it would have been a much wiser option to use the chip for a DGW player if you still have the chip this late on in the season?

    1. Distinctly Average
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      What, like Sane in GW25?

    2. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      There will probably only be 2 DGWs, and most are using their FH and BB for them.

    3. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      FH32, BB35.

      I prefered Pool vs. Fulham defence to other fixtures.

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Everyone advised against it (they want to use it in DGW 35)...what they always failed to realize is that there may be other DGWs.

      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        ^^
        This

    5. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      There might not be enough DGWs for all the chips?

      Personally though I agree, I'd sooner spend the BB in a SGW than the TC.

    6. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Always been earmarked for GW36

      Salah will have had plenty of time to get out of his bad patch by then to put Huddersfield to the sword

  13. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Would you still captain Salah every week if he cost 8m?

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      If he was playing Fulham away, Burnley home, Watford home and on pens then absolutely yes for hose games

      Don’t think many captained for Everton away or Man Utd away etc

  14. TAT
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Fabinho red incoming, 1-1 and Mané 3 BPS.

  15. Dannyb
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Salah is perma captain out of fear and nothing else. I hope he leaves Pool in the summer lol.

    1. twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      I don’t even own him and haven’t for months

  16. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Bar the goal, TFM has been immense.

  17. Halftime
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Going to be massive Salah sales if he blanks today.

  18. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    This game is bollocks

    Fulham are going to steal a 1-1 draw at the death

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      You know it

  19. Rust Cohle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Thoughts on this FH team subject to DGW fixture confirmations:

    Kepa
    Azpi Luiz AWB
    Sterling Pogba Bernardo JWP
    Aguero Lukaku Rashford

    Speroni Milivojevic Doherty Valery

    1. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      No love for Haz?

      1. Rust Cohle
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Considering this version with Hazard:

        Gunn
        Azpi Luiz AWB
        Sterling Hazard Pogba Bernardo
        Aguero Rashford Lacazette

        Speroni Valery Romeu Stankovic

  20. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Salah to Mane for 33 if Fielding 11 already?

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Yep I will be

    2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Might ditch TAA. Worried about Gomez coming back.

    3. Distinctly Average
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Ask again in 45 minutes

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Good point, I will have 11 starters already and own Mane so could do Salah > Hazard

  21. barracuda
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Fabinho and Lallan to come off pls.

  22. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Why does Van Dijk have Virgil on the back of his shirt, not Van Dijk?

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Virgil

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Cause he's cool

    3. MrZ
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      His Van Dijk name was used in his soton shirt

    4. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Sorry I totally misread the question.

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Lol

    5. SADIO SANÉ
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      doesn't like his Dad

    6. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      So people don't confuse him with Dick.

  23. StevePeave
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Quit complaining and blaming other people for your team decisions. You all tried to gain an advantage by using information you thought the majority would not know. It backfired, serves you right.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Tell em Steve, love that moxie

    2. Homer21
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      THIS

  24. WVA
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Worst possible goalscorer for me in the whole of FPL this week, MANE! Wooooooooooo

  25. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    For some reason Google Now has stopped showing FA cup live scores. Only just realized it's 0-0 at HT between Milwall and Brighton. Thought the match hadn't started.

  26. adibo
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Allison playing with fire.... i got 2 pool defenders..

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Same

  27. royaljoe
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Had Mane/Salah last 5 GW's. captained Salah in all 5. Fail! 🙁

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

    Sloppy Pool.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Sounds like a Merseyside porno star...

  29. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Firmino has been shocking

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Better than Salah 10x

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Both awful

  30. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    What has Salah done to upset his teammates?

    They don’t pass the ball to him now as much as they use to

    1. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      They probably have lost a bit of confidence in him.

    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      They're sick of him taking all the credit

    3. StevePeave
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Not score...

    4. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      They must have got sick of his glory hunting.

    5. MrZ
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Wasting many big chances?