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Adrian comes through injury scare for Liverpool

Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian (£4.5m) has overcome his ankle issue to start at Southampton this afternoon.

The former West Ham shot-stopper was dealing with an injury sustained in the Super Cup celebrations midweek but will be involved at St. Mary’s.

Despite Jurgen Klopp’s men going all the way to extra time against Chelsea, he has named a very settled side for Gameweek 2.

The front three of Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) and Sadio Mané (£11.5m) are all in the starting line-up, with the Egyptian the most popular captain option for the weekend, according to our latest poll.

Meanwhile, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.0m) retains his place at right-back, with Joe Gomez (£5.5m) left on the bench.

Joel Matip (£5.5m) is chosen to play alongside the ever-present Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) and, of course, Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) remains unrivalled at left-back.

Liverpool face a Southampton side playing three-man defence of Maya Yoshida (£4.5m), Jan Bednarek (£4.5m) and Jannik Vestergaard (£5.0m).

Yan Valery (£5.0m) and Ryan Bertrand (£5.0m) are the wing-backs while Nathan Redmond (£6.5m) starts up front alongside Che Adams (£6.0m), with Danny Ings (£5.5m) on the bench.

Elsewhere, we may have already lost one of our £4.0m defenders as Diego Rico (£4.0m) drops to the Bournemouth bench today.

Charlie Daniels (£4.5m) comes in for him as the Cherries revert to a 4-4-2 formation, with Ryan Fraser (£7.5m) and Harry Wilson (£6.0m) on the flanks of midfield.

Not surprisingly, Callum Wilson (£8.0m) and Josh King (£6.5m) start upfront.

However, the strike pairing may have a tough time up against Aston Villa debutant Douglas Luiz (£4.5m) this afternoon.

The defensive midfielder was signed from Manchester City this summer to provide some grit to the Villans’ midfield.

Luiz is the only change from the side that lost at Spurs last week, Frederic Guilbert (£4.5m) and Matt Targett (£4.5m) still kept out of the starting XI by Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.5m) and Neil Taylor (£4.5m).

Those who kept the faith in Leandro Trossard (£6.0m) were rewarded as he came in for Jurgen Locadia (£5.5m) to make his Brighton debut.

The Belgian looks to be in a front-three with Glenn Murray (£6.0m) and Pascal Groß (£6.5m).

Meanwhile, West Ham are indeed without either Felipe Anderson (£7.0m) and Sébastien Haller (£7.5m). Chicharito (£6.0m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.5m) come in for the pair.

Everton name just one change to the side that drew with Crystal Palace in Gameweek 1, Jean-Philippe Gbamin (£5.0m) coming in for the suspended Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.5m).

Gerard Deulofeu (£6.5m) shifts back to a centre-forward’s role for Watford, after playing on the left of midfield last weekend, Andre Gray (£6.0m) dropping to the bench.

Finally, there are few surprises for Norwich and Newcastle as they go head-to-head at Carrow Road.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Taylor, Mings, Engels, El Mohamady; Grealish, D Luiz, McGinn; El Ghazi, Wesley, Trezeguet.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Daniels, Aké, S Cook, A Smith; Fraser, Lerma, Billing, H Wilson; King, C Wilson.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Duffy, Dunk, Burn; March, D Stephens, Pröpper, Montoya; Trossard, Murray, Groß.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Masuaku, Diop, Ogbonna, Fredericks; Wilshere, Rice; Fornals, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Chicharito.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Mina, Keane, Coleman; Gbamin, A Gomes; Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison; Calvert-Lewin.

Watford XI: Foster; Holebas, Cathcart, Dawson, Femenia; Pereyra, Capoue, Doucouré, Hughes; Deeney, Deulofeu.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Hanley, Aarons; Trybull, Leitner; Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendía; Pukki.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Ritchie, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Krafth; Shelvey, Hayden, Ki; Joelinton, Almirón.

Southampton XI: Gunn; Bertrand, Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Valery; Højbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Romeu; Redmond, Adams.

Liverpool XI: Adrian; Robertson, van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Milner, Wijnaldum; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

2,580 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Je suis le chat
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Goodbye Trent, welcome Digne.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      He went off injured

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      He’s injured

    3. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Why was Digne taken off?

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Digne just gone off injured...

    5. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Digne went off injured. Might hold your horses on that one.

      1. Je suis le chat
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks guys, will monitor. Otherwise bin him for a Man U defender or LaPorte.

  2. andrewe63
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    This goal area ping-pong has to stop. Get the f****** rid of it FFS

    1. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      This. There is absolutely no reason to play that up the middle, punt it out if you have to.

  3. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Robbo price drop imminent

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Irrelevant if you’re not planning on selling

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Bet you do

        1. IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Nope

      2. Podge
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Everyone should be thinking just that

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No

  4. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Salah clean sheet locked in at least

  5. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adrian is basically a poundland version of DDG. Good shotstopper, horrible footwork.

    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lol. DDG footwork is a class above the rest.

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not comparable at all. Adrian is like a goal keeper from the 60s with his feet. Atrocious.

    3. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Clearly not that good......

  6. LosBlancos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adriant making sure double liv def is bad.
    Robbo Wilson > Lundstram Kane (with a formatiom change) it is 🙂

  7. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Tripling up on Liverpool was so last season. Can't wait to offload on this rubbish defence

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Its just the goalie injury

  8. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    So who out of Robbo and VvD do I take out?

    1. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I was feeling real nervous about double liv defence but no obvious change this week =[

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lower ownership one

  9. Ribus
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Fantasy is back. Nuff said.

  10. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Wtf that's like 15 pts worth

    1. DeathoftheParty
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep...

  11. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    If I activate my wildcard now will my 2 free transfers carry over to next week?

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nope

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No.

  12. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Lol this week. At least Digne CS is locked and I got paid out early on an acca for Bournemouth and Pool going 2 ahead. Still, FPL nightmare this week!

  13. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ings nearly a brace!

  14. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hilarious from Liverpool and Salah

    Form over fixtures. How long have we known this.

    1. DeathoftheParty
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Stop telling this now...

  15. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Who to sell first
    VVD or TAA??

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      TAS

  16. Balls of Steel
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Liverpool clean sheets are a thing of the past....how much of a blow that Alisson injury is really being highlighted now

  17. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    AWB coming in for a Liverpool DF, not the same side as last year

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      VVD to AWB +1 mil

  18. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ings sitter of all sitters

  19. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    OMDayz Ings crazy miss for a brace...

  20. ameisin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Wood > ?

    2m ITB

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukki

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukey

    3. dark91
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Poki

  21. 1zverGGadeM
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ings misses a sitter

  22. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ings sitter

  23. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    WC it is then

    Bloody pool defence

  24. Alnair
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    As long as Alisson isn't in goal Liverpool defense is a no go.

  25. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bloody FPL

  26. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    WTF INGS

  27. Lav
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Writing off this GW. On to GW3

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yuh

  28. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Just need a Villa equaliser to win £30...

  29. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Yesss no Adrian CS, Ryan owner here.

  30. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Liverpool falling apart