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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.

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  1. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Of course it’d be Mane, why wouldn’t it be

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      🙁

  2. thepeen555
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Yay mane is back. Was in my team all the time until he wasn’t training. But is for sure in my wc team instead of salah to save a little cash

  3. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling, Mane, Son, Martial the new template

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Trossard?

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

      Ceballos too

    3. IRBOX ⚽
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Son lol. Hasn’t played a match, was rubbish towards the end of last season. Kane is the Spurs asset you want

    4. Rock n Grohl
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      * Sterling, Mane, KDB and Kane

  4. Viprin
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Super sadio

  5. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    So undeserved that goal. Sickening

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Stunning finish though

  6. seewhyaxe
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Salah to Mane posts incoming!

    1. thepeen555
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      For me was always the case.
      I went with salah as I didn’t have mane as a choice

  7. BEARZINHO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Milner to mane - 1-0

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Early transfers are risky but could pau off

  8. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Mane gonna make a mockery of that price tag.

    Salah forever in his shadow

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Alright relax

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Lmao

    3. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Nice fishing

  9. Agger
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Does anyone in my team fancy getting a return today? Please.

  10. Party time
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Mané & £1.0 is the best business ever!

    1. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      You swapped him out for Salah this week?

      1. Party time
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Swapped Salah out for Manè on a wc

        1. Garlana
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 11 months ago

          Hah nice then

    2. Regin
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      I have both.

      1. Party time
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Great 🙂

      2. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        I could get Mane for Kev on my 2FT but I need to see a better performance than one key moment in a poor half.

    3. _Make
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Mane +1m -1WC already.

      Average business

      1. Party time
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Not when Auba & Pukki returned points as well. Great Business!

        1. _Make
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 11 months ago

          Good luck until Jan when the next bandwagon emerges

  11. Supertrooper
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Ammazing that livp atr 1-0 up at HT, been shocking so far

  12. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Not Salah G
    Not TAA A.

    🙁

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Balls

    2. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      TAA cleanie though.

  13. Party time
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Come on Klopp! sub salah off

  14. BEARZINHO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Salah - mane... fraser - cebellos... wilson - kane. -4... sorted

  15. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Mane is more than sufficient cover for Salah right?

    1. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Sufficient yes

    2. Rock n Grohl
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Yep with Sterling and Kane

  16. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Siggy > ?

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Son, by downgrading Wilson.

      1. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        K

        What if I told you that not everyone has Wilson?

  17. Regin
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    This is why I put mane in my WC. Too bad I captained Salah 'safe' option.

    1. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Forget being safe. Always go with who you think will score highest.

    2. JIMMY TUGGINS
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Mane is a great pick but I still think you'll miss not having your WC later in the season.

    3. Rock n Grohl
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      When we get another one?

  18. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Got really excited when I got the notification Trossard scored.. VAR is fun 🙁

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Andy Gray didn't seem to understand why it was disallowed.

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah, pretty big blow. Fingers crossed for 2nd half.

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Would've been nice given first week shenanigans. Heard it was a volley too.

    3. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      It's all a bit VAR fetched

    4. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      I didn’t as took him out

  19. Agger
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Looks like I'm going to need my triple Man United to save my bacon again because I'm having a stinker

  20. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Haller (wat, NOR, avl)
    Should keep if he's fit, right?

    A Pukki switch is tempting...

    1. JIMMY TUGGINS
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      I'd keep.

    2. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      I wouldn't want Pukki for the next 3.

      1. Andy'81
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        I'd like to have him in for the next 45 minutes, Newcastle have been gash.

        1. Hairy Potter
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 11 months ago

          Newcastle have been poor. Like the look of Leitner and Cantwell as 4.5 mids.

          1. Andy'81
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 11 months ago

            Norwich have still been crap at the back, Joelinton missed a big chance so theirs hope yet.

      2. Nomar
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Pukki fixture proof.

    3. sunzip14
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      now see Pukki's fixtures too

  21. SirStevieG
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Worrying first half from Salah. One shot which missed by a mile and barely sighted besides that.

    1. Crystal Alice
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Played 120 mins on Wednesday

      1. SirStevieG
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        ...and?

    2. Balls of Steel
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Anonymous... Early subbing in the making for sure, especially if pool nick a second.

  22. Dr. Rog
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Salah is worth >1m over Mane.
    Dont let anyone else fool you of that

  23. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Bou are 2 up and still nothing for Fraser? How has he looked so far?

    1. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Who?

    2. SirStevieG
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Looking like he's out of my side.

  24. Hairy Potter
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    I wonder how much Kiwivillan put on his Villa 3-0 bet?

    1. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      50p

    2. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Hope he put on all his belongings

      1. Hairy Potter
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Maybe he seemed so confident

    3. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      He did me favour. I was so sick of his Villa spamming, I took out my Villa assets 🙂

      1. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Lol

  25. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Trez goal saved off the line

    1. Gazpilicueta
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      its not a goal unless it goes in mate.

      1. Balls of Steel
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        And VAR doesn't intervene to rule it out 🙂

  26. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Mane strikes me as last season's Sterling. Everyone writes them off after they are benched in the first game. More popular option on the team. Big price hike after a good season. Doesn't matter, because Mane will score 20 goals this season and score 200+ points again and he'll make his way into people's teams at some point.

    1. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      But he was rubbish for 45 min. I cd get him on 2Ft but I need to see more.

      1. Balls of Steel
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        And so was the rest of the Liverpool team...One chance, bang - goal, different class!!

    2. Rock n Grohl
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Absolutely this

  27. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Mane and £1.0m. Name a more iconic duo.

    1. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Vvd and .5

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Batman and Robin?

    3. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Quarner and 5.0

      1. The Overthinker
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Quarner was a legend 😀

    4. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Ceballos and 7m

    5. Chandler Bing
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Cantwell + £1.0m

      1. Chandler Bing
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        8* Fail

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

      Benteke and a clean sheet

      1. The Overthinker
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Winner winner chicken dinner

  28. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Salah, Mane, Sterling, KdB, Kane it is then

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      KDB?

      1. JIMMY TUGGINS
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Kevin de Bruyne.

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 11 months ago

          thanks

      2. sunzip14
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        we will know in a few hrs time...

    2. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      *Salah, Mane, Sterling, Kane, Ederson, Aubameyang and Rashford

    3. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      What about Harrison Kane?

    4. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      The 11m+ players score nearly every week.

      I'm just going to stick with Salah and Sterling all season and avoid dancing between the the big hitters every week.

      1. BEARZINHO
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Let me know how that works out for ya

    5. Rock n Grohl
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Minus Salah and that's my premiums

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Nice

  29. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 11 months ago

    Pukki has been fantastic.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Some hit for the goal.

      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah. Been running into dangerous positions all game. Should've scored another + assist

    2. Andy'81
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Cantwell's also looked lively.

      1. Hairy Potter
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 11 months ago

        agreed he looks decent

    3. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 months ago

      Could be Charlie Austin esq when he played for QPR a few seasons ago.