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Kostas Tsimikas (£4.0m) is handed a first-ever Premier League start as Norwich City v Liverpool brings a busy Saturday of top-flight football to a close.

Kick-off at Carrow Road is at 17:30 BST.

An ankle injury picked up by Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) in pre-season has opened up a spot at left-back for Tsimikas, with the budget Fantasy Premier League (FPL) defender’s ownership soaring to over 23% as a result.

There are no real shocks in the Liverpool line-up, with Diogo Jota (£7.5m) getting the nod over Roberto Firmino (£9.0m) to lead the visitors’ attack.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), FPL’s most-owned midfielder, and Sadio Mane (£12.0m) flank Jota up top.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m) is part of a back four that includes Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m), who makes his first Liverpool appearance since suffering a knee ligament injury last October.

Jordan Henderson (£5.0m) and Thiago Alcantara (£5.5m) are both absent after late returns to pre-season training.

Budget FPL defender Andrew Omobamidele (£4.0m), who played every single minute of Norwich’s pre-season friendlies, misses out with tonsillitis tonight.

Daniel Farke has opted for a back four after a late dalliance with a wing-back system in pre-season.

Chelsea loanee and bargain-bin FPL midfielder Billy Gilmour (£4.5m) is handed his competitive Norwich debut.

LINE-UPS

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Giannoulis, Rupp, Gilmour, Cantwell, Lees-Melou, Rashica, Pukki,

Subs: Gunn, Zimmermann, Dowell, Tzolis, Sorensen, McLean, Sargent, Mumba, Idah

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Keita, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Jota, Mane

Subs: Kelleher, Fabinho, Konate, Firmino, Gomez, Minamino, Origi, Woodburn, Elliot

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  1. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Seriously hampered my team by Salah, Manè and Bruno midfield and Manè done nothing!

    1. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Oh shut up.

      1. gibson1314
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Ha ha

  2. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Cheers to the community on here for coming up with a decent template I could copy. About 90 pts with Antonio left.

    Appreciate it.

  3. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Phew...

    87 points with Antonio and Gundogan to go

    Can’t remember if I’ve ever had a better start. :O

    1. Avery
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I’m same but with 86 and those to go

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Our teams must be identical

  4. EmreCan Hustle
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Anyone know Magnus Carlson's team ID1?

    1. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      132645

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers!

    2. Ibralicious
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same starting 11 as me so don't bother 😀

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        He'll do well if he continues to copy your team 🙂

  5. borat
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Arsenal now up by 3 places to 17th and above relegation.

  6. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    82 pts with Benrahma Antonio left. Better than expected actually... A placement into top 1.5mil would be ideal

    1. Drexl Spivey
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I'm 150k on 89 if that helps, so I'd say you're good.

      1. Shark Team
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        For the moment yes but I'm afraid that ManCity will punish me

        1. Drexl Spivey
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Doubtful. Look at their % ownership.

    2. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      83 with just Antonio left. I'd obviously have taken that at the start of play but we will tumble down the ranking tomorrow in what's going to be a very high scoring GW,

      1. Shark Team
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes at least I learned from my mistake of not even owning Salah last season gw1... I was below average then

      2. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        FPL live has my projected rank at 494,064 so you will be well inside the top 1.5m.

    3. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      @ 89+Antonio
      (GW rank: 197,955)

      1. Drexl Spivey
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same here (with Antonio left), but they've chalked me up at 150,457 on livefpl. Bizarre!

        1. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          That's coz there's 400K players on the same points..

          It's GW1 lads...

          1. Drexl Spivey
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Yeah, alright Grotbags.

      2. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same 🙂

  7. Drexl Spivey
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Well that was jolly good fun.

  8. Wild Card this!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Funniest thing, I was sold on BruNo and never even consider double Liverpool defence. Robertson injury persuade me to go Tsimikas instead of Dias, free 2 mil and get Fernandez…but sold Jota and Greenwood.
    This GW is just points all around lol 🙂

  9. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    So Tsimikas owners only 2 points behind Jota owners.

    1. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Plus Jota wont play next game

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Scores quite often when he comes on anyway, that’s the great thing about him

    2. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      4.0. What a steal

    3. Avery
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Xfer sub board went up on 59 mins so he should have those 2pts taken off!

      Lol kidding

      1. Greasy Grealish Gang
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I was thinking the same, hahaha

  10. Stupendous
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    86 with Coufal Torres and Antonio to go!

    Not half bad use of the bench boost!!!

    Fantastic start!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Congrats!

    2. Calculated Risks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      91 with same 3 left. Talked myself into using bench boost as always end up planning transfers late in season for doubles and rarely comes off. Decided to give it a whirl gw1 to get a good start and seems to have worked. Now don't have to think about it all season

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      83 on BB with 2 to play.

      Could have been mega if I'd kept Bruno, Amartey and Sarr (instead of going for Greenwood, Digne and Mahrez). Will break even with a Mahrez 26 pointer tho.

      Buzzing the BB has gone tho.

    4. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I’m not being annoying but I think it really depends what those last 3 players score as to whether BB was a success

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Raya, Tsimi, Dunk, ESR. 18 points. Reckon that's aite.

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

    Salah (c) fail then...

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Do you own him?

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Such a hypocrite.

          1. Cok3y5murf
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            ?

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Virtually matched Bruno in the end! Who’d have thought it

    3. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Only 3 or so points less then a guy who scored a hattrick is a win in my eyes

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        tRuE

  12. CaptMidnight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Nice to get captain returns first weekend, just like everyone else. Oh, and Amartey bench jam to top it all off. 87 with Antonio and Coufal left.

  13. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    That my gw1 done. 87 all out.

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nice going

  14. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Did Salah and Mane get sizeable assist bonuses inserted into their contracts over the summer? 😀

  15. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Tsimi & TAA went well

  16. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    GGMU. Top of the league!

    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      yet still no trophy

  17. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Scores on the doors boys?
    72 Antonio, Benrhama, Cresswell and Gundo left

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Think am on 83 with Antonio left ... so-so!

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        pretty nice, I prefer to be ahead then chasing. Whenever I go into the last day with more players then msot, they all blank..

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      76 with Son, Antonio and Coufal.
      Feels decent!

    3. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      77 Coufal Mahrez Antonio left

    4. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      74 with Mahrez, Benrahma and Antonio left.

      Only minus is Amartey first on my bench.

    5. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      80 with Antonio, Coufal, Gundo.
      Might hit 100 with a little luck

    6. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      87

      Antonio and Gundogan left

    7. Kannbury
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      83 + Soucek & Wilson.

    8. Licky
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Looking like 93 with Torres to play.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        nice

    9. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      98 with just Antonio to go I think

    10. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      76 with Antonio left. Happy enough.

    11. Calculated Risks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      91 with Torres, Antonio, Coufal left. (Used bench boost which got me Sarrs points)

    12. Mighty Banana
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      91 with Antonio & Coufal

    13. Feloh
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      89 with Antonio left. Chuffed.

    14. niko mate
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      80 with Cresswell and Antonio left

  18. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    My differential-ish GW1 did not work: Barnes Digne ESR ... move on!

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Haha. Had all of them. Never again.

    2. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      That Barnes slot most failed. Barnes, Raphinha, Buendia

      Just Greenwood with a goal

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah was between Barnes Digne and Mahrez Amartey and went the former. Will see after 4-5 GWs think that the 'right' call 😆

  19. Danstoke82
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Actually considering Pogba….could be good value at 7.5

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I'd wait to see how United line up next game.

      1. Danstoke82
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Next game is against Southampton. Could be another big score line

  20. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    76 plus Son, Antonio and Coufal to go.
    Decent start, still looking for those Jota BAPs and still fuming with Ralph re Armstrong comments, putting me off

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

      75 plus Son, Benrahma, Coufal here.

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

        Let's go Spurs and West Ham!

      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Very good 🙂

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

          🙂

  21. TheDragon
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Everyone who went template is on 80 plus … crazy start

    And city could do anything tomorrow too

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      The one year I go template, phew!

  22. On The Up
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Have you seen the elite 64 league. There's literally 10 teams exactly the same!

    1. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      It’s a 38 week season

      Once you put salah, Fernandes, TAA, Shaw in (who are all but essential) factor in the lack of striker options and the budget then there are only like 3 spots in the first 11 where there is a choice to be made

    2. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      What league is that?

        1. Mighty Banana
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          That sea of Salah's 😀

    3. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      That's really bizarre actually. Well known managers too.

  23. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    As a Bruno captainer/Salah owner that has dampened things a small bit

    What on Earth are those two guys going to do this season in FPL

    600 points between them?

    1. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      500 at best

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      perfect GW1 fixtures for both, wouldn't read too much into it

    3. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Salah in decline tho

    4. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A bit too much I suppose. Something more like 500+.

    5. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      The main thing is you have both so all good.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Nothing worse than trying to get one of them in, especially near the start with WCs flying about

  24. Pointerlou
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    81 with Ederson and Son left. Am happy with that as it’s a no TAA or Bruno team

  25. Don Van Vliet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Going to be a glut of 100+ scores for GW1 -- Never known such a start to the season.

    Went without Bruno myself, but still happy with my score +2 to play.

  26. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any poor sod who went BruNO with Mane over Salah? Surely not.

    1. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Surely people will have learnt their lesson from Salah GW1 last year

    2. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      My opponent in my heads up cash league 😆 Mane(C) too!

  27. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    99 with Coufal, Antonio and Gundo any good? 😉

    1. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Congrats - you have Alonso?

      1. ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks mate. Yes and went with VVD over TAA.

    2. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Absolute shite!

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

      Naa

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nice one, buy a lottery ticket!

    5. shiraz
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nice one

    6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Average

  28. BoleynWin
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Plenty of people jumping the gun before the gameweeks ended. I was admittedly utterly bricking it after that Bruno masterclass earlier but the distribution of funds by not having him has actually returned similar points so far, if City run riot tomorrow there really won’t be much in it….

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I've never seen him play so advanced in a United shirt either, but you imagine Martial/Cavani will be up top soon. With Pogba on form I wonder whether Ole shifts away from the double pivot to a more 433.

  29. Carlton P
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How was Harvey Barnes today? I’ve got .5 ITB
    Should I be considering Gundo/pogba?
    Barnes was one of the first names in my team and barely left my drafts

  30. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    11 teams with 100 or more in LMS (4 TCs)

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      5 BB