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It’s an audition of sorts for Liverpool players as Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers get to run the rule over Jurgen Klopp’s side ahead of Blank Gameweek 32.

Not that one of the Reds isn’t already owned by a fair number of FPL bosses.

Mohamed Salah is sitting in not far off one in five of the squads in the top 100,000, and in 28% of FPL sides overall.

Above: Effective ownership numbers in the top 10k/100k, via LiveFPL

Salah starts against Leeds United this evening and is part of an unchanged side from the one that Klopp sent out against Arsenal.

Darwin Nunez is on the bench for the third time in four games, while Luis Diaz makes his long-awaited return to the Liverpool squad after a six-month lay-off.

Alisson and Ibrahima Konate, both minor concerns ahead of Saturday’s deadline, are fit to start.

As for the hosts at Elland Road, Javi Gracia has made two changes from the starting XI that initially impressed against Crystal Palace before succumbing to a 5-1 hiding.

Top goalscorer Rodrigo Moreno starts for the first time since Gameweek 21 as he replaces Patrick Bamford, who is missing from the squad altogether.

The other change comes at right-back, with an out-of-form Luke Ayling finally ousted by Rasmus Kristensen.

Kick-off in tonight’s game is at 20:00 BST.

GAMEWEEK 31 LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Kristensen, Firpo, Koch, Struijk, McKennie, Roca, Harrison, Aaronson, Sinisterra, Rodrigo.

Subs: Robles, Ayling, Forshaw, Cooper, Summerville, Rutter, Gnonto, Wober, Greenwood.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Konate, Van Dijk, Henderson, Fabinho, Jones, Salah, Gakpo, Jota.

Subs: Kelleher, Thiago, Milner, Firmino, Elliott, Tsimikas, Diaz, Nunez, Matip.



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  1. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Darwin Nunca

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Very good

  2. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Salah and Trent masterclass tonight please to help cover up my GW31 Wildcard it’s all my own fault complete failure.

    Sold Watkins, Bowen, Mings, Odegaard and Kepa amongst others.
    I am that good at this game.

    1. Jenas
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      If you don't have Watkins, who's your front three then on wc?

      1. Patio Kev
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Already had Kane and Erling.

        Tried to be smart and swapped Watkins for Jesus.

        Didn’t work out.

    2. Warby84
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      I’ve got Salah (c)

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Ouch

      Good luck

  3. Bobby Crush
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    What do you think the result will be?

    I go for 1-2.

    1. Snake Juice
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      2-1 to Leeds

    2. Jenas
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      0-1

    3. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      0-4

    4. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      1-1

    5. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      1-3

    6. cutch
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      1-2 I agree

    7. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      2-5

    8. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      3-3

    9. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      0-0

  4. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    2-3

  5. Tomerick
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Shout out to all my home boys that need a Mo Salah haul as the icing to their gameweek cakes.

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Would be wonderful ... on 73 so anything Salah does that helps me break 80 points this week should be a good score

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Icing? I need the cake first!

  6. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Can Liverpool keep a Cs tonight?

    6/9 Cs but only 1 in last 4, but 2 of these games were City and Arsenal, I'm backing the Liverpool defence with 4 home games in next 5 , 2 home games in double

  7. Warby84
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    C’mon Salah (c)

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Well done , wish I had been braver but I had predicted 17 points for Haaland but got 12, Salah will punish with 15+

      1. Warby84
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        I’m on 57 without Haaland

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 day ago

          Lovely 🙂

  8. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Leeds ain't keeping a clean sheet but there's goals in that team.

    Hope for a bit of a classic encounter.

  9. Jenas
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    I just need 1-0 to Liverpool with an Taa goal.

    1. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Yes that'll do nicely

  10. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Final attacker spot for FH32 (play 343 or 352)
    A. Solanke (WHU)
    B. Eze (EVE)
    C. Isak (TOT)
    D. Bowen (bou)
    E. Toney (AVL)

    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      A. Got a good feeling about him this week

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      A or B

    3. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      B

      Quite like Billing too who isn’t on your list

      1. The Mentaculus
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Yeah Billing for me also. Playing 352 unless Jota somehow works his way in

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Eze or
      Solanke

    5. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      But I'm very keen on both, some great opportunities this week. Son is my question mark but that ownership!

      Johnstone
      TAA Robbo Moreno
      Salah Son Martinelli Eze
      Jesus Watkins Solanke
      Leno Bowen Guehi Mings

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        I have:
        Johnstone
        Trippier, TAA, Moreno
        Martinelli, Salah, Eze, Saka
        Watkins, Kane, Jesus
        Fabianski, Andreas, Zouma, Tarkowski

  11. Mika-eel
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Not sure when Eid is, but if it's on Saturday, Salah might not play?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      He'll play if fit.

      1. Mika-eel
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Thinking the same.

    2. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      It depends... some celebrate Friday and some celebrate Saturday.

      1. Mika-eel
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Yeah depends when the moon is sighted.

    3. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Its the end of Ramadan so no more fasting. And its Thurs/Fri

      1. Mika-eel
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        I think it Friday or Saturday. Hopefully Eid in the UK is on Friday!

        1. The Mentaculus
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 day ago

          I could be wrong, maybe its Friday night. Still don't expect it to affect Salah's availability

          1. Mika-eel
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 day ago

            In South Africa we looking at Saturday or Sunday, it's normally the day before in England. Agreed, think Salah will play.

            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 day ago

              It's all day so he'll be able to celebrate either side of the game.

              He's not going to down tools I'm sure.

  12. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    That rules Darwin out of free hit then

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Stay well away he’s not started in three of four now.

  13. JBG
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    1 goal Gakpo... all I ask.

    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Just one goal Gakpo, give it to me, delicious forward, from PSV...

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      I thought about getting him all week, but pussied out in the end and saved my FT.

  14. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Why surprised that Darwin is benched? That performance so far this season for that price

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      What price? Fpl?

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Not surprised at all, would prefer Salah Gakpo Jota Firmino Diaz

  15. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Leeds narrow win. Fabinho red.

  16. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Come on Sexy Salah!!

    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Wrong forum.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        This is the forum to fantasise?

        1. DARE TO BISCAN
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 day ago

          Fantasy football? Sure.

          Soliciting bukkake parties? Nah.

          Relax.

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 1 day ago

            Understood - got a website for the latter please?

  17. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    £64.2million (€75m) Is much for an unproven pl player

  18. DARE TO BISCAN
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Damn Google buzzing my phone to update me it's 0-0

  19. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    The full red and white strips look good on the background of the pitch.

    1. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      A nice pitch aesthetic often downplayed.

  20. OffsidePenalty
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    My first plan was to FH34, so I rolled the ft last week. Now I have 2 FT and planned to make 3 transfers (-4) to field 9 players for BGW32.

    This was to take out chilwell for TAA and Rashford+Fernandes to Martinelli+Gakpo.

    But now im wondering to just FH32 and plan some ft to field 9-10 players playing double in GW34. But then I feel I just burned my rolled ft this week..
    What should I do? Is it bigger upside to fh32 and play 9-10 with double matches in 34?

    (I have 3x man.utd and 2x Brighton, 1 ARS, 2 man.city)

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      FH 32

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      I think the bigger upside is the FH in 34 and may well field nine players myself. I was gonna free hit in 32, but I want free reign on double game week players.

      1. OffsidePenalty
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        My problem is that if I am gonna field 9 players in BGW32, then I have to take out some brighton and man.utd players which I also would want back for dgw34..

  21. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    "Junior Firpo who had an unpredictable evening against Crystal Palace needs to have his wits about him today"

    What exactly was unpredictable about Firpo having a mare defensively

  22. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    needed a better header Rodrigo

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      He's sighted on the shot now too

  23. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Salah wider than the Nile if Trent keeps this role.

    1. ZimZalabim
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      hendo in the inside channel

      would prefer him to be a bit deeper so salah can go where he wants and hendo can cover the space he leaves

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Yeah Hendo doing line breaking runs closest to Gakpo in the box made me laugh with Salah catching chalk!

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      I'll take the CS point I guess...

    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      He can still curl it in from there!

  24. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Liverpool not looking very good.

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      All those double defence FH plans out the window

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Consistency is key!

    3. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Poor passing

  25. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Robbo deeper than the Clyde in attack, basically LCB.

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Normally what happens when teams setup with inverted FB, they all shuffle along one

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        I know.

        City & Arsenal do it very well as they have the personal to do it, Liverpool less so!

  26. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    Jones is class reminds me of Busquets D'oh 🙁

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Reminds me of Jeff Whitley

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        He passes like Pirlo to lol

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Cujo.

  27. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    When you look at the likes of Cancelo, Stones and Zinchenko playing the inverted FB role, there's far more athleticism and movement compared to TAA. TAA is playing the role like a QB, receives the ball and pings the diagonal

  28. Riverside Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    What position is Trent actually playing?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      False 2

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        So a pee

    2. Sir Matt Bugsby
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      He's playing the Stones role. Salah playing the Grealish/Mahrez role. Klopp copying Pep.. it's so sad.

  29. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    This looks like a bloodbath on paper

    1. Sure You Did
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      You are on 39 with only Salah left, of course you would say that in dire hope 🙂

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Wouldn’t be too bad if it weren’t for that annoying pest who goes by the name of Ollie!!

  30. DARE TO BISCAN
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 day ago

    River analogy haters in de Nile

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      You could say they're being driven in Seine?

      1. DARE TO BISCAN
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Some Amazon river puns out there, tbf

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Thames the breaks!

      1. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        This congo on all night.

        1. DARE TO BISCAN
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 day ago

          Tagus ages

          1. Marvin.
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 1 day ago

            Might be tyne to call it a night.

            1. DARE TO BISCAN
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 day ago

              Ouse sayin

              1. Marvin.
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 1 day ago

                Amur gonna have to look up some rivers to keep this going.

                1. DARE TO BISCAN
                  • 7 Years
                  3 years, 1 day ago

                  Kwango on Google

                  1. Marvin.
                    • 9 Years
                    3 years, 1 day ago

                    I'll Yenisei what I can find.

    3. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      At sixes and Severns. Wye o wye!!

    4. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 day ago

      Orange you glad you loaded up on Liverpool, now?

      1. DARE TO BISCAN
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 day ago

        Avon got any. Will do on FH32