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19 May 2025 242 comments
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Gameweek 37 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues at the American Express Stadium, where the team news has just arrived for both Brighton and Hove Albion and Liverpool.

The headline is that the newly-crowned champions – back from a few days of celebrating in Dubai – have moved captain Virgil van Dijk (£6.7m) and Luis Diaz (£7.5m) to the bench as part of four lineup changes.

Andrew Robertson (£5.8m) also makes way, while Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.2m) remains on their bench. Fellow defender Joe Gomez (£4.7m) is hoping for some minutes after a long-term hamstring injury.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Salah (£13.6m) remains in the starting XI, as does Cody Gakpo (£7.2m). Both scored in November’s reverse meeting at Anfield.

As for their hosts, Brighton remove Tariq Lamptey (£4.4m) and Matt O’Riley (£5.5m) for Simon Adingra (£5.1m) and Brajan Gruda (£5.4m). The latter scored his first goal for the club in last week’s 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers, having also impressed when assisting twice in Gameweek 34’s brief appearance versus West Ham United.

Lewis Dunk (£4.2m) and Joel Veltman (£4.3m) missed out on a clean sheet because of small knocks but make tonight’s bench. Alongside them is Kaoru Mitoma (£6.3m), scorer in two of his three cameos since last starting in Gameweek 31.

Danny Welbeck (£5.5m) and Bart Verbruggen (£4.6m) are playing, but Joao Pedro (£5.5m) isn’t here for personal reasons, despite his three-match ban being over.


GAMEWEEK 37 LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen; Wieffer, van Hecke, Webster, Estupinan; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Gruda, Adingra; Welbeck

Subs: Rushworth, Igor Julio, Dunk, Veltman, Gomez, Mitoma, Hinshelwood, O’Riley, Howell

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Bradley, Quansah, Konate, Tsimikas; Elliott, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Salah, Chiesa, Gakpo

Subs: Kelleher, van Dijk, Gomez, Endo, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Jones, Diaz, Darwin

FPL team previews – Liverpool: Best players, predicted XI + more

FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    gruda has the sauce. one to watch for next season

  2. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Have benched 322 points so far this season. Anyone better that total?

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Possibly, what website tells me?

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Ah 282 for me, mine seems high let alone yours lol.

        FPL Statistico if anyone wonders the site.

        1. Dthinger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          That is a cool site. I don't have that many benched points, and was relieved to see that I didn't have any GWs in which my bench keeper outscored my played keeper

        2. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          of course the week I bench boosted there was a total of 5 points on there

          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            7 months, 9 days ago

            Gameweek 1, my friend.

        3. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          Where on the website?

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 6 Years
            7 months, 9 days ago

            On the left after all the captain stuff.

          2. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            7 months, 9 days ago

            Got it, sorry. I automatically read fplstatistics

    2. JBG
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      170 points benched

      48 autosub points

    3. Antonio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      349

    4. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Seems a lot. I'm on 270. And I was playing a set and forget team in 4/5 week bursts so needed a strong bench. Evidently I didn't do too well in that department.

    5. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Total Benched Points : 361

      It's a lot! Had a strong bench all season. I remember having at least 2 gw's with 30+ points on the bench. BB got me 24pts.

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        In a high scoring gamweek you can accept a 30+ bench but in a low scoring gameweek it's a killer.

        1. Pep bites Kun
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          One was high-scoring. The first 11 outdid the bench. The other however was low-scoring. Martinez & a City def benched for Arsenal. It WAS a killer! 8-*

    6. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      I averaged 80 points between gw20-29, boy those were the times...

    7. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Makes sense to have a lot of bench points. Haaland being injured/bad and budget mids being awesome meant money was not a factor for a big part of the season, meaning there were always some good players on the bench (and also in starting 11)

    8. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      338, yikes.

      Biggest downfall all season was deciding to switch from Salah to Haaland for City’s good fixtures, persisting with that for too long, and then when getting Salah back, too many times trying to go against him with a different captain. Boring enough year on the whole because of that.

    9. nanxun
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      239 pts. benched

    10. nanxun
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      total pts. benched = 25

      1. nanxun
        • 4 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        scratch that. t

        otal auto-subs pts. = 25

    11. CAPTAIN BLACKLIST
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      I see your 322 and I raise you 439 good sir! Actually considering giving my bench their own FPL ID next season they’d do pretty well

    12. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Ouch

  3. DeSelby
    • 3 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Wieffer dive. That players get booked approximately 1 in every 10 dives is really irritating. I guess they don't want players to stop.

  4. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Brighton might just snatch this

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Great movie, loved both Statham and Graham. Vinnie Jones had a great cameo as well

      1. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Lol

  5. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Premiums have just been awful towards the end of this season! Why do I still have Salah post new contract?!

  6. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Oh close

  7. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Quansah asleep at the switch again

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Seems like a great defender, for the opposition teams

  8. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Goal awarded get in Brighton

  9. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Better not bring Virgil on

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Who's coming in for you?

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    hinselwood g
    o'reily a

  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    any hurzeler punters?

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Was the original plan to switch Frank for him but I got drawn into the Watkins hype and used FT there instead. Know a few that went there though, well done!

  12. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Palace will beat Pool as well, you know it.

  13. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Well done, kiddo!

  14. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Alisson with 3 save points 😯

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Small victories.

    2. JBG
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      9 saves?

      How sh*t have Liverpool been? Haven't watched

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        very very open, grav doesnt look match sharp either. just chilling i guess now their players

        24 shots against, must be close to a pl record for liverpool

      2. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Quansah is playing. Need you ask?

  15. Babit1967
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Think I’ll just leave the captaincy on Bowen - hasn’t let me down last few game weeks.

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Good call

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      I'm considering tripling him

      1. JabbaWookiee
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Do it. I wasted it this week on Watkins. Chips this season have been shocking

      2. Babit1967
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Go for it

    3. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Yeah, don’t think I’ll be going with Salah now anyway

      1. Babit1967
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Salahs on the beach

  16. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Can't remember a more frustrating watch in a long time - Liverpool fan and Salah cap.

  17. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Haaland cap predictions for tomorrow?

  18. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    ngl must be extra sweet for Palace fans that its Brighton they've blocked from getting into Europe

    1. Qaiss
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Forest are beating Chelsea

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        yeah could do, looking forward to that match should be great

  19. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Ave that

  20. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Benching Salah this gw may well be my favourite decision of the season

  21. FCSB
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Hurzueler owners unite, well played sirs, well played.

    How many points does he get?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      19

    2. Nickyboy
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Happy days!

  22. Tommy J
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    One of the few things I have got right this season-had Hurzeler as AM last 3 gameweeks

    1. FCSB
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Same, been a terrible second half but that feels a nice way to finish

      1. Tommy J
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Agreed!

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Nice call, I expect they do well vs Spurs too. Ones to watch for next season for sure. Brighton have largely gone under the radar this season.

    3. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Well played

  23. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Pep better have a 5-0 win tomorrow now, the -4 to get Hurzeler would’ve paid off, ah well

    1. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Gonna be a tight game. Could be 2-1, 1-1 or 1-2 I reckon

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Ya I’d just take any sort of win now, could really do with those few extra points

  24. Aaa
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Mateta -> Havertz, Gakpo or Welbeck?

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Havertz would be tempting if knowing he starts

  25. JBG
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    I've never been so happy having a player in my team blank for so many GWs. Isn't FPL fun?

  26. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    only the second time Salah has got -bps this season

  27. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Liverpool are really poor Champions. They were like this the last time they won the league I recall.

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      yea, abit too relaxed. was worse last time, they "bottled" the 100+ points which looked nailed on

      1. Digital-Real
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Bottling is when you trying for something and fail. Liverpool had won the league by then and weren't bothered about 100pts. Big difference.

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          i agree to an extent but the 100+ (probably more than Cities' 100) puts that team in the record books and a level of immortality. if Arsenal had lost to Leicester on the final day of their invincible season, would also consider that a bottle to a certain degree for example

          not trying to take away from how good liverpool were that season

        2. Digital-Real
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          It is the best Premier League side ever having wrapped up the league against the great Man City side by GW31. Finishing on 99 PTS and taking their foot off the gas for the remaining 7 games.
          Don't need 100 PTS to figure that out.

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      I literally added a note into my book five mins ago about how much Pool are on the beach lol.

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      It's Arteta I feel for

  28. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Survived Salah, Erling please deliver

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      This, high five

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        One goal and 3 BPS, I will be happy!

    2. Nickyboy
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Everything crossed

    3. CoracAld2831
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Hope so.

    4. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      I have Haaland cap bro, RIP.

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Hope it’s make not break.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 6 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          Yea. season basically rests in Haalands hands as I surely cap him in 38 as well.

          Not got much faith lol.

  29. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    KdB > Saka final GW, or maybe Munoz > someone? Will be playing BB, but maybe Munoz isn’t the worst of an attacking option against this Liverpool.

    Any defenders worth punting on for a final GW haul?

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Munoz would score today

    2. Assisting the assister
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Kerkez?

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Have him as is on the bench since WC really aiming for BB38

    3. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Feel like KDB to saka is the obvious move for me as well

    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      looking at livra/kerkez

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Ya livra was one I was thinking, if not KdB to Saka

    5. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Do you really want to move KDB if he starts?

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        If he starts probably not.

        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          7 months, 9 days ago

          Would probably just do either Myko or Milenkovic to someone like Livra in that case

          1. Atimis
            • 9 Years
            7 months, 9 days ago

            Sounds right imo

    6. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Not sure. Maybe Estupinan? I'm not basing that on much though. I wouldn't take Munoz out for him either.

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Not sure why I even said Munoz really, the above 2 would be out before him for sure

  30. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 9 days ago

    Good evening all!!

    Kindly start 3 here???

    A- VVD(Palace home)
    B- Milenkovic(Chelsea home)
    C- RAN(Brentford home)
    D- Kerkez(Leicester home)
    E- Gvardial(Fulham away)

    Currently starting ADE

    Cheers everyone!!

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Yeah ADE tho could see RAN getting something

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      Play the most attacking ones as CS are pretty rare.

      D and E, and I think B.

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Actually after today maybe RAN over VVD yeah

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      cde

    4. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      B or C, D & E

    5. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 9 days ago

      ABD

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 9 days ago

        Thankyou everyone!!! Appreciate everyone’s feedback!! Food for thought!!