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Winner takes Alexander Isak?

The Swede will be watching his potential future employers take on his current ones in the final match of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 2 tonight.

Newcastle United v Liverpool gets underway at St James’ Park at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

While the off-the-field events are very chaotic, the Magpies’ team news is routine.

In fact, Eddie Howe has named an unchanged side from the 0-0 draw with Aston Villa nine days ago.

Anthony Gordon will be leading the line for the hosts again.

New signing Jacob Ramsey is in the squad for the first time, joining fellow summer recruits Malick Thiaw and Aaron Ramsdale among the substitutes.

Arne Slot is forced into two alterations this evening.

Jeremie Frimpong misses out with a hamstring injury, while Alexis Mac Allister is attending the birth of his child.

Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch, the latter of whom is back from suspension, come into Slot’s starting XI.

With Frimpong sidelined and Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley only fit enough for substitute duty, the Liverpool boss has confirmed that Dominik Szoboszlai will start at right-back tonight.

New boy Giovanni Leoni takes his place among the substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton, Tonali, Guimaraes, Elanga, Gordon, Barnes.

Subs: Ramsdale, Hall, Botman, Thiaw, Osula, Murphy, Willock, Ramsey, Miley.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Jones, Gravenberch, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Bradley, Endo, Chiesa, Leoni, Elliott, Robertson, Ngumoha.

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE

New to Fantasy Football Scout this week is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:


Dango debut

price change predictions
  1. el polako
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 4 hours ago

    Hopefully we will see a Wirtzuoso display tonight.

    1. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Nice.

      Anything to distract from Carragher prancing about like he's on the edge of a soft play area in Bootle.

      1. Moon Dog
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          I found footage of Carragher prancing about: https://youtu.be/xr5Y5zy7rBc?si=0_rCxbE_RX9Epep1

          1. Jordan.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            8 months, 2 hours ago

            magic,made me laugh that

      2. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Or perhaps some technical Expertike?

    2. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Need a Salah blank

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        I don't.

    3. NotsoSpursy
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Palmer -> Kudus seems the obvious move this game week.

      Or is Semenyo a better purchase?

      1. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Me too. For me he's a better pick for a number of reasons:
        Assured more minutes
        Assured more games
        Cheaper, allowing me to put my 'get Salah' as well as Haaland plan in place
        Generally believe he'll get more points over the next 10 GWs

        1. jayzico
          • 15 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          *Sorry, meant to say a better pick than Johnson

    4. DeSelby
      • 3 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      I don't like Anthony Gordon.

      1. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Horrible int he

    5. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Please delete that ridiculous picture of Anthony Gordon.

      Why are scout taking such pleasure in deliberately triggering people?

      1. Punned It
        • 1 Year
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Oh, go on, he looks like he's fronting an eighties post-punk band ie. pretty cool.

      2. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        lol

      3. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        I thought that it was Bono. I wondered why he would be watching and why they would have used a photograph from 1988.

    6. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Curtis Jones starts. We're so F'd 😥

      1. JT11fc
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Who is we?

    7. rhysmd
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Imminent wild card with Ait-Nouri, Saka, Palmer and Rutter all injury doubts. Top three picks for defenders/midfielders/strikers!?

      1. nonaynever
        • 10 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        the way this season is going....you could WC every week for the next month, and still be unsure....wait till after IB

      2. nonaynever
        • 10 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        in case they are all doubtful come Friday, plan a FH team to get you to IB?

    8. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Atmosphere 🙂

    9. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Can a rusty Graveberch, out of position Sloboz, and no Mcallister do the biz?

    10. mattyb09
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      2-2 Liverpool:

      Goals - Wirtz, Gakpo; Gordon (pen), Barnes
      Assists - Wirtz, Salah; Hall

      1. mattyb09
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        *2-2 Draw

    11. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      How come Wirtz hasn’t dropped yet?

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Price changes have been fixed for years mate

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          I swear he’s been sold so much as well, bizarre why they would fix it for certain players though, unless definition of algorithm is something like new players to the league have higher thresholds to increase or decrease.

    12. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      I have Salah but not as captain.

      If he scores twice or say scores 15 points tonight, wouldy GW rank likely go up or down, given a few teams do not have him?

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Depending on your current OR

      2. Gandalf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Would expect overall for Salah to have more than 100% EO after Palmer captains shift to him, so if not captaining I'd be wanting a blank

    13. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Salah looks tiny compared to Dan Burn 🙂

      1. Goro Majima
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Everyone does.

        1. ITS AMAD WORLD
          • 3 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          Peter Crouch would beg to differ

          1. Goro Majima
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            8 months, 3 hours ago

            Fair.

    14. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      This will be a horrible game to referee

    15. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Ref-Cam, WFT - looks like one of these YouTube 'auditor' tools...

    16. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Wirtz down

    17. MetallicaJack93
      • 2 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      How does this FH look?

      Sels
      Cucu Milen Porro
      Salah Bruno Gordon Kudus
      Haaland Pedro Wood

      Not sure if Haaland, Bruno or Pedro are the best shots but unsure on richarlison too

      1. MetallicaJack93
        • 2 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Got like 3m itb

      2. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Pedro is. Not sure about the other two.

        It doesn't seem the easiest week to free hit and pick out nailed on big wins or high scoring matches.

        1. MetallicaJack93
          • 2 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          Yeah true, just wanna do some catch up in MLs ahead of IB, can then WC

    18. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Grav YC

    19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Dirty from gravenberch that

      Liverpool rattled

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Toon out to prove they don't need AI...

    20. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 3 hours ago

      Don't see how that's a yc when the other too challenges from NewC weren't

      1. Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Two*

        1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          This!

          1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            8 months, 3 hours ago

            Home advantage.

      2. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Through the back of a player?

        Vs

        Catching toe & high boot?

      3. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        That one was a bit worse

      4. Moon Dog
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          Typical United favouritism

      5. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Guesses on who gets the first RC here, cause there will be atleast one, at this rate?

        1. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          Sloboz

        2. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          I was going to say similar

          Doesn't look like it will be 11 v 11 by the end

      6. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Is it possible to refresh the page without being whizzed back to my last comment or is that how the site works now?

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          Would also like them to ditch the membership pop-up, the early bird deal is closed, so they can ditch it now...

      7. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Liverpool should bring on Salah...

      8. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Linton miss

      9. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Scrappy so far.

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          Also preferred Scooby, more mellow...

      10. F4L
        • 11 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        thats never a foul on gordon

      11. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Wirtz looks good. In DMF.

        1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          8 months, 3 hours ago

          DMF - Defensive midfield?

          1. Riverside Red
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            8 months, 3 hours ago

            Derby's Mid Field

      12. JT11fc
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Tonali going for territory

      13. Bored Ape Jota Club
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Lol at that Tonali free kick.

      14. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 3 hours ago

        Hugo twice kicked ball away?