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Burnley take on Liverpool in the penultimate fixture of Gameweek 4, with kick-off at Turf Moor at 14:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

The headline team news is that there is no Alexander Isak in the matchday squad for Liverpool.

Explaining his absence, Arne Slot said:

“We’ve decided it is the best for him to have a proper week of training instead of every time going for five or ten minutes of playing.

“I can assure the fans that he will be involved on Wednesday – but this game came a bit too early.” – Arne Slot on Alexander Isak

The Reds are unchanged from the team that beat Arsenal 1-0 prior to the international break.

Dominik Szoboszlai continues at right-back, with the fit-again Jeremie Frimpong and Conor Bradley on the bench.

Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike make up the front four.

There’s two changes for Burnley as Josh Laurent and Loum Tchaouna come in for Hannibal Mejbri and Jacob Bruun Larsen, who is not in the squad.

Hjalmar Ekdal starts despite limping off for Sweden earlier this week.

LINE-UPS

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman, Ugochukwu, Cullen, Tchaouna, Laurent, Anthony, Foster

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Edwards, Humphreys, Florentino, Flemming, Pires, Broja, Hannibal

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Bradley, Chiesa, Robertson, Frimpong, Nyoni, Nguhoma


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  1. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Looks like early Kerkez sub incoming

  2. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Come on Burnley bury this

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

    Non-Salah owners you can come out from behind the couch. He’s not scoring today.

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      No, there’s a jammy injury time pen coming for him, for sure.

    2. Ball Ake
      • 1 Year
      7 months, 1 day ago

      They're in denial

  4. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Wirtz is a massive disappointment and a waste of money. He looks lost in this team

    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Already shipped for Semmy - seen enough. Should of done it this week

  5. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Robbo on 6m man off 37m

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Kirkez owners in tears

  6. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Horror show season. Glad i have Haaland. Shipping Salah soon

  7. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Kerkez owners in disbelief

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      700k of them

  8. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Captain Salah fail wtf

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      All the plays down left not right ?

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

    Poor move from Slot, Kerkez was having a great match.

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      What game you watching, he was sizing up a red

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        7 months, 1 day ago

        I meant a great match for Burnleys sake.

        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          7 months, 1 day ago

          🙂

  10. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Good sub from Slot

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      If there was no niggle, it sends a message for sure couldn’t wait 3mins to HT

      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        7 months, 1 day ago

        More like 10 minutes. Enough time for a second yellow

  11. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Kerkez disaster class

  12. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Haaland gonna punish Salah cappers

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Please. That, and punish Isak buyer as well

  13. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Robertson shot on goal

  14. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    vvd gonna reach 10 dc today aint he 😐

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Yep

  15. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Robertson on, Liverpool to concede again. Should have had Arsenal’s defence

  16. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Lol 0 xg from Salah

  17. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Great business from Bournemouth, bought a superior LB in Truffert and made a load of £££

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Exactly, good business model.

      Brighton’s is the best, sell £300m worth of players & another slots in seamlessly 😳

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        7 months, 1 day ago

        And usually someone you’ve never heard of as well

  18. ididnt
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Can someone tell me what Wirtz is meant to add to this team exactly?

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      An illusion for FPL "experts" that he's a great pick.

      1. ididnt
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 1 day ago

        But in “real life” why was he so highly rated?

        1. OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 1 day ago

          Most players take time to adjust in PL

        2. JBG
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 1 day ago

          Hard to say tbh. There's nothing about him that screams £100m+ player.

        3. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          7 months, 1 day ago

          Some players are just perfect for a team. Wirtz was for Leverkusen.. look at Grealish, quite a flop for Man City, a fringe player but now the main man of Everton

    2. Assisting the assister
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Shipped him for Semenyo last night

  19. wiseguy
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Carried by Huijsen and Zabarnyi. Ironically, Liverpool are the ones who have been absolutely robbed.

  20. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Cheeky attempt by Ekitike

  21. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Maybe I should have bench boosted. Looking at 19 points stranded.

    Dubrakava - clean sheet
    Porro- clean sheet
    Reinildo - clean sheet
    Wood - blank

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Wow that’s mega

  22. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Salah sleeping

  23. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Gakpo a much better pick than Salah so far

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Stop reverse jinxing Salah... he'll get a jammy pen in the 97min

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 1 day ago

        That won’t be good enough

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Yeah I'm thinking about downgrading Salah to Gakpo and getting in Palmer and Madueke for KDH and Reijnders

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

      Both bad picks. They’re going to blank.

  24. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Salah will be off at 59 mins at his rate and Chiesa on and scoring

  25. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Salah terrible again

  26. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Salah content with his lot since he signed his contract

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Saving himself for AFCON

  27. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 1 day ago

    Wirtz and Salah combine to turn the ball over

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Chuckle brothers

      1. Yes Ndidi
        • 6 Years
        7 months, 1 day ago

        Oh dear

  28. Moon Dog
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Liverpool look so poor today. You could forgive it against Bournemouth, Newcastle, or Arsenal; but now they need to show something against Burnley...

      Maybe they'll find their rhythm 2nd half...

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 1 day ago

        arteta shouldve gone for the win last gw, mistake from him

    • FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      I needed Salah and Gakpo hauls for FPL ir Burnley win for my pleasure so starting to cheer for the latter now

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 1 day ago

      Hugo that was a tap in