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The final match of Gameweek 25 sees Liverpool and Manchester City square off at Anfield.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Pep Guardiola makes five changes from Wednesday’s EFL Cup quarter-final.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marc Guehi, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland all return.

They oust the benched James Trafford, Nathan Ake, Nico Gonzalez, Tijjani Reijnders and Phil Foden.

Ruben Dias and Rayan Cherki are also named among the substitutes.

Liverpool are unsurprisingly unchanged from the side that thrashed Newcastle United 4-1 last time out, with Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz and Cody Gakpo providing support for Hugo Ekitike up top.

LINE-UPS

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

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsey, Ngumoha

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo, O’Reilly, Semenyo, Marmoush, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Dias, Reijnders, Ake, Cherki, Nico, Foden, Alleyne, Lewis

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

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

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


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  1. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    whoaaa it is a pull, but not enough really. salah goes down like a man shot.

  2. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Pep putting a wet blanket of suffocating boredom on everything that's joyous about watching football.

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      600 touches when 4 or 5 get same result.

      Imagine being the best through on goal striker & the team plays tippy tappy

    2. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      You mean City are outplaying Liverpool

      1. Zalk
        • 14 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        I think most people would read that as in general, and not just this game. And no, having the ball and doing absolutely nothing does not equate outplaying.

        1. Riverside Red
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 months, 8 days ago

          Did you think the second half was boring as well? A fantastic game.

  3. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Ekitrappi

    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Yup. Anyone can score against Newcastle at the moment.

  4. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Zzzzzzzz

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Yep, what a boring game zzzzz

  5. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Is there any Curling on?

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Chess would be more entertaining than this.

      1. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        lolz, you guys

  6. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    So far so good benching Haaland this week. Next stop, sell?

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Yeah, thinking this. I'll buy Munoz this week and see how Haaland performs vs Fulham at home. If Haaland doesn't score at least two vs Fulham, I'll sell him then

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

    szobo looked in quite alot of pain at the end there

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Yeah limping off

    2. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Most of the crowd at Anfield probably in pain too, after watching that slop!

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        Slop, such a good word….AI slop favourite expression at work…

    3. Raoul Nogues
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Back in second half

  8. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Dear lawd. What should have been game of the season, has turned out to be one of the worst games of the season. second half will better, has to be.

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Terrible game.

      1. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        With all that talent and firepower, there has to be at least one goal.

        1. Admiral Benson
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          5 months, 9 days ago

          Didn’t you predict 5-4 in one of your earlier 600 comments today? 😉

          1. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            5 months, 9 days ago

            Ha! 😉 I predicted 4-1 to Liverpool.

    2. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Does it need to be 3-3 to constitute a Google game...I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

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

    Played Haaland, Ekitike, Semenyo
    Benched Guehi
    Rookie mistake!

    1. Big Mike
      • 3 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Why? Seems a perfectly legit decisions to me.........

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Ha, same lol…

  10. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 1 Year
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Not quite the goal fest everyone was predicting then...

    I hate it when I'm right

    1. Raoul Nogues
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Seven goals in second hall...

      1. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        How many in the first hall though?

      2. Raoul Nogues
        5 months, 9 days ago

        Half !

  11. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Maybe I'll just keep Cunha instead of getting in Wirtz or Semenyo...

    1. Big Mike
      • 3 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      I'd prefer Bruno, me.

  12. Big Mike
    • 3 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    A) Mukiele (home to Liverpool).
    B) Wilson (away to Man City).

    Play one.

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      B

    2. putana
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      wilson. Mukiele is struggling to get defcon at right back

      1. Big Mike
        • 3 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        He's chipping in with assists, though......

  13. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Glad I started Haaland (20 goals), Semenyo (12 goals) & Ekitike (10 goals) and benched Guehi…

    1. Big Mike
      • 3 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Nowt wrong with those decisions, Mr. Jafooli.

  14. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Anyone considering Gyokeres for the DGW?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Most of us already have three Arsenal players

      1. Hooky
        • 11 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        I only have 2 but am not considering Gyökeres as I've watched him play.

        1. OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          5 months, 9 days ago

          Details please if you have watched him

          1. Hooky
            • 11 Years
            5 months, 9 days ago

            3 goals all season away from home in the league. I'll be polite and say Arsenal don't play to his strengths. In the game v Chelsea last week he touched the ball once in the first 33 minutes.

    2. Big Mike
      • 3 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      No, no, no, no, no.

      No.

      1. Hooky
        • 11 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        2 unlimited or Vicar of Dibley?

        1. Gazwaz80
          • 6 Years
          5 months, 9 days ago

          There’s no Limit to how many times I could reply to this…

    3. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Might not start both

    4. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Cheers all…

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

      I'm half considering it because I don't know which mid to ditch for an Ars mid. Strikers are easier to ditch because they are both rubbish (the two playing in this current match).

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        Could do Haaland & Xhaka to Gyokeres & Palmer and play BB 😮

    6. fedolefan
      • 12 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      I'm doing Bowen -> Gyok but need to find 0.3m from either a Van Hecke downgrade or a Sels downgrade for a -4.

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        Gyokeres could be a great differential…

  15. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    FPL without any essential premiums = team value has zero meaning = an extremely boring thing to play.

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Bruno not a premium?

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        True. Let me rephrase it. FPL with only one essential premium = team value has zero meaning = an extremely boring thing to play.

  16. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Xhaka > Zubimendi for three for third Arsenal…other two Gabriel & Rice

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      *for free

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    What the heck happened here? Liverpool v city used to be quality attacking football. It was full of entertainment with really top players like firmino, mane, prime salah, David silva, yaya, aguero, sane

    This is the complete opposite.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      OMG KdB….

    2. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Manager issue. One washed up, one crap

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

      there were still the odd matches like that one where mahrez missed a last min pen at anfield

    4. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Same goes for this site... used to be less moaning.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        🙂

        1. Gazwaz80
          • 6 Years
          5 months, 9 days ago

          Just the usual suspects who moan…

  18. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Boring, Boring Sunday. EPL is just not the entertainmentt it used to be.

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Yup, too commercial these days, was way better when it wasn’t as commercial

  19. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Ekitike > JPedro for free?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      I don't know. Only 2 great fixtures left for Chelsea. Might not start next one. I'd keep probably

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

      Where the money goes?

      1. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        Might buy Mbuemo after the dgw

      2. Gazwaz80
        • 6 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        He’ll definitely start after Delaps s%#tshow…

  20. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Let's see these adjustments... seems Liverpool is respecting MCI too much.

    MCI needs to put a proper #10 on the pitch. But KDB is playing for someone else these days

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Jerky their most creative player, on the bench

  21. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Big girl

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      Angela White?

  22. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    VVD YC

  23. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Kung Fu Alisson…

  24. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    FPL- is Squirtz a Flat-Track-Bully?

    How many touches does this 100M player have?

    More than Isak, who is also a waste of money

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 months, 9 days ago

      So far a spectator

      1. Capocannonieri
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 months, 9 days ago

        Looking good in the 2nd half

        Wirtz and Ekitik look dangerous

  25. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Super Bowl 0-0 FT tonight would be disappointing…

  26. Nightf0x
    • 11 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Sanchez (dub)
    Gabriel timber richards (keane mukiele)
    Enzo bruno rice rogers king
    Haland watkins (tiago)

    King to whom ?

    A) KDH, gw27 watkins to ekitike
    B) rayan, gw27 watkins keane -4 to ekitike hill
    C) roll ft, start mukiele/keane, gw27 watkins keane king -4 to ekitike dango hill

  27. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Hugo miss

  28. F4L
    • 11 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    eki close

  29. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Ekitike sitter

  30. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    5 months, 9 days ago

    Aaahahhhahahha.....