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Liverpool v Spurs team news: Salah + Ekitike benched

15 March 2026 422 comments
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Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur rounds off the day’s Premier League football.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Arne Slot has made five changes to the Liverpool XI that lost to Galatasaray in midweek.

Giorgi Mamardashvili, Ibrahima Konate, Milos Kerkez, and, most notably from a Fantasy perspective, Mohamed Salah and Hugo Ekitike drop to the bench.

In come Alisson Becker, Andrew Robertson, Jeremie Frimpong, Rio Ngumoha and Cody Gakpo.

Spurs, meanwhile, make four alterations from Europe: Guglielmo Vicario, Radu Dragusin, Souza and Dominic Solanke for Antonin Kinsky, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Randal Kolo Muani.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Ngumoha, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo

Subs: Mamardashvili, Ramsay, Kerkez, Konate, Nyoni, Jones, Ekitike, Chiesa, Salah

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Danso, Dragusin, Spence, Gray, Sarr, Souza, Tel, Richarlison, Solanke

Subs: Austin, Kinsky, Rowswell, Simons, Olusesi, Kolo Muani, Wilson

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  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Get the kid off & get Ekitike on, he’ll run these ragged

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    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      your Cap Steve?

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Nah Bruno Cap

        But Ekitike against this dross

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      No, stay on the bench 😛

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      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        this

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      2. Josh.E
        • 4 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        No! people have Anderson and Van Hecke coming on.

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    3. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Seems safer to rest him for Europe. They don’t want him injured. Maybe bring on in 92nd minute?

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  2. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    I know the common strategy is wc32 but if your team already can look good that week with no WC, what is a better strategy?

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    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      of course

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      1. Saka White Rice
        • 11 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Read my question again

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        1. Bluetiger1
          • 3 Years
          6 days, 11 hours ago

          Sorry SWR

          Meant to expand "if your team already can look good that week with no WC, what is a better strategy" - my answer would keep with that & RWC

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          1. Saka White Rice
            • 11 Years
            6 days, 11 hours ago

            Fantastic insight

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            1. Bluetiger1
              • 3 Years
              6 days, 11 hours ago

              SWR - just responding to your question

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              1. Saka White Rice
                • 11 Years
                6 days, 11 hours ago

                Been playing this game for over 10 years and ive never heard of that acronym

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                1. Bluetiger1
                  • 3 Years
                  6 days, 11 hours ago

                  Hi Saka White Rice

                  Apologies on my behalf if my response missing leading way never meant to offend.

                  I'm benching 3 BGW players in GW31.

                  no FTs to get certain Arsenal players back & looking at run in with
                  these additional chips to maximise finish so will be in GW32 playing Wildcard.

                  Personally double chips / 5 Fts for African Nations / too many template teams need a relook in the summer,
                  I quite liked the Manager chip

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    2. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Safe transfers for the GW right before DGW and hope for the best! I’m haven’t decided yet if I’m using my FH in BGW or DGW. I need more info.

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  3. The Night Trunker.
    • 2 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    C'mon Salah! Do something.

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    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Needs to come on from the bench first

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  4. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Virgil on a massive 0 DC

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    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      It is against Spurs

      might still get a clean sheet
      & you never know from set play
      assist or corner on top?

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      mfw my players don’t simultaneously rack up defcons while easily keeping a clean sheet

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  5. Bluetiger1
    • 3 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Anyone caught with the Ekitike hype for this GW going to score lots against Tottenham Hotspurs?

    I'm guessing in the middle of Champions League always going to be rotations & no Salah?

    Presume both rested?

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    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Regarding Salah, I don't know if it's a Resting or a Benching tbh

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      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Ditto

        Major shock was Ekitike not starting with FPL points
        but realised back in the real world will not need full strength
        to get result & rest for second leg in europe only 1-0 behind

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    2. Pornchef
      • 2 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Salah was taken off early in the champ league so the benching is a bit odd

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  6. Stranger Mings
    • 5 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Best FUL def for 2 week punt a)ndersen b)assey c)robinson? Cheers

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Boring A

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      1. Stranger Mings
        • 5 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Seems best form

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  7. No Kane No Gain
    • 7 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Harry Wilson captain or stick with Bruno?!

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Between them two for me too

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      I am on Gordon, got both Harry and Bruno

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    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Wilson is nice pick this gw. Tough fixture for utd

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    4. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Thiaw obviously

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  8. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    What are your thoughts on mane ? I could sell for bowen this GW but fixtures until the end of the season look good and could come handy on BB ? Also selling for Bowen would create bench headaches most weeks.

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  9. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Can't believe Spurs are this bad 🙁

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      A lot of injuries and no heart

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    2. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      I think Liverpool are worse

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  10. threeputt
    • 16 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Ekitike needs to have a 15 minute run out to keep him from getting rusty

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    1. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      15 mins against this Spurs team… I’ll take it!

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        They’ve been the better side if anything

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        1. FourLokoLeipzig
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 days, 11 hours ago

          Lol, I respect your opinion, but this looks a lot like a top 6 team vs a relegation candidate to me

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          1. x.jim.x
            • 11 Years
            6 days, 11 hours ago

            And yet Liverpool’s only chance had come from a free kick the keeper chucked in

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            1. FourLokoLeipzig
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              6 days, 11 hours ago

              You can’t be watching that closely, Gakpo hit the post from one chance

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              1. x.jim.x
                • 11 Years
                6 days, 11 hours ago

                “Gakpo”

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  11. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Szobo's on for a haul w/defcon, even if no cleanie

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    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      The hell I got Rayan over him like 3 weeks ago, worst decision recently

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      He has become very annoying. Might do Rayan to him rather than Wirtz next week

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  12. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Just coming on to discuss my Etikite (c) haul...

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    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      if it stays 1-0 until the last twenty minutes, Ekitike will come on , and possibly Salah. But if Liverpool score a second and start coasting , there's no point risking Ekitike

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    2. nanxun
      • 4 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Sorry, mate. But at least you boldly went for it, right?

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  13. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    6 days, 11 hours ago

    Not the best GW this, is it?

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    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Every gw is abysmal

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    2. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      *season

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    3. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      replace GW with Season

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    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      didnt watch united earlier, think this might be the most uneventful/boring gw of the season.

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  14. Absolutely Muñozed
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      get a goal spurs

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    • Garlana
      • 11 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Ekitike and Salah staying on the bench would be huge, get the mighty Rodon off my third bench spot.

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    • Atimis
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Decided to keep and start Timber, of course all the replacements I considered like Hill, Aina, Andersen bank CS, every f time lol

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    • #1 Salah Hater
      • 1 Year
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Rodon 0 bonus
      Barkley somehow on more than Bruno

      Must've been a heavy session last night at the Towers

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    • Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Captain fail

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    • TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Tudor yellow lmao

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        He’s seeing red soon

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      2. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Has a Manager ever been sent off
        and then before next Game Week Sacked?

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    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      is ramsdale gonna keep his spot ahead pope for the rest of the season?

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      1. Defcons are for Kinnear
        • 12 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Yes. I think so

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        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          6 days, 11 hours ago

          cheers

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    • Limbo
      • 15 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      The worst of the Wirtz there

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    • nanxun
      • 4 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Nothing from open play. Can LIV kill this?

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      1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Not a chance whilst Gakpoooo on the pitch

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    • Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Is Ekitikitaki warming up yet?

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      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        I hope so

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      2. MIGHTY JOE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Yup… So long to my Hill points

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      3. Limbo
        • 15 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Nein

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    • 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Any sign of Salah lumbering up yet folks???

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      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        *limbering

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        1. keefy59
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 days, 11 hours ago

          I think you got it right first time

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      2. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Both have been spotted jogging the touch line!

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        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 days, 11 hours ago

          Oooh that’s good!! Only have Salah…. I can smell a jammy brace!!!

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    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Here they come!

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      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        The Ghostbusters????

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    • el polako
      • 8 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      So are Spurs that much improved or Pool that much imploded?

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 days, 11 hours ago

        Bit of both. Considering that makeshift back line for Spurs and their injuries, they have done well. Liverpool haven’t really got going either though

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        1. el polako
          • 8 Years
          6 days, 11 hours ago

          I’d be good if they actually could get going now.
          Ekitike(c) here.

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    • Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      My rival the jammiest git of all time. Ekitike captain but Bruno vice. To top it off he has Rodon haul stuck second on his bench... but wait.. because of DCL no show he actually gets the points.. season over

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      1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        6 days, 10 hours ago

        DCL played and missed a pen

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    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 11 hours ago

      Salah probably do more damage in 20 mins vs this Spurs team compared to Thiago against Wolves for 90 minutes lol

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    • Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      6 days, 10 hours ago

      Captain fail again

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        6 days, 10 hours ago

        Still time

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    • The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 days, 10 hours ago

      Bye bye Bench jam

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