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On a day when they’ve reportedly agreed a £123m fee for Bradley Barcola, Liverpool take on Nottingham Forest in the 12.30pm BST kick-off.

TEAM NEWS

Andoni Iraola makes two changes to the side that started last Sunday’s draw at Newcastle United.

Victor Munoz gets his first competitive Liverpool start, while Alexis Mac Allister also comes into the line-up.

Ryan Gravenberch and Rio Ngumoha drop to the bench.

Oliver Glasner makes one enforced alteration from the Nottingham Forest side defeated by Leeds United in Gameweek 1.

Xaver Schlager comes into the midfield to replace the injured Ibrahim Sangare.

The Tricky Trees’ new striker, Liam Delap, who joined from Chelsea earlier in the week, is among the substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Jacquet, van Dijk, Kerkez, Szobozslai, Mac Allister, Munoz, Gakpo, Wirtz, Isak.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Endo, Tsimikas, Araujo, Gravenberch, Nyoni, McConnell, Koumas, Ngumoha.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, McAtee, Schlager, Williams, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus.

Subs: Victor, Diomande, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Wood, Delap, Yates, Netz, Abbott.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

You can follow all the day’s action via the Live Gameweek page, which you can find in the all-new FPL Toolkit section.

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.

And there’s also the all-new Match Centre to explore.

A snapshot of this page is below; it’s basically a condensed version of the one in the Members Area.

FPL notes: Cherki

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  1. g40steve
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Szobo absent today ?

    1. JBG
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Kind of like last match, pen saved his owners.

    2. Nightcrawler
      1 month, 22 days ago

      The whole point of owning szobozlai is waiting for a random set piece assist/goal. He's almost never going to look threatening from open play

  2. Nightcrawler
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Frimpong might be the worst football player I've watched since Oxlade Chamberlain. In terms of ability to play football it's just painful to watch even as a rival fan

  3. Nomar
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Every Liverpool player looks overpriced at the moment

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Glad I went with no Liverpool then

      1. Nomar
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Wise move

  4. Raoul Nogues
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Muñoz YC great performance so far

  5. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Coventry: Rushworth, Van Ewijk, Amenda, Thomas, Dasilva, Grimes, Yirenkyi, Rudoni, Tchaouna, Awoniyi, Mason-Clark.

    Subs: Bentley, Pinnock, Sakamoto, Simms, Kitching, Latibeaudiere, Thomas-Asante, Torp, Hamer.

    Hull: Tzolakis, Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Mendy, Giles, Slater, Morita, Belloumi, McBurnie, Stroud.

    Subs: Phillips, Millar, Hjertø-Dahl, McNair, Drameh, Herrington, Targett, Gourna-Douath, Cho.

  6. FOREST FOREVER 2
    1 month, 22 days ago

    wIRTZ ON 1 bp !!!!!

    1. Nightcrawler
      1 month, 22 days ago

      There it goes

  7. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Bournemouth unchanged

    Garner in for Everton

    Ndiaye starts as predicted

  8. g40steve
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Worst YC

    1. JBG
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Probably autocorrect and yet correct

    2. Royal5
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Back in germany next season.

  9. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Grav
    Tsmis
    Rio

    Incoming

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Will they hit 60 mins?

      The 3 off

  10. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Bournemouth starting XI: Petrovic, Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert, Cook, Scott, Rayan, Kluivert, Tavernier, Evanilson.

    Subs: Di Gregorio, Soler, Brooks, Christie, Gannon-Doak, Adams, Diakite, Jebbison, Rodriguez.

    Everton starting XI: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, George, Barry

    Subs: Travers, Keane, Beto, O’Brien, Dibling, Johnson, Alcaraz, Hackney, Iroegbunam.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Cheers

  11. dshv
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Wirtz to Foden will be done in a minutes

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Why the Foden over Cherki?

  12. Make FPL Casual Again
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Hows Setpiece Szobo getting on....
    ?

    1. Monklane
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Nothing to tell.

  13. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Isak goal

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Gakpo cross

  14. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Isak!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Superb cross

      Credit to the assist there

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Will hold back my potential comment that Liverpool seems to have lost the ability to find golden players like before, despite huge spendings the last 2 seasons

  15. I Must Break You
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Isak you beauty

    1. I Must Break You
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      And what a ball by Gakpo. He seems to be the real lifeblood of Liverpool offense these days

      1. Nomar
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Looks like the only one worth having

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Yeah

        And on his way?

  16. g40steve
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Isak

  17. Nightcrawler
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Lovely isak

    Now get out of my team

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Yeah, feels a bit like this

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      No tempted by Ipswich and Fulham? 😉

  18. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    The 3 subs will get their 60 mins point

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Subs sitting back down

  19. DeSelby
    1 month, 22 days ago

    60 minutes for Wirtz. Yes! Point banked.

  20. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Gakpo in on FH gw3 if still at Liverpool?

  21. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 month, 22 days ago

    No Wirtz involvement no surprise

    1. el polako
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Timo Werner-Wirtz

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Glad I sold for Cherki last night

  22. TheBiffas
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Brilliant from Gakpo

    Absolutely cannot be sold on the evidence of these first two games

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      And pre season. Play Barcola on the right?! He’s played there before

      1. TheBiffas
        1 month, 22 days ago

        I would think this will be what happens

  23. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    I’d take 4 point happily for Van Dijk if he can get some defcons. Still far off it though…

  24. Raoul Nogues
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Szobo closer

  25. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Grav for Frimp

    Soon

  26. The Knights Template
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Szob shooting from half-way!

    1. The Knights Template
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Yes, I’ve returned from Kong: Skull Island after ten horrible mins of Samuel L. Jackson’s dialogue!

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      With a trebuchet?

  27. JBG
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Coventry - Hull is the most important one this GW, forget Haaland v Palace or Bruno v Ipswich

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      All important

      1. JBG
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Was being kind of sarcastic tbf.

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Need a 1-1 with two OGs

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Blasphemy!!!

      2. JBG
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Slater and Thomas O.Gs

    3. TheBiffas
      1 month, 22 days ago

      BB success entirely depends on it

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Yep

  28. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Damn, -46% rank hit from that Isak goal
    9.2k to 13.6k
    FPL is brutal sometimes 🙁
    /s

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Bar humbug!

    2. Brosstan
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Its a good thing for you because it means people above you are wasting money on isak

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 22 days ago

        😀

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 22 days ago

      How on earth will you bounce back?

  29. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Delap on