Dugout Discussion

Salah benched as Mane and Robertson miss out altogether

Six Premier League matches take place this evening to bring Gameweek 15 to a swift close, with many Fantasy Premier League captains – and vice-captains, following Sergio Aguero (£11.0m) and Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.5m) no-shows at Watford – set to be in action.

Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), Harry Kane (£12.4m) and Eden Hazard (£11.0m) are the second, third and fourth-most popular captaincy options of this midweek round of matches – but just two of these in-demand players start for their respective clubs tonight.

Salah is only among the substitutes for Liverpool tonight as Jurgen Klopp rings the changes at Turf Moor, with injured pair Sadio Mane (£9.8m) and Andrew Robertson (£6.5m) not in the match-day squad and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.3m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m) also dropping to the bench.

Xherdan Shaqiri (£7.0m) lines up in a front three with Divock Origi (£5.0m) and Daniel Sturridge (£5.8m).

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.2m), who has experienced price rises in three consecutive days having been transferred in by over 525,000 FPL managers ahead of last night’s deadline, also lines up for Arsenal as the Gunners head to Old Trafford.

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) is named as a substitute for the third match running as Unai Emery perseveres with a 3-4-2-1, while Jose Mourinho has dropped Romelu Lukaku (£10.7m) and Paul Pogba (£7.9m) to the bench as he matches the Gunners with a three-man backline.

Hazard is named in Chelsea’s starting XI along with Marcos Alonso (£7.1m) as the Blues head to Molineux, though there are five changes elsewhere in Maurizio Sarri’s starting XI.

Morgan Gibbs-White (£4.3m) replaces the suspended Ruben Neves (£5.0m) for Wolves, while Ryan Bennett (£4.2m) is recalled to Nuno Espirito Santo’s line-up.

Dele Alli (£8.9m) is among five players dropping out of Mauricio Pochettino’s starting XI for the visit of Southampton, with Kieran Trippier (£6.1m) fit to play at right-back.

Kane and Christian Eriksen (£9.2m) retain their starts after Sunday’s north London derby defeat.

Kelvin Davis has made four changes to the Saints side in what will be his only match in charge, with the south coast club reverting to a flat-back four.

Richarlison (£7.0m) is back on the left wing for Everton as Cenk Tosun (£6.6m) returns up front, with Rafael Benitez going ultra-defensive with a 5-4-1 at Goodison Park.

Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) is absent through injury as Leicester head to Craven Cottage, with Tom Cairney (£4.8m) dropping to the bench for the hosts.

Back to the fixture where we started this round-up, Sean Dyche has made five changes to his Burnley starting XI as James Tarkowski (£4.7m) returns in defence.

Burnley XI: Hart, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Cork, Westwood, Brady, Barnes, Wood.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Gomez, Van Dijk, Matip, Moreno, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Shaqiri, Sturridge, Origi.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Zouma, Mina, Digne, Gueye, Gomes, Lookman, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Tosun.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Schar, Lascelles, Manquillo, Ki, Diame, Atsu, Rondon, Murphy.

Fulham XI: Rico, Christie, Odoi, Mawson, Le Marchand, Kamara, Chambers, Seri, Sessegnon, Vietto, Mitrovic.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Soyuncu, Chilwell, Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Maddison, Diabete, Iheanacho.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Moutinho, Saiss, Vinagre, Gibbs-White, Jota, Jimenez.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso, Kante, Fabregas, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Morata, Hazard.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Bailly, Rojo, Smalling, Darmian, Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Martial, Rashford.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Sokratis, Holding, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Ramsey, Iwobi, Aubameyang.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Foyth, Rose, Dier, Winks, Eriksen, Son, Lucas, Kane.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Cedric, Yoshida, Stephens, Targett, Hojbjerg, Davis, Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Gabbiadini.

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7,029 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Says
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Three weird goals in this Arsenal game

  2. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Unlucky Rojo owners

  3. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Jaysus

  4. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    lmao

  5. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    J Lingz

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kolasinac assist

  7. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Goal for Laca or OG?

    And wtf...while typing...lingard

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Laca

    2. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Og probably reviewed

  8. yakirh
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Laca (C) nailed on for Saturday

    1. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Shhhh

      1. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        ^^

  9. J T
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Scoutcast should be lively 😀

  10. Top 210 Club
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rojo unlucky

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    omg kolasinac

  12. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    SALAH PLEAAASEEEE

    1. waitinginthelonggrass
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      OG and red card incoming

  13. pjomara
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I was just writing "For the last 5 years every team was winning their first games at OT in x years, finally Arsenal have got in on the act"

  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    can i laugh at arsenal?

  15. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kolasinac is so so stupid

  16. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    That was a Rojo OG wth

  17. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Not getting Kola anymore

  18. bialk
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Salah can't shoot

  19. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial a serious injury?

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hammy

    2. InSaneMan-e
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Looks like a hammy

  20. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    FPL rules are so messed up

  21. QUEN
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Scout cast link please

  22. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Hoooiooooooold

  23. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Auba - big chance missed

  24. Chief Break-Everything
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    You lot are ahead of both Talksport and the official FPL live blog.

    how? Are you in another dimension?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yep, living in the matrix

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Different timezones m8

  25. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    FFS ..Arsenal gifting Utd 2 goals after Utd had gifted us 2

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    alonso almost assist

  27. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    DDG denies Auba

  28. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Auba misses from point blank

  29. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    This United Arsenal game is mental

  30. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial injury ruining my Arnie and Salah to Auba and Sane plan. Think Martial is def out?.