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Crucial Champions League action has huge FPL implications

Tonight’s Champions League matches could have a huge impact on the Fantasy Premier League 2018/19 landscape.

Both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, whose assets have been popular this season, are in action in the European competition.

Qualification to the knockout stages is on the line, with neither club assured of their fate.

Liverpool must beat Napoli to stand any chance of progressing, and may also have to rely on results elsewhere.

If Red Star Belgrade beat PSG then a victory of any sort will suffice, but if the French side are victorious then Liverpool must either win 1-0 or by two clear goals.

A one-goal margin of victory will not be enough if Napoli score.

Meanwhile, Spurs need to match Inter Milan’s result against PSV to secure passage to the next round.

That is not something to be assured of given that Mauricio Pochettino’s men are facing Barcelona at the Camp Nou.

At this stage, either one of Liverpool or Tottenham could end up in the Europa League or be eliminated from continental competitions altogether.

Either scenario would have a big impact on Fantasy. Europa League fixtures would mean a greater concentration of Sunday matches, especially pertinent for those playing the Sky Sports game.

Furthermore, either one of those clubs being knocked out altogether would potentially heighten the appeal of their Fantasy options with fewer fixtures to fulfil in 2019.

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1,800 Comments Post a Comment
  1. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    He is gonna tear united up

    1. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      That's what they said last season but he was lost in Ashley Youngs pocket

  2. balint84
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sane or B.Silva?

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sane higher points ceiling but less nailed

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A

  3. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Big Mo shouts

  4. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Salahhhhhhhhh is on fire

  5. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Please score, Napoli! Multiple times!

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Big Napoli fan hey

      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Not at all. Do like Ancelotti though.

  6. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I like angry Salah more than happy Salah

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'm not sold till he starts kicking the digital advertising hoardings ala Ketsbaia.

    2. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah why the anger?? Same at Burnley - didnt celebrate any goal. Ok, youve made your point there. You score v Napoli in a very important game - be happy

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Reminds me of Zlatan or Balotelli

  7. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    That´s it, I´m not selling Salah for Sterling

  8. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    2017/18 Salah is back

    1. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Has he dropped below 10.0?

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        If only lol

  9. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I was going to rid of Salah, hes making it difficult you know

    1. Jack Burton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      And me don't think I can

    2. the axolotl
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      getting ditchers remorse here

      1. Sharkytect
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I got that at lunchtime on Saturday

    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Same

  10. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Mo cap vs United?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He's always a good option.

  11. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    People are getting rid of Salah because of tough fixtures such as united, wolves and Newcastle hahaha

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nope. Because he has been poor value so far.

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Highest scoring player in the game

        1. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          only really due to this week. before that he was comparable on points to fraser.

        2. Eat my goal!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Easy to say now

          1. Eat my goal!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            And only marginally more so than sterling and hazard who are 2mil cheaper

        3. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Lol

        4. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          That’s not how you work out value.

      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        If you adjust his scores for captaincy he’s Outrageous value, especially after the hattrick

    2. DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      And Arsenal, a possible open and high scoring game.

  12. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Okay this is the first week of the season that I've wanted to own Salah. The mojo has returned

    1. Slippy
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      same but can't fit him in

      1. El Matador
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Lacazette to Rashford GW18 then Sane to Salah GW19 for me.

      2. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah not convinced he's worth a hit or 2FTs yet. Wouldn't be selling him if I had him.

  13. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    There goes my Salah -> Sterling move

    1. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Plus a million

    2. thischarmingman
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What, why?

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Form and fixtures.

    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What if Sterling scores tomorrow though? I think Sterling can equal Salahs points for the next few, and for the money i can upgrade Siggy to Sane

  14. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Horrible goalkeeping

  15. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What doesn't he celebrate anymore.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Christmas?

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A Man City win.

      Or when you go to toilet and there's no roll.

      Or when the milks gone sour.

      Not worth celebrating is it?

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      when a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?

      1. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mine does. Does a mini fist pump and mutters " yesssss"

      2. Monkey Hanger
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mine shouts, 'Get in'.

    4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Wants to go to Spain

  16. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Salahexit has not gone accordiing to plan since last wkend.

    Hopefully will pay off in the medium-long term having gotten Kane in instead (for now).

  17. HD7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Kane Auba Sterling Salah... leave one out

    1. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Auba im thinking. Potentially going to move him on for Kane now.

    2. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Auba

    3. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Long term kane

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Auba

    5. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Auba

    6. ItOnlyTook9Years
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      +Hazard

    7. F4L
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kane

    8. LD
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Auba

  18. as33
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    TAA will miss the game vs MU?

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hope not, that'll mean 3PL games in a row he hasn't started

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No, confirmed.

  19. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Salah playing for that big transfer. The big boys are watching this game!

    1. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Which big boys ?

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus. Team's who've won the League in the last quarter of a century

        1. XabiAlonso
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Meeow

          1. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Meow meow purr meow?

            1. Fred54
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              I just fed you, now what do you want?

        2. Annie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          And Unite... Oh

        3. George Sillett
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I didn't realise that they were all at this game.

      2. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Lots of large blokes in the Kop

        1. George Sillett
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Haha . I like this.

    2. Dacra
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      They must have been watching at Bournemouth too..

    3. drughi
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I don't know if you were asleep last season but Liverpool was in the final you know

  20. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Try stop this guy ashley young, and you rojo, try stop him

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Young did better than anyone bar Ramos last season.

  21. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Salah down

  22. HD7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Well I still think Kane Auba Sterling will score more than Salah and Haz in next month. After this reeavalute and maybe make changes

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No way, I've gone Kane Salah Hazard

    2. caldracula
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      3 against 2, probably right

  23. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Gone from 13k to 90k in 8 gameweeks 🙁

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Set a goal to get back to 13k in 4.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Would love that

    2. Midlands Saint73
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      18k to 174k here in that same timeframe.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        What's your team? I brought Laca in and captained him over Salah last gameweek, sums up my season nicely.

  24. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Every now so quickly jumping ship on Aubameyang to try and scramble Salah back in. It's almost inevitable that Auba will start to haul and Salah will have off weeks, and then everything will reverse again.

    #sheepmentality?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Point chasing.

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Did you get Auba before or after his haul?

        1. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I brought him in after the Spurs game, but had actually been planning to do it the week earlier as I had a spare transfer. Shame I didn't!

          1. MTPockets
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Rather undermines your point though.

              1. Top Lad Dakes.
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                How so? He's had a couple of low scores, but has fantastic fixtures coming up - don't know why people are so keen to get rid.

                1. MTPockets
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    The scramble for Auba post-haul was uber sheep-mentality, and you did it.
                    Now bemoaning others doing the same for Salah.

          2. el polako
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Nothing new.

        2. elchilangles
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          hurts when you're Liverpool fan and you stay loyal to Salah all season, then finally sell him and he goes mental scoring goals left, right and centre!!!

          1. CloudSky
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Not loyal enough.

            1. elchilangles
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              yeah i guess you're right!

          2. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Yes . Loyalty is the only way forward.

        3. The Left Duke #3
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I can tell believe people are seriously thinking of selling Salah on current form. Grand it you don't have him but if you do you have to keep

          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            This, agreed. Sold him last week (unfortunate timing, I know, but still managed 70pts) to be able to fund having both Kane and Auba alongside Haz and Sane for that upcoming run. Still think spread over a number of weeks it'll come good, and if one starts faultering I can just get Salah back in again.

            What I'm not doing just yet is the scramble to jam in back into my team like I see many doing on here.

            But as you said, I wouldn't sell if you have him

        4. SPorting
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I guess people are reconsidering the Sexit.

          1. SPorting
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            That came out wrong.

          2. el polako
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            My missus is for sure.

          3. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            When you get to my age it becomes normal .

          4. Fred54
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Mout?

            1. Business Cat
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Saleave

        5. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Coutinho hit the post...Spurs living dangerously

        6. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Another 8 pointer in the making for Salah. Not worth 13m!

        7. el polako
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Is there two Van Dijk's on the pitch ?