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Liverpool at full strength but Martial, Trippier and Richarlison fail to start

Six Premier League matches take place at 15:00 GMT today and there was mixed news for Fantasy owners upon the release of the teamsheets an hour before kick-off.

The good news for those FPL managers backing Liverpool’s most-owned assets is that Jurgen Klopp has named perhaps the strongest side available to him, with Xherdan Shaqiri joining Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino in a 4-2-3-1 for the for the visit of Newcastle United.

Trent Alexander-Arnold returns from injury to start, while Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk also make Klopp’s starting XI.

The 11.7% of Fantasy managers who own Anthony Martial were left disappointed, however, as the Frenchman misses out on the visit of Huddersfield Town through illness.

Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford all start, however.

Richarlison drops to the bench for the first time this season as Marco Silva deploys a wing-back system for the trip to Turf Moor, though Lucas Digne keeps his place.

Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane line up either side of Sergio Aguero for Manchester City as Riyad Mahrez once again has to make do with a place among the substitutes, while there is a start for Kevin De Bruyne in central midfield.

Kyle Walker drops to the bench as Danilo starts at right-back, while Leicester City are unchanged.

Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Christian Eriksen all start for Spurs at Wembley, meanwhile, though Dele Alli fails to recover from a hamstring injury and Kieran Trippier is rotated to the bench.

Ryan Fraser returns to the Bournemouth starting XI as Josh King makes way.

Rafael Benitez and Neil Warnock have made six and five changes to their sides respectively, with Salomon Rondon and Callum Paterson among the casualties.

Jeffrey Schlupp drops out of the Crystal Palace XI as Cheikhou Kouyate returns.

Sean Dyche sticks with a 5-3-2 for the visit of Everton, while David Wagner has made three changes to his team for the trip to Old Trafford.

Burnley XI: Hart, Lowton, Gibson, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick, Barnes, Vokes.

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Zouma, Mina, Coleman, Gomes, Sigurdsson, Digne, Walcott, Calvert-Lewin, Bernard.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Meyer, McArthur, Kouyaté, Zaha, Townsend.

Cardiff City XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Ecuele Manga, Bennett, Harris, Camarasa, Ralls, Hoilett, Reid.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Choudhury, Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Vardy, Maddison.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Danilo, Stones, Laporte, Delph, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Sane, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Shaqiri, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Diame, Hayden, Kenedy, Muto, Joselu.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelöf, Jones, Shaw, Fred, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Rashford.

Huddersfield Town XI: Lössl, Kongolo, Zanka, Schindler, Hadergjonaj, Durm, Billing, Mbenza, Depoitre, Pritchard, Kachunga.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Foyth, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lucas, Son, Kane.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic, Francis, S Cook, Aké, Daniels, Brooks, Lerma, Surman, Fraser, Stanislas, Wilson.

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2,273 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Zebrahimović
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Hate how the Gillette Soccer pundits never tell you who actually scored

  2. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    City CS gone

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Not a surprise. Hv been conceding every match lately

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

    What defences do people have for so many people to have benched Digne?

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Most have Doherty, Awb, Digne and then at least one premium like Robbo or Alonso

    2. BlzE_94
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Alonso Robertson Doherty Wan-Bissaka

    3. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Alonso Lovren Digne Doherty AWB

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

      Seeing a lot of squads with money spread around leaving benching headaches every week.

    5. Tshelby
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Alonso, Robbo, Doherty

  4. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ings (c) vs Man City next GW

  5. barracuda
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ederson needs to go

    1. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      People still have Ederson?

    2. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sold before this round. Expected a City CS as punishment, really.

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

    Why did people bench Digne??

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Can’t get my head around this either.

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

      No idea

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

      thought jimenez doherty snod would deliver more points. now banking on snod haul or no show

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

      Too many other players with good fixtures

    5. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Bench? I brought him in to play! why on earth would you bench him against Burnley? haha

      1. Black Knights
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        They just let in 6...

        1. BigBillyBass
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          That was Spurs. This is Burnley

          1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            this ffs

        2. Ross From Friends
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Are you seriously comparing Spurs to Burnley? haha

      2. BigBillyBass
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I have absolutely no idea myself

    6. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Scared at the prospect of facing deadly front 3 of burnley

      1. BigBillyBass
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        LOL

      2. Ross From Friends
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        hahahahahha

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

    I posted several replies last night telling everyone to start Digne that asked who to play.... saw David had him 3rd on bench today! Honestly baffled me how someone so attacking and with good potential of CS is getting benched.

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Fully agreed. Crazy that people would bench him this GW.

    2. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He was my first pick in the starting 11 🙂

    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      crazy stuff

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

    Laporte > Digne next week I think...

    1. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yup. I should have done it this week.

    2. FantasyTony
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Unless an injury crops up, that's my move

    3. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Doing it on WC

    4. GAMBIT
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I'm doing that

  9. Klein
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    All the blame and now we know mendy's pressure was the reason for those cs

  10. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Double City CS fails yet again

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Surely no one relevant has one City defender never mind two?

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

        Ville Ronka?

  11. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    No Mendy no cleanie.

  12. Winners900
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Easy Laporte out next gmw

  13. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Pen Everton

  14. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Siggy Pen . . . And goal

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      hhahahahaha of COURSE he scores his penalties when i no longer have him. but misses when I own him. classic.

      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        ofcc

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      F*** sake

  15. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Soggy G

  16. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know who won the peno?

  17. Volley127
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sig goal

  18. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Richarlison would have had a field day out here

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

      Or he would have ruined things?

  19. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Yesss Vardy! Yesss!

  20. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Everton 3-0 up

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Peno

  21. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Digne A?

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

    2. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hand ball, Mee

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

    Richarlison could be sold in Jan at this rate.

  23. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Digne A?

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

    Everton, good god

  25. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Everton out for blood after 6-2 thrashing

  26. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    SPURS GOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLL

  27. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    SONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

  28. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Richarlison no show

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

      That'd be nice. Digne first sub.

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

    Cant see Richarlison coming on now...

  30. Ross From Friends
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Son scores