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Aubameyang misses out as Alexander-Arnold returns on the bench

Following on from Manchester United’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage, five more Premier League matches kick off at 15:00 GMT.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has failed to recover from illness as Alexandre Lacazette leads the line for Arsenal, with the fit-again Henrikh Mkhitaryan returning to the Gunners’ starting XI for the first time since Gameweek 17.

Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil fail to make the match-day squad, while Ainsley Maitland-Niles returns at right-back/wing-back.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is only fit enough for a place on the bench at Anfield as Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Adam Lallana in Jurgen Klopp’s one change to his starting XI.

Xherdan Shaqiri misses out through injury.

Eddie Howe is again without Callum Wilson and David Brooks for the trip to Merseyside, though Jefferson Lerma returns from injury.

Jordon Ibe and Diego Rico are handed recalls as Junior Stanislas, Dominic Solanke and the ineligible Nathaniel Clyne make way.

Gylfi Sigurdsson, Richarlison and Cenk Tosun return the Everton XI for the trip to Vicarage Road, with Theo Walcott, Bernard and Dominic Calvert-Lewin dropping to the bench.

Abdoulaye Doucoure for Tom Cleverley is Watford’s only change.

West Ham United are unchanged for their match against Crystal Palace – meaning Marko Arnautovic has to be content with a place among the substitutes.

Wilfried Zaha returns from suspension in place of Jordan Ayew, while Martin Kelly deputises for the injured James Tomkins.

Ralph Hasenhuttl brings Ryan Bertrand, Shane Long, Yan Valery and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg into the Southampton side at the expense of Callum Slattery, Matt Targett, Stuart Armstrong and the injured Danny Ings.

Harry Arter replaces Josh Murphy in Neil Warnock’s only alteration, with Victor Camarasa among the substitutes.

Jan Siewert makes four changes to his Huddersfield side: Ben Hamer, Zanka, Jonathan Hogg and Jason Puncheon come in for Jonas Lossl, Chris Lowe, Isaac Mbenza and Philip Billing.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Sakho, Van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojević, Schlupp, Townsend, Zaha, Benteke.

West Ham XI: Fabiański, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Rice, Antonio, Anderson, Snodgrass, Hernández.

Huddersfield Town XI: Hamer, Smith, Kongolo, Jorgensen, Schindler, Bacuna, Hogg, Mooy, Diakhaby, Puncheon, Kachunga.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Milner, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Keita, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Bournemouth XI: Boruc, Smith, Rico, Aké, Cook, Surman, Gosling, Lerma, Ibe, Fraser, King.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Valery, Stephens, Vestergaard, Bednarek, Bertrand, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Redmond, Long.

Cardiff XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Ecuele Manga, Bamba, Bennett, Arter, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Paterson, Reid, Niasse.

Watford XI: Foster, Janmaat, Cathcart, Mariappa, Holebas, Hughes, Doucoure, Capoue, Sema, Deeney, Deulofeu.

Everton XI: Pickford, Kenny, Keane, Zouma, Digne, Gomes, Gueye, Davies, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Tosun.

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  1. Says
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I love that Kyle Martino's hair has its own twitter account https://twitter.com/kylemartinohair

    1. MTPockets
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Never heard of him

      • Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Never heard of him.

      • thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Chris Smalling's hair shoulhave it's own Facebook, Insta, Twitter... the whole Shibang!

      • Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Prem and US Soccer pundit here on NBC sports network (former player) - his hair is glorious

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Ville Ronka - 9 red arrows in a row prior to this GW.

      No Pogba and Salah(c) this GW......

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        not doing so hot

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

        Seriously no Pogba?!

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Did Pogba to Siggy a few weeks ago I think

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

        Oh well.

      4. Richd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Jay egg 500k in the world too

        Basically small sample sizes

        1. Burger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          How much is he charging?

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Just a random question, why do we play this game guys?

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I think you need a degree in psychology before approaching that question.

        1. Eytexi
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          As someone starting a degree in psychology in September I'll answer that question in a few years.

          1. Piggs Boson
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Please do! 🙂

      2. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Tis a bit of an addiction. Love-hat relationship

      3. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Games are for playing

    4. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Have Pogba Robbo Kola but live rank dropped wtf

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Everyone has them

    5. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I wonder if anyone in the world owns wijnaldum, iwobi and noble?

      1. Michelle Davin
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        The guy ranked 5th million?

      2. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Tonight's GWR#1 probably.

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

        I reckon there's a Noble triple capper out there somewhere

    6. JRO093
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Had been set on the template use of chips w planning for 31, fh 32 but am thinking about going the other way now, adding more and more dgw32 players over the next 4-5 weeks and then just FH’ing 31..

      Thoughts? Who are your key target teams for dgw 32?

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        sticking with original plan

        planning to gradually get in Rice, Pereira, Lacelles, Andersen, Rondon to give me 10. I need to get rid of double Everton defence and Holberg in any case

        Probably Rondon and Andersen as last 2 transfers (for Son and Kun)
        Will bench Pog, Rash, Kun

        hit FH for 32
        blank team back for 33 (maybe 1, 2, trannies)

        WC34
        BB35

    7. JohnnyMagrinho
        5 years, 2 months ago

        To quantify my earlier comment about Robbo v Salah:

        Robertson 6.8m 137pts
        Mané 9.5m 138pts
        16.3m 275pts

        Salah 13.6m 182 pts
        As far as I’m aware there isn’t a defender you can get for 2.7m

        I know this doesn’t tell all the story, but what I mean is at the moment, depending on what kind of budget you have, you can save money and get more points by looking elsewhere.

        I have a decent enough TV to have Salah and Robbo along with Sterling and Aguero, but it’s nice know I could get rid of Salah and bring in a form player and quite literally free up almost FOUR MILLION to bolster the rest of my squad.

        I think as long you’re confident you can bridge that 40-60 pts gap that will be there between Salah and Mané and the end of the season it’s wise to think about offloading him.

        The logic isn’t flawed it’s just the application of surplus funds that will catch people out.

        1. Pishpott
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I think the biggest problem is the amount of people who own and captain Salah, which is huge. If you balls up your captain choice a few times and Salah hauls then it's goodnight.

          1. Make Arrows Green Again
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            *it's goodnight for one gameweek.

            You get the points from choosing the better player all the other weeks.

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

        Pen for Real Madrid

      • Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Whats the terms on posts here? I see people cursing and I just wrote LOL and got banned...

        1. Make Arrows Green Again
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Was it constructive or helpful or, failing that, at least funny?

          If it was LOL @ it was none of those, and you could add unoriginal to the list.

          Hope this helps.

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

          Some mod got butthurt that someone posted lol at a player he owned so now theres a specific rule that means you get banned for saying lol.

          But you can say "TRIPPIER MISSING FROM SQUAD IN YOUR FACE OWNERS" with no consequences.

          1. tucaoneo
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Oh that hurts

          2. G-Whizz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Total bull...

      • Bat Man
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Does it even matter if Salah blanks bc he is so highly captained?

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          It's nice to get loads of points though

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

          It does for me, 2 guys behind me in my ML triple captained him.

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

          Yes because some people in my mini leagues have captained other players.

        4. MTPockets
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Captaining Pogba etc = more points so far

          • TAT
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Falling behind in a mini league if he blanks…

          • Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            OR wise, not much.
            ML/Rival wise, depends.

          • Do I Not Like Orange
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Does in my ML, rival has captained that git Mane.

          • thegaffer82
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Certainly not the end of the world...

            But I've had so many captain fails this season, it still rankles!

          • QUEN
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Does more so in cash ML most of mine captained salah but I don’t own him so captained Pogba 🙂

        5. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          AWB booked too - Gordon Bennett!

        6. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Not sure Auba gets back into this Arsenal team.

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

            True. He might get into next week's Arsenal team though.

            1. Garlana
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Weeeey

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

          Sergio Ramos you beauty.

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            He'd be such a fun own in FPL.

            1. Piggs Boson
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Too expensive.

          2. dark91
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Not a penalty though

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

              Free kick in my opinion.
              VAR not faultless.

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

          I literally suck at this game

          Rash, Auba, Taa all not playing with a bench of Bennett Danilo Kamara

          I need a Taa cameo

          And just have to pray for Danilo to get some game time and Sane not to be dropped

        9. Forza Papac
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          1-2

          Ramos (pen)

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

            Perfect pen.

        10. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          one piece of written commentary involving Morata - offside. Nice.

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

          I bloody hate EO.

        12. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Wish Ramos played in the prem - imagine a penalty taking, goal scoring CB

          1. Ask Yourself
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            firmino used to be on pens

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              😆

          2. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            David Unsworth?

          3. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            sent off every few weeks

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

            red card magnet

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

            Graham Alexander for Burnley 😉

            1. Old Man
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              One of the truly great penalty takers

        13. Maddi Son
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Pretend Salah got subbed at half time and you'll instantly feel better.

        14. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          How is Redmond looking ?

        15. Richd
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I was gonna do Hamer to boruc this week as I have Ederson.

          Now Hamer is playing due to Lossl illness.

          Makes that move tougher

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Needs to be a bad illness for Hamer to play in GW27.

          2. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Illness shouldnt last long. Same with Auba

          3. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Mo goal

        16. C'mon the Fylde
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Captain Salah, they said.

          Captain Pogba, I said...

          1. Make Arrows Green Again
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Timing mate

          2. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Congrats

          3. G-Whizz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Game's not over I said...

          4. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            And?

        17. Make Arrows Green Again
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Salah goal

        18. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Salah

        19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          OMG Salah

        20. G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Salah G
          Firmino A

        21. jimmyabs1987
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I take it all back Mo!!!!

        22. Albrightondknight
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Yes TC Salah

          1. MTPockets
              5 years, 2 months ago

              the relief...

              1. Albrightondknight
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                Oh yeah
                The balls were getting blue 🙂

          2. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Mo goal

          3. Hotdogs for Tea
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Saaallllaaah