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Pressure on Salah captainers as Lovren returns on Liverpool bench

All eyes turn to Anfield today as Liverpool host Burnley in the noon kick-off.

There will significant attention on Gameweek 30’s most-captained player Mohamed Salah (£13.4m), who has blanked five times in his last six Premier League outings.

With armband rival Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) registering just an assist for Manchester City on Saturday, there is an opportunity for the Egyptian to help his backers make up some ground.

They will be hoping for something like Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.4m) hat-trick against Watford, which has already set the bar for success in Gameweek 30 very high.

Salah will today operate alongside usual attacking colleagues Sadio Mané (£9.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m).

Adam Lallana (£6.9m) comes into central midfield for a first start since Gameweek 25 to sit between Fabinho (£5.5m) and Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.5m).

Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) and Joel Matip (£4.9m) are once again the central defensive pairing but there is a welcome return on the bench for Dejan Lovren (£4.9m).

Meanwhile, as expected, it’s Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.5m) at full-back.

Burnley have rolled out the usual 4-4-2 formation with the in-form Ashley Barnes (£5.7m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) hoping to stop Liverpool earning an 18th clean sheet of the season.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Burnley XI: Heaton; Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; Wood, Barnes.

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  1. Bobby
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I hate it when BBC raises my expectations as to who gets (or doesnt) get assists. In fact I prefer not to have any expectations at all.

    1. sumatera
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      So how come salah doesn't get the 2nd assist?

      1. Wolfman180
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Because he never touched it

        1. sumatera
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Damn

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

        Didn't touch the ball at all.

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

    TAA FK goal incoming

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

      *miss

      Typo sorry

  3. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Salah, Mane, Sterling & Aguero all essential till the end of the season

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

      Two aren’t essential in 31 & 33

      1. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        They will be if they have a double in 32

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

          FH baby

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

          Not with a FH & WC in my pocket ... and you really shouldn’t allow 23.3 mill to sit on your bench for 25% of the remaining gameweeks 😉

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

      Why is Salah on that list ahead of Kane or Pogba ?

      1. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        & Pogba. Maybe Aguero > Kane in GW35

    3. Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I think I'll be ditching salah on WC in 34

  4. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Trent stop wasting assist potential

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

    Down from 10k to 11k in 35mins. Burnley need to stay strong now, unless it's to concede a TAA goal.

  6. Dammed Utd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Salah assist and mane goal good start

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

    Sit down TAA

  8. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    TAA dreadful

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

      Windy

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

    Salah one season wonder confirmed. Just make him the same price as Mane next season

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Idiotic comment

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

        Bite hard

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

      Isn’t he the top scorer in the game at the moment ? 😉

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

        Not good enough for 13.4 😉

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

          Now that is a different issue 🙂

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

            People are confunding FPL with real football.

      2. altan8797
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        5 points ahead of sterling. would rather have 5 points less and 2 million more in the bank

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

          Again a different issue, not sure the top scorer from last season and the current highest scorer this season can be described as a one season wonder ... but we all know the original poster was simply trolling, not sure what people get out of such stuff tbh 🙂

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

      Yeah yeah yeah, nice trolling.

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

      Keep him at the same price and let me have another good season by default without him 😀

  10. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Theres plenty more in this for Liverpool

    1. Patch
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hopefully a penalty thrown in!

  11. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I sold Rico and bought Heaton a few weeks ago

    Not sure why

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

      BGWs.

  12. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    TAA is useless as soon as I have in my team, beastly when I don't have. Bore off

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

      50 mins left.

    2. Rust Cohle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      He gets injured every time I transfer him in.

  13. SaintBegbie
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    If you confirm a transfer and then in the same week play the FH chip, does the original transfer become part of the FH, or is it a separate transfer?

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      FH. Won’t count towards next week

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

      Becomes part of FH

    3. FPL_Gyarados
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Part of free hit. Next week when your team reverts that transfer won't have happened.

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

      Ok, thanks!

    5. LÖrKingMuch
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Same as wildcard only difference being that you get your existing pre-FH team back the week after. Not sure why this question gets asked so often n hope this helps

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

        Just confusion on my part as wanted to make a permanent transfer, but also planning on FH GW31, so have to decide which is priority.

        Probably go with the FH GW31, tbh.

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

          Yes, it's either one or the other, it's not possible to use the two different transfer options in the same week. Best of luck with deciding on the best strategy!

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

        Because it's a bit counter intuitive that using the FH chip comes at the cost of losing your usual 1 or 2 permanent transfers that you have in a usual gameweek.

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

          It feels quite logical though? As soon as you make more than the 1 or 2 free transfers your choice when you confirm them is to either take a hit or choose one of the available chips.

  14. SM001
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Salah needs a serious haul for me to keep. Not worth 13.5m.

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      He’s 13.4 if that helps 😉

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

      Will he be worth the money if he hauls today ?

    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Would be surprised if he gets more than 13points today (Captainer)

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

      Irbox comment incoming

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

      Cokeysmurf comment incoming

    6. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Deulofail comment incoming

      1. Pras (FPL)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        So this is how these fellas got to 20m comments so quickly

    7. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Needs to go on wildcard. Going from my FH team too.

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

      But who are the alternatives? In midfield, only Mane and Hazard (and maybe Sterling if City lose in the FA cup) look like they'll match his goal threat between now and GW 33. Salah's worth it as long as he doesn't have many viable alternatives.

  15. Moorinho
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    TAA is an attacking beast

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

      Needs some points to show for it

  16. Amey
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Robbo goal/assist would be nice

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      *OG/YC/RC

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

        He nearly scored a header.

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

      So nearly

  17. tibollom
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys, got All chips left, planning on fh 33 and wc 34. With that in mind, what should i do?

    Fab Stek
    Robbo TAA Doherty Pereira Bamba
    Son Pogba Salah Jota Brooks
    Kun Jim Rondon

    Son + Kun to Haz + Wilson/Vardy for -4pts?Or do I keep Kun on bench durng the blank?

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

      How many DGW players will you have in 32?

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

        4 players

  18. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Sadio a contender for pfa team of the year?

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No.

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Certainly a contender yes

    3. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No, whilst his FPL returns might be good.. he is an average footballer

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

        “... he is an average footballer ...”. Let me guess: you never played yourself. :).

        1. IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          At a high level actually. Mane always selects the wrong option in the final third and stagnates Pool’s attack. He can shoot but that’s about it.

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

            ... one more guess: you never made a successful transition to coaching. :). Love your “player analysis”. :). Well done.

            1. IRBOX ⚽
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Wrong again.. coaching at present.

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

                Sure bud. We all believe you. :).

                1. IRBOX ⚽
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  Good one. Some knob behind a keyboard thinks he has a superior knowledge of the game. Ingenious

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

                    You’re class mate. :).

        2. Mysterion
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          My guess based on posting history is it's just a product of his raging hate boner for Mane

          1. IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            It’s not a hate, there are just a myriad of better options as a wide attacking forward. I concur he is doing well at FPL, doesn’t make him a world class or even a great player

      2. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Lol

    4. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Doesn't deserve to be. So inconsistent

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

        More goals than Son, Pogba, Hazard, and Rashford. What more does an attacking midfielder need to do?

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

          It's not really relative to other players in other teams though is it. How could Zaha ever be a contender at Palace if based on goals?

      2. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        would you say Rashford deserves to be in the PFA team of the year?

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

      Son surely gets in to that team before him?

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Also no.

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

          😮

  19. barton fc
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Current team:
    Boruc hamer
    Robbo doherty AWB kolo bednerak
    Salah mane son pogba baccuna
    Aguero rashford jimenez

    Views on this?
    Aguero, rashford, son, bacuna, bednerak > hig, hazard, Wilson, Brooks, Bardsey(can afford tark but would rather have the value for 33)

    -12 (but not really as most won't play in 31 and 33 and I will free hit 32)

  20. Tsssst
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Massive regret not doing Pogba & Jiminez to Fraser & Vardy (29 points) yesterday.

    How do you get over costly decisions like that?!

    1. Patch
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      As long as you didn't cap Pogba again...

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

      You don't. Have plenty of decisions like that this season, and my OR reflects it!

    3. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      The next GW is never far away

    4. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      also regret not doing Son > Mane (-8) but FPL life goes on

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

      You don't. You are screwed. That is why I find it funny when people say there is no luck in the PL or FPL.

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

      Pogba still to play...

    7. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Pogba and Jiminez could both still score hatricks

      1. Tsssst
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Lol

    8. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      The question is, could you have found a good reason for making those transfers? If yes, make a note of what it is for next time. If no, then you have to realise the decision to not make the transfers was fine given the information you had.

      1. Tsssst
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah the fact they both play gw31 was a major factor. I just didn't enough bottle to sacrifice 4 point hit and losing value on Pogba who I think will score today. Jiminiez not so much

    9. fc_skrald
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      You watch Jiminez and Pogba score 32 points later today

      1. FPL_Gyarados
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I'd love it if they did

    10. Pipermaru
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Chin up, at least you didn't lose value on them

      1. Tsssst
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Tru dat

  21. Jekori
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Thinking if ManC also have a double in GW32 i'll just take some hits, BB with 3 ManU and ManC and FH in 33. No WC available. viable tactic?
    looking at -12 to get:
    DDG (2) - Guaita
    Robertson Laporte (2) Doherty (2) Pereira AWB
    Sterling (2) Pogba (2) Maddison Jota (2) Camarasa (2)
    Aguero (2) Rashford (2) Kane

    1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I'll have to FH in DGW32 but BB is perfect for that week

  22. evilfish
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Nice one Salah, more points than Sterling had at HT. Now go and get that 2nd half hatty. 8)

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

      Yeah, we dream on but we know it won't happen. I'd settle for just 1 goal.

  23. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Liverpool playing in their traditional red shirts, red shorts and red socks.

    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      And have they gone commando style again?

  24. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    https://www.facebook.com/1033644934/posts/10214843217567343?sfns=mo

    Anyone seen this??

    Would love to see this with Andy gray commentary “what a hit son, what a hit”

  25. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    My last 2 moves was changing C from sterling to salah & benching jwp for jimenez, COSTLY

  26. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Salah still not awarded an assist for the Westwood goal.

    FPL has become so inconsistent this season.

    1. Champions united
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I cN see 4 points for salah
      So he got it

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

    Alisson got booked as well? Get out of my team! 🙁

    1. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Got booked for being fouled 😀

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

        Going him over VVD etc. has been a big mistake. Safe option, but still…

  28. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Salah look like scoring?

  29. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I could really do with Hazard deciding to turn up today.

  30. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Some bloke in the Villa v Burnley match comes onto the pitch and sucker punches Grelish.