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Mane fit to start with Liverpool unchanged from Gameweek 30

Fulham face Liverpool in the first of two Premier League matches to take place on Sunday afternoon.

Kick-off at Craven Cottage is at 14:15 GMT.

Having been the source of much discussion after his absence from Liverpool’s training ground photographs on Friday, Sadio Mane is fit to start for the Reds.

Jurgen Klopp has made two changes from the side that defeated Bayern Munich in midweek, with Fabinho and Adam Lallana replacing James Milner and the injured Jordan Henderson.

That means Liverpool are unchanged from Gameweek 30, when they defeated Burnley 4-2.

Of the most-captained Fantasy Premier League players who are “active” in Blank Gameweek 31, three of the top four are Liverpool assets: Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.

The Egyptian has been handed the armband by over 1.7 million FPL managers, while Mane has been captained by just under 725,000 Fantasy bosses.

Firmino has been trusted with the captaincy by almost 200,000 Fantasy Premier League managers.

Mane was the most-bought midfielder of Gameweek 31, having been transferred in by just under 250,000 FPL bosses.

Salah, perhaps surprisingly given the reduced number of top-flight fixtures this weekend, suffered a net loss of 37,072 transfers.

Firmino, Salah and Mane’s away record in the Premier League is identical in 2019: all three have scored just one goal in five appearances on the road and haven’t registered a single assist between them.

Fulham’s unwelcome record of conceding two or more goals in every Premier League match this calendar year continued last weekend, however, and they have recorded just two clean sheets all season.

Scott Parker has made four changes to his starting XI from the team that lost to Leicester City, with Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Jean Michael Seri, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Floyd Ayite replacing Kevin McDonald, Ryan Sessegnon, Denis Odoi and Havard Nordtveit.

Calum Chambers looks to have moved back to centre-half, with Parker sticking with a 4-2-3-1 set-up.

Brighton and Hove Albion are also in action this afternoon, meanwhile.

The Seagulls face Millwall in the FA Cup quarter-finals, with a win for Chris Hughton’s side meaning that their Gameweek 33 clash with Tottenham Hotspur will have to be rearranged.

Albion already have matches against Chelsea and Cardiff City yet to be rescheduled and would have potentially have three Double Gameweeks if they progress in the 14:00 GMT kick-off at the Den.

Fulham XI (4-2-3-1): Rico, Fosu-Mensah, Chambers, Ream, Bryan, Seri, Anguissa, Babel, Cairney, Ayite, Mitrovic.

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Lallana, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-3-3): Ryan, Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo, Kayal, Stephens, Propper, Jahanbakhsh, Murray, Knockaert.

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  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 12 days ago

    Luiz and Hazard will do well now. Rest of the Scout Picks (save for Mane) have been crap and law of averages would suggest some will return.

    1. MTPockets
        5 years, 12 days ago

        hope so

    2. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 12 days ago

      This week is so low scoring not taking hits is a success.
      Not me mind you. I was on 8 -8 this morning. 😀

    3. Party time
        5 years, 12 days ago

        What a Salah! Nonsense

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          😀
          I changed Mane to Salah bro

          1. Party time
              5 years, 12 days ago

              To be honest. Salah is an egyptian pant now

        2. NeverLucky
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Mane C speak up here, and let it be known! 🙂

          1. Dr Dream
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Below...

          2. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            o/

          3. Mané Mané Man…
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            TC'd and happy 🙂

        3. gooberman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          48 (-4) with Hazard left. Should be a decent score.

          1. Chucky
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Should be? F o

            1. Jafooli
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              😮 😆

            2. sminkypinky
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Hah! 😀

          2. TheDragon
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            That’s huge

          3. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Very

          4. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            f o lol.

        4. Dr Dream
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Had both but captained Mane over Salah...yeah...

          1. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Same

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

            Had that til the uncertainty over Mane starting. Bugger those spouting rumours and training pics related nonsense

            1. Tempestic
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Yeh, reminded me of the aguero stuff earlier in the season so went with my gut and stuck with sadio.

        5. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Lets go Eden....and a Luiz cleanie

        6. fedolefan
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Only 3% TC this week in top 10K and 0.5% overall. Was expecting more.

        7. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Mane (c) 🙂

        8. Dirty Harry
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Well that was so painful. I went from TC Mane to Salah after the speculation around the whole Mane missing training thing.

          Mane TC would have got me 39 points

          Here I am with Salah and his useless 6 points.

          Beyond frustrated, annoyed, disappointed. In hindsight Salahs form has been horrendous but really thought up against Fulham he might have been able to snag a goal at least.

          1. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Join the club has many members this week.

        9. BigBillyBass
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Cue the “It’s alright lads Salah will come good” posts. Hilarious

          1. Mysterion
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Cue the "Cue the “It’s alright lads Salah will come good” posts. Hilarious" posts. Hilarious

          2. FPL.team
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            But you know it's true. Do you honestly think he will never score a goal again? Have some perspective and stop being so emotional.

          3. Les Bleus
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            You don’t like Salah. Ok we get it. FPL is all about points and he’s the top scorer so shut it

        10. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Stats are bad reading for Salah (C) 🙁

          1. tucaoneo
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            But he was due right? The scout note can't go wrong.

        11. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Alright Gonzalo... c'mon lad, please.

        12. adibo
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Digne to save my gameweek with goal and assist

        13. kime67
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          thanks allison. take the ball with tour hands ffs!!

        14. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Well done Arnie Cappers you matched the Mo monster..

        15. trikster102
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Where's the delete team option?

        16. threeputt
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          So if I fh gw32 with Pogba, Shaw & Jimenez currently in my squad, then wc gw33 I can still lose them for gw33 right ?

        17. THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Digne and Hazard up next for me, need some big hauls

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Sadly hard for both to haul given the circumstances. We played ourselves!

        18. Zimo
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          When will the double gameweek fixtures be announced?

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Next day or 2

            1. Zimo
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Thanks

        19. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Salah TC beat Sane at least...

          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Dodged both those bullets thankfully.

            I'll waste it later though.

          2. Mysterion
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Doubled it!!

          3. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            & HK DGW last year 🙁

        20. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Anyone else playing Blankety blank with me

        21. Tsparkes10
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Love it when I take hits to play a full 11 and Rival doesn't even change his squad so has Aguero C and 6 playing... but because my Rival has Mane V captain he gets more points :D. Think my years done

          1. TheDragon
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Someone in one of my leagues is beating me with 3 players

        22. Mané Mané Man…
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          54 pts so far mostly from TC Mane - another 9bps coming in. Get in!

        23. MTPockets
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Sane TC not looking so bad now

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              no, its still worse

          • Botman and Robben
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Out of Sadio’s 17 goals, 0 have been penalties.

            1. TheDragon
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Insightful

          • LǝgleSs e|even
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Salah means wrong or mistake in Indonesian or Malay language. Pretty fitting. I hope everyone learns their lesson

            1. MTPockets
                5 years, 12 days ago

                Are you saying his name means Mohamed's wrong?

                1. LǝgleSs e|even
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 12 days ago

                  Exactly. But probably means something else in Arabic tho. Lol

            2. kime67
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              i knew milner was going middle

              1. George Sillett
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 12 days ago

                Of course you did.

            3. Godfrey
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Anyone have a link for a live FPL rank? https://www.livefpl.net/rank is down this weekend...

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 12 days ago

                Be old school and wait 🙂

              2. Yank Revolution
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 12 days ago

                Does FantasyFootballFix do live ranks?

            4. RAFA THE GAFFA
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Least I only have to own him for 1 more GW. KANE(TC) locked for 38

              1. Top Lad Dakes.
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 12 days ago

                i think i agree tbh

              2. Do I Not Like Orange
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 12 days ago

                Damn right. Swore after he killed me when I dumped him on WC1 that I'd never get rid again, but can't bear to go without Mane for one more week.