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Salah and Robertson start but Hazard, Shaw and Lacazette drop out

The final Fantasy Premier League deadline of the season passed at 14:00 BST today and now all we can do is sit and wait.

There are ten fixtures kicking off at 15:00 BST but there are essentially only two matches with anything riding on them – Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City and Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The team news from Anfield is a positive one for owners of Mohamed Salah and Andrew Robertson, with both fit to start after recovering from head and calf injuries respectively.

Roberto Firmino misses out as expected but the other popular FPL assets – Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Sadio Mane – all make Jurgen Klopp’s starting XI.

Nuno Espirito Santo has named a full-strength side for Wolves, with Raul Jimenez, Matt Doherty and Diogo Jota all starting.

The key Fantasy assets among Manchester City’s ranks are all on the team-sheet for their trip to Brighton.

Sergio Aguero leads the line and has Raheem Sterling to the left of him, with Riyad Mahrez a surprise starter on the other flank.

Bernardo Silva and David Silva start in central midfield with Aymeric Laporte at centre-back.

Manchester City face a Brighton side that does not raise too many eyebrows.

Bruno gets a start in his final appearance for the club and will be tasked with keeping the shackles on Sterling.

Glenn Murray starts up front and has the support of Pascal Groß behind him.

Romelu Lukaku, Ander Herrera, Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw miss out entirely for Manchester United but Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and youngster Mason Greenwood all start.

Victor Camarasa and Harry Arter haven’t recovered in time to feature for Cardiff, meanwhile.

Chelsea’s exertions on Thursday night have indeed caused Maurizio Sarri to ring the changes for the trip to Leicester.

Eden Hazard has been named on the bench, as has goalkeeper Kepa Arrizibalaga.

That sees Pedro and Willian starting either side of Gonzalo Higuain, while Willy Caballero is between the sticks.

Leicester are unchanged from the Monday night game against Manchester City.

Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura all start for Spurs against Everton, with Kieran Trippier only on the bench.

The injured Seamus Coleman, Richarlison and Dominic Calvert-Lewin make way for Yerry Mina, Theo Walcott and Cenk Tosun for the visitors.

Danny Ings and Shane Long will be leading the line for Southampton, with Nathan Redmond and James Ward-Prowse supporting them from midfield.

Angus Gunn returns in goal and Yan Valery starts.

The dreaded pre-FA Cup final rotation hasn’t materialised at Watford, with Troy Deeney and Gerard Deulofeu again leading the line.

For West Ham, Declan Rice and Felipe Anderson have both recovered from a virus to start.

Like Sarri, Unai Emery has rotated with the Europa League in mind.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leads the line but his colleague Alexandre Lacazette finds himself among the substitutes.

Sead Kolasinac is also on the bench as Nacho Monreal takes up the left-back slot.

Konstantinos Mavropanos and Joe Willock are two youngsters trusted with a start at Turf Moor.

That could play into the hands of Burnley who, fresh from no midweek commitments name a full-strength side featuring Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood up front.

Owners of Bournemouth assets will be pleased to see that Crystal Palace are as short-staffed at the back as feared in the week.

Without James Tomkins and Mamadou Sakho already, Scott Dann is also missing from the starting line-up.

Martin Kelly and Joel Ward are the centre-back pairing today.

Patrick van Aanholt, a Gameweek 38 hero from last season, gets a start at left-back.

Wilfried Zaha also starts with Michy Batshuayi leading the line.

Bournemouth have included Callum Wilson, Josh King and Ryan Fraser in their starting line-up.

Fulham have dropped Ryan Babel to the bench in the only piece of noteworthy FPL news from Craven Cottage.


Brighton XI: Ryan, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo, Knockaert, Kayal, Bissouma, Jahanbakhsh, Gross, Murray.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Aguero, Sterling.

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

Arsenal XI: Leno; Lichtsteiner, Mustafi, Mavropanos, Monreal; Elneny, Guendouzi; Mkhitaryan, Willock, Iwobi; Aubameyang.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Ward, van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic; Townsend, Meyer, Zaha; Batshuayi.

Bournemouth XI: Travers; Clyne, S Cook, Simpson, Smith; Fraser, Lerma, Aké, Ibe; Wilson, King.

Fulham XI: Rico; Christie, Mawson, Le Marchand, Bryan; Chambers, Zambo Anguissa; Ayité, Cairney, Sessegnon; Mitrovic.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Hayden, Schär, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie; Ayoze Pérez, Shelvey, Diamé, Atsu; Rondón.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Evans, Maguire, R Pereira; Ndidi; Maddison, Choudhury, Tielemans, Albrighton; Vardy.

Chelsea XI: Caballero; Alonso, D Luiz, Azpilicueta, Zappacosta; Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Barkley; Willian, Higuain, Pedro.

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

Wolves XI: Rui Patrício; Bennett, Coady, Boly; Doherty, Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Jonny; Jiménez, Diogo Jota.

Man Utd XI: de Gea; Young, Jones, Smalling, Diogo Dalot; Andreas Pereira, McTominay, Pogba; Greenwood, Rashford, Lingard.

Cardiff XI: Etheridge; Peltier, Morrison, Ecuele Manga, Bennett; Mendez-Laing, Gunnarsson, Bacuna, Murphy; De Cordova-Reid; Zohore.

Southampton XI: Gunn; Valery, Bednarek, Stephens, Bertrand; Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Højbjerg, Redmond; Long, Ings.

Huddersfield XI: Coleman; Smith, Schindler, Stankovic, Kongolo; Mooy, Bacuna, Hogg; Mbenza, Grant, Pritchard.

Spurs XI: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Dier, Davies, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Lamela, Lucas, Llorente.

Everton XI: Pickford; Zouma, Keane, Mina; Walcott, Schneiderlin, Gueye, Digne; Sigurdsson, Bernard; Tosun.

Watford XI: Foster; Kiko Femenía, Kabasele, Cathcart, Holebas; Doucouré, Capoue; Hughes, Pereyra; Deulofeu, Deeney.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Fredericks, Balbuena, Diop, Masuaku; Noble, Rice; Antonio, Lanzini, Felipe Anderson; Arnautovic.

2,111 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Laporte and TAA killed my season

    1. Von Lipwig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      this

  2. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Laporte rank killer

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

    Laporte wow

  4. LIARS POKER
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Vertonghen over Laporte on wildcard, complete season ruiner!!!!

  5. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    I told you bournemouth are atrocious away from home

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

      It’s a goal fest there alright

  6. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Laporte, my man!

    1. Jindaljain
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      Yo man!!

  7. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    assist????

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      Riyad

    2. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      mahrez

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Laporte still not getting selected for the French national team though.

  9. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Fish captained Laporte !!!

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      Not getting Laporte on WC killed me so badly lol

  10. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    LAPORTEEEE
    CHUKSTANBUL........ 😀

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

      😆

  11. Kevin 11
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Come on Saints do somthing

  12. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    My proposed -16 involved Laporte in and TAA in. Would have worked. Cruel gw 38

  13. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Mahrez assist.

    Well done GW1 dead teams.

  14. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Laporte, Robbo, Trent, VVD all 7.0 next year?

    1. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      sounds about right

    2. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      On the plus side forwards should be cheaper

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

      7.5 for Trent and Robbo

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Wtf wan bissaka

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      What

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 hour ago

        Assist and maybe another one to be given

  16. MrZ
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Come on kun, laporte... Get another goals.
    I don't care even though i have ryan on goal...

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Lanzini G

  18. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    ML rival with his 5th goal of the day...

    Season over.

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      This, ridiculous.

      Me Sterling Salah Ederson
      Rivals Aguero mane Laporte

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    OMG lanzini

  20. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Nightmare end to the season. As expected all the options I was close to bringing in but chickened out on delivers…

  21. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Lanzini G

  22. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Bournemouth bending over.

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      Bent over orgi by looks of it!

  23. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    First names in my team next season: Laporte, TAA and Robbo.

    Regardless of price.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      Crystal Palace defender and Newcastle defender provided Hodgson and Benitez are still in charge. They are the cheapos who enable you to buy the good players IMO.

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      Trent, Digne and Doherty.

      1. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 hour ago

        Go 5 at the back, all 6.5m or under probably.

        Better value than 9m mids.

  24. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Screw you Foster....

  25. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Can’t stand Laporte!
    Going to lose ML due to him and Liverpool too.
    Go feck off!

  26. YEAH PITCH!
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Laporte is a monster lol love it.

  27. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Bruh rank dropping on 28pts

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 hour ago

      Mines plummeting with no goals so far

  28. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    It's our sea....

  29. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    Kompany is not the same as Laporte. Thought I could cover him.

  30. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 hour ago

    United hanging on.