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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. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Bringing in Pogba, Wilson and Vardy (c) (instead of mane) killed me

  2. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Sane injured

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Should be back for the DGW.

  3. mr messi
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Won my league by 10 points! Thanks to Mané and TAA!

    1. FPL_Sponge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Well done mate

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Was 48 points ahead so no real dramas for me.

  4. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    7 saves for lloris dang

  5. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Robertson & Shaw over TAA & Laporte for GW37&38 was a 37point swing.

    It is ridiculous for that point difference for those combos. It’s single handedly ruined my season

    I literally can’t believe it. Laporte suddenly becomes Mr Baps and TAA suddenly assists 50%+ of all Liverpool goals.

    Aggghghhhhhhhhhhh

    PS. see you next season

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Learn from these- fine margins of FPL

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

        Is there anything to learn though? Just extreme off the charts variance - the expected points of those combos
        Would be broadly similar

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      yeah it was a disaster

    3. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      TAA has been the ultimate troll for me this season as I went with Robertson through the season.

    4. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I havent looked at the exact numbers but TAAs points when Ive had him vs when I havent are just an insane difference. I even called TAA at the start of the season as the most underpriced value player in the game, but when Ive had him hes either gotten yellow cards or been injured randomly, like the long period where Klopp lied about him being fit for weeks before he finally returned. Culmination in not keeping him on wild card in gw 32 which probably cost me 50-60 points.

  6. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone in here paid 12.8m or more for their Liverpool mid?

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Very good.

      Where were you in GW36?

      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        😆

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Surely not.

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      o/ brought in for a -4 and captained the wrong bloody one

    4. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I did for free. But didn’t captain and had Mane + TAA too.

    5. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I paid 5.3 for their defender around christmas and captained him this week

  7. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Getting in Rashford was a bit silly in hindsight.

    And Haz cameo took away my Deulofeu bench points.

  8. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Disappointing end. Oh well.

  9. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Perhaps the media can finally dial down the Man Utd coverage a bit next season. The constant coverage is out of keeping with what's been happening on the pitch for a few years. I'll be glad when they're back challenging because they're a remarkable club but they've been an ordinary team for a while.

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

      Theyre obssessed with us bitter ABUs

  10. Richd
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    What a final game. 84 points -4.

    Enjoyed that but ready to have a break from fpl.

    Lol@sane.

    Thanks for all the chats this season guys ! It’s been a roller coaster

    1. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Too bad about Vardy huh?

      1. Richd
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Yep. Should have just taken the 2 points from Jimi or Llorente. Not as fun as I imagined 😉

        Should have had a goal or assist in the first half

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      84 is huge. How?

      1. Richd
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Matip. TAA. Laporte. Redmond. Sterling c. Aguero. Mane. Siggy

        Lots of returns !

    3. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Where did you finish flap? Think I got to 4.1k in the end - very happy with that!

      1. Richd
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Fpl live has me at 2.9 k with bonus pending of course. I’m pleased of course !

        Congrats to you. It’s been such a tough year and it’s so bunched up in the top 25k

        1. Pras (FPL)
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Indeed - we’ll done mate!

        2. Fpl Richie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Great rank - I'll be taking your advice next year!

  11. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks all.. my minleague came down to

    Perrira Bonus.. if he keeps his 3 baps.. I win

    1. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Wow that's close!

    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Congrats !! Fingers crossed for you

    3. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I cant breath for Leicester CS at final mins lol

  12. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    When will liverank work?
    I'm gagging to know if I at least secured my measly recent goal of sneaking into the top100k (crud I know - terrible season).

  13. elchilangles
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    first time bournemputh have scored 3 and neither fraser nor wilson was involved?!

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Possibly. One of those seasons mate! I own both

    2. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Ridiculous isn't it?

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Did anyone have a hit pay off?

    When you include the autosub.

    1. HammersFan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Lindeloff to laporte

      Bednarek first sub

    2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Nope. Cost me a lot.

      27 points worse off than if Suarez didn’t injure Robbo and I’d pulled the trigger on Jim to Zaha on Tuesday like I’d planned.

    3. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      not taking a hit to take out those Wolves guys hurt me a lot.

      can't complain though as I still got Mane (C)

    4. MTPockets
        4 years, 10 months ago

        -8 to get VVD/Deulofeu/Redmond/Bernardo for net +4

      • Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Jota to Redmond

      • ceejay106
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Nah. Bottled going for Antonio and “played safe” with Bilva instead.......

    5. SkeletONv01
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Dial-up. Rondon(C) get in! Switched from Salah yesterday, and people called me crazy 😛

    6. Punty
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      2436 not going to be enough for top 1k is it?..

      Almost for both Liverpool and me 🙁

    7. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      The golden boot is shared if they are on joint goals

    8. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Uff was 4.6k now i hope i stay in 10k,Pogba(C) fail switch from Mane...41pts pre baps

      1. FPL_Sponge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Ouch ouch ouch

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Why would you do that lol

    9. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      67 all out. Switching the C from TAA to aguero hurts. Trust your instinct

    10. FPL_Sponge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Final 3 transfers of the season - Laporte, Redmond (last week) and TAA this week. Always nice to finish season on a high!

    11. TAT
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Final GW. One point lead. Me: 50 points. Rival: 73 before bonus points.

      I hate FPL.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Need to have things wrapped up before GW38. Too risky going to last day of season.

        1. TAT
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Indeed. Every move my rival made paid off, while none of mine did. Just so bloody typical.

    12. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Any chance that Kun can get at least 1 bps?

    13. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Finally this crap season is over. Cant believe how many captaincy fails Ive had while VC hauled. Another again today with Salah (C) Auba (VC)

    14. SM001
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Never thought I'd be happy to see City win the league.

    15. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      YES I GOT INTO THE TOP 100. 93 🙂

      1. Rotation's Alter Ego
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Brilliant rank!

      2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Huge, well done

      3. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Well done!

      4. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Amazing, don't look at my rank 🙂

    16. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Python out 🙁

      1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Back in

    17. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      (F)PL:
      - Inside 1k ranking - really happy.
      - 97p and 2nd in league - proud but disappointed.

    18. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Delighted to sneak into the top 10 as a West Ham fan. COYI 🙂

      Hopefully a few places higher next time, though tough on Watford (probably better in many ways this year)

    19. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      The golden boot will be shared by the looks of it.

    20. AccountAnt80
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I think me and my ML leader are exactly level after bonus!

      Will Alexander Arnold end up on 3bps and Mane 2bps?

      Will Eriksen get in the bps?