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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. Adriano
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Looks like another top 10k rank for me

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

      K

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

      And another top post

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

      10k is respectable!

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

        Lol just respectable? Jeez

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

      which is the score for top 10k?

  2. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone worse than 42 after baps?

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

      Hard luck bro

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Well done bro on your awesome score!

        Obv not my season for a strong finish!

        What’s your final rank looking like?

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

          122k
          Redmond should have scored one. 100k would have been possible

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

      43 here sorry 🙂

  3. aborg
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    I just managed to stay on top by around 12 points in my ML, thanks to Mane whichbIndid not even captain. It was a Vardy captain fail.

  4. Keep Calm and Play On
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Cheers all!

    Been a season full of ups and downs, but my best finish ever! Thanks for all the advice over the season!

    Congrats to City and Liverpool, what a battle that was. Nothing for Liverpool to be ashamed of, 97pts doesn’t win the league...best league in the world!

    Wish Joe all the best in his recovery and looking forward to hopefully seeing him back next season!

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

      Well said dude....well said

  5. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Terrible day. Pogba captain as a punt to win my ML, and instead I think I've dropped out of the money places altogether. It's true FPL can affect your mood and mental health. Off for a walk!

  6. Fire Chief Moe
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Livefpl telling me new rank after autosubs 1001, up from 1700, be gutted if ive missed out.

    1. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Oh man that is some bad luck 😆

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

      That would be determined by total transfers, if you had 1 less transfer you would be in :O

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

      Whats your total score then? I'm at 2436 and wondering how far from top 1k I endedup..

      1. Fire Chief Moe
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        2464

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

      I mean your probs joint with 10's of people so you could say 1020th if that makes the narrow miss feel any better, unlucky I guess

  7. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Smooth: Jimenez out, Zaha in...

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

    Mane can get 3 bps??

  9. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Went from 6k pre WC to just inside top 50k post WC wooooo

  10. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Top 1k....I’m back!! Should be around 91pts this gw

    1. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Incredible score!

      Over double my absolute failure!!

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers

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

      Well done!

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Thx pras

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

      lovely

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks

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

      Awesome

  11. drughi
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Liverpool lost 1 game this season, Manchester City lost 4 games. Best team didn't win this season, justice wasn't served.

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

      Best team wins, who won the most games?

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

      Interesting theory..

    3. MTPockets
        4 years, 10 months ago

        righto

      • TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        1. That’s not how it works
        2. Liverpool played city twice in the league: 1 draw and. 1 loss. They are clearly the second best team in the league

        1. drughi
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          so who plays CL final again ?

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

            Cup games are not league games.

            So Spurs are better than City too despite losing a third of their games in the league??

            GoOd LoGiC

      • Vinyl78LP
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Think they win under the ancient 2 pts for a win.

      • threeputt
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Man City 98 pts
        Liverpool 97 pts

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

        Had Mahrez scored the pen - I reckon it would have been over weeks ago

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

        Be quiet. Honestly so bitter and deluded. City won the title over 38 games!

      • FPL.team
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Liverpool won 30 games this season, Manchester City won 32 games. Best team did win this season, justice was served.

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

      Mane only 2 BAPs, wont catch Trent.

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

        Dammit

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

        winning goal?

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

      1 lesson learnt - TAA alongisde Robertson both staples in my team from GW1 onwards. Has hurt massively not owning the scouser.

      Another one is not to be swayed so much by opinions/feedback given on here - was persuaded and went for Salah for a hit, meaning no Mane(c).

      Fine margins.

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

        I always did much better before even discovering this site years ago, better to not even visit here imo. Always best to play your own game, it’s what Mark did and we don’t see him positing here do we. He knows hehe

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

          Yup. Hard not to get influenced at times and a bit of a kick in the nuts when it doesn't work.

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

        Next season =/= this season

      3. Ross From Friends
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        David Munday took a -8 to take out Salah last week and took a -4 to bring him back this week...:lol: some great "experts" around here 😆

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

          That's pretty bizarre tbh

      4. Legendary!
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Ridiculous to come on here and slag the advice being given. YOU are manager of your own team. YOU are responsible for the choices that YOU make. The community is great and there is the tendency to group think and want to follow the crowd - sometimes they are right, sometimes they are working. That's how the cookie crumbles.

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

          If you read it I wasn’t slagging all advice. Some of it is very helpful.

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

      OR 251

      My history starting to look serious 🙂

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Well done! My second top 1k finish

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

          Well done, great last week

      2. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Not mediocre!

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

        Well played, great run.

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

        Excellent well done!

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

      I lost two MLs because of what Gunn did there lmao must be karma

    8. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      One more Redmond goal would have been great.
      91(-4) this gw 😮

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        wow

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

        Only 87 😉

        Great finish, Amey 😀

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

        Well done

      4. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Congrats mate, great score.

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

        great finish Amey 🙂

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

        Thank you all !!
        Appreciate the advice 🙂

    9. LIARS POKER
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      First ever top 100 finish. Happy days!!!!

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        congratz, that is amazing

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

        Wow that's incredible congrats

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

        Amazing

      4. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Crazy!

      5. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Nice, well done 🙂

      6. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Well played

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

        Cheers!

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

        Congrats mate that's incredible

      9. LIARS POKER
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks everyone, can't quite believe it.

        My lowest rank was in GW1 (50k) and have been in the top 1k for pretty much the whole season, guess as everyone near the top has similar teams it's a to easier to stay there than it is to chase. Hopefully I can get a good start again next season

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

      Might sneak top 5k. After a pretty bad start to the season (up around 800k by GW3 I think), managed to turn it around massively and remain stagnant for the most part around that OR.

      Disappointing final GW but thanks to all who provided helpful feedback throughout the season. I hope I gave some folks some decent team feedback etc at times too.

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

        Well done!

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

          Thanks mate. Only 53pts this week which pales compared to some on here. Hope you've done well too

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

            71 this week - i’ll be around 4.1k so very happy with that.

    11. tricpic
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      61 post baps. Started at 7k. Hoping to go up a bit. What’s the tank predictor website? Livefpl looks like it’s down.

      1. tricpic
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        *rank

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

        That should be avg actually or just below

      3. bialk
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        It works now.

        1. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Not for me

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

        Red, not a big though.

        1. tricpic
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Yeah working now - seems to come and go, lot of traffic. 8888 overall. Happy with a top 10k.

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

            Good stuff!

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

            How many points total?

    12. bialk
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Change captain from Mane to Aguero in Last seconds. 66 points and small green arrow - from 560 to 512 overall.

    13. FPL Maldini
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Has Livefpl.net already done autosubs?

      1. gooberman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Livefpl is all over the place. It's showing my rank as 1000 places higher after auto subs when I don't have any.

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

          But others do - who give them points. Hence your rank drops.

          1. gooberman
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 10 months ago

            It's showing my rank as 1000 places higher after auto-subs when I don't have any - If I don't have any auto-subs then how can my rank be projected as 1000 places higher after subs than it is before subs? It's not possible. It's not working properly.

      2. Numb
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Not sure its even working, doesn't seem right for me

      3. Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Autosubs will keep coming and going till the site loads all 1M teams. If your post autosubs rank looks fine, then that's it. If it doesn't, please check again in a bit.

    14. Football Rambler
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Will have lost my mini league by about 3 points after being top for most of the season. Absolutely gutted. Took Jimi out for Vardy for a hit as well, would have been the difference.

    15. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Yet again the last day of the season is shocking for me. Seems to happen every year. Rashford has been an utter joke since I got him 6 weeks ago. Pogba 1pt, wrong captain and Wilson continues to be the ultimate troll. 8 goals in the game and not even an assist. Incredible. Not one thing has gone right today.

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

        Rashford on WC. Kolasinac instead of TAA (terrible choice but did it mostly as a differential pick, realize in hindsight it was way too early to think about differentials), Sterling those last weeks where hes been terrible. Captain blanks galore. Some seasons will be like this, so many 50/50s and someone is bound to be the person who gets a streak of wrong call.

    16. Fire Chief Moe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Finished 1001, gutted.

      1. bialk
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Haha, I had that rank once. It's not top 1k.

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

        See below. Haha! 🙂

    17. Jay_
        4 years, 10 months ago

        3 Africans share the Golden Boot.

        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Pele was right after all

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

          Awesome yeah

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

        Liverank has me 101k. Woe is me 🙁

        Any chance it is still failing and I snuck in?

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

        Craziest thing is, when I saw Hazard benched I was overjoyed having done Hazard Son to Salah(c) Fraser.

        Turns out I'd have been miles better off had I kept Hazard and avoided a hit lol. Who'd have thought...

        1. clodhopper
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Was going too do the same for minus 4 glad i didnt won local league

      • #FPLBhuna
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        97 pts

        7.3k > 2.9k on the final day of the season

        Can't believe it! 🙂

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

          Brilliant rise, well done!

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

          Congrats!

      • tabishaikh
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks a lot everyone on this site for great tips and advice.
        Achieved my target,1st in my mini league and in top 10k OR

      • Vamos
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Managed to blow my first ever top 5k rank (which I'd had more or less since Christmas) on the final day. Ah well... Bit of a damp squib all round today.

        See y'all again to do this utter waste of time hobby in a couple of months when I start trawling Norwich preseason performances...