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Adrian comes through injury scare for Liverpool

Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian (£4.5m) has overcome his ankle issue to start at Southampton this afternoon.

The former West Ham shot-stopper was dealing with an injury sustained in the Super Cup celebrations midweek but will be involved at St. Mary’s.

Despite Jurgen Klopp’s men going all the way to extra time against Chelsea, he has named a very settled side for Gameweek 2.

The front three of Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) and Sadio Mané (£11.5m) are all in the starting line-up, with the Egyptian the most popular captain option for the weekend, according to our latest poll.

Meanwhile, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.0m) retains his place at right-back, with Joe Gomez (£5.5m) left on the bench.

Joel Matip (£5.5m) is chosen to play alongside the ever-present Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) and, of course, Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) remains unrivalled at left-back.

Liverpool face a Southampton side playing three-man defence of Maya Yoshida (£4.5m), Jan Bednarek (£4.5m) and Jannik Vestergaard (£5.0m).

Yan Valery (£5.0m) and Ryan Bertrand (£5.0m) are the wing-backs while Nathan Redmond (£6.5m) starts up front alongside Che Adams (£6.0m), with Danny Ings (£5.5m) on the bench.

Elsewhere, we may have already lost one of our £4.0m defenders as Diego Rico (£4.0m) drops to the Bournemouth bench today.

Charlie Daniels (£4.5m) comes in for him as the Cherries revert to a 4-4-2 formation, with Ryan Fraser (£7.5m) and Harry Wilson (£6.0m) on the flanks of midfield.

Not surprisingly, Callum Wilson (£8.0m) and Josh King (£6.5m) start upfront.

However, the strike pairing may have a tough time up against Aston Villa debutant Douglas Luiz (£4.5m) this afternoon.

The defensive midfielder was signed from Manchester City this summer to provide some grit to the Villans’ midfield.

Luiz is the only change from the side that lost at Spurs last week, Frederic Guilbert (£4.5m) and Matt Targett (£4.5m) still kept out of the starting XI by Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.5m) and Neil Taylor (£4.5m).

Those who kept the faith in Leandro Trossard (£6.0m) were rewarded as he came in for Jurgen Locadia (£5.5m) to make his Brighton debut.

The Belgian looks to be in a front-three with Glenn Murray (£6.0m) and Pascal Groß (£6.5m).

Meanwhile, West Ham are indeed without either Felipe Anderson (£7.0m) and Sébastien Haller (£7.5m). Chicharito (£6.0m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.5m) come in for the pair.

Everton name just one change to the side that drew with Crystal Palace in Gameweek 1, Jean-Philippe Gbamin (£5.0m) coming in for the suspended Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.5m).

Gerard Deulofeu (£6.5m) shifts back to a centre-forward’s role for Watford, after playing on the left of midfield last weekend, Andre Gray (£6.0m) dropping to the bench.

Finally, there are few surprises for Norwich and Newcastle as they go head-to-head at Carrow Road.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Taylor, Mings, Engels, El Mohamady; Grealish, D Luiz, McGinn; El Ghazi, Wesley, Trezeguet.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Daniels, Aké, S Cook, A Smith; Fraser, Lerma, Billing, H Wilson; King, C Wilson.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Duffy, Dunk, Burn; March, D Stephens, Pröpper, Montoya; Trossard, Murray, Groß.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Masuaku, Diop, Ogbonna, Fredericks; Wilshere, Rice; Fornals, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Chicharito.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Mina, Keane, Coleman; Gbamin, A Gomes; Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison; Calvert-Lewin.

Watford XI: Foster; Holebas, Cathcart, Dawson, Femenia; Pereyra, Capoue, Doucouré, Hughes; Deeney, Deulofeu.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Hanley, Aarons; Trybull, Leitner; Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendía; Pukki.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Ritchie, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Krafth; Shelvey, Hayden, Ki; Joelinton, Almirón.

Southampton XI: Gunn; Bertrand, Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Valery; Højbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Romeu; Redmond, Adams.

Liverpool XI: Adrian; Robertson, van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Milner, Wijnaldum; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

2,580 Comments Post a Comment
  1. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Oh dear

  2. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adrian FECKKKKK

  3. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Saints goal. Get in!!!

  4. SUPER MOKH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Moura Ings > Trossard Pukki, for free, no brainer right?

    1. SUPER MOKH
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Ops Ings scored!

  5. Steve Stiffler
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Come on Brighton

    1. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No 😛

  6. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adrian ooops!

    Southampton 1 Liverpool 2 (Ings)

  7. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ings goal ;(

  8. The Mastermind
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Current points?

    1. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Plenty fanks...

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      36 - 5 to play

  9. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    My better half made a team last week to attempt to annoy me. She only showed me this morning.

    She had Lukaku so, as she has Finish roots, I brought Pukki in for him and gave him the armband.

  10. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    KANE STARTS!

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      well done Sherlock who did you think was starting Parott?

    2. Effe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Obviously...

  11. Business Cat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Liverpool CS gone?

  12. thepeen555
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ings goal

  13. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Noooooooooooooo

    -8 points FU Adrian

  14. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    lol what a cock up from Adrian 😀

    1. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      😆

  15. Valar(Keith)
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bloody hell

  16. *sigh*
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Oh dear

  17. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    NOOOOOOOOO

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

    I hate danny ings

  19. Waynoo
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ingssssss

  20. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Yeah it's this gameweek

  21. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Delight for single pool defence owners against those who have a double-up!!

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

      That would be me. Double ups on any D are 95% of the time a terrible idea.

  22. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    HAHAHAHAHAHA

    Captain blank
    Two liverpool defenders blank.

    Love this game.

    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      same here BUUTTTTT Salah gets his clean sheet point, yaay 🙁

  23. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Salah clean sheet point saved.

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      This

  24. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pukki = Lesson learned: stick with my gut for the rest of the season because my brain is too safe and stupid.

  25. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Liverpool clean sheet gone. No Adrian, no clean sheets

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I meant No Alisson...doh!

  26. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adrian is fecking awful

  27. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Those resisting Adrian feeling it?!

  28. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I promised myself to not jump onto bandwagons this season, and to value fixtures I’ve form, but I am really liking Pukki!

    1. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Over form*

  29. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Welp

  30. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    This double pool defence is miserable