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Cantwell starts for Norwich as Lovren comes in for Liverpool

Todd Cantwell (£5.0m) has come through injury doubts to start Norwich’s Gameweek 8 meeting with Aston Villa.

The left-winger was reported to have suffered from a hamstring problem earlier in the week – but manager Daniel Farke was right to be positive about it in his latest press conference.

Still awaiting his first attacking returns since the Canaries’ last home fixture, Cantwell keeps his place on the left of an attacking midfield trio that also includes Marco Stiepermann (£5.4m) and Emi Buendía (£6.0m) in support of Teemu Pukki (£7.2m).

Elsewhere in the Norwich team, budget goalkeeper Michael McGovern (£4.0m) gets his first start of the season as Tim Krul (£4.5m) and Ralf Fährmann (£4.4m) remain ruled out with injuries.

The Northern Ireland international will face an Aston Villa side set up in similar fashion to the 2-2 draw with Burnley last week.

Dean Smith has retained the 4-3-3 formation once again but, for the second match in a row, has deployed Jack Grealish (£5.9m) on the flanks of the front-three, alongside Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) and Wesley (£6.0m).

Liverpool’s attacking assets are all as they should be this afternoon, leading the attack in 4-3-3 formation.

The big team news from Anfield is that Dejan Lovren (£5.3m) comes into the side for his first appearance of the season.

That might prove something of a concern for those invested in the Liverpool defence with Joel Matip (£5.5m) still out injured and Joe Gomez (£5.2m) coming in for criticism midweek.

Meanwhile, Leicester arrive on Merseyside with James Maddison (£7.1m) restored to the starting line-up after he missed the Gameweek 7 win over Newcastle.

Owners of Burnley attacking assets will be pleased to Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) back in the side, making his first start since Gameweek 3.

The Clarets’ opponents Everton line up with Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.8m) leading the one-man attack once again.

Finally, Watford have bravely tried to match Sheffield United’s perplexing 3-5-2 formation with a similar system of their own.

Quique Sanchez Flores has deployed his players in a 3-4-1-2 formation while the Blades remain unchanged.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Hendrick, Gudmundsson; A Barnes, Wood.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Mina, Keane, Coleman; Delph, Schneiderlin; Iwobi, Sigurdsson, Richarlison; Calvert-Lewin.

Liverpool XI: Adrian; Robertson, van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold; Wijnaldum, Milner, Fabinho; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Ndidi; Maddison, Tielemans, Praet, H Barnes; Vardy.

Norwich XI: McGovern; Lewis, Amadou, Godfrey, Aarons; McLean, Leinter; Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendía; Pukki

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Targett, Mings, Engels, Guilbert; McGinn, Nakamba, Hourihane; Grealish, Wesley, El Ghazi.

Watford XI: Foster; Cathcart, Prödl, Kabasele; Holebas, Cleverley, Doucouré, Janmaat; Pereyra; Welbeck, A Gray.

Sheff Utd XI: D Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; Robinson, McBurnie.

1,915 Comments Post a Comment
  1. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Milner G

  2. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah, couldn't you have just played 3 more minutes.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Milner was on anyway tbf

    2. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Milner would have taken it anyway

    3. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Milner takes pks

    4. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wouldn't it have been Milner anyway?

    5. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wouldn’t of taken the pen anyway

    6. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yep, you're all right.

  3. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Mane assist

  4. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Westwood YC

  5. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Milner goal
    Mane assist

  6. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Milner goal

  7. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Bye bye trent baps

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

      Trent owner and took out Mane for Sterling. Hate this game.

  8. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    SUPER JIMMYYYYY

  9. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    FK YESSSSSSS GET IN!!!!!!!

  10. Mr Peanutbutter
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    lucky lucky liverpool

  11. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah to mane massive sales incoming

  12. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram CS confirmed

  13. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool's year no doubt

  14. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy CS confirmed

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah owners thought he would have taken it, LOL

  16. HD7
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah TAA VVD... all haul 😀

  17. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    TAA 2bps as it stands

  18. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Mane owners lucky again

    1. twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Couldn’t give a toss!

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Lucky lucky

  19. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool’s luck so far this season has been mad - when will it run out?

  20. Party time
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Captained Salah with Mané in my team. ffs

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Cry me a river.

        1. Party time
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Hahaha

        2. Drexl Spivey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Same. Rejoice anyway.

          1. Party time
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Yeah, Could have been worse but my team is doing good all round. Just need Wolves to frustrate pep

        3. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Hate Liverpool.

        4. Vlad Tepes
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          That is not a Pen haha, are they high in the Var room?

        5. Woy_is_back
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Fckkin salah get out of my squad u wnker

        6. teneighty
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          How has Maddison been looking today?

        7. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Anyone But Liverpool

        8. dshv
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Digne and pukki for Abraham and soyboy ????

          Also have cantwell and mount ???

        9. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Mo > Milner. Yay or nay?

        10. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Brought in Lundatram for Montoya.

          Even that didn't pay off.

        11. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          MASSIVE WIN 🙂

        12. twoplustwo
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Mane haul, Trent and Mo blank

          Not bad