How to handle Liverpool's blank and the Christmas period - Best FPL Tips, Advice, Team News, Picks, and Statistics from Fantasy Football Scout

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

FPL GW22 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Roefs

Gabriel Magalhães
van Dijk
Cash

Saka
Rogers
Wirtz
Fernández
Mitoma

Haaland
Calvert-Lewin

Bizot
van de Ven
van Hecke
Mané

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gabriel	ARS	6.7m	99.1%	Likely
Garner	EVE	5.1m	98.8%	Maybe
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	93.9%	Maybe
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	94.8%	Maybe
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	93.3%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	88.7%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	81.3%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	80.7%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	76.6%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.2m	69.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	68.9%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	70.8%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.3m	56.0%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	54.1%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	54.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	50.3%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	49.6%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	49.0%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	48.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	46.6%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	46.6%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	45.2%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	44.1%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	43.3%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	43.4%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	42.4%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	42.5%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	41.3%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	41.4%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	39.5%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	39.4%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	37.4%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	34.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	33.2%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	33.7%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	32.7%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	33.0%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.5m	32.5%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.1m	29.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mount	MUN	5.9m	99.7%	Likely
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	96.4%	Maybe
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	96.4%	Maybe
Damsgaard	BRE	5.8m	93.1%	Maybe
Adams	BOU	5.0m	94.5%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.7m	94.2%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	93.9%	Unlikely
Abdullahi	SUN	4.3m	92.8%	Unlikely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	92.4%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	92.3%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.3m	91.4%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	88.8%	Unlikely
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	89.6%	Unlikely
Kudus	TOT	6.4m	88.8%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	87.7%	Unlikely
Marsh	CRY	4.5m	86.6%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	82.6%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	82.2%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	82.5%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	80.9%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	78.9%	Unlikely
Gana	EVE	5.4m	77.9%	Unlikely
Hincapie	ARS	5.3m	74.9%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	77.1%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.1m	75.9%	Unlikely
Neil	SUN	4.8m	71.0%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	75.1%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.5m	72.9%	Unlikely
Bergvall	TOT	5.3m	71.3%	Unlikely
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	72.9%	Unlikely
R.Williams	LIV	3.8m	71.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	69.9%	Unlikely
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	69.6%	Unlikely
Peart-Harris	BRE	4.4m	70.1%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	70.0%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	68.8%	Unlikely
Anthony	BUR	5.1m	68.7%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.3m	68.1%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	66.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	A
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:39am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	B
No Change	Matheus Cunha	MUN	B
Up	Rogers	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Vs
Down	Semenyo	BOU	A
Down	Wirtz	LIV	A
No Change	Grealish	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:31am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Up	Watkins	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Down	Thiago	BRE	C

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:38am

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Podcast

How to handle Liverpool’s blank and the Christmas period

17 December 2019 1726 comments

DavidMunday815

The Scoutcast returns to familiar ground ahead of Gameweek 18 where Liverpool and West Ham have no Premier League fixture.

The latest episode starts at 20:00 GMT on our YouTube channel and runs until approximately 21:00 GMT.

We started thinking about our plans for the first Blank Gameweek of the campaign in last week’s episode and are able to take a much more focussed look now that Gameweek 17 is out of the way.

Joe, Karam and Andy will reveal their plans for Liverpool assets as Sadio Mané (£12.3m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.3m) and Mohamed Salah (£12.2m) are all without a match.

Meanwhile, Chelsea are proving a problem for Fantasy managers as they have now lost two favourable fixtures in a row, scoring just once in the process.

Our Scoutcast crew weigh up whether to trust them in a Gameweek 18 trip to a resurgent Spurs under Jose Mourinho.

Finally, after assessing the best differentials and clean sheets for the forthcoming weeks, we will discuss how to approach the Christmas period considering that some managers still have a Wildcard to wield.

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Epic Fail
6 years, 1 month ago
And Liverpool are top of the Premier League? Pffft.
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Monkey Hanger
6 years, 1 month ago
Lambs to the slaughter.
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Rainer
6 years, 1 month ago
LiVARpool luck evening out here.
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GENERATION X
6 years, 1 month ago
Jack just put his slippers on
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Syd.
6 years, 1 month ago
These Liverpool kids certainly don't have the luck of the Liverpool 1st team
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Pras (FPL)
6 years, 1 month ago
H.Kane playing DM again
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1. AllINeedIsCoffee
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Finally found a better team.
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Me Spurs
6 years, 1 month ago
Which option would u say is better?
A: pulisic to moura
B: pulisic, Chilwell to alli, saiss
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1. Miguel Sanchez
  6 years, 1 month ago
  b
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Old Wulfrunian
6 years, 1 month ago
Bench two please.
a)Rico
b)Aurier
c)Mendy
d)Egan
e)Cahill
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1. Pipermaru
  6 years, 1 month ago
  DE, Cahill is injured by the way.
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  1. Old Wulfrunian
    6 years, 1 month ago
    cheers
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Don Kloppeone
6 years, 1 month ago
If Villa aren’t careful we’ll have to bring on Dixon-Bonner.....

..... No, me neither .....
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jorgenoj
6 years, 1 month ago
Which option for next two GWs?
A)Martial
B) Richarlison
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1. Miguel Sanchez
  6 years, 1 month ago
  b
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Pras (FPL)
6 years, 1 month ago
Grealish looking very good
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1. Don Kloppeone
  6 years, 1 month ago
  He has practiced this nonchalant pose for the bench for the past 2 days. I’ll admit he’s nailed it.
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Jullepuu
6 years, 1 month ago
With Liverpool having so many games in such a short time is it likely that Klopp rotates Salah and Mane?
Liverpool are leading the league by a good distance and Klopp has done it already this season in a similiar situation
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1. TheDragon
  6 years, 1 month ago
  I think they will both miss 1 league game each before GW22
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  1. Party time
    6 years, 1 month ago
    +1
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  2. Jullepuu
    6 years, 1 month ago
    I think so too. On the other hand I don't think that Son will miss any games. What do you think?
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    1. TheDragon
      6 years, 1 month ago
      Son and Alli have every chance of missing 1 too in my opinion - although it partly depends on how out of favour Eriksen is
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      1. Jullepuu
        6 years, 1 month ago
        I don't think that Eriksen is a threat to Son's game time. Son could still be rotated though. Mourinho hasn't been a fan of rotating star players in the past
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TheDragon
6 years, 1 month ago
This is going to really dent Liverpool’s confidence. Losing badly to a poor Villa side.

Do we think it’s going to hurt their league form?
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1. Niho992
  6 years, 1 month ago
  lol
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2. 7shadesofsmoke
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Relegation imminent
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3. AllINeedIsCoffee
  6 years, 1 month ago
  I hope you're joking.
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LarryDuff
6 years, 1 month ago
The attempts at humour on this page are cringe
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1. Syd.
  6 years, 1 month ago
  I think you might be getting the article and posts mixed up
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Syd.
6 years, 1 month ago
It must be well past the bedtime for the majority of this Liverpool team
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1. GENERATION X
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Itll be 5 past soon enough
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dshv
6 years, 1 month ago
Pope
Rico lund baldock kelly
Sterling grealish alli
Vardy tammy kane(c)

Bench . Button soy mane dendo

1 ft ??? What i have to do.
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1. TheDragon
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Youve got to hold and give but do it at the right time. You can be slow or fast but you must get to the line....
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GENERATION X
6 years, 1 month ago
Really like Jota as a differential but surely prone to rotation over this period
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1. TheDragon
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Which Jota? Wolves or Villa?
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Rainer
6 years, 1 month ago
Kodja too strong & fast, playing him is unfair.

Bring on Wesley!
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1. 7shadesofsmoke
  6 years, 1 month ago
  😀
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Longlatini
6 years, 1 month ago
Have the days of Harry Kane as a viable Fpl option gone forever?

Maybe he has peaked?
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1. 7shadesofsmoke
  6 years, 1 month ago
  ridiculous. He was the highest scoring player gameweek before last.
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  1. Longlatini
    6 years, 1 month ago
    Fair
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    1. 7shadesofsmoke
      6 years, 1 month ago
      you gave that argument up pretty quick! 😆
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      1. Epic Fail
        6 years, 1 month ago
        😀
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      2. Longlatini
        6 years, 1 month ago
        His curve is heading downwards, even with that recent spike, for the sake of argument!
        
        Will the curve turn back though, that is the question I guess
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2. TheDragon
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Almost
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7shadesofsmoke
6 years, 1 month ago
what would you do with this bunch of misfits?

Ryan (Button)
Aurier Lundstram Kelly Soyuncu (TAA)
De Bruyne Son Alli Mount (Mane)
Vardy Abraham (Greenwood)

1FT 0.5m ITB
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1. Longlatini
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Not too shabby
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  1. 7shadesofsmoke
    6 years, 1 month ago
    Cheers! Maybe i'll roll a trannie over...
    
    ...might save the free transfer, too 'da dum'
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-Klaus-
6 years, 1 month ago
Little known fact: In Trinidad And Tobago, Herbie Kane is slang for a bong.
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1. TheDragon
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Well known fact: In FPL Harry Kane is slang for blank
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2. 7shadesofsmoke
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Makes me think of Ato Boldon and his awesome Oakley sunglasses. Man, that guy was fast.
  
  Must have avoided the Herbie Kane growing up
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Epic Fail
6 years, 1 month ago
Why all the fuss over this Elliot character? He looks a bit crap.
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1. Syd.
  6 years, 1 month ago
  The new Pogba
  
  Needs to play with 10 world class players to look good
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Niho992
6 years, 1 month ago
any chance to Heaton be benched in the league ?
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1. Rainer
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Nada.
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2. Epic Fail
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Always a chance.
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3. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
  6 years, 1 month ago
  He’s a GK - he’ll probably have done about 50 steps by the time the game’s over
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manu4life99
6 years, 1 month ago
Thoughts on this WC team?

Ramsdale McGovern
Kelly Chilwell Aurier Lund Targett
Mane KDB Son Alli Grealish
Vardy Tammy Greenwood
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Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
6 years, 1 month ago
How does it look? Cheers

Firmino+Mount+Cantwell--->Mousset,Alli,Grealish
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1. Sid1891
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Looks decent
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Ibra
6 years, 1 month ago
Is Salah now better option than Mane? I could switch Mane this week for someone else (Sterling for example) and get Salah after blank. 1ft, 0,3 itb and I really like my other players so I could use that ft.

My current team:

Gazzaniga
Lundstram - Rico - Kelly - Willems
KDB - Son - Grealish
Vardy - Abraham - Rashford

Button - Dendoncker - Mane - TAA
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Marvin.
6 years, 1 month ago
Liverpool are the better team here despite the scoreline.
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1. Syd.
  6 years, 1 month ago
  They sure are
  
  Unlucky to concede to 2 freak goals
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  1. Marvin.
    6 years, 1 month ago
    I can't get enough of this Elliott lad. If only he would cut that bloody hair.
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CRO KLOPP
6 years, 1 month ago
Just log in, Liverpool with 3 rd squad here,Lovren droped?
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1. Syd.
  6 years, 1 month ago
  *doped
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  1. -Klaus-
    6 years, 1 month ago
    #duped
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ZeBestee
6 years, 1 month ago
If you have the luxury of bringing in one of these 2 for free this week, who will it be? And why?

1) Richarlison
2) Grealish
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Rainer
6 years, 1 month ago
Klopp OUT
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