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Lundstram returns as Klopp names a full-strength team

The final match of Gameweek 21 – and the last of 39 Premier League fixtures contested over the past fortnight – takes place at Anfield.

Sheffield United are the visitors to Liverpool, with kick-off on Merseyside at 20:00 GMT.

Given the no-shows from the likes of Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) and Sergio Aguero (£11.7m) on New Year’s Day, some Fantasy managers may be counting on returns of some sort from John Lundstram (£5.2m).

The good news on that front is that Fantasy Premier League’s most-owned ‘defender’ is fit to start this evening, having made a swift recovery from the twisted ankle that forced his absence at the Etihad on Sunday.

Lundstram replaces Mo Besic (£4.4m) in the Sheffield United starting XI, while David McGoldrick (£5.4m) returns to the side at the expense of Callum Robinson (£5.0m) in Chris Wilder’s only other alteration.

Jurgen Klopp has also kept changes to a minimum, with his solitary tweak seeing James Milner (£5.3m) replace Adam Lallana (£5.8m) in midfield.

Naby Keita (£5.8m) had originally been named in the team but injured himself in the warm-up.

That means there are starts for all five Liverpool players who have a double-digit ownership in FPL: Mohamed Salah (£12.3m), Sadio Mane (£12.3m), Virgil van Dijk (£7.0m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.4m) and Andrew Robertson (£7.0m).

Salah and Mane are among the ten most-captained players in Gameweek 21, with only one of the other eight – Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) – scoring more than two points yesterday.

The reverse fixture of this match saw Liverpool defeat the Blades 1-0, with Wilder’s side one of just three teams who have not conceded more than one goal to Klopp’s troops in a league fixture this season.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Stevens, Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Mousset, McGoldrick.

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  1. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    So it's like getting fouled for a penalty and then the teammate who takes it has his shot saved before putting in the rebound himself - is that the gist of the rule?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Pretty much.

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

    3. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Not even close mate. Initial shot was saved. Rebound wad scored.

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Its exactly the same...

      2. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        It's almost exactly the same. If the pen taker's pen is saved and he then puts in the rebound. The person that originally would have got the assist no longer gets anything.

        1. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          It is yeah sorry. Just read "the gist of it" and thought otherwise

      3. tm245
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I think that is what I posted.

        1. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Yep. No offense intended

  2. Rash
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Get trent off then Sheffield to sneak a goal

  3. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Klopp has figured out how to win the EPL just like he did in Germany. Very clever guy

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

    Vardy C
    Mane VC
    Cantwell 1st sub

    I’ll take it, I suppose.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Nobody cares #humble

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Very nice!

    3. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Pfff

    4. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      very jammy...

    5. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Snap. We should count ourselves lucky.

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

      jammy . Mark Sutterns level

    7. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Casual!

    8. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      massive.

    9. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Wonder if anyone's ever died from overdosing on jam

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

      Rainer knows?

    11. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I started Todd, you don't deserve him

    12. kraftwerker
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Jammier than a Hartley's factory.

    13. The Legend Squad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Vardy (C)
      Mane (VC)
      Grealish first sub...

      Jammy dodger

  5. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Salah goal on TAA assist would be nice.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Amen.

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

      One can dream

    3. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      TAA goal or assist pleaseee

    4. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Would bust a nut if this happened

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

      amen bro

  6. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Doesn't seem fair, Billy Sharp trying to beat VVD.

  7. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Stop tapping it about you twats!!!

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

      Why run into the bus?

      Both teams content.

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        But Salah captain....

  8. KaBoZ: Kids,don't Drin…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Why wasn't Salah awarded an assist for 2nd goal in FPL ?

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

      because Mane missed

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Dunno. No one's mentioned it.

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

      Mane scored his own rebound

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

      Firstly, have you actually watched the goal?

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

      Because Mane shot, it was blocked by keeper and he followed it in, all after Salah passed it.

    6. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Disgrace isn't it

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Not at all. Salah owner here.

    7. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Lol

    8. Poseidon.
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Corruption bri

    9. Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      He was offside.

    10. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Mane shot saved before goal

    11. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Blades are gonna score to gift Sadio 3 bonus aren't they?

    12. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      To spite you.

      1. KaBoZ: Kids,don't Drin…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        :'(((

    13. KaBoZ: Kids,don't Drin…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      but still he provided the assist, even if Mane shot it on 2 times !

      1. La Roja
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        4 years and you come up with that?

      2. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        lol

      3. Bada Bing
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        That's not how FPL works. Take it up with FPL towers if you have a problem with it.

  9. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    No BPS for Mane. 🙁

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

      amen brother

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

      Actually suits me better as some rivals captained

    3. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Still time for pool to concede

  10. celticman
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    a 1 2 with with salah yet no assist ?

  11. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    What is it with these tubed bin bag coats this year?

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      as long as it has a logo people don't care

    2. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      There was a resurgence over the past couple years. Uniqlo kind of brought them back for one.

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

    Salah and `TAA, but who is the third? Robbo or Mane?

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

      Mane looks like the defensive move if you have good rankings no? Not a lot of double defence out there

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Don’t have the ownership stats but would say the other way round. Can’t imagine many can squeeze mane and salah in easily

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Mane for kdb is my plan

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

        hmmmm....

  13. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    On live 86 points, take me to a ton Salah with another goal!

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Wow

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

      we need another goal !!!! it is going to happen. we believe

    3. The Mandalorian
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Congrats

    4. The Legend Squad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      72 here. TAA goal and triple bonus would be cherry on cake

  14. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I've seen utter rubbish given as asists week after week and none for Salah? Utter joke

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Read. The. Rules.

    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yes you are

  15. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    wheres our salah assist? FPL as bad as VAR

    1. elchilangles
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      mane scored his own rebound, no assist

  16. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Just need a last minute consolidation goal for Sheff Utd

  17. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Which is better combo to replace Kane/Aurier & raise funds for Martial>Mane?

    A) Ings Dunk
    B) DCL Sidibe

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      A easy for me

  18. FPL_Crisis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Surely there aren’t this many fpl goers who don’t know the actual rules on how an assist is given/earned

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      people see that they want to

      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        It’s the Russians. Destabilising Perceptions again.

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

      You overestimate the crowd. People come here to be spoon-fed; some more than others! 😆

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Here comes the plane.

  19. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    How does the ref not book Henderson for that?

    These tactical fouls are ruining the game. More so than VAR.

    Bring in bloody sin bins.

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

    No Salah assist is the clearest rule in FPL.

  21. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Currently dropping 6k from before this game, despite owning Trent & Mane 🙁

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

      And that’s bad? At that rank?

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        What rank?

  22. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Cmon Salah grab a goal my son.

  23. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Please Salah I'm begging u to score

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      He wont

  24. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Robbo deliberately trying to lose baps there

  25. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wtf robbo

  26. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Ridiculous back pass from Robertson. -20 BPS imo.

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      good for salah baps

  27. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Firmino wasted 15 attacks at least

  28. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Latest bps:

    Robertson (46)
    Salah (31)
    van Dijk (30)
    Alexander-Arnold (29)
    Mané (28)

  29. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Salah goal ain't gonna happen

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      You you’ve made it happen with that comment

  30. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Firmino must be drunk. Shocking performance.