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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. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Taa mane doubling up gw24

    Salah hanley
    Or
    Robo son

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

      Depends if you're going to play Hanley.

      1. Nightf0x
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        No 5th def. With soy taa lund sidibe

    2. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      if you need 2 starters B

      1. Nightf0x
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Here is the team

        Ryan rams
        Taa soy lund aurier sidibe
        Mane kdb madds martial tarore
        Vardy dcl mauapy
        Itb 3.2

        Will lose martial aurier ramsdale on the process

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

    Bps updated?

  3. PascalCygan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bonus points: bane of my life. None for Mane or TAA as it stands!

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

      Mane didn't deserve any...

    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Mane already has more points than his performance deserved.

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Indeed

    3. Jolly Good
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I lost 5 pts from bps in last 10 mins of play

  4. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Best combination?
    A) Sarr ings
    B) moura Maupay/dcl
    C) grealish dcl/Maupay/Deulofeu

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

      A

      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Ta Pat! Worth a -4 to do Maupay moura to ings Sarr? Have exact cash

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

          Not sure it’s worth a -4. Could wait a week and monitor prices? Ings just went up so might be able to hold off on that one and he has a tough game

          1. Rhodes your boat
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            True thanks, monitoring closely

          2. Rhodes your boat
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Sarr best mid at 6.2?

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

              Like Sarr. Not looked too closely but grealish or Traore decent options? Even Cantwell for home games!

              1. Rhodes your boat
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 3 months ago

                Tempted by cantwell yes, Traoré less so as I own jimi, wish I could afford grealish, seems like the player I will always be 0.1 short for

  5. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    How is 7 above top 10k average a red arrow?

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Are you in the top 10k?

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Have you factored in auto-subs?

    3. The Cherry Picker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Are you OR 5 lol?

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

      High rank syndrome

    5. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Depends what the scores are of the people in and around your rank.

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

      Top10k gets an extra 7 off the bench to become a total of 55. Did you compare to that?

  6. The Cherry Picker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Does anyone know the bonus scores? The final of our annual cup has come down to BPs ahhhhh

    1. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Robertson 3 and Salah + Van Dijk 2

  7. kennethrhcp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Help needed... 2FTs 2.1 ITB. I own Mane & TAA

    A: Aurier to Roberston
    B: Kane, Aurier, Hayden to Salah, DCL, Cathcart (-4)

    leaning B

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

    Come on FPL Towers... we want manipulation!

  9. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    If only Vardy played, even a minute... It would be finally a green arrow for me, but no with all the vc's it is gonna be a slight 6th red arrow in a row 🙁

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      This big time.

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      game would be better without captain and half points for auto subs

    3. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I know right. Jammy buggers.

      I'll have to cushion their jam with my Cantwell and Dunk off the bench.

      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        😀

    4. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      with Kane VC I wish the same now 🙂

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

      I’ve been on the wrong end of this so many times this season it’s getting silly

    6. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Exactly this.

      Was on for a small green. Instead 10k red after autosubs

      Hmm

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

    Salah captainers unlucky.

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah, pleased though still...especially owning mane too

    2. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      They are lucky with bps he will get

    3. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Extremely unlucky - story of the season

    4. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      10pts, I'm happy.

      1. Woy_is_back
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        The Mane goal ruined everything

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

    anyone gonna beat that dead team on 95 points after today's game????

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      holy crap! I didnt notice it was a dead team.

  12. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Robbo 3
    Salah 2
    VVD 1

    1. Orion
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Sure that?

    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      2 for VVD also

  13. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mark captained Salah???

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

      Kane lol

    2. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lol

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

    Does Mark own TAA or VVD? Will probably come down to that...

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

      He’s own TAA salah and mane

  15. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Rico -1 off bench. Brilliant week...

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lol

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

      You should put a - before your username

    3. Croaker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Same

  16. pjanns
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Feel my team is all good, and will burn a transfer. - Besides Ramsdale ofc.

    Ramsdale
    Soy - Lundy - TAA
    Martial - Mane - Salah - KDB
    Ings - Abraham - Vardy.

    All good right? - 0 ITB - 2 FTs

  17. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Are deductions final?

    1. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Deductions ?. Fms

  18. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Salah (c) and TAA and barely an improvement in rank today (and my rank is terrible). What is this witchcraft

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Same it's getting daft now

    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Same.

      Without the Mane goal it would have been a good rise.

      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I don’t really understand how that can be possible though as Mane c100% and Salah c 25% and we have 200% of Salah

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

        Just shows how close it all is

    3. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      645 > 610k

      TAA(c), Salah & Robertson owner. The fact I chose TAA and I've never captained a defender before sums my season up. Still got that wrong.

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Blimey - that doesn't sound right at all. They can't all be getting Mane(c) and Grealish/Cantwell off the bench .......... can they?

    4. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lots of mane vice captains i guess

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

      Mane and Robertson.. It's getting very difficult to get a green arrow with many options around that you need to blank

      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Never known a season like it.

        If my players score well and I have a ‘good week’ I get a small green. I’m my ‘differentials’ blank and I have a ‘bad week’ I get a huge red arrow.

      2. gooberman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        The reality is that FPL has become so difficult that it's impossible to dodge all the bullets. Take the strikers for example, There are 8 strikers who are performing well and are well owned but you can only have 3 of them. Every week there will be a minimum of 2 well owned players you don't own who score well that harms your rank. It's just unavoidable. For me this week, the rank killers were Maddison, Ings and Salah. Last week it was Rashford and Ings.

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

      I got a further red arrow with Trent and Salah... Almost down to 1m rank again now after consecutive red arrows the entire Christmas.

      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Wow - it’s insane you can get a red arrow with Salah and TAA

      2. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yes frustrating I’ve got the same Pools ... captain blank ... red arrow!

    7. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Salah C not much better than my Salah, Mane, TAA, (C KdB)

      1. TOPCAT1960
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        My OR rank up 148k.... with 66pts, its the EO of teams around you.

    8. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Vardy perma (c) and treble Liverpool defence will likely outperform the [Mané+Salah] and [Mané or Salah] teams over next 5-10 GW’s

    9. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Needed that assist if Mane was gonna score.

  19. Baps hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    -2, 4, 6, 4 🙁 Sometimes I sniff baps, but C points are big issue now. Whatever 50/50 call I do, I fail 🙁 Or I am able to pick the only one who blanks. Should have permacapped Ings.

    1. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Me too last 3-4 gw, C fail

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        With hindsight everything is easy... Well, when they go as expected it is skill... Yet this is rank killing and very annoying. A monkey or my dog couldn't have guessed worse from those choices.

  20. Dthinger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    My cup match will be decided by Bonus! Yikes!

  21. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Not a great festive period for me ... 4 gws captain fails in a row and thrown out of 100K OR ... really tough to pick motivation up. Any suggestions?

    1. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Try dropping out the top 1m 🙂

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Never been in that territory 10 years playing ... only looking at stats and all the last 3 years ... guts seemed perform better! 😉

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not much we can do mate, can’t remember the last time i had a good captain, just gotta laugh, game is out if our control and all luck

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Damn, I’ll buy some dices to set captaincy now ... stats are useless this season 😀

    3. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Same here droped to 330k, captain & tarnsfer fails, got deulfoeu for deney in gw20 WC with C, theb shipped out deukfoeu this gw so lost a shitload of pts actually

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I did too many juggling myself ... when I try to WC the team is actually close to mine GW17/18 ... crazy!

    4. Bobby
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Exactly the same. It all started with captaining son then since then, bloody hell.

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Tough luck mate

      2. Nightf0x
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Exactly

    5. dansmusen
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Like me on the captains. Think i need to just stick with one C rest of season. Could be a thing.

      1. Bobby
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yes I was going to do that, why I captained vardy this week...

      2. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I feel over analyse things ... probably just stick with good premium

    6. Bobby
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I would say this season there has been a lot of talk of rotation (particularly in case of liverpool), which doesn't help with the overthinking

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I certainly plan for too far away ahead gws (5-6) and onboard too many Chelsea and United for too long ...

  22. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    20 games, 19 wins, 1 draw.

    Injuries to Alisson, Gomez, Matip, Lovren, Lallana, Fabinho, Keita, Ox, Shaq, Salah.

    Won 2 European trophies in the process.

    Jurgen Klopp is producing one heck of a season.

    1. RealVirg
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Is Gomez a decent pick in the medium term???

    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      More injuries than City and not crying like Fraudiola

      1. goriuanx
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Liverpool cope better because Klopp's star is his system. Obviously if VVD had an ACL ala Laporte, things would be different. But Liverpool have had a large number of injuries in comparison.

        1. Orion
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Every week thinking about that

      2. Indalo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        City have had more, and much more impactful ones at that. No Laporte and Sane pretty much all season so far is like Liverpool being without VVD and Mane for that long.

        Still, phenomenal achievement by Liverpool though, will be more than worth PL winners.

    3. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Var you mean

      1. goriuanx
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Aye, they'd be on the same amount of points without VAR. Unlucky.

    4. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Bit boring tho

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

    Salah is a bit like taa a few weeks ago....looking like he’s on the verge of a monster score

    1. Free Hat
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Hope so. Especially in dgw

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

      Probably get it against jose

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

      Night happen against a porous spurs

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

        Might*

  24. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    On WC:

    Would you get Taa or Robertson?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      TAA

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

      Taa and Vvd

  25. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Salah(c) TAA and Robbo saving my GW 😯

  26. dansmusen
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    57 all out, Switched from Salah C to KDB C from last week and also another shitty hit taken getting Doherty in. Still get decent points but these mistakes cost me all season

  27. Alexis Nonsense
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Cathart a decent enabler? Need a nailed one (Don't want Rico)

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

      Holgate

      1. Alexis Nonsense
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks!

  28. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    2FTs — Which two would you drop?

    Ryan, Button
    TAA, Aurier, Soyuncu, Lunds, Rico
    Mane, KDB, Alli, Grealish, Cantwell
    Tammy, Jimenez, Vardy

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Alli

      1. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Im also selling him

      2. jdp219
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Was thinking Aurier, too. But because of just meh fixtures, also Tammy and Grealish come to mind.

        Spurs probably served their usefulness for now, though.

  29. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Doubling up on Liverpool attack or defence is proving to be a tough choice. Probably going to end up on double defence but we'll see.

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

      I've been on double pool def all season and it's been good.

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        All season? Started off pretty poor IIRC 😀

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

      If you don’t want a massive sofa to hide behind you need salah and mane with Trent

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        But it limits the rest of the team quite significantly.

  30. RAMZES666
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    80 pts after BAPS this week 🙂
    Esp after last week's nightmare where i did KDB to Salah for a -4 and he hauled 🙁