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Mane-less Liverpool face West Ham in final Double Gameweek 24 fixture

Double Gameweek 24 finally comes to a conclusion this evening as West Ham United and Liverpool meet at the London Stadium.

Kick-off in the capital is at 19:45 GMT.

There were over 625,000 Triple Captain chips deployed in Gameweek 24, 43.2% of which were used on Sadio Mane (£12.3m).

The Senegal international lasted all of 32 minutes against Wolverhampton Wanderers last Thursday and he is, as expected, missing from the Liverpool squad this evening, with some doubt over his involvement against Southampton in Gameweek 25.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) starts for Jurgen Klopp’s side tonight, however, with the Egyptian the second-most-popular option for the Gameweek 24 captaincy among the Fantasy Premier League community.

Just over a third of those who used their Triple Captain chip in this round of fixtures entrusted Salah with the responsibility.

With Mane absent, Salah and Roberto Firmino (£9.6m) are joined in a front three by Divock Origi (£5.2m) for this evening’s encounter in east London.

The Reds are otherwise unchanged from last Thursday’s win at Molineux.

Firmino, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.6m) and Jordan Henderson (£5.4m) were the only Liverpool players not to blank in that late victory over Wolves.

West Ham assets were much less-fancied for Double Gameweek 24 and, bar Sebastien Haller (£7.0m) and Mark Noble (£5.0m), there was little joy to be had for those backing the Hammers’ players in their 4-1 defeat to Leicester City last week.

David Moyes has made two changes to his team from that punishing loss at the King Power Stadium, with teenager Jeremy Ngakia (£4.0m) making his Premier League debut at the expense of Pablo Zabaleta (£4.2m).

Lukasz Fabianski (£4.9m), who had returned to training in the last couple of days, is fit to enough to feature, with Darren Randolph (£4.5m) dropping to the bench.

Robert Snodgrass (£5.2m) was a doubt for this match with a knee injury but has recovered in time to start.

Michail Antonio (£6.9m), who made a big impact against Leicester when thrown on at half-time, is not even among the substitutes.

Fantasy managers may also have one eye on events at the Etihad this evening, with the two Manchester clubs in action in the second leg of their EFL Cup semi-final.

City, 3-1 up from the first leg, are hot favourites to progress and an aggregate win for Pep Guardiola’s side would see their Gameweek 28 clash with Arsenal rearranged.

Sergio Aguero (£12.0m), Kevin De Bruyne (£10.6m), Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Anthony Martial (£7.9m) are among the well-owned FPL assets who start tonight, with the full team news below.


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Cresswell, Diop, Ogbonna, Ngakia, Rice, Noble, Masuaku, Snodgrass, Lanzini, Haller.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Origi, Salah, Firmino.

Manchester City XI: Bravo, Walker, Rodrigo, Otamendi, Cancelo, Gundogan, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Williams, Fred, Matic, Lingard, Greenwood, Martial.

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

    KDB rest.

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Man Citys new name? KDB and the rest...

  2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Is Trent going to hold onto that BAP?

  3. JBG
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Chilwell to Robertson for -4?

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

      Not for a hit

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

    Salah fail

    1. Johnny Drama
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I’m happy.

      1. Johnny Drama
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        (Salah TC)

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

      Nah, I'll take it.

      Could have been Mané

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

      Not really but whatever floats your boat mate.

  5. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Such a shame mo hit post. Another goal would have been a season changer.

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

    So Salah(C) vs SOU?

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yep

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

      Yes

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

      No brainer. Hes hungry and the focal points on penalties against one of the teams that has conceded most chances lately.

  7. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez substituted.

    Think hes an option for the weekend?

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

      I'm keeping but think he's a don't buy, don't sell situation

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

      Yea. Sterling to be dropped after another crap display

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

    What to do with this team? 1FT, 0,1ITB

    Button McCarthy
    TAA Soy Lund Montoya Willems*
    Mane* Salah KdB Traore Cantwell*
    Vardy Abraham* Ings

    Maybe Mane Abraham —> Auba Mahrez (-4). Thoughts?

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

    One goal, one assist not good enough. Well done those who saved their TC

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks

      1. EL tridente
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Will end with 48 points - I will take that!

        1. Johnny Drama
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          This

    2. Johnny Drama
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Could have been worse, much worse

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

      While not outstanding it’s far Far better than a blank. So well done those who used it on Salah.

    4. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Could have been worse.

      Could have been Mané and he outscored TAA

    5. clodhopper
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      V happy with salah tc

    6. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Nope wrong

    7. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      given that the highest captained player got a 1-pointer, double-digits is pretty good

    8. threeputt
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      rubbish, happy with my 95

    9. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Nonsense. You'd take 16pts from a TC all day long.

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

        I’m happy. 9 points from bonus to come too. Could be better but could certainly have been worse

  10. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bobby to Jimmy and Mane to Salah?

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

    Will Trent keep his 1 bap?

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

    Full time

  13. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Goal for WHU would’ve been amazing

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

    Oh well

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

    Not exactly Sanchez 25 pt equivalent but I’d call that a successful TC!!!

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

    19 points!

    8 more wins!

    C'monnnnnnnnnnnnn.

  17. UpAndAway
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Salah thrives without Mane. That's three double-figure hauls in the past four games that Mane has missed/not started in.

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Great stat. Thanks

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

      Mane brings the whole team down. Wouldnt surprise me if Klopp gives him a stint on the bench

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        You talk a lot of nonsense, Bemba sounds like an expert compared yo you...

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

      Non TC'ers should have known Mane would get injured!

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

      I hope that Mane is rested vs SOU then 🙂

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

    Thoughts on whether Aguero starts this weekend?

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Benched

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

        Aguero benched and Vardy hauling would be so so sweet

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

      Think he should, looks sharp

  19. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Of course more would be preferred but have to be happy about this. Cheers Mo! Well done!

  20. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Non-Salah TCers very lucky tonight. Damage could've been so much worse.

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Salah cappers seem to say this every week

    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      48 points

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

    94 all out... love DGWs 😀

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

      90 for me 🙂

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

        nice

  22. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Has Cresswell hauled yet?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      hauled off more likely

  23. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    6 one pointers and 2 two pointers in my eleven, TC held not played and only 2 points on bench - very minor red arrow. Odd week.

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

    Only 48 points for my TC Salah. Chip wasted again..

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

      Needed one more goal

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

        Agree

    2. EL tridente
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I'm pretty happy with the score giving the last couple of season failed TC

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

    So Salah tripple cappers, was that score good enough hmmmmm?

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

      Yes

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

      Better than Mané and TAA

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

      Nope for me tbf.

    4. LC1
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I don't think so.

      Done us a massive favour today, but you'd still want more.

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

      Its a massive disappointment. We shouldnt let the fact that Mane TCers made a poor choice make us believe 16 points is a good TC score.

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

        This

      2. POLSKA GOLA
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        You are deluded thinking 16 points is a disappointment, that’s sickening really

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

          This x100
          Even Firmino 27 points moved me 300k pre wolves to 135k
          After the likes of Duffy and Sane last season points in the bank is all that counts

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

      yep, I've gone from 872k to 400k. Thank you Mo!

    7. Johnny Drama
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Si

    8. teneighty
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I'm happy.

    9. Netters2018
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      One more goal would have been better.... 1 goal and 1 assist not enough.... fair few in my ML didnt use it so i feel under pressure now

    10. threeputt
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      after the tc's I've previously had and after the first game a definite YES from me !

    11. osceola31909
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I wasted mine on Sane last year, so I feel pretty good.

    12. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I only captained him and I'd be happy with that TC score.

    13. Kszaq
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes. He gave me jump from 18K to 7k. Job done.

    14. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Normally 16pts a bit average but with the large number of Mane TCers it's jumped by my rank 350k.
      Can see a route by to the top 1% which seemed a long way off 2 weeks ago

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

        I’m happy. Saving TC until later in the season and you run the risk of your player being rested for one of the dgw games

    15. Pakse
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Middling to fair. Definitely not spectacular like the potential it had. But plenty good enough.
      I'm aware people might get better scores (maybe even amazing ones) with a different TC later in the season, but if you asked me whether I'd swap Salah TC this week for a TC later in the season I'd say no and be happy to stick with this.
      The risk of blank/injury/rotation is always there with a TC on a DGW, and we saw this all too abundantly with the truly awful luck the Mane TCers had this week.
      Saying that I still remember falling into the trap of TC'ing Andy Carroll one year on a DGW and he blanked twice so my standards are pretty low.

    16. yosim
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      happy enough with that, could have been more but i'll take it

  26. Vlad Tepes
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Aguero or Auba? On a WC.

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Aub

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

    Haller TC success over Mane!

  28. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    16 points from a TC is not great and not awful.

    I'll take it.

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

    Triple pool defence strikes again 🙂

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

      well played sir

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

        Got away with captaining TAA too, that OG attempt was heart-stopping!

  30. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    101 days since Liverpool last even dropped a point. Feels foolhardy now just celebrating the fact Arsenal where unbeaten in January.