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Salah back as Klopp names full-strength side for Palace clash

Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) is back in the Liverpool starting line-up for Gameweek 31+.

The Egyptian remained an unused substitute for the 0-0 draw with Everton on Sunday following a precautionary absence in a pre-Project Restart friendly.

But it’s back to full-strength for Jurgen Klopp’s men tonight as Crystal Palace come to Anfield.

He has kept faith in Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) and Sadio Mané (£12.5m), combining them with Salah in the front-three.

As expected, Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) is back in the Liverpool defence, joined there by Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m), Joe Gomez (£5.3m) and, of course, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.8m).

Crystal Palace have matched Liverpool’s 4-3-3 formation with one of their own, deploying Andros Townsend (£5.6m) and Wilfried Zaha (£6.7m) either side of the in-form budget striker Jordan Ayew (£5.2m).

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, Van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold; Wijnaldum, J Henderson, Fabinho; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Crystal Palace XI: Hennessey; van Aanholt, Cahill, Sakho, J Ward; McArthur, McCarthy, Kouyaté; Townsend, Zaha, Ayew.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 31+

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  1. Villa Velour
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    215 points in last 2 GWs. Not too shabby.

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

      209 here, fair play

      1. Villa Velour
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Good stuff

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nice going!

      1. Villa Velour
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers pal

    3. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      That's what unlimited transfers plus bench boost plus wildcard does, at a guess. Wish I could've joined the party. Enjoy

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

      212 here

    5. PrettyDick
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      226, (possibly 227/228 depending on TAAs potential BAPS) with Ings left. How many/which ones do you have left?

    6. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sub 150 here!

  2. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    TAA, Robbo and Salah (C)

    The holy trinity

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

    Time for Palace to score a goal with TAA out and Salah to score his brace 😀

  4. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mane out BPSing Salah should cause some more fume.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Typical Salah, off targets too many

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      How does that even happen, such nonsense

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Cause Salah keeps giving the ball away. If he didn't he would get more BAPS.

  5. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Not even a bap for Trent? :/

  6. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Moved armband off Salah to Son as Palace are good defensively
    🙄

    1. thomashl
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Heh, well, I went for Fernandes... son cap seems like heaven rn

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      But you didn't know Guaita would be out?

    3. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Guaita

  7. I SPEAK ENGELS AND DRINK GI…
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Green arrow up to top 200. Salah one more goal please, lets go

  8. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Son to Martial?

    Patricio
    TAA Doherty Maguire
    Salah KdB Son Bruno Saint-Max
    DCL Jimi
    (Button - Holgate Lascelles Nketiah) 0.8itb

    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes as you dont have Rashford

      1. thomashl
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers matey! My reasoning exactly

    2. International Richard
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Don’t know who Saint-max is but I’m considering bring in Son

      1. thomashl
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Saint-Maximin. Was too lazy to write it all out

      2. thomashl
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Did you see the respective games for Spurs and Utd?

  9. Ninja Škrtel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    78 pts with Bruno captain. returns from 7 out of 8. ffs...why did I captain him...

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I hate people like this

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Really annoyed I changed it from Rashford last second. Been following the masses to much this season.

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Quit complaining!

    4. Villa Velour
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same here. Fernandes (c) and DCL only 2 not to return

    5. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Similar here but not complaining. I'd rather have a team of players scoring 6-8 points each and a failed captain pick than a team full of blanks and a good captain.

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Spot on. I captained Jimenez, very little besides that. We live and should learn.

    6. Ninja Škrtel
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      ok ok fair points from you all. apologies.

      1. WD27
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Don't apologise ffs you made a passing comment . People just get emotional because they haven't got the points they expected. Its a forum to chat about good and bad.. but if you chat about good things in here you get slated sometimes unfortunately

  10. The Wizard of Ozil
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    TAA Caption worked out well

    Going Vardy & Son over Salah & DLC not so much

    1. Dananz
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Well done! Great captain call.

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    All eyes in you Pope. Save our fpl lives . Fpl lives matter

    1. SackWenger
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ban

  12. Setpiecemad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    224 points here

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

      Most have quad digit scores at this point

    2. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Great, no one asked.

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Pffft

      I had that after yesterday’s games

    4. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Average

  13. barton fc
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ederson (Henderson)
    TAA soyuncu bolly (lundstrum, Barsham)
    KDB Fernandes grealish traore (cantwell)
    Aubba Aguero jimenez 0ITB 1FT

    What to do with this lot?

    A) aguero > kane
    B) WC

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No way to a WC. Wait for this week to finish and see if you can roll over a transfer.

      1. barton fc
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers! Would you stick with Aguero if fit?

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    A Palace goal would change a lot.

    1. Dannyb
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes please

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It ain't happening.

    3. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      would love that..

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

      Crystanbul 2.0

    5. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ooh yes pls

  15. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah to get zero BAPS?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Likely if -0

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Surely max bonus after this hat trick 😉

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Hatrick?

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I’m being wishful

  16. Says
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Liverpool to be having beers at every drinks break from the City game onwards?

  17. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    A) Kane & Martial
    B) Rashford & Son

    1. Says
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A

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

      This would have been B at 21:30 last night

    4. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A but everyone will say A because of the recency of Martial’s hat trick

  18. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    4-0 down and not even trying?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nothing to play for.

      1. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Still though, should at least try and show intent to attack.

    2. Manani
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      it makes more sense to try when you are 1-0/2-0 down when you actually got a chance to get some points than 4-0 down

  19. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ederson and Allison may aa well start taking deckchairs and cigars out

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      What's Ederson doing here? 😉

  20. Party time
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Come on Mané! Rifle the net once more

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        *Side netting.

        1. Party time
            3 years, 9 months ago

            😆

            Fair enough 🙂

      2. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        TAA to get winnin goal bps too so might get 2 baps.

      3. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Salah goal Mane assist pretty please!

      4. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Salah needs to lose some baps

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          He's not in the BAPS though

      5. Dananz
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Trust your gut.

        I changed my cap from TAA to Fernandes because most of the FPL "Expert" panel were doing the same.

        Pretty good at ignoring groupthink, but slipped up here.

        Trust your gut.

        1. james 101
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Next question. Will salah start the next game?

          1. PrettyDick
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Of course

        1. WD27
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          wonderful finish

      6. mrodgers91
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Possible controversial opinion, as a liverpool fan I actually want city to beat chelsea so we can win the title on the pitch next week

      7. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Mane off

        1. _Ninja_
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Robbo as well

        2. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          wonderful..

      8. LL Cool Oris
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Playing my wildcard now. How does this look for the run in?

        Fabianski (Martinez)
        TAA - Doherty - Digne - Soyuncu (Aurier)
        Salah - Martial - Traore (Saint-Maximin - Cantwell)
        Rashford - Jimenez - Ings
        0.6 ITB

      9. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Robbo CS banked.
        Mane subbed too.

      10. Tim Canterbury
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        If Mané Trent and Salah could all get 2 that would be the icing

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Trent with GWG & deductions will be clear.

        2. Hect.OR 98th
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Salah's the only one of those left playing