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Firmino benched but Klopp otherwise names strong side for the visit of Aston Villa

Jurgen Klopp has named a strong starting XI for Liverpool’s first home fixture as Premier League champions.

Aston Villa are the visitors to Merseyside, with kick-off at Anfield at 16:30 BST.

The Reds’ head coach has made three changes to his team following the 4-0 thrashing at Manchester City but there is no wholesale rotation and most of their highly owned Fantasy Premier League assets retain their starts.

Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) and Sadio Mane (£12.4m) both make the cut in attack, while the back four is at full strength as Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.8m), Andrew Robertson (£7.0m), Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) and Joe Gomez (£5.3m) line up in front of Alisson (£6.2m).

Roberto Firmino (£9.4m), Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.4m) and Jordan Henderson (£5.3m) drop to the bench, with Divock Origi (£5.1m), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (£6.1m) and Naby Keita (£5.8m) taking their places.

James Milner (£5.3m) misses out with a “tight muscle”.

There are five changes for Aston Villa following their 1-0 defeat to Wolves.

Pepe Reina (£4.2m) replaces the benched Orjan Nyland (£4.3m) between the posts, while Neil Taylor (£4.2m) is in for the injured Matt Targett (£4.3m) at left-back.

John McGinn (£5.3m), Anwar El Ghazi (£5.3m) and Trezeguet (£5.2m) also return, with Conor Hourihane (£5.7m), Marvelous Nakamba (£4.4m) and Mbwana Samatta (£5.4m) only among the substitutes.

The ‘out of position’ FPL midfielder Keinan Davis (£4.3m) leads the line as Dean Smith moves away from a two-man strike force to what looks like his regular 4-3-3.

Jack Grealish (£6.1m) was the most-sold midfielder of Gameweek 33+, with Salah also among the top ten FPL players for transfers out.

The Egyptian is nevertheless the most-captained Fantasy asset of this weekend, both overall and within the top 10k.

Villa pushed Liverpool hard in the reverse fixture back in Gameweek 11, with the Reds running out 2-1 winners.

Nevertheless, the Villans haven’t kept a single clean sheet away from home this season and have conceded more goals on the road than any other Premier League team.

Liverpool have scored 44 goals in their 16 home fixtures in 2019/20 and no club has conceded on fewer occasions on their own soil.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Keita, Salah, Origi, Mane.

Aston Villa XI: Reina, Konsa, Hause, Mings, Taylor, Luiz, McGinn, Trezeguet, Grealish, El Ghazi, Davis.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 33+

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

    Did mane to Salah lol

    1. Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I always prefer mane. Mane clinical, salah wasteful

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Points it what matters in FPL

      2. Cholito
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        U know nothing about fantasy then. Salah has pens + more xG and xA, and shots, key passes etc...

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Harsh. 1 goal less than Salah and 2 assists more with no set pieces. Both excellent options obviously.

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

      Why though? I mean it would have gone either way but thats too sideways

    3. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yi! Painful

  2. Party time
      3 years, 8 months ago

      MANÉ doing what Salah can’t do today. GET IN!

    • OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      lol lol I did Mane to Salah(TC) 😀

    • Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      MANE!!!!

    • denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      This is pure torture in fpl form

    • Silecro
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Raheem starts!

    • Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      As his mother would say (quite often in airports around the world):

      KEVIN!!

    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Next season I'm getting Mane and keeping him.

      Salah let's you down too many times.

      1. Reg83
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I always do that

    • Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Take that Mané sellers

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah I knew the risks. I’ll take that one on the chin.

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Tbf, so many mid priced midfielders are firing. I’m sure they’re not worse off.

    • UKG
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Fml. Took a -4 Mané to Salah to follow the hype of not having Salah...brought in Foden too this week. And of course have KDB. Wow

    • Zilla
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Chances of KDB and Foden coming on?

      1. Silecro
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        High

    • Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Mane! Congrats owner ...

    • Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Five players tied on 26 bps

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

        Haha, saw it as well.

    • Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      KdB and Foden benched
      Mane goal when I have Salah(c)

      Not a good minute for my team!

      1. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Lol

      2. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        People talking about getting in multiple city for mane/salah - well there is the rotation

    • diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      LOL.

      Martin Tyler: [Salah] "has a reputation for going down easily"

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        His wife is happy then.

    • FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Kept Salah and sold Manè on WC...

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Salah is the better option imo. Maybe not today tho!

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

      Salah sniped again

    • AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Mo are you planning to do anything??

    • Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Could never work out why Mane fell in price this GW!

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Could never work out why his price is so high

      2. Johnny 8
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        People sold him.

    • It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      What an absolute train wreck of a GW. It never ends.

    • Party time
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Mané over Salah was a no brainer

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          How?

        2. HNI
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Hopefully Mahrez over Salah turn out even better

      • HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        No KDB
        Hello captain v New

      • Zladan
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Mahrez (c) starts... no KDB worries me though without the impact he has on the game.

        1. Zimo
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          5-0 Burnley

      • Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Fffffff Rival captained Mane 🙁

      • Sailboats
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Imagine owning Salah instead of Mane

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

          Imagine captaining Salah and not owning Mane.

          1. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            *TCing

        2. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Imagine owning Salah. 🙁

        3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Imagine getting pleasure from taunting people on a fantasy league message board

      • Saka Rice
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        So glad I captained Mahrez over Salah

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Ok

        2. brianutd-why always we? 20
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Should have captained Bruno instead

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Well, yeah

            1. Saka Rice
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              why if Mahrez will get more points? duh hello lettuce go Riyad go do the dance on them!

      • WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Pathetic people want KDB to stay benched so they can get jammy defender points off the bench, no skill.

        1. el polako
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          You pick 15 for a reason.

        2. DandyDon
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I have lascelles 1pt so praying he comes on

      • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Embarrassing dive from salah

        1. Glad He Ate Her
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          YC?

        2. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          So this

      • Kaptenen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Stay on the bench Kevin, got Greenwood as first sub..

      • Syd.
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Salah back to his old ways

        I thought he had stopped being dramatic

        1. Zladan
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Old habits die hard.