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Salah returns to Klopp’s starting XI and carries captaincy hopes of millions

The penultimate fixture of Gameweek 15 sees Liverpool defend their 66-match unbeaten league run at home against a West Bromwich Albion side led by the last manager to taste success at Anfield.

Sam Allardyce, whose Crystal Palace side were victorious on Merseyside in April 2017, takes charge of the Baggies for the second time today.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

The headline team news sees the most-captained player of Gameweek 15, Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) return to the Liverpool starting line-up after his benching last weekend.

The Egyptian was transferred in by over 500,000 Fantasy Premier League managers ahead of Saturday’s deadline, swelling his ownership figure to over 45%.

Around 2.4 million FPL bosses handed him the armband for this fixture, with just over 100,000 of us using their Triple Captain chip on FPL’s most expensive asset.

Curtis Jones (£4.4m) is also recalled to the Reds’ team, with the benched Takumi Minamino (£6.0m) and the absent Naby Keita (£5.2m) making way.

Keita misses out with a “fitness issue”.

Allardyce’s only change from the 3-0 home defeat by Aston Villa is an enforced one.

Callum Robinson (£5.4m) returns in place of Jake Livermore (£4.7m), who is suspended.

Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) is available again after serving his own three-match ban and is among the substitutes.




Liverpool XI: Alisson, Fabinho, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Robertson, Jones, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

West Brom XI: Johnstone, Furlong, Gibbs, Ajayi, Robinson, Phillips, Diangana, Gallagher, Sawyers, O’Shea, Grant.

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2,426 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Matip assist

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

      Yass

    2. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Lol wish i'd gone Matip over Robbo on WC

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

        Course you do

  2. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mane essential

  3. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    This has got 4/5-0 written all over it.

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

    That's not Robbo or Salah...

  5. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Maneeeeee

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

    Salah not involved in the celebrations

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

      He’ll still somehow score 7 goals the absolute weapon

      Hate him so much

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

    Matip ...

  8. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Matip essential?

  9. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    get in Matip 🙂

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

      Advised wife to get Matip in before this week - she wanted Bednarek, so still a few points to make up.

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

        😀

  10. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Matip!!!!!

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    actually think mane is a better pick than salah, much more dangerous

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

      Lol

    2. Marcin the Pole
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      V tempted to double up on WC. Takes funds out of the rest of the team tho.

    3. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yet Salah has almost 50 points more than him??

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

      Only 50 points in it!

  12. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    What a great finish. Robertson looks so dangerous.

    Loads of goals here

  13. djman102
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Of course, Mane G, Matip A.

    Open the floodgates..."you get a goal!...and you get a goal!..."

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

    Love that I got Matip in

  15. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Floodgates will open now.

  16. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    I wonder who did KDB -> Mane

  17. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Get 2 more Mane plz

  18. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    That chest control....brilliant finish

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

    Hands up if you owned Mané for his hattricks at Southampton

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

      0/ I benched him for his record breaker against Villa!

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

        Just never could bring myself to shell out for him at Liverpool

        Still can’t

        Shame on me I guess

  20. pjomara
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mane (c)

    1. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      this 🙂

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    remember loads of people discounting matip here saying how he's a crap pick, another reason not to listen to advice here

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Word

    2. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      He is injury prone. He has played 2 games on the trot before.

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

      He's a real threat from set pieces ... and Liverpool score a lot of set piece goals.

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

      I was not convinced of him as a pick at all.
      Proved me wrong

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

      Underrated player and gets forward - what's not to like at his price?

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

      Bemba, I understand your jubilation, but it's not like Matip is going to get attacking returns every other week, is it.

      Be happy he's gotten you some points this week without always having to shout down others.

    7. Leonard hatred
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      bunch of mid-rankers calling everybody else a casual, kneejerking from one GW to the next.

      its what FFS is all about.

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

      Yeah, why didn't everyone recognise Joel Matip for the unstoppable assist machine that he is? 🙄

  22. BIG TONES
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Went Matip due to lack of funds! Get in!

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

      Undeserved 😉

    2. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Same here

    3. Londongeezaa
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Nice. Decent option.

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

      Same, awful team value coming in handy

  23. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Everybody salivating over Soucek.

    Anwar El Ghazi points per minutes one of the highest in the game 🙂

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

      He’ll be straight in in GW 19 or 20

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

        Just as Barkley sends him to the bench

        1. Londongeezaa
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Doubt it. Barkley will probably stay benched if Ghazi keeps his form up.

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

    But wait... that wasn’t Salah(c) Robbo

  25. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Yesss matip

    Great value at 5.5

    Especially with his new role of looking for a long pass into the box

  26. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Do something Salah ffs

  27. Tabbara
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Thoughts on this WC draft

    Fabianski McCarthy
    Taylor Matip Robertson Dallas Coufal
    Salah Fernandes Son Raphinha Soucek
    Vardy Adams Bamford

    Thx

  28. noahzark22
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mane really at 0.95% ownership? Good transfer in for me this week

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

      Maybe in the top 10k, 7,7% overall.

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

    Matip A.

    Cheapskates getting lucky.

  30. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Robbo capper here crapping it every time WBA go near the box.

    Feels weird having a captain defender