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

    Desperately need a Salah pen

  2. Party time
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Ajayi for President

    • TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Classic FPL

      Salah abysmal
      Robertson / Liverpool defence abysmal

      West Brom playing the type of football you’d pay not to watch

      1. BIG TONES
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Don't forget Matip subbed at 59 mins lol

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

      Bunch of plebs

    • ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Keeping Wilson now after seeing their joke CBs.

    • It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      According to the Premier League app the Matip substitution happened in minute 60. Will this get corrected in FPL?

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

        Minute 60 is the before 60 minutes

      2. JJO
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Well it was in 60.min not 61st

      3. BIG TONES
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I'm an owner and I don't think so tbh

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

        It was 60th minute, 59:29 - i.e. less than 60 minutes

    • Pedram
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      KDB captainers win... barely

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Still got Kane/Son to go...

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

      I want to hear Klopp fielding Roy Keanes analysis

      Keane would smash him

    • Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      KDB wins 😉

    • Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Lovely Liverpool cleanie wiped.

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Havent seen Liverpool truly control a single game where Jones has played. Why do people rate him?

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

        He’s a great prospect ; but isn’t there yet. Terrible error.

      2. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        He's a young lad with lots of promise. We shouldn't expect the finished article.

    • Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      (C)alah CS gone

    • Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      VAR goes missing again.

    • SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Matip might even get in the bonus now!

      1. WE GO FOR IT
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        He was always at 3

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

        he's on 3

    • Party time
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Kdb cappers in heaven

        1. Bruce Lee
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Feasting low key

      • Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Big Sam is no joke

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

          A joke. A joke.

        2. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          *ehem

      • TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        3 - Matip (31)
        2 - Mané (25)
        1 - Ajayi (22)

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

          A defender not even making 60mins and on 3 bonus.

      • Long ago I drew a walrus
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Right now if Salah gets the winning goal + winning goal baps that would be awesome

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Would get to 2nd atm.

      • Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Hands up if you forgot to change your team from last week and therefore have Bruno (C)
        o/

      • Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        And now Pool will get a pen!

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

          VAR is totally against Liverpool this year. Mane could get poleaxed and it wouldn’t be given.

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

        Why hasn't that gone down as an Alisson OG?

        1. JJO
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Cause he disnt touch the ball

      • F_Ivanovic
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You couldn't make this up. Salah punishes me to the max whenever I think I can go without him and then I bring him in for a hit for a plum home fixture and take Fernandez out.... cost me 16 points.

      • Alex_thekid
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        It was the right choice to get Salah in if he had hauled again with 170+ eo my rank would have plumeted again it was probably wrong for a -4 like i did Kane Grealish & Sterling to Salah(c) Son & Dcl & might have capped Bruno though Kdb would have been close 50-50 was it right or wrong without hindsight ??

      • Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        As a non owner of Liverpool of defender. Go Big Sam. My green arrow got a little bigger.

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

        You know Salah will still hattrick

        Sooner he’s gone the better

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

        Gonna drop these in here before 8 pages of SALAAAAAAAHHHH spam in 5 minutes time

      • Esalman
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Salah (C), no Kane/Son. I'm doomed.

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

        Scene all set up now for a last min Salah penalty

        1. Garlana
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Miss*

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

        Cap fail every week

      • TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Worst I’ve ever seen salah play

        1. BIG TONES
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          He's been marked well, credit to the defence