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Alisson missing for Liverpool as heavily-backed captain Salah starts

Liverpool are without their first-choice goalkeeper for their Gameweek 22 meeting with Brighton.

Alisson (£5.9m) misses the Wednesday-night encounter with an illness, as reported by the Reds before kick-off.

That makes for a second Premier League start of the season for Caoimhin Kelleher (£4.5m) with Adrian (£4.2m) named on the bench.

With Sadio Mané (£11.9m) still on the sidelines, Mohamed Salah‘s (£12.6m) start in Liverpool’s front-line could see him drift into a more central role with Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) with Xherdan Shaqiri (£6.4m) earning his fourth start in the last five league games.

None of Liverpool’s new centre-backs make it into the starting XI just yet, leaving Jurgen Klopp to pair Jordan Henderson (£5.4m) with Nathaniel Phillips (£4.0m) once again – although Ben Davies (£5.0m) is on the bench tonight.

Joël Veltman (£4.3m) is the latest defensive absentee for Brighton, who are forced to deploy Ben White (£4.4m) as a right wing-back with Tariq Lamptey (£4.6m) also on the sidelines.

Dan Burn (£4.2m) and Adam Webster (£4.4m) join Lewis Dunk (£4.8m) in the back-three while Steven Alzate (£4.3m), Yves Bissouma (£4.4m) and Pascal Groß (£5.8m) are the central midfield trio.

West Ham have shuffled the pack for their visit to Aston Villa with Jarrod Bowen (£6.2m) dropping to the bench as Jesse Lingard (£5.9m) makes his debut for the Hammers.

Ryan Fredericks (£4.2m) comes into the side but not at the expense of Vladimir Coufal (£4.7m), suggesting he is joining Lingard and Saïd Benrahma (£6.0m) in an attacking midfield role behind Michail Antonio (£6.6m), who has registered attacking returns in three of his last four matches.

Aston Villa are almost exactly as they were, with the exception of Anwar El Ghazi (£5.6m) coming in for Bertrand Traoré (£5.9m).

Leeds and Everton are already in Gameweek 22, their game kicking off at 19:30 BST.

Gameweek 22 Starting Line-ups

Aston Villa XI: Martínez; Targett, Mings, Konsa, Cash; D Luiz, McGinn; Grealish, Barkley, El Ghazi; Watkins.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Dawson, Coufal; Lingard, Soucek, Rice, Fredericks; Benrahma; Antonio.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher; Robertson, J Henderson, N Phillips, Alexander-Arnold; Thiago, Milner, Wijnaldum; Shaqiri, Firmino, Salah.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: R Sanchez; Webster, Dunk, Burn; March, Alzate, Bissouma, Groß, White; Trossard, Maupay.

Leeds United XI: Meslier; Alioski, Cooper, Struijk, Ayling; K Phillips; Harrison, Dallas, Klich, Raphinha; Bamford.

Everton XI: Olsen; Digne, Godfrey, Mina, Holgate; A Gomes, Doucouré; Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Iwobi; Calvert-Lewin.

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1,813 Comments Post a Comment
  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Should have benched boosted. Soucek, Coufal, Raphinha on my bench.....

  2. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Really should have benched Bam for Soucek again ffs

  3. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Brighton goal

  4. Monya Meow Meow
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Not Soucek again *facepalm*

  5. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Phew

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Soucek overtakes KDB for season points. Incredible.

  7. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Brighton goal yessssssss

  8. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Anfield like a morgue after watching that Leeds Everton match

    1. MoSalad
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Agreed

  9. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Soucek and Justin benched. My team is too good.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      any chance they can come on ?

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Only Justin, if Son doesn’t play. Unlikely. In hindsight should’ve benched Antonio and Watkins, but I would never had done that.

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          if that can make you feel (a bit ) better i have awb on my bench. post dgw trauma i call it 🙂

          1. FPLtfs
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            It helps, cheers 🙂

  10. STEP rOVERS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wooooohoooo 1-0
    Brighton

  11. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    LOOOOOOOOOOL

    Upgraded fodder to Antonio to then bench Soucek

  12. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sheeeeesh

  13. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    DCL 3 BAPs nice

  14. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Brighton GOAL

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Amazing.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pinball wizard

  15. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Should have benched Salah for Soucek.

  16. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Again first on the bench
    Cant believe this shaite

  17. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Are you kidding me Robbo

  18. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    More Soucek pts on the bench to go with Justin's 15. Ridiculous.

  19. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Robertson is dead to me

  20. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Soucek >> Salah for giving him armband over Bruno backfired terribly

  21. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    LOLverpool

  22. Steve McCroskey
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool are utter bobbins

  23. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Really don't know what to do with Soucek. Just go a 352 from now on?

  24. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Looking forward to ridding myself of Robbo

  25. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Brighton goal

  26. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Should have benched Mo and captained Soucek.

  27. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Soucek you beauty

  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    just shows the value of salah in fpl teams is over inflated here. Salah has been killing my team starting every week and soucek on my bench is killing me

  29. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    F it, im playing triple city defence vs Liverpool & benching Salah & Mane

  30. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pool finally conceded their usual one goal