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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. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    If Cresswell keeps his CS ALL my outfield players will have scored points apart from my Captain! Jees

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

      Wow nuce

    2. Monklane
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      same

    3. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Still good. How many points do you have?

      1. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        81 after bonus. Come on Salah!

    4. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Same.

    5. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Same with Coufal!

  2. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cmon Brighton

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

      Let Salah part the seas.

      1. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Needs to hurry up. Doesn’t deserve anything

  3. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Played Watkins and Konsa
    Benched Soucek and Coufal

    Salah captain and Robertson

    Awful night 🙁

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Oh, and Sanchez on bench

  4. Ozzy smith
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bored to death of the captaincy this season lol. Having a mare with it.

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

      Need to create a support group. I genuinely have no clue anymore.

  5. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Justin, Bummerford, Rapha, and Salah(c) blank ruining my gameweek.

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

      Raphinha has very low ownership. He ain't your problem.

  6. Party time
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Liverpool can’t even defeat Brighton at Anfield

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Nicht feast

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why weren’t the West Ham goals disallowed btw?

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

        because they were not playing against Man United

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

      Salah > Son means 7.4m itb. Lol

      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I’m looking at Mo > Gudongan leaving me ~£10m 😐

    • Party time
        3 years, 1 month ago

        This season is something else. Wtffff

      • Saka Punch
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thinking City double defence is ok for next week after all

        1. brianutd-why always we? 20
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Attacking threat too

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

        Legit can’t win with captaincy. Blank after blank when everyone else hauls

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

          See below. My vice is out scoring my captain weekly. Cruel

      • RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Anyone got any advice on how to pick a captain? I’m on such a bad streak

        1. brianutd-why always we? 20
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Nope

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

          just leave it on Salah.

        3. tbos83
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Avoid the favourite

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

          Not going with the most popular captain on from the masses on here seems to be a good place to start.

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

            Do you think fixture plays a bit part in the captain picks on here?

            Should we just start to ignore fixtures?

            Need to try gain some sort of logic to it

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

              Obviously yes

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

          Target weak defences

      • MikeS
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Grealish to soucek?

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

          I’m selling Soucek

          1. Baron Penguin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            I will play him for his inevitable Fulham blank, then sell.

      • Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        What a game. Dan Burn with more 1v1s than Salah.

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Liverpool denied stone wall pen in Manchester.

      • Jimmy Boy
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Trust Mo Salah to ruin my GW twice in a row, first by being everyone else's captain last week and then by being my captain this week

      • AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Salah to Son(C) seems obvious?

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

          I going Sterling to son (c)

        2. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Just go Bruno and save yourself some stress again.

      • Davros
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I don’t understand Liverpool this season

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Cursed with injuries.

          1. Threat Level Midnight
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Blame the injuries

            1. Rainer
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Only reason you’re above 😆

              Hope you enjoyed being too for two weeks!

              1. Threat Level Midnight
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                There are so many other factors. You sound just like the Pool fans in ML group chat. No concept of reality and entitled little babies just like your manager. 1 season wonder as expected. 🙂

        2. Bob_the_builder
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Don't know how defensive injuries messed up their attack.

        3. Salan
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Rigged games. It's the only explanation

      • Party time
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I am on fantastic run of successive captain fails.

          Guess who I will be cappin next 😉

        • Doctor Evil
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I’ve got 7 million itb!

          And until Kane or KDB come back there is nobody I really want.

          Martinez
          Shaw Cancelo Stones Chillwell
          Bruno Salah Son Gundogan
          Antonio DCL

          Bench Phillips Mitchell Davis

          Plan to do Davis to Kane when fit

        • WE GO FOR IT
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          All away wins in the PL today as things stand!

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

          Imagine being on 100 points with Bamford, Soucek and Coufal on your bench!

          https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/4696567/event/22

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

            Plenty of jam in that link for breakfast.

          2. Hybrid.power
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Hot damn

        • Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Guess Mark's bench? Justin Soucek Coufal! Madness ...

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            All subbing in now doubt.

        • camarozz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Digne (c) last wk Salah this frm one extreme to the other and still I get it wrong.

        • Going To Win This Year
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Anyone else do raphy to Son last week?

        • Winners900
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Does Salah even take the penalties with Milner on the pitch?

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Only if milner gives it to him

            • Party time
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Milner is in charge

            • Kryptonite666
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Thinking of Gundogan to Rashford for a 2 week punt

              Gundogan plays LIV TOT
              Rashford plays EVE WBA

              Thoughts ?

            • HonestBlatter
              • 13 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              What happened to Klopp except of few injuries?

              1. Rainer
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Few?

              2. Optimus.
                • 13 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Seriously?

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

                They won everything and got content

            • camarozz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              15 on the bench last wk, 16 this wk. Guess 17 nxt wk then.

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

              What does Klopp see in Origi?

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

                Bigger goal threat than Salah