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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. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    LMAO, Salah(c) now my only player this gw without returns!

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

      Same. WTAF?

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

    Winning 76-74 in cup match ahhhh. Need Soucek to hold 3baps

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

      Gone

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

        Yes

  3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Phew WHU CS gone

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

    OMG Lingard.

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

    Emi 1 bap possibly 😀

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

      aaaaaaand it's gone.

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

      Possibly not lol

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

    Surely I shouldn’t be considering benching Mo against City?

  7. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Grealish assist not showing ?

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

    what a mistake by martinez

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

    I suspect the realisation that Liverpool ain't winning the title again is hurting already

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

      30 more years to wait

  10. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Watkins ESSENTIAL

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

    Lingsrd G
    Antonio A

    Terrible from Martinez

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

    G Lingard
    A Antonio

    DEJA VU

  13. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    FFS thought Grealish scored with all the Grealishhhhhhhh shouts, can we not do that if they haven't scored please

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

    antonio assist

  15. Parsnips
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wtf is going on

  16. dark91
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Was this really a Brighton staff member holding the board for the substitute?!!
    Had the Brighton badge on his jacket

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

    1.3

    WEST HAM

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

    1 goal from Salah gets me through in the cup how typical he’s done nothing, fair play to Brighton.

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

    martinez might get dropped

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

    Can someone just pick my Captain for the weekend plz?

    A) Son (WBA)
    B) Bruno (EVE)
    C) Antonio (ful)

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

      B or C. I have all and will go B.

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

    JLinzzzzz whattttt

  22. MagicMessi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Antonio assist

  23. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Late to the Pool party here. 1 shot on target!?

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

      Jokes

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

    LOOOOOL @ Emi

  25. Salarrivederci
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lingard!!

    Always wanted him in my team! 😉

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

    Martinez having a bad game.

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

    Salad to Lingard (-4)??

  28. Party time
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio(C) vs Fulham.

      Cheers

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Same here

      2. MagicMessi
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Same here and I won't touch it

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

      With both Soucek and Coufal on my bench, I can't say I'm bummed about the CS being wiped.

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

      Yay Watkins 100pts gang unless cards