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Champions League-chasing Liverpool up against Norris as injured Pope misses out

The final two matches of Gameweek 37 kick off concurrently at 20:15 BST this evening.

Liverpool are the main draw from a Fantasy perspective, with the most-captained player of this Gameweek set to face Burnley’s third-choice goalkeeper.

With Diogo Jota (£6.9m) injured, Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) and his two usual compadres in the Reds’ attack start as expected this evening.

Jurgen Klopp has made just the one change from the last-gasp win at West Brom, with Curtis Jones (£4.4m) replaced by Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.3m).

Sean Dyche has made two tweaks to the side that lost 4-0 at home to Leeds United.

There’s a surprise between the posts, with Will Norris (£4.0m), not Bailey Peacock-Farrell (£4.0m), lining up in Nick Pope‘s (£5.5m) absence.

Norris’s only previous appearances in the Premier League came back in the 2018/19 season as a late substitute for Wolves.

The other change sees winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.4m) replace forward Matej Vydra (£4.8m), with Dyche seemingly adopting similar tactics to the ones he used against Manchester United.

There was originally just one change apiece at the Hawthorns, meanwhile.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.6m) comes in for Grady Diangana (£5.0m) for the hosts, while Said Benrahma (£5.9m) replaces Jarrod Bowen (£5.9m) for the Hammers.

But there is a late change to the West Ham line-up as Darren Randolph (£4.3m) is in for the injured Lukasz Fabianski (£5.0m) between the posts.


LINE-UPS

Burnley: Norris, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Gudmundsson, Wood.

Subs: Barnes, Peacock-Farrell, Rodriguez, Pieters, Vydra, Nartey, Dunne, Richardson, Driscoll-Glennon.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Rhys Williams, Robertson, Thiago, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

Subs: Milner, Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Tsimikas, Shaqiri, Origi, Neco Williams, Koumetio.

West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone, Furlong, Robson-Kanu, Bartley, Ajayi, Phillips, Pereira, Townsend, Gallagher, Maitland-Niles, Yokuslu.

Subs: Button, Robinson, Diangana, Diagne, Peltier, O’Shea, Grant, Gardner-Hickman, King.

West Ham United XI: Randolph, Cresswell, Coufal, Benrahma, Lingard, Dawson, Fornals, Ogbonna, Soucek, Antonio, Rice.

Subs: Trott, Balbuena, Yarmolenko, Noble, Bowen, Diop, Fredericks, Johnson, Odubeko.

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  1. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 days ago

    Only the 26 points on the bench

  2. DaveZubie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 days ago

    Benteke a punt for gw38.
    Old club, manager retiring etc

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Nah, will bench him

  3. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 days ago

    Arsenal would have made top 4 with a throw-in coach

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      And decent players.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        That wouldn't be such an impreesive feat then

      2. Scrumper
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        They've never been a serious top 4 club ever since they fired gunnarsaurus

    2. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Arteta gets a lot of undeserved hate. They’ve been 3rd on the table since Christmas. With that squad they won’t come close to UCL.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Haha I'm not sure how the second and third sentence go together but okay. They would be 8 points off if they won this game. It could easily have been less, and could be less next season. 'Won't come close' is too strong too early for me.

    3. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      And if they stopped taking short corners

  4. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 days ago

    Thiago has really come into it for the last month or so

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      I think he's been class every time I've watched him honestly

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Looked shaky before but since the last international break he’s been top class

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          He was poor most of the season until then.

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Thiago needed a box to box midfielder alongside him to allow him to pull the strings in the middle of the park like he is used to. Fabinho in defence wasn’t allowing that

      1. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Fabinho isn’t box to box but I agree that he needed a proper no.6 behind him. Fabinho gives so much solidity for the rest of the team to build on.

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          Yeah, sorry I guess not box to box but that solidarity as you have said.

    3. Party time
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Class is permanent. Still adapting to the PL & Liverpool’s heavy tempo football. City or Arsenal would have been a better move tho

    4. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Lingard channelling his inner Zizou.

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        He's been sent off for a headbutt?

    5. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Do something Mo!

    6. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Willock and Smith Rowe in for Salah and Bruno. Last throw of the Declan Rice.

    7. 420king
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      So winning a penalty doesn't even award BPS? lmao stupid game

      1. Jindaljain
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        BCZ FPL are hired by my opponents

      2. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        yes thats totally stupid. Infact player earning a penalty should get 2 points irrespective of goal or no goal as he has already won it

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          Yeah, at least bps anyway. If he wasn’t brought down he had scored

        2. 420king
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          agreed

    8. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Blankety blank blankety blank

    9. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Was Willock got injured? If so how serious was it?

    10. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Anyone’s season not over ?

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        15k rank drop so far this game week, it's ruined

      2. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        If I captain a 0% ownership player in GW38 who scores a hattrick then it’s not over.

        Otherwise yes

      3. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        I've a feeling mine will be over on Sunday

      4. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Mine isn't over unless Salah doesn't score his 5 goals

      5. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        55 pts - Mo, Coufal, Ward, TAA, Johnson playing... might be ok.

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          That's insane, I'm on 16 points

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

            Yeah but I'm 85k and dead 2nd in the money league.

      6. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        o/ Excited to try and make the top 400k

    11. JayLegend
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Salah Captaincy fail confirmed

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Subbed?

      2. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        He will score. Trust me on that

        1. Fudgy
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          You are lying to us

    12. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Salah in terrible form when I needed him the most

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Same for all my players

    13. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Someone give us some goals already.

      1. el polako
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Defo goals in WBA - WHU game, good tempo so far.

        1. Eh, just one more thing ...
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          Jinxed it ...

          1. el polako
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Yep, goal at the wrong end 🙁

      2. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        OK not you West Brom.

    14. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 days ago

      Would have nice to have finished the season with a flourish in a glut of points flying all over the shop .... but God ... damp squib indeed.

    15. Party time
        3 years, 4 days ago

        It would be hilarious if Bruno becomes the top scorer this gw out of the top 3 captain picks

        1. Eh, just one more thing ...
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          I would not be surprised.

        2. JayLegend
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          Burnley close, can sell 1-0 here.

          1. JayLegend
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            See*

      • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 days ago

        Burnley were destroyed by Leeds

        Liverpool failed to take advantage of a shaky defence so far

        1. Party time
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Liverpool struggled at the hawthorns

        2. Eh, just one more thing ...
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 days ago

          Some ... a goal please ... Salah TAA Antonio Lingard .... sort it out ...

          1. Party time
              3 years, 4 days ago

              This!

          2. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Watching LIV game atm, any good with the WHU game?

          3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Periera direct from a corner lol

          4. el polako
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Pereira straight from corner

          5. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Soucek og?

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

              It was on target anyway, lucky for him.

          6. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Soucek goal West Brom 1 up

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

            Ever since I removed Wood he's been monster hauling lol

          8. WVA
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Pereira won't get the goal, I own him

            1. Fudgy
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 4 days ago

              He will because my rival does

            2. WVA
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 4 days ago

              Bruno might get it though

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

              Yes he will because the corner was on target, very clearly.

              1. WVA
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 4 days ago

                I'm not in to watch any of the games

          9. Salan
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Hard to define it's an OG or not. If Soucek doesn't touch, it's still on target and in.

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

              By the basis it was on target, its not an OG (unfortunately).

            2. WVA
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 4 days ago

              It will be given as own goal

            3. DaveZubie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 4 days ago

              Keeper would have punched clear, I think it's an og

          10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Robertson looking more dangerous

          11. Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Souceck hauls again

          12. _Ninja_
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            Tiago wastes a salah a

          13. justaguy9
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 4 days ago

            after 14 from 8 players, a lingard penalty goal, assist by antonio would have given me some respectability atleast.