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Alexander-Arnold ill and Torres benched as Klopp and Guardiola ring the changes

There are four Premier League matches kicking off simultaneously at 15:00 BST this afternoon, with Liverpool and Manchester City both in action on home soil.

Crystal Palace and Southampton are the visitors to Anfield and the Etihad, with Burnley v Arsenal and Norwich City v Watford the other two games taking place.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have both rotated heavily from their midweek UEFA Champions League fixtures, with some damaging omissions from a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) perspective.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is ill and Andrew Robertson is benched, with James Milner and Kostas Tsimikas getting the nod at full-back. Ibrahima Konate is also in for Joel Matip at centre-half.

There are six changes in all for Liverpool from their win over AC Milan on Wednesday, with Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane back in the side following midweek benchings.

Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah keep their places in attack, with the Reds’ opponents, Crystal Palace, unchanged following the 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola makes five changes from the side that hammered RB Leipzig, with Kyle Walker, Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling coming into the side.

Kevin De Bruyne, Ferran Torres and Riyad Mahrez are benched, with Oleksandr Zinchenko and Rodri not in the squad.

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl makes three alterations from the team that drew 0-0 with West Ham last weekend, with Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek and Che Adams in for Romain Perraud, Mohamed Salisu and Moussa Djenepo.

Sean Dyche keeps faith with the same Burnley XI that lost 3-1 at Everton on Monday evening.

Both of Mikel Arteta’s two changes are in midfield, with Emile Smith Rowe and Thomas Partey in for Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Albert Sambi Lokonga.

Aaron Ramsdale again lines up between the posts.

Norwich hand full debuts to three summer signings: central midfielder Mathias Normann, centre-back Ozan Kabak and forward Joshua Sargent.

Billy Gilmour and Milot Rashica also come in as Daniel Farke makes five changes from the 1-0 defeat by Arsenal.

Lukas Rupp, Andrew Omobamidele, Pierre Lees-Melou and Christos Tzolis drop to the bench and Kieran Dowell misses out.

Daniel Bachmann is only on the bench for Watford, so budget FPL goalkeeper Ben Foster gets a start between the posts.

Xisco Munoz has made four alterations in all from the Hornets’ 2-0 loss by Wolves, with Kiko Femenía, Tom Cleverley and Craig Cathcart promoted to the starting XI.

Jeremy Ngakia and Peter Etebo are benched and Francisco Sierralta is out.

GAMEWEEK 5 LINE-UPS

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeill, Wood, Barnes

Subs: Hennessey, Cork, Lennon, Rodriguez, Cornet, Collins, Pieters, Bardsley, Vydra

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Odegaard, Saka, Aubameyang

Subs: Leno, Lacazette, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Soares, Tavares, Mari, Sambi Lokonga, Martinelli


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Fabinho, Van Dijk, Konate, Thiago, Milner, Mane, Salah, Henderson, Jota, Tsimikas.

Subs: Kelleher, Keita, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Robertson, Origi, Phillips.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Mitchell, Guehi, Kouyate, Ayew, Zaha, Anderson, McArthur, Benteke, Gallagher.

Subs: Butland, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Olise, Hughes, Clyne, Edouard, Kelly, Riedewald.


Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Sterling, Gundogan, Jesus, Grealish, Bernardo, Fernandinho, Cancelo.

Subs: Carson, De Bruyne, Torres, Mahrez, Foden, Mbete, Palmer, Lavia, Wilson-Esbrand

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Adams, Redmond, Livramento, Elyounoussi, Bednarek.

Subs: Forster, Lyanco, Perraud, Broja, Djenepo, Salisu, Tella, Diallo, Valery.


Watford: Foster, Rose, Ekong, King, Cleverley, Cathcart, Sissoko, Femenia, Sarr, Dennis, Kucka.

Subs: Bachmann, Ngakia, Etebo, Louza, Masina, Sema, Fletcher, Kabasele, Hernandez.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Gilmour, Kabak, Normann, Rashica, Williams, Pukki, McLean, Sargent.

Subs: Gunn, Gibson, Rupp, Cantwell, Tzolis, Lees-Melou, Giannoulis, Idah, Omobamidele.

ENTER FANTASY5’s FREE-TO-PLAY £10K GAME BEFORE KICK-OFF

1,535 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Is that a Salah assist?

    1. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I believe if the first one was then this should be one too

    2. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Should be

    3. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Nah.

  2. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    keita worldie
    Guaita assist

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

    What a volley!

  4. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    😆 Keita's reaction

    1. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Loved it

  5. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Goal Man City

  6. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    That a Salah assist?

  7. GROBARI
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    1-0 €ity

    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Ruled out

    2. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Disallowed City goal. VAR chop chop chop ….

  8. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Salah assist?

  9. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Need a random Saints OG now

  10. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Naby! Get in, man!

  11. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Raz goal but checking

  12. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Offside.

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      ?

  13. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Salah took the corner....dubious

  14. Bushwhacker
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Nabby lad!!

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Very unconvincing 3-0 win 😀

  16. Isca Extremadura
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Another VAR check Man City goal

  17. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    C'mon lads, how could you think that was a Salah assist?

  18. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Did Livramento come off before goal?

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Nice

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      What goal?

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    My 2 4.0 defenders doing the business off the bench cheers boys

  20. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    eff off city. zero SOT at home v Southampton. Joke.

  21. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    I wanted a Raz goal but when Livramento was still playing. Poo!

  22. tambourineman
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Richarlison misses #AVLEVE with a knee problem while Jordan Pickford has a shoulder injury and Seamus Coleman had a problem in training yesterday.

  23. Al Pacho
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    KEITA YOU BEAUTY. YNWA!

  24. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    I did a goal. Lol

    1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      you seemed very surprised

  25. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Naby channels Gerd Muller

  26. Alexis Nonsense
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    I need that Livramento CS !

    And Pep keep Torres out of this

  27. Bounce
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Conte to City?

    1. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      he was in Liverpool a few days back.
      Saw him at the Cavern.

  28. Viprin
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Sarr almost again

    1. Weeb Kakashi
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Sitter?

  29. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    No goal

  30. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Sarr and Traores xg just comes to show how utterly useless stats are