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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. Podge
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Shocker that the phone ap is still on gw4

  2. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Some serious jam being served up for many this week

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      do you not have bench players?

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        yes … but jam is a Soton defender clean sheet off the bench away to City of Tsimi clean sheet off the bench when you don’t expect him to start … that is jam

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

    No €ity goal

  4. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Small club suffer from VAR AGAIN.

    NO City goal.

    1. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Yep, and no Benteke stone wall pen. Where was the VAR. Same old 😀

  5. Khark
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    I don't even dare log into fantasy

  6. Isca Extremadura
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Ruled out,
    3 goals VAR’D in 4 games

  7. dark91
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Stupid Sterling should have let Foden do the follow up

  8. Life_Ban
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Forget Man city

    Did Salah assist Keita or not??

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      No

    2. Zalk
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      No

    3. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      No

    4. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      No

    5. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Possibly

    6. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Nope.

    7. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      No

    8. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      That's a hard no

  9. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Chances of Christensen bench tomorrow.. livramento on bench

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Good chance.

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Tsimikas outscores Jota 😆

  11. Lestat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    salah assist for 3rd goal?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Guaita assist if anyone.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Of course not, don't be silly.

    3. Zalk
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      "If an opposing player touches the ball after the final pass before a goal is scored, significantly altering the intended destination of the ball, then no assist is awarded."

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Ahhhh

    4. Harry the Hack
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      the ball was punched a third the way up the pitch?

  12. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Livramento an amazing 4.0. Saves the day coming off your bench!

    1. Zalk
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      White for TAA is also nice

  13. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone knows what happened to Pickford??

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      injured

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      There was a rumour he was injured. Looks like it may be true.

      1. Thanos
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks, without a GK this week now.

        Just 6 players to field. Comic of a gameweek 😆

  14. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Livramento sub in for Torres...

    1. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Same boat. Only five points but feels like 20.

      1. Hiiler
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        5 points not much, but a lot more then I expected(though I would get - points). This week though is in general low scoring week I think , so far at least.

        My bench is empty now. 😛

  15. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    In fpl sometimes the best thing to do is do nothing

    1. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Honestly very true.

    2. jungle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      True, this

  16. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    That's it. I'm quitting my job and starting a fantasy football podcast with a Livramento shirt hanging in the background.

    1. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      hahahahahaa

    2. BooYaKasha
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Class

  17. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Debatable re Salah assist

    1. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      It's an assist if it was a shot. Not a cross.

    2. dark91
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      It was a cross not a shot on target. And Keita was far from being the intended target
      Conclusion: No assist

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      I've Salah captain as well as everyone else but that is never an assist.

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Not really.

    5. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Not an assist.

  18. Lingard’s Shin Guards
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Livramento cleanie away to city is an fpl miracle

    He and Sarr have saved my gw

  19. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone doing Raphinha to Sarr for NEW? Especially if Raph is out.

  20. DMP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    How does Pep not bringing Torres in?

  21. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Benrahma->Sarr?

    1. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      I should think so, might follow suit and dead end the team for a week 8 wc

  22. Goonsquad245
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Imagine not captaining salah at home to palace because Liverpool play Wednesday - Saturday

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Imagine thinking people didn't captain Salah

  23. Licky
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Pep time?

  24. Pedersen
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Well i hope city plays Torres from now on when they clearly can't score without him

    1. DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Not really. If not, he should have played 2nd half, no?

  25. Viprin
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Williams YC

    1. Viprin
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Right before the whistle...

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Oh FFS 0 pointer off the bench as always 96th minute too wtf

  26. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Is that Ben White 7-pointer?

    Oh yes it is!

    1. Rassi
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      We feast!

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Nice!

  27. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    FFS all Ramsdale not nailed advice another 9 pointer

    1. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      lol to all the "not nailed" talkers on here - haven't got a clue how bad Leno really is.

  28. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Love you Sarr

    1. Rassi
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      We feast!

    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Senegalese superhero

  29. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Moss trying his best to get the goal for City.

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

    Salah 2 bonus. Good.