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Mane, Matip and Pogba benched as Man Utd host Liverpool in Gameweek 9

In the final match of Gameweek 9, Manchester United host Liverpool in a mouth-watering clash at Old Trafford.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

Manchester United make three changes from Gameweek 8, with Marcus Rashford (£9.4m), Fred (£4.9m) and Scott McTominay (£5.4m) replacing Nemanja Matic (£4.5m), Paul Pogba (£7.6m) and Jadon Sancho (£9.0m).

Bruno Fernandes (£11.8m) also starts despite heading into the game as a doubt.

For Liverpool, Sadio Mane (£11.9m) drops to the bench with Joel Matip (£5.0m).

As a result, Diogo Jota (£7.5m) starts in attack alongside Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£8.9m), while Ibrahima Konate (£5.1m) partners Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) in defence.

Curtis Jones (£5.0m) is a substitute having missed the last two games with a groin injury, but Fabinho (£5.4m) and Thiago (£5.3m) miss out completely.


GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Man Utd XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford, Ronaldo

Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Dalot, Lingard, Matic, Pogba, van de Beek, Cavani, Sancho

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Salah, Jota, Firmino

Subs: Adrian, Mane, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Origi, Matip

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  1. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Vardy captain so need Salah to help me out here.

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Anything Salah does hurts if you didn't (c) him

      1. Geriatric Unathletic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Unless he misses a pen and gets sent off, lol.

    2. Totalfootball
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Salah points will be bad if u haven't captained

    3. james 101
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      You mean blank right?

      1. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Exactly, help out by not scoring

  2. Blue Moon Rising
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Benrahma - time to ship?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Weeks and weeks ago

    2. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I’d say so but honestly not many standout midfield options right now that are actually nailed enough to feel confident in

    3. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Before Villa?

    5. james 101
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Not this week

      He has a big score in him on the right day

    6. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Might be Madisson time.

    7. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      For sure … he was gone this week before Lukakugate. And now it looks like Vardygate is upon us, he’ll probably still be loitering around come Christmas

  3. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bit out of the loop, why is Ronaldo such a differential this week? Did people go to Lukaku in droves?

    1. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      And then Vardy

      1. BenDavies
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        cheers

    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Vardy

      1. BenDavies
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        ouch, harsh

  4. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah to get a red card?
    Haven't seen for a long time..

  5. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Currently think I’m happy with about 3-5 players in my squad. The rest are in desperate need of shipping

    1. Gross Blank Point
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Sounds like me a week after a WC!

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Bloody useless bunch of guffers….

    2. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yup same … how quickly things change … who knows, maybe it does a 180 turn come end of GW10

  6. We Go Again
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Took a -4 to bring in Vardy and Havertz (C) this week. Lol

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Did it for free 😎

    2. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      +1.

    3. mcginnntonic
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      same lol

  7. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    LMS safety score currently 25 including autosubs.

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

    1. james 101
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ha. Pretty low!

    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      comforting to know that many are doing worse

    3. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      24 here, will be close

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        You have 25 with Antonio bonus.

    4. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Crikey.

  8. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Baffles me that people are ruling out a CR7

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      *cr7 masterclass. The guy is a potential GOAT!

    2. Joey Tribbiani
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      hope he smashes pool

    3. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Finished 36-year-old

  9. dshv
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Hope tor salah and trent to smash…

  10. el polako
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ivan Phoney.

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      He rang?

      1. el polako
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Couldn't connect.

    2. Fish up a tree
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Prank caller

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

    Just feels like a big united win today.

    2-1

  12. Fish up a tree
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Is the Vardy party over as some never got their first drink?

    1. james 101
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      We don’t know yet

  13. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah's EO is ridiculous. People are really desperate

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Just no other reasonable alternative this week

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ridiculous to captain a player on form.

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Desperate for points, there's another 3 or 6.

    4. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Bookies had havertz as most likely to score this week at about 1.85 followed by Salah at 2.00 and then CR7+Kane about equal at 2.40

  14. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    No room for racism should include all races.

    This needs to end.

    1. Grande Tubarão
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Doesn’t it?

    2. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      what do you mean?

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        All cultures matter.

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Is the culture under attack white male by any chance?

          1. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Thst would be racism.

            1. FOO FIGHTER
              • 4 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              *that

            2. Ginkapo FPL
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              The idea that white males should not be advantaged in life just because they are white and male is not racist, its equality.

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Idiotic comment.

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Why is it?

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Because 'No Room For Racism' literally means no racism at all. It applies to everybody and every race.

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Ok - maybe OP didn’t realise it considered all races

      2. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        So why is this being made propaganda by the PL.

        I have no problem with any race.

        The PL keep on pushing the subject.

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Because racism is inherent in the culture of football and wider society. Saying nothing is akin to acceptance

          1. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            No because the PL like promoting racism when in fact humanity exists.

            It is all propaganda to their money fed machine.

            1. Ginkapo FPL
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              The choice to be very public in their support for the positive reputation gain does not devalue the thing itself.

              What is this really about?

              Humanity is based on what we believes others are thinking rather than our own beliefs. Were pack animals. Racism prospers entirely because of humanity.

              1. FOO FIGHTER
                • 4 Years
                2 years, 5 months ago

                Racism does not prosper when there is money involved = Premier League.

                1. FOO FIGHTER
                  • 4 Years
                  2 years, 5 months ago

                  Or should I say, it does prosper when the route of all evil = money is involved 🙂

                2. Ginkapo FPL
                  • 12 Years
                  2 years, 5 months ago

                  The PL have never said they are perfect. Thats half the point

                  1. FOO FIGHTER
                    • 4 Years
                    2 years, 5 months ago

                    The PL is all about money and their advertising.

                    1. Ginkapo FPL
                      • 12 Years
                      2 years, 5 months ago

                      Ok, I'm not engaging with your stand against condeming racism further

                      1. FOO FIGHTER
                        • 4 Years
                        2 years, 5 months ago

                        I am not a racist as clearly stated.

    4. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      We all agree that there should be no racism to any race.

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        This.

      2. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        That's the point in a nutshell. There is no other way of approaching it.

    5. Joey Tribbiani
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      ??? of course

    6. Ain't No Holebas Girl
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      This post just reeks of privilege

  15. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Hat-trick of attacking returns coming for Salah.

    1. Original Sin
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      For firmino please

      1. Original Sin
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        And Salah to assist all those goals, wouldn't be that bad as well

  16. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    This will no doubt end 1-0 to Man Utd with Lingard scoring the winner late on, with no assist, TAA booked and Salah having missed a big chance

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ah here!

      2-2

    2. Von Lipwig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      please

  17. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bruno shocker

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

    Bruno skies a sitter

  19. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bruno fail

  20. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Sold Greenwood for for a hit, guys. TAA blank confirmed.

  21. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bruno wastes Greenwood assist

  22. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    keita g Salah a

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    OMG Keita

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

    Salah A

  25. jackruet
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ronaldo will score and punish me for getting vardy

  26. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah assist

  27. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Oh dear

  28. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    United are worse than Norwich

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

    Sounds like a 8-1 Masscre

  30. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    And here we go. Save our gameweek Mo