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2pm kick-off team news: Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Jota + Firmino all start for Liverpool

Following the postponement of Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal, there are now just two Premier League matches taking place on Sunday – Liverpool v Brentford and West Ham United v Leeds United.

Both games kick-off at 14:00 GMT.

Jurgen Klopp makes six changes from his side’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea, with Alisson, Joel Matip, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Curtis Jones and Roberto Firmino coming in for Caoimhin Kelleher, Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas, James Milner, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

Harvey Elliott, Nathaniel Phillips, Divock Origi and Thiago Alcantara remain on the injury list, whilst Salah, Mane and Naby Keita are at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

For Brentford, wing-back Rico Henry returns to the starting XI in place of Sergi Canos, in the only change from Tuesday’s 4-1 loss at Southampton.

Josh Dasilva, David Raya, Charlie Goode and Zanka are still out, while Frank Onyeka is on AFCON duty.

Elsewhere, David Moyes sticks with the same team that defeated Norwich City in Double Gameweek 21.

That means Manuel Lanzini should continue in a deeper-lying role alongside Declan Rice, with Tomas Soucek and Mark Noble still absent from the matchday squad.

Meanwhile, with Vladimir Coufal and Aaron Cresswell the starting full-backs once again, it does look like Ben Johnson’s stint in the first-team is over, at least for now.

Angelo Ogbonna and Kurt Zouma are on the sidelines, while Said Benrahma is at AFCON.

As for Leeds United, Pascal Struijk and Daniel James replace Diego Llorente and Tyler Roberts, who are both suspended, whilst Patrick Bamford isn’t in the squad despite recovering from injury.

Kalvin Phillips, Liam Cooper, Jamie Shackleton, Charlie Cresswell and Joe Gelhardt all remain out through injury.

DOUBLE GAMEWEEK 22 LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Jota, Firmino

Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Milner, Gomez, Minamino, Tsimikas, Gordon, Williams, Morton

Brentford XI: Fernandez, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Roerslev, Janelt, Norgaard, Baptiste, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney

Subs: Lossl, Canos, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Bidstrup, Bech Sorensen, Stevens


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Rice, Lanzini, Bowen, Fornals, Vlasic, Antonio

Subs: Yarmolenko, Areola, Fredericks, Masuaku, Johnson, Kral, Okoflex, Alese, Perkins

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Struijk, Firpo, Forshaw, Dallas, Klich, Raphinha, Harrison, James

Subs: Klaesson, Rodrigo, Bate, Hjelde, McKinstry, Jenkins, Moore, Kenneh, Gray

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  1. jackruet
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks trenty

  2. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Ox is awful

    1. jackruet
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Always

    2. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Yes he is

    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      £70m Arsenal got for him and Iwobi 🙂

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

      The Ox made Theo look great!

  3. Lucky Z
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    TAA assist

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

    Liverpool are shite!

  5. fplgaruda
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    James waste Raph assist

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

    need two more from my captain Bowen, so I dont regret forgetting to (c) Bruno

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

    Over half of teams don't have TAA. My differential!

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

      Nice!

    2. Podge
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Hmmm

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

      😉

  8. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Trent and Bowen were really obvious captain candidates and we all knew it. DGW hype striked and blinded (most of) us once again.

    1. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      It worked last week though...

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

      Sure Bruno cappers aren't thinking that with a game still to play!

    3. beric
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Nah. As long as there is a decent scoring player in a dgw I will always captain them over a sgwer. Still another game for our picks to come good

    4. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Dennis against two crap teams was the really obvious captain candidate. If not him, Bruno.

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        I agree. Picking C with hindsight is so easy. Yesterday the correct C was Cancelo...

  9. beric
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Dan James, should've done better than that lad

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      For him that was a good effort

  10. Balls of Steel
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    10 assists for TAA already this season!

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

      Incredible. 8.5m next season surely?

      1. Nanoelektronicar
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Has to be 9.0 just to make people think for a few seconds is he worth it.

      2. Balls of Steel
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Be lucky if he's 8.0m!

      3. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        They've been quite generous with prices over the past few years - I'm betting 8.0

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          I'd like this with Cancelo 7.0 or 7.5, but it won't be a smart move from FPL Towers

        2. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          Yes, and Salah looks like 13 million now.

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

            14 for me

      4. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Could be 9m, but 8.5m seems quite likely atm

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          I still expect only 8

          1. Ze_Austin
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 2 months ago

            I'd love that

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

    Bowen and TAA checked, Jota you are next!

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Bowen and TAA are almost zero gain events for me.

      Little sad how the PL has become negative game.

  12. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Fornals getting in the way of another Bowen attempt

  13. OLEgend
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Rafa gone?

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Seems so. Just ironing out the payout

    2. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      If not, Everton deserved the relegation

    3. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Short and not so sweet for Rafa...

  14. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Really want to get rid of Antonio, just can find any good alternatives..

    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Have been waiting for an injury all season and yet he keeps on starting and failing to produce the points!

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

      Watkins if Villa get double 23

      1. EL tridente
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Already got Watkins..

    3. fricky_
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Watkins' fixtures are looking promising

      1. EL tridente
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Got King…

        1. fricky_
          • 2 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          Maybe Jimenez?

    4. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Edouard as a differential pick?

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

      I ditched him already, but stuck with DCL now. BB is going to be an issue, having KdB + Salah and good starting XV is creating problems.

      1. EL tridente
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        DCL could be an option. Hopefully Everton can get a new manager bounce now + a lot of DGW

  15. DLLM
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    I hope ronaldo doesnt play on wed and trent getting cleansheet later (vice captain)

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

      same boat mate

  16. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Yep Rafa sacked, official

    1. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Worst manager in the PL, good riddance.

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

    Trent & Bowen will go over 100% EO if Ronaldo doesn't feature.

    Messy GW!

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Annoying...

  18. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Everton: AVL, new, LEE, sou

    With a few games to rearrange

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      I own Gray and Dcl currently. May aswell keep to see if there is a new manager bounce.

      1. Scrumper
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Same, hoping a good ol' rollicking from Big Dunc bounces them!

      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        I have even Keane 😉

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

        It doesn’t matter who Everton play!

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

      Keeping Gray for a while, but likely on the bench

  19. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Dont understand people saying liverpool are awful. They played really good 30minutes. After bit sloppy but still.
    Have you looked at the stats?!
    75 posession or more.

    Its not easy playing against a wall of 11 men at their own box.
    Average position of toney, mbeumo is like a defender...

    1. thegame983
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Everything is awful according to some around here

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah LIV played well I agree, just a reminder of how life will be if you don't renew Salah's contract. It's just not the same end product.

    3. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      It's not easy, but that's the name of the game for top of the table teams nowadays. You have to find solution for low block if you want to be considered as top team. Possession and control mean nothing without creating clear cut chances and finishing them. On top of that if you are not immune to mistakes at the back, you will pay v low block.

    4. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Kind of agree, difficult and of course they miss Salah and Mane but they try and some neat passing play, but not the usual clinical edge

  20. Rafa Benitez sacked
    Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1482727892673044484?s=20

    Everton Football Club can confirm the departure of Rafael Benitez as first team manager.

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

      Hopefully we see a nice bounce then over a few DGWs

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

        Don’t bank on it

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

        No chance watching the games not just the manager at fault but most of the first team players

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

      Nice of them to pay him a mega payment to go early only if we got this opportunity in civy street.

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

      Everton squad is poor. First XI looks good when they are all fit, but the second string (players like Iwobi, Delph, Davies) are not good enough. Also time for Coleman and Rondon to drop down to the Championship.

      Pickford
      Patterson Mina Keane Mykolenko
      Gomes Doucoure Allan
      Gray DCL Richarlison

      Begovic
      Kenny Holgate Godfrey Nkounkou
      Delph Davies Gbamin
      Iwobi Tosun Townsend

      Backups: Lonegan, Branthwaite, Gordon, Simms

      1. Stamford B
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        You don’t rate Gordon then?

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

          Nope. Another Tom Davies (not in positional sense, but in impact). Will look good when noone knows who is (remember Davies' goal vs Man City?) and then as he settles in, gets more games and the opposition get the data on him they will find it easy to stop him.

  21. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Still feel like selling Dcl and Gray 😆

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Villa isn't an easy game anyway. I'll have DCL on my bench to monitor the reaction, then choose what to do with him by GW24

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Thinking similar. May be the makeweight for Salah back in

  22. CroatianHammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Has anyone run the rule over available Leeds players? I mean, they've just theoretically lost two.

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

      They dont have covid

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      One Covid case, and they can postpone for the foreseeable

      1. fplgaruda
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Yes

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

    Rafa gone, mission complete

    1. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Ah ah. Incredible how some EVE fans defended him about this Digne issue. No wonder they are where they are, no loyalty no pride.

      1. nolard
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        So you know what happened then?

    2. Stamford B
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      The mission was to get them to 16th? 😆

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

    See ya Rafa

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Done an awful job

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

        Paid 45m contract, 5th highest paid in the world supposedly!

        1. Stamford B
          • 2 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          £45m? 😆

  25. fplgaruda
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Sigh, agent rafa has not finish the mission yet, at least put them on same point with Newcastle and Watford.
    Should have done it more smoothly

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Losing to Norwich was a tough assignment

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah 1 win in the last 13 is way too obvious

  26. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Mission accomplished agent Rafa

  27. fplgaruda
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Digne back to Everton now?

  28. RogDog_jimmy
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    What people think of this for a WC?

    Martinez, Foster
    TAA, Cancelo, Laporte, Digne, Coady
    Salah, KDB, Jota, Coutinho, Bowen
    ASM, Dennis, Broja

    A bit weak up top but I hate almost every forward.
    Maybe Jota > Raphinha.

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

      Why would you play your WC now when we have no idea about the upcoming massive DGW schedule?

      1. RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Mainly coz I’m not having fun and don’t like my team as it is. If it’s all a mess anyway I’d rather players I enjoy on the team.

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      It is too nice

    3. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Looks nice but don’t like double Villa defence! It’s pretty bad

      1. RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Keeper spot has me confused to be honest. Might look to rotation.

        Sa & Ramsdale maybe?

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          Sa set and forget! Get a cheap playing keeper but just stick with Sa

          1. RogDog_jimmy
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 2 months ago

            Could work for sure. Foster can sit there as the back up.

        2. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          I wouldn't think of it as a double-up. GK is a unique position

  29. Stamford B
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Do you kopites only have one joke?

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

      Yeah it is Everton

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

      No, about 1995 of them.

    3. fplgaruda
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Ouch

  30. Nanoelektronicar
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    The Everton was neglected with awful signings for years. The Ancelotti ran away from the club as soon as possible. And now all the blame is on Rafa who was probably the only one to try to extinguish that dumpster fire with no budget, simply because he loves the city and people of Liverpool.

    1. Stamford B
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Lol