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Newcastle v Liverpool team news: Szoboszlai at right-back

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Winner takes Alexander Isak?

The Swede will be watching his potential future employers take on his current ones in the final match of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 2 tonight.

Newcastle United v Liverpool gets underway at St James’ Park at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

While the off-the-field events are very chaotic, the Magpies’ team news is routine.

In fact, Eddie Howe has named an unchanged side from the 0-0 draw with Aston Villa nine days ago.

Anthony Gordon will be leading the line for the hosts again.

New signing Jacob Ramsey is in the squad for the first time, joining fellow summer recruits Malick Thiaw and Aaron Ramsdale among the substitutes.

Arne Slot is forced into two alterations this evening.

Jeremie Frimpong misses out with a hamstring injury, while Alexis Mac Allister is attending the birth of his child.

Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch, the latter of whom is back from suspension, come into Slot’s starting XI.

With Frimpong sidelined and Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley only fit enough for substitute duty, the Liverpool boss has confirmed that Dominik Szoboszlai will start at right-back tonight.

New boy Giovanni Leoni takes his place among the substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton, Tonali, Guimaraes, Elanga, Gordon, Barnes.

Subs: Ramsdale, Hall, Botman, Thiaw, Osula, Murphy, Willock, Ramsey, Miley.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Jones, Gravenberch, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Bradley, Endo, Chiesa, Leoni, Elliott, Robertson, Ngumoha.

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE

New to Fantasy Football Scout this week is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

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  1. el polako
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 12 days ago

    Hopefully we will see a Wirtzuoso display tonight.

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    1. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 12 days ago

      Nice.

      Anything to distract from Carragher prancing about like he's on the edge of a soft play area in Bootle.

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      1. Moon Dog
          3 months, 12 days ago

          I found footage of Carragher prancing about: https://youtu.be/xr5Y5zy7rBc?si=0_rCxbE_RX9Epep1

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          1. Jordan.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            magic,made me laugh that

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      2. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Or perhaps some technical Expertike?

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    2. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 12 days ago

      Need a Salah blank

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      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        I don't.

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    3. NotsoSpursy
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 12 days ago

      Palmer -> Kudus seems the obvious move this game week.

      Or is Semenyo a better purchase?

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      1. jayzico
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Me too. For me he's a better pick for a number of reasons:
        Assured more minutes
        Assured more games
        Cheaper, allowing me to put my 'get Salah' as well as Haaland plan in place
        Generally believe he'll get more points over the next 10 GWs

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        1. jayzico
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          *Sorry, meant to say a better pick than Johnson

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    4. DeSelby
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 12 days ago

      I don't like Anthony Gordon.

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      1. jayzico
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Horrible int he

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    5. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 12 days ago

      Please delete that ridiculous picture of Anthony Gordon.

      Why are scout taking such pleasure in deliberately triggering people?

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      1. Punned It
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Oh, go on, he looks like he's fronting an eighties post-punk band ie. pretty cool.

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        • jayzico
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          lol

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        • Gubby-Allen
          • 4 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          I thought that it was Bono. I wondered why he would be watching and why they would have used a photograph from 1988.

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      2. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Curtis Jones starts. We're so F'd 😥

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        1. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Who is we?

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      3. rhysmd
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Imminent wild card with Ait-Nouri, Saka, Palmer and Rutter all injury doubts. Top three picks for defenders/midfielders/strikers!?

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        1. nonaynever
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          the way this season is going....you could WC every week for the next month, and still be unsure....wait till after IB

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        2. nonaynever
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          in case they are all doubtful come Friday, plan a FH team to get you to IB?

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      4. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Atmosphere 🙂

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      5. JT11fc
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Can a rusty Graveberch, out of position Sloboz, and no Mcallister do the biz?

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      6. mattyb09
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        2-2 Liverpool:

        Goals - Wirtz, Gakpo; Gordon (pen), Barnes
        Assists - Wirtz, Salah; Hall

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        1. mattyb09
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          *2-2 Draw

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      7. Fat Frank
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        How come Wirtz hasn’t dropped yet?

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        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Price changes have been fixed for years mate

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          1. Fat Frank
            • 8 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            I swear he’s been sold so much as well, bizarre why they would fix it for certain players though, unless definition of algorithm is something like new players to the league have higher thresholds to increase or decrease.

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      8. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        I have Salah but not as captain.

        If he scores twice or say scores 15 points tonight, wouldy GW rank likely go up or down, given a few teams do not have him?

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        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Depending on your current OR

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        2. Gandalf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Would expect overall for Salah to have more than 100% EO after Palmer captains shift to him, so if not captaining I'd be wanting a blank

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      9. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Salah looks tiny compared to Dan Burn 🙂

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        1. Goro Majima
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Everyone does.

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          1. ITS AMAD WORLD
            • 2 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            Peter Crouch would beg to differ

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            1. Goro Majima
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              3 months, 12 days ago

              Fair.

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      10. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        This will be a horrible game to referee

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      11. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Ref-Cam, WFT - looks like one of these YouTube 'auditor' tools...

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      12. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Wirtz down

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      13. MetallicaJack93
        • 2 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        How does this FH look?

        Sels
        Cucu Milen Porro
        Salah Bruno Gordon Kudus
        Haaland Pedro Wood

        Not sure if Haaland, Bruno or Pedro are the best shots but unsure on richarlison too

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        1. MetallicaJack93
          • 2 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Got like 3m itb

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        2. Gubby-Allen
          • 4 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Pedro is. Not sure about the other two.

          It doesn't seem the easiest week to free hit and pick out nailed on big wins or high scoring matches.

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          1. MetallicaJack93
            • 2 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            Yeah true, just wanna do some catch up in MLs ahead of IB, can then WC

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      14. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Grav YC

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      15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Dirty from gravenberch that

        Liverpool rattled

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        1. Jafooli
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Toon out to prove they don't need AI...

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      16. Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 12 days ago

        Don't see how that's a yc when the other too challenges from NewC weren't

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        1. Kaneyonero
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Two*

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          1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            This!

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            1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              3 months, 12 days ago

              Home advantage.

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        2. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Through the back of a player?

          Vs

          Catching toe & high boot?

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        3. Gubby-Allen
          • 4 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          That one was a bit worse

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        4. Moon Dog
            3 months, 12 days ago

            Typical United favouritism

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        5. Jafooli
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Guesses on who gets the first RC here, cause there will be atleast one, at this rate?

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          1. JT11fc
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            Sloboz

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          2. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            I was going to say similar

            Doesn't look like it will be 11 v 11 by the end

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        6. Marvin.
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Is it possible to refresh the page without being whizzed back to my last comment or is that how the site works now?

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          1. Jafooli
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            Would also like them to ditch the membership pop-up, the early bird deal is closed, so they can ditch it now...

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        7. Jafooli
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Liverpool should bring on Salah...

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        8. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Linton miss

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        9. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Scrappy so far.

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          1. Jafooli
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            Also preferred Scooby, more mellow...

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        10. F4L
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          thats never a foul on gordon

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        11. TheSteel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Wirtz looks good. In DMF.

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          1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 12 days ago

            DMF - Defensive midfield?

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            1. Riverside Red
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              3 months, 12 days ago

              Derby's Mid Field

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        12. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Tonali going for territory

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        13. Bored Ape Jota Club
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Lol at that Tonali free kick.

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        14. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 12 days ago

          Hugo twice kicked ball away?

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