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Mohamed Salah starts a Premier League match for the first time since November in the late kick-off.

The Egyptian gets to face one of his favoured opponents, too, as Liverpool head south to face Bournemouth.

Kick-off is at 17:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Salah is part of a Liverpool side that is mostly the same as the one Arne Slot sent out to face Marseille.

There is one alteration, however, with Cody Gakpo coming in for Hugo Ekitike. The French striker drops to the bench.

Joe Gomez starts again at centre-half, with Ibrahima Konate absent on compassionate grounds.

Andrew Robertson is among the substitutes despite reports linking him with a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

There’s also one change for Bournemouth tonight.

It’s an enforced one, as Adam Smith replaces the injured Marcus Tavernier.

That’ll presumably see Alex Jimenez push up the right flank, with Smith taking over duties at full-back.

New signing Alex Toth is on the bench for the Cherries.

It’s 11 goals in 12 Premier League starts for Salah against this evening’s hosts, one of which came in the reverse fixture back in Gameweek 1.

Liverpool as a team have scored 2+ goals in 16 of their last 17 meetings with Bournemouth.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Hill, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Cook, Jimenez, Kroupi, Adli, Evanilson.

Subs: Forster, Christie, Diakite, Unal, Toth, Milosavljevic, Sadi, Rees-Dottin, DaCosta.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Gomez, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo, Salah.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Endo, Jones, Ekitike, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

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

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

Foden Haaland benched

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  1. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 hours, 14 mins ago

    To be fair to Liverpool, Bournemouth only lost their best player in Semenyo and have Kluivert, Brooks and Tavernier missing

    1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 hours, 12 mins ago

      But Liverpool have Salah back with his 90 minutes guaranteed contract.

  2. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 hours, 13 mins ago

    Milli Vanilli back on the pitch

  3. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 hours, 13 mins ago

    Yeah Rio

  4. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    4 hours, 12 mins ago

    did Eki get on?

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 hours, 12 mins ago

      He's on

    2. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 hours, 11 mins ago

      He is hiding with his orange hair

  5. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    4 hours, 12 mins ago

    would u keep wilson on wc if u got him at 5.2?

    1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      4 hours, 11 mins ago

      yes

    2. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 hours, 11 mins ago

      Wilson is one of those ones I don't get because I don't think he can keep it up. But he does. I probably would. You need a cheap player somewhere and having got him for 5.2 is a bargain

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        4 hours, 10 mins ago

        yeah it would be a rotation between him and a decent 4th defender

    3. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 hours, 11 mins ago

      Yes fixtures more than decent too

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 hours, 9 mins ago

      Yes

      He's the missing piece in my team

    5. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 hours, 7 mins ago

      No. On my WC there are probably 7 mids I'd rather have and there are no premiums I feel like the budget saved on Wilson enables. You might disagree if you want Saka, Fernandes, Palmer, Haaland.

  6. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 hours, 9 mins ago

    Rio should have went to ground

  7. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    4 hours, 9 mins ago

    Lack of savvy there from the kid, there was a penalty up for grabs.

  8. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    Slob g Salah a

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      4 hours, 7 mins ago

      Nice work tbf

  9. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    If Haaland is benched next week too, it’s really going to shake things up.
    I don’t think we’ve ever had a season where the 3 most expensive players are not worth owning for various reasons… Salah maybe not nailed and poor league form, Palmer struggling with injury & slight chance Pep thinks Haaland is one of the reasons for City’s poor form

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      4 hours, 6 mins ago

      No chance

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        4 hours, 3 mins ago

        Well, Pep said he was “100 sure what is the problem with the team”. And then he dropped Haaland & Foden in the next game…
        It’s definitely possible

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    salah assist!!!!

  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    szobo banger

  12. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    Szob G
    Salah A

  13. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    Szobo absolutely killing it.

  14. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    Finally, some points for my team

  15. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    4 hours, 6 mins ago

    Time for a Wirtz winner

  16. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 hours, 6 mins ago

    Such a hammy assist for Salah lol

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 hours, 5 mins ago

      Jammy.

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      4 hours, 4 mins ago

      Obviously planned and superbly executed

  17. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 hours, 6 mins ago

    Petrovic useless

  18. JBG
    • 7 Years
    4 hours, 6 mins ago

    That's why Salah is a premium, for assists like that. Foden would be proud

  19. The Night Trunker.
    • 2 Years
    4 hours, 6 mins ago

    GOALllllllllllllllllllll !!!

  20. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    4 hours, 6 mins ago

    Salah assist, Night Trunker’s pet stick insect missing!

    1. The Night Trunker.
      • 2 Years
      4 hours, 5 mins ago

      Ha Ha Ha!

    2. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      4 hours, 4 mins ago

      Fish breathes a sigh of relief.

      For now

  21. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    4 hours, 5 mins ago

    SZOBOOOO!

    1. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      4 hours, 2 mins ago

      Tony in jammy heaven…

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      3 hours, 40 mins ago

      I made no transfer this week because I was content with Szobo coming on for Bruno G....

  22. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    4 hours, 5 mins ago

    I don’t really want Liverpool to win, but if Ekitike could score then I wouldn’t mind at all

  23. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 hours, 5 mins ago

    is there anything more inevitable than senesi banking defcon points?

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      4 hours, 4 mins ago

      him not keeping a cleanie to go with it

  24. Mighty Duck
    • 1 Year
    4 hours, 4 mins ago

    Not bad. But that can't match the coming Ekitike's winner (from Endo's assist).

  25. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 hours, 4 mins ago

    AndyLTFPL 3.6k ranked ATM
    Some season he is having!

    1. The 12th Man
      • 12 Years
      4 hours, 2 mins ago

      Good and lucky.
      Gotta hit that combo.

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 hours, 1 min ago

      Goat

  26. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    4 hours, 3 mins ago

    Don't think there's a worse keeper in the league than Petrovic.

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      4 hours, 2 mins ago

      Bournemouth really thought they where getting a Kepa

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        4 hours, 2 mins ago

        Again*

    2. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      4 hours, 2 mins ago

      Don't think there's a worse striker in the league than Evanilson.

  27. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    4 hours, 3 mins ago

    terrible keeping. u have a wall so close to the goal why u moving to the right ya fraud

  28. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    4 hours, 2 mins ago

    Evanilson just missed an absolute sitter

  29. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 hours, 2 mins ago

    How’s he missed

  30. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 hours, 2 mins ago

    For the person earlier considering Evanilson in … 🙂