Going into the international break, the latest month of action climaxed with this season’s first meeting between Liverpool and Man City. A ruthless 3-1 home win for Jurgen Klopp’s side defied the xG (expected goals) statistic that saw their 1.33 narrowly behind City’s 1.48. Mo Salah (£12.3m) and Sadio Mane (£12.1m) scored before Bernardo Silva’s (£7.9m) consolation once again prevented a clean sheet for the Anfield side’s defensive assets.



SCOUT: Salah has seven attacking contributions at home in the #PL this season (six goals and one assist) That's two more than Mane and the second-most of any midfielder in the game #FPL #LIVMCI https://t.co/uudcbt0e1X — Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) 10 November 2019

It was a weekend of only four shut-outs, one of which came at the King Power Stadium where Leicester comfortably defeated Arsenal 2-0 thanks to a Jamie Vardy (£9.6m) opener, shortly followed by his assist for James Maddison (£7.5m). Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham (£8.0m) finally scored at Stamford Bridge after three home blanks, as Christian Pulisic (£7.4m) continued his fantastic form with another goal. Man Utd beat Brighton 3-1 with two Anthony Martial (£7.7m) assists, although their failure to successfully keep a clean sheet is highly frustrating for owners of Harry Maguire (£5.3m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m) and David de Gea (£5.5m). GAMEWEEK 13 FIXTURES Saturday 23rd November West Ham v Spurs (12:30) Arsenal v Southampton (15:00) Bournemouth v Wolves (15:00) Brighton v Leicester (15:00) Crystal Palace v Liverpool (15:00) Everton v Norwich (15:00) Watford v Burnley (15:00) Man City v Chelsea (17:30) Sunday 24th November Sheffield Utd v Man Utd (16:30) Monday 25th November Aston Villa v Newcastle (20:00) MANE HAPPY RETURNS There are a couple of issues that prevent a worldwide triple-up on Liverpool assets, as they sit eight points clear in first place ahead of a fantastic run of fixtures. Whilst Crystal Palace (a), Brighton (H), Everton (H), Bournemouth (a) and Watford (H) is a sensational way to maintain this large gap, it immediately precedes a blank Gameweek 18 when the European champions go to Qatar for the FIFA Club World Cup. Over-committing on Liverpool assets could mean either playing cheap bench fodder that week, proceeding with just ten men or selling one of their premium midfielders.

#LFC fear Mohamed Salah has suffered a recurrence of the ankle injury that kept him out of the Manchester United game. They'll have to wait to find out more, though, after the player opted to join up with Egypt before undergoing a scan. https://t.co/N0hNr6PGpa — David Lynch (@dmlynch) 11 November 2019

Preparation will help navigate this but a second problem has emerged – an ankle knock for Salah that just won’t go away. Initially suffered during Gameweek 8’s win over Leicester, he missed the following match at Man Utd and it seems like a heavy Fernandinho (£5.2m) challenge has brought a recurrence. This doubt, along with Mane’s fantastic ability to head home the crosses of rampaging full-backs Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.2m), may make the Senegal man a more attractive option for this set of games. YOURI HAVING A LAUGH Sunday’s much-anticipated main event was long billed as the meeting of England’s two dominant teams – the sides far better than anyone else. Yet Man City started and finished proceedings in fourth place. Above them are the highly-impressive Chelsea (3rd) and Leicester (2nd). The Foxes, in particular, are the darlings of FPL right now. With 21 goals from six matches, their last three games have been a 9-0 destruction of Southampton and 2-0 wins over Crystal Palace and Arsenal.