Brazil international João Pedro (transfer in for the injured Dom Solanke, Haaland (gets the captainacy as he faces newly promoted Ipswich Town at home), Isak lead the line (all forwards have home matches or are argubly or effectively facing bottom 10 defence wise, on set pieces and capable of coming up with something out of the ordinary)

A midfield 4 consists of Salah, Bruno Fernandes, Smith-Rowe and Rogers (wide forwards or number 10s, or a seemingly a false 9 in regard to Portuguese international Bruno Fernandes)

A back 3 includes Trent-Alexander Arnold (comes off the back of a clean sheet and bonus points in GW1), Ukraine international Mykolenko and Hall (clean sheet and 5 points in GW1)

Henderson (saves bonus in GW1) is selected in goal

Subs include Matthews, Winks, Davis and Barco

• Core of orginal GW1 side remains

• 1 transfer made (no hits)

• All chips are still in place

• 2 mil ITB