Gameweek 8 report · Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 · Sky Sports
Liverpool 2–0 Brighton
Liverpool beat Brighton 2–0, a clean sheet for the winners. Goals: LIV — Isak and Groß og. Assists: Wirtz and Barcola.
Liverpool came into it 5th with form WDWLW; Brighton were 3rd (DWWWW). The game rated it a 4 for LIV and a 4 for BHA on its five-point difficulty scale.
Bonus points: Isak 3, Araujo 2 and Virgil 1.
What it meant for FPL managers
For Liverpool the FPL returns were led by Araujo (10 points, owned by 4%) and Virgil (9 points, owned by 15%). For Brighton the FPL returns were led by Verbruggen (2 points, owned by 23.2%) and Gomez (2 points, owned by 4%).
A clean sheet for Liverpool: 5 defenders and keepers collected the clean-sheet points, Araujo, Virgil, Jacquet and A.Becker among them. Isak (21.9%) scored for a big share of the game.
FPL points
| Player | Club | Pos | Pts | Mins | Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araujo | LIV | DEF | 10 | 90 | 4% |
| Virgil | LIV | DEF | 9 | 90 | 15% |
| Isak | LIV | FWD | 9 | 76 | 21.9% |
| Jacquet | LIV | DEF | 8 | 90 | 4.5% |
| A.Becker | LIV | GKP | 6 | 90 | 4.1% |
| Kerkez | LIV | DEF | 6 | 87 | 1.9% |
| Barcola | LIV | MID | 6 | 76 | 4.3% |
| Wirtz | LIV | MID | 6 | 64 | 5.1% |
The differentials of the match: Araujo (10 points, owned by 4%) and Jacquet (8 points, owned by 4.5%).
The table
Liverpool move from 5th to 4th; Brighton stay 3rd. Liverpool next face Crystal Palace (A) on Sun 8 Nov; Brighton next face Brentford (H) on Sun 8 Nov.