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            <p><b>Mohamed Salah </b>came into this season on the back of a record-breaking FPL total - but having underwhelmed so far, is there a strong case to sell him soon?</p>
<p>Salah is the most expensive player in the game at £14.5m and one of the most popular. He's in around 53% of teams, with only <strong>Joao Pedro </strong>boasting more owners.</p>
<p>We take a deep dive into the stats, fixtures, AI predicted points and more to explore whether it's time get rid of the Egyptian or worth sticking with him.</p>
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<li data-start="189" data-end="348">😬All three of Salah's returns have come in injury time - and taking his penalty away, he ranks 93rd for expected data so far</li>
<li data-start="189" data-end="348">🥅Despite taking fewer shots than usual, he leads Liverpool players for touches in the box and is joint-top for shots on target</li>
<li data-start="189" data-end="348">🤔Unanswered questions over Liverpool's attack make it harder to judge how Salah will fare - Alexander Isak could for example help or hinder him</li>
<li data-start="189" data-end="348">🗓️While we need more data to decide if he's lost his spark, Erling Haaland's stronger fixture run from Gameweek 6 offers a chance to hop off the Egyptian</li>
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<h2>Salah's history: FPL record breaker</h2>
<p>Before considering this season's form, it's worth underlining why Salah is such a highly owned FPL player.</p>
<p>He has a long history of success, bursting onto the scene with a record 303 points in his first season at Liverpool in 2017/18.</p>
<p>The attacker smashed this total in 2024/25, beating it with 10 gameweeks to spare and ending on 344 points.</p>
<p>He scored 29 goals and assisted 18, tying the Premier League record for goal involvements.</p>
<p>Such remarkable numbers are perhaps unlikely to be repeated this time - the data suggested he over-performed by about 84 points.</p>
<p>But even if he had scored and assisted as expected, he would still have been the top scorer by 24 points.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, he has consistently been among the best-performing FPL picks season after season.</p>
<div id="attachment_74746" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-74746" class="wp-image-74746 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Salah-last-two-seasons.jpeg" alt="Mohamed Salah's last two seasons" width="840" height="690" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-74746" class="wp-caption-text">Mohamed Salah's last two seasons</p>
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<h2>How has Salah started the season?</h2>
<p>Big expectations lead to big price tags, with Salah starting at £14.5m.</p>
<p>The priciest player in the game is only the joint 17th highest scorer so far, on 25 points.</p>
<p>He has scored twice and assisted one but he has been branded 'lucky' by some, with all three goal involvements coming in injury time:</p>
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<li><strong>Gameweek 1 v Bournemouth: </strong>Goal in 94th minute</li>
<li><strong>Gameweek 2 v Newcastle: </strong>Assist in 100th minute</li>
<li><strong>Gameweek 4 v Burnley: </strong>Penalty in 95th minute</li>
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<p>Part of Salah's appeal is that he is usually a 90 minute man, meaning the opportunity for him to score late is almost always there.</p>
<p>With the wide man's highlights reel looking limited otherwise though, many FPL managers are beginning to question when their luck will run out.</p>
<div id="attachment_74749" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-74749" class="size-full wp-image-74749" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Salah-Burnley.jpg" alt="Mohamed Salah celebrates his winner against Burnley. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="751" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-74749" class="wp-caption-text">Salah celebrates his winner against Burnley. Picture by Getty Images</p>
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<h2>What do the stats say about Salah's slow start?</h2>
<p>Liverpool's talisman has managed an expected goals (xG) total of 1.1 and expected assists (xA) of 0.5 - the 24th and joint-32nd best tallies.</p>
<p>Even more concerningly, most of his xG came from the Burnley penalty. A spot-kick is worth 0.79 xG.</p>
<p>His non-penalty xG of 0.31 ranks joint 93rd.</p>
<p>Crucially though, four games is a very small set of data. One high-xG performance will rocket him up the standings.</p>
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