As Gameweek 1 quickly approaches, our detailed guide to the 2018/19 pre-season is exactly what you need to be completely prepared for another year of Fantasy Premier League.
This is where you can find every article we’ve written ahead of the new campaign including in-depth analyses of each team, Scout Reports on new signings and as well as research into whether those switching one Premier League club for another can retain their FPL value.
The top flight clubs have now finished playing their pre-season fixtures and we’ve got Scout Notes on all the line-ups, goals, assists and Fantasy talking points for those in the build-up to Gameweek 1.
Crucially, we have reviewed every FPL position by price to help you pick the best squad for the new season.
Make sure you also keep an eye on the Team News tab above for all the latest updates on likely line-ups throughout the day.
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Positional reviews
Pick your FPL team for 2018/19 using our list of best available players, sorted for your convenience by position and price:
Goalkeepers | Defenders: Budget | Defenders: Mid-Price and Premium | Midfielders: Budget | Midfielders: Mid-Price | Midfielders: Premium | Forwards: Budget |Forwards: Mid-Price | Forwards: Premium
Arsenal
Articles
- Best Arsenal players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Scout Report on Bernd Leno
- Scout Report on Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- Why Mkhitaryan’s all-round game and price make him an important FPL asset
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 14 | Boreham Wood 0-8 Arsenal | Aubameyang (Willock assist), Aubameyang (Maitland-Niles assist), Aubameyang (Nelson assist), Nelson (Lacazette assist), Lacazette (Aubameyang assist), Nketiah (Perez assist), Reine Adelaide (Ramsey assist), Mkhitaryan (Nketiah assist) |
| Jul 18 | Arsenal 9-0 Crawley Town | Perez, Perez, Lacazette, Lacazette, Reine-Adelaide, Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan, Nelson, Nketiah |
| Jul 19 | Arsenal 1-2 Brentford | Aubameyang |
| Jul 26 | Atletico Madrid 1-1 Arsenal | Smith-Rowe (Aubameyang assist) |
| Jul 28 | Arsenal 5-1 Paris Saint Germain | Ozil (Aubameyang assist), Lacazette (Smith-Rowe assist), Lacazette (Holding assist), Holding (Nelson assist), Nketiah (Nelson assist) |
| Aug 1 | Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea | Lacazette (Nelson assist) |
| Aug 4 | Arsenal 2-0 Lazio | Nelson (Iwobi assist), Aubameyang (Lacazette assist) |
Form Players: Aubameyang (six goals, three assists), Lacazette (six goals, two assists), Nelson (two goals, five assists), Mkhitaryan (two goals), Perez (two goals, one assist).
Bournemouth
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 14 | Sevilla 1-1 Bournemouth | Ibe (Mousset assist) |
| Jul 20 | Levante 3-4 Bournemouth | Hyndman (Francis assist), Defoe (Fraser assist), Simpson (Mahoney assist), Cook |
| Jul 27 | Bristol City 1-1 Bournemouth | King |
| Jul 28 | Nottingham Forest 2-0 Bournemouth |
| Jul 31 | Bournemouth 3-1 Amiens | Defoe (Fraser assist), King (Wilson assist), Francis (Daniels assist) |
| Aug 3 | Bournemouth 0-2 Real Betis |
| Aug 4 | Bournemouth 5-2 Marseille | A Smith (Fraser assist), King (Fraser assist), King (Brooks assist), Fraser (King assist), Wilson |
Form Players: King (four goals, one assist), Fraser (one goal, four assists), Defoe (two goals), Francis (one goal, one assist)
Brighton and Hove Albion
Articles
- Best Brighton players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Scout Report on Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 14 | St Gallen 1-1 Brighton | Hemed (Norwood assist) |
| Jul 20 | Brighton 3-0 Crawley Town | Bernardo, Hemed (Pröpper assist), Suttner (Bruno assist) |
| Jul 21 | AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Brighton | Norwood (Connolly assist) |
| Jul 24 | Portsmouth 1-1 Brighton | Knockaert (Hemed) |
| Jul 24 | Charlton Athletic 1-1 Brighton | Groß (Murray assist) |
| Jul 28 | Birmingham City 1-1 Brighton | Bissouma |
| Jul 31 | Nice 0-1 Brighton | Gyokeres (Propper assist) |
| Aug 3 | Brighton 2-1 Nantes | Hemed (Knockaert assist), Groß (Hemed assist) |
Form Players: Hemed (three goals, two assists), Groß (one goal, one assist), Norwood (one goal, one assist)
Burnley
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 13 | Cork City 0-1 Burnley | Dunne (Tarkowski assist) |
| Jul 17 | Burnley 0-1 Shrewsbury Town |
| Jul 17 | Burnley 0-2 Blackpool |
| Jul 20 | Macclesfield Town 0-2 Burnley | Lennon, Gudmundsson (Cork assist) |
| Jul 20 | Curzon Ashton 2-5 Burnley | Mee (Brady assist), Vokes (Lowton assist), Wells, Walters (Lowton assist), Vokes (Lowton assist) |
| Jul 23 | Preston North End 2-3 Burnley | Lennon (Hendrick assist), Agyei (Walters assist), McNeil |
| Jul 26 | Aberdeen 1-1 Burnley | Vokes (Wood assist) |
| Jul 29 | Burnley 0-0 Montpellier |
| Aug 2 | Burnley 3-1 Aberdeen | Wood (Westwood assist), Cork (Taylor assist), Barnes |
| Aug 5 | Burnley 0-2 Espanyol |
Form Players: Vokes (three goals), Lowton (three assists), Lennon (two goals), Wood (one goal, one assist), Cork (one goal, one assist), Walters (one goal, one assist).
Cardiff City
Articles
- Best Cardiff City players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Scout Report on Bobby Reid
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 16 | Tavistock AFC 0-6 Cardiff City | Hoilett (Cunningham assist), Ralls, Madine, Reid (Cunningham assist), Madine, Ward (Mendez-Laing assist) |
| Jul 18 | Bodmin Town 1-11 Cardiff City | Reid (Bamba assist), Mendez-Laing (Bennett assist), Harris, Murphy (Richards assist), Harris (Mendez-Laing assist), Ward (Reid), Ward, Harris, Ward (Harris), Murphy, Madine (Ward) |
| Jul 20 | Torquay United 1-1 Cardiff City | Murphy (Ralls assist) |
| Jul 25 | Rotherham United 2-1 Cardiff City | Murphy (Cunningham assist) |
| Jul 28 | Burton Albion 1-5 Cardiff City | own-goal (Hoilett assist), Zohore (Ralls assist), Mendez-Laing, Reid (Etheridge assist), Paterson |
| Aug 4 | Cardiff City 1-2 Real Betis | Murphy (Morrison assist) |
Form Players: Murphy (five goals), D Ward (four goals, one assist), Reid (three goals, one assist), Harris (three goals), Madine (three goals), Ralls (one goal, two assists), Cunningham (three assists)
Chelsea
Articles
- Best Chelsea players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- How Maurizio Sarri will affect Chelsea’s FPL prospects
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 23 | Perth Glory 0-1 Chelsea | Pedro (Hudson-Odoi assist) |
| Jul 28 | Chelsea 1-1 Inter Milan | Pedro (Morata assist) |
| Aug 1 | Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea | Rüdiger (Fabregas assist) |
| Aug 5 | Chelsea 0-2 Man City | |
| Aug 7 | Chelsea 0-0 Lyon |
Form Players: Pedro (two goals)
Crystal Palace
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 12 | Helsingør 2-2 Crystal Palace | Sørloth (Kaikai assist), Sakho (McArthur assist) |
| Jul 16 | Halmstads 1-6 Crystal Palace | Benteke (Townsend assist), Van Aanholt (Sørloth), Van Aanholt, Kaikai (Sørloth), McArthur (Sørloth), Puncheon (Townsend assist) |
| Jul 21 | Oxford United 1-3 Crystal Palace | Zaha (Townsend assist), Schlupp (Townsend assist), Kaikai (Townsend assist) |
| Jul 24 | Stevenage 1-2 Crystal Palace | Williams (Puncheon assist), Kaikai (Lokilo assist) |
| Jul 28 | Reading 0-4 Crystal Palace | Sørloth (Zaha assist), Zaha (van Aanholt assist), Zaha (McArthur assist), Tomkins (van Aanholt assist) |
| Jul 31 | Boreham Wood 0-1 Crystal Palace | Williams (Ward assist) |
| Aug 4 | Crystal Palace 4-1 Toulouse | Benteke (Milivojevic assist), Schlupp (van Aanholt assist), Milivojevic (Townsend assist), Zaha (McArthur assist) |
Form Players: Townsend (six assists), Zaha (four goals, one assist), Kaikai (three goals, one assist), Sørloth (two goals, three assists), Van Aanholt (two goals, three assists), McArthur (one goal, three assists), Schlupp (two goals), Williams (two goals).
Everton
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 14 | ATV Irdning 0-22 Everton | Goals: Baines, Holgate, Keane, Tosun x4, Lookman x3, Mirallas x5, Niasse x4, Vlasic x2, own-goal / Assists: Vlasic x3, Mirallas x2, Martina x2, Dowell x2, Tosun x2, Niasse x2, Sandro, Coleman, Lookman |
| Jul 18 | Bury 1-1 Everton | Niasse (Pennington assist) |
| Jul 21 | Lille 0-0 Everton |
| Jul 22 | Porto 1-0 Everton |
| Jul 26 | Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Everton |
| Jul 28 | Rennes 4-1 Everton | Richarlison (Sigurdsson assist) |
| Aug 4 | Everton 2-3 Valencia | Tosun (Walcott assist), Keane (Sigurdsson assist) |
Form Players: Niasse (two goals), Sigurdsson (two assists).
Fulham
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 7 | Fulham 4-2 Crawley Town | Kait (Johansen assist), Ayite, Djalo (Cairney assist), Kebano (Fonte assist) |
| Jul 14 | Fulham 0-0 Reading |
| Jul 18 | Fenerbahce 3-0 Fulham |
| Jul 21 | Lyon 4-0 Fulham |
| Jul 28 | Fulham 3-1 Athletic Bilbao | Kebano (Seri assist), Kamara, own-goal (R Sessegnon assist) |
| Jul 28 | Fulham 0-0 Fiorentina |
| Aug 1 | Fulham 0-1 Sampdoria |
| Aug 4 | Fulham 2-2 Celta Vigo | Mitrovic, Kamara (Mitrovic assist) |
Form Players: Kebano (two goals), Kamara (two goals), Mitrovic (one goal, one assist)
Huddersfield Town
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 10 | Bury 0-4 Huddersfield Town | Pritchard (Billing assist), van la Parra (Lowe assist), Sabiri (Lowe assist), Daly (Quaner assist) |
| Jul 14 | Accrington Stanley 3-0 Huddersfield Town |
| Jul 18 | Dynamo Dresden 0-0 Huddersfield Town |
| Jul 21 | Real Betis 2-0 Huddersfield | Werder Bremen 1-0 Huddersfield |
| Jul 22 | SV Darmstadt 98 1-1 Huddersfield | Mounié (Williams assist) |
| Jul 25 | Huddersfield 3-1 Lyon | Kongolo (Billing assist), Depoitre, Depoitre (Billing assist) |
| Jul 31 | Bologna 1-2 Huddersfield | Mooy (Hadergjonaj assist), Mounié (Lowe assist) |
| Aug 3 | RB Leipzig 0-3 Huddersfield | Mounié (Hogg assist), Diakhaby (Sobhi assist), Billing (Depoitre assist) |
Form Players: Mounié (three goals), Depoitre (two goals, one assist), Billing (one goal, three assists)
Leicester City
Articles
- Best Leicester players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Scout Report on Ricardo Pereira
- Scout Report on James Maddison
- Moving Target – Jonny Evans
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 21 | Notts County 1-4 Leicester City | Morgan (Maddison assist), Choudhury, Gray, Slimani (Ulloa assist) |
| Jul 25 | Akhisarspor 0-0 Leicester City |
| Jul 28 | Leicester City 1-2 Udinese | Iheanacho (Pereira assist) |
| Aug 1 | Leicester City 1-1 Valencia | Iheanacho (Maddison assist) |
| Aug 4 | Lille 1-2 Leicester City | Iheanacho (Albrighton assist), Iheanacho (Chilwell assist) |
Form Players: Iheanacho (four goals), Maddison (two assists)
Liverpool
Articles
- Best Liverpool players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Scout Report on Fabinho
- Scout Report on Naby Keita
- Scout Report on Xherdan Shaqiri
- Scout Report on Alisson
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 7 | Chester 0-7 Liverpool | Wilson (Moreno assist), Wilson (Jones assist), Milner, Sturridge (Keita assist), Kent, Ings (Milner assist), Sturridge |
| Jul 10 | Tranmere Rovers 2-3 Liverpool | Camacho (Ojo assist), Ojo (Keita assist), Lallana (Kent) |
| Jul 14 | Bury 0-0 Liverpool |
| Jul 19 | Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Liverpool | Markovic (Sturridge assist), Sturridge (Keita assist) |
| Jul 22 | Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Liverpool | Van Dijk (Robertson assist) |
| Jul 25 | Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool | Salah (Camacho assist), Mane (Solanke assist) |
| Jul 28 | Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool | Mane (Salah assist), Sturridge (Shaqiri assist), Ojo (Robertson assist), Shaqiri (Woodburn assist) |
| Aug 4 | Liverpool 5-0 Napoli | Milner (Mané assist), Wijnaldum (Milner assist), Salah, Sturridge (Origi assist), Moreno (Sturridge assist) |
| Aug 7 | Liverpool 3-1 Torino | Firmino (Salah assist), Wijnaldum (Firmino assist), Sturridge (Shaqiri assist) |
Form Players: Sturridge (six goals, two assists), Milner (two goals, two assists), Mané (two goals, one assist), Salah (two goals, two assists), Wijnaldum (two goals) Keita (three assists)
Manchester City
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 20 | Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Manchester City |
| Jul 25 | Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool | Sane (B Silva assist) |
| Jul 28 | Bayern Munich 2-3 Manchester City | B Silva, Nmecha (Foden assist), B Silva (Bernabé) |
| Aug 5 | Chelsea 0-2 Manchester City | Aguero (Foden assist), Aguero (B Silva assist) |
Manchester United
Articles
- Best Man United players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Potential for Pogba to have best-ever FPL season in 2018/19
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 19 | Club America 1-1 Manchester United | Mata (Herrera assist) |
| Jul 22 | San Jose Earthquakes 0-0 Manchester United |
| Jul 25 | AC Milan 1-1 Manchester United | Sanchez (Mata assist) |
| Jul 28 | Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool | Pereira |
| Jul 31 | Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester United | Sanchez (Darmian assist), Herrera (Sanchez assist) |
| Aug 5 | Bayern Munich 1-0 Manchester United |
Form Players: Sanchez (two goals, one assist), Mata (one goal, one assist), Herrera (one goal, one assist)
Newcastle United
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 17 | St. Patrick’s Athletic 0-2 Newcastle United | Longstaff (Ritchie assist), Atsu (Gayle assist) |
| Jul 24 | Hull City 2-2 Newcastle United | Joselu (Shelvey assist), Perez (Clark assist) |
| Jul 28 | Porto 0-0 Newcastle United |
| Aug 1 | SC Braga 4-0 Newcastle United |
| Aug 4 | Newcastle United 0-1 Augsburg |
Form Players: None
Southampton
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| 5 Jul | FC Schalke 04 3-3 Southampton | Redmond (Austin assist), Reed (Clasie assist), Hesketh (Reed assist) |
| 11 Jul | Jiangsu Suning 2-3 Southampton | Gabbiadini (Armstrong assist), Redmond, Gallagher (Davis assist) |
| 21 Jul | Derby County 3-0 Southampton |
| 28 Jul | Dijon 0-2 Southampton | Long (Bertrand assist), Gabbiadini (Austin assist) |
| Aug 1 | Southampton 3-2 Celta Vigo | Austin (Targett assist), Armstrong (Targett assist), Elyounoussi (Ward-Prowse assist) |
| Aug 4 | Southampton 0-3 Borussia Monchengladbach |
Form Players: Redmond (two goals), Austin (one goal, two assists), Gabbiadini (two goals)
Tottenham Hotspur
Articles
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 18 | Tottenham Hotspur 6-0 Southend United | Lamela (Moura assist), Llorente (Aurier assist), Lamela, Moura (Davies assist), Lamela, Oakley-Boothe (Lamela assist) |
| Jul 21 | Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Brentford | Llorente (Wanyama assist), N’Koudou (Son assist) |
| Jul 25 | Roma 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur | Llorente (Amos assist), Llorente (Moura assist), Moura (Aurier assist), Moura (Aurier assist) |
| Jul 28 | Barcelona 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur | Son (Eriksen assist), N’Koudou (Georgiou assist) |
| Jul 31 | AC Milan 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur | N’Koudou |
| Aug 4 | Girona 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur | Moura |
Form Players: Moura (four goals, two assists), Llorente (four goals), Lamela (three goals, one assist), Georges-Kevin N’Koudou (three goals)
Watford
Articles
- Best Watford players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- How Foster transfer could boost Watford clean sheet potential
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 17 | FC Köln 1-1 Watford | Gray (Richarlison assist) |
| Jul 21 | Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-3 Watford | Success (Gray assist), Deeney (Janmaat assist), Sinclair (Deeney assist) |
| Jul 27 | Stevenage 0-1 Watford | Gray (Pereyra assist) |
| Jul 28 | Brentford 1-2 Watford | own-goal, Gray |
| Aug 4 | Watford 1-1 Sampdoria | Deeney (Gray assist) |
Form Players: Gray (three goals, two assists), Deeney (two goals, one assist)
West Ham United
Articles
- Best West Ham players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Moving Target – Lukasz Fabianski
- Scout Report on Felipe Anderson
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 8 | FC Winterthur 3-2 West Ham | Carroll (Fernandes), Noble (Hugill assist) |
| Jul 14 | Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 West Ham | Arnautovic (Noble assist) |
| Jul 21 | Preston North End 2-2 West Ham | Arnautovic (Noble assist), Arnautovic (Yarmolenko assist) |
| Jul 25 | Aston Villa 1-3 West Ham | Antonio, Arnautovic (Masuaku assist), Snodgrass (Arnautovic assist) |
| Jul 28 | Ipswich Town 1-2 West Ham | Anderson (Fredericks assist), Arnautovic (Haksabanovic assist) |
| Jul 31 | Mainz 1-1 West Ham | Martinez (Snodgrass assist) |
| Aug 3 | West Ham 1-0 Angers | Chicharito (Cresswell) |
Form Players: Arnautovic (five goals, one assist), Noble (one goal, two assists), Snodgrass (one goal, one assist)
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Articles
- Best Wolves players to sign in 2018/19 – Complete Statistical Analysis
- Scout Report on Rui Patricio
- Scout Report on Diogo Jota
Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
| Jul 10 | Basel 1-2 Wolves | Mir (Cavaleiro assist), Jota (Doherty assist) |
| Jul 14 | Young Boys 0-4 Wolves | Cavaleiro (Bonatini), Costa (Cavaleiro), Bonatini (Gibbs-White), Mir |
| Jul 19 | Wolves 1-1 Ajax | Neves (Costa assist) |
| Jul 22 | VfL Bochum 0-0 Wolves |
| Jul 22 | Real Betis 0-0 Wolves |
| Jul 25 | Stoke City 0-0 Wolves |
| Jul 28| Derby County 2-1 Wolves | Jota (Neves assist) |
| Aug 4 | Wolves 2-1 Villarreal | Boly (Costa assist), Jimenez (Jota assist) |
Form Players: Jota (two goals, one assist), Cavaleiro (one goal, two assists), Mir (two goals), Bonatini (one goal, one assist), Costa (one goal, two assists)
5 years, 8 months agoRight, quick fire
1) Zaha or Tosun? Already have Richarlison but that shouldn’t make a diff I think. Don’t want arnie for the first three fixtures
2) best def for 5.5? Luiz, Coleman, pva or Shaw? if I go pva..does it change the scenario of Zaha or Tosun as per first question
3A) 5.5m def + Jota or
3B) Shaw + mkhi/moura
3C) Shaw + jota + 0.5m itb to allow me to jump on bandwagons if necessary