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Saturday team news: Perisic and Doherty benched, Bailey starts

After an entertaining and surprisingly evenly matched contest at Craven Cottage, four more Gameweek 1 matches take place at the traditional kick-off time:

Tottenham HotspurvSouthampton
Newcastle UnitedvNottingham Forest
Leeds UnitedvWolverhampton Wanderers
BournemouthvAston Villa

The news isn’t good for owners of Ivan Perisic and/or Matt Doherty, both of whom are benched this afternoon after cautionary words from Antonio Conte about the pair’s fitness.

Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are joined by Dejan Kulusevski in the Spurs front three, with Richarlison suspended.

New signings Gavin Bazunu, Romeo Lavia and Joe Aribo are handed competitive debuts by Ralph Hasenhuttl, who also opts for Adam Armstrong up top.

Leon Bailey is part of Aston Villa’s starting XI but Ollie Watkins is not; the latter has to take his place among the substitutes as Danny Ings leads the line.

Marcus Tavernier makes his Bournemouth debut after arriving from Middlesbrough, with Kieffer Moore supporting Dominic Solanke in attack.

Pedro Neto is part of a Wolves side who are not only without Raul Jimenez but also Joao Moutinho, who has reportedly picked up a problem in training. Morgan Gibbs-White drops back into midfield as a result, with Hwang Hee-Chan joining Pedro Neto and Daniel Podence in attack.

Four of Leeds’ summer signings are include in Jesse Marsch’s starting XI: Rasmus Kristensen, Tyler Adams, Marc Roca and Brendan Aaronson.

Patrick Bamford starts in attack, having missed much of last season through injury.

In the final match at St James’ Park, Sven Botman has to make do with a place on the bench as Eddie Howe sticks with Fabian Schar and Dan Burn at centre-half.

Nick Pope is between the posts.

Steve Cooper names six of Nottingham Forest’s summer signings in his line-up, including Jesse Lingard, Dean Henderson and budget FPL defender Neco Williams.

GAMEWEEK 1 LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Travers, Kelly, Mepham, Lerma, Solanke, Smith, Tavernier, Moore, Pearson, Billing, Zemura

Subs: Dennis, Cook, Christie, Marconde, Stacey, Stanislas, Dembele, Hill, Anthony

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Carlos, Konsa, McGinn, Ings, Coutinho, Digne, Bailey, Ramsey, Kamara

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Luiz, Buendia, Watkins, Chambers, Augustinsson, Young, Archer


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Kristensen, Koch, Llorente, Struijk, Adams, Roca, Aaronson, Harrison, Rodrigo, Bamford

Subs: Klaesson, Hjelde, Drameh, Klich, Gray, Gyabi, Summerville, Gelhardt, Greenwood

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri, Neves, Dendoncker, Gibbs-White, Podence, Neto, Hwang

Subs: Sarkic, Mosquera, Boly, Coady, Ronan, Cundle, Hodge, Bueno, Campbell


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Joelinton, Wilson, Saint-Maximin, Targett, Almiron, Willock, Burn, Guimaraes

Subs: Dubravka, Botman, Lascelles, Ritchie, Wood, Fraser, Murphy, Anderson, Longstaff

Nottingham Forest XI: Henderson, Worrall, Williams, Colback, Lingard, O’Brien, Toffolo, Surridge, Niakhate, Johnson, McKenna

Subs: Hennessey, Biancone, Mangala, Soh, Awoniyi, Mighten, Cafu, Taylor, Hammond


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Romero, Dier, Davies, Royal, Sessegnon, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Son, Kane

Subs: Forster, Doherty, Spence, Lenglet, Sanchez, Perisic, Bissouma, Bryan, Lucas

Southampton XI: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Valery, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Aribo, Djenepo, Armstrong

Subs: McCarthy, Stephens, Adams, Redmond, Perraud, Stuart Armstrong, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Kotchap

Who played the most minutes over the March international break?

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  1. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Kulu such good value

    1. BobB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      He will share game time with RIcharlison

      1. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        I don't think so

      2. iL PiStOlErO
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        Maybe all three will....

      3. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        That's an assumption that I'm not sure holds much weight.

      4. Deanamo Jammy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        Kulu shared time with Bergwyn and Moura last year - that worked out pretty well.

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Knew he will do good but was even better then that. If all goes well season keeper. Had him and Dier so I cannot be more happier...

  2. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    35
    Haaland
    Cancelo
    Ward

    I guess it will end up about average. Not a terrible start I guess.

    1. Weeb Kakashi
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      21 with Cancelo Haaland Dalot and Mount to go.

  3. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Scout Picks on fire.

  4. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Kulusevski is the 8m midfielder that should have been in the template.

    1. Disco Stu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      He is in mine

    2. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Chelsea next and then rotation risk

      1. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        He'll start more than he doesn't. And likely will play 20 plus in sub appearances

      2. DMP
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        Like All front three from Spurs.

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      for first week BBers maybe

  5. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Arsenal still just 3 points off relegation

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Pool are 2.

  6. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Kane to Darwin, easy.

    1. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Not if Haaland explode

    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Too tempting. Nunez reminds me of Jota last season who I never got on but I think he'll do even better. Already have Haaland and Salah and third Liverpool spot clear with a view to him so frees up funds

    3. Puntillimon
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Not if you alrdy have 3 pool.. like me.

  7. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Last season I scored over 103 points in gw 1

    On 42 points with 3 to play now.

    Going to be such a hard slog this season.

    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      I would be pretty darn pleased with that

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      No Bruno to save you.

    3. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      104? The average was super high last year because of Salah and Bruno hatrick. Won't be anything like that this year.

    4. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      100s outside of doubles are few and far between. Also, almost everyone got high scores last year so it didn’t exactly give you an advantage.

  8. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Thank you Kulusevski. Maybe you get some more starts in my team if Foden isnt looking good.

  9. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Nice to see Gerrard & Lampard fighting for something again. Worst PL Manager.

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      😛

    2. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      To be fair at least Gerrard has a team to work with

  10. jonny77
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Zinchenko and Tripper really proving their worth for my defence

  11. F4L
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    was Emerson too good today to make Conte keep benching Doherty ?

  12. No_Mo_Salah?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Premium backline 1 1 1. Let's see what Cancelo can do!

  13. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Trippier haul 😀

  14. Dammit_182
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Ah, took the risks and they didn’t all come off. Kane C a tough one to take with Spurs getting 4 goals but it’s only week one.

    Bamford & Wilson picking a few up helps though.

    Chin up folks

    1. Qui-Gon-Joe
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Worth a shot. Son C for me, not as bad.

  15. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    2M live rank..off to a flyer

    1. Geriatric Unathletic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Stop with the bragging. I would love to be 2Million.

  16. Original Sin
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    I have Ait Nouri and also 0.5 ITB, Should i do Ait->Zinchenko?

    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      No

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Not today.

      1. Original Sin
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        After all the games played? I am just worried about the price rise

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          1 year, 8 months ago

          Won't be today.

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      it might take time for Wolves to be solid in a 4 back

  17. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Out of all 8.0 mids in Saka Kulu Diaz you guess who i went for.

    Ofcourse the one who blanked

    Madders haul tomorrow to inflict more pain

    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Mount's up in a mo.

      1. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        He's going to bang as well. You just know it.

  18. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    The template was rubbish wasn’t it

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Nope. This was the template:

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2022/08/05/jesus-blanks-but-arsenal-get-off-to-perfect-start-fpl-notes/?hc_page=3&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_25155055

      It has done ok so far with Salah(c), Martinelli, Saka all returning. Cancelo, Haaland, James, Mendy still to play.

  19. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Mark Sutherns super unlucky today.

    - Spurs score 4 goals and all he gets from Son and Kane is 1 assist
    - Salah gets a lucky assist and a pretty fortunate late goal.
    - Diaz hits the bar.

    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      I don't call that unlucky. He made his decisions and stands by them.

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        It's all luck . . . so . . .

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Chelsea haul next.

    3. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Oh I thought it isn't about luck in this game

    4. Naby K8a
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Not really. Double Spurs attack was silly with Chelsea away next week.

    5. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Oh well

    6. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Salah hauling is normal, not unlucky

  20. shakeyjake
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    51 with Iversen, James, Cancelo and Haaland to go...

    Was on Mahrez and Kane as I wanted City coverage for week 2 and changed to Kulu/Haaland last minute. Feels nice to have a decent start for once!

    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Great start

  21. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Looking forward to next week to see if Forest were really bad or Newcastle were really good.

    My guess is a bit of both!

    The teams looked a class apart today

    1. Hairy Potter
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Thought Forest CBs looked dodgy trying to play from the back. Johnson and Lingard didn't really show anything.

      I thought Newcastle were comfortable and played well as a team. It really is night and day with how we looked at the start of last season. Fitter, sharper and pressing as a team. I still think we need a better right winger. Miggy works hard and got into good positions, but his final ball/shots were poor.

      Still chuffed that we've started well!

      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        Totally controlled them. They couldn't handle the press and the intensity we brought.

        If Wilson was a bit sharper would have scored more goals. Was a bit flat footed in the box at times, but what a finish.

        Joelinton and Bruno immense.

        Saint Max has been spoken to a lot and played so much better. Used his runners and put some good balls in.

        Almiron was very good bar the end product. Definitely our weakest position right now.

  22. Red Red Robins
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    My 1 weeks dilemma of Digne or Cash went terrific haha

    1. Athletico Underachieving
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Haha every year I pick Digne. Every year this happens

      1. Red Red Robins
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        haha, awful from Villa that mate

  23. Old Bull
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Ok the move was always going to be Kane to Haaland wk2 for me. It probably will still be so, but a niggling thought is Bournemouth will be going to City on a high after that result today while Pool have Nunez in form and are playing a Palace side taken apart by Arsenal. All eyes turn to Haaland tomorrow.

    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Bournemouth could go to City with 12 players and still get battered

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Palace weren't "taken apart" by Arsenal. They defended pretty well.

      1. Old Bull
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        Yes poor choice of words.

    3. Original Sin
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Palace wasn't taken apart by Arsenal. Arsenal was lucky to be honest, Palace dominated the game for most of the 2nd half and should have scored at least 2 goals

      1. Old Bull
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 8 months ago

        Yeah it was a poor choice of words they did defend well but tbf Arsenal should have scored more.

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          1 year, 8 months ago

          Arsenal were on top for 20 minutes . . . after that it was either way.

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Palace were unlucky not to get a point given the first 45 minutes was their pre-season game together.

  24. R.C
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Can't wait for Haaland hattrick tomorrow

    1. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      This needs to happen

  25. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Might take a hit and go 4-3-3 next week

    Sanchez
    TAA, Cancelo James, Trip
    Salah (c), Mount, Marti
    Darwin, Jesus, Mitrovic

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Might WC and copy.

    2. Naby K8a
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      No Kulu. Start again

  26. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    55 with Haaland to go. I'll take it.

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Nice

  27. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    I’m on 47 with Cancelo and James to go. Looking at other scores on here that looks about around the average. Happy enough with that for GW1!

    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      I think it's above

    2. Old Bull
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      45 with Erikson Ward and Cancelo to go. Doesn’t feel the way I planned it

  28. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Still early but are you capping Mo or Haaland next GW.

    1. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Haaland for me. Feel confident he's going to tear Bournemouth a new one.

    2. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      100% Kane

    3. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Shall we see Haaland first, or is that stupid?

    4. Deanamo Jammy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      DeBruyne

    5. Hairy Potter
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      KDB

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Aaronson saying in interview he touched it 😮

    1. schlupptheweek
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      If we rally enough nerds on here with strongly worded emails and threats to hack FPL towers, along with some "FPL experts" on twitter maybe there might be justice haha

  30. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Newcastle rock solid at home or Nott F baaaad?

    1. Hairy Potter
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Bit of both.