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6 August 2022 1310 comments
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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



  1. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    All strikers looking decent now lol

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      except Jesus 😀

  2. Londongeezaa
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Cashed out already:-)

  3. Lingard’s Shin Guards
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    good start for the promoted teams

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Smaller clubs started well so far this season!

      1. Herger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        With the exception of Liverpool who’d have been disappointed with the draw.

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          As a neutral, I agree.

    2. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nice for them to start at home, roaring crowd - gives them an extra % I believe

    3. Monklane
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Good.

  4. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Need a Neto blank

  5. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Ward-Prowse scores

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Spurs CS gone in 10 minutes

    2. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      On god I have first bench and Gabriel second bench

  6. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Aaronson on corners.

  7. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Saints goal jwp

    1. Fish up a tree
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Love it

  8. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Lol

  9. Cruyff's Eleven
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    LiveFPL tells me I've just roared into the top 1M.

    I'm done. Legend.

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      What score ?

  10. Unliklinho
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Neto assisting the assist...

  11. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    ward prowse of course

  12. Debauchy
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Get in Saints lol

  13. Podge
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Nice take from jwp

  14. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Podence! Get in! Easing the pain of switching out of Martinelli.

    1. Fish up a tree
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Nice

  15. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Well done JWP owners

  16. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    JWP FPL legend 🙂

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Every year I say I’m going to start with him and every year I chicken out at the last minute.

  17. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Podence and Hwang just resolved the Neto paradox.

  18. Kobayashi
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Weeks and weeks of careful planning and tinkering, only for these promoted teams to crash the party.

  19. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Great stuff Southampton.

    Also why would anyone have Meslier as keeper??

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Save points

  20. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    JWP going to have another season of going under the radar as an FPL option

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      How’s he still at Sou?

  21. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    JWP, every year.

  22. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Of course it’s JWP

  23. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Aaronson close.

    He is the definition of lively!

  24. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I wonder how many wild cards will be activated for GW2...

  25. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Spurs Spawn

  26. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    JWP so underrated but is fantasy football royalty.

  27. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Talked myself out of JWP due to early fixtures too.

  28. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Where’s the Villa we were all sold pre season?

  29. JELLYFISH
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I have said it a number of times on here …Villa are perennial bad starters.

  30. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Happy Days! Played Prowsy over Perisic!