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

    Sossage Dog!

    Will Perisic get in the team now?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Sometimes

      In and out

  2. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Perisiccccc

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

    perisic punching the air rn

  4. Ruinenlust
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Would have been a Perisic goal

  5. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Tottenham LWB scores but oh wait..who is this man

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

    Kulu is a machine!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Beauty

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

    I was laughed at, mocked, derided and called a moron on here when I said United would finish about Liverpool and Spurs.

    1. djoker_nole
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      and rightly so

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Well deserved

    3. bring_on _the_fantasy
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Well yeah, rightly so! I’m a United fan and absolutely no chance we finish above Liverpool. Be realistic ffs.

    4. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      They went easy then

  8. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sess 4.5!

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

    Perisic will come in to block all those bench points isn't he

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

      For sure

      1. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Perisic the thought

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

      blocking pereira's 2 pts?

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

        This 😀

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

    Sessegnon had great stats at the end of last season, reckon he'll play more than people think and challenge Perisic for starts against weaker opponents

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

      Perfect fill in pre-UCL and all them midweek games.

    2. Nuka Girl
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      So he was in your team GW1?

  11. Wirtzle Gummidge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sess YC, Perisic on at 4t

    1. Wirtzle Gummidge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      45

    2. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Would be nice to come in now

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

    Lovely from Kulusevski. My only Spurs player.

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

      My favorite player with Son combo last season final weeks

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

    Leeds PK when?

  14. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sessegnon chopping Ward Peters

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      No malicious intent

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Walker Peters

  15. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Damn my inner masochist that insists on playing FPL

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

      Feed the pain

  16. Totalfootball
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Perisic should come on now

  17. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sess yellow

    Perisic guaranteed to come on now

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

    Rodrigo goal

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

      Ffs

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Only 6m, keeping up preseason form with good fixtures to come

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

      Was touting him a few days ago

  19. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Urgh there’s the dodgy saints defence we all know and love.

    This will end 4-1 spurs after brief early hoot

  20. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sess yellow card. No way perisic stays on the bench now

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

    That could/should have been red for Sessegnon.

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

    Rodrigo G

  23. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Yes. Proud Rodrigo owner here 🙂

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

    Rodrigo G

    Wolves CS gone

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

    Sessegnon yc

    Perisic will shirley come on

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

    FFS BAMFORD NOT IN PKS???

    1. thegame983
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      what?

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

    Interesting to see where and when Richarlison fits into this team.

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      ready sub for Son or Kane

  28. Jock Grealish
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Lol bamford

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

    Rodrigo G
    Salah A

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

      😆

  30. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Wolves 1
    Leeds United 1

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Rodrigo