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FPL Gameweek 1 tips: Best players, predicted line-ups, team news + more

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This is it: after two months of team drafts, RMTs, derailed bandwagons, pre-season red herrings, transfer sagas, injury scares and endless Twitter threads, the 2023/24 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season gets underway.

We’ve collated all our Gameweek 1-specific content in this article to help you make those big calls before Friday evening.

But make sure to check out our comprehensive pre-season page for a lot, lot more information on the action and news that has taken place over the summer. There are dozens upon dozens of other articles such as Scout Notes on the pre-season friendlies, Scout Reports on the new signings and plenty more besides.

And don’t forget your Fantasy Football Scout subscription before the new campaign. There’s still 30% off on annual subscriptions and the price you pay now will be locked in for the duration of your Membership!

WHO ARE THE BEST FPL PLAYERS TO OWN FOR GAMEWEEK 1?

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GAMEWEEK 1 TEAM AND INJURY NEWS

FPL Gameweek 1 team news: Live updates from Pep, Klopp, Tuchel and more

Plus, check out our Injuries and Bans database, Predicted Line-ups and Set Piece Takers.

WHO IS THE BEST CAPTAIN FOR GAMEWEEK 37?

RATE MY TEAM AND POINTS PREDICTIONS

How checklists can help you make better FPL decisions 1

TEAM GUIDES

FPL team previews - Man Utd: Best players, predicted XI + more 6

TEAM REVEALS

FPL Rate My Team Surgery with five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman 33

TIPS AND OPINION

TEMPLATE: The Complete Guide to FPL Gameweek XX: Tips, captains, team news and best players 1

FPL: HOW TO PLAY

FPL General's Gameweek 1 long-list + current team

USEFUL TOOLS

FPL notes: 10

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  1. FPL Brains
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    • 14 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    TeamsandTix:

    No Gvardiol, Stones

    KDB and Foden start

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Thanks Brains!

      KDB or Odegaard?

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      1. FPL Brains
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 14 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        I'd say Odegaard. He's playing a known quantity - what you thinking?

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    2. Z
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      And Lewis starts

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  2. Threat Level Midnight
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    To Mohammad Salah, or to not Mohammad Salah.....WHATS THE CORRECT ANSWER

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      I just sold him so I’d get him if I were you

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      1. Boxwoods
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        • 8 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Ta

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    2. King Kun Ta
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Not to salah

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    3. Biggsy
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      • 11 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Ask me in 3 weeks

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  3. Apollo Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Are people taking Stones out?

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    1. Downtown
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      No keep

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      1. Apollo Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Ha, took him out, went to put him back, game crashed

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    2. Disco Stu
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      • 13 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Took him out for a one week punt on Rico Lewis

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    3. Captain-Useful
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      • 3 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Pep rotation worries before the squad review

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  4. TSN
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Pickford or johnstone? And why?
    I see most people go with pickford, but isn't johnstone has better opponent?
    Thanks

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Johnstone. Hodgson defence.

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  5. Winston.
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    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Pep starts

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    1. tiger
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      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      ...roulette

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  6. it lies in the proles
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Site down

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  7. Better Call Raul
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Udogie or Botman to start first to 1 wins

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    1. Winston.
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      U

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    2. Konstaapeli
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Botman

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    3. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      I got U on bench

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  8. @ocprodigy
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    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Has anyone actually posted the full line-up yet?

    From what I gather from Twitter it's:

    Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Ake, Lewis; Rodri, Kovacic, De Bruyne; Bernado Silva, Haaland, Foden

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    1. InsertPunHere
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Lifesaver

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    2. Revival
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      • 13 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      This looks like a Pep line-up all right

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    3. gart888
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Rodri+Kovacic makes me wonder about the inverted FB anyway.

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  9. InsertPunHere
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Maddison out for Foden?

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    1. Winston.
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      No

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    2. pitstop1
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      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Nah

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  10. CostaCoffee
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    A) Stones, Odegaard, Richarlison (+1.5m)
    B) Chilwell, KdB, Mitoma

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    1. @ocprodigy
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Stones is not starting today if that helps.

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    2. marco_atk85
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      B for sure

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  11. King Kun Ta
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    1 Diaby
    2 Eze
    3 Mbeumo

    Ta!

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    1. Konstaapeli
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      3

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    2. RoyaleBlue
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      On Eze myself

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      1. King Kun Ta
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Same here

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      2. King Kun Ta
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Gotta have a good benchplayer after GW1

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  12. thepirates
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Onana and Richarlison or Pickford and Foden?

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    1. Disco Stu
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      • 13 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      P & F

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  13. 1justlookin
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    • 14 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    does anyone have an issue with trying to join a h2h league when it says you're already joined? Even though the league isn't listed under the Leagues section.

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Might not be there until after update.

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  14. adstomko
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Choose one:

    A) Udogie
    B) Estupiñan

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      B

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  15. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Choose one:

    1. Ode (have Saka)
    2. KDB (have Haaland)

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    1. Catastrophe
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      2 although he's considerably more expensive!

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  16. Catastrophe
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Richarlison, Stones & Onana out. Foden, Shaw & Pickford in!

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    1. Z
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Lol

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  17. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Hmm. Plan was to go Maddison and then swap to richa if he looks good upfront and spurs don't buy a striker. Could just go foden as a stop gap now. That being said with our bad benches someone like foden could be a headache next week onwards

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Go Madisson, no worries. As likely as Foden to get points but more nailed on.

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  18. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    But scared having only haaland c. Wouldn't mind a 1-1 draw

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  19. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Foden hat trick,

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      turn off FIFA please

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  20. Emiliano Sala
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    #NoRegrets

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  21. kellamergh
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Gtg?

    Onana
    Chilwell Estupinan Gabriel
    Mbeumo Mitoma Rashford Saka Salah
    Haaland Pedro

    Turner Mubama Colwill Baldock

    0m itb

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  22. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Foden or Trossard?

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    1. Hinchcliffe Thumper
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Foden

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    2. PascalCygan
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      • 8 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      F

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

      ta

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  23. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Has the site broken down yet?

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    1. Mr.K
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Yes, but then it's gotten back up (so far).

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    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      It's creaking

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    3. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      down atm

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    4. Eddie
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      • 13 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Getting there

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    5. AC/DC AFC
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      • 10 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      It's working

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    6. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Slowing

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  24. agueroooooney
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Out of the loop the last while, are any of these rotation risks/awful picks?

    Pickford
    Gabriel - Estupinan - James
    Salah - Saka - Rashford - Mitoma
    Haaland - Jackson - J. Pedro

    Turner - Baldock - Nakamba - Beyer

    0.5 itb

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  25. GinjaWhinja
    • 16 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    A reminder that Foden rarely gets more than 65 minutes on the pitch

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    1. Captain-Useful
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      • 3 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Who would you recommend as a swap?

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    2. kellamergh
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      He's, also, not played a single pre-season game.

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    3. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      He'll miss half the game then with the new rules, even if he does start!

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    4. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Could score 3 in that tjme though.

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    5. gart888
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Meh. Worth a go knowing he's staring against a newly promoted team. Lots of people to swap him to next week if we want.

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  26. Manani
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Pickford or Johnstone?

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Johnstone.

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  27. Hinchcliffe Thumper
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    A: Onana, Areola
    TAA, Stones, Gabriel, Botman, Kabore
    Foden, Kluivert, Saka, Eze, Rashford
    Håland, Gakpo, Pedro

    B: Onana, Areola
    TAA, Gabriel, Botman, Kabore, Tarkowski
    Foden, Saka, Rashford, Odegaard, Anderson
    Håland, Gakppo, Pedro

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    1. @ocprodigy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      I love the confidence on Gakpo's minutes tbh. I'd go wth B although does Anderson play?

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  28. PascalCygan
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    • 8 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    No changes for me today. This is why I wanted to avoid the City defensive lottery.

    Good luck everyone! Try and have fun!

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  29. 1justlookin
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    • 14 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    foden or bruno?

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    1. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
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      whatt

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  30. Hochoki
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Mitoma or Mbuemo??

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    1. Downtown
      • 15 Years
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      M

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    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Mbeumo

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