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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

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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

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  1. JoeSoap
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Which do you prefer?

    A. Salah/Pedro/Mubama/Mitoma (0.5 in bank)
    B. Martinelli/Watkins/Jackson/Mitoma

    Others are Saka, Rash, Eze, Haaland

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  2. Ha.
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Chilweel or Shaw?

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    1. Maddamotha
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Shaw

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    2. JoeSoap
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Chilwell long-term. Shaw better this week

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      1. Ha.
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 16 days ago

        Shaw it is then

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  3. Keep calm and hoof me the b…
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Haven't seen any teams with Gakpo in. Is there a good reason for that? Obviously some rotation risk, but so is Pedro or whoever

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Pedro performs, likely stays. Gakpo will always be a minutes risk.

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  4. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Foden starts

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    1. gart888
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      We need sources. C'mon now.

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  5. JUST ONE LOMBARDO...
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Alverez a good punt?

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  6. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Are Bell and Baldock both medium term nailed?

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    1. 15men1cup
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Kabore, Baldock and Bayer I believe are the nailed 4.0

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  7. Cok3y5murf
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Leaks ruining the game already in GW1

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Crap isn’t it.

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  8. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    These leaks are BS!! Stones owners so bloody fortunate

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    1. RoyaleBlue
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Teehee

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    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      nobody really owned stones at this stage though as deadline never kicked in for gw 1 but I agree team news is a bit annoying

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      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 16 days ago

        Team leaks and rumours are part of the game. Embrace it.

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 16 days ago

          They brought the deadline forward by 30minutes to try and stop this not embrace it

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      2. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 16 days ago

        Owned by over 30% of the game with a lot of teams having 2x 4.0 benched defenders as backup. Those who were always going without Stones already being hindered by the leaks, it’s annoying

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        1. Budweiser
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 16 days ago

          be grateful we have leaks

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          1. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 16 days ago

            Be grateful? They don’t help the game at all

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    3. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Oh shush. Don't act like you wouldn't swap a player out if you had knowledge he wasn't playing.

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 16 days ago

        Shush? Ok tough man. Where have I said that I wouldn’t use information available to me or swap out a player. I’m saying the information shouldn’t be available, that is my annoyance.

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    4. Sure You Did
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Stop crying, simp

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 16 days ago

        Keyboard warriors out in force I see

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    5. Dunster
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Both sides of this argument are right. It’s up to FPL to fix it or accept it

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 16 days ago

        They tried fix it previously by bringing the deadline forward from 1 hour before kick off to to 1.5hours before kick off. Hasn’t worked though.

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        1. Dunster
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Agree if it were up to me I would do it midnight day before . I don’t like the leaks, they chain us to listening to content at a certain time rather than at our leisure.

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  9. Z
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Foden starts, no Stones and Gvardiol

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    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Lewis and KDB rumoured to start

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      1. Z
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 16 days ago

        Dunno about Lewis but KDB starts

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    2. Bobby Crush
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      where is the info from?
      please add the link

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  10. HD7
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Mitoma Eze Mbeumo

    No room for one of them?

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  11. kellamergh
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Which team is best?

    A) Without Salah:
    Onana
    Chilwell Estupinan Gabriel
    Martinelli Mitoma Rashford Saka Bruno
    Haaland Pedro

    Turner Mubama Botman Baldock

    2.5m itb
    ____________________________

    B) With Salah:

    Onana
    Chilwell Estupinan Gabriel
    Mbeumo Mitoma Rashford Saka Salah
    Haaland Pedro

    Turner Mubama Colwill Baldock

    0m itb

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  12. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Don't panic, don't panic.....

    aaaarrrrggghhhhh

    run away run away

    etc etc

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  13. GoonerGirl
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Looks like no Stones, makes my decision easier to switch to Chilwell. Man, Pep roulette is on one from the start.

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  14. Hanz0
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Mitoma > Foden?

    Already own J. Pedro & Estu

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  15. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    No Haaland...

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    1. boombaba
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Lol

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    2. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      ... in my team currently. Suppose I should rectify that.

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    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      ??

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  16. boombaba
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Not sure I believe these leaks.
    Lewis to start
    No stones
    No Gvardiol
    With Dias supposed to be out injured
    Foden starts but hasn’t started a game all pre season.

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      IF KDB starts then Foden starts. new rule.

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  17. Ha.
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Got my first site error lol

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  18. Pedram
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Anyone punting on Foden lol

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    1. gart888
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Yeah, just put him and Chilwell into the lineup.

      Pickford
      Chilwell Gabriel Estupinan
      Salah Saka Bruno Foden Richarlison
      Haaland Pedro

      Turner Baldock Kabore Simms

      Let's go!

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  19. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Omg those tweets 🙂

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  20. JUST ONE LOMBARDO...
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Richarlison or Maddison?

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  21. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Thank goodness the so say in the knows now have their oxygen of publicity, another week and they may not have made it. Look at me Mummy I know the line up!

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    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 16 days ago

      Foden benched:

      “Things changed last minute, found out half an hour but cba telling everyone.”

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  22. PL Ball
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Maddison or Richarlison?

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  23. Better Call Raul
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Start Udogie or Botman?

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  24. Keep calm and hoof me the b…
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Some dangerous last minute tinkering. How about this:

    Flekken
    Gab, Estu, Chillwell
    Jota, Saka, Martinelli, Bruno, Rash
    Haaland, Gakpo

    Fodder bench. Madness?

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  25. Disco Stu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Pick one(Have the funds for any of them)

    A. Richarlson

    B. Mitoma

    C. Foden

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  26. Kragbaek
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Eze to Foden last minute? Had 1.0 ITB

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  27. Somar
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    https://twitter.com/LazyFPL/status/1690042024324476940?s=20

    Apparently no Stones

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  28. Leone
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Onana
    Trippier, Gabriel, Estu
    Rashford, Bruno, Saka, Eze, Mbuemo
    Haaland (C), Watkins

    Turner, Guehi, Mubama, Pinnock

    Unsure on my bench defenders any upgrades? 0 itb also...

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  29. fauxnacho
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Alvarez starting?

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  30. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 16 days ago

    Main account for City leaks confirmed no Stones

    https://twitter.com/FPLMaineRoad/status/1690043362877878277?t=9TXE2mTV-SUicU3Ir_rQxg&s=19

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