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15 August 2025 1972 comments
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Gameweek 1 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway shortly, with champions Liverpool at home to Bournemouth.

Kick-off at Anfield is at 20:00 BST.

Most FPL interest will be in Liverpool.

Their starting XI is the same one that lined up against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield, with one exception – Alexis Mac Allister is deemed fit enough to start in central midfield, so Curtis Jones makes way.

Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike make up the front four.

Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez are part of the backline, with no sign of Conor Bradley, who missed the end of pre-season with a muscle injury.

Ryan Gravenberch is suspended as a result of his red card on the final day of 2024/25.

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola includes new signings Djordje Petrovic, Bafode Diakite and Adrien Truffert in his starting line-up.

£4.0m FPL defender James Hill is benched.

Justin Kluivert remains out, so David Brooks joins Antoine Semenyo on the flanks behind Evanilson.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Elliott, Robertson, Nyoni, Ngumoha

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Scott, Brooks, Tavernier, Semenyo, Evanilson

Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Soler, Kroupi, Hill, Traore, Billing, Winterburn, Rees-Dottin

  1. F4L
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    liverpool waaaaay to open

  2. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Liverpool cleanie gone get in 😆

  3. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Frimpong and Kerkez subbed on 59 mins. Brutal.

  4. Woifi89
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Wow, what a start to the season. Didnt Go well for me

  5. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    I'm a Liverpool fan but I'm happy for the guy

  6. JBG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Oh ffs! That Frimpong CS would've been so sweet now

  7. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    VvD owners in tears

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Got dc tho

  8. ZimZalabim
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    endo for frimpong poor sub from slot

  9. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Cleansheet gone loool

  10. Random Name
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    wtf is slot doing
    You're winning 2-0 and takes off both fullbacks. Rookie management

  11. Tomerick
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    I don’t even own Semenyo and loved that.

  12. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyoooo

  13. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    At least Frimpong and krekez keep their cleanies, lol :).

    1. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Total injustice

    2. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      hahaha

  14. Pariße
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyo is a star. Too bad I wussed out because of the fixture.

    1. AAAFootball
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Same lol

    2. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Salah CS gone

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Brilliant

    3. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Justice for Frimpong owners

    4. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Nice. Clean sheet soiled.

    5. fantasyfog
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Semenyo 1. Racists 0

    6. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Exactly why I took VVD out, they hardly keep cleanies.

    7. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      VVD 4 pointer loading.

    8. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Livescore says 60 minutes for Frimpong

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Its wrong

      2. The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        They were both off before 60, by about 20 seconds

      3. Mr. O'Connell
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Livescore can say what it wants. FPL says 1 point.

      4. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Some of us are watching the game live not relying on reports

      5. chocolove
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        You play fantasy livescore bro?

    9. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      good goal. way too easy tho

    10. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      VVD awful defending. Mistake in the offside trap and lazy+bad positioning in the cross.

      1. Bada Bing
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        He's having another shocker after his dreadful play in the community shield.

    11. F4L
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      gakpo goal winning bps 😎

    12. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Good, justice for Frimpong/Kerkez owners

    13. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Salah looking similar to pre season here, poor.

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Content creators in the mud

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Good first 6 mins

        Tbf

    14. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      CS gone and now all i want is Salah blank and Wirtz return

    15. AAAFootball
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Feeling a bit silly after selling semenyo.
        Although I likely would have benched him anyway.

      • PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Salah fasting?

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          10 months, 5 days ago

          He does well in Ramadan

      • Old Bull
        • 12 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        The curse of the opening Friday night game