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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

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  1. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    liverpool waaaaay to open

  2. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Liverpool cleanie gone get in 😆

  3. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Frimpong and Kerkez subbed on 59 mins. Brutal.

  4. Woifi89
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

  5. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

  6. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

  7. Football is home
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    VvD owners in tears

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      Got dc tho

  8. ZimZalabim
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    endo for frimpong poor sub from slot

  9. Pedram
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Cleansheet gone loool

  10. Random Name
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

  11. Tomerick
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    I don’t even own Semenyo and loved that.

  12. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Semenyoooo

  13. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

    1. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      Total injustice

    2. OverTinker
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      hahaha

  14. Pariße
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

    1. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 9 days ago

      Same lol

  15. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Salah CS gone

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      Brilliant

  16. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Justice for Frimpong owners

  17. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Nice. Clean sheet soiled.

  18. fantasyfog
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Semenyo 1. Racists 0

  19. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

  20. TheSteel
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    VVD 4 pointer loading.

  21. Cruyff's Eleven
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Livescore says 60 minutes for Frimpong

    1. TheSteel
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      Its wrong

    2. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      They were both off before 60, by about 20 seconds

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

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

    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

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

    5. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      You play fantasy livescore bro?

  22. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    good goal. way too easy tho

  23. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

    1. Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

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

  24. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    gakpo goal winning bps 😎

  25. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Good, justice for Frimpong/Kerkez owners

  26. The Tinkerman
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Salah looking similar to pre season here, poor.

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      Content creators in the mud

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      Good first 6 mins

      Tbf

  27. OverTinker
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

  28. AAAFootball
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 9 days ago

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

  29. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    Salah fasting?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 9 days ago

      He does well in Ramadan

  30. Old Bull
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 9 days ago

    The curse of the opening Friday night game