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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. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Eti subbed

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

    Tiktok off

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

    this is squeaky bum stuff

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

    Eki off

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

    MacA subbed

  6. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    All of Bournemouth’s threat coming down the left since Frimpong went off.

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Wirtz is getting bullied out there

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

    go on evanilson grab a goal son

  9. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Kinda liking Bournemouth here. Not enough to get any of their players in, but enough to watch them more.

  10. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Salah playing striker now

    1. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      B

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

      He’s still hugging the touchline, if anyone it’s Wirtz

    3. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Wirtz*

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

    How are the new DCs coming along in this match?

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      You can see them on FPL site

    2. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Defensive Centerbacks failed, they all conceded

  12. DL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Every attack down Liverpool's right. Bring back defensive monster TAA.

  13. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Gomez RB and Endo into mid I assume

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

    VVD DC point hoover

  15. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Need Wirtz and Salah doubles here..stop messing about lads

  16. el polako
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Thank you Ekitike (c), this will do!

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

      me too. everyone else in my ml went salah (c). happy days (sorry)

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        I was flip flopping all day between him and Gakpo, some good guys on here convinced me to put an armband on the new guy.

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

          competent striker uptop for liverpool at 8.5 seems like a good deal to me

  17. Bihom
    • 1 Year
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Alex Scott is class

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

    gakpo on 3baps
    eki on 2
    macallister on 1

    currently

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Woohoo Gakpo

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

    Liverpool all set for a season without clean sheets, shambolic at the back. Still don’t get the urgency for people to have Virgil in their team.

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

      Most went off him after the Comm Shield

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

      herd mentality and youtube influencers

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Guehi would improve that defence significantly though

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

      no grav

    5. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      DC machine

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      VVD has great goal threat and will get 2 additional points for defensive contributions most games. It’s 75mins into the first game. Very early to make calls like this.

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

      Soild 4 pointer and conceded.

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

    Who remembers BAP Chap? #throwback

    1. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      The good old days

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Man in the stand?
      Always loved long haired players

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

    tavernier could be the 5.5 with christie out?

  22. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    I'm at work, who did Frimhaul look in the game?

    The chat seems to indicate he sucks or got manhandled. People being haters?

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

    So this is Salah’s first blank ever in the first gameweek?

  24. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Should play my own game and dont dont listen to content creators.

    Salah to Semenyo gw2 ? Lol

  25. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Minute 59.45 is the 60th minute

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Strange logic

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

      Give over 2-2

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

      Yes, but is it 60 minutes played?

    4. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      You get the additional point for 60 minutes “played”

    5. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      So a player has to get to 61

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

      The clock was on 59 say no more, if it was 60 CS, don’t matter conceded 2 goals

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

    Semy 2

  27. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semeyoooo brace!!

  28. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyo is the one

  29. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Goal again 2-2

  30. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Wheel chair guy in tears lol