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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. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyo goal

  2. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyo bandwagon incoming

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      yes - note to self avoid

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

    wow

    semenyo golazoooooo

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

    2-2

    Slot has absolutely F’d it!

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

    Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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

    Wow wow

  7. Puntillimon
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Pool’s defence is so weak this season..

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

    traore a

  9. The Night Trunker.
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Bloody Nora!

  10. carbonv1
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Slot has to take the blame for this. Subs have been a disaster. Frimpong owners must be livid

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

    Slot you're a bald fraud, that's what you get for subbing them off before 60mins

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

      That had nothing to do with the wing backs, that was all Konate lol

  12. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Loserpool

  13. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Konate is pants

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

      Crystal Palace raising Guehi's price 10 mil tonight

      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        We should do

  14. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Good news for Salah owners as he'll try to score a winner now

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

      For Bournemouth?

  15. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyo (C) was the play 😆

    1. SM001
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      I knew it!

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

    Semenyo 2 racists 0

  17. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Konate is poor

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

    that is not surprising. well done bournemouth

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

    Goal began with a Salah turnover

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

    Pre-season is the best part of FPL. Nothing gone wrong yet.

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

    Salah gave the ball away at the other end. He is officially done,

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

      Good, makes my plan of not keeping him going forward easiee

  22. just a man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Bou should go on to win this

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

    How many have already locked in Salah > Semenyo?

  24. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Marc Guehi to be fast tracked

  25. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Even more worried they going to come in for Guéhi now 🙁

  26. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyo actually hit the target

  27. Ray Kinsella
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Hmmm maybe having Frimpong come off is a blessing in disguise. Their defence looks weak

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

    Absolutely brilliant

    What a run and shot

    4 v 3

    Winner?

  29. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Salah gives ball away. Semenyo scores

  30. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    On 27pts. Haaland (C)

    😀

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

      On 3. Benchboost.