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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. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Serves slot well for those silly subs

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

      Poor subs

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

    Alright more urgency - Salah cap pls

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

    VVD solid 3 pointer

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

    Should have left the armband on Semenyo from GW38

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

    Will NEVER go hear a Liverpool defender lol

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

      Near

      Doh

    2. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Went without one myself, playing with a no.10 makes a difference

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

    Vvd -1

  7. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Arsenal is going to win the league

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

      united

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

        Arsenal united by the goals of Gyokeres.

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

        Football is so unpredictable that's probably likely.

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

    Isak plans binned
    Guehi price goes up by £10M

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

      now that is fun

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

    Semenyo the new Salah?

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

    shouldve captained semenyo

  11. Sting
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Play your attackers against Liverpool!

    Liverpool are far too open

  12. BobbyV
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Now win it!!

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

    You know what time is it: Salah winner

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

    Liverpool look awful

    Too many players in at one time and arguably not of top quality.

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

    As someone who owned Semenyo for nearly all of last season, new owners be prepared for a blank now he has an 'easy' fixture...

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

    Why on earth you would take both full backs and Ekitike off?

  17. AIRMILES
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Brave of Semenyo. If he hadn't scored that with two open teammates to his left, he'd have been in for it. Great job.

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

    Semenyo 2 racists 0

    Spread the word lads

    1. The Mandalorian
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Grow up

  19. Pointless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Gutted I spent all summer listening to experts on podcasts instead of sticking with the initial team I made with Semenyo in it!

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Yeah had all the goal scorers and assisters in my drafts, should have gone with gut.

    2. 1justlookin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Yeah, best to go with your gut matr but its really hard to drown out all thr noise. Luckily i went with Semenyo but only because Rogers was a doubt otherwise i wouldn't have looked at him

  20. Dannyb
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Konate has been so bad, looks concussed lol

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

      Van Dijk not much better tbf

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

    so Salah last minute pen yeah? 😛

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

    This is exactly the type of match to be won by a late CuJo strike with zero Salah involvement.

  23. Wizard of Ozil
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Salah looks peripheral in this team. What’s going on?

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

    Wirtz -> Semenyo will be a popular move

  25. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Semenyo essential?!!

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

    Wirtz to semenyo?

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

    Wirtz is about to get a Nickname

    "Squirtz"

    Just one game, but might be the new "Wormhole" or Havertz ... Bundesliga bust

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

    Szob should have been playing Salah in first-touch here.

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

    I’m proud to say I have loved Semenyo for a year now.

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

    Liverpool to spend 100 million odd now to get Semenyo for the right wing to bench Salah.