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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
    • 6 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Serves slot well for those silly subs

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Poor subs

  2. Puntillimon
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Alright more urgency - Salah cap pls

  3. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    VVD solid 3 pointer

  4. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Should have left the armband on Semenyo from GW38

  5. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Will NEVER go hear a Liverpool defender lol

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Near

      Doh

    2. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

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

  6. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Vvd -1

  7. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Arsenal is going to win the league

    1. F4L
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      united

      1. Pariße
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Arsenal united by the goals of Gyokeres.

      2. Moon Dog
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Football is so unpredictable that's probably likely.

    2. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Isak plans binned
      Guehi price goes up by £10M

      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        now that is fun

    3. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Semenyo the new Salah?

    4. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      shouldve captained semenyo

    5. Sting
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Play your attackers against Liverpool!

      Liverpool are far too open

    6. BobbyV
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Now win it!!

    7. Pedram
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      You know what time is it: Salah winner

    8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Liverpool look awful

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

    9. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 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...

    10. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

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

    11. AIRMILES
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 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.

    12. fantasyfog
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Semenyo 2 racists 0

      Spread the word lads

      1. The Mandalorian
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Grow up

    13. Pointless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 22 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
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

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

      2. 1justlookin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 22 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

    14. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Konate has been so bad, looks concussed lol

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Van Dijk not much better tbf

    15. F4L
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      so Salah last minute pen yeah? 😛

    16. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

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

    17. Wizard of Ozil
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

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

    18. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Wirtz -> Semenyo will be a popular move

    19. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Semenyo essential?!!

    20. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Wirtz to semenyo?

    21. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Wirtz is about to get a Nickname

      "Squirtz"

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

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

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

    23. Pariße
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

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

    24. pundit of punts
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

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