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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. Dat Guy Welbz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Anyone else have their bench boost wrongly activated by fpl? I’m 100% sure mine was showing as not active before the deadline and now it’s showing as active. This is a disgrace and a shame on the once great game.

    1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Seems a bit off, looking at my past seasons and the one top 10k finish I had has disappeared, and the rankings have changed

      LiveFPL thinks I have Vicario outfield

      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        LiveFPL is showing me my GW1 squad from last year. Quansah? Check. Nkunku? Check. Diogo Jota? Ah 🙁

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

      Season over

    3. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      I selected BB and it's showing activated so it seems to work for that instance.

    4. Gazwaz80
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Calm down Buttercup, I’m sure it will be fine 😀

    5. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      LMAO

    6. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Go on and share who you on for your BB then ?

  2. Captain Vantastic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Anyone got link to Fabio Borges team?

    1. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Search for "the great and the good" FPL league, should be in there via Live FPL.

  3. CoracAld2831
    • 4 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    9,532,173 total players 15 minutes before the 1st match of GW1.

    1. Gazwaz80
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      WOW!

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Massive! It was 3m a week ago.

  4. EffPeeEll
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    The reaction if Rio comes on for Liverpool, scores, or/and assists and the realisation he isn't even listed on FPL .PMSL

    1. Moon Dog
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Odd they haven't priced him up yet.

      • EffPeeEll
        • 5 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        It's an oversight because the kid is dynamite.

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      VVD and Konate are too slow to play in a high line

    3. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Watkins to Gyokores captain done

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Haaland to Gyokeres captain done

      2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Haaland to Saka

    4. Gazwaz80
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Wirtz hattie please 🙂

    5. NotNowKato
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      AND ITS LIVE!!!!!

      Welcome to another season of pain

      1. super zlatan
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Calm down fur fk sake

    6. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Just couldn't fit Bruno and wirtz and opted for the Portuguese

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        I've got both, Bruno cap GW3

        1. Moon Dog
            3 months, 22 days ago

            This is the way

          • Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Nice one
            Who did you sacrifice?

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              Salah

              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                • 11 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Blimey:)

              2. Moon Dog
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  This is not the way

        2. Dat Guy Welbz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          FPL Towers have a campaign against me!

        3. Debauchy
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Fellow non Salah owners take the haul on the chin , we will be back tomorrow yeah.

          1. All Hail K
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Yeah. Now back behind my sofa.

            1. AAAFootball
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Yeah.

              • Debauchy
                • 12 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                No fear , no space behind my sofa

            2. Wolfman180
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              Camera cuts to Salah with the fans singing YNWA in the background... as a Salah non owner... squeakybum time

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

            a standard Mo g + a coming up?

          3. Moon Dog
              3 months, 22 days ago

              Don't forget to update your team links in your profiles. I want to stalk you.

              1. Freshy
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                No stinkin badges for me

                1. All Hail K
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Agreed. I want the kit back!

                2. Moon Dog
                    3 months, 22 days ago

                    Been meaning to change the golden retriever in mine to a wolf...

              2. super zlatan
                • 14 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Massive lols at everyone.

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

                Everything thru Wirtz and Frimpong lads

                1. AC/DC AFC
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  To Ekitiké

              4. AC/DC AFC
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Szoboszlai to score?

                1. Freshy
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  He has to cover for Salah and Frimpong

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

                Sky love in of Liverpool has begun again. Do we have to see the full “never walk alone” every game?

                Understand it’s an emotional one for jota this time but it’s every time their on sky

                1. The Night Trunker.
                  • 2 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  It's a great tune.

                2. TheBiffas
                  • 5 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  If you're gonna make a point about this, probably not the best time to make that point.

                3. The Bandit
                  • 15 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Shut up

                4. ‘Tis the Season
                  • 7 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Some people have absolutely no tact

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

                Salah still on pens? 2 straight missed

              7. Underdogs11
                • 5 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                How are they going to perform after this? Almost in tears.

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

                  score predictions?...i'll go 3-0

                  1. Underdogs11
                    • 5 Years
                    3 months, 22 days ago

                    LIV still looks shaky at the back.

                2. keefy59
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Just thinking the same .
                  Very emotional .

                3. FPL Blow-In
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  1-1

              8. Pedersen
                • 7 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Guys... I don't think the back of my sofa does it anymore...

              9. NoName
                • 10 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Portuguese here. That was a classy tribute.

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

                long sleeve kits looks so nice

              11. Egg noodle
                • 15 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Gakpo bossing the defcon

              12. AAAFootball
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  And we're in.
                  89 more minutes of sofa, then I tell the world how smart I was

                • Glasner Ball
                  • 13 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Happy to have beaten them on Sunday, but this evening… Salah/Wirtz/Ekitiké let’s go!

                • tiger
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Great effort from Salah

                  1. TheBiffas
                    • 5 Years
                    3 months, 22 days ago

                    Non owners trembling

                • TheBiffas
                  • 5 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Brilliant ekitike

                • Totalfootball
                  • 8 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  3 mins gone , salah (c) fail

                  1. tiger
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    3 months, 22 days ago

                    Season over

                • F4L
                  • 10 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  salah close...

                • Totalfootball
                  • 8 Years
                  3 months, 22 days ago

                  Salah shot