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

    Salah assist?

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

      No

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

      Maybe, looks to have hit 2 defenders

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

      Could be

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

        In what world?

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

          The new rules

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

            *fpl

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

          dreamland

    4. AAAFootball
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Who cares?
        Still the same score as Hamed traore 4.5

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

      You’d have to start Chiesa over Wirtz next week I think.

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

        Why not chiesa over salah?

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

        *Salah

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

      Congrats, Chiesa TC’ers.

      1. OverTinker
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        thanks

    7. Pep Roulette
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Salah assist?

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

        lol

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

      thats is an excellent finish

    9. Powers106
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      I did not see that coming

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

      Ffs wasn’t Chiesa supposed to leave Pool?

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

      So Pool barely wins and Salah(C) gets nothing?

      Yeah I'm thrilled that FPL is back.

    12. kelatin
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Anyone have Chiesa

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

        Probably only his mother

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

      Kroupi Jr on

    14. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Chiesa! I will buy focaccia tomorrow

    15. lespaul
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Really pleased for the lad Chiesa

    16. Strike me a Gakpose
      • 12 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      So happy I didn’t copy the content creators like a sheep and get Salah

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

        Like a sheep lol highest ever score last season, yeah there was a risk with new players, but come on mate, it's salah, brave to leave him out

        1. AAAFootball
            10 months, 5 days ago

            I'm brav3

            Ahahahahahahahahahahahahah
            The sofa was worth it
            Ahahahahahajajahajaj

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

              GW 1

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

          No Salah or Haaland here, good start at least

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

            Brave, GL

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

          Salah goal

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

          Enjoy not being a sheep.

        5. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          10 months, 5 days ago

          You're an absolute moron I can't stop laughing

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

        Mental game, Liverpool to score 1 more than opposition every week

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

        Tidy strike from Chiesa

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

        FPL 2025/26 winner confirmed
        https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1190/event/1/

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

        Hats off to the guy that said Chiesa is scoring

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

        6mins stoppage. time for a semenyo hattie

      7. Make FPL Casual Again
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        Salah surely breaks 400 points now that he's also a Defcon monster..

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

          Easily

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

        Gakpo and Ekitike was the way to go, pleased to own them both. Shame I didnt have the balls to captain one of them.

        Salah price drop incoming

        1. NoOneCares
            10 months, 5 days ago

            These types of comments are hilarious.

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

              Salty Salah owner?

        2. Stranger Mings
          • 5 Years
          10 months, 5 days ago

          Wirtz to senenyo too kneejerky?

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

            Salah to Semenyo - spread the money

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

            That’s whole body jerky right there! Hehe

            1. Stranger Mings
              • 5 Years
              10 months, 5 days ago

              Semenyo has some good fixtures

        3. Tonyawesome69
          • 7 Years
          10 months, 5 days ago

          I though FPL changed the assist rule this season to get more Salah assists...

        4. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 5 days ago

          Frimpong out will be my first transfer then I think:)

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

          MO SALAH G

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

            yes - now all the Salah doubts will go quiet
            form is temporary class is permanent
            even when not playing brilliant comes in
            with the goods

            my prays answered & possible new DEFcon as capt

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

          Salah G

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

            F the non owners mr 50%

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

          Urgh he just had to score one didnt he

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

          Salah lolll

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

          lol, so obvious :puke:

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

          To all the Salah haters!!!1

        11. Do I Not Like Orange
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 months, 5 days ago

          SALAAAAAAHHH