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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. windowview
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    As someone who took a year of from following football and only just found out Chiesa plays for Liverpool, can someone tell me why he's hardly every played since he joined them (according to Wikipedia)?

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

      Injuries, glut of midfielders.

  2. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Ebro A

    1. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Endo*

  3. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and Salah scoring in GW1

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

    Salah delivered

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

    (S)alah owner here just laughing. Can't write this.

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

      Absolutely brilliant

  6. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Well that was a horrid 95 minutes.

  7. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Was just about to say wtf Salah, where's the returns..

    First half was so boring, I went to do something else, and all hell let loose apparently

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

    Stink haha

  9. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Their no such thing as a "captain fail" while he is still on the pitch .

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

    Imagine not having him?

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

    All those Salah comments, will you never learn

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

    Salah you beauty!

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

    Wirtz being crap is good really. Can get a better mid and save some money

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

    I'VE MISSED YOU FPL AWOOO WOOF WOOF

  15. Pumpkinhead
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Salah being 1 away from DC points is interesting

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

      Lol. Last year he wouldve had 0

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

        I know this is the perception and I know he's not defensive but he's not nearly as bad as people make him out to be.

    2. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Fwds need 12

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

        Thanks

  16. Maeki2
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    All salah haters. HE IS THA MAN!!

  17. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 5 days ago

    Mo above Gakpo for the 1 bonus

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

      You got Gakpo C or not relinked team 🙂

      1. _Ninja_
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 5 days ago

        haha not relinked yet...

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

          Lol

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

    95 mins never in doubt 🙂

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

    And, two BAPs, looks like.

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

      Make that one.

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

    Salah price drop put on hold

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

    Haaland 90 minutes v Wolves 😀

    Get your sofas ready.

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

      k

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

      A child size sofa hehe

    3. AAAFootball
        10 months, 5 days ago

        I came out of sofatoo early

    4. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      FPL is back. Now onto Haaland!

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

      Football is back!

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

      Salah on 1 BP looks like

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

        possible 2

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

      Over to you Capt Hauland

    8. 3 A
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Still want to ditch Salah
      . . Lol.

    9. el polako
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Jammy Salah cappers 🙂

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

        You makes your choices.

        I’ve been burned last 2 years 🙁

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

      unlukcy bournemouth. they gave it a good go. liverpool are gonna ship goals as it stands

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

      Semenyo 3
      Hugo 2
      Salah 1

    12. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 5 days ago

      Ooft he saved me from a nightmare start there.