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Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is well and truly back – and so with it comes all the associated agony and occasional ecstasy.

At the end of Saturday’s Gameweek 1 action, our Scoreboard rounds up all the action.

Included in this article are the day’s leading teams and players for shots, chances created and expected goals (xG). This is official Opta data taken from our Members Area.

And, new for 2025/26, we’ll also round up Saturday’s defensive contribution (DC/DefCon) points, too.

These stats are available for our subscribers immediately after full-time in every Premier League game.

GAMEWEEK 1: SATURDAY’S GOALS, ASSISTS AND PROJECTED BONUS POINTS


FPL Gameweek 1: Saturday’s goals, assists, bonus + 'DefCon' points 7




GAMEWEEK 1: SATURDAY’S PLAYER AND TEAM STATS

DEFENDERS WHO QUALIFIED FOR DEFENSIVE CONTRIBUTION POINTS
MIDFIELDERS WHO QUALIFIED FOR DEFENSIVE CONTRIBUTION POINTS
FPL Gameweek 1: Saturday’s goals, assists, bonus + 'DefCon' points 4
TEAMS – GOAL ATTEMPTS

MORE STATS IN OUR MATCH CENTRE

Click on the result of each match for comprehensive player and team data:

HomeScoreAway
Wolverhampton Wanderers0 – 4Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur3 – 0 Burnley
Sunderland3 – 0West Ham United
Brighton and Hove Albion1 – 1Fulham
Aston Villa0 – 0Newcastle United

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  1. EDEN THE MAN
    • 9 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Mitoma > Kudus, knee jerk before price rise?

    1. MJF
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Ahead of City away?

        1. EDEN THE MAN
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Yep

        2. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          They play well at City, check the scores there last 3 seasons

      • Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Feels like going for last week’s points vs. next weeks
        MCI (A) completely different to BUR (H)
        Also the cursed early KO
        I am interested in Kudus but feels like a low upside move this week vs others

        1. EDEN THE MAN
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Fair, appreciate the insight.

          You reckon ditching Wirtz would be greater upside?

          1. Full Kit Wonkas
            • 5 Years
            8 months, 1 day ago

            Also remember to keep 0.5 in the bank to start next time, transfers > maxing out budget

    2. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Old news but. Reijnders 1+1 and such a great performance. 0 baps. This must be the most ridiculous 0 bap performance given he had 1+1 and nobody got more returns.

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Yellow cards are killers in FPL

        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          That was a silly one as well

    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Did anyone else start with Salah and Haaland? Only went ahead with it because of enabling triple spurs defense and Reijnders.
      Feel very lucky Watkins blanked though.

      Just Palmer, Joao Pedro and Sels left

      1. _Freddo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Not as such, went Salah, Palmer and Saka (with a 9m forward)

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          With Saka you’re so well setup for next week!

          1. _Freddo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            8 months, 1 day ago

            That was my thinking tbh, went Saka & Gyokeres mainly for next week, it’s easier to do on the Bb as I had extra players for better GW1 fixs.

      2. faux_C
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        I went with both through laziness as I'm fining it hard to care about the game this year.

        1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          And here you are, still.

        2. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          It does make it easier in a way as it eliminates the options you have elsewhere!

      3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        In your first team?

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Only one team this year yay! My mate who usually gives up and hands me his hasn’t played this year

      4. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        I started with Salah & Haaland.
        Same as I did last season.
        Also had room for Watkins & Palmer .

      5. PascalCygan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        I’ve gone for the threemium as well. Hoping defcon for cheaper midfielders and defenders will come through. Reijnders a gift too.

    4. boc610
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      eze has gone to spurs, not in palace squad for tomorrow

    5. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Thoughts on this WC? Loaded on City, Chelsea, Pool

      Sels Dubravka
      Cucu RAN Porro Dorgu Rodon
      Palmer Gakpo Semenyo Reijnders King
      Haaland Ekitike Pedro

      1. Regi Blinker
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        After one game is silly

        1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          I'm sticking to the plan, WC after BB

          1. Regi Blinker
            • 7 Years
            8 months, 1 day ago

            Fair enough. It's a very good team.

    6. ball c
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Not one to knee jerk but feel like playing the game differently this year.. it’s all about the fun!

      So would you do a -4 for:
      A) Wirtz & Watkins to Saka & Evanilson? Or
      B) Just Watkins to Gyokores?

      I have Rogers and feel I’ve over loaded on Villa fwds.

      1. thom830g
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Wait and have a look at Gyo tomorrow and maybe make that move

    7. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      So many good midfield options and strikers are crap. Bowen and Watkins overpriced and still in everyone's team because the alternatives are non existent.

      1. boc610
        • 14 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        i see 1 gameweek-itis already in full effect. 90 mins of football and theyre all useless.

        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Just my initial thoughts after tinkering with gw1 team and tinkering with wc again now. I begrudging went Bowen for gw1 even though 8m for a whu forward felt a waste of funds. Just so few options these days with how teams set up with attacking mids often the most dangerous players but strikers still carry a silly premium on prize and you need 3 of them in your team

    8. thom830g
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      A)Rush to do Malen-> Reijnders
      B) hold and see if anything is urgent later into next week

      Team for gw2
      Sanchez
      Virgil-murillo-Dorgu
      Salah-palmer-georginio-bruno-malen
      Watkins-j pedro
      (Dub-Esteve-guiu-VVD)

    9. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Don't panic there's someone in one of my league's on 5 points 🙂

    10. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Does Marty Cash have any competition?

      1. ☈☾
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Matty*

    11. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Here's where I stand:

      Sels
      Porro Cucurella De Cuyper
      Rogers Wirtz Semenyo Palmer Reijnders
      Ekitike Haaland

      Dubravka Gudmundsson Guiu Konsa

      1.0m ITB

      - Konsa's RC has forced me to put Porro in v City away. Porro scored in the same fixture last season, but 9 times out of 10 playing a defender v City isn't a good idea. Probability suggests he'll concede.

      - I want to keep Konsa because I still think he's great value, albeit boring. His fixtures are good defensively after his suspension, even CRY without Eze appeals now.

      - Porro out for someone like Munoz/Gabriel?
      - Gudmundsson to Esteve/Reinildo? In hindsight, I made an error picking Gudmundsson to start with.

      Warm regards.

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        You don't sell Porro because 1 bad fixture. Don't you want him the following week?

        1. Mother Farke
          • 2 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          I thought he was going to be on most set pieces, but Kudus generally got the lion's share so to speak. I don't really rate his fixtures defensively, and even Burnley caused problems today. The next CS i forsee is Wolves in GW6.

    12. _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      How did Porro do for attacking stats today? Were they impressive?

      Is he worth the extra 1m based on them?

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Regardless of stats I'd say he passed the eye test for an attacking defender. Got in some promising positions.

      2. Mother Farke
        • 2 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        He wasn't on most set pieces like a few anticipated. That said, he was a threat relatively speaking. Fixtures aren't good defensively now Burnley are out of the way. I'd rather have the extra 1.0m if I'm honest...

      3. Make FPL Casual Again
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Looks overrated...not sure if he's taking set pieces as thought, not justifying 5.5m imo

    13. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Tosin injured

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Scotty B injured

    14. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      After seeing Sunderland’s goals, I don’t think it will be long until Areola is back….first header especially he crawled across his line to try and save it 😆

      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Yeah that was funny to watch lol. 3rd goal should've done better too

    15. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Why do I have 2 west ham players in my starting 11 and what to do about it?

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Tough game away at somewhere like Sunderland where it was their first game back in the prem for years. Partly why I avoided Bowen, they have a better GW2 fixture

      2. The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Hope