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Gameweek 1 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) comes to a head this evening, with Elland Road hosting its first Premier League match since May 2023.

Everton are Leeds United’s visitors tonight, with the game getting underway at 20:00 BST.

Jayden Bogle is fit to start for the hosts, having missed the last fortnight or so through injury.

He’s the only change from the final pre-season XI that Daniel Farke sent out, with Isaac Schmidt making way.

That means that Lucas Perri is between the sticks, with £4.0m FPL goalkeeper Karl Darlow only on the bench.

Summer recruits Sean Longstaff, Lukas Nmecha and Sebastiaan Bornauw are also among the substitutes, with fellow new boy Dominic Calvert-Lewin – who only signed on Friday – not in the squad.

Speaking of recent signings, Jack Grealish is on the bench for the Toffees.

So too is new striker Thierno Barry but Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall makes the starting XI following his early-August move from Chelsea.

Beto leads the line for David Moyes’ side, who are missing key defenders Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitalii Mykolenko through injury.

Two more full-backs, Nathan Patterson and Adam Aznou, are absent, too.

LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Perri, Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Tanaka, Stach, James, Gnonto, Piroe.

Subs: Darlow, Byram, Longstaff, Aaronson, Harrison, Ramazani, Nmecha, Bornauw and Gruev.

Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Gana, Iroegbunam, Alcaraz, Beto, Ndiaye.

Subs: Travers, Tyrer, McNeil, Barry, Chermiti, Grealish, Coleman, Armstrong, Onyango.


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  1. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Livefpl has Stach assist but not given in FPL???

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Oh it is nevermind

  2. Agger
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Rodon almost with BPS, him and Reinildo for 8m coming in clutch for me woo

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Gudmund is the points magnet

    2. MJF
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Edge of my seat seeing if my 4.0 def can get a clean, FPL's back!

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        🙂

    3. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Just snuck in I think

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

    Ndiaye has been gash

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      big on DC
      just a little short

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        Not really. Needed 12, got 9

    2. The Reptile
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Total rubbish

  4. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Wish I played Gudmundsson lol

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Same

    2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      But we will feast with the inevitable price increases

  5. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Who do you think is the best GK option in FPL across all the teams?

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Don't WC

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        Maybe got no fires so looking to use FT on keeper

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Sels

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

      Going Sanchez/Dubravka on my wildcard

    4. MJF
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Raya probably but not willing to pay.

      It might be the Sunderland keeper who knows.

    5. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Raya takes an ARS spot

    6. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Raya

  6. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    will take some time to get used to how few bps strikers get for pens now lol. same for thiago yesterday

  7. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Start Larsen or Anderson?

  8. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    2, 2, 4, 6, 2, 2, 3, 6, 10, 2, 1.

    Rank 9m.

    Autopick would have done better I think

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Irrelevant until about GW20 really

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        Because early points don’t count to your final total 🙄

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Ouch

  9. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    And with that I think I will leave KDH on my bench til whenever I wildcard… good 8th player but wouldn’t want to have to play him every week

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      I’d rather have King in all fairness and save the 0.5

  10. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    I’ve peaked. Top 200k. Never had a better first gameweek since 2013z

    1. Agger
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Great start

    2. DaniCT
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      How do you know that stat?

      1. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        🙂 Because I am awful at this game other than when I got top 10k in 2013 🙂

        1. One Man
          • 9 Years
          11 months, 3 days ago

          I’ve only ever got top 100k, but this year I’m top 40k gw1.

          1. Lanley Staurel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            11 months, 3 days ago

            Its such a great feeling isnt it. Misery and mayhem from now on tho!

            1. One Man
              • 9 Years
              11 months, 3 days ago

              The seasons I done best was the seasons I used to come on here rather than YouTube for advice. I brought in Haaland and Reijnders for Palmer and Gyorkers last minute from advice I received on here.

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

      Well done.

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

    The jammiest of jammy nine-pointers coming in for Tosin, Gudmundsson, you absolute beast.

    1. wowo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      l had the same, but we missed out tosin, 15 pointer header, Cs, dc, and 3 bod too.

  12. Weeb Kakashi
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Played Gudmunsson over Andersen. Feel like a genius

    1. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      🙂

    2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Haha played Rodon over Anderson too

  13. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Not bad return from Perri Stach Piroe

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      GudMun

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

      Stach was the first name on my team.

  14. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    When Ndiaye is third for defensive contributions you know your team had a poor match
    Played the whole first half covering the top of the EVE box

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Hold on sherlock
      He always hv big defcon
      Its on the team gameplay
      Last season itself he had 268 defcon

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

    65 in the main game, 100 in Challenge. I’ll take it.

  16. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Alas Lord Rodon!!!

    1. FHRITP
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Flawless victory.

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        ‘Here here’

  17. Drizzle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Benched Muñoz and played Rodon. Still objectively the wrong decision but fpl owes me a lucky break damn it.

  18. Planet Head
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Was gonna get rid of Guddy this week, damn

  19. FourLokoLeipzig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Not the best start. 44 pts is pretty underwhelming, but cancelling a 28 pt bench boost due to Dubravka supposedly not starting is what really grates. Not sure I’ve ever got 28 pts on BB even in a DGW!

    1. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      42 here so you did better than me.

      1. FourLokoLeipzig
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        Only way is up though, eh (hopefully)

  20. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Would you double up Sels with Murillo v Palace or play Dubravka v Sunderland and avid double Forest defence v Palace?

    1. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      I think I'm going to play Dubravka

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

      I have Mateta, Sels and Williams. So I’m playing Mateta and. Dubravka and benching my NFO boys. Will probably regret it

    3. Punned It
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Chancing Dubravka, playing Milenkovic. And Lacroix. Spreading it out!

  21. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Will probably still keep Ndiaye.

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

    My BB - 12 points
    2-0-1-9(GudMun)
    I'll take it
    1.8Mill Rank Improvement

  23. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Checking to see if Ndiaye hauled. So glad Leeds kept him at bay.

  24. MarcusAurelius
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Mbeumo or Cunha for GW2?
    Pretty much impossible to split them atm

    1. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      I'd wait until GW3 and probably Cunha, but agree that it's hard to split them

    2. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Mboom. Cunha dropped deeper once Sesko came on.

    3. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Think Cunha will outscore Mb

    4. Drizzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Close but Mbeumo for me. On corners and is a bit more efficient in his end product. Cunha is much more fun to watch though and will score well.

    5. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      I'm giving them another audition v Fulham. No rush.

    6. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Very close call, I’d go Boomo though

  25. Agger
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    68k, triple Sunderland, Wood and Haaland (C) delivering!

    1. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Massive congrats

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

      F in hell. Treble Sunderland !

      1. Agger
        • 10 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        Top of the fixture ticker! And spent big this summer

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

          Nicely done

    3. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Congrats. Guess I should be happy with 36k, I thought it was poor around here.

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        Played BB Ranked 452k without bench added 76pts. 89pts after bench added is 36k

        1. Mother Farke
          • 2 Years
          11 months, 3 days ago

          I guess you're WCing after using BB, then?

    4. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Wow!

  26. The Big Fella
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    How do they decide league position? Everybody has had one match now and Everton are in 14th and United 15th despite both losing 1-0. For Bournemouth and Brentford at 16th and 17th respectively it is clearer as they can go off goals scored despite the goal difference being the same.

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

      Alphabetical?

      1. Sheffield Wednesday
        • 6 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        That's why West Ham and Wolves are bottom of the league.

        1. The Big Fella
          • 9 Years
          11 months, 3 days ago

          😆 Burnley the exception to the rule always

    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      In the Premier League, if two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaker rules are applied in order: goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head record, head-to-head away goals, and finally, a play-off match at a neutral venue if necessary

      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        I thought fouls would be in there

      2. The Big Fella
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 3 days ago

        But none of this applies as they were 1-0 finishes and it was just 1 match

  27. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Best GW2 captaincy option? Had it on Saka but think Leeds will park 10 at the back so edging towards Evanilson or Watkins now.

    A. Saka
    B. Evanilson
    C. Watkins

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      You hate Haaland too?
      Still be Saka

      1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 3 days ago

        Haaland (c) GW1 was basic common sense. Against a strong, confident Spurs side with 5 at the back, not so much.

    2. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      No, I think it has to Saka from those tbh

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

      Definitely Saka!

    4. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Saka

    5. Warby84
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      Salah

  28. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    Crack up. Stach CS + assist + DC 0 bonus

  29. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 3 days ago

    I need to log off FPL till Friday evening. Save me knee jerking into a Week 2 wildcard.

    1. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 3 days ago

      make sure you log on before deadline at 18.30 Friday evening (I'm sure you know but just in case)