Finishing off our Scout Notes from Saturday’s games, it’s all the key Fantasy talking points from Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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STRAND LARSEN + HOEVER INJURY UPDATES
There were injury concerns surrounding two of Wolves’ three most-owned players on Saturday.
A frustrated-looking Jorgen Strand Larsen (£6.5m) was taken off after 77 minutes of the defeat at the Vitality, with Vitor Pereira saying that pain in the Achilles was the source of his irritation.
However, the Wolves boss then added that the striker was not technically injured.
Jorgen Strand Larsen not considered to be injured, nothing serious says Vitor re.Achilles issue #wwfc
— Nathan Judah (@NathanJudah) August 23, 2025
There’s a bit more concern about Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.0m). The budget defender came off after just 34 minutes with what seemed to be a knee injury, although there were no quotes forthcoming from Pereira after the game.
Wolves SUB: Hoever struggling from a knock earlier in the game and he’s off, Tchatchoua comes on for his debut #wwfc
— Liam Keen (@LiamKeen_Star) August 23, 2025
Wolves are in EFL Cup action on Tuesday, so we may get a further update from their head coach beforehand.
Toti Gomes (£4.5m) will be available in Gameweek 3 despite his red card on Saturday. He’ll serve his one-match ban in the midweek cup game.
KLUIVERT BACK FIT
It was better news for Bournemouth, who welcomed back Justin Kluivert (£7.0m) and Ryan Christie (£5.0m) after injury. Both came on as second-half substitutes.
“I think they are players that have given us a lot and they haven’t done a proper pre-season so you don’t really know physically where they are right now.
“Because it’s true one thing is to start training with the team but probably they don’t have the load, the matches of pre-season that the other teammates have.” – Andoni Iraola on Justin Kluivert and Ryan Christie, via the Bournemouth Echo
New boys Amine Adli (£5.5m) and Ben Gannon-Doak (£5.0m) were also on a much stronger-looking bench, the former bright on the right flank on his debut as a substitute. Gannon-Doak was unused.
SEMENYO CHANGES POSITION – BUT BACK IN HIS USUAL SPOT
Despite two goals at Anfield from a starting right-wing position, Antoine Semenyo (£7.2m) switched flanks on Saturday.
It doesn’t seem to make much difference to his output, with four shots against Wolves following up his three from the opening day.
In both matches, there were two Opta-defined ‘big chances’. On this occasion, he couldn’t take them, firing an early point-blank-range effort against the bar and then skying over another effort from 10 yards.
Semenyo was ranked third among all FPL midfielders for shots last season and second for shots in the box. He’s already at the summit this time around:
Above: FPL midfielders sorted by shots after two Gameweeks (before Monday’s game)
Semenyo at least delivered an assist for Marcus Tavernier‘s (£5.5m) deflected opener.
David Brooks (£5.0m) deserves some praise for his man-of-the-match display, too. He should have had an assist for the second game running: it was from his excellent cross that Semenyo crashed against the woodwork. Despite the arrival of two new wingers, it’s his spot to lose in the Bournemouth XI – although even then, early withdrawals beckon.
Evanilson (£7.0m) owners can count themselves unlucky. He was denied a one-on-one chance early in the second half when he was hauled back by Toti.
SENESI BANKS DEFCON AGAIN
It was a satisfying afternoon for owners of Bournemouth defenders, especially the centre-halves.
Bafode Diakite (£4.5m) and Marco Senesi (£4.5m) not only banked clean sheets but also bonus and defensive contribution (DC/DefCon) points, too.
As we’ve mentioned quite a bit over pre-season, Bournemouth centre-backs were DefCon magnets in 2024/25 – especially the left-sided one.
Senesi is one of just five defenders to have gobbled up DefCon points in both Gameweeks this season. Indeed, he’s made more defensive actions than any other FPL defender so far:
This is a big week coming up for Senesi, though. There’s one more week of the transfer window left and you’d imagine that Bournemouth will be looking to add another (left-sided) centre-half to the ranks, having lost Dean Huijsen in the summer. Diakite is effectively Ilia Zabarnyi’s replacement.
If we get through to next week and the Cherries still haven’t recruited, then Senesi’s longer-term game-time prospects look much rosier.
WOLVES’ WOES
Wolves are goalless and pointless after two matches but we need context to their results: they’ve faced Manchester City and then played half a match against Bournemouth with 10 men.
Strand Larsen had his chances against City and probably should have scored a header on Saturday, although he’d have every right to complain about a lack of service on either side of that opportunity.
Marshall Munetsi (£5.5m) should have scored early on, while Jhon Arias (£5.4m) – sacrificed when Toti was dismissed – fired inches wide.
But it wasn’t great even before Toti went off.
Wolves have definitely lost something at wing-back with Messrs Semedo and Ait-Nouri gone. Substitutes Jackson Tchatchoua (£4.5m) and Hugo Bueno (£4.5m) were brighter when they came on in those positions, at least.
The defensive saviour from last season, Emmanuel Agbadou (£4.5m), continued his alarming fall in form, meanwhile, despite banking DefCon points.
The question is: can these fixtures breed some form?
