FPL pre-season: Wirtz assists, Frimpong OOP + £4.5m def brace

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	166.6%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	117.0%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	94.4%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	101.7%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	96.8%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	94.3%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	84.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	82.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.4%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	83.5%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	81.0%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	80.0%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.8%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	76.6%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	69.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	74.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.7%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	69.1%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	64.1%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.6%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	61.8%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	56.6%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	50.9%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	52.2%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.5%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	43.8%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	42.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	42.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	42.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	43.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	43.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	118.2%	Very Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	122.6%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	99.7%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	100.3%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	98.7%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	96.6%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	95.7%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.9%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	94.0%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.3%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	93.3%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	92.6%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.4%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	91.5%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	91.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.9%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	85.9%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.7%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	87.4%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.9%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.9%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.0%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	84.9%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.2%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	83.4%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	83.2%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	82.9%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	81.5%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	82.2%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	82.2%	Unlikely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	82.1%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.7%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	81.3%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
Up	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Pre-season training is underway for most Premier League players – and the first friendlies of the summer have also begun in earnest, too.

Liverpool, Everton and Bournemouth were among those playing warm-up matches at the weekend.

We’ve rounded up a few key talking points from each of their friendlies, with more reports to view below:

LIVERPOOL 5-0 STOKE

Darwin Nunez scores treble as Wirtz assists

Goals: Nunez x3, Ngumoha, Chiesa
Assists: Wirtz x2, Szoboszlai, Jones, Gakpo

With all the talk on Merseyside surrounding Liverpool’s swoop for Hugo Ekitike, Darwin Nunez served up a reminder of his (disputed) abilities by firing a hat-trick against Stoke City in a behind-closed-doors friendly.

Rio Ngumoha and Federico Chiesa were also on target for the Premier League champions, who started with a strong XI including Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and new signing Florian Wirtz.

Nunez opened the scoring early on when Stoke failed to clear Wirtz’s attempted through ball for Dominik Szoboszlai. That’s an example of one of the ‘new’ assists that FPL assets would get next season.

A Nunez hat-trick and goals from Ngumoha and Chiesa helped us beat Stoke City 5-0 in a behind-closed-doors friendly today ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/PoFE75YIJT
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 20, 2025

Darwin completed his 14-minute treble by converting balls from Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones.

Midway through a one-sided first half, promising winger Ngumoha cut inside and scored with a deflected shot. Wirtz provided the assist once more.

Arne Slot changed the whole team for the second half. Ben Doak hit the post after Federico Chiesa’s shot had been saved, while Cody Gakpo, Chiesa and Doak all tested Jack Bonham. Liverpool sub keeper Armin Pecsi denied Seko in a rare Stoke attack.

Gakpo was on corners in the second half, and picked out Wataru Endo to go close before Luca Stephenson blazed over from Jeremie Frimpong‘s cut-back. The Reds finally grabbed the fifth two minutes from time when Gakpo was picked out at the back post by Frimpong and the Dutchman teed up Chiesa to score.

After a quiet-ish debut, Frimpong really caught the eye with his pacy attacking raids. There was a reason he was so advanced, however: he was playing right wing!

Indeed, there were four full-backs on the pitch after the interval. Conor Bradley and Milos Kerkez were in their normal positions, with Kostas Tsimikas at centre-back.

Remember that Frimpong could be an ‘out of position’ FPL option when Salah departs for AFCON in December.

While it’s redundant to draw too many conclusions from a behind-closed-doors friendly, what is noteworthy is Chiesa’s omission from the upcoming trip to the Far East. It seems the Italian is set to end his short stay at Anfield.

Liverpool first-half XI: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Van Dijk, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Salah, Jones, Robertson, Wirtz, Ngumoha, Nyoni.

Liverpool second-half XI: Mamardashvili (Pecsi 59), Endo, Konate, Chiesa, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Doak (Stephenson 74), Kerkez, Frimpong, Bradley.

BOURNEMOUTH 6-2 BRISTOL CITY

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In a match played across four 30-minute periods (that’s what you get when you have an American owner), Bournemouth showed no signs of ring-rustiness in front of goal.

The first ‘match’ was won 4-0 thanks to goals by Antoine Semenyo and Marcus Tavernier and a brace from new signing Adrien Truffert.

The second 60-minute contest finished 2-2 with Dango Ouattara and Evanilson on target.

There is little information to go on in terms of line-ups and assists but it is interesting to note that Truffert bagged twice.

FPL managers looking for a cheap Milos Kerkez replacement may have just the man in the form of… Milos Kerkez’s replacement.

The left-back, who arrived from Rennes recently, could be just as attacking as the Hungarian. Kerkez is £1.5m more expensive now that he is a Liverpool player.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1-0 EVERTON

After a goalless draw in their first pre-season friendly with Accrington Stanley, Everton succumbed in their second. The Toffees lost 1-0 at Championship side Blackburn.

Idrissa Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye returned to the starting XI after only recently returning to training. New signing Mark Travers was also part of a strong home line-up.

Everton fell behind after only seven minutes when Dione De Neve converted Callum Brittain’s cross. Gueye then whistled a shot just wide after a clever lay-off by Dwight McNeil.

David Moyes rang the first changes early in the second half, bringing on Michael Keane and impressive youngster Justin Clarke. While O’Neil and Carlos Alcaraz showed glimpses of class, they could find no further breakthrough.

Everton were indeed indebted to Travers for saving Harry Pickering’s curling free-kick late on.

Safe to say the Blues will be grateful to have new forward Thierno Barry in at Finch Farm this week as they are still sorely lacking a cutting edge.

Everton XI: Travers, Patterson (Heath 55), O’Brien, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner (Armstrong 55), Gueye, Alcaraz (Clarke 72), McNeil (Metcalfe 80), N’Diaye (Keane 55), Beto (Chermiti 72).