Zophar's FPL Gameweek 1 team reveal: Salah + Wirtz, no Bruno

	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

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Sels

Jurriën Timber
Muñoz
Konaté
Thiaw

Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Minteh

Woltemade
Haaland
Mateta

Dubravka
Acheampong
Potts
Andrey Santos

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	89.1%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	88.8%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	99.1%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	94.1%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	90.3%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	79.7%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	83.9%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	87.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.3%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	86.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	82.6%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	68.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	80.7%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	79.6%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	58.3%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.7%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	78.4%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.8%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.8%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	50.3%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	63.2%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	58.3%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	54.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.2%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	55.9%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	56.4%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	47.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	42.1%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.4%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.6%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	40.5%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	39.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	31.0%	Unlikely
Garnacho	CHE	6.4m	39.8%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	34.2%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	28.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	65.8%	Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	96.4%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	98.8%	Likely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	71.7%	Maybe
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	90.1%	Maybe
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	93.2%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	92.2%	Unlikely
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	93.9%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	92.4%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	89.9%	Unlikely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.4%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	89.5%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	88.9%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	87.8%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	89.4%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	89.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	85.2%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	84.9%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	82.5%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	82.9%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	86.5%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	82.4%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.5%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.1%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	80.8%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	82.9%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	81.9%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	80.2%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	80.4%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	79.4%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	79.9%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	78.6%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	76.8%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	79.0%	Unlikely

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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

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Zophar’s FPL Gameweek 1 team reveal: Salah + Wirtz but no Bruno

14 August 2025 697 comments

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With the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 1 deadline just a day away, our pundits are sharing their teams with us.

Here, eight-time top 10k finisher Zophar talks us through three-way defensive rotation and reasons for overlooking Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m).

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You've got red on you.
3 months, 22 days ago
For the upgrades elsewhere - can I get away with Van De Ven over Porro?
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1. ball c
  3 months, 22 days ago
  I think so
  But Porro is on set pieces and playing wing back
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  1. The Pretender
    3 months, 22 days ago
    Might be in a back 4 in easier matchups, and 5 in tougher matchups - either way he gets forward!
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2. The Road to Turfdom
  3 months, 21 days ago
  Hard to tell how much is FFS bubble, but Porro seems highly owned
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Royal5
3 months, 22 days ago
Nouri or Frimpong?
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1. ball c
  3 months, 22 days ago
  A Nouri - better fixtures
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  1. Royal5
    3 months, 22 days ago
    Yep. Slight chance of rotation though
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ball c
3 months, 22 days ago
Which option:
Have been on A for a while but feel Saka could be needed for Leeds Gw 2

A) Cucurella - Rutter - Watkins

B) Andersen (ful) - Saka - Strand Larsen

Rest of team is:
Porro - Milenkovic - Diouf - Gudmanson
Salah - Writz - Palmer - KDH
Mateta - Guiu
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1. The Road to Turfdom
  3 months, 21 days ago
  A
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TanN
3 months, 22 days ago
Is Keane likely to play? Branthwaite injured, so expecting O'Brien Tark Keane Myko as the back 4?
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1. teddy.
  3 months, 22 days ago
  Probably. But how long is Branthwaite out for?
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2. The Road to Turfdom
  3 months, 21 days ago
  Not that this was your question, but that does weaken the defence considerably
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theshazly
3 months, 22 days ago
Evening from Cairo.
Excited for the crazy start tomorrow

Choosing one of these here
Advices ?

A - Sels (Dub)
RAN Porro Diouf ( DeCuyper / Gudmnssn )
Salah Palmer Wirtz Reijnders KDH
Watkins Gyokeres ( Guiu )

B - Sels (Dub)
DeCuyper Diouf Konsa (Esteve/Gudmnssn)
Salah KDH Reijnders Palmer Kudus
Haaland Gyokeres (Guiu)

C - Sels (Dub)
DeCuyper Dorgu Diouf (Esteve/Gudmnssn )
Salah Palmer Rogers PMS KDH
Haaland Gyokeres ( Guiu )
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La Roja
3 months, 22 days ago
Marmoush could be a massive differential. Even though not nailed on
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Bleh
3 months, 22 days ago
Thoughts on this team?

Sanchez
Cucu, Murillo, Milenkovic, Munoz
Salah, Palmer, Wirtz, Reijnders
Watkins, Mateta

(Dubravka, Guiu, Rodon, King)
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1. McSlu
  3 months, 22 days ago
  Very good
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2. The Road to Turfdom
  3 months, 21 days ago
  I like it but a bit hesitant on Palace assets given Che and the UEL disruption
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Jinswick
3 months, 22 days ago
A) Sels, Wirtz, Reijnders & P Sarr
B) Verbruggen, I Sarr, Ndiaye & Kudus
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1. The Road to Turfdom
  3 months, 21 days ago
  A
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The Road to Turfdom
3 months, 21 days ago
Anything glaring here? Defence a bit lighter than ideal - worth adjusting?

Sels (Dub)
Porro Tosin Diouf (Richards, Esteve)
(S)alah Palmer Bruno Rutter Reijnders
Gyok Watkins (Guiu)

Cheers!
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D_R_S_PORT_S
3 months, 21 days ago
Who is the first stopper of westham ?
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