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Gameweek 1 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway shortly, with champions Liverpool at home to Bournemouth.

Kick-off at Anfield is at 20:00 BST.

Most FPL interest will be in Liverpool.

Their starting XI is the same one that lined up against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield, with one exception – Alexis Mac Allister is deemed fit enough to start in central midfield, so Curtis Jones makes way.

Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike make up the front four.

Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez are part of the backline, with no sign of Conor Bradley, who missed the end of pre-season with a muscle injury.

Ryan Gravenberch is suspended as a result of his red card on the final day of 2024/25.

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola includes new signings Djordje Petrovic, Bafode Diakite and Adrien Truffert in his starting line-up.

£4.0m FPL defender James Hill is benched.

Justin Kluivert remains out, so David Brooks joins Antoine Semenyo on the flanks behind Evanilson.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Elliott, Robertson, Nyoni, Ngumoha

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Scott, Brooks, Tavernier, Semenyo, Evanilson

Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Soler, Kroupi, Hill, Traore, Billing, Winterburn, Rees-Dottin

  1. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    Should've stuck with a Haaland team instead of Salah.

    1. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      I vote for neither

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

      Season over

    3. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Last years winner didn’t own Haaland for his hat tricks x3 at beginning of season

      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        one ray of light then

    4. Zoostation
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      It’s early man but I regret not sticking it out also.

      Haaland as a differential seems crazy

  2. JBG
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    That's the Salah we love, from the end of the last season...

  3. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    Anyone else captain Ekitike? 😎

    1. gswc1
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      No, but have him

    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      congrats

      1. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        STOP THE COUNT

    3. Moon Dog
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Nice. Applaud your gonads 🙂

      • Glasner Ball
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Only VC sadly

      • Litts
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        I did☺️

    4. Moon Dog
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Not the 4-3 I hoped for. Both teams defending well.

        Imagine playing a game where you have to predict football.

        1. AAAFootball
            4 months, 1 day ago

            What a silly kind of game

        2. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          People forgetting Wirtz was MOTM in the last game. Short memories....

          1. The Suspended One
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Watch the match.

            Deep lying playmaker

        3. Sting
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Bournemouth look good.

          Their players surely become options from GW2.

          Truffert, Senesi, Semenyo and Evanilson all look interesting

          1. chocolove
            • 15 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            diatike is amazing, just come to the club on Wednesday

          2. Kodap
            • 8 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Semenyo looks very very lively

            1. cravencottage
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Really good player- should be in a big team

            2. All Hail K
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Looking like a good Wirtz replacement

          3. F4L
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            yea, considering they've really only lost players look very good.

        4. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Non Salah owner group hug!
          Half way to go

          1. AAAFootball
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Yeeeeah

              Still under sofa

              1. chocolove
                • 15 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Lol. Let's breath freely for 15 mins

            • Nightcrawler
              • 6 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              He needs more than one attacking return to justify the tag. Not worried at all

          2. Fifa las vegas
            • 13 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            I f**king knew well there was know need to get Salah, I should’ve listened to myself.

            Gonna draft a 26/27 team

            1. Pep bites Kun
              • 9 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Why didn't you? Forget about 26/27 and start drafting that WC

            2. Bored Ape Jota Club
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Always listen to yourself. If not, what are you even doing? What's the point?

          3. Bambi
            • 13 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            6.4% of managers used a chip this gameweek, mostly bench boost I presume but still a striking amount

            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              that and tc's to get rank 1 after first update

          4. Crouching Tiger
            • 13 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Wirtz has been quiet

            1. Fifa las vegas
              • 13 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Not only has he been quiet, he’s been sh*te

          5. JJO
            • 13 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            7 defcons for Mo.
            He will score second half goal and get 12+ points, dont worry 🙂

            1. Nightcrawler
              • 6 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Where are U getting that from

              1. JJO
                • 13 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Fpl site

            2. Bluetiger1
              • 3 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              how many defcons do you need to get a point?

              1. JJO
                • 13 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Think its 12 for 2

                1. Bluetiger1
                  • 3 Years
                  4 months, 1 day ago

                  thanks keeping the faith on defcons/clean sheet
                  & just hope he scores second half

                2. Snoop Udogie Dogg
                  • 5 Years
                  4 months, 1 day ago

                  for mids, defenders just 10?

          6. _Greg
            • 15 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Have Ekitike, Gakpo, Wirtz. OK so far.

            1. All Hail K
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Same here. Over the top Salah cover.

              1. _Greg
                • 15 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                We are getting away with it so far...

            2. NoOneCares
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Weird definition of ok. A lucky goal and all 3 have been garbage.

            3. Bambi
              • 13 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              what is perhaps most surprising is that Salah is only a few CBIT away from the threshold...

              1. Zalk
                • 14 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                You get Salah for the defcons

            4. Zalk
              • 14 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Well done everyone at Bournemouth, sold a whole defence and doesn't seem to have been affected at all.

              1. Bluetiger1
                • 3 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Good manager & 150 million in the bank with a good scouting system

              2. TheBiffas
                • 5 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Iraola is a great manager and their new signings look good, Adam Smith still solid in 2025 as well

              3. Ser Davos
                • 10 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                I dunno the goal was a parting of the waves

                1. Ser Davos
                  • 10 Years
                  4 months, 1 day ago

                  but yes, Petrovic/Truffert/Senesi could be viable

            5. Billy Whizz
              • 2 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Watching the game then looking at some of the comments on here just shows me how little some people who play this game know about football x

              1. Konstaapeli
                • 9 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                FPL has little to none to do with actual footbal

              2. JBG
                • 7 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Oooorr.. oooorrr.. they care about points, more than actual footballing ability. Just a thought though.

                1. Billy Whizz
                  • 2 Years
                  4 months, 1 day ago

                  Nice thought

              3. NoOneCares
                  4 months, 1 day ago

                  Most people on this site don't have double digit IQs.

                  1. Billy Whizz
                    • 2 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Starting to realise that

                  2. TheBiffas
                    • 5 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    You're a professional troll why are you talking

                    1. Billy Whizz
                      • 2 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      I’m not a troll. I’m just looking at peoples comments and thinking they have no clue about what they’re talking about. Think the troll is the one calling me out lol

                      1. TheBiffas
                        • 5 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        I was replying to NoOneCarea, check his comment history if you're interested

                        1. Billy Whizz
                          • 2 Years
                          4 months, 1 day ago

                          Sorry

                    2. Billy Whizz
                      • 2 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      Lets me and you watch the second half and see how much we differ in opinion. You can go first x

                    3. NoOneCares
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        Did I hit too close to the bone for you? You can't use punctuation properly, so your post proves my point. I am also not talking, I am typing.

                • lilmessipran
                  • 13 Years
                  4 months, 1 day ago

                  At this rate we might get Salah defcon points before goal or assist points, welcome to fpl in 2025

                • F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  4 months, 1 day ago

                  a vvd 10 pointer is loading

                • Moon Dog
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    How many times does Salah score late goals? He only needs one moment. Long way to go.

                    1. F4L
                      • 11 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      remember some of the comments at ht against ipswich gw1 last season, look what followed 😀

                    2. #1 Salah Hater
                      • 1 Year
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      That 'one moment' being a penalty after dropping a stinker of a performance. So he's half-way there anyway.

                      1. TheBiffas
                        • 5 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        Was about to type a paragraph until I read your username, I can think of better ways to spend my Friday evening than trolling but each to their own

                        1. Strike me a Gakpose
                          • 12 Years
                          4 months, 1 day ago

                          Careful Salah hater, he almost wrote a paragraph!

                          1. TheBiffas
                            • 5 Years
                            4 months, 1 day ago

                            Good one

                    3. Bluetiger1
                      • 3 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      agree -keep the faith

                  • You Must Be Jokin Ere
                    • 12 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    McAllister will lost that assist yes?
                    Rule - No assist will be awarded if the goalscorer loses and regains possession before the goal is scored

                    1. chocolove
                      • 15 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      I thought the assist rule will be less stricter this year

                      1. You Must Be Jokin Ere
                        • 12 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        That's the rule in black and while. He lost possession and regained it.

                  • Nightcrawler
                    • 6 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Saka is going to have a field day with the defcon recoveries

                    Haaland needs a 30+ goal season to be worth the price with so much not in hai favour

                    1. tangtastic
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 15 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      Haaland is massively overpriced

                      1. tangtastic
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 15 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        Salah too, imo

                        1. Nightcrawler
                          • 6 Years
                          4 months, 1 day ago

                          I agree. Both not worth the price over long term

                      2. Royal5
                        • 14 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        Haaland will win the golden boot this season easily

                  • Kaneyonero
                    • 9 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    What was the story with Semenyo? Only got back to see the 2nd half

                    1. Zalk
                      • 14 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      A wheelchair guy gave him racial abuse, if I understood correctly.

                      1. tangtastic
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 15 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        they should've wheelclamped him

                    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
                      • 15 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      Racially abused but just shrugged off by carragher on commentary and game stopped for 2 minutes but then went on as usual

                      Really tackling the issue

                  • Corgz Dark side of the Loon
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Wirtz looks a little lost at the moment and not involved....Gakpo looking the biz

                    1. SINGH
                      • 7 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      First taste of PL. He will come good around end of season and then next year he will go down as the greatest midfielder in Liverpools history

                  • TOBY1
                    • 8 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Was between

                    Wirtz and VVD
                    Or
                    Gakpo and Porro.

                    Wish I’d gone Gakpo / Porro now.

                    1. Freshy
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 15 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      WC active

                    2. TOBY1
                      • 8 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      Damn

                  • SINGH
                    • 7 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    If Salah don't score today then he will be replaced by Isak 100%

                    1. tangtastic
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 15 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      i think you might've just broken your knee with that jerk

                      1. SINGH
                        • 7 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        I feel Liverpool will go for Isak big if Salah continues like this. His form has carried on from the end of last season

                        1. tangtastic
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 15 Years
                          4 months, 1 day ago

                          i think whether or not they go for isak has nothing to do with salah. and its been 45mins

                      2. Konstaapeli
                        • 9 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        Heard the *crack* all the way from Finland!

                  • The Bandit
                    • 15 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    People saying Ekitike has been poor are either blind, trolls, or bitter non-owners. 🙄

                    1. tangtastic
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 15 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      hes been good. that header was a big chance too, position just wasnt quite right but he was there

                    2. SINGH
                      • 7 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      Good player. Think Arsenal should have signed him instead

                      1. tangtastic
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 15 Years
                        4 months, 1 day ago

                        i think gyokeres will do fine too tbh

                        1. SINGH
                          • 7 Years
                          4 months, 1 day ago

                          Hopefully

                    3. Royal5
                      • 14 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      I’m a non owner and blind

                  • Dank Squid
                    • 7 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Semenyo - 45+ minutes, 1 shot? Slow start

                  • _Greg
                    • 15 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Ekitike looking class.

                  • 1justlookin
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Does anyone know if you can enter a h2h league after the first gameweek?

                  • g40steve
                    • 7 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Gakpo G

                    1. JBG
                      • 7 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      Get in!

                    2. g40steve
                      • 7 Years
                      4 months, 1 day ago

                      Eti A

                  • The-Red-1
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    4 months, 1 day ago

                    Trying to watch on virgin media. Can't see a thing. I assume my players aren't passing the eye test