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15 August 2025 1972 comments
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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. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    liverpool waaaaay to open

  2. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    Liverpool cleanie gone get in 😆

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

    Frimpong and Kerkez subbed on 59 mins. Brutal.

  4. Woifi89
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    Wow, what a start to the season. Didnt Go well for me

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

    I'm a Liverpool fan but I'm happy for the guy

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

    Oh ffs! That Frimpong CS would've been so sweet now

  7. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    VvD owners in tears

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

      Got dc tho

  8. ZimZalabim
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    endo for frimpong poor sub from slot

  9. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    Cleansheet gone loool

  10. Random Name
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    wtf is slot doing
    You're winning 2-0 and takes off both fullbacks. Rookie management

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

    I don’t even own Semenyo and loved that.

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

    Semenyoooo

  13. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    At least Frimpong and krekez keep their cleanies, lol :).

    1. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Total injustice

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

      hahaha

  14. Pariße
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    Semenyo is a star. Too bad I wussed out because of the fixture.

    1. AAAFootball
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Same lol

    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Salah CS gone

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Brilliant

    3. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Justice for Frimpong owners

    4. Moon Dog
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Nice. Clean sheet soiled.

      • fantasyfog
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Semenyo 1. Racists 0

      • RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Exactly why I took VVD out, they hardly keep cleanies.

      • TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        VVD 4 pointer loading.

      • Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Livescore says 60 minutes for Frimpong

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

          Its wrong

        2. The Tinkerman
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          They were both off before 60, by about 20 seconds

        3. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Livescore can say what it wants. FPL says 1 point.

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

          Some of us are watching the game live not relying on reports

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

          You play fantasy livescore bro?

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

        good goal. way too easy tho

      • BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        VVD awful defending. Mistake in the offside trap and lazy+bad positioning in the cross.

        1. Bada Bing
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          He's having another shocker after his dreadful play in the community shield.

      • F4L
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        gakpo goal winning bps 😎

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

        Good, justice for Frimpong/Kerkez owners

      • The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Salah looking similar to pre season here, poor.

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Content creators in the mud

        2. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Good first 6 mins

          Tbf

      • OverTinker
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        CS gone and now all i want is Salah blank and Wirtz return

      • AAAFootball
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Feeling a bit silly after selling semenyo.
          Although I likely would have benched him anyway.

        • PartyTime
          • 4 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Salah fasting?

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            He does well in Ramadan

        • Old Bull
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          The curse of the opening Friday night game