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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
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    liverpool waaaaay to open

  2. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Liverpool cleanie gone get in 😆

  3. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Frimpong and Kerkez subbed on 59 mins. Brutal.

  4. Woifi89
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

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

  5. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

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

  6. JBG
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

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

  7. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    VvD owners in tears

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      Got dc tho

  8. ZimZalabim
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    endo for frimpong poor sub from slot

  9. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Cleansheet gone loool

  10. Random Name
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

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

  11. Tomerick
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    I don’t even own Semenyo and loved that.

  12. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Semenyoooo

  13. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

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

    1. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      Total injustice

    2. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      hahaha

  14. Pariße
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

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

    1. AAAFootball
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Same lol

    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      Salah CS gone

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Brilliant

    3. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      Justice for Frimpong owners

    4. Moon Dog
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Nice. Clean sheet soiled.

      • fantasyfog
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Semenyo 1. Racists 0

      • RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

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

      • TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        VVD 4 pointer loading.

      • Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Livescore says 60 minutes for Frimpong

        1. TheSteel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          Its wrong

        2. The Tinkerman
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          They were both off before 60, by about 20 seconds

        3. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

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

        4. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

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

        5. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          You play fantasy livescore bro?

      • tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        good goal. way too easy tho

      • BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

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

        1. Bada Bing
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

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

      • F4L
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        gakpo goal winning bps 😎

      • Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Good, justice for Frimpong/Kerkez owners

      • The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Salah looking similar to pre season here, poor.

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          Content creators in the mud

        2. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          Good first 6 mins

          Tbf

      • OverTinker
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

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

      • AAAFootball
          3 months, 23 days ago

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

        • PartyTime
          • 4 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          Salah fasting?

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 months, 23 days ago

            He does well in Ramadan

        • Old Bull
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          The curse of the opening Friday night game