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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. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Eti subbed

  2. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Tiktok off

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

    this is squeaky bum stuff

  4. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Eki off

  5. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    MacA subbed

  6. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    All of Bournemouth’s threat coming down the left since Frimpong went off.

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Wirtz is getting bullied out there

  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    go on evanilson grab a goal son

  9. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Kinda liking Bournemouth here. Not enough to get any of their players in, but enough to watch them more.

  10. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Salah playing striker now

    1. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      B

    2. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      He’s still hugging the touchline, if anyone it’s Wirtz

    3. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Wirtz*

  11. Old Bull
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    How are the new DCs coming along in this match?

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      You can see them on FPL site

    2. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Defensive Centerbacks failed, they all conceded

  12. DL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Every attack down Liverpool's right. Bring back defensive monster TAA.

  13. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Gomez RB and Endo into mid I assume

  14. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    VVD DC point hoover

  15. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Need Wirtz and Salah doubles here..stop messing about lads

  16. el polako
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Thank you Ekitike (c), this will do!

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

      me too. everyone else in my ml went salah (c). happy days (sorry)

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 3 hours ago

        I was flip flopping all day between him and Gakpo, some good guys on here convinced me to put an armband on the new guy.

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

          competent striker uptop for liverpool at 8.5 seems like a good deal to me

  17. Bihom
    • 1 Year
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Alex Scott is class

  18. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    gakpo on 3baps
    eki on 2
    macallister on 1

    currently

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Woohoo Gakpo

  19. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Liverpool all set for a season without clean sheets, shambolic at the back. Still don’t get the urgency for people to have Virgil in their team.

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Most went off him after the Comm Shield

    2. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      herd mentality and youtube influencers

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Guehi would improve that defence significantly though

    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      no grav

    5. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      DC machine

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      VVD has great goal threat and will get 2 additional points for defensive contributions most games. It’s 75mins into the first game. Very early to make calls like this.

    7. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Soild 4 pointer and conceded.

  20. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Who remembers BAP Chap? #throwback

    1. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      The good old days

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Man in the stand?
      Always loved long haired players

  21. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    tavernier could be the 5.5 with christie out?

  22. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    I'm at work, who did Frimhaul look in the game?

    The chat seems to indicate he sucks or got manhandled. People being haters?

  23. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    So this is Salah’s first blank ever in the first gameweek?

  24. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Should play my own game and dont dont listen to content creators.

    Salah to Semenyo gw2 ? Lol

  25. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Minute 59.45 is the 60th minute

    1. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Strange logic

    2. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Give over 2-2

    3. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      Yes, but is it 60 minutes played?

    4. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      You get the additional point for 60 minutes “played”

    5. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      So a player has to get to 61

    6. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 3 hours ago

      The clock was on 59 say no more, if it was 60 CS, don’t matter conceded 2 goals

  26. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Semy 2

  27. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Semeyoooo brace!!

  28. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Semenyo is the one

  29. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Goal again 2-2

  30. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 3 hours ago

    Wheel chair guy in tears lol