Liverpool v Bournemouth team news: Ekitike, Wirtz, Frimpong + Kerkez start

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No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	92.6%	Likely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	94.2%	Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	96.5%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	98.8%	Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	77.6%	Maybe
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	35.4%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	85.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.9%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	76.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	79.3%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	82.0%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	79.3%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	66.9%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	75.9%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	52.8%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	69.8%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	6.8m	26.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.2%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.6%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	61.9%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	54.2%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	48.7%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	17.2%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	48.4%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	47.1%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	57.5%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	14.8%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	70.2%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	66.1%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.6%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	53.4%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.6%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.0%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	51.3%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.5m	2.0%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.4m	4.8%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	46.9%	Likely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	92.4%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	97.2%	Likely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.3%	Likely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	96.2%	Maybe
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	94.5%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	95.8%	Maybe
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	94.6%	Maybe
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.8%	Maybe
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	92.4%	Maybe
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	82.3%	Maybe
Travers	EVE	4.4m	91.0%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	95.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	91.5%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	88.6%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	91.2%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.1m	75.4%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.7%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	86.1%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	84.3%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	57.4%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	85.9%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.6%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	72.2%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	74.9%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	84.2%	Unlikely
Tonali	NEW	5.4m	73.0%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	84.0%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	83.0%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	82.1%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	82.5%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	80.4%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	82.9%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.8%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	80.3%	Unlikely
Agbinone	CRY	4.4m	74.6%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	B
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Gakpo	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
Up	Schade	BRE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
Down	Fernández	CHE	B

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:48am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Liverpool v Bournemouth team news: Ekitike, Wirtz, Frimpong + Kerkez start

15 August 2025 1972 comments

avfc82

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

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TheBiffas
3 months, 22 days ago
Good to see nobody's being reactionary.
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1. Pedram
  3 months, 22 days ago
  I'm dumping Wirtz
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2. BobbyV
  3 months, 22 days ago
  Wirtz to Bruno?
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F4L
3 months, 22 days ago
salah's pass completion must be err pretty bad
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g40steve
3 months, 22 days ago
Squeaky bum time
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BobbyDoesNotLook
3 months, 22 days ago
Wirtz not even 90 mins.
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Pep Roulette
3 months, 22 days ago
Glad I don't have Salah in my team
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riot
3 months, 22 days ago
Frimpong owners in dreamland 31 mins extra rest
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Fifa las vegas
3 months, 22 days ago
Salah has been dirt after his initial promising 20 mins or so
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Babit1967
3 months, 22 days ago
Ffs guys I’m a Salah captainer Wirtz and Frimpong owner and always a bad night but calm down, it’s one game gone - it’s a marathon ,not a sprint.
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F4L
3 months, 22 days ago
senesi kinda showing tonight why you play your dc monsters week in week out. rotation not really the best now
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_Greg
3 months, 22 days ago
Hope it stays this score now. Makes the Premier League already more interesting.
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Patio Kev
3 months, 22 days ago
Couldn’t care less that I have triple Liverpool in FPL

Would love Bournemouth to go on and win this.
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bso
3 months, 22 days ago
At least I managed to avoid LIV defenders.
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AAAFootball
3 months, 22 days ago
Hamed traore 4.5 outsourcing mo Salah 14.5

Lolololololololol
This I why I'm an everton fan
Ahahhahaaaaa
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tiger
3 months, 22 days ago
Chiesa G
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Thanos
3 months, 22 days ago
Chiesa G
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g40steve
3 months, 22 days ago
Pool g
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JBG
3 months, 22 days ago
If it Isn't Salah...
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1. JBG
  3 months, 22 days ago
  Lol fcking Chiesa
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shirtless
3 months, 22 days ago
Had to be Chiesa
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F4L
3 months, 22 days ago
chiesa g
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Wolfman180
3 months, 22 days ago
Chiiiieeessaaaa
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Feanor
3 months, 22 days ago
Salah created the goal but gets nothing
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Mr. O'Connell
3 months, 22 days ago
Salah assist under new rules?
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1. FPL Blow-In
  3 months, 22 days ago
  No
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  1. FPL Blow-In
    3 months, 22 days ago
    Keeper palms away and the defender heads it before the shot
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2. tangtastic
  3 months, 22 days ago
  desperate times
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3. Zimo
  3 months, 22 days ago
  If that's an assist the new rule is crazy lol
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FPL Blow-In
3 months, 22 days ago
Rats
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1. TheBiffas
  3 months, 22 days ago
  Gimp
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  1. FPL Blow-In
    3 months, 22 days ago
    You’re a very sensitive Sally
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    1. TheBiffas
      3 months, 22 days ago
      Just made a bit of a fool of yourself on more than one occasion now
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      1. FPL Blow-In
        3 months, 22 days ago
        You called me a gimp and I’m making a fool of myself. I’m not going to stoop to your level pal and resort to insults. Move on and stop commenting on my posts for both our sakes will you please
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        TheBiffas
        3 months, 22 days ago
        You stopped lowest with your original comment. Clearly bitter. Have a nice evening
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        FPL Blow-In
        3 months, 22 days ago
        Right. My original comment was about a rival team in jest. You are insulting an individual on a fantasy football forum. Enjoy your win.
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        TheBiffas
        3 months, 22 days ago
        Fair enough, I don't remember seeing you insult anyone directly recently. Oh wait.... You did.
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        FPL Blow-In
        3 months, 22 days ago
        Like this you mean ?
        
        https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2025/08/15/liverpool-v-bournemouth-team-news-ekitike-wirtz-frimpong-kerkez-start?hc_page=21&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_27265040
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        TheBiffas
        3 months, 22 days ago
        I never claimed to be a saint, but you did directly insult someone yourself, based on incorrect information.... Is it because he's a Scouser or ex-Liverpool player? You've clearly got an issue
        
        https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/27264138
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        FPL Blow-In
        3 months, 22 days ago
        I did insult Carragher, yes. While I know it doesn’t make it right, he’s not exactly going to see my comment is he. I agree it was wrong but I done so based on what I thought his commentary was, not because of where he is from or which football team he played for. I’ve family from Liverpool, all scousers, that I care for. You’re clutching trying to say that is the reason and basing it off your assumptions. I have no issue. Can we leave it now? You’re clearly passionate about Liverpool and don’t like seeing negative comments towards them. That’s fine
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        TheBiffas
        3 months, 22 days ago
        I only said you have an agenda because I've seen a few negative comments from you. Obviously I've reacted badly but I can't help myself sometimes so I apologise for that. First game of the season, tensions are high etc....
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        FPL Blow-In
        3 months, 22 days ago
        No problem! I apologise also
        
        *handshake
        
        Going to be a very interesting season. Pool need Guehi more than Isak
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        TheBiffas
        3 months, 22 days ago
        Absolutely. Wayyy too open at the back. Concerning how bad Konate was, he is normally prone to a mistake but he was just full of them today
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tangtastic
3 months, 22 days ago
jammy
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IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
3 months, 22 days ago
Wgta?
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1. jacob1989
  3 months, 22 days ago
  No one
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TheBiffas
3 months, 22 days ago
CHIESA YOU BEAUTYYYY
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Drop Dead Tsimikas
3 months, 22 days ago
Yep. Was off by just a bit here with Chiesa instead of CuJo. And no Salah involvement.
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F4L
3 months, 22 days ago
no salah assist right?
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1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
  3 months, 22 days ago
  Shouldn't be.
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2. Royal5
  3 months, 22 days ago
  Assist for what?
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KunDogan
3 months, 22 days ago
Classic FPL! Almost forgot How depressing this game is…
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jacob1989
3 months, 22 days ago
Thats why liverpool bought Chiesa!
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