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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. windowview
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    As someone who took a year of from following football and only just found out Chiesa plays for Liverpool, can someone tell me why he's hardly every played since he joined them (according to Wikipedia)?

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Injuries, glut of midfielders.

  2. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Ebro A

    1. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Endo*

  3. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and Salah scoring in GW1

  4. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Salah delivered

  5. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    (S)alah owner here just laughing. Can't write this.

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Absolutely brilliant

  6. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Well that was a horrid 95 minutes.

  7. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Was just about to say wtf Salah, where's the returns..

    First half was so boring, I went to do something else, and all hell let loose apparently

  8. JT11fc
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Stink haha

  9. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Their no such thing as a "captain fail" while he is still on the pitch .

  10. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Imagine not having him?

  11. fantasyfog
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    All those Salah comments, will you never learn

  12. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Salah you beauty!

  13. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Wirtz being crap is good really. Can get a better mid and save some money

  14. Moon Dog
      3 months, 22 days ago

      I'VE MISSED YOU FPL AWOOO WOOF WOOF

    • Pumpkinhead
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Salah being 1 away from DC points is interesting

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Lol. Last year he wouldve had 0

        1. Pumpkinhead
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          I know this is the perception and I know he's not defensive but he's not nearly as bad as people make him out to be.

      2. _Ninja_
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Fwds need 12

        1. Pumpkinhead
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Thanks

    • Maeki2
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      All salah haters. HE IS THA MAN!!

    • _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Mo above Gakpo for the 1 bonus

      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        You got Gakpo C or not relinked team 🙂

        1. _Ninja_
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          haha not relinked yet...

          1. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Lol

    • g40steve
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      95 mins never in doubt 🙂

    • Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      And, two BAPs, looks like.

      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Make that one.

    • F4L
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Salah price drop put on hold

    • Mother Farke
      • 1 Year
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Haaland 90 minutes v Wolves 😀

      Get your sofas ready.

      1. Pumpkinhead
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        k

      2. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        A child size sofa hehe

      3. AAAFootball
          3 months, 22 days ago

          I came out of sofatoo early

      4. ☈☾
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        FPL is back. Now onto Haaland!

      5. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Football is back!

      6. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Salah on 1 BP looks like

        1. Bluetiger1
          • 3 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          possible 2

      7. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Over to you Capt Hauland

      8. 3 A
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Still want to ditch Salah
        . . Lol.

      9. el polako
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Jammy Salah cappers 🙂

        1. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          You makes your choices.

          I’ve been burned last 2 years 🙁

      10. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        unlukcy bournemouth. they gave it a good go. liverpool are gonna ship goals as it stands

      11. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Semenyo 3
        Hugo 2
        Salah 1

      12. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Ooft he saved me from a nightmare start there.