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

    FPL towers need to work their magic and bump Salah up to two baps, Gakpo can make way.

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      And give Kerkez 20 more seconds on the pitch.

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

        Oh wow, 59 mins lol. Slot sticking it to FPL owners.

      2. threeputt
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        yeah that hurt, I Googled Andy Robertson earlier took one glance that he'd been transferred and decided that Kerkez was nailed on, gutted when I saw him running along the line

        1. threeputt
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          great when Liverpool conceded though, it helped

  2. Moon Dog
      3 months, 22 days ago

      I have no one playing tomorrow 🙁

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

        Early runner for post of the season

    • Mighty Duck
      • 1 Year
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Salah gets 10 DP? Huh, now I understand. He's a defensive midfielder now.

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Needs 12 to get 2pts

    • DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      What does the defensive contributions mean in points terms?

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        2pts when DEF gets 10 or MID gets 12

    • Ribus
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      New fpl design is awful, isnt it?

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

        Terrible

      2. F4L
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        yup. change for the sake of change. dislike that mindset tbh

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

        Atrocious, abysmal, horrendous.

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

        Really bad. Nobody cares about a team badge. Bring back the fixtures/scores to the top!

    • sk24
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Pretty print

    • Atimis
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      On the scale 1-10, how bad decision was starting with Frimpong over Porro or Cucu?

      1. jacob1989
        • 3 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Had 10 more secs passed, u would have thought getting frimpong was genius move

        1. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Something in it

      2. T.Henry14
        • 12 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        we will see in the end of the gw.

      3. Dank Squid
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Not a bad decision. Bad luck. Long season, though - good decisions will come good

      4. Ball Ake
        • 1 Year
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Rough one that, someone in my ML has both Frimpong and Kerkez

    • ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Ekitike and Gakpo 1st bandwagons of the season?

      1. Esh
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Semenyo and Etikike will be

      2. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Not sure. Ekitike got only 71 pts and next fixtures aren't that good. Semenyo braced.

      3. F4L
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        hope gakpo stays under radar. clearly a slot favourite being left out there now when others are subbed

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          I went with him instead of Wirtz because price but his way returns last season were woeful. 1G 1A in more minutes than he played at home

      4. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Wirtz to Gakpo may be popular though.

    • ididnt
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      How costly is accidentally leaving no my BB on this Gw going to be in the long run? Dubravka, Rodon, Guiu, Toisin on my bench. Not a great start!

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Maybe you outscore my BB with should be 4 playing on bench

      2. jacob1989
        • 3 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Why did u turn it on if u didn't want it?

        1. ididnt
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Good question.

      3. Ser Davos
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        this game is about nailing key picks. This year's Salah and Mbeumo etc. Do that and the chips are an afterthought

    • TwinkleToes
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Bonus points a farce. Salah gave the ball away all game, should deduct points for that ..

      1. #1 Salah Hater
        • 1 Year
        3 months, 22 days ago

        You must be new here...

        Gets gifted BPS regardless of how atrociously he plays. Exact same for 38 games last season.

        1. TwinkleToes
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

      2. Davros
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        They do

    • Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Think I might actually be bottom of FPL. Only way is up eh

      1. Dank Squid
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        One game. 1/380. Chin up

    • Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Both my score apps have frimpong subbed after 60 mins...I assume they're wrong ?? Bit gutted ...:(

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        59th minute substitutions

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Nooooo.....

        2. Oi! Shadders!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          60th minute, actually, ie before 60:00

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

        Subbed in the 60th min..... which is 59 something...

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

        60th minute sub is less than 60 minutes, thats why

    • _Freddo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Bad night for the template, loads with Wirtz & VVD, very few had Ekitike,

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

        Shame liveFPL is having a mare so can’t even check.

        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Official site not working properly either.

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

            liveFPL is slowly fixing at least, I now see my team instead of some random guys. But the points are wrong. Ragabolly is a good guy, I'm sure he is working hard to fix it.

      2. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Vvd DCs PTS though ?

        1. Dthinger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          brings his total to...3

          1. _Freddo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Yeah, I’m not sure I want to spend 6m to have 3 as the fall back, think these new rules suit the cheaper defenders more than anyone.

            Could be the year of the cheap defence and stacked attack.

      3. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        I hope decision to keep RAN and Wood instead of Neco and Ekitike pays off

    • Letsgo!
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Those who capt salah are so damn lucky

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Yeah right...been lucky for years then 😉

        1. #1 Salah Hater
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Yes.

      2. DandyDon
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Same as always!

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

        Agree

        & grateful

        GW1 is always a nightmare week
        & a non scoring captain is not the
        way to start

        Who did you go for Letsgo! as your GW1 captain?

        1. Letsgo!
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Haaland

      4. NoOneCares
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Cry little baby. Salah is FPL King.

          1. Letsgo!
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            He sux the whole game

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

          Ok

        • Prisoner FC
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Yes sir!! Many more points to come. Haaland will produce for me as well. Who did you Captain?

          1. Letsgo!
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Haaland

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

        Anyone got Semenyo in their team?

        1. nonaynever
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          i have kneejerked Wirtz to Semenyo....hangs head

        2. Ser Davos
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          great option. Had Rogers been unavailable it would have been Gakpo or someone cheaper for cash in my instance

          Definitely one for the watchlist. Think he'll be Bmouth's talisman

          1. nonaynever
            • 10 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            ...and my 30.5 back 7 may need that 1.5 in coming weeks, lol

            1. nonaynever
              • 10 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              sorry 31.0...can't count

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

          Yes. My rival.

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

          Yup. Must be honest, this GW anything was a bonus!

      6. allhailzlatan
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        are you kidding me with the timing of that frimpong substitution

        1. #1 Salah Hater
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Should've been off at half-time. He was terrible.

        2. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          heartbreaking stuff..

      7. CoracAld2831
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Cannot log to FPL.

        Too many login requests. Quota reached.

        1. CoracAld2831
          • 4 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          *limit

      8. Ser Davos
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Folks fixated on DCs

        Elephant in the room is that modern day EPL has a distinct lack of clean sheets. Not sure the DCs compensate tbh

        1. Dank Squid
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          VVD getting 20 DCs - could have been +4, but the cap prevents it. Room for improvement

      9. One for All
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Planning to make a transfer and BB gw2, will it be a -4?

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

          I always thought allowed 1FT a week
          playing a chip I did not think affected
          this one

      10. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        frimpong to munoz on the card...

      11. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        How come 250k players figured out to (c) Ekitike, that’s quite high number!

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

          Better than me & of course a lot going Salah due to last season
          & percentage owner fearing the miss if he scored lots - still got
          out of jail

        2. threeputt
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Probably a lot them loaded up on Pool & Bournemouth players to try and get no.1 in the world tonight

        3. Dank Squid
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          "There's always that one in my minileague", multiplied across the globe

      12. Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        How many seconds was Frimpong away from his cleansheet?

        1. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          20-30? It was painful to watch

          1. threeputt
            • 16 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            as a Kerkez owner it certainly was, if only Bournemouth had held the ball a little longer, a couple more passes would have done it

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

          ~30 secs

      13. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Price changes website? Fplstatistics not working anymore apparently.

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

          Does LiveFPL offer this?

          1. sminkypinky
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            I guess you have to be logged in. Which I’m not.

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

          permanent or just with glitches this evening?

          1. sminkypinky
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Don’t know. Tried it for the first time in ages.

          2. Dthinger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            They tweeted that it was shutting down

        3. Studs Up
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Owner closed the site down. Live Fpl is the go to site...if it's up

        4. Patio Kev
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          I was just looking at that too - most of the alternative options require subscription.

          Seems a missed opportunity that FFS can’t offer something to help in their tools.

      14. Tanglebrain
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        What’s happened to fplstatistics.co.uk? Is it now defunct? If so, what is the best price change predictor now?

          1. Dthinger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            the livefpl one seems to be sleeping

      15. NikiGross
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Who were the top players of the match by points? I can’t check anywhere right now.

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

            15pts for Semenyo.

        • Tonyawesome69
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          So Liverpool defenders and Wirtz owners keeping an eye on price changes tonight then...

        • tricpic
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Anyone rage transferring Wirtz to Semenyo? Go on…admit you’re tempted.

          1. Salarrivederci
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Kind of.

            FH will be active soon:D

        • cassanata
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Missed the game, how did Gakpo do overall?

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

            Oh, sorry sir, were you busy? Allow me to summarise his performance for me, on my time.

            Look it up.

            1. AAAFootball
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Jeez

              • chocolove
                • 15 Years
                3 months, 22 days ago

                Lol

            2. Ball Ake
              • 1 Year
              3 months, 22 days ago

              He played ok, took his goal well. Liverpool's attack stuttered a lot but not particularly because of him. Wirtz looked a little lightweight.

          2. tutankamun
            • 16 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            Let’s go (H)aaland tomorrow. Massive differential in my ML

            1. Prisoner FC
              • 14 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              I’m with you!!

            2. Salarrivederci
              • 9 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              We need the following players to return big tomorrow: Watkins, Rutter, De Cuyper, Porro & Kudus

            3. Dank Squid
              • 7 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              Even as a non-owner I hope you do well. So much variety this season, I have GW1 starters with 2% and 5% ownership... Haaland is on another level, ofc

          3. martynteresa
              3 months, 22 days ago

              when do they add the bonus points to players points total
              seeing ekitie 0 pts at the moment