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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. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    How are triple Liverpool Salah, Ekiteke and Gakpo owners feeling?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Just fine thankee, TKT, just fine!

      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Tis shameful to answer your own posts!

        1. Pep Roulette
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Goodknight

    2. White Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Does double count (Salah & Big Ek).

    3. Tore Andre Flo
        4 months, 1 day ago

        We feel like an Egyptian pyramid probed hard by the Eiffel Tower, trying to calm down with Dutch weed! Salah should never be captain again!!!

      • Sheffield Wednesday
        • 5 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Had Salah© Gakpo and Semenyo...
        ...in a previous draft.
        Just Salah© today of course.

    4. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Damn, Frimpong injured? Did it look bad?

      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Twangy tight

      2. Tore Andre Flo
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Out for 8 weeks! Prolapse! The worst kind!

          1. Dark_Mata
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

      3. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Interesting that FPL has been better in pricing, rules, scoring etc since Mark took over, but the game functionality (which was his specialty) has got worse. Why do FPL ignore all of these comments and show that they understand our concerns?

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          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            When you stop being a troll that NoOneCares what you think

          2. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Show your faces, anonymous upvoters. Cowardly tospots

          3. El Presidente
            • 6 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            When they actually go to work and fix it!!

          4. Pumpkinhead
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            The FPL site is trash. Why is it crying when the proof is in the pudding. I've been trying to login for an hour and keep getting 'too many request' and error codes.

        2. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Ask for a refund.

      4. fgdu
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        How many points did salah get (FPL died for me)

        1. tutankamun
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          8

          1. fgdu
            • 12 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            anything for DC?

            1. tutankamun
              • 16 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Nope

        2. El Presidente
          • 6 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Died for everyone

      5. noquarternt
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Stay Dench or get Frimpong’d

      6. Dank Squid
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        The FPL site - do they really use OpenApi without tuning/testing the settings? I'm a performance tester by trade, shaking my head

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Do you test many free sites that changes a lot of parameters, the layout, has > 10 million users and usually takes a week or two to bed down, transfers, chips, add and remove players etc?

          1. Dank Squid
            • 7 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            10+ million users/free sites = web/api. The transfers, chips etc = database. They should know, at this point, not the first time they've had 10+ million of us playing the game

            1. GreennRed
              • 14 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              They don't have paid customers with contracts. They're under no obligation to have the site up and running 24/7. It's a pain in the bolli* tonight but it'll be grand in a few days.

          2. tutankamun
            • 16 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            It’s free for us but it’s the official PL website and has massive global sponsors. It’s not a bunch of amateurs. Or so we thought.

        2. El Presidente
          • 6 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          They're useless

      7. Herger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Site’s fine for me

        1. Dank Squid
          • 7 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Friend of mine was already logged in, worked fine. I wasn't, can't get in. Such is life, I guess

          1. Herger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            I just logged out and logged back in and all good

            1. Dank Squid
              • 7 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Herger ftw. My id is 1, I want to do Salah to Semenyo - can you help me?

              1. Herger
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 4 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                If you provide me with your password, I got you

        2. tutankamun
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Works for me except when I click on a player it gives me an error message.

          1. Herger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            It’s OK for me when I click on players

            1. tutankamun
              • 16 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Completely down for me now

      8. NZREDS
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Fantasy on the app / website down for anyone else?

        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Yes for me too mate, absolute shambles this year

        2. NZREDS
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Ah just read above, looks likes it’s down for others - was worried my team didn’t save!

        3. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          OK for me. Maybe turn the pc off and on

        4. OptimusBlack
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Yes Me

        5. Bggz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Down down down

        6. Bluetiger1
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Yeah was bad on Wednesday

          Seems trying to gear for app on mobile.

          Almost 10 million followers & majority would have
          it via pc connection.

          I'm not convinced with layout & how/who done the
          testing across various platforms - disaster game week 1

          1. Bluetiger1
            • 3 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            real time updates not happen.

            Cannot see over all league teams (setup)
            on H2H seemed to be working

            Now site crashed again this time cannot login

      9. Gudjohnsen
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Think I'll just FH in gw 2

        Load up on Arsenal players

        1. tutankamun
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Was always my plan. Also get rid of my Spurs and West Ham players.

        2. MBK 42
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Yep this is my plan after BB1, FH2 to include Raya, Saka, Gyokeres plus Haaland and maybe Semenyo at home to Wolves. Plan to have a few Burnley defenders home to Sunderland too.

      10. Qaiss
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Originally thought for each 10 DEFCON, 2 points would be awarded but Van Dijk got 20 and only got the 2 points

          1. Bluetiger1
            • 3 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            all the best for new season TorresMagic

            if ok to discuss with tech team site not loading
            & in real time crashing

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 16 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              FPL site, here or both?
              Not much to be done with FPL.

          2. Qaiss
            • 9 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Yes did not catch that bit

      11. Emiliano Sala
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Can you sign in in fpl?

        1. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Yeah

        2. NZREDS
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Nah

        3. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Log in button is dead.

          1. Emiliano Sala
            • 9 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Yeah

        4. Bluetiger1
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          no

          I think I'm calling it a night

          hopefully someone looking after their website
          will check comes up again - appears not
          enough testing?

        5. theoldgit
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Nope

      12. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        GTFO my team Frimpong

        1. NZREDS
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Absolutely unreal - 59.40 😀

          1. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            He sure doesn’t look like one that can last long

          2. The Suspended One
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            And that’s without Bradley fit

      13. NZREDS
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Be so good if the site got up and running and everyone’s teams were completely wiped

      14. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        FPL Statistics is gone
        Whatcha using

        1. tutankamun
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Live FPL?

        2. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Live FPL

          1. Bluetiger1
            • 3 Years
            4 months, 23 hours ago

            thanks everyone suck a useful tool

            1. The Mentaculus
              • 4 Years
              4 months, 23 hours ago

              😆

              1. Ze_Austin
                • 7 Years
                4 months, 23 hours ago

                Nooooo! That was an unfortunate typo 😆

          1. Bluetiger1
            • 3 Years
            4 months, 23 hours ago

            thanks

        3. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          For price change predictions I like to combine:

          FFHub [requires free registration to use]:
          https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-price-rises

          and LiveFPL
          https://www.livefpl.net/prices

          Any price changes usually take place at 01:30am UTC all season every season - convert to your local time-zone.

      15. The Suspended One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        That Salah goal..

        It would have been really interesting with 13 differentials plus Pedro AND a lead on 80% of the game..

        Need Palmer to do the business now

        1. CheesyZoot
          • 6 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Any idea what Palmer's ownership is? Must be high... I can't get into the game to check though

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            63.8%, don't need to log in.

        2. Postman Ty
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          So annoying, that Bournemouth player should have his contract terminated, he had a 15 yards head-start as he casually jogged to that ball and let Salah run in free.

      16. Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Wirtz over Ekitike, 1st mistake of the season 🙁

        1. Johan Cryuff
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Yuppp

        2. Casual Player
          • 5 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Literally 1 of 380 games in, don’t panic

      17. theoldgit
        • 16 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Unable to log into FPL. What does "the request exceeded the allowed rate limit" mean?

        1. paul1964
          • 15 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          website crashed

      18. rokonto
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        So if Virgil has 20 Defensive Contributions does he get 4 extra points?

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          2 lol, but it would be great if it did work like that

        2. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          No

        3. rokonto
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Thanks All

        4. The Knights Template
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Sounds fair.

        5. tutankamun
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          No, but it’s a good indicator that he’s good for an extra 2 points most games.

      19. azza76
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Easy tiger, just one game in. Wirtz isn't going anywhere. My goal this season isn't to panic/rage/FOMO transfer

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Ekitike is just the better pick

          1. Postman Ty
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Ridiculous take, Isak will sign in a week or two and Ekitike will be a terrible option.

      20. Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Kneejerking Wirtz to Semenyo so can go Pedro to Ekitike gwk3

        1. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          That’s not even knee jerking. You’ve been more than patient with both Wirtz and Pedro

          1. Dynamic Duos
            • 12 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Tbh mate it was a 50/50 decision between Ekitike and Wirtz , seems I got it wrong and Bournemouth top of ticker now i think

        2. The Knights Template
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          We have our first Elaine Bennis dancer of the season!

          1. Dynamic Duos
            • 12 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Haha 🙂

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

          If you do Salah to Semenyo, can you afford two Ekitikes?

          1. Sheffield Wednesday
            • 5 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            But then all your forwards are made of Ekitiké and they all look just the same.

            1. Sheffield Wednesday
              • 5 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Note to self - don't attempt puns based on early 1960s Pete Seeger songs.

      21. Ruinenlust
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Why do forwards have a higher threshold for defcon when defending isn’t their man job?

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          They have recoveries aswell, defs don't

        2. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          You forget that defenders don't get 'Recoveries' added to their Defensive Contributions. For non-defenders, recoveries are the most significant source of DC.

          1. FDMS All Starz
            • 10 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            So what form of action counts as recoveries?

            1. Sheffield Wednesday
              • 5 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              According to Opta

              "Recovery

              This is where a player recovers the ball in a situation where neither team has possession or where the ball has been played directly to him by an opponent, thus securing possession for their team."

              1. FDMS All Starz
                • 10 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Cheers

      22. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Huh. I totally misunderstood the Challenge this GW and ONLY got new players. Ah well. (E)kitike got me 44 points, not complaining.

        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          You quadruple captained him?

      23. tutankamun
        • 16 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Site working again btw

      24. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        LMS safety score is currently 3.
        Roughly 1350 entered, entry will close Monday night for a bit.

        Top score 49 - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/815662/event/1

        1. SpaceCadet
          • 12 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Forgot to enter, can I join now?

      25. Sting
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Wirtz to Semenyo?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Rather sell someone injured.

      26. Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Florian Hurtz

      27. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Just flicked through the full 90 mins without knowing the result. My players:

        Frimpong: Didn't see much of him going forward. Absolutely atrocious defender. Off in the 60th minute. 1 point.

        Wirtz: A body in attack. His replacement, Chiesa, scores a goal. 2 points

        Ekitike (c): The main threat! Bungled his way to a goal. Linking up with Gakpo for fun (and an assist). 22 points!

        Head was then in hands again when Salah scored in injury time

      28. azza76
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Was dancing like Elaine Bennis when Salah scored.

      29. Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Im actually dancing like Semenyo from inside his own half!

      30. MagicMessi
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Free hit to bring in Odegard /Saka/gyokiris instead of palmer /wirts/ ekiteki justified ?

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Madness

          1. MagicMessi
            • 13 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Need arsenal against leeds and cant find a way to bring in them boys for only a week