FPL 2025/26: The ultimate pre-season guide, tips + more

FPL 2025/26: The ultimate pre-season guide, tips + more 2

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is live for 2025/26 – and we have everything you need to set you up for the new campaign in this ultimate guide.

All of our pre-season content will be collated in this article, which will be regularly refreshed between now and Gameweek 1. Make sure you bookmark it now and revisit it regularly.

There is an analysis of the Premier League fixture list, while there is also a position-by-position rundown of the player price list in FPL.

Analysis of all 20 top-flight teamsScout Reports on new signings and Moving Target articles on those switching allegiance can be found here, too.

Any information we learn from the various pre-season friendlies, be it line-ups, goals, assists or wider Fantasy talking points, will also be documented here. Those warm-up matches began in July and there will be Scout Notes on every single friendly, which you can access by clicking on the fixture in the club-by-club guide below.

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SUMMER TRANSFERS

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ALL THE NEW RULE CHANGES

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CHIP STRATEGY

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FPL TEAM REVEALS

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EXPERT OPINION

FPL TEAM NAMES

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FPL PRE-SEASON MINUTES + FRIENDLY FIXTURES

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SET-PIECE TAKERS

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PREDICTED FPL POINTS + TEAM PLANNER

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CLUB BY CLUB

ARSENAL

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Content:

Pre-Season Fixtures/Results

Jul 23 | Arsenal 1-0 AC Milan (n) | Saka (Kiwior assist)
Jul 27 | Arsenal 3-2 Newcastle United (n) | Merino (Havertz assist), own-goal (Havertz assist), Odegaard pen (Dowman assist)
Jul 31 | Arsenal 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (n)
Aug 6 | Arsenal 2-3 Villarreal (h) | Norgaard (Martinelli assist), Odegaard pen (Dowman assist)
Aug 9 | Arsenal 3-0 Athletic Club (h) | Gyokeres (Zubimendi assist), Saka (Martinelli assist), Havertz (Saka assist)

Form Players: Saka (2 goals, 1 assist), Havertz (1 goal, 2 assists), Odegaard (2 goals), Martinelli (2 assists), Dowman (2 assists)

Key Transfers In:

GK | Kepa Arrizabalaga | Chelsea (£5m)
MID | Martin Zubimendi Real Sociedad (£60m)
MID | Christian Norgaard | Brentford (£15m)
MID | Noni Madueke | Chelsea (£48.5m)
DEF | Cristhian Mosquera | Valencia (£13m)
FWD | Viktor Gyokeres | Sporting (£64m)

Key Transfers Out:

MID | Jorginho | Released
DEF | Kieran Tierney Released
MID | Thomas Partey | Villareal (free)

ASTON VILLA

 

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