FPL Gameweek 1: Injuries & News Update
The call — GW1 flag list. Six names. Two out, four doubtful. The facts first. Ekitiké (LIV, £7.5m) has an Achilles injury with no return date. FPL logged it on 23 July. Kroupi Jr (BOU, £7.5m) has a foot injury, also with no return date, logged 29 July. Neither will play in Gameweek 1. Ownership is small — Ekitiké sits in almost no…
What has not being with FFIQ cost you this season?
One squad, picked before a ball was kicked and run for six gameweeks on three transfers — no hits taken. Scored on FPL’s own results.
Your name and your FPL team name. That is all it takes, and we will have your answer before you have finished reading this sentence.
↓ Start here — your name, then your team.
No FPL password, ever. We only read what FPL already publishes.
The doubtful group is a 75% band across the board.
Yates (NFO, £4.5m) carries an unspecified injury, logged 17 August at 20:30 — the newest entry on the list. Fewer than 1 in 10 own him. At 75% he is more likely to feature than not, but "unspecified" is the word the flag carries. If he is in your starting eleven, bench him where a certain starter exists.
Matheus N. (MCI, £6.0m) has a knock, logged 16 August. Hardly anyone owns him. Same rule applies: 75% is a probable, not a confirmed starter. Bench cover required.
Mukiele (SUN, £5.5m) — knock, 75%, logged 9 August. The date matters. That flag is over a week old and has not been upgraded or downgraded. Owned by hardly anyone. Treat as the flag states: doubtful.
Šeško (MUN, £7.0m) — shin injury, 75%, logged 23 July. That is the oldest doubtful on the list and it has not moved either way in almost a month. Fewer than 1 in 10 own him. He is not ruled out. He is not confirmed. The flag says 75% and that is the position.
The calls, as the facts force them:
- Sell: Ekitiké and Kroupi Jr. Injured, no return date, zero chance of points in GW1.
- Bench: Yates, Matheus N., Mukiele. Doubtful players sit when a fit alternative exists. Do not spend a transfer on any of them — a 75% flag is not a sell signal.
- Hold: Šeško. The flag is old, the percentage has not dropped, the price is £7.0m. Hold, bench if your squad allows, and act only when the flag changes.
Flagged players sit. Injured players go. That is the week.