FPL Gameweek 1: Predicted Line-Ups — 21 Aug

Predicted Line-upsGW1Words: The Fourth Official · Numbers: the FFIQ enginePublished 21 August 2026

This is the GW1 edition, kept for the record. The always-current version lives at fantasyfootballiq.app/fpl-predicted-lineups/.

HUL — 4-2-3-1, MUN (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Tzolakis	GK	£4.5m	0.5%	—
Coyle	DEF	£4.0m	0.7%	—
Ajayi	DEF	£4.0m	0.9%	—
Mendy	DEF	£4.0m	0.9%	—
Giles	DEF	£4.0m	0.8%	—
Slater	MID	£4.5m	2.7%	—
Crooks	MID	£4.5m	0.6%	—
Belloumi	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Hjertø-Dahl	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Stroud	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
McBurnie	FWD	£5.5m	1.4%	—

BOU — 4-2-3-1, MCI (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Petrović	GK	£4.5m	3.4%	—
Smith	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Hill	DEF	£5.5m	0.9%	—
Silva	DEF	£5.0m	0.3%	—
Truffert	DEF	£5.5m	4.6%	—
Cook	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Scott	MID	£6.0m	1.5%	—
Rayan	MID	£6.5m	2.9%	—
Kluivert	MID	£6.0m	1.1%	—
Tavernier	MID	£6.0m	1.6%	—
Evanilson	FWD	£6.0m	2.2%	—

LIV — 4-2-3-1, NEW (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
A.Becker	GK	£5.5m	3.6%	—
Frimpong	DEF	£5.5m	3.3%	—
Jacquet	DEF	£5.0m	2.3%	—
Virgil	DEF	£6.5m	18.6%	—
Kerkez	DEF	£5.5m	3.9%	—
Gravenberch	MID	£6.0m	1.9%	—
Szoboszlai	MID	£7.0m	41.6%	—
Ngumoha	MID	£6.0m	1.2%	—
Wirtz	MID	£7.5m	13.4%	—
Gakpo	MID	£7.0m	3.6%	—
Isak	FWD	£9.0m	16.4%	—

ARS — 4-3-3, COV (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-3-3
Raya	GK	£6.0m	36.8%	—
White	DEF	£5.5m	3.8%	—
Mosquera	DEF	£5.5m	8.0%	—
Gabriel	DEF	£8.0m	29.7%	—
Calafiori	DEF	£5.5m	34.6%	—
Ødegaard	MID	£6.5m	7.1%	—
Lewis-Skelly	MID	£5.5m	0.6%	—
Rice	MID	£7.5m	18.7%	—
Madueke	MID	£6.5m	0.3%	—
Havertz	FWD	£7.5m	4.8%	—
Tzolis	MID	£6.5m	21.4%	—

AVL — 4-2-3-1, BHA (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
M.Bizot	GK	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Cash	DEF	£4.5m	8.5%	—
Lindelöf	DEF	£4.5m	0.2%	—
Pau	DEF	£4.5m	0.4%	—
Maatsen	DEF	£4.5m	0.9%	—
Barkley	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Boubacar Kamara	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
McGinn	MID	£5.5m	3.3%	—
Buendía	MID	£6.0m	1.4%	—
Garnacho	MID	£6.0m	0.6%	—
Watkins	FWD	£8.0m	11.0%	—

BHA — 4-2-3-1, AVL (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Verbruggen	GK	£4.5m	20.6%	—
Wieffer	DEF	£5.0m	0.3%	—
Vuskovic	DEF	£5.0m	2.7%	—
Boscagli	DEF	£4.5m	0.2%	—
F.Kadıoğlu	DEF	£4.5m	3.0%	—
Ayari	MID	£5.5m	0.7%	—
Groß	MID	£5.5m	13.9%	—
Diego Gomez	MID	£5.0m	3.3%	—
Hinshelwood	MID	£6.0m	0.4%	—
De Cuyper	DEF	£4.5m	1.7%	—
Georginio	FWD	£5.5m	0.9%	—

MUN — 4-2-3-1, HUL (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Lammens	GK	£5.0m	17.3%	—
Dalot	DEF	£5.0m	2.8%	—
Maguire	DEF	£5.0m	16.1%	—
Heaven	DEF	£4.5m	0.4%	—
Shaw	DEF	£4.5m	21.6%	—
Tielemans	MID	£6.0m	2.4%	—
Andrey Santos	MID	£5.0m	1.1%	—
Amad	MID	£6.0m	1.6%	—
B.Fernandes	MID	£12.0m	50.8%	—
Dorgu	MID	£6.0m	1.5%	—
Mbeumo	MID	£8.0m	35.8%	—

TOT — 4-2-3-1, BRE (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Kinsky	GK	£4.5m	23.0%	—
Gray	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Van Hecke	DEF	£5.0m	9.4%	—
Senesi	DEF	£6.0m	8.7%	—
Robertson	DEF	£4.5m	3.5%	—
Tonali	MID	£5.5m	4.2%	—
Fernandes	MID	£6.0m	2.1%	—
Moore	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Gallagher	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Tel	MID	£6.0m	0.6%	—
Richarlison	FWD	£6.0m	3.0%	—

NEW — 4-2-3-1, LIV (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Horníček	GK	£5.0m	0.6%	—
Dedić	DEF	£4.5m	0.2%	—
Thiaw	DEF	£5.0m	1.7%	—
Botman	DEF	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Hall	DEF	£5.0m	3.6%	—
J.Ramsey	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Bamba	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Elanga	MID	£6.0m	0.7%	—
Wissa	FWD	£6.0m	1.6%	—
Barnes	MID	£6.0m	1.1%	—
Osula	FWD	£6.0m	1.0%	—

CHE — 3-4-3, FUL (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-4-3
Sánchez	GK	£5.0m	2.3%	—
Reece James	DEF	£5.5m	9.4%	—
Lacroix	DEF	£6.0m	9.7%	—
Colwill	DEF	£5.0m	1.6%	—
Neto	MID	£6.5m	1.3%	—
Lavia	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	—
Caicedo	MID	£5.5m	3.9%	—
Palestra	DEF	£5.5m	2.8%	—
Cole Palmer	MID	£9.5m	10.5%	—
João Pedro	FWD	£7.5m	63.0%	—
Rogers	MID	£7.5m	25.4%	—

FUL — 4-2-3-1, CHE (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Leno	GK	£4.5m	3.2%	—
Castagne	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
J.Cuenca	DEF	£4.5m	0.0%	—
Bassey	DEF	£4.5m	0.7%	—
Robinson	DEF	£4.5m	1.8%	—
Berge	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Iwobi	MID	£5.5m	1.0%	—
Bobb	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Josh King	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Palacios	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Gonzalo	FWD	£6.0m	2.1%	—

LEE — 3-4-3, NFO (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-4-3
Trafford	GK	£5.0m	3.0%	—
Rodon	DEF	£4.5m	3.0%	—
Bijol	DEF	£5.0m	0.3%	—
Muharemović	DEF	£5.0m	3.2%	—
Bogle	DEF	£4.5m	0.5%	—
Ampadu	MID	£5.5m	1.5%	—
Stach	MID	£6.0m	1.0%	—
Justin	DEF	£4.5m	0.6%	—
Harry Wilson	MID	£6.5m	6.8%	—
Calvert-Lewin	FWD	£6.0m	30.0%	—
Aaronson	MID	£5.5m	1.0%	—

NFO — 3-4-2-1, LEE (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-4-2-1
Sels	GK	£5.0m	1.6%	—
Diomande	DEF	£5.5m	0.7%	—
Milenković	DEF	£5.5m	2.1%	—
Murillo	DEF	£5.5m	1.5%	—
Aina	DEF	£4.5m	3.8%	—
Schlager	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Ibrahim Sangaré	MID	£5.0m	1.1%	—
N.Williams	DEF	£5.0m	10.6%	—
Ndoye	MID	£5.5m	0.5%	—
Gibbs-White	MID	£8.0m	11.9%	—
Igor Jesus	FWD	£6.0m	4.6%	—

COV — 4-3-3, ARS (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-3-3
Rushworth	GK	£4.5m	1.1%	—
van Ewijk	DEF	£4.0m	14.2%	—
Thomas	DEF	£4.0m	7.9%	—
Amenda	DEF	£4.0m	0.8%	—
Jay Dasilva	DEF	£4.0m	0.8%	—
Yirenkyi	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Grimes	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Onyeka	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Tchaouna	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	—
Simms	FWD	£5.0m	0.8%	—
Thomas-Asante	FWD	£5.0m	0.8%	—

IPS — 4-2-3-1, SUN (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Scherpen	GK	£4.5m	0.6%	—
O'Shea	DEF	£4.0m	3.3%	—
Diop	DEF	£4.0m	18.1%	—
Greaves	DEF	£4.0m	1.3%	—
Davis	DEF	£4.0m	5.3%	—
Núñez	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Lukić	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Fatawu	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Walle Egeli	FWD	£4.5m	2.2%	—
Maeda	MID	£5.5m	0.4%	—
Emersonn	FWD	£5.5m	0.4%	—

BRE — 4-2-3-1, TOT (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Kelleher	GK	£5.0m	5.9%	—
Kayode	DEF	£4.5m	3.3%	—
Ajer	DEF	£4.5m	2.7%	—
Collins	DEF	£5.5m	1.9%	—
Lewis-Potter	MID	£5.5m	0.5%	—
Mamadou Sangaré	MID	£5.5m	3.1%	—
Janelt	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
O.Dango	MID	£6.5m	1.3%	—
Jensen	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Schade	MID	£6.0m	3.5%	—
Thiago	FWD	£8.0m	17.5%	—

EVE — 4-2-3-1, CRY (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Pickford	GK	£5.5m	8.1%	—
O'Brien	DEF	£5.0m	0.5%	—
Tarkowski	DEF	£6.0m	9.1%	—
Branthwaite	DEF	£5.5m	1.7%	—
Mykolenko	DEF	£4.5m	1.5%	—
Hackney	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Armstrong	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Röhl	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Dewsbury-Hall	MID	£6.5m	3.4%	—
Ndiaye	MID	£6.0m	15.9%	—
Barry	FWD	£5.5m	1.3%	—

MCI — 4-2-3-1, BOU (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Donnarumma	GK	£5.5m	8.6%	—
Khusanov	DEF	£5.5m	1.8%	—
Rúben	DEF	£5.5m	1.6%	—
Gvardiol	DEF	£5.5m	11.1%	—
O'Reilly	DEF	£6.5m	21.3%	—
Anderson	MID	£6.5m	8.5%	—
Kovačić	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	—
Semenyo	MID	£8.5m	26.4%	—
Foden	MID	£7.0m	4.4%	—
Aït-Nouri	DEF	£5.5m	0.9%	—
Haaland	FWD	£15.5m	69.4%	—

SUN — 4-2-3-1, IPS (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-2-3-1
Roefs	GK	£5.0m	4.6%	—
Meunier	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
O'Nien	DEF	£4.0m	3.5%	—
Ballard	DEF	£5.0m	5.2%	—
Reinildo	DEF	£4.5m	0.5%	—
Xhaka	MID	£5.5m	4.5%	—
Sadiki	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Hume	DEF	£4.5m	6.5%	—
E.Le Fée	MID	£6.0m	11.0%	—
Angulo	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Brobbey	FWD	£6.0m	14.5%	—

CRY — 3-4-2-1, EVE (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-4-2-1
Dean Henderson	GK	£5.0m	2.7%	—
Canvot	DEF	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Richards	DEF	£5.0m	0.8%	—
Chadi Riad	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Mingueza	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Kamada	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
Wharton	MID	£5.5m	0.8%	—
Mitchell	DEF	£4.5m	6.5%	—
Sarr	MID	£6.5m	5.3%	—
McNeil	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Strand Larsen	FWD	£6.0m	0.6%	—

Gameweek 1: Every Expected XI, Every Flag

Bruno Guimarães carries a thigh injury into Gameweek 1. Arsenal put his chance of playing at 75%. About 1 in 10 own him. That is the flag of the week. Here is every club, every eleven.

HUL v MUN (H), 4-2-3-1. Tzolakis; Coyle, Ajayi, Mendy, Giles; Slater, Crooks; Belloumi, Hjertø-Dahl, Stroud; McBurnie. Butland, Gelhardt, Gyabi, Hughes, Matazo and Morita are out. Drameh, Jacob and Zambrano are doubts.

BOU v MCI (A), 4-2-3-1. Petrović; Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert; Cook, Scott; Rayan, Kluivert, Tavernier; Evanilson. Christie is suspended. Adli, Araujo, Kroupi and Milosavljevic are out. Brooks and Soler are doubts.

LIV v NEW (A), 4-2-3-1. A.Becker; Frimpong, Jacquet, Virgil, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Ngumoha, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak. Bradley, Ekitike, Gomez and Leoni are out. Jones is a doubt. Szoboszlai (£7.0m) sits in about 4 in 10 squads. Isak (£9.0m) leads the line.

ARS v COV (H), 4-3-3. Raya; White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori; Ødegaard, Lewis-Skelly, Rice; Madueke, Havertz, Tzolis. Saliba and Jurrien Timber are out. Bruno Guimarães: thigh, 75% per the club.

AVL v BHA (A), 4-2-3-1. M.Bizot; Cash, Lindelöf, Pau, Maatsen; Barkley, Kamara; McGinn, Buendía, Garnacho; Watkins. Onana is out. Abraham, Joao Gomes, Madjo and Manzambi are doubts. Watkins (£8.0m, about 1 in 10) starts.

BHA v AVL (H), 4-2-3-1. Verbruggen; Wieffer, Vuskovic, Boscagli, Kadıoğlu; Ayari, Groß; Diego Gomez, Hinshelwood, De Cuyper; Georginio. Minteh is out. Baleba, Ferguson, Mitoma and Tzimas are doubts.

MUN v HUL (A), 4-2-3-1. Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Heaven, Shaw; Tielemans, Andrey Santos; Amad, B.Fernandes, Dorgu; Mbeumo. De Ligt and Ugarte are out. Mount is a doubt. Fernandes (£12.0m) is owned by about 5 in 10. Mbeumo (£8.0m) by about 4 in 10. Both start.

TOT v BRE (A), 4-2-3-1. Kinsky; Gray, Van Hecke, Senesi, Robertson; Tonali, Fernandes; Moore, Gallagher, Tel; Richarlison. Odobert and Simons are out. Kudus and Kulusevski are doubts. Kinsky (£4.5m) sits in about 2 in 10 squads and starts.

NEW v LIV (H), 4-2-3-1. Horníček; Dedić, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Ramsey, Bamba; Elanga, Wissa, Barnes; Osula. Joelinton and Livramento are out. Willock is a doubt.

CHE v FUL (A), 3-4-3. Sánchez; Reece James, Lacroix, Colwill; Neto, Lavia, Caicedo, Palestra; Palmer, João Pedro, Rogers. Fofana is suspended. João Pedro (£7.5m) is owned by about 6 in 10. He starts.

FUL v CHE (H), 4-2-3-1. Leno; Castagne, Cuenca, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Iwobi; Bobb, King, Palacios; Gonzalo. Andersen is suspended. Cairney is out.

LEE v NFO (A), 3-4-3. Trafford; Rodon, Bijol, Muharemović; Bogle, Ampadu, Stach, Justin; Wilson, Calvert-Lewin, Aaronson. Gnonto and Gudmundsson are out. Calvert-Lewin (£6.0m, about 3 in 10) starts.

NFO v LEE (H), 3-4-2-1. Sels; Diomande, Milenković, Murillo; Aina, Schlager, Sangaré, N.Williams; Ndoye, Gibbs-White; Igor Jesus. Savona and Yates are out. Williams (£5.0m, about 1 in 10) starts in the wing-back slot.

COV v ARS (A), 4-3-3. Rushworth; van Ewijk, Thomas, Amenda, Dasilva; Yirenkyi, Grimes, Onyeka; Tchaouna, Simms, Thomas-Asante. Wright is out. Onyeka is a doubt. Van Ewijk (£4.0m) sits in about 1 in 10 squads.

IPS v SUN (H), 4-2-3-1. Scherpen; O'Shea, Diop, Greaves, Davis; Núñez, Lukić; Fatawu, Walle Egeli, Maeda; Emersonn. Fatawu, Matusiwa and Taylor are doubts. Diop (£4.0m) is owned by about 2 in 10.

BRE v TOT (H), 4-2-3-1. Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Lewis-Potter; Sangaré, Janelt; Dango, Jensen, Schade; Thiago. Milambo and Van den Berg are doubts. Thiago (£8.0m, about 2 in 10) starts.

EVE v CRY (H), 4-2-3-1. Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Hackney, Armstrong; Röhl, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye; Barry. Garner and Iroegbunam are doubts. Ndiaye (£6.0m, about 2 in 10) starts.

MCI v BOU (H), 4-2-3-1. Donnarumma; Khusanov, Rúben, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Anderson, Kovačić; Semenyo, Foden, Aït-Nouri; Haaland. Doku and Matheus Nunes are doubts. Haaland (£15.5m) is owned by about 7 in 10. He starts. Semenyo (£8.5m, about 3 in 10) starts.

SUN v IPS (A), 4-2-3-1. Roefs; Meunier, O'Nien, Ballard, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki; Hume, Le Fée, Angulo; Brobbey. Adingra is out. Brobbey (£6.0m, about 1 in 10) leads the line.

CRY v EVE (A), 3-4-2-1. Henderson; Canvot, Richards, Chadi Riad; Mingueza, Kamada, Wharton, Mitchell; Sarr, McNeil; Strand Larsen. Henderson is a doubt with no confirmed replacement named.

The calls

Szoboszlai is in Liverpool's expected XI at St James' Park. About 4 in 10 own him. Start him. Raya is in Arsenal's expected XI against Coventry at the Emirates. About 4 in 10 own him. Start him. Verbruggen is in Brighton's expected XI against Aston Villa at the American Express Stadium. About 2 in 10 own him. Start him. Three names, three starts. Done.

The calls — GW1
Player	Club	Own %	Call	Why
Szoboszlai	LIV	41.6	Start	in the expected XI, NEW (A)
Raya	ARS	36.8	Start	in the expected XI, COV (H)
Verbruggen	BHA	20.6	Start	in the expected XI, AVL (H)

Players in this pieceSzoboszlaiRayaVerbruggen

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