FPL Gameweek 1 Results: Sunday's Top Scores And Talking Points
The call — GW1, 23 August. Brighton 4, Aston Villa 0. De Cuyper scored one goal, assisted another, played 77 minutes, took two bonus and a clean sheet. 17 points. A defender was the top scorer of the day. That is the fact.
Hinshelwood scored twice in 63 minutes and took three bonus. 16 points. Wieffer added seven from the same back line. Brighton produced three of the day's ten top scorers. Villa produced none.
Man City 2, Bournemouth 1. City's goals came from defenders. Guéhi scored, 90 minutes, two bonus, 10 points. Gvardiol scored, 90 minutes, one bonus, 9 points. Cherki came on for 27 minutes and assisted both — 8 points. No clean sheet. Tavernier scored for Bournemouth, played 90 and took three bonus for 10 points.
Newcastle 2, Liverpool 2. Elanga scored in 75 minutes, three bonus, 10 points. Gakpo scored, 90 minutes, three bonus, 10 points. Szoboszlai scored, 90 minutes, one bonus, 8 points. No clean sheet at either end.
What managers do with this:
- De Cuyper. Goal, assist, clean sheet in one afternoon. That is the day's answer to who you should have captained — 34 with the armband. He is a defender who returned in three ways at once. The fact stands: he was on the pitch, in the box, and behind a shut-out. Owners start him. Non-owners note that one gameweek is one gameweek.
- Hinshelwood. Two goals in 63 minutes. He came off at 63. Minutes are the question the next team sheet answers, not this article.
- City's defence. Two goals from defenders, no clean sheet. The attacking returns arrived; the shut-out did not.
- Cherki. Two assists in 27 minutes. He did not start. That is the record.
No player in this evidence is flagged. Every player named here played and returned. The call the facts force: De Cuyper starts in every team that owns him, and the day's scoreline says Brighton's defence is where GW1's points lived. Own a Brighton defender or explain why not.