FPL Gameweek 1 Results: Top Scores And Talking Points
The call — GW1 round-up: Hull beat Man Utd, Brentford beat Spurs 3-0 Hull City 2, Manchester United 0. Mendy scored, played 63 minutes, took a bonus point and a clean sheet. 15 points. He was the top scorer of the day. Ajayi also scored for Hull — 14 points from the same 63 minutes. Tzolakis kept the clean sheet in goal and…
Brentford 3, Spurs 0. M.Sangaré gave two assists in 75 minutes and took maximum bonus — 14 points. Kayode scored from defence for 14. Lewis-Potter scored for 10. Brentford put three attacking returns and a clean sheet on the board in one afternoon.
Arsenal 3, Coventry City 0. Ødegaard scored in 75 minutes and took maximum bonus for 11. White gave an assist and played the full 90 for 11. Arsenal kept the clean sheet. This is what the managers who paid up for Arsenal assets wanted.
Everton 2, Crystal Palace 0. Dewsbury-Hall scored, played 90 minutes, took maximum bonus. 11 points. Everton kept a clean sheet at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Nottingham Forest 0, Leeds 1. Stach scored the goal, played 90 minutes, took maximum bonus. 13 points. Leeds won away with a clean sheet. Forest blanked at home.
Ipswich Town 2, Sunderland 1. No player from that fixture made the day's top ten.
The captaincy verdict. In hindsight, the armband belonged on Mendy — 15 points doubled to 30. Nobody did that. The realistic picks were at Arsenal, where Ødegaard's 11 was the best return among the owned players.
What the facts say now. Hull's back line delivered a goal from two defenders, a clean sheet and three bonus points in one match. That happened once. It is one gameweek. Mendy and Ajayi came off after 63 minutes — the minutes picture is not settled. Sangaré's two assists and maximum bonus are on the board; Brentford's clean sheet against Spurs is on the board. Ødegaard and White both returned with Arsenal's clean sheet behind them.
The call. If you own Ødegaard, White, Dewsbury-Hall or any Brentford starter from this match — hold. They played, they returned, they start next week unless their managers say otherwise. Do not move for Mendy or Ajayi off one fixture and 63 minutes each; watch their next team sheet first. Anyone holding Spurs or Man Utd defenders after a 3-0 and a 2-0 defeat: bench them until the facts change.