Here’s part 1 of our round up of pre-season so far. We’ve covered 10 teams in this article. We look for each clubs FPL players of interest and also the possible GW1 lineups as well as give you the first 6 fixtures for each club. There’s been mixed amount of games and coverage for some teams so ability to judge players is varied.
fantasy premier league pre-season 2015/16 – what we’ve learnt so far
Arsenal
Only 2 games played so little to gain so far. The question of £9,0m mid Walcott starting and where and whether this affects £9.0m fwd Giroud. Sanchez looks certain to start late and miss GW1. Needs more pre-season to understand who to pick.
Players of interest
No value in defence so £6.0m Koscielny looks the best bet
£8.5m mid Ramsey
£8.5m mid Ozil – should be the CAM
£9.0m mid Walcott – has played well so scoring in game 2.
£9.0m fwd Giroud
Possible GW1 lineup
Cech – Bellerin/Debuchy, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal/Gibbs – Coquelin, Cazorla – Ozil Ramsey Walcott – Giroud
First 6 gameweeks
West Ham (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Liverpool (H)
Newcastle (A)
Stoke (H)
Chelsea (A)
Aston Villa
Played 4 games against mixed opposition. Will be changes with the loss and money from Benteke and Delph. A difficult team to predict at the moment.
FPL players of interest
£4.0m def Baker – looks unlikely to start
£4.5m mid Westwood – A possible starter
£5.5m mid Grealish – not featured so far
Possible GW1 lineup
Guzan – Hutton/Bacuna Richards Clark Amavi – Westwood/Sanchez, Gueye – Sinclair Gil Grealish – Agbonlahor
First 6 fixtures
Bournemouth (A)
Man Utd (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Sunderland (H)
Leicester (A)
West Brom (H)
Bournemouth
Only 2 fixtures with loads of changes so little learnt to date
FPL players of interest
£4.5m mid Surman – hard to work out if certain to start at this point
£6.0m mid Ritchie –
£5.5m fwd Wilson – scored in the first match
Possible GW1 lineup
Boruc – Francis Distin/Elphick/Cook Mings – Surman Arter – Atsu ? ? – Wilson
first 6 fixtures
Aston Villa (H)
Liverpool (A)
West Ham (A)
Leicester (H)
Norwich (A)
Sunderland (H)
Chelsea
Only 1 game played so far so little learnt. The Community Shield also on August 2nd should fix the line up
FPL Players of interest
£6.0m def – Azpilicueta as the cheapest def
£11.5m mid – Hazard
£9.0m mid- Fabregas
£11.0m fwd – Costa
Potential GW1 lineup
Courtios – Ivanovic Cahill Terry Azpilicueta – Matic Fabregas – Hazard Oscar Willian/Cuadrado – Costa
Swansea (H)
Man City (A)
West Brom (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Everton (A)
Arsenal (H)
Crystal Palace
3 games played but no certainty of lineup with mixed results against mixed opposition.
FPL players of interest
£6.5m mid Bolasie
£6.0m mid Puncheon
£6.5m mid Cabaye – no sign yet as to whether he will play in the 2 or 3 of 4-2-3-1
Potential GW1 lineup
Speroni – Ward Dann Delaney/Hangeland Souare – Jedinak McArthur/Cabaye – Puncheon Cabaye/Zaha Bolasie – Murray/Bamford/Gayle
First 6 fixtures
Norwich (A)
Arsenal (H)
Aston Villa (H)
Chelsea (A)
Man City (H)
Spurs (A)
Everton
Played 3 games including Arsenal and Stoke in the Asia trophy.
FPL players of interest
£6.5m mid Deulofeu if fit – Has looked dangerous until the final ball
£8.0m fwd Lukaku – Has looked in mixed form
Possible GW1 lineup
Howard – Coleman Stones Jagielka Baines – McCarthy Barry – Mirallas/Cleverley/Osman/Pienaar/Barkley/Deulofeu – Lukaku
First 6 fixtures
Watford (H)
Southampton (A)
Man City (H)
Spurs (A)
Chelsea (H)
Swansea (A)
Leicester
Only 1 game played and with a new manager “tinkerman” Claudio Ranieri it’s difficult to predict anything at the moment. A number of strikers confuses the situation
FPL players of interest
£4.5m Huth or Morgan as defenders
£5.5m mid Mahrez
Possible GW1 lineup
Impossible to predict at the moment
First 6 fixtures
Sunderland (H)
West Ham (A)
Spurs (H)
Bournemouth (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Stoke (A)
Liverpool
A number of games played so a picture emerging. Whether Benteke will be fit and adjusted enough to start GW1 is the main question.
FPL players of interest
£4.5m defender Gomez who’s started a number of games
£7.0m mid Henderson
£7.0m mid Milner – been in great form
£8.5m mid Firmino – yet to feature
£5.0m mid Ibe – been in great form and could be
£8.5m fwd Benteke – yet to play
Potential GW1 lineup
Mignolet – Clyne Skrtel Sakho/Lovren Moreno/Gomez – Henderson Milner Lucas – Benteke if fit, Coutinho if fit/ Firmino if fit/ Ibe/ Lallana
First 6 fixtures
Stoke (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Arsenal (A)
West Ham (H)
Man Utd (A)
Norwich (H)
Manchester City
A number of absentees due to Copa America and 2 ganes played with lineups no where near GW1
FPL players of interest
£10.0m mid Silva – played CAM against Madrid
£9.0m mid Sterling – started well including as the lone forward against Madrid
£13.0m fwd Aguero – looks certain not to start GW1
Possible GW1 lineup
Hart – Sagna Kompany Mangala Kolarov/Clichy – Delph/Fernando, YYT – Silva, Sterling Nasri – Bony/Sterling
First 6 fixtures
West Brom (A)
Chelsea (H)
Everton (A)
Watford (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
West Ham (H)
Manchester Utd
A good pre-season where LVG has given a good clue to his lineup. If anything it’s new transfers that could upset the lineup
FPL players of interest
£5.5m def Darmian – Stories as a back up belie good pre-season form
£8.5m mid Mata – Played well on the right
£8.5m mid Depay – Been excellent as a support striker.
£10.5m fwd Rooney – Hasn’t been in that great form but leading the line centrally
Potential GW1 lineup
De Gea (if still there) – Darmian Shaw/Blind Smalling Jones – Schweinsteiger/Carrick Schneiderlin Young Mata – Depay – Rooney
First 6 fixtures
Spurs (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Newcastle (H)
Swansea (A)
Liverpool (H)
Southampton (A)
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