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It’s finally here! Yes, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) has belatedly gone live for the 2025/26 season – and managers can now set their first drafts up for the new campaign.

As well as picking a ‘hilarious’ team name, of course…

As ever, we at Fantasy Football Scout will be here to steer you through to Gameweek 1 and beyond.

And there’s never been a better time to become a Member of our site.

With new tools, a new design, subscriber-only articles and much more, you can give yourself the edge over your rivals in 2025/26 by signing up today.

There’s a discount running right now but catch it quick before the price goes up! And don’t forget that your Membership price never rises – so long as you don’t cancel – once you’re aboard.

GET DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP FOR 2025/26!


WHAT’S NEW IN FPL 2025/26

FPL 2025/26: Extra free Gameweek 16 transfers ahead of AFCON

If you’ve not been around in the last few days, you may have missed the rule change announcements for 2025/26.

And here they all are…

And there are 11 players who have changed position, including new forward Jarrod Bowen!


NEW TO FPL?

If you’re an FPL rookie, we’ve got a brand new section just for you called ‘Tips + Guides’. You can find it via this link or via the ‘Tips + Guides’ tab on the home page, as seen below:

We’ll be adding more and more of these in the coming days.


YOUR FPL ESSENTIALS FOR 2025/26

Premier League 2025/26 fixtures released

If you’ve been taking a well-earned break from all things FPL over the summer, welcome back. If you’ve stayed with us through the summer, thanks for your dedication!

The FPL planning for Gameweek 1 starts in earnest here and we’ve got all the tools and articles you need to help with your pre-season preparation.

OUR ULTIMATE GUIDE

Speaking of pre-season, our ultimate 2025/26 guide is your first port of call.

It lists all the summer friendlies, as well as the results, scorers and assisters when they have taken place.

We’ll have Scout Notes on all of these friendlies, to see if we can unearth the next John Lundstram ahead of Gameweek 1.

Key transfer ins and outs, links to content for all 20 clubs, set-piece takers and so much more will also be included on this page.

This pre-season article will get a lot busier over the next month, as we build towards the opening weekend in August.

NEW SIGNINGS + MANAGERS ASSESSED

FPL notes: Cunha early sub, 1

There have been some high-profile transfers already taking place this summer and we are documenting them all.

There are a few new manager appointments in the English top flight, too.

The biggest moves will get their own dedicated Scout Reports, while we’ll also cover every other noteworthy incoming transfer in our regular round-up.

All the major incomings can be found here.

SEASON TICKER

Our Season Ticker can help you sort by opponent difficulty to spot those upcoming fixture swings, while you can also find out which teams’ matches rotate well.

Sunderland, for example, are top of our Season Ticker over the first six Gameweeks of 2025/26 – but there are some tough opening games ahead for old foes Newcastle United.

Disagree with the Fantasy Football Scout difficulty ratings? Add you own to customise your experience.

RATE MY TEAM AND PROJECTIONS

Our Projections and Rate My Team tools will both soon be live for the new season, allowing you to see how many points our algorithm thinks you’ll score and which players you should bench.

COMPARE PLAYER AND TEAM STATS FROM PREVIOUS SEASONS

Want to do your own research into the next FPL gem for 2025/26?

From goal threat to expected data, we’ve got hundreds upon hundreds of player and team statistics available, which can help guide your Fantasy transfer decisions.

Premium Members can also create custom tables based on the data available and share them with other subscribers to help with FPL team planning.

PRE-SEASON TRACKER

FPL 2025/26: Our Pre-season Minutes Tracker is live! 1

Follow at the minutes player, goals and assists from the pre-season friendlies with our Pre-Season Tracker!

More details can be found here, with the data from this weekend’s warm-up games to be added soon.

TEAM REVEALS

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) 2025/26 is live!

We’ll soon have some first-draft team reveals from some of our regular contributors.

These team reveals will continue throughout the season, with only Premium Members able to access all of them.

GET DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP FOR 2025/26!

363 Comments Login to Post a Comment
  1. jayzico
    • 14 Years
    18 hours, 56 mins ago

    Never though I'd say this in 15 years here. Yes, I know they'll come thick and fast soon. But...

    Let's see some RMTs.

    Confused. Maybe it's the whole new design concept.

    1. x.jim.x
      • 10 Years
      18 hours, 30 mins ago

      Done in 5 mins with little thought:

      Keller - Valdimarsson
      Van Dijk - Udogie - Ait-Nouri - Konsa - Aina
      Palmer - Wirtz - Foden - Marmoush - Rogers
      Isak - Pedro - Kostoulas

    2. Zenith UK
      • 8 Years
      18 hours, 26 mins ago

      Won't post both but so far I have a NO Salah + Haaland team and a BOTH Salah + Haaland team. About to try a Salah but no Haaland team.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        16 hours, 51 mins ago

        I bet both look horrid on paper!

    3. TallestJohn
      • 8 Years
      18 hours, 14 mins ago

      Kelleher
      Porro, Wan-Bissaka, Milenkovic, Kerkez
      Salah, Saka, Eze
      Bowen, Strand Larsen, Wissa

      Petrovic; E Anderson, H Wilson, Guehi

    4. Zladan
      • 7 Years
      17 hours, 26 mins ago

      Sanchez
      Porro AWB Frimpong
      Salah Palmer Maddison Ndiaye
      JPedro Solanke Bowen

      4.0 Konsa DeCuyper 4.5

    5. Warby84
      • 10 Years
      17 hours, 20 mins ago

      Sels
      Frimpong Ait-N Wan-B Porro (N.Williams)
      Salah Wirtz Rager’s (Semenyo McNeil)
      Bowen Beto Pedro

      Not sure

  2. TheBrat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    18 hours, 54 mins ago

    Can't see any of my ranking history from previous seasons - reckon that reappears after GW1 points are added??

    1. Sheffield Wednesday
      • 5 Years
      18 hours, 46 mins ago

      https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/****/history

      Replace **** with your team ID number

      1. alastair
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        17 hours, 50 mins ago

        Where is out ID number ?

        1. Grounderz
          • 13 Years
          17 hours, 44 mins ago

          Go to transfer history and ta-da.

      2. SP33K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        12 hours, 57 mins ago

        thanks

    2. Men in green tights
      • 6 Years
      18 hours, 41 mins ago

      Just click on one of the leagues you are in then your name.

      1. Men in green tights
        • 6 Years
        18 hours, 41 mins ago

        I'd then should in the usual place in the top bar

      2. alastair
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        18 hours, 38 mins ago

        Thanks

        1. Jimmy B
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          17 hours, 41 mins ago

          I found my rank history doing what Sheffield Wednesday helpfully suggested but is there no obvious way in the actual navigation of the site? I swear it used to be far easier to find.

  3. TheBiffas
    • 4 Years
    18 hours, 51 mins ago

    Alright then

    Kelleher

    AWB, Aina, Van Hecke

    Salah, Wirtz, Palmer, Rogers

    Isak, Solanke, Fullkrug

    (Guehi + Fodder, itb)

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 5 Years
      17 hours, 57 mins ago

      Its good the game has released, but honestly, I have no clue who to pick with barely any pre-season data so far.

      1. TheBiffas
        • 4 Years
        17 hours, 56 mins ago

        The pricing definitely makes it hard. Taking Salah out gets you so many nice upgrades elsewhere, it's tough. Defence obviously the weakpoint here but sacrifices gotta be made!

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 5 Years
          17 hours, 40 mins ago

          Here is my first clueless team xD

          Pickford
          Ait - Udogie - Murillo
          Palmer - MGW - Marmoush - Rogers
          Haaland - Watkins - Beto

          Fodder

          It will change a lot though, its mainly based on fixtures. Pre-season is important.

    2. Moon Dog
        17 hours, 42 mins ago

        Pretty good for a Salah, Palmer, Isak, Wirtz team.

        Is Fullkrug nailed?

        1. TheBiffas
          • 4 Years
          14 hours, 55 mins ago

          I don't know about nailed, but at £6m I'm willing to give it a go. Kudus leaving helps his case too

    3. MetallicaJack93
      • 1 Year
      18 hours, 50 mins ago

      Do I have to have a fan league? Or is there a way to get rid of it?

      1. The Bandit
        • 14 Years
        17 hours, 35 mins ago

        Go to Admin - Team Details on the pick team page. You can then select ‘None’ at the bottom of the team list.

    4. marcus2704
      • 14 Years
      18 hours, 42 mins ago

      When I go to renew my league, it says there is none to renew..?

      1. Grounderz
        • 13 Years
        17 hours, 43 mins ago

        It either means you've already renewed them (it's there, you just need a pair of glasses) or you previously removed them.

    5. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 8 Years
      18 hours, 37 mins ago

      FPL site works in PC after I tries for an hour on mobile. Now still says "loading" on mobile. Why?

      1. BUZZBOMB ♡
        • 10 Years
        17 hours, 41 mins ago

        Same problem on Samsung internet explored which Ive used ok for 13 seasons

      2. CONNERS
        • 6 Years
        17 hours, 40 mins ago

        I can only assume it's down to the site "upgrade"

      3. BabyJPenn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        16 hours, 29 mins ago

        Same issue trying to log in on Samsung mobile and "loading" is all I can see.
        So frustrating.

      4. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        16 hours, 12 mins ago

        Report it to FPL using the form in Help -> Contact Us.

    6. jayzico
      • 14 Years
      18 hours, 35 mins ago

      Here's my first shot. Probably of 50+ over the next few weeks:

      Kelleher
      Saliba. Porro. Colwill.
      Saka. Wirtz. Mbeumo. Enzo.
      Haaland. Fullkrug. Solanka.

      Vald. Aina. Konsa. Baleba.

    7. CONNERS
      • 6 Years
      18 hours, 34 mins ago

      Anyone know what's happened to the 1% and 10% leagues?

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 5 Years
        17 hours, 38 mins ago

        don't look like they have been added yet.

        1. CONNERS
          • 6 Years
          17 hours, 35 mins ago

          All the other general leagues are showing.

          Maybe they'll be added after the GW1 deadline.

          1. Jimmy B
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            17 hours, 33 mins ago

            I won't be in the 1% club as I'm not a very good manager but is it possible they need to see how many in each league come back before they confirm the leagues?

            1. CONNERS
              • 6 Years
              17 hours, 27 mins ago

              Yeah possibly, although their article states the new leagues will be found in General Leagues when the game launches.

    8. TanN
      • 4 Years
      18 hours, 32 mins ago

      No Salah, No Haaland seems to be the way to go I think.

      Pickford
      Ait-Nouri Porro Frimpong Cucurella
      Palmer Rogers Marmoush Wirtz
      Bowen Pedro

      Kelleher Elanga Beto Tuanzebe

      Thoughts?

      Elanga -> 4.5 and Bowen -> Isak a potential

      1. CONNERS
        • 6 Years
        18 hours, 5 mins ago

        If I was going no-Salah or Haaland, I wouldn't be playing 4 ATB that's for sure.

        Also, isn't Elanga a minutes risk?

        1. TanN
          • 4 Years
          17 hours, 53 mins ago

          correct me if i am wrong but all the value is with the defenders this season...

          Besides Isak Haaland Pedro and Bowen there are no good forwards (until Etikeke is added to the game).

          Elanga should take the right wing no?

          1. CONNERS
            • 6 Years
            17 hours, 42 mins ago

            I think Elanga will start over Murphy but we'll see regular 60-70 minute subs.

            I don't mind an occasional 4 ATB as a tactical play when the fixtures warrant it, but wouldn't want to do so regularly.

            1. Batman1983
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              16 hours, 27 mins ago

              I'd be surprised if Elanga starts at the beginning of the season. Howe is a big fan of slowly introducing new signings into the starting XI. It may help that Elanga has already played in the PL before though.

          2. x.jim.x
            • 10 Years
            17 hours, 15 mins ago

            Much rather back the likes of Wissa, Mateta, Watkins, Solanke, Evanlison than a striker who could only muster 15 goals in the Bundesliga

      2. have you seen cyan
        • 5 Years
        17 hours, 14 mins ago

        Ha, we will see how that works out 😀

    9. TallestJohn
      • 8 Years
      18 hours, 25 mins ago

      Transfer page seems very unintuitive. Used to be easy to use keys to navigate between teams, filters etc. Lots of extra scrolling and clicking required.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 5 Years
        17 hours, 58 mins ago

        yea..

        seems to be the year of making things worse for no reason.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 10 Years
          17 hours, 14 mins ago

          I like how FPL have shown solidarity with FFS by making their site horrible and borderline unusable too.

          Ooh crap UI fwends!

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 5 Years
            15 hours, 4 mins ago

            Indeed, lol

      2. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        17 hours, 51 mins ago

        Yeah, have to say I still prefer the old one too at this point!

      3. CONNERS
        • 6 Years
        17 hours, 37 mins ago

        On my Chromebook, I can't see my remaining funds with the full squad in view.

        I have to keep scrolling up and down to check the balance when I move players in and out.

    10. The Bandit
      • 14 Years
      18 hours, 25 mins ago

      I’m tempted to go without both Salah and Haaland, but I don’t think my heart could stand it every week.

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        17 hours, 18 mins ago

        You can get a pretty tidy looking team without them, can't you? I'm wondering if a combo of Wirtz and Ekitike might do the trick for Liverpool... City, I kinda feel inclined to go Haaland or nobody to start with, barring any revelations from now til the end of pre-season as to Pep's preferred XI.

    11. Pep Roulette
      • 7 Years
      18 hours, 14 mins ago

      I'm trying to login to my FPL account via FB. It shows no account found. I've been logging in via FB for a decade. What's this issue?

    12. Travel Notes
      • 2 Years
      18 hours, 9 mins ago

      This site is like trying to peep through a letter box. The header sticks and the bottom banner sticks, so trying to read content here really sucks.

    13. AIRMILES
      • 13 Years
      18 hours, 8 mins ago

      Wrt the new points rule for defenders:

      "Any defender who reaches an accumulative total of 10 or more clearances, blocks, interceptions (CBI) and tackles in a single match will earn 2 points."

      Looking at top 10 of each (clearances, blocks, interceptions, available at link below) from last season, it's clear that this change will be of least benefit to defenders in the top tier teams. I'm thinking it's sensible to go with five defenders from the cheaper teams this season (Burnley looking particularly worthy of investment). Anyone had any further thoughts on this aspect?

      https://www.fotmob.com/leagues/47/stats/season/23685/players/effective_clearance

      1. x.jim.x
        • 10 Years
        17 hours, 5 mins ago

        This just sounds like when people put attacking fullbacks from crap teams in (think the likes of Leif Davis and Ait-Nouri last season) thinking they'll get assists every week, when in reality they're more likely to lose points from getting booked while shipping a million goals

    14. The Bandit
      • 14 Years
      17 hours, 53 mins ago

      Do take your eye off the clean sheets though points. You could be giving up 4pts, chasing 2.

      1. The Bandit
        • 14 Years
        16 hours, 59 mins ago

        *Don’t

        reply fail to Airmiles

    15. Zladan
      • 7 Years
      17 hours, 46 mins ago

      Can I get an RMT on this draft? I think Frimpong Bowen Sanchez most at risk of changing:

      Sanchez
      Frimpong Porro AWB
      Salah Palmer Maddison Ndiaye
      Bowen JPedro Solanke

      4.0 Konsa DeCuyper 4.5

    16. Zladan
      • 7 Years
      17 hours, 39 mins ago

      What’s the traffic like on this site? Really feels like it’s a ghost town. Have most just migrated to X?

      1. Funkyav
        • 16 Years
        16 hours, 34 mins ago

        i thought most had left X, i think most are now in private groups (whatsapp/slack/discord) which is a shame in many ways, i always found X really handy for Fantasy chat but there is much less now for sure

        1. Zladan
          • 7 Years
          16 hours, 23 mins ago

          For me it feels like X is the best place where most accounts interact. A lot of it down to info on transfers injuries lineups etc being published there by official outlets.

          There was a brief spell when the woke left X, but they all seem to be back.

    17. Kevin and Perry go
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      17 hours, 27 mins ago

      How do I find fpl ID when GW history isn’t available or am I being dumb.

    18. LarkyTown
      • 13 Years
      17 hours, 25 mins ago

      Cant even get logged in, what an absolute bowl of turd soup

      1. LarkyTown
        • 13 Years
        16 hours, 31 mins ago

        Loading.....

        1. Zladan
          • 7 Years
          16 hours, 21 mins ago

          Dare you using Chrome? I’d now advise against that, even though it’s generally the best browser app. The Microsoft CoPilot has made Chrome all but useless.

          Cost me a very high ID this year lol managed to realise and switch to app in time for a 299 ID.

          1. Zladan
            • 7 Years
            16 hours, 21 mins ago

            Cost me a low*

    19. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
      • 15 Years
      17 hours, 5 mins ago

      So a few thoughts, probably echoing many others.
      Someone in FPL just has to go and fiddle for the sake of it it seems.
      We will get used to it, but why visually so different, why change what works?
      Player list on the left. Why? What is the advantage?
      Save changes button when transferring a player, bizzare.
      Team history, which I'm proud of as a 17 season player, with some good ranks, and some crap, not easy to find. Assume after GW1 it shows?
      Badge? I'm not going to go there, I tried and it didn't work and I thought, sod this I'm getting distracted by bling!
      And also, it does not work at all on mobile. Read comments of a few other lads with similar issues. Hope it is sorted quick as not always on a PC and want to fiddle with the squad!
      This AI manager, assume in season GW1 on.
      Finally. I'm a Womble, I don't support any PL team but have no choice but to pick one. I thought there was a none of these option before?
      I hoped with Mr Southerns going over to the dark side there wouldn't be such an overhaul on stuff that was fine as, but on finer details like the Bonus changes, which I agree with.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 5 Years
        14 hours, 58 mins ago

        Yea not really sure why the player panel is on the left now, its worse too. Now we have to do extra steps just to select a team instead of the normal drop down menu. Its just crappy design and fixing things that weren't broken.

        The design team I guess are trying to justify their cost and appointment by showing how much they changed, when they didn't need to change half of it, or any of it. They essentially know they have been asked to perform a pointless role, so are trying to justify it by changing as much as possible, even if its for the worse. What designer does that, uses the project to justify their appointment and cost over the actual usability of the site. A terrible one I guess.

        Thank god they will all be replaced with AI soon.

    20. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 6 Years
      17 hours, 4 mins ago

      Wirtz this Wirtz taht, Cunha cheaper and much better

    21. Supersonic_
      • 3 Years
      16 hours, 10 mins ago

      Feel like my memory has been erased... how come I can't see my previous years stats and what not when I sign in?

    22. karsworde
      • 7 Years
      13 hours, 21 mins ago

      For some reason, I'm unable to renew my older leagues. Am I missing something or will that just happen at a later stage?

      1. Fabreghastly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        2 hours, 16 mins ago

        Be thankful you have a team

        Here in New Zealand, the game has been 'Loading...' for hours, and hours and hours...