FPL Pre-season Hub and Early Chat – 2024/25
Welcome to FPL Pre-season Hub and Early Chat – 2024/25
Are we actually physically and mentally ready to go again?
OF COURSE WE ARE!
Most Premier League clubs are now up and running in their preparations for the 2024/25 Premier League season and – now that the game has launched – so are us FPL managers!
Let’s see what all 20 teams have up their sleeves in terms of pre-season preparations for the forthcoming campaign.
As the norm, we have listed below a run-down of the fixtures arranged for each club.
As in previous seasons, each team will have a comment attached to this article where match information will be posted to act as a living record of how their pre-season is progressing. This will contain score, scoring, assist and team line-up information and indeed, any other salient information deemed FPL-appropriate to assist us ahead of the new season.
Any questions or comments welcome.
Also a good place for new FPL chat and it will get us off the Euro 2024 and all that unpleasantness (!)
The Arrangements:
ARSENAL
• July 24: Arsenal 1-1 Bournemouth (5-4 pens)
• July 27: Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United
• July 31: Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
• August 7: Arsenal 4-1 Bayer Leverkusen
• August 11: Arsenal 2-0 Lyon
ASTON VILLA
• July 17: Walsall 0-3 Aston Villa
• July 20: Spartak Trnava 0-3 Aston Villa
• July 27: Columbus Crew 4-1 Aston Villa
• July 31: Leipzig 2-0 Aston Villa
• August 3: Aston Villa 0-1 Club America
• August 7: Aston Villa 3-2 Athletic Club
• August 10: Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Aston Villa
BOURNEMOUTH
• July 20: Wrexham 1-1 Bournemouth
• July 24: Arsenal 1-1 Bournemouth (5-4 pens)
• August 4: Bournemouth 1-0 Rayo Vallecano
• August 10: Bournemouth 3-2 Girona
BRENTFORD
• July 20: Wimbledon 2-5 Brentford
• July 25: Benfica 1-1 Brentford
• July 30: Estrela da Amadora 3-1 Brentford
• August 3: Watford 1-1 Brentford
• August 9: Brentford 4-4 Wolfsburg
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
• July 24: Kashima Antlers 1-5 Brighton & Hove Albion
• July 28: Tokyo Verdy 2-4 Brighton & Hove Albion
• August 3: Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
• August 10: Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Villarreal
CHELSEA
• July 24: Chelsea 2-2 Wrexham
• July 27: Chelsea 1-4 Celtic
• July 31: Chelsea 3-0 Club America
• August 3: Manchester City 4-2 Chelsea
• August 6: Real Madrid 2-1 Chelsea
• August 11: Chelsea 1-1 Inter
CRYSTAL PALACE
• July 19: Crystal Palace 1-1 Charlton Athletic
• July 27: Crawley Town 3-6 Crystal Palace
• July 31: Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
• August 3: Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham United
• August 11: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nantes
EVERTON
• July 19: Sligo Rovers 3-3 Everton
• July 27: Salford City 2-1 Everton
• July 30: Coventry City 3-0 Everton
• August 3: Preston North End 0-3 Everton
• August 10: Everton 1-1 Roma
FULHAM
• July 24: Fulham 4-0 Queens Park Rangers
• July 27: Fulham 6-1 Watford
• August 5: Benfica 0-1 Fulham
• August 6: Sevilla 2-1 Fulham
• August 10: Hoffenheim 0-2 Fulham
IPSWICH TOWN
• July 20: Ipswich Town 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
• July 27: Ipswich Town 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf
• August 3: Ipswich Town 1-0 Hoffenheim
• August 10: Ipswich Town 1-0 Nice
LEICESTER CITY
• July 20: Villarreal 1-2 Leicester City
• July 23: Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Leicester City
• July 26: Leicester City 0-1 Palermo
• August 3: Augsburg 1-0 Leicester City
• August 10: Lens 3-0 Leicester City
LIVERPOOL
• July 19: Liverpool 0-1 Preston North End
• July 26: Liverpool 1-0 Betis
• July 31: Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
• August 3: Liverpool 3-0 Manchester United
• August 11: Liverpool 4-1 Sevilla
• August 11: Liverpool 0-0 Las Palmas
MANCHESTER CITY
• July 23: Manchester City 3-4 Celtic
• July 27: Manchester City 2-3 Milan
• July 30: Barcelona 2-2 Manchester City
• August 3: Manchester City 4-2 Chelsea
• August 10: Manchester City 1-1 Manchester United (7-6 pens)
MANCHESTER UNITED
• July 15: Rosenborg 1-0 Manchester United
• July 20: Manchester United 2-0 Rangers
• July 27: Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United
• July 31: Manchester United 3-2 Betis
• Aug 3: Liverpool 3-0 Manchester United
• August 10: Manchester City 1-1 Manchester United (7-6 pens)
NEWCASTLE UNITED
• July 27: Hull City 0-2 Newcastle United
• July 31: Urawa Red Diamonds 1-4 Newcastle United
• August 3: Yokohama F Marinos 2-0 Newcastle United
• August 9: Newcastle United 4-0 Girona
• August 10: Newcastle United 1-0 Brest
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
• July 13: Chesterfield 0-3 Nottingham Forest
• July 19: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Sunderland
• July 23: Nottingham Forest 2-1 Millwall
• July 27: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Elche
• August 2: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Villarreal
• August 9: Olympiakos 3-4 Nottingham Forest
SOUTHAMPTON
• July 19: Eastleigh 1-7 Southampton
• July 24: Bordeaux 2-3 Southampton
• July 27: Montpellier 1-3 Southampton
• July 31: Oxford United 2-0 Southampton
• August 3: Millwall 0-1 Southampton
• August 7: Southampton 1-1 Lazio
• August 10: Southampton 0-0 Getafe
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
• July 17: Heart of Midlothian 1-5 Tottenham Hotspur
• July 20: Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
• July 27: Vissel Kobe 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur
• July 31: K-League 3-4 Tottenham Hotspur
• August 3: Bayern Munich 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
• August 10: Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Bayern Munich
WEST HAM UNITED
• July 20: Dagenham and Redbridge 0-1 West Ham United
• July 27: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 West Ham United
• August 3: Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham United
• August 10: West Ham United 2-2 Celta Vigo
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
• July 20: Bristol City 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
• July 27: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 West Ham United
• July 31: Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
• August 3: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Leipzig
• August 10: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Rayo Vallecano
Thanks for reading FPL Pre-season Hub and Early Chat – 2024/25. This article was written by The Gallant Pioneer.
Fantasy Football Fixture Tracker FPL 2024/25
CRYSTAL PALACE
Crystal Palace 1-1 Charlton Athletic
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (assisted by Daichi Kamada)
Johnstone; Ward (Ozoh 62), Clyne, Holding (Adaramola 80), Riad, Mitchell (Sessegnon (Trialist) 46); Hughes (Doucoure 62), Kamada; Schlupp (Rak-Sakyi 62), Ayew (Ahamada 62), Edouard
https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/match-report-highlights-crystal-palace-charlton-july-2024/
Crawley Town 3-6 Crystal Palace
Odsonne Edouard (assisted by Daichi Kamada)
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (assisted by Odsonne Edouard)
Daichi Kamada (assisted by Chris Richards)
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (assisted by Odsonne Edouard)
Jordan Ayew (assisted by Jeffey Schlupp)
Jeffey Schlupp (assisted by Will Hughes)
Johnstone (GK), Clyne, Richards (Holding, 60), Andersen (Umeh, 60), Riad (Ward, HT), Mitchell, Hughes, Doucouré (Ahamada, HT), Rak-Sakyi (Ayew, 60), Edouard (Schlupp, 60), Kamada (Ebiowei, 85)
https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/live-blog-report-highlights-crawley-town-crystal-palace/
Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Jeffrey Schlupp
Jordan Ayew (assisted by Dean Henderson)
Asher Agbinone
Henderson, Clyne (Kphora 45), Richards (Ward 45), Ried (Jemide 45), Andersen (Holding 45), Hughes (Rodney 45), Wharton (Devenny 45), Mitchell (Umeh-Chibueze 45), Schlupp (Mathurin 45 (Agbinone 80)), Kamada (Ahamada 45), Edouard (Ayew 45)
https://www.cpfc.co.uk/matches/men/other-friendly/2024-25/crystal-palace-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers-2024-08-01/2455595/
Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham United
Tyrick Mitchell
Jeffrey Schlupp (asssited by Jordan Ayew)
Odsonne Edouard (assisted by Jeffrey Schlupp)
Henderson, Clyne, Riad, Andersen, Richards, Mitchell, Hughes, Schlupp, Kamada, Edouard, Ayew
https://www.cpfc.co.uk/matches/men/other-friendly/2024-25/crystal-palace-vs-west-ham-united-2024-08-04/2455596/
Crystal Palace 1-1 Nantes
Daichi Kamada (assisted by Tyrick Mitchell)
Henderson, Muñoz (Clyne, 55), Richards (Ward, 83), Andersen, Guéhi (Riad, 61), Mitchell, Wharton (Doucouré, 61), Hughes (Lerma, 61), Kamada (Sarr, 61), Eze (Ayew, 61), Edouard (Schlupp, 61)
https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/live-blog-highlights-report-crystal-palace-fc-nantes-august-2024/
EVERTON
Sligo Rovers 3-3 Everton
Mason Holgate (assited by Youssef Chermiti)
Youssef Chermiti (assisted by Jack Harrison)
Youssef Chermiti (assisted by Jack Harrison)
First Half: Virginia, Coleman, Onyango, Keane, Campbell, Gana, Doucoure, Metcalfe, McNeil, Maupay, Calvert-Lewin
Secong Half: Crellin, Dixon, Holgate, Welch, Young, Iroegbunam, Garner, Ndiaye, Harrison, Beto, Chermiti
https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/july/19/sligo-match-report/
Salford City 2-1 Everton
James Garner (assisted by Youssef Chermiti)
Viginia, Coleman, Keane, Holgate, Young, Garner, Doucoure, Harrison, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin, Beto
https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/july/27/Garner-Strikes-As-Blues-Beaten-At-Salford/
Coventry City 3-0 Everton
Virginia, Coleman, Holgate, Keane, Young, Garner, Iroegbunam, Harrison, McNeil, Ndiaye, Calvert-Lewin
https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/july/30/report-coventry-everton/
Preston North End 0-3 Everton
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (penalty won by himself)
Jake O’Brien (assisted by Dominic Calvert-Lewin)
Jesper Lindstrom
Virginia, Young, Keane (Campbell 46), Tarkowski (O’Brien 46), Mykolenko (Holgate 46), Gueye, Iroegbunam, Harrison, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin, Lindstrom
https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/august/03/new-everton-signings-on-target-in-preston-win/
Everton 1-1 Roma
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Pickford; Mykolenko, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Coleman; McNeil, Gueye, Iroegbunam, Doucoure, Harrison; Calvert-Lewin
https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/august/10/highlights–everton-1-1-roma/
FULHAM
Fulham 4-0 Queens Park Rangers
Raul Jimenez
Harry Wilson
Harry Wilson
Adam Traore
No other details disclosed
Fulham 6-1 Watford
Sasa lukic (penalty, won by Ricardo Muniz)
Ricardo Muniz (assisted by Alex Iwobi)
Alex Iwobi (assisted by Josh King)
Raul Jimenez (assisted by Harry Wilson)
Jay Stansfield (assisted by Raul Jimenez)
Adrion Pajaziti (assisted by Raul Jimenez)
No other details disclosed
Benfica 0-1 Fulham
Alex Iwobi (assisted by Anthonee Robinson)
Leno; Tete (Castagne 73′), Diop, Bassey, Robinson (Sessegnon 74′); Lukić (Reed 74′), King (Andreas 60′), Cairney (Pajaziti 79′); Adama (Wilson 74′), Muniz (Raúl 73′), Iwobi (Godo 79′)
https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2024/august/02/Benfica-0-1-Fulham/
Sevilla 2-1 Fulham
Emile Smith-Rowe (assisted by Anthonee Robinson)
Benda (Leno ’46); Castagne (Tete 65′), Diop (Bassey 65′), Cuenca, Sessegnon (Robinson 46′); Reed (Lukić 65′), Pajaziti (Smith Rowe 46′), Andreas (Cairney 65′); Wilson (Adama 65′), Raúl (Muniz 65′), Godo (Iwobi 46′)
https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2024/august/05/Sevilla-2-1-Fulham/
Hoffenheim 0-2 Fulham
Emile Smith Rowe (assisted by Alex Iwobi)
Adam Traore (assisted by Alex Iwobi)
Leno; Tete (Castagne 81′), Diop (Cuenca 81′), Bassey, Robinson (Esenga 89′); Lukić, Andreas, (King 89′) Smith Rowe (Cairney 81′); Adama (Godo 89′), Muniz (Raúl 81′), Iwobi
https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2024/august/10/hoffenheim-0-2-fulham/
IPSWICH TOWN
Ipswich Town 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Sam Morsy (assisted by Wes Burns)
Walton (Slicker 46); Johnson (Carr 60), Woolfenden (Edmundson 46), Burgess (Greaves 46), Davis (Baggott 60); Morsy (cpt) (Barbrook 75), Taylor (Luongo 46); Burns (Ayinde 60, Foyo 87), Chaplin (Nwabueze 87), Harness (Delap 60); Hirst (Ladapo 60)
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/24465686.ipswich-town-1-0-shakhtar-donetsk-sam-morsy-scores-friendly-winner/
Ipswich Town 1-2 Dusseldorf
Marcus Harness (assisted by Conor Chaplin)
Muric (Walton 46’), Davis (Baggott 66’), Edmundson (Woolfenden 46’), Morsy (C), Burns (Harness 31’), Delap (Hirst 46’), Chaplin (Ayinde 88’), Taylor, Johnson (F Barbrook 80’), Greaves (Burgess 46’), Luongo (Ladapo 66’)
https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/july/27/town-v-fortuna-dusselforf-match-report/
Ipswich Town 1-0 Hoffenheim
Jack Taylor (assisted by Omari Hutchinson)
Muric (Walton, 76), Johnson (Tuanzebe, 46), Woolfenden (Edmundson, 46), Greaves (Burgess, 46), Davis (Townsend, 62), Morsy (C) (Luongo, 46), Taylor (Carr, 74), Harness (Ayinde, 84), Chaplin (Foyo, 84), Hutchinson (Burns, 46), Delap (Ladapo, 62)
https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/03/town-1-hoffenheim-0/
Ipswich Town 1-0 Nice
Axel Tuanzebe
Muric, Davis (Townsend 63’), Edmundson (Woolfenden 63’), Morsy (C), Delap (Ladapo 63’), Harness (Al-Hamadi 77’), Burgess (Greaves 63’), Johnson, Hutchinson (Chaplin 63’), Luongo (Taylor 63’), Tuanzebe (Burns 63’)
https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/10/town-1-ogc-nice-0/
LEICESTER CITY
Villarreal 1-2 Leicester City
*(2 x 60 minute matches)*
Jamie Vardy (assisted by James Justin)
Stephan Mavididi (assisted by Conor Coady)
First Sixty: Danny Ward, Brandon Cover, Harry Souttar, Caleb Okoli, James Justin, Harry Winks, Wilfred Ndidi, Abdul Fatawu, Wanya Marcal, Tom Cannon, Jamie Vardy
Second Sixty: Daniel Iversen, Ricardo Pereira, Ben Nelson, Conor Coady, Luke Thomas, Hamza Choudhury, Boubakary Soumare, Kasey McAteer, Michael Golding, Stephy Mavididi, Patson Daka
https://www.lcfc.com/news/4063489/villarreal-provide-an-early-preseason-test/featured?lang=en
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Leicester City
Stephan Mavididi (asssited by Abdul Fatuwa)
Kasey McAteer (assisted by James Justin)
Ward; Ricardo (Justin 45), Nelson (Okoli 45), Coady (Souttar 45), L. Thomas (Golidng 63); Winks (Choudhury 45); Fatawu (Marcal 45), McAteer (Cover 63), Ndidi (Soumare 45), Mavididi (Alves 63); Daka (Cannon 45)
https://www.lcfc.com/news/4065930/city-the-victors-in-shrewsbury/featured?lang=en
Leicester City 0-1 Palermo
Hermansen; Ricardo, Coady, Okoli, Justin; Winks, Soumare; Fatawu, Soumare, Mavididi; Daka
https://www.lcfc.com/news/4068409/palermo-come-out-on-top-in-chesterfield/featured?lang=en
Augsburg 1-0 Leicester City
Hermansen, Kristisnsen, Vestergaard, Faes, Justin, Decordova-Reid, Winks, Ndidi, Fatawu, Dake, Mavididi
https://www.lcfc.com/news/4074940/city-beaten-by-augsburg-in-preseason-test/featured?lang=en
Lens 3-0 Leicester City
Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Choudhury, Winks; Fatawu, Ndidi, De Cordova-Reid; Daka
https://www.lcfc.com/news/4079896/leicester-defeated-by-lens-in-final-friendly/featured?lang=en
LIVERPOOL
Liverpool 0-1 Preston North End
Jaros, Bradley, Van den Berg, Quansah, Tsimikas, Jones, Elliott, Szoboszlai (Endo, 33), Doak, Salah, Carvalho.
Davies, Stephenson, Nallo, Phillips, Chambers (Beck, 75), Endo (Nyoni, 75), Bajcetic, Morton, McConnell, Koumas (Blair, 75), Gordon
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-edged-out-preston-first-pre-season-friendly
Liverpool 1-0 Betis
Dominik Szoboszlai (assisted by Mohamed Salah)
Kelleher (Jaros, 46), Endo (Morton, 46), Szoboszlai (Bajcetic, 63), Salah (Blair, 63), Jones (Nyoni, 30 (Koumas, 73)), Elliott (Doak, 63), Tsimikas (Beck, 63), Carvalho (Gordon, 63), Van den Berg (Chambers, 63), Quansah (Phillips, 63), Bradley (Stephenson, 63)
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/dominik-szoboszlai-nets-against-real-betis-give-liverpool-winning-start-usa
Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
Mohamed Salah (assisted by Harvey Elliott)
Fabio Carvalho (assisted by Harvey Elliott)
Kelleher, Szoboszlai (Blair, 71), Salah (Doak, 71), Jones (Endo, 46), Elliott (Morton, 71), Jota (Nyoni, 46), Tsimikas (Beck, 71), Carvalho (Bajcetic, 71), Van den Berg (Phillips, 71), Quansah (Nallo, 71), Bradley (Stephenson, 46)
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/mohamed-salah-and-fabio-carvalho-strike-liverpool-beat-arsenal-usa
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester United
Fabio Carvalho (assisted by Diogo Jota)
Curtis Jones (assisted by Mohamed Salah)
Kostas Tsimikas (assisted by Diogo Jota)
Kelleher (Jaros, 46), Konate (Van den Berg, 46), Salah (Blair, 65), Jones (Nyoni, 59), Elliott (Morton, 65), Jota (Bajcetic, 65), Tsimikas (Chambers, 65), Carvalho (Doak, 65), Gravenberch (Endo, 65), Quansah (Phillips, 65), Bradley (Stephenson, 73)
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-beat-manchester-united-3-0-sign-usa-tour
Liverpool 4-1 Sevilla
Diogo Jota
Luis Diaz (assisted by Diogo Jota)
Luis Diaz (assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai)
Trey Nyoni
Alisson (Jaros, 62), Van Dijk (Gomez, 74), Diaz (Nyoni, 62), Szoboszlai, Mac Allister (Bajcetic, 74), Salah, Jota, Tsimikas, Gravenberch (Morton, 82), Alexander-Arnold (Stephenson, 74), Quansah
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/jota-diaz-and-nyoni-strike-liverpool-beat-sevilla-4-1-anfield
Liverpool 0-0 Las Palmas
Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Nunez (Blair, 67), Jones, Gakpo (Morton, 67), Elliott, Robertson (Scanlon, 60), Phillips (Nallo, 67), Doak, Bradley
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-held-goalless-draw-las-palmas-final-summer-friendly