Pre-season Hub for the 2017/18 FPL season
Hello and welcome to the Pre Season Hub for the 2017/18 season.
For those both old and new to the site this is an article which aims to bring to you in one convenient place, all the vital news from each of the twenty Premier League clubs’ friendly matches this summer. The ultimate aim is to build up a portfolio of information to help you in selecting your opening FPL squad when the game re-opens week commencing 10th July (next week)!
The hub is very much a living document which I personally will keep up to date as the matches take place. I encourage you guys to help out with any line-ups, goal scoring or assist information. We also like to see general notes being left here if you happened to witness on screen, or better still, in person, any particular player performance, style etc. Basically anything you deem FPL worthy.
How to use…
The whole article is intrinsically linked to the HOT COMMENTS section that appears above the Latest Comments. Basically we have created a comment link for each team. Simply scroll to the Hot Comments for the team you require info on and it’ll take you to their section and we will have all their pre-season info in one place courtesy of our fantastic community members.
The purpose of this is so that –
1. There is a specific place to post relevant pre-season info for each team –
Please post any findings – line-ups, signings, team news, match reports, etc…
2. It’s easy to find all the info.
Need to know the pre-season line-ups for Arsenal? Easy, just click on their link in Hot Comments and you will come to their hub.
So with the first pre-season friendlies involving FPL relevant teams taking place this Saturday the 8th with Watford beginning their schedule, please find below the fixtures…
(NB: At this stage there will still be pre-season matches being announced and I will endeavour to update these as we go along. Southampton for instance only have one friendly scheduled so far but this can be excused by their new manager only just arriving – expect further announcements soon).
Arsenal
13 July
Sydney v Arsenal
15 July
Western Sydney Wanderers v Arsenal
19 July
Bayern Munich v Arsenal
22 July
Chelsea v Arsenal
29 July
Arsenal v Benfica
30 July
Arsenal v Sevilla
6 August – Community Shield
Arsenal v Chelsea
Bournemouth
22 July
Portsmouth v Bournemouth
29 July
Queens Park Rangers v Bournemouth
30 July
Bournemouth v Valencia
2 August
Yeovil Town v Bournemouth
Brighton & Hove Albion
14 July
Fortuna Dusseldorf v Brighton & Hove Albion
22 July
Crawley Town v Brighton & Hove Albion
25 July
Southend United v Brighton & Hove Albion
29 July
Norwich City v Brighton & Hove Albion
1 August
Girona v Brighton & Hove Albion
6 August
Brighton & Hove Albion v Atletico Madrid
Burnley
14 July
Shamrock Rovers v Burnley
22 July
Kidderminster Harriers v Burnley
Alfreton Town v Burnley
25 July
Preston North End v Burnley
29 July
Nottingham Forest v Burnley
1 August
Burnley v Celta Vigo
5 August
Burnley v Hannover 96
Chelsea
22 July
Chelsea v Arsenal
25 July
Chelsea v Bayern Munich
29 July
Chelsea v Inter
6 August – Community Shield
Arsenal v Chelsea
Crystal Palace
15 July
Maidstone United v Crystal Palace
19 July
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
22 July
Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion/Leicester City
5 August
Crystal Palace v Schalke 04
Everton
13 July
Gor Mahia v Everton
19 July
Twente v Everton
22 July
Genk v Everton
6 August
Everton v Sevilla
Huddersfield Town
12 July
Accrington Stanley v Huddersfield Town
16 July
Bury v Huddersfield Town
22 July
Barnsley v Huddersfield Town
1 August
Stuttgart v Huddersfield Town
4 August
Torino v Huddersfield Town
Leicester City
19 July
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion
22 July
Leicester City v Liverpool/Crystal Palace
26 July
Luton Town v Leicester City
28 July
Milton Keynes Dons v Leicester City
29 July
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City
1 August
Burton Albion v Leicester City
4 August
Leicester City v Borussia Moenchengladbach
Liverpool
12 July
Tranmere Rovers v Liverpool
14 July
Wigan Athletic v Liverpool
19 July
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
22 July
Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion/Leicester City
29 July
Hertha Berlin v Liverpool
1 August
Bayern Munich v Liverpool
2 August
Atletico Madrid/Napoli v Liverpool
5 August
Liverpool v Athletic
Manchester City
20 July
Manchester United v Manchester City
26 July
Real Madrid v Manchester City
29 July
Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
4 August
Manchester City v West Ham United
Manchester United
15 July
Los Angeles Galaxy v Manchester United
17 July
Real Salt Lake v Manchester United
20 July
Manchester United v Manchester City
23 July
Manchester United v Real Madrid
26 July
Manchester United v Barcelona
30 July
Valerenga v Manchester United
2 August
Manchester United v Sampdoria
8 August – UEFA Super Cup
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Newcastle United
14 July
Heart of Midlothian v Newcastle United
22 July
Preston North End v Newcastle United
26 July
Bradford City v Newcastle United
29 July
Mainz v Newcastle United
2 August
Wolfsburg v Newcastle United
6 August
Newcastle United v Hellas Verona
Southampton
22 July
Brentford v Southampton
Stoke City
10 July
Neuchatel Xamax v Stoke City
12 July
Young Boys v Stoke City
15 July
Monaco v Stoke City
25 July
Sheffield United v Stoke City
29 July
Bolton Wanderers v Stoke City
30 July
Crewe Alexandra v Stoke City
5 August
RB Leipzig v Stoke City
Swansea City
12 July
Barnet v Swansea City
15 July
Philadelphia Union v Swansea City
19 July
Richmond Kickers v Swansea City
22 July
North Carolina v Swansea City
29 July
Birmingham City v Swansea City
5 August
Swansea City v Sampdoria
Tottenham Hotspur
22 July
Tottenham Hotspur v Paris Saint-Germain
26 July
Tottenham Hotspur v Roma
Watford
8 July
Woking v Watford
15 July
Wimbledon v Watford
18 July
Viktoria Plzen v Watford
22 July
Eibar v Watford
West Bromwich Albion
12 July
Slavia Prague v West Bromwich Albion
19 July
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion
22 July
West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool/Crystal Palace
26 July
Burton Albion v West Bromwich Albion
Walsall v West Bromwich Albion
29 July
Bristol Rovers v West Bromwich Albion
Slough Town v West Bromwich Albion
1 August
Kidderminster Harriers v West Bromwich Albion
Port Vale v West Bromwich Albion
5 August
Deportivo La Coruna v West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United
28 July
Werder Bremen v West Ham United (Match 1)
29 July
Werder Bremen v West Ham United (Match 2)
1 August
Altona 93 v West Ham United
4 August
Manchester City v West Ham United
Thanks for reading Pre-season Hub for the 2017/18 FPL season. This article was written by The Gallant Pioneer 
The Fixture Tracker…
I think the Rudiger signing may threaten his place with Azpil moving to RWB but we will see
Moses suspended first game, so we might not know until week 2 who Conte really favours.
Ah yeah forgot about that.
Not so sure on that. Terry has left the building so one would imagine that a CB would be purchased and quite frankly I don’t rate Rudiger as someone the england champions would be buying if they were after a nailed on CB. Don’t forget they also have Zouma.
Zouma appears to be on his way to either Stoke or WBA on loan.
Cheers kop – wasn’t aware of that. They’ll need one more CB then. Zouma could actually be a gem if he does go elsewhere.
Will obviously depend on his price. 5.0 would be great but I’m not sure we’ll be that lucky.
Well, he’s 5.3 atm and with his points tally last season there’s no reason to keep him at 5.5, unless he leaves for big bucks before the game release.
Actually beginning to think we may still be a few good days away judging by this. Simply looks like a work in progress not a ready product yet.
Won’t be holding my breath for tomorrow then 😉
Am I being an idiot, Init? Why do these screenshots imply it’s still a work in progress?
Changed the kit / player pics but not yet the club names or club badges. Depends if they use the entire card or if they’re independent files. Did ask our IT about it but got little sense before they announced it was time to go eat!
Not sure on the number which shadows the background either – Rooney was 10 at Utd wasn’t he? Not sure what he’s getting at Everton, I’d have to check. 9 or 18 I’d imagine.
Ah there you go, it’s 10. Assumed he’d take 9 or his old one 18. Sandro is 9 which is interesting.
Makes me think it’s a whole card then in which case it’s defo a WIP.
Ah OK. It could mean it’s a way off, but it could just be a case of going live. I’d guess at the latter. I wouldn’t say that’s necessarily a cause for concern.
Could easily be many independent files. I’d be amazed if it wasn’t ready to go live.
There’s many that still have old pics on them though.
It’s all complete guess work, as we’ve no idea what their release process is. The current live site could well be an element of their test process. Going live will almost certainly involve flipping over to a new database and file system. I hope you’re concerns aren’t true, as it would imply a lot of work left to do!!
The images could be a caching thing as well. Have you tried a Ctrl F5 on one of the old ones that should’ve changed? Maybe it’s just that you never bothered to look at Rooney last season
He didn’t have an Everton shirt on him last season
Haha good point! I’ll stop trying/failing to be clever. Wish they’d just bloody release the thing.
Can any of you clever folk tell me how to link to my team from my name on here? I’m sure nobody will wanna click on it, but I wanna feel part of the gang.
We all have to re link our teams every year based on our annual id number….. i forgot last year so mine linked to my old number from the year before…… forgotten how to do it now!
Follow the instructions on the below pic mate.
Don’t bother until it’s relaunched though as you usually get a new ID number when you re-register. If you do it now it’ll show last seasons as correct. You’ll only have to do it again though in a day or so.
That’s unless they change it this time and keep them the same. They never have although it did ask me to re-register the other day. My ID stayed the same.
If you go click on the ‘help’ link above it’s all explained Banjo.
banjo, you must now wait for it to go live. When it does, just click on the help button above and you will find the step by step for that.
Thanks guys
I think fpl are dragging things out a bit….. every day that they drip feed us player prices looks like a no go….. Hopefully no sneak previews tomorrow!
They’re milking it aren’t they! Thing is, all these people moaning about it on twitter are doing exactly what their marketing team want, which will only encourage them to delay it further. Ignore the pricks and they’ll just release it when it’s ready 😉
I agree its really irritating me 😉
I honestly think they meant to go live by now. Releasing a player from each team felt like a plan. These daft poll ones feel like a last minute filler job.
I’m hoping for some more polls tomorrow
I think they’re actually starting to genuinely annoy people now which is the opposite of what a launch campaign is designed for!
You’re probably right about it annoying people, I can tell because I was annoyed at their first or two, but I really enjoyed today and was hoping they do it for several days more. Me liking something is usually a bad sign.
To start releasing players prices & having polls seems a bit over play I thk they are playing for time maybe
it would have been ok just releasing one from each team & any major changes before launch there be asking us how big Luk feet nk 😉
Morning Gang,
I hope you are all well and looking forward to the new season.
I just hope they hurry up and launch FPL asap so we can start planning.
It’s going to be an exciting season, but a hard one with so many great players to consider.
Speak soon
Neilos
Hey Neilos
Good to hear from you.
They are all exciting seasons though aren’t they? The suspense is all part of the theatre of it!
*waits*
Yeah I agree. Get on with it FPL! 😉
Hey GP !
they are my friend – I have bad withdrawal symptoms lol.
Plus it’s interesting with the player position reclassification – Brunt is now back as a mid !
Lacazette will be a popular choice – i’ll definitely be picking him.
Morning all. What are people’s thoughts on Knockaert at £6m? 15 goals and 9 assists for Brighton last year with a fairly good fixture list bar City at home for the first game of the season. Feel like enablers galore will be needed this year with these prices!
Morning AT, can’t say I saw any Championship footy last season at all so I’m in the dark about the new teams. I believe GP is covering Brighton for us in the newly promoted articles so hopefully he can shed some light on them! He’ll probably get a 6.0 price tag or so I’d think.
Morning init. I believe the official twitter page already released his price at £6m. Not sure though and can’t be bothered to trawl back through their tweets and frustrated replies haha. Feel like there will be a lot more compromising this year, unless there is a bigger budget.
I did wonder as I was typing if he’d been released but yeah exactly likewise!
The original 20, doesn’t include yesterday’s leaks….
Arsenal – Lacazette (FWD) – 10.5m
Bournemouth – King (FWD) – £7.5m
Brighton – Knockaert (MID) – 6.0m
Burnley – Heaton (GK) – 5.0m
Chelsea – Febregas (MID) – 7.0m
Crystal Palace – Benteke (FWD) – 8.0m
Everton – Klaassen (MID) – 7.5m
Huddersfield – Ince (MID) – 6.0m
Leicester – Maguire (DEF) – 5.0m
Liverpool – Salah (MID) – 9.0m
Man City – Sane (MID) – 8.5m
Man Utd – Pogba (MID) – 8.0m
Newcastle – Gayle (FWD) – 6.5m
Southampton – Redmond (MID) – 6.5m
Stoke – Allen (MID) – 5.5m
Swansea – Llorente (FWD) – 7.5m
Tottenham – Alli (MID) – 9.5m
Watford – Capoue (MID) – 5.5m
WBA – McAuley (DEF) – 5.0m
West Ham – Lanzini (MID) – 7.0m
I hope you didn’t type this out init 😉
Thanks though! Gayle looks nicely priced.
Was just about to say the same for Gayle. Scored 23 last season plus 2 assists. Now, PL defenders are quite a level above the Championship ones, but considering fixtures and the need for a 3rd cheap striker, looks like a proper candidate.
I’m what now?
Morning, AT. He is on my watchlist. That is 15 in all competitions, correct? I think he has 13 in the Championship, which is quite promising. Matt Ritchie from Newcastle is also an option – scored 12 for them last season, but not sure how he will be priced.
Morning xaoc. Can’t say I have personal knowledge of how many he scored. Transfermarkt has him at 15 for the Championship.
I took some notes at the end of the season for FPL purposes, but not sure what source I used. In any case, both might prove to be good differentials and I will likely end up with one of them in my lineup, so I can free up funds for other areas.
Morning AT. Yeah that seems a fair price for Knockaert who won player of the season last year. He’ll be involved in the majority of Brighton’s play so I’ll have an eye on him, I’d expect his and Brighton’s form to go hand in hand.
). I’m hoping they’re the same price but I think Ritchie may be priced 0.5 – 1m more.
As xaoc has said, I’ll be more focused on Ritchie (perhaps I’m biased, who knows
Morning Milburn. My only reservation with Ritchie is that he was dubbed to be the golden boy from the Championship when he came up with Bournemouth and grossly underwhelmed in the Prem. I hope we aren’t seeing history repeat itself.
Yeah time will tell, he’s still got a huge point to prove in the prem. However, he is now on pens, free kicks and corners so that should count for something.
Didn’t know that. Cheers mate.