FPL | Spurs Gameweek 1 preview

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The game, which is available to play on the Premier League website and app, is now available for you to log in and select your 15-man squad to compete in mini-leagues against your friends and family.

Scout will be using their expertise to provide advice and gameweek tips, which should prove useful in ensuring you win your mini-leagues.

You can also compete against fellow Spurs supporters in our Official Mini League, which can be entered by selecting us as your favourite club when signing up for a myPremier League account.

What we learned from pre-season

Heading into the Gameweek 1 FPL deadline at 6.30pm (UK time) on Friday evening (21 August), Scout has identified four of our players that you should consider transferring in for this weekend’s Premier League opener against Brentford.

Mathys Tel (6.0m) has featured in five of our pre-season fixtures, with only Archie Gray (£5.0m) and Ben Davies (£4.0m) getting more than his 354 minutes. Mathys’ four attacking returns across pre-season are team-leading and will make him an appealing option for FPL managers at just £6.0m.

Jan Paul van Hecke (£5.0m) and Marcos Senesi (£6.0m) both saw their FPL ownership grow after Saturday’s win and clean sheet against Hoffenheim. JP registered 12 defensive contributions on Saturday, which, in a Premier League game, would have seen him register two additional Defensive Contributions points, alongside two appearance points and four clean sheet points.

The Dutch international registered defensive contributions in 15 of his 36 appearances for Brighton last season. Meanwhile, Marcos played 81 minutes in his first start for Spurs, which is encouraging for FPL managers looking to invest ahead of the deadline.

Antonin Kinsky (£4.5m) has a growing fan base in the FPL community. Our goalkeeper has kept two clean sheets in pre-season, following on from the all-important clean sheet on the final day of last season.

Toni also made three saves on Saturday afternoon, which in the Premier League would have seen him rewarded with an additional save point as well as the four clean sheet points and two appearance points.

Spotlight: Richarlison (£6.0m)

Richy led the line for us in Saturday's pre-season clash with Hoffenheim at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, scoring his third pre-season goal in the process. Our number 9 was our top scorer in the Premier League last season and returned our second-highest FPL points total, with Scout believing he is the player to watch against Brentford on Saturday.

Over the course of his FPL career, Richy has returned 117 attacking returns, registered 92 bonus points and averaged 147 points per FPL season.

During the 2025/26 campaign, despite only starting in 20 games, Richy had 61 shots, 19 big chances and created 20 chances for his teammates. He was also top for expected goals (xG) across the Spurs team.

Currently, Richy is a differential at just 2% ownership, which is a good opportunity for FPL managers. Any points that our forward registers on opening day will help FPL managers who invest in him get off to a good start and give them a lead in their Mini-Leagues.

Spurs’ most popular FPL asset

World Cup-winning Pedro Porro (£5.5m) is currently our most popular player in FPL, being found in over 1.3 million FPL teams ahead of GW1.

Our right-back registered a goal and three assists in the Premier League last season, as well as keeping nine clean sheets, and Pedro’s underlying numbers from last season are very impressive.

He created 53 chances last season, which was 14 more than the next-best defender in the game managed. He was also the most accurate defender in the game for successful passes into the penalty box and only three defenders last season had more shots than Pedro.

To add to his attacking threat, Pedro also registered 18 Defensive Contribution points last season, further broadening his appeal.

Premier League Hidden Gem

Rumoured to be the next Marcos for defensive contributions Leeds’ new signing Tarik Muharemovic (£5.0m) could be a hidden gem for FPL managers. The defender has a goal and an assist in pre-season and registers defensive contributions regularly.