Dream Team manager who earns most points in Gameweek 1 will win £5,000 – just don’t play a Booster!

DREAM TEAM are getting the new season underway in fine style with a £5,000 prize for the manager who earns most points in Gameweek 1.

Usually, you would have to excel for months on end to land this much cash from a fantasy football game but you only need to get ONE team selection right to enhance your bank balance with Dream Team at the start of the 2024/25 campaign.

Strike the right balance and you’ll be celebrating the return of the Premier League with a £5,000 windfall!

PLAY DREAM TEAM AHEAD OF THE NEW SEASON – £50,000 TOP PRIZE PLUS £5,000 FOR GAMEWEEK 1 WINNER!

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Gameweek 1 gets underway at 8pm on Friday August 16th with Manchester United v Fulham and ends three days later when Leicester v Tottenham wraps up on Monday night.

Here are the Gameweek 1 fixtures in full:

Manchester United v Fulham

Ipswich v Fulham

Arsenal v Wolves

Everton v Brighton

Newcastle v Southampton

Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth

West Ham v Aston Villa

Brentford v Crystal Palace

Chelsea v Manchester City

Leicester v Tottenham

If you fancy a shot at the £5,000 prize, it’s a smart idea to tailor your XI to these match-ups.

Liverpool’s trip to newly-promoted Ipswich is a potential mismatch to target with Mohamed Salah (£7m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.5m) being the players who boasted the highest points-per-game averages among the Reds last season.

Elsewhere, Southampton earned promotion back to the top flight via the play-offs but it’s worth noting they conceded 63 goals during the regular Championship campaign – 13 teams had better defensive records including Sunderland, Stokes and QPR, who finished 16th, 17th and 18th respectively.

This suggests the likes of Alexander Isak (£5m) and Anthony Gordon (£4.5m) might enjoy themselves against Saints at St James’ Park.

Both Gordon and Isak are popular selections ahead of Gameweek 1Reuters

Man City’s visit to Stamford Bridge may appear like one of the more competitive games of the set on paper but Pep Guardiola’s side confidently dispatched the Blues during their pre-season tour of America thanks to an Erling Haaland (£8.5m) hat-trick.

Needless to say, identifying the optimum captain will go a long way to putting you in the mix for the Gameweek 1 prize and the prolific Norwegian poacher is among the strongest candidates.

You may be tempted to activate one of your three Boosters in an attempt to win the £5,000 but this would disqualify you from claiming the prize.

Gaffers who activate Goal Bonus, 12th Man or Max Captain are NOT eligible to win any of the weekly cash prizes throughout the season.

It’s best to wait for juicy double Gameweeks (when multiple teams have two fixtures to fulfil) when playing your Boosters so we wouldn’t advise such a strategy at this stage anyway.

Remember to confirm your team selection and captain (and vice captain) before Man United v Fulham kicks off – good luck!

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