How to follow fantasy football on BBC Sport - plus take on our AI team

Details on how to join the BBC Sport League on Fantasy Premier League - by using code bbcfpl
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The Premier League kicks off on Friday and so does fantasy football.

You can join the BBC Sport League on the official Fantasy Premier League game using the code bbcfpl - or by clicking this link., external

You can listen to the Fantasy 606 podcast each gameweek on BBC Sounds where Alistair Bruce-Ball, 'Statman Dave' and Chris Sutton discuss and debate all things FPL including the latest news from the BBC Sport League.

Click here to listen to the latest episode.

Check out our tips for the opening weekend and see what is new for FPL this season here.

Gameweek One fixtures

Friday, 16 August

Manchester United v Fulham (20:00 BST)

Saturday, 17 August

Ipswich v Liverpool (12:30)

Arsenal v Wolves (15:00)

Everton v Brighton (15:00)

Newcastle v Southampton (15:00)

Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth (15:00)

West Ham v Aston Villa (17:30)

Sunday, 18 August

Brentford v Crystal Palace (14:00)

Man City v Chelsea (16:30)

Monday, 19 August

Leicester v Tottenham (20:00)

AI AI AI-oh, up the FPL league we go...

We will also be letting artificial intelligence have a go at playing fantasy football this season, using various generative AI tools to pick a team and make transfers throughout the season.

'AI FC' will be strutting their stuff in the BBC Sport League, so keep an eye on their progress and see if you can beat them.

Here is their first team...

Image source, Fantasy Premier League