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The Complete Guide to our FPL Gameweek 2 tips and advice

This season we are collating all relevant Gameweek advice in one article every week to help you with your preparations.

In this first edition we have pulled together all the content that we have already produced relating to Gameweek 2.

With just a few hours remaining until the the 11:30am deadline, here’s your last chance to go over everything…

Captain Candidates

After collecting your thoughts in our Captain Poll, we have now assessed the question over the armband in another Captain Sensible article.

The captain poll is still live so make sure you vote in that and see what the rest of the Fantasy Football Scout community are thinking of doing.

READ IT HERE

Scout Picks

We’ve picked our 11-man selection for Gameweek 2 with the help of our FPL pundits.

Make sure you check-out the line-up, in case it helps you make any last-minute decisions.

READ IT HERE

Team News

We have gone through every single press conference over the last two days to bring you the latest and most important team news in one article.

You can also check out our predicted line-ups in the Team News tab.

READ IT HERE

Transfer Market

We’ve run the rule over the transfer market ahead of Gameweek 2 to pick out the emerging trends after the opening weekend of the season.

Have a read if you want to know which bandwagons to hope on, and which to avoid.

READ IT HERE

Differentials

Raheem Sterling (£11.0m) has somehow become something of a differential in the early part of this season.

We’ve gone over the case for his inclusion in Gameweek 2, as well two other sparingly owned options in a Spot the Differential article.

READ IT HERE

The Opinion

In our second edition of Question Time we got the opinion of four more knowledgeable FPL managers, this time on the Gameweek 2 talking points.

The unexpected impact of returning World Cup players, bandwagons, transfer saving and Marcos Alonso (£6.5m) were all discussed.

READ IT HERE

Set-piece Match-ups

In a new series of articles we will be looking at set-piece match-ups for each Gameweek to find areas to exploit.

Obviously we’ve only had one week of the season so far but there are still a few options who stand-out, plus this first instalment should give managers an idea of how the concept will work this season before we get more data.

READ IT HERE

The Data

Some FPL talking points can only be gleaned from the data, which is why we want to remind you of the numbers available to you concerning Gameweek 2.

Earlier this week we analysed the stastistics from the opening round of matches.

READ IT HERE

The Watchlist

After the opening round of fixtures we have updated the Watchlist for Gameweek 2.

Make sure you read our update so that you know which factors have gone into the changes made.

READ IT HERE

Round-up of Gameweek 1

In this week’s Digest we drew the line under Gameweek 1, ready for another weekend of action.

Have a read of this to get all the key talking points from the opening round of matches ready for the next one.

READ IT HERE

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2,808 Comments Post a Comment
  1. EgyptianKing
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hi guys

    Patrício
    Peltier, Robbo, Mendy
    Salah, Mane, Eriksen, Richarlison, Jota
    Kun, King

    Who would you captain? My head-to-head opponent has Aguero, but not Salah or Eriksen.

    Cheers!

    1. OptimusBlack
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I Have Same Team 🙂

    2. Lazarus Star
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Kun or Salah to hold the norm, Erikson for the differential.

      1. EgyptianKing
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        And between Kun and Salah, who would you prefer?

    3. OptimusBlack
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      What about C Erkisen

      1. EgyptianKing
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Too risky I think... Can be very rewarding though, but I am tempted to stick with Salah

    4. PrettyDick
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Kun if you think he'll start, otherwise Eriksen or Mendy.

  2. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Which is worse to you?
    A) Captaining Aguero and he is benched/dropped
    B) Not captaining Aguero and he gets a major haul

    Which ever option you pick determines whether you should captain him or not this week....

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      A is by far worse

    2. The Real Big Vern
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      capping Aguero and he comes on for 10 minutes for a 1 pointer is worse

    3. scarlet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      B

    4. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      A easily

    5. Ruinenlust
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      A. Your captain could still do well with option B

    6. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      A, because even if B happens, I can look forward to Salah maybe outscoring him on Monday.

    7. kysersosa
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      B based on his ownership.

    8. Lazarus Star
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      More worried about Salah(c)

    9. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I'm looking at the policy/strategy I set before GW1. Salah is 100% nailed in this game. Looking at the chances LFC had against W.Ham and their sheer brutal attacking nature, I will play safe with Salah this GW. Have Aguero, he may haul, not haul, not play or play a 10 min cameo. Keeping it on Salah though.To answer your question, A.

  3. Brap.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    This new morning-of-the-deadline Scoutcast should be called Pre-Match Meal, rather than Breakfast Club

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Your probably too young to remember the breakfast club, decent film in its day.

      1. Blame it on Traore
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Great film. Best teen film of the 80s for me (along with The Lost Boys). John Hughes' finest hour.

      2. Brap.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah, no, I know it -- but where's the thematic link to Fantasy Football?

        1. Brap.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          May as well call the Scoutcast "Good Morning Vietnam" then -- it's got people taking into mics! People remember the film!

    2. Lazarus Star
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Which one in FFS Towers is The Brain 😉

  4. Podge
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    If Kun doesn’t start tomorrow he’s becoming Aubameyang and Sanchez is becoming Sterling for me

    1. JAC THE CAT
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      If I had the .5 I would also do that.

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      My exact moves for my 2 FT as well !

    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Why? If he doesnt start tomorrow then keep for one week then ditch.

  5. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Aguero, Aguero! wherefore art thou Aguero (c)?

  6. Lazarus Star
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    This is the one that I know I’ll get wrong this week!

    Bench one:

    A) Mitrovic
    B) King
    C) Neves

    Current have Mitrovic sitting it out as think Spurs will be too much for newly promoted Fulham finding their new team shape.

    1. odannyboys
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      a

    2. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      C- easy

  7. colin1201
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Playing FPL is all about adding thrill to our football watching.

    With Salah and Aguero both (equally) excellent choices, perhaps we should go with the following scenarios.

    A) Captain the player of the match which you are watching to add a premium to our match entertainment.

    B) Captain the player of the club you support because you wouldnt want to be moaning when your favourite team scores and you didnt captain it's star player.

    C) If neither A nor B applies, maybe you should just flip a coin. I reckon that's probably what Pep does when he decides if he wants to play Aguero.

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Fpl ruins watching football, whoever has the ball I just focus on my player and hate when anyone else scores

    2. olidooley
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Nice!...watching both. Pool fan...decided!

    3. kysersosa
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I support Aston Villa, I don’t have sky and my wife left me; taking all my money.

    4. Lazarus Star
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      LFC fan with both Slaha and Mane and have the armband on Aguero. It’s a gamble as on paper City should run riot but due to last season’s stalemate it’s got everyone thinking. Part of me is think stick it on Salah last season City had already won the title, today they are competing.

      1. colin1201
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I'm a pool fan from Singapore, and i'll captain Aguero because the Reds are playing palace on Monday morning 1.30AM local time.

  8. Pointless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hey Jonty, what time is your web chat with Mark pls?!

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Its Joe now.

  9. barracuda
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Life is too kind to me.

    My 3 day to day objectives:

    1. Booze
    2. FPL
    3. Earnings for wife to concentrate on the above

  10. Akeem
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    I'm pretty confident that Jesus starts, question is does he play 3-5-2 and play Kun as well and if he does play 3-5-2 does he bench Mendy and play Sane as LW? #IHATEPEP

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Sterling won't be benched, so if he plays 352, Sterling is one of the strikers imo.

      1. kysersosa
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I agree. He’s done this before.

  11. odannyboys
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    fabianski or pickford?

    1. scarlet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Pickford

    2. WijnaldumLeviosa
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Pickford

  12. scarlet
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Which would you play:
    A) Foster / Fraser
    B) Fabianski / Zaha

    Guess it depends on whether you think Bournemouth will go well...

  13. Demel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    How put off captaining Ageuro are you from reading the Guardian article?

    1. scarlet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Not that put off.

    2. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Not very

  14. Woy of the Wovers
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Starting Kepa on the bench in my FPL draft HtH. How ridiculous is that?

    1. caldracula
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Whose you’re other keeper?

  15. Laalman
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    If you had Aguero, Salah and Sterling, who would you captain?

    1. Teror
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Sterling

    2. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Sterling

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Aguero for old times sake.

      Actually, still Salah due to ownership. And I'm usually maverick.

  16. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    I predict a riot and rage Aguero > Aubameyang sales for GW3

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I wouldn't understand that move. If he is benched today, he's nailed for the next game. Would much rather have him than Auba, who I think will shift to the left with Laca up front again

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        It would be an emotive move, for sure.

  17. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    A) Save FT
    B) Sánchez -> Mahrez
    C) Peltier & Sánchez -> Mendy & Pogba (-4)

    Ederson
    TAA, A Smith, Peltier
    Salah, Mane, Sanchez, Richarlison
    Aguero, Arnie, King

    Stek, Tomkins, AWB, Odoi
    Bank 0m, 1FT

  18. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    So here's a thought: Pep, at some level, has to operate much like FPL managers - you don't leave your most expensive player on the bench: in real terms, if you're paying someone 250k per week, why would you have them on the bench? Surely, in pure commercial terms, and in the absence of injuries, Champions League fixtures, loss of form etc. Pep must be under pressure to play one of his most expensive resources...or am I thinking too much like a consultant?

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Deja vu

    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      You’ve had this thought a few times now

      1. BadgersBoys
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        🙂

      2. ClassiX
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Keeps repeating on me like cheap tequila...

    3. Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      The problem is that Pep does what he wants. If he decides to bench his best striker then he will. He’s an FPL nightmare

      1. ClassiX
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Perhaps - but KDB is the most expensive city player in salary terms, and he played 37 league matches last year. Can't just be because he's somehow fitter than everyone else...?

    4. Akeem
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      you're forgetting that he'd be benched against a depleted bottom-feederclub and that the kid playing instead is Brazils starting CF

    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      You're repeating it like a consultant, that's for sure.

      1. ClassiX
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Then my work here is done...

    6. Where dahoud at
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Dont thank pep or even city are to bothered about having players sitting on the bench on 250k a week thats a stipid comment, imo, i reckon pep will bench him and play jesua for the simple fact he believes he aint gota play aguero imo again i thank he prefers jesus

    7. RomeluStormzy
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Especially with KDB injured.

  19. WijnaldumLeviosa
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    a. Jota + Fernandinho --> Richarlison + Neves
    b. PVA + Fernandinho --> Richarlison + AWB
    c. Save and pray Richarlison can't repeat last match's form

    1. WijnaldumLeviosa
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Rest of my team is:
      Pickford Foster
      Duffy Daniels Robertson Mendy PVA
      Salah Eriksen Jota Cairney Fernandinho
      Aguero Arnie King

    2. Nüno Vippan
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Pray

  20. DeadStarComing
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Mark doesn't own Aguero and we all know what his luck is like.

    1. Ragabolly
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Well he was very unlucky GW1

      1. DeadStarComing
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        He got the Sanchez fantasy assist 🙂

  21. Teror
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Play Cairney or Steve Cook?

    1. WijnaldumLeviosa
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Cairney.

    2. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Cairney

  22. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    (c) Kun as a test - if he being 11.0 doesn't play vs Hud then I don't need him in my team...

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      This, even if I don't cap him and he's benched then he's gone.

    2. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      yeah easy switch to auba is on the cards

  23. Where dahoud at
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Gtg

    Fabianski
    Mendy (c), peltier, shaw
    Salah, jota, richarlison, erikson
    Aguero (vc), firmino, Arnautovic

    Bench, foster, wan-bissaka, tomkins, stephens

  24. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    What's the general consensus on Sané? Given a starting chance today at the expense of Mahrez or on the bench again?

    1. Blame it on Traore
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I think Mahrez plays - think Pep will want to bed him in having only recently arrived

  25. Balls of Steel
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Boring one I know but who to have as 1st sub?
    A) Doherty
    B) AWB
    Cheers all

    1. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      A

      1. Balls of Steel
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Thank u

  26. fattfattygavgav
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Who to play?

    A. Tomkins (LIV)
    B. Cedric (eve)

    Thanks

  27. Teror
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Captain Salah or Eriksen?

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Salah

  28. xpointgamma
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Pick one

    Peltier, Daniels or Townsend

    (I know tough choice

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Peltier

  29. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Any Logic to why Aguero should not start?

    - Scored a brace in community sheild
    - Nearly scored again arsenal.

    Its not like he's playing badly or fatigue is an issue. He's citys first choice striker when fit and their top scorer last season (30 goals)

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      How else do you get traffic to your website?

    2. Atimis
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Aye, and World Cup showed that Jesus is not such a perfect lone striker now

    3. OptimusBlack
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      That's it

    4. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      You heard of the guardian?

    5. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Jesus needs game time?

  30. Jerry Big Balls
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    A Kun haul would be such a nice early differential 🙂

    1. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Difficult from the bench.

      1. Parm
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        BANTZZ

      2. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Well play him then, silly!

    2. PrettyDick
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Only on FPL forums and amongst FPL twitter though 😉 I think a majority of his owners will captain him