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

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

We will republish this to the top of the site on Saturday morning for anyone looking for some last-minute tips.

Captain Candidates

We have now rounded off our discussion over the captaincy in our latest Captain Sensible article.

In it we went over the results of the poll as well as the data surrounding the candidates and the ir upcoming opponents.

READ IT HERE

Scout Picks

Our official Scout Picks XI were revealed on Friday afternoon detailing the players we think will perform best in Gameweek 3.

Make sure you check out our selection and our reasons for choosing them.

READ IT HERE

Team News

Our official Team News round-up came out on Friday afternoon after all of the top flight press conferences had been conducted.

Make sure you stay up to date with the latest team news.

READ IT HERE

The Opinion

After another week of success for premium defence we got some opinion on whether there is a template forming in that area of FPL.

Our panel of Fantasy managers also discussed how to handle Arsenal’s fixture swing and the continuing lack of options up front.

READ IT HERE

Set Pieces Match-ups

As we gradually pull in more data, we’ve gone over set pieces again to try and find the best match-ups.

It looks like Liverpool assets could be strong from dead ball situations in Gameweek 3, so make sure you check out the details on this one.

READ IT HERE

The Underlying Data

As ever, we’ve gone over the underlying data ahead of Gameweek 3 in great detail.

It can be found in the Members Area or in our latest Big Numbers article.

READ IT HERE

The Watchlist

We’ve made changes to our Watchlist, which can be found in our sidebar.

Check out our latest article on it to find out what we’ve tweaked and what factors have been in play.

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  1. BIind Moth
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Fabri,
    Alonso, PVA, Mendy
    Maddison, Miki, Mane, Richa
    Aguero, Auba, Morata

    (2 pointer bench)

    A little bit different but can't get past the Morata hunch. Vardy is my get out of jail card if he doesn't deliver.

  2. Ballistics
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    WC Draft 2 -templates r us

    Fabri
    Alonso Robertson Mendy
    Richarlison Salah(C) Mane Fraser Mhiki
    Aguero Wilson

    Foster AWB S Cook Kamara

    I’m happy with it but getting a differential twist on it is nagging away at me.

    A) Wilson/AWB to Ings/Schlupp play 4 atb
    B) Wilson/AWB/Foster to 4.5 / Trippier / Hamer play 4 atb
    C) set and forget

  3. ZakAFC_
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Mahrez to Dilva?

    1. Majestic Chanka
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      Already done it

  4. Majestic Chanka
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Bench one please?

    A) Ings
    B) Mitrovic
    C) Trippier

    1. Shah G
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      C..

  5. Joyce1998
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    cant decide between these two WC teams
    which one and why?? its between salah, zaha and wilson to bsilva, morata and firmino

    henesey, hamer'
    alonso, mendy, robbo, awb, bennet
    mane, salah, mki, rich, guendouzi
    kun, zaha, wilson

    or

    heneseey, hamer
    alonso, mendy, robbo, awb, bennet
    mane, bsilva, mki, rich, guendouzi
    kun, morata, firmino

  6. Silva Bilva Tilva Pilva
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Lads, please, give me a help around here. I have 2 FTs, 0,5M ITB and ZERO subs for this week but don’t know what to do.
    I dislike Patricio, Peltier and Gunnarson.
    Thought about Patricio>Henessey or Gunnarson>anything.

    Patricio Hamer
    Mendy Rob Luiz Peltier WB
    Salah Mane Bilva Rich Gunnarson
    Auba Zaha King

    What can I do?

    1. Bocaginge
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 2 days ago

      Hennessy is a definite
      Instead of Gunnarsson, what about Fraser? Or Kante is playing on a much more attacking role this season and is still only £5m

  7. Aubamazette
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    I personally think Salah is necessary but

    A) Salah and 5.5 (name)
    Or
    B) Auba and Alonso

    1. Joyce1998
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      A and that someone being fraser

      1. Aubamazette
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 3 days ago

        Def*

        1. Joyce1998
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 days ago

          oh sorry hahah, then I would go for luiz

  8. Darth Paul
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Hi all - in a fit of drunken madness, I took a -8 hit to get in Alonso, Pedro and Ings for Bednarek, Neves and King (partly for price rise changes which I know (or should have known) is idiotic).

    I already have fab and foster in goal, mendy, Robertson and WB in defence, salah, mane and richarlison in mid and aguero and tosun up front so team looks ok i think (and has done fairly well for 1st 2 weeks)

    I'm regretting the 8 pt hit though - do you think it's worth wildcarding to wipe out the hits? I would probably get rid of salah for miki and auba instead of tosun

    what do you guys think? Is it worth wildcarding now and is the though of going without salah madness? Any thoughts much appreciated

    Regards

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      I'd wc if you feel your team is not going to pay back the -8 immediately. I'd keep Salah for this gw and simply offload when they play Spurs

  9. stat
    8 years, 3 days ago

    I scraped the team names of 5,106,296 players, the most common names are:

    1 Pique Blinders 9180
    2 CHANGE NAME 6701
    3 Liverpool 6262
    4 ChickenTikkaMoSalah 4849
    5 ABCDE FC 4641
    6 Top of the Klopps 4001
    7 Red Devils 3674
    8 Tikka Mo Salah 3341
    9 Boom Xhakalaka 3112
    10 Kroos Control 3105

    If you want to know how many players picked a certain team name, let me know 🙂

    1. Licious Lizard
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      Pique and Kroos not even in the League. Pffft amateurs

    2. FPL Xylophone
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      Van la ParraNormals?

      1. stat
        8 years, 3 days ago

        1

    3. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      Netflix and Chilwell?

      1. stat
        8 years, 3 days ago

        56

    4. Loftus cheeky nandos
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      Loftus cheeky nandos

      1. stat
        8 years, 3 days ago

        349

    5. Loftus cheeky nandos
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 days ago

      Waistcoat wanderers

      1. stat
        8 years, 1 day ago

        193

  10. jomikijiq
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    So i have Bailly and Moura in the starting XI. Both definitely could be dropped this week. And only Peltier on the bench (Schneiderlin and AWB the other two).

    Would you take a hit to take one of them out?

  11. Joyce1998
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    salah, zaha and wilson or firmino, bsilva and morata

    1. Licious Lizard
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      S, Z, W by far

  12. benbro
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Anything worth spending -4 on?

    Pickford / Begovic
    Mendy Robertson Luiz AWB (Daniels)
    Mané Salah Bilva Richa (Townsend)
    Aguero Ings (Zohore)

    1. benbro
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      .3 itb

  13. Dammed Utd
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Hazard going be in the points playing number 9 for Chelsea

    1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      No, stop spreading disinformation

      1. Dammed Utd
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 3 days ago

        Sarri- ball Slavkob

  14. RussWells89
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Bilva for Mhiki. Is it worth it?

  15. MandalarFC
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Keep Salah or get Mane plus Mhiki ?

  16. ArcaneDevil
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    Pickford Steklenburg
    AlexanderArnold Azpiclueta SchluppTrippier Chilwell
    Neves Richarlison David Silva Mikhtariyan Eriksen
    Mitrovic Aguero Firminio.
    I was thinking of a formation to play and am getting quite confused.Please help.Also any suggested transfers?

    1. jackjones
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      Looks like you’ve already decided on 343.
      I’d figure out a way of getting Salah and/or Mane in.

    2. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 days ago

      Check replies in your other post on the latest article.

  17. samoratumisangbobo
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 days ago

    I have a Wild Card and thinking of drafting in Nacho Monreal , has an eye for a goal. good decision ???