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The Complete Guide to our FPL Gameweek 4 tips and advice

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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 4.

We hope this round-up will help anyone looking for some last-minute tips.

Best Captain Candidates

FPL Gameweek 4 captain options: armbands set for Sergio Aguero

Scout Picks

Aguero, Salah and Hazard headline Scout Picks for Gameweek 4

Team News

FPL Gameweek 4 – Team News Round-up

Richarlison Replacements

Who are the best FPL replacements to transfer in for Richarlison?

The Opinion

FPL Question Time – Richarlison replacements, City midfield dilemma and differentials

Set Pieces

The best set piece takers and targets for FPL Gameweek 4 – Part 1

The best set piece takers and targets for FPL Gameweek 4 – Part 2

The Underlying Data

FPL Gameweek 4 – An analysis of the key stats

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

    2FT

    DDG (Lössl)
    Luiz, Mendy, Van Dijk (AWB, Daniels)
    Mané, Mkhitaryan, DSilva, Pedro (Stephens)
    Aguero, Zaha, Firmino

    What do I do with this lot?

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    1. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Mane to Azaa

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    2. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Daniels to Duffy

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    3. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      DDG to 4.5
      Luiz to Alonso

      Bank the change, re-evaluate after GW4

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  2. b91jh
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts on aguero triple captain?

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

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/08/31/the-community-round-up-richarlison-and-liverpools-fixtures/?hc_page=10&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_18789655

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

      Not great

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    3. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Do it if you have the balls

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

        that chip is for a DGW

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        1. My Name Is Pepu
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Ik the majority including myself play it in the DGW.

          But if his gut tells him that Aguero will go mad today and he has the balls to do so, then why not?

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    4. jwong23
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Go for it

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  3. Blue Gaffer
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Bench Wilson or Wan Bissaka?

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

      Wilson for me.

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  4. Breakfast Club launches 11:15am - link now live
    J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Live Breakfast Club - 11:15
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxYKQ8pgJ7V8wwh4hLsSXQ/live

    @FFScout_Joe @DavidMunday815 and @FFScout_Granny discuss:

    Our GWK 4 sides
    Granville's wildcard
    Reaction to Mark's GWK 3 Wildcard
    Live reaction to midday team sheets

    #FPL

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    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Let's go!

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

      Will The Breakfast Club start 11:15 every week?
      (depending on deadlines, of course)

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

      Gonna be amusing if you all have Mane. 😎

      Can feel it in ma blood

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

      Will be watching.

      Announce a Salah benching to cause chaos

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

      Quality love a bit of Granville

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  5. jurgenklopp.8
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    am right to wait a week to do mane and b.silva to hazard and walcott/siggy?
    would cost -4 this week.

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

      Do it now.

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

      take the hit but get siggy not Wally so the differential may compensate for the hit

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  6. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Duffy v FUL (H) or Fraser v che (A)?

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

      Duffy

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    2. AYLD28
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Same boat, going Duffy at the mo

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

      Duffy

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  7. waltzingmatildas
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    I know there is a lot of awb questions, but which would you play out of awb and pva?

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

      Pva surely

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

      pva for now

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    3. MTPockets
        5 years, 8 months ago

        pva

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      • Mattador
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        if you've got both I'd play both

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      • HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I had this question for three weeks, so sold PVA

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      • Make Arrows Green Again
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        pva

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      • waltzingmatildas
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        If I play both means benching one of Robertson, mendy, moura etc!

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      • Richd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I’m starting both. But PVA is the obvious choice.

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    4. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Play air waybill, Australian Wheat Board or average white band? Asking for a friend...

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      1. Critical Observer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Andre Willas-Boas

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    5. Adzy
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Will Arnie out score pedro today?

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        maybe

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      2. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Maybe, maybe not.

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

          no they'll get exactly the same points

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    6. Tomlette Greggs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      WC Dilemmas.

      A) Ramsey, Ederson, Wilson, Kante
      or
      B) Zaha, Mkhitaryan, Gundogan, Fabianski?

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

        B

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

        A

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

        B

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

      A: TAA

      B: Fraser

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      1. The Royal Robin
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        TAA, a million %.

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

        A

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

        B

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

      My 532 looks good. Never thought I’d play this by choice.

      Cue no clean sheets and many 1-1s this week.

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

        Who are your two mids not playing?

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

        Kante and the arsenal dude with Curley hair. I’ve also benched Ings.

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

          Reply fail

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    9. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Luke Shaw, Bah gayne

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    10. Fantasyamateur
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Need some last minute advice in this lineup:

      McCarthy
      Robertson - Mendy - Alonso
      Mané - Salah - Neves - Bernardo Silva - Mkhitaryan
      Agüero - Tosun

      Bench: Hamer, Bissaka, Kamara, Peltier.

      Question being, should I play Bissaka instead of Neves?

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    11. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Hazard Captainers unite!

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      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Semi captain allowedx? Tempted to go for him

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      2. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Couldn’t even fit him in to my wildcard team so Aguero for me.

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        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Wildcarded specifically to fit him in

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

            Couldn’t have him, Aguero, Salah and the holy defensive trinity without a severely weakened team elsewhere. Wasn’t worth it for me. Plus, he’s one of those players who does nothing any time I have him so I’ve developed a bit of a dislike to him anyway.

            Cue a hat-trick.

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      3. child of God
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I first need assurance kun won't haul

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    12. 1justlookin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Changed my mind so many times with who to start between Ings & AWB but i'm deciding to play AWB purely down to ownership. A lot of rivals have AWB so it makes sense to start him in case he scores big.

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      1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Dat all important ownership. AWB the rank destroyer.

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      2. Fifa las vegas
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Same as myself. Its a really tough decision though.

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    13. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Agueroooooooooio

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      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        o/

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    14. Gorbitz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Is Iwobi an option?

      Desperately trying to find the best Richarlison replacement below 6.6.

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

        No

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

        Maddison or Fraser

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      3. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Not Iwobi

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

        Everyone has been selling him but I like Jota.

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    15. Mr. Funny Name
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Start Duffy or Wilson?

      On Wilson atm

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    16. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1035829114572349440

      Sterling start confirmed? 😉

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      1. Oven Glover
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Fingers crossed

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      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        This has happened before with the player benched dw

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      3. It's his Job.
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Wally

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    17. Twiggster27
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      A) Davies & Richarlison > Alonso & Iwobi
      B) Davies & Richarlison > Monreal & Walcott/Pedro
      A or B?
      If B Walcott or Pedro?

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      1. It's his Job.
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        B

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    18. Wayne8
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      WC TEAM
      GTG?

      PAT / hamer

      ALONSO / SHAW / LAPORTE / BELLERIN / wan bis

      SALAH / HAZARD / MIKHI / WALCOTT / Masuaku

      AGUERO / ZAHA / kamara

      Cheers guys.

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      1. It's his Job.
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I would rid of shaw to 4.0 and upgrade Kamera.

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

      Didn't Newcastle a bit hard defensively this season? Last week iinm they were playing 9 at the back.

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    20. batmaniac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Is there a breakfast club vid this morning?

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      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        11.15 GMt

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

        They were short of bacon. Expect delays

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      3. #FPLBhuna
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Yrp 11.15

        Granville jonty munday

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    21. It's his Job.
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      G2G
      Foster
      Mendy Alonso AWB Robertson
      Salah Neves Walcott Mane Bilva
      Aguero

      Hamer/Wikson/Ings/ Stankovic

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

        Absolutely

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    22. Adro3
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Used my FT. Any advice? Cheers

      https://imgur.com/a/sSPDypT

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      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Solid.

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

        gtg

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    23. SEXY SOLO SAUCE FOR THE LAS…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Good luck all! Think it could be a BIG scoring week 🙂

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    24. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      How can you play someone who is an anagram of WBA?

      😉

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      1. It's his Job.
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Lame

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    25. General_Zod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Would you play

      A. Steve Cook (Guaranteed 90m v Chelsea)
      B. Wan-Bissaka (Returning 4m rookie home to Soton, game time not guaranteed)

      Cheers.

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    26. Blanka
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      First on my bench,

      Kamara

      Daniels

      ? Lol

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