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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 1

The Underlying Data

FPL Gameweek 4 – An analysis of the key stats

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  1. The Truth Is...
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    A..Pedro and Arnie
    Or
    B..Mkhitaryan and Mitrovic.

    Thanks.

    1. Neves say Neves
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      B

    2. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      B

    3. PrettyDick
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      B

    4. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Really tough - I'd back A this week only. For the next 4-5, B.

    5. fattfattygavgav
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      A

    6. clodhopper
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      A

  2. PrettyDick
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Who to bench?

    a)Wan B (SOU)
    b)Trent (lei)
    c)Robbo (lei
    d)Alonso
    e)(BOU)
    f)Mendy (NEW)
    g) Ramsey (car)

    I'm mainly torn between trent and Ramsey atm, with Ozil back I'm not even that confident Ramsey will start. And even if he does Cardiff generally play a tight defensive game, and a decent one at home .

    What do you think? Answers appreciated

    1. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      What's your team?

      1. PrettyDick
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        a bunch of other players that are more playable 🙂

        Really it comes down to:

        one of Trent/Robbo
        AWB
        Ramsey

    2. Jonny HOW SON?
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      b

      1. PrettyDick
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        thanks

    3. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      AWB - none of the others can be justified.

      1. PrettyDick
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        How do you reckon?

        Price alone can't be the only thing you factor in when you decide who plays? Do you think liverpool a to leicester have a better chance of a CS or CP at home to southampton? Also already have the liverpool defense covered

    4. fattfattygavgav
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      who is e)?

      1. mgrea
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        Would guess Haz or Pedro. So lol

      2. PrettyDick
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        haha, that is me being stupid.. accidentally put one extra for Alonso's fixture...

    5. PrettyDick
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      "e" is a typo, it's Alonso's fixture..

      Basically it comes down to:

      One of Trent/Robbo
      AWB
      Ramsey

      1. fattfattygavgav
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 hours ago

        In that case;

        B. Trent

        1. PrettyDick
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 3 hours ago

          thanks for the reply

  3. Shaikh91
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Start awb or w.hughes?

    1. amit1964
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      awb

    2. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Awb

  4. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    I cant believe how good Utds fixtures are and that im not even tempted to bring in any of their players

    1. amit1964
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      there are 10-15 teams better

      1. clodhopper
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        Maybe more

    2. Yes Don
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      jlingz will be a good differential during this period. And if you’ve had shaw from the start, there’s no point ditching.

      https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2751020-super-sub-jesse-lingard-scores-manchester-united-equaliser-to-draw-vs-burnley

    3. Khark
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Lingard May become an option

  5. Jonny HOW SON?
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    How many % that Pedro starts?

    1. CostaCoffee
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      75

    2. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Gut feel 70%

    3. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      70

    4. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      90

  6. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Forgetting the hate for Firmino…Firmino and Le 'King' Marchand or Alonso + Mitrovic

    1. Fantastisk
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Possibly b

    2. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      B

  7. willl
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    TAA vs Robbo

    Who is better value?

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      robbo:, bonus an assist to
      taa on 3 yellows

    2. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Robbo but depends were you spend extra cash I suppose

    3. fattfattygavgav
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      More expensive but I still think Robbo is better value

    4. Pukki Party
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      All season i would say TAA, but since he is on 3 yellows and will be rotated soon i would go Robertson now. TAA took 3 yellows last season and he's been unlucky with the cards so far, will be on bonus soon too.

  8. kinghenry14
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    defenders that will get the most minutes at 4.4 and 4.0? doherty and bennett?

    cheers

    1. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Wan bissaka

      1. kinghenry14
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        sorry have awb already. should have written 4.4 and 4.0 that's not awb

  9. Lee8686
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Need a Mid/fwd combination for this week with 13.6m to spend

    Any ideas?

    Currently on Pedro/Mitrovic

    Current team

    Pickford
    Bellerin, Alonso, Mendy
    Moura, hazard, Pedro, Walcott
    Aguero(c), auba, Mitrovic

    Boruc, wan bissaka, guendouzi, stankovic

    1. AnfieldLad
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      0 liverpool? I wouldn't

    2. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      This is a free hit team....taking advantage of the Chelsea, man city, arsenal fixtures....I don't fancy Liverpool for a clean sheet and there are better attacking options this week than Liverpool....Salah granted but takes too much away from the whole team

  10. Powers106
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Is Schneiderlin a good start this GW? I’d have to bench AWB or Kante...(or Bilva I suppose)

  11. Ibracadebruyne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Play Fraser or AWB?

    Cheers!

    (Bottomed)

    1. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      AWB

  12. corderz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    GTG?

    Fabianski
    Mendy Robertson Schlupp Wan-Bissaka
    Salah Hazard(vc) Mkhitaryan Walcott
    Aguero(c) Arnautovic

    Foster Ings Fraser Bednarek

    1. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Looks good

  13. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Good luck to all of you.

    Pick one to warm a seat today:

    A. Wan-Bizzy
    B. King
    C. Fraser

    1. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Toss a coin between JK and Fraser

    2. French Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      C

      1. Botman and Robben
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        Leaning towards this. Cheers.

  14. Gruu
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Play Ings or Wan-Bissaka?

    1. AnfieldLad
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      WB

    2. Dugarry_21
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Wan for me

  15. The Pesci challenge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Just want to say go with wan bissaka. Too many questions about against Ings or Fraser or whoever. Go wan bissaka.

    1. AnfieldLad
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      What about vs Shaw?

    2. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Start Wan, Ings or TAA?

  16. TOBY1
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Thinking Sane may play over Mendy today.

    1. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Twitter rumor he's out?

    2. French Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      lol

    3. COLLIN QUANER
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      What has led you to believe this, Toby?

    4. TOBY1
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      No. Just my thinking and Pep talking about how they need the width in this game and specifically naming Sane.

      Also to me it didn’t work well with Sane and Mendy playing on the same side together.

      No rumour Justin my thoughts.

      1. TOBY1
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        Actually reading peps comments (just found a transcript I may have misunderstood him)

        Q - How important is a left back like Benjamin Mendy to break down teams like Newcastle?

        It’s important. He wasn’t there last year and we broke these kinds of defences many many times without him - with Leroy [Sane], with Raz [Sterling] with other options. Of course he’s important but we try to be a team and not just focus on the qualities of Mendy, you know Kyle can do it, our attacking midfielders, our strikers. But of course it’s important.

  17. COYS.
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    I dont really have any other big hitters , so who would you go for as captain
    A) Kane
    B) Salah

    My team already is very much against the odds.. so should I not risk and captain Salah

    McCarthy
    Tripper Robbo AWB
    Gross Salah Pedro Mikh
    Zaha Kane Arnie

    Speorni Daniels Romeu Suttner

    1. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Kane

    2. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Coin toss probably Salah but biased fan

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Salah

    4. COYS.
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Thank you guys .. currently on Kane

    5. lespaul
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Arnie

    6. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      Mkhi

  18. French Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Gtg ? Bench order right ?

    Fab
    Mendy | Alonso | TAA | AWB
    Salah | Haz | Mkhi
    Kun (C) | Tosun | King

    Foster 1. Fraser 2. Stephens 3. 4.0

    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Yep good to go. Good luck

      1. French Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        Cheers u2

  19. Kryten
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Awb must be in a 100% of active teams. He's in every rmt

    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Should be the amount of questions whether to play him or not

    2. si
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      I have Sir Jeffrey Schlupp instead.

  20. Bobadoba
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Who to play out of Shaw and Wan-Bissaka?

    Does anyone know who has the greatest attacking threat out of the two?

    1. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Play Shaw burnly will be tired after Europe

  21. Ruth_NZ
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Arsenal have drawn Vorskla in the Europa League. If you've never heard of them they are a small club originally from Woolwich in South London but decided to move north of the river.

  22. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Do we think Tomkins will start this week?

    1. vartshk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      He’s first on my bench. AWB ahead. I suspect if he can play he won’t be rested

    2. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Haven’t seen any news yet

  23. vartshk
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Arnie haul incoming today? 😉

    1. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      *Jiminez

  24. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    are people saving tc for dgw as we usually do?
    seems to be a few tempted to play it on kun today

    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Yep

    2. COLLIN QUANER
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      DGW is very overrated for triple captain. I'm tempted by Kun vs Fulham next gameweek.

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        dgw was dissapointing for me last year, was good previous years though
        ml rival tc kun v huddersfield, seen other tc work well in a sgw
        just wondered what peoples thoughts was, cheers

    3. vartshk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Don’t have the minerals to use it in a single gw. I prefer to be disappointed twice!

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 hours ago

        ha, my feelings to, cheers

  25. supersham
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Anyone out there ballsy enough to TC Kun today? He has destroyed them in the past

    1. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Plenty doing so

    2. King Kun Ta
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      If Sterling gets a start, he will steal points from Kun....i think.

  26. The 12th Man
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    So the wife comes into the kitchen boasting that she’s using the TC chip on Aguero and I’m chicken. Lol.

    Holding firm. Just captain for me.

  27. The Mighty Hippo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Who should I play?

    A) Fraser
    B) AWB

    If I play AWB he'd be starting alongside PVA, which is a bit of a risk/reward gamble.

  28. thewhitepele
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    Pickford
    Robertson Mendy Luiz
    Salah Mkhi Lucas BSilva
    Kun Arnie King

    Foster, Wan-Bissaka, Stephens, Daniels

    Good to go or play WBissaka?

  29. King Kun Ta
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    To WC or not to WC? Help!

    Current team:

    Patricio
    Alonso VVD Mendy WB
    Salah Mane Neves Mkhi
    Zaha Aguero (C)

    Begovic King Pereira Stephens

    WC team:

    HENNESSEY RYAN
    HOLEBAS Mendy Alonso wb Pereira
    Salah HAZARD Neves Mkhi Stephens
    Zaha MITROVIC Aguero

    Y or N? WC feedback?

    1. King Kun Ta
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 hours ago

      Please lads...the clock is tickin’!

    2. Stoic
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      Don't

    3. King Kun Ta
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      But need another hit next GW to get Hazard in and it will wash away the hit i did this GW.....

    4. King Kun Ta
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 hours ago

      ‘My finger is on the button...’

  30. simosalminen
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 4 hours ago

    AWB or Wilson, that is the question.

    I think it's a coin toss, but it seems that the odds very slightly favor AWB.

    ...and the tl;dr part

    Let's assume that both play 60+minutes. The math without bonuses slightly favors Wilson (values from bookies except for cards, which are based on history)

    - AWB chance for CS 38 %, goal 7 % (2+ goals 0,7 %), assist 10 %, 2+ goals against 29 %, 4+ goals against 6 %, YC 10 %, RC 10 %, = expected FPL points without bonuses 3.65
    - Wilson chance for a goal 30 %, 2+ goals 7 %, assist 14 %, YC 12 %, RC 0%, = expected FPL points without bonuses 3.77

    However, if you factor in bonuses, I think AWB nudges slightly ahead. Wilson has historically earned 0.43 bonus points per 90 minutes played (and only 1 bonus point this year despite 2 G + 3 A in 2 games), but as it is more likely that CPL keeps a CS than Wilson scores and AWB has the assist potential, I think he's slightly more likely to end up with bonuses. The bonuses in the CHE-BOU game most likely go to Alonsos and Hazards.