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The Complete Guide to FPL Double Gameweek 32 tips and advice

The chips are down. At least 551,702 chips are being played in Double Gameweek 32. Five extra fixtures are taking place making this the biggest Gameweek of the season so far, with ten teams playing twice.

As the deadline fast approaches the Fantasy Football Scout Gameweek Guide is here to brighten up your day and ease all those last-minute worries. Not sure about your captain choice? Can’t decide on your third City player? Why Collin Quaner?

You’ve come to the right place.

Manchester City are the headline act with two fixtures against teams in the bottom three of the Premier League table – Fulham and Cardiff. These enticing match-ups coupled with a tricky home encounter for Liverpool against third-placed Spurs, have prompted 129,956 FPL managers to play their Free Hit chip, and a further 75,186 to Wildcard.

However it’s worth keeping in mind that is only a small proportion of the overall number of teams, of which there are more than 6 million. As the FPL General observed in this week’s Question Timeechoing Joe on the Scoutcast:

It’s easy to feel like you have the same team as everyone else when you see other teams posted on social media and in FPL forums but, there won’t be as many managers Free Hitting this week as you think.

Free Hit or not, the armband choice would appear a straight shoot-out between City’s two leading lights – Raheem Sterling and Sergio Agüero. Four goals and three assists for Sterling over the international break have seen his stock soar even higher as he becomes the most transferred-in player ahead of the deadline. Some 412,112 managers making the move so far.

David’s Captain Sensible article examines the two candidates. Agüero is currently favoured by just over 50% in Captain Poll – are the Fantasy Football Scout community making the right choice?

Joe pointed out in this week’s Captaincy video that Sterling has eight double-digit hauls this season to Agüero’s four. While Neale revealed that Sterling has benefited from a shift to the left flank in Gameweek 25.

Perhaps Agüero’s security of starts is the reason behind his popularity. During his research into Pep’s recent line-ups, David discovered that:

Despite being seen as a rotation threat for much of this campaign, since Gameweek 23, only Ederson has recorded a higher percentage of game-time than Agüero’s 91%.

The other burning City question this week is not whether to triple up on their players, but which one to pick?

Unsurprisingly Joe is in the cautious camp. Looking at Points Per Match (PPM) he argues that it isn’t worth paying more for midfielder David Silva (£8.5m), despite his slightly higher PPM of 4.6 compared to Laporte (£5.9m) or Ederson (£5.6m) who both average 4.2 PPM.

The FPL General agrees that defence is the way to go:

Triple City attack does tempt me but there is so much competition in midfield and with players returning to fitness, we can’t predict who will get significant minutes.

However, our community is not so sure. MINUS FOUR in his swashbuckling James Bond style reasons that if you want to make progress up the ranks you need to attack the Gameweek. He also argues that it’s more fun:

I’d so much rather be cheering for goals galore than biting my nails that City don’t win 6-1 not 6-0.

Pep Pig concurs. In his article this week entitled “Will fortune favour the brave?” He points out how well David Silva did in the reverse fixtures against these teams, ultimately he concludes:

With David Silva’s inclusion, it just excites me more.

David Silva is one of the players highlighted in this week’s differentials article.

Az even has Sané in his Free Hit side as he revealed on the Scoutcast. Although there wasn’t much love for Sané as an option when Irbox asked if community members were looking to squeeze him in. Many are still feeling sore after his Double Gameweek 25 exploits.

Looking at the rest of our squad, Double Gameweek players dominate the Scout Picks this week. Crystal Palace’s Jeffrey Schlupp makes the cut. He was one of the defenders highlighted in our members’ article on the best defenders to sign for a Free Hit squad.

For members only, David and Neale also analysed the best forwards, midfielders, and goalkeepers to own.

Kieran Trippier’s positive underlying stats were mentioned on the Scoutcast and he earns a place in the Scout Picks. His position in the Spurs starting line-up has been strengthened by an injury to Serge Aurier.

Neale brought us up-to-date with all the latest team news in his round-up yesterday. The lack of clarity around the status of Manchester United players means Marcus Rashford warms the subs bench in the Scout Picks. Rotation’s Alter Ego once again kindly provided a summary of all the team news.

Amongst all the Double Gameweek shenanigans Collin Quaner reappeared as a bench budget enabler for those looking to play two up front. Priced at a mere £4.3m, the forward is available again despite having joined Ipswich on loan.

Elsewhere on site, G-Whizz provided his regular DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds, Greyhead reviewed The Great and The Good – the less said about Gameweek 31 the better – and Chris Kish looked at using the Bench Boost chip for those without their Free Hit or Wildcards.

With Eliteserien Fantasy kicking off today – deadline for Gameweek 1 is 14:30 GMT – David put together a complete guide for those looking to take part. And Joe interviewed TV journalist and Eliteserien expert Jonas Bergh-Johnsen.

Johannes (formerly known as Niemi) has kindly contributed two more articles this week on Eliteserien after looking at price changes and providing a team guide last week. He’s analysed the fixtures and Double Gameweek strategy, and taken a look at some budget options.

Meanwhile Hansel and Meltens have been equally generous in putting together guides to Allsvenskan Fantasy. They take an in-depth look at the goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards on offer in Swedish top flight football.

To view all our discussions please visit our Hot Topics page, and if you’ve got some analysis, scout reports or features brewing, be sure to visit our community section to submit your article.

If you’re a member and are yet to get to grips with the custom statistics tables, you can view this movie for an explanation of how they work. Also, remember to tag them so that people can find the tables with ease.

COMMUNITY TOURNAMENTS

The third round of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup saw another former winner depart as donnellyc slipped to a narrow 35-34 loss to TwiggsJameson. David brought us all the latest from the competition including the draw for the next round – 64 managers are through to round four. The final is scheduled for Gameweek 37.

In TorresMagic’s Last Man Standing competition the safety score in Gameweek 31 was 25, this saw 63 managers eliminated. 174 teams are through to Gameweek 32, when the threshold for elimination moves up to 30%, a minimum of 53 managers will depart. The final will take place in Gameweek 37.

Finally eliminated from the Last Man Standing competition, but still top in both our main FFS League and our FFS Members League, and Adam Levy is number one in the world for a third Gameweek in a row.

I’ve mentioned recently that the current record points total for an FPL winner is 2,668 set by Jon Reeson (aka Westfield Irons), the first ever member of FFS to win FPL way back in the 2009/10 season.

After taking an eight-point hit in Gameweek 31, Adam needs 578 points to beat Jon’s longstanding mark. He still has his Wildcard, Free Hit, and Bench Boost chips available.

Mark still leads the FFS Mods & Cons but has dropped back out of the overall top thousand after taking a twelve-point hit. He also dropped to second in our Live Hall of Fame as Sean Tobin retook the lead.

G-Whizz is now second in the Mods and Cons after an impressive 65 points with only a four-point hit. This is his fourth FPL season and by far his best.

Andy Sullivan is the new leader in RedLightning’s Top 10k Any Season mini-league. He has been in the overall top thousand since Gameweek 18 and is now up to 62nd, despite having had the misfortune of Triple Captaining Sané in Gameweek 25. This is his 12th FPL season, his best previous finish being 4,190 back in 2007/08.

There’s also a new leader in RedLightning’s January to May LeagueVimal Krishnan has had 9 green arrows in 10 Gameweeks, rising from 95k in Gameweek 21 to 7,191 now. He used his Triple Captain chip profitably by captaining Agüero in Gameweek 25. This is his eighth FPL season, with a best previous finish of 7,632 in 2016/17.

Karen Goh remains top of RedLightning’s The Last Ten Gameweeks mini-league and has increased her lead to 20 points. Four successive green arrows have taken her from 112k in Gameweek 28 to 14,819 in the overall standings. She is reaping the benefits of an excellent Wildcard in Gameweek 29.

All of these mini-league leaders fielded 11 players in Gameweek 31, some of them taking hits in order to do so and others not needing to – crucially none of them played a chip then.

If you are running a community tournament and would like the latest scores included in future Community Round-Ups, please email us a summary of the current leaders and a link to your league, spreadsheet or head-to-head competition at geoff@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

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  1. Ribus
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Rash or Martial?

    1. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Toss of coin and only hindsight will tell.

      I’m not expecting either to play 180 mins and they’re likely be close in score anyway

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Rass

  2. Ninjaa
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Thinking of playing my free hit and going for 11 dgwers. Thoughts here?

    Ederson
    Luiz shlupp Lindelof
    Sterling hazard pogba Martial
    Aguero Jimenez Batshuayi

    Speroni Peltier Simpson Hudson O

    Thoughts on this please chaps

    1. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Lindelof gf just had a baby and he wasnt spotted at team hotel..

    2. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Nearly identical to me but I’ve fitted in Sane and downgraded to Foster.

  3. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Choose one

    A) Laporte
    B) Trippier
    C) Smalling/Young

  4. Madfox
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Hi guys I’m oretty unsure as to my last starter on my free hit team can work it to be one of the following:

    A: Pedro
    B: Trippier

    1. MGD
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B) i think

    2. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B guaranteed to start.

    3. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B

    4. Ribus
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Will Tripp start both?

  5. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A. Foster + Luiz
    B. Kepa + Lindelof

    Currently on A.

    1. MGD
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A) as doubt over linde. Azpi if you can

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers. Already have Azpi too.

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

    Locked & Loaded - lets go!

    Ederson
    Azpi - Trippier - Young - Schlupp
    Hazard - Sterling - Pogba
    Aguero (c) - Higuain - Jimenez

    Fodder - McTomfodder - Fodder - Fodder

    1. Scotty B
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Why Jimi over Rash?

      1. MGD
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Funds & slight worry over rash. I know, the doubt is over-hyped on here but still...

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

    Currently toying with the idea of a Man U defensive double up or 'spreading the risk' and taking a punt on Trippier. Flip a coin I guess.

    Good luck all.

    1. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I spread the risk onto Schlupp. Not sure I would for spurs defence but why not

  8. yer old da
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A simple question:

    A. Trippier
    or
    B. Young?

    1. Slitherene
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Young

  9. smix
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Jota or Trippier ?

  10. Stef rocks
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Rate my FH team:
    Foster
    Schlup Young Duffy
    Son DSilva Hazard Sterling Pogba
    Aguero Batchi

    Defense is a little bit week but I like that midfield very much

  11. Scotty B
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Smalling or Young?

    1. Stef rocks
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Young

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

      On Smalling now but Young is more enticing

    3. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Young I would

  12. Top 210 Club
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    How am I looking?

    DDG
    Azpi Young Duffy Schlupp
    Sterling Hazard Bilva
    Aguero Higgy Rashy

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Cool

  13. Caleb's Kitties
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Think i'm all set. 4-3-3 FH team:

    Lloris
    Azpi smalling laporte schlupp
    Hazard sterling pogba
    Aguero(C) higuain rashford

    1. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Nice

  14. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Three quick questions!?

    Luiz or Higuain?
    Young or Rashford?
    Trippier or Alli?

    1. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      HRT

  15. Mattymo23
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    What's the issue with Lindelof?

    1. xuwei
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Wondering the same.

    2. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Just became a dad

    3. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Apparently nothing. Like with Mane last gameweek, people on here trying to stir the pot...

    4. The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Didn't travel with the squad.

      His wife has given birth recently though, so could just be travelling separately

      1. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        travel inside manchester then? they play home...

    5. Hairy Potter
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Recently became a dad

    6. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Will just travel separately I’m sure

  16. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Any reason to captain Sterling over Aguero?

    1. Styles_X
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      differential

      1. xuwei
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        And the 4 more double figure returns

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          And form

  17. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A) Tomkins, Azpi, Martial, Bats (343)
    B) Schlupp, Luiz, Trippier, Rashford (433)

  18. Styles_X
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    okay so I'm on here after a while and I see all these colors? what's going on?

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      What have you taken?

      1. Styles_X
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        no i mean on the main image of the articles xD

    2. Make Arrows Green Again
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      They were always here. Have you had a blow to the head recently?

      1. Styles_X
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I meant on the images for the article xD. They were b/w before

        1. Make Arrows Green Again
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Lol just kidding :p

        2. GREEN IS GOOD
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          You must have bought a colour licence

  19. Carcetti
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is it crazy to go without Sterling?

    1. squits
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

    2. Gashead9
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Depends what other City you have

    3. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

    4. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not crazy.

      Stupid.

  20. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A-Young + Azpi + Duffy+ Romeu + Higuain
    B-Smalling + Luiz + Connoly + Son + Bats

  21. OptimusBlack
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Okay that's maybe silly Question ..
    Who is better for DGW ?
    A- Rashford
    B- Batman

  22. S3
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A or B? ...need help!....B is to try to get Rash in...any other ways?

    Ryan
    Laporte Luiz Schlupp
    Hazard Sterling Pogba Deulofeu
    Aguero Kane Bats

    Ryan
    Laporte Lindelof Schlupp Valery
    Hazard Sterling Pogba
    Aguero Kane Rash

    0.0 ITB....

  23. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Higuain or Dilva ?

  24. Aladdin Sané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A) Son + Laporte
    B) D. Silva + Luiz

    1. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I’m on B

  25. BrutalLogiC
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Trip or Bats?
    5-3-2 or 4-3-3

  26. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Best combo:

    A - Young + Townsend

    B - Shaw + Milivojevic

    1. Hairy Potter
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A

  27. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I want to leave changing my team till the last minute because i know my rivals are looking, but seeing at how fast these pages are flying, there could be a bottleneck of people trying to change teams at once, the system could crash. Risk it till last minute or play safe, but show rivals?

    1. xuwei
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      How are they looking?

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      How are you showing rival, and why does it matter? Just pick your team and be done with it.

    3. Party time
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Your rivals are spying on you, do not forget that buddy 🙂

      • bench boost for every gamew…
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        huh? never heard that anyone can see rivals team? i would not risk taking late transfers

    4. smix
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Will Young start both games with Dalot around ?

    5. Mr_Barbs
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A)
      Ederson
      Azpi, young, schlupp, trippier
      Sterling, Hazard, Pogba,
      Kun Rash Jimenez

      B)
      Kepa
      Luiz, Young, schlupp
      Sterling, Hazard, Pogba, D.Silva
      Kun Rash Jimenez

    6. CelticBhoy1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hi guys, anything worth a hit here?

      Fabianski
      Robbo Luiz Wan-B Doherty
      Pogba Haz Sterling
      Jimenez Aguero(Tc) Vardy

      Subs: Speroni Brooks Hojbjerg Bennett