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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. Mr_Barbs
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Somehow I've ended up with have triple City, Utd and Chelsea. Not sure I like that.

    1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Many are the same

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

      Some comfort in all this madness

  2. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Would you do Mane to Sane -4? Yay or Nay

    1. Asbestos City
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Nay

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

      Sane burned me too many times. If you're chasing a great gap in your league then it may work out

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

        I am yeah...

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Neigh.

  3. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A) ethrdge -4 to kepa
    B) salah vardy -8 to aguero mane/fraser

  4. nkhoughton
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    What are people doing with rashford?

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

      I’m sticking

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

    Which 3 to play out of these 4?

    A. Doherty (bur, MUN)
    B. Duffy (SOU, che)
    C. Holebas (mun, FUL)
    D. Schlupp (HUD, tot)

    1. Muzzy87
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      BCD

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

      D

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

    Last ditch decision.

    A) Luiz, Alli, Rashford
    B) Young, Trippier, Higuain

    Help?

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

      B

    2. Muzzy87
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B

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

      A but replace Alli with Son

  7. Hardly Athletic
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Good to go with my free hit team?

    Ryan
    Azpi - Laporte - Smalling - Schlupp
    Sterling - Hazard - Pogba
    Aguero - Higuain - Rashford

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

      Yep
      10 same player's 😉
      G2G

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

    Anyone sticking with Lindelof?

    1. Muzzy87
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

    2. nkhoughton
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah

  9. Alli
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A)
    Ederson
    Luiz - Lindelöf - Duffy - Schlupp
    Sterling - Hazard - Pogba
    Kun - Kane - Bats

    B)
    Ederson
    Luiz - Azpi - Young - Trippier
    Sterling - Hazard - Pogba
    Kun - Jimi - Rashford/Bats

  10. dee_top
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    G2G on FH32?

    Kepa
    Lindelof Duffy Schlupp
    Pogba Hazard Sterling Dilva
    Kun (c) Higuain Rashford

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is Lingard fit ? Great differential if he plays in both games

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

      He spent the international break at an injury rehab/training camp with rashford. I guess he is ready if Rash is, but we don't know.

      I guess if Lukaku is injured still it'll be Martial, Rashford, Lingard front 3. But Lukaku is in the squad and all 3 of those are injury doubts - it's a lottery.

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

    How's she looking 😉

    ----------- Ryan -------------
    Azpi • Smalling • Schlupp
    Sterling • Hazard • Pogba • Bilva
    Rashford • Aguero • Higuain

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Bilva is an odd pick. Rest looks lovely mate

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

        Punt mate
        He'll play on RW so hopeful for a good return

    2. Riders of Yohan
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Ryan over foster?

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

        ££

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

      Downgrade Bilva and bring in Ederson?

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

        That's an option, but thinking about Bilva punt
        Should play on RW so hopeful

      2. the german
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        See thats where he is takimg a punt. I would let him be that.

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

          Yeah
          Thank you buddy.
          Actually Ederson is most logical pick I agree bit I'm chasing so ....

    4. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Nice mate, our only differences are Ryan/Ederson and Bilva/Jota.. an option I’ve flirted with. Gtg

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

        Thank you 🙂
        Hopefully dgw will bring joy to us all !!

  13. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Haha, everyone’s just posting there own teams and not helping others! Another page zoooooooom

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

      B for me 😛

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Zooom Zoom.. Mazda or Flash Gordon?

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

      Ha, know what you mean! I'm trying to answer a few posts but the page keeps changing so quickly. Like trying to nail jelly to a ceiling.

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

    Team A)

    Kepa
    Laporte / Luiz / Schlupp
    Sterling / Hazard / Pogba / Mili / Deulofeu
    Kane / Aguero

    Team B)

    Kepa
    Laporte / Luiz / Lindelof / Schlupp
    Sterling / Hazard / Pogba
    Kane / Aguero / Batshuayi

    Thoughts?

    1. Riders of Yohan
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B

  15. Riders of Yohan
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Any options to make this team more exciting/ less template:

    DDG
    Azpilicueta, Schlupp, luiz
    Hazard, pogba, sterling, dilva
    Aguero, bats, rashford

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

      Haha, that's what I'm at so don't know :p

      1. Riders of Yohan
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Hahaa worth risking a punt on Sané?

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

      DDG Azpi to Kepa Lindo then upgrade Dilva to Sané. Risky but explosive.

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

        Actually I think you can keep Azpi and do Luiz>Lindo.

  16. Muzzy87
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Draft league advice please - would you start Duffy over any one?

    Ederson (Boruc)
    Luiz Rudiger Shaw Lindelof (Duffy)
    Richarlison, Maddison, Anderson, Lanzini, Ozil
    Aubameyang (Arnie, Rondon)

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

    A. Rashford or
    B. Jimenez ?

    1. Riders of Yohan
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A

    2. Muzzy87
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B

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

    Mili or Trippier?

    I quite like Mili but fear triple Palace (Schlupp and Bats) is too much?

    1. Riders of Yohan
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Trippier

  19. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I have a serious Rash problem

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

      Go and see a doctor

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

      It's contagious.

    3. Sargasso C
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      go to the Pharmacy and get a cream and promise to NEVER sleep with that woman again..

    4. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Syphilis

    5. GinjaWhinja
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Even if the doctor tells you how to treat it, you're still Gunnar feel the itch this morning.

    6. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      use an old remedy eye of Bat, ear of Hig and toe of Jim

    7. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      good creams out there for that

    8. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I HATE MY LIFE

  20. seanie3
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    am I good to go or does Kane kill my FH team too much

    Ederson
    Luiz, Schlupp, Tomkins
    Sterling, Pogba, Hazard, Hudson-Odoi
    Aguero, Kane, Deeney

    1. Riders of Yohan
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I think you know the answer already...

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

      Ederson, Luiz > Kepa, Laporte and upgrade a defender to Dunk, bench CHO?

    3. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      not kills. destroys.

  21. john25
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys, what do you think abt this FH team?

    DDG
    Luiz Azpi Schlupp
    DSilva Pogba Sterling Hazard
    Rashford Aguero Jimenez

    Cheers

    1. Sleepy Knight
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Watford seem to score vs United and they are likely to conceed away at Wolves, so DDG seems like save points only (no cleanie) for the cost.

  22. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Third striker spot, money no bar

    A Bats
    B Jiminez
    C Rash
    D Zaha

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A

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

      Jimi

  23. Sleepy Knight
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    RMFHT please

    Foster
    Laporte-Duffy-Schlupp-Luiz
    Pog-Sterling-Haz
    Arguero-Higuain-Rash

  24. Daghe Munegu
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Please guys smalling or Young?

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Young

    2. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Small. I fear Dalot can come for Young for one of the games

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

      Young

    4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Youngyy

  25. Taegugk Warrior
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Deulefou or Townsend..?

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Deu

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

      Townsend

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

      Deu

    4. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      That was my dilemma too. Townsend has the stats and more likely to get two starts but Deu more exciting. Currently on Deulefou but tempted to change

  26. Boss Hogg
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    a. Kepa, Laporte, Shaw
    OR
    b. Ederson, Duffy, Trippier

    ???

  27. Lucky Z
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A. DDG Rudiger D.Silva Bats
    B. Ederson Lindelof Mili Higuain

    #
    Azpi Schlupp #
    Hazard Pogba Sterling #
    Kun Rashford #

  28. CrouchDown
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Toss a coin?

    (A) Lindelof Deulofeu Kane Rashford

    (B) Pogba Jota Higuain Batsch

  29. KneejerkJoe
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Hi, care to rate my fh? 🙂

    Kepa
    Luiz Young Schlupp
    Deulofeu Bilva Sterling Hazard
    Batshuayi Kane Aguero (C)

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

    Martial or Rashford?

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

      I'm on Rashford at the minute, but considering Martial