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Blank Gameweek 31 fixtures confirmed after FA Cup ties

The full schedule for Blank Gameweek 31 is now known after the completion of Wednesday’s FA Cup fifth round ties.

Victories for Leicester City and Norwich City meant that two more Premier League fixtures fell by the wayside and will now need to be rearranged due to the clash with the FA Cup quarter-finals later this month.

Manchester City also progressed after a win over Sheffield Wednesday but Pep Guardiola’s side were already assured of a Blank Gameweek 31 after Chelsea‘s victory over Liverpool on Tuesday.

Arsenal, Newcastle United and Sheffield United made it through to the last eight of the FA Cup earlier in the week.

Manchester United face Derby County on Thursday evening but the result of that match will be immaterial to the Gameweek 31 picture.

The confirmed line-up for Blank Gameweek 31 is as follows:

Burnley v Watford
Liverpool
v Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
v Bournemouth

Gameweek 34

The FA Cup results also have implications further down the road.

The semi-finals of that competition clash with Gameweek 34, so a maximum of four Premier League matches will be postponed on the weekend of April 18/19.

Manchester City v Newcastle United is one of those fixtures, as the pair meet in the FA Cup quarter-finals and one of the two clubs will make it through to the semis, thus necessitating a rescheduling of their Gameweek 34 match.

However, a free midweek follows that round of league fixtures, so the games in question could simply be moved to the Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday afterwards.

Aston Villa v Sheffield United, originally earmarked for Gameweek 28, and the six postponed Gameweek 31 fixtures also have to be rescheduled, however, so it remains to be seen how the Premier League will go about setting new dates for those matches and whether Double Gameweek 34 will absorb some of them.

A Double Gameweek 37 looks fairly assured, given the lack of available midweeks elsewhere.

We currently have only four Premier League fixtures definitely going ahead on their original dates in Blank Gameweek 34:

Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur
Brighton and Hove Albion v Liverpool
Everton
v Southampton
West Ham United v Burnley

OUTSTANDING FIXTURES

The following games still have to be rearranged:

Aston Villa v Sheffield United (originally scheduled for Gameweek 28)
Chelsea v Manchester City (originally scheduled for Gameweek 31)
Leicester City v Brighton and Hove Albion (originally scheduled for Gameweek 31)
Manchester United v Sheffield United (originally scheduled for Gameweek 31)
Newcastle United v Aston Villa (originally scheduled for Gameweek 31)
Norwich City v Everton (originally scheduled for Gameweek 31)
Southampton v Arsenal (originally scheduled for Gameweek 31)
Manchester City v Newcastle United (originally scheduled for Gameweek 34)

It probably won’t be until just after Gameweek 31 that we will know when some, possibly all, of the outstanding Premier League fixtures will take place, as the results of the FA Cup quarter-finals will have a huge bearing on the season run-in.


BLANK GAMEWEEK 28 FPL MATCH REPORTS

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  1. davies
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Any Spurs players on your watchlist?

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Maybe Aurier and Alli for GW31.

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      None. Unless I dead end my team to gw 31 and wc 32. Aurier, Alli and Bergwijn are the usual suspects.

    3. Soto Ayam
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      No, but Antonio for West ham in the bgw 31 us a no brainer for me

    4. Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Worse - I have a Spurs player in my team!

    5. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Not rn but one or two could force their way on with the current situation.

  2. kamdaraji
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Am I mad considering KDB and Ings > Sarr and Auba for a -4

    1. osceola31909
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      I'm considering it, though I have had KDB since game week three. I will wait until Friday to see if any news.

    2. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      I will do the exact same moves if KDB is out for the DGW!

  3. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    So im trying to work out a chip strategy for the end of the season:

    Currently have 4 players that are nailed for BGW31, 5 if Traore starts.

    Looking at the following strategy:

    Field 9 in BGW31

    Free hit 34

    WC in GW36

    BB in GW37

    TC in any of the other weeks .

    Thoughts

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Why not TC this week then? Auba? KDB if fit?

    2. che
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Similar to mine, but I'm not gonna chance a reduced team for 31. Just gonna FH and use FT to build for 34. There's plenty of time and no reason to write off 31 when you can make up ground on all those fielding weakened teams

    3. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      I'd rather free hit in gw37 and use wc a little earlier to get the benefits of it over a few more extra weeks

    4. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Looks a solid plan, thinking along the same lines although I don't have TC left. Just need to decide what to do this GW.

  4. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Save FT?

    Hendo
    TAA Robbo Saiss
    Salah KDB Perez Fleck
    Kun Jimenez Ings

    Pope Hayden Taylor Lascelles

    1. KINGS
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Looking good

  5. Saka Rice
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Worth playing FH on GW31 if i can have 9 playing with just 1 hit?

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Probably not.

    2. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      No

    3. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      no

    4. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      No.

    5. osceola31909
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Good grief, no. That is pretty good.

  6. Alonso The Great Midfielder
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Get doherty for lundstram/rico
    Or get auba for vardy

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Aubs

  7. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    McCarthy, Ings - NEW(H)
    Trent, Mane, Salah - BOU(H)
    Pereira, Perez - AVL(H)
    Jota, Jimenez - BHA(H)
    Kabasele - CRY(A)
    De Bruyne - MUN(A), ARS(H)

    Fixtures looking absolutely delicious this week. 35 pointer inbound

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      True! Am considering bench boost

    2. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      So true

  8. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Ings and Perez to Pepe(C) and Nketiah for -4?

    Have KDB & Kun too!

    1. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      nketiah play in fa cup
      dont u think lacazette would start this week?

  9. GreennRed
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Is there any chance the two GW31 fixtures in FPL but not in article could still go ahead in GW31?

    1. che
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      No, international week

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      No need to play them this early.

    3. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Cheers lads.

  10. WrightnBright
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Mahrez predicted mins for the double?

    Am I mad to consider getting him in for KDB?

    1. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      We are all mad,we collect fantasy points

      My guess is he will get 90 minutes

    2. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Unless KDB is confirmed out for both games, I wouldn't do it. Mahrez is unlikely to start both anyway.

  11. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    So how you like them :green_apple:

    McCarthy
    VVD TAA Taylor
    Salah KDB Maddison Martial
    Jota Auba(c) Ings

    McGov Lasc Hayden Holgate

    1.3m itb, 1ft

    Subs in correct order? Any tranny you'd make? Was thinking about KDB to Pepe, but Arsenal have a blank in 31.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

  12. Tolly101
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    thoughts/advice please:
    2 FTs £2.0m ITB

    Henderson
    TAA, Stevens, Bertrand
    Salah, KDB, Fernandes, Barnes
    Firmino, Ings, Jimenez

    McCarthy, Boly, Fernandez, Mooy

  13. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Thoughts on Mané and Ings to Sterling(c) and Aubameyang?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      I'm keeping Ings till GW31

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        Was considering but Redmond out is a real pain

    2. Camino Aleatorio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Sterling? Really and a captain no less - could work. You will climb the rankings if he actually plays and does something unexpected

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        Flying completely under the radar

  14. FPL_Crisis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    KDB, Auba or Salah as captain this week?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Auba

      1. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        golden boot is on its way

    2. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Auba

      1. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        cheers

  15. RobinKerr1987
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Q.1. Alli and Ryan to Pepe and Pope for a -4 hit?

    Would give me:

    XXX (Martin)
    Van Dijk, TAA, Saiss (Williams, Cathcart)
    Salah, De Bruyne, XXX, Perez (Traore)
    Ings, Jimenez and Vardy

    Q.2. Should I bench boost (although no reserve keeper)? I have all chips bar triple captain in hand

  16. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Saiss or Boly?

    1. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      saiss but not much difference

  17. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Got to do this before price changes!

    Ings & Perez fo Nketiah & Pepe(C) for -4?

    Have Kun & KDB as well!

  18. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Firmino owners are u keeping or selling for Auba?

    1. Schwarzer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Sell

    2. Pilgrim62
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      I'm going to keep. Two great games GW29 and GW31

    3. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Sold for Auba but I'm FHing on 31.

  19. Schwarzer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Which would you do?

    A) Cantwell (shu) > Saka (WHM mci)
    B) Mooy (wol) > Saka (WHM mci)
    C) Save

    Cheers

  20. juho
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    So KdB may not be fit....whut

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Shoulder

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        and back

        1. the dom 1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 25 days ago

          So is there a chance he won’t play??

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 25 days ago

            Of course.

            1. the dom 1
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 25 days ago

              Didn’t see the KDB flag until now. Well there goes my only DGW player as I already did a hit earlier this week.

          2. Pilgrim62
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 25 days ago

            Is there a chance he will play?

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 25 days ago

              There's a chance for that too.

  21. vincentwsho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Is Saka worth a -4 this week?

    My current problem starters in squad: Traore (injury), KDB (injury), Robbo (rotation)

    I have Burnley's Taylor and Grealish on the bench. If I buy Saka, then obviously will play him instead of Traore. Or don't buy Saka and just let the subs sub in?

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Worth a punt for DGW. Don't think Robertson will be rotated.

    2. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Would be surprised to see robertson rotated but he did play a lot lately

    3. vincentwsho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Would Mahrez be a better punt than Saka?

      Higher ceiling, but Mahrez played 90 mins yesterday with Sterling on the bench

      1. Klaren
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        I'd take 90 minutes of Mahrez over 180 minutes of Saka.

        1. vincentwsho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 25 days ago

          Then do you think Mahrez is worth the -4 in my context above? Will need to release Grealish though.

          Also thinking about the Burnley game for Man City in week 30, compared with Villa VS Chelsea

          1. Klaren
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 25 days ago

            I'm usually opposed to hits so I didn't move the same move myself for a -4 but it's the high risk high reward approach and could work.

  22. Scratch
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Gonna sell Maddison and DCL for Auba and

    A. Gundogan
    B. Saka

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      B is cheaper, "if in doubt, always choose the cheaper asset", said somebody in the meet the manager video.

  23. KUN_DE_BRU_YNE
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    If you want to take a punt on budget city player who would you choose from these two:
    A)Mahrez
    B)G.jesus

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      A

  24. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Is Nketiah gunner start?

  25. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    This whole KdB injury is pep just preserving his best player so he is fresh come champions league deep run

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Does it matter, what the reason is?

  26. osceola31909
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Ryan - Button
    TAA - Saiss - O'Connell - Stephens - Lascelles
    Salah - Mane - KDB - Richarlison - Traore
    Jimenez - Ings - DCL

    1.8 itb, 1 ft

    A) Rich, Ings --> Snodgrass, Auba
    B) Mane, Ings --> Sarr, Auba
    C) KDB, Ings --> Sarr, Auba (would wait until Friday to see if news)
    D) Hold and/or go back to the drawing board

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      I did C

  27. yer old da
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    What do we think of these transfers this week?

    Grealish and Vardy > Saka and Aubameyang

    Already have 3 Pool and 3 Wolves so will have 8 for GW31 when it comes around.

  28. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    REPOST

    Got to do this before price changes!

    Ings & Perez fo Nketiah & Pepe(C) for -4?

    Have Kun & KDB as well!

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      You have Auba? Get him over Pepe if not imo.

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        Can't. Not enough funds.

      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        If KdB is injured, I would do Kun to Auba if I were you. Or downgrade KdB to get Auba.

  29. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    Get those transfers in before the pressers.

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Hahaha, not a chance!

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Sarcasm detected

  30. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 25 days ago

    There's just no City defender we can consider right? They are going to keep cleans.

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Clean jerseys.

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Walker?

      1. fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 25 days ago

        Had him last season. He just gets benched out of the blue. So a little hesitant.

    3. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 25 days ago

      Other than Ederson, Walker seems the best bet to start both. Slight risk of rotation but Walker usually plays in more difficult games so I'm guessing Walker starts vs Man Utd, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Cancelo starts vs Burnley.