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The Complete Guide to FPL Gameweek 8: Tips, captains, team news and best players

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The deadline for Gameweek 8 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is almost upon us – and we’ve got everything you need to help you with your transfers and captaincy decisions on this page.

Whether you’re playing a Wildcard or otherwise, you’ll find plenty of advice on your transfer dilemmas and armband conundrums on this page.

There are also team reveals, Members’ articles and videos in this comprehensive guide to the upcoming Gameweek.

Our usual deadline-day Breakfast Club video, which features Mark Sutherns, can be viewed from 10.30am BST below:

All of these pieces preceded the Friday-night announcement from Spurs that two of their players had tested positive for Covid-19, with The Times suggesting that Son Heung-min (£10.1m) wouldn’t be involved in the Lilywhites’ clash with Newcastle on Sunday. We should stress, of course, that this remains only media and internet speculation and we’ve yet to have any concrete proof on the FPL assets affected.

WHO ARE THE BEST FPL PLAYERS TO OWN FOR GAMEWEEK 8?

BEST PLAYERS FOR A GAMEWEEK 8 WILDCARD

GAMEWEEK 8 TEAM AND INJURY NEWS: WHO WILL PLAY?

For more information, check out our Predicted Line-ups page and Injuries and Bans feed.

WHO IS THE BEST CAPTAIN FOR GAMEWEEK 8?

BEST FIXTURES FOR GAMEWEEK 8 AND BEYOND

GAMEWEEK 8 TEAM REVEALS

BEST FPL STRATEGY AND EXPERT TIPS FOR GAMEWEEK 8 AND BEYOND

THE KEY GAMEWEEK 8 QUESTIONS

GAMEWEEK 8 VIDEO CONTENT

Head over to our YouTube channel for all our Gameweek 8 videos, including Az and Sam’s Q&A and the Scoutcast

USEFUL TOOLS

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  1. GreennRed
    5 years, 6 days ago

    What's the story with Son? Have him VC, will switch if he's a doubt.

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    1. Hulk Smash
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Rumour is he has Covid. If so he's apparently out for 2-3 games.

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    2. BrockLanders
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Talk he caught COVID on international duty. Hwang must be at risk too given they travelled together..

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    3. GreennRed
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Cheers lads. Already on -4. Not taking another hit this GW.

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  2. GENERATION X
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Opening game has a Sarr haul written all over it

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  3. Sid07
    5 years, 6 days ago

    On wildcard
    1) azpi saka Toney
    2) james muembo antonio

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    1. Sid07
      5 years, 6 days ago

      3)Christensen muembo jiminez

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    2. aapoman
      5 years, 6 days ago

      2

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    3. vova
      5 years, 6 days ago

      1

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  4. HD7
    5 years, 6 days ago

    1 FT

    Any idea if Rudi is out only for 1GW?
    If he is, Marcal aint the worst sub. Though not sure if Raph plays. If not I have Sissoko.
    Should I save the transfer?

    Ramsdale
    Trent Marcal Dias Livra
    Salah Raph* Gray Saka
    Ronaldo Lukaku

    Steele Sissoko Scarlett Rudiger

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  5. TheRealDog
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Not much talk about Mount. 90, 81, 90 mins before injury. Will surely be starting again today. Any takers? I'm thinking of going with Mount instead of Foden but still undecided.

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Plenty are.

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    2. GENERATION X
      5 years, 6 days ago

      I want to see how his mins are after Weds as its the NOR game I really want him for

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    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Been poor this season, would avoid

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  6. Starskyb
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Do we believe the Son rumour?

    Last decision
    A) Son and Hwang
    B) Vardy and ESR

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    1. Hulk Smash
      5 years, 6 days ago

      B. I believe it.

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  7. ball c
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Maupay or Armstrong?

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    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Maupay for me

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  8. tim
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Foden or Mount?

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    1. Tcheco
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Foden

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    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Foden just

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      1. tim
        5 years, 6 days ago

        Cheers lads!

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  9. lordkippe
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Start Raphinha or Semedo ?

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Raph

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  10. The Count of Monte Cristo
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Start Toney over Sarr?

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  11. Tcheco
    5 years, 6 days ago

    A. Mbeumo

    B. Saka

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    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Saka this week but Mbu 5th mid longer term

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  12. HAMMERTIME107
    5 years, 6 days ago

    No confidence in this team what so ever!

    Please any help with this mess would be appreciated. No wildcard!

    Schmeichel
    Marcal | Duffy | Alonso
    Raphina | Benrhama | Salah | Sarr
    Ronaldo | Saint-Max | Lukaku

    Bissouma | Manquillo | Amartey

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Improve on Schmeichel and defence.

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    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Probs save, and consider downgrading ronaldo next week and upgrading defence

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  13. Clueless_91
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Thoughts please?

    A) Ramsdale Foster
    TAA Cancelo James Duffy
    Liv
    Salah Foden Mbeumo Saka
    Raph
    Lukaku Antonio Hwang

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  14. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
    5 years, 6 days ago

    The Son rumours are rubbish right? Just fabricated by someone on Twitter looking for clout, and then spread by others on Twitter as an excuse to create content and sell the product (FPL Mate cough cough)?

    With Nuno's pathetic press conferences meaning that any players could be named as the infectees and the rumour has legs...

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    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 6 days ago

      There's usually no smoke without fire though.

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    2. Hulk Smash
      5 years, 6 days ago

      I'm not taking the risk on a 10m player

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    3. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      5 years, 6 days ago

      My feeling is it’s probably true.

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      1. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
        5 years, 6 days ago

        Yeah, I've had to take him out as the risk is not worth it. I blame Nuno tbh, I wonder why he even bothers doing pre-game conferences?

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    4. Arteta
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Why would people joke about illness and health issues?

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      1. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
        5 years, 6 days ago

        I know right? But I tried digging around and there was a minority saying the 2 were Dele and Doherty... Twitter is just a cesspit of attention seekers imo

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    5. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
      5 years, 6 days ago

      A couple of things add some weight (but aren't definitive). The player trained the day prior to the announcement (Son was one such player, unlike, say, the South American contingent), and Nuno said it means he cannot select the same lineup he did versus Villa. So the actual pool of players is reasonably small.

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      1. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
        5 years, 6 days ago

        I saw this as someone who has picked Son on wildcard and still sitting with him in my squad. I am leaning towards the rumours being correct (main twitter source does look like me might be an ITK) but I would be gutted it I took him out and it was smoke and mirrors BS so might just carry him a couple of weeks if necessary

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  15. tbos83
    5 years, 6 days ago

    GTG? Nervous about benching Shaw

    Sanchez
    Livra Christensen White
    Salah(c) ESR Benny Gray
    Lukaku Ronaldo Antonio

    Steele Shaw Kovacic Digne

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  16. Il Capitano
    5 years, 6 days ago

    0FT - 0m ITB

    Sanchez
    TAA White Livra Cancelo
    Salah (C) Jota Sarr
    Ronaldo Antonio ASM

    Steele - Raph* Shaw Gilmour

    Morning all, any hits/starting line-up changes to consider here?

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  17. shelvey33
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Anyone considering Cancelo as a captain? I expect a high scoring game for city with a clean sheet.
    I also own Salah and Lukaku.

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    1. TheSteel
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Don't trust Pep

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  18. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Beat City option in the def and mid? Thanks

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    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Best*

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  19. Nightf0x
    5 years, 6 days ago

    sanchez - alonso christense matip (white amrty) - raph salah townsend benrahma (sisoko) - vardy antonio ronaldo (itb 1.5)

    Amartey -4 to laporte ? Y or N

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  20. Hulk Smash
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Opinions on this?

    Ramsdale
    Trent Dias Chilwell Duffy
    Salah Mahrez Mbeumo
    Lukaku Antonio Toney
    (Foster Livramento Raphinha* Brownhill)

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    1. Squib
      5 years, 6 days ago

      If Chilwell and Nahrez play, then it's good. Mbuemo looks good after this week for next few. Not keen on 2 Brentford attackers though.

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      1. Hulk Smash
        5 years, 6 days ago

        One of the Brentford boys will usually be benched for Raphinha.

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        1. Squib
          5 years, 6 days ago

          Expensive for perpetual benching imo. But maybe that's me. Wouldn't have Toney on bench if I owned him.

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  21. TheSteel
    5 years, 6 days ago

    With Trincao out, im now tempted to start Traore. Would you start him over Raphinha or Sarr?

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  22. Squib
    5 years, 6 days ago

    I want City attack and playing Chelsea defenders- would you WC this:

    Sanchez
    TAA Rudiger Cancelo Livramento Tsimikas
    Salah Raphinha Benrahma Gray Brownhill
    Lukaku Ronaldo Dennis

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  23. Johan Queef
    5 years, 6 days ago

    A) Laporte & Azpi
    B) Dias & James

    Help!

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    1. Tcheco
      5 years, 6 days ago

      B

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    2. Il Capitano
      5 years, 6 days ago

      B

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  24. Oggle22
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Ramsdale
    Livramento Christensen Laporte
    Salah(c) Bruno Raphina Townsend
    Antonio Lukaku CR7

    Foster Luiz Manquillo Rudiger

    A) Antonio and Rudi to TAA and Armstrong -4

    B) Rudi to Walker play 4-4-2

    C) Roll FT but will have Luiz and Manquillo coming off the bench

    Cheers

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  25. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Anyone know (appreciate unlikely off the top of their noggins) who Stones has done vs Burnley … I seem to remember him scoring before ….. got a horrible punt growing in my mind now …

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    1. SADIO SANÉ
      5 years, 6 days ago

      played 10 - never scored, never assisted

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      1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
        5 years, 6 days ago

        I don’t even what to know how you knew that so quickly … cheers. Punt now dead.

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    2. Rotation's Alter Ego
      • Has Moderation Rights
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Stones returns vs Burnley when he's started since 2014:

      6,6,6,6,9

      Stones returns vs Burnley regardless of if he started or not:

      6,6,0,0,1,6,0,6,1,0,9,0

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      1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
        5 years, 6 days ago

        Lovely stuff, great turn around cheers.

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  26. Bod
    5 years, 6 days ago

    What’s the deal with Rudigers injury? Worth replacing for a hit?

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    1. Hazz
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      5 years, 6 days ago

      Worth waiting till a Chelsea play in midweek to hear more. Unknown time frame/severity.

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      1. Bod
        5 years, 6 days ago

        Thanks

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  27. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Start Mbuemo over one of these?
    A) Toney
    B) White
    C) Livramento
    D) None, bench.

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    1. Peter O'Hanraha-hanrah…
      5 years, 6 days ago

      C

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  28. jai1212
    5 years, 6 days ago

    A. Azpi / ESR / Toney
    B. Chilwell / Saka / Armstrong

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    1. G Banger
      5 years, 6 days ago

      I have A

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    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      5 years, 6 days ago

      B

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  29. G Banger
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Last one please, who to start:

    a) Duffy
    b) Raph

    🙂

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    1. TheRealDog
      5 years, 6 days ago

      Duffy

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  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    5 years, 6 days ago

    Salah is usually a good c choice

    Salah playing for a new contract. Definitely

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