We round up the key Fantasy Premier League (FPL) talking points of the day in FPL Daily, a weekday series that serves non-Premier League matchdays and days when we don’t bring you a team news/press conference round-up.
BLANK GAMEWEEK 30 LATEST
We have three more confirmed blanks in Gameweek 30 of Fantasy Premier League after Wednesday’s FA Cup fifth-round ties, bringing the current total to five.
Burnley v Southampton, Norwich City v Chelsea (more on that game in a bit) and Liverpool v Manchester United are all postponed, along with Manchester City v Brighton and Hove Albion and Crystal Palace v Newcastle United.
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United will go ahead in Gameweek 30, however, along with Arsenal v Aston Villa, Leicester City v Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United.
We’re likely to have six fixtures off in Gameweek 30, as Everton would have to lose to non-league Boreham Wood on Thursday in order for their fixture against Watford to go ahead:
| Gameweek 30 Match | Current status | Game will go ahead if… |
| Wolves v Leeds | Guaranteed to go ahead in Gameweek 30 | – |
| Arsenal v Aston Villa | Guaranteed to go ahead in Gameweek 30 | – |
| Leicester v Brentford | Guaranteed to go ahead in Gameweek 30 | – |
| Spurs v West Ham | Guaranteed to go ahead in Gameweek 30 | – |
| Man City v Brighton | Blank | – |
| Newcastle v C Palace | Blank | – |
| Norwich v Chelsea | Blank | – |
| Burnley v Southampton | Blank | – |
| Liverpool v Man Utd | Blank | – |
| Watford v Everton | Possible blank | Everton are beaten by Boreham Wood in the FA Cup fifth round |
TEAMS WITH THE MOST UNSCHEDULED FIXTURES OUTSTANDING:
- Burnley, Leicester (3)
- Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton (2)
- Aston Villa, Brighton, Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Spurs (1)
- Brentford, Leeds, Watford, West Ham, Wolves (0)
OUTSTANDING FIXTURES
- Aston Villa v Burnley (Dec 18 – Covid)
- Everton v Leicester City (Dec 19 + Jan 11 – Covid)
- Burnley v Everton (Dec 26 – Covid)
- Leicester City v Norwich (Jan 1 – Covid)
- Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal (Jan 16 – Covid)
- Chelsea v Arsenal (Feb 12 – clash with the Club World Cup)
- Chelsea v Leicester City (Feb 25 – clash with the EFL Cup final)
- Manchester City v Brighton (Mar 19 – clash with the FA Cup quarter-finals)
- Burnley v Southampton (Mar 19 – clash with the FA Cup quarter-finals)
- Newcastle v Crystal Palace (Mar 20 – clash with the FA Cup quarter-finals)
- Liverpool v Man Utd (Mar 20 – clash with the FA Cup quarter-finals)
GAMEWEEK 28: NORWICH v CHELSEA SET TO BE ADDED
Double Gameweek 28 will now be one match bigger as a result of Chelsea progressing in the FA Cup tonight.
Norwich City v Chelsea – originally scheduled for Gameweek 30 – will now move to Thursday 10 March and the two clubs will now ‘double’ in Gameweek 28 as a consequence.
The Blues will be away at Burnley and Norwich, while the Canaries will host Brentford before welcoming Thomas Tuchel’s side to Carrow Road.
We’ve reset the ‘best captain’ poll results on the sidebar, with Chelsea assets now added.
The final Gameweek 28 picture looks like this (taken from our newly updated Season Ticker):
