FPL Gameweek 29 Free Hit dilemmas: Bowen v Kudus

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Price Change Predictions

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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
N.Williams	NFO	4.7m	84.3%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	85.8%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	84.8%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	85.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	82.3%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	78.6%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	74.0%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.3m	69.5%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	75.1%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	75.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	74.4%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	71.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	73.3%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.3%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	70.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	67.2%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	66.4%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	67.0%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	61.5%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	60.3%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	61.9%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	59.9%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.4m	59.1%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	60.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	55.0%	Unlikely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	52.5%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	51.0%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	51.3%	Unlikely
Scott	BOU	5.0m	48.9%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	49.5%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	49.2%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	50.1%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	49.1%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	48.0%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	45.6%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	44.4%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.5m	40.3%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	43.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	98.4%	Maybe
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	97.8%	Maybe
Merino	ARS	5.4m	96.5%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
Travers	EVE	4.3m	92.3%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	92.3%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	91.0%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	90.6%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	90.3%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.4m	82.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	84.9%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	84.8%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	83.4%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	83.1%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.2m	75.4%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	82.7%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	81.5%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	78.5%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	80.6%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	79.7%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	79.7%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	72.9%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	84.1%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	71.7%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	71.6%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	69.6%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	68.7%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	65.8%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	65.6%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	63.7%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	61.2%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	62.8%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	58.8%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	59.7%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	53.0%	Unlikely
Milambo	BRE	5.2m	58.9%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	53.5%	Unlikely
N.Gonzalez	MCI	5.9m	57.7%	Unlikely
Merrick	CHE	4.0m	57.2%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 16 Apr, 2026 10:18pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Inj
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A, Inj
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 16 Apr, 2026 10:36pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
Up	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A, OoP
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	B
Down	Wilson	FUL	A
Up	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 10:24am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
Up	João Pedro	CHE	A
Up	Welbeck	BHA	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	Thiago	BRE	B

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:01pm

GW33 Chip Poll

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FPL Gameweek 29 Free Hit dilemmas: Bowen v Kudus

12 March 2024 334 comments

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Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers currently on a Free Hit will be seriously thinking about West Ham United assets in Blank Gameweek 29, with interest chiefly focused on Jarrod Bowen (£7.9m) and Mohammed Kudus (£6.8m).

A lot of FPL bosses already own Bowen, of course: his ownership sits at 26.2% overall and 35.13% in the top 10k.

Kudus is a differential at 4.4% and 1.99% respectively, but how do the two Hammers stack up against one another?

We’ll explore Bowen and Kudus’ appeal in this Premium Members article.

READ MORE: FPL Gameweek 29 Free Hit guide: Pros, cons + team drafts

BOWEN V KUDUS: GOAL THREAT

Name	Mins	Mins per goal	Mins per shot	Mins per shot in box	Mins per shot on target	Mins per pen box touch	Mins per xG
Bowen	2,425	173.2	37.3	46.6	80.8	16.5	261.9
Kudus	1,629	271.5	38.8	77.6	135.8	24.3	498.2

Bowen is West Ham’s top scorer this season by some margin (14 goals) and over the course of the campaign, betters Kudus in all of the key attacking metrics.

When it comes to goal threat, the 27-year-old trumps his team-mate for minutes per shot (37.3 v 38.8), shot in the box (46.6 v 77.6), shot on target (80.8 v 135.8) and penalty box touch (16.5 v 24.3).

However, the most eye-catching stat is arguably expected goals (xG): Bowen’s figure (261.9) is almost half that of Kudus’ (498.2).

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linkafu
2 years, 1 month ago
FH29 Team. Need to be a bit different to grab some place in my mini league.

Advice?

Flekken
Collins Udogie Alex Moreno
Bowen Son JWP Kulusevski
Toney Watkins Wood

Leno MGW Coufal Doughty
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1. estheblessed
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Wood! Interesting
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  1. el polako
    2 years, 1 month ago
    Pervert
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  2. linkafu
    2 years, 1 month ago
    I feel a Wood goal for his comeback in Burnley!
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  3. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    2 years, 1 month ago
    I prefer my Iron
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2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
  2 years, 1 month ago
  As a Moreno owner I'd bin him, he's scored a total of 2pts in the last 5 games combined. I have no choice but to play him but fully expect him to concede 2+ goals and get subbed early or be subbed on after being benched yet again
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  1. linkafu
    2 years, 1 month ago
    I will decide after tomorrow games
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estheblessed
2 years, 1 month ago
Using my FH. 3rd striker ?

a) Morris
b) Muniz
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1. linkafu
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Muniz
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George James
2 years, 1 month ago
A) -8 with team below

B) FH

Areola
Taylor • Porro • Reguilon • Doughty
Bowen • Richarlison* • Son
Watkins • Toney
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1. linkafu
  2 years, 1 month ago
  FH
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2. estheblessed
  2 years, 1 month ago
  fh
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Nate(U)dog(ie)
2 years, 1 month ago
Heads up to anyone that does Fantasy5, deadline is tonight as tonight's game is included.
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1. Pipermaru
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Cheers!
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ryacoo
2 years, 1 month ago
Can Brennan Johnson be an enabler on GW30/31 WC?

5.8M and even in his last 4 cameos he has 2 goals, 2 assists in only 119 mins!
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1. Royal5
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Saka, Son, Salah, Foden, Palmer surely?
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  1. gart888
    2 years, 1 month ago
    That's my targeted midfield 5 (along with Haaland and Watkins).
    
    Worth a hit to get it done for GW30? Or ride with Solanke and Richarlison for one more week (over Salah) and save the 4 points?
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  2. ryacoo
    2 years, 1 month ago
    I doubt I'll get all five of those if I want a good bench boost
    
    Gross could have a DGW35 and Hee Chan a nice DGW37 too, so Brennan could be a nice placeholder
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2. el polako
  2 years, 1 month ago
  You considering bringing in a player who is starting most of his games on the bench?
  
  With so many cheap starting options it seems very odd.
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  1. ryacoo
    2 years, 1 month ago
    Points are points and he's still outscoring the rest in that bracket bar Gordon, who would be a no brainer if not injured
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3. Nate(U)dog(ie)
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Potentially, but have to remember that by that stage Spurs will likely have all of Son, Kulusevski, Richarlison, Maddison, Werner and Johnson fit. If Postecoglu still prefers Richarlison up top then that means Son shifts wide and I don't think Kulusevski gets dropped, so it's basically Johnson and Werner as backup to those two out wide
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No Kane No Gain
2 years, 1 month ago
Out of the teams playing this weekend, apart from Spurs, does any of them have a chance of a future double gameweek before the end of the season?!

No FH left, every transfer matters
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1. gart888
  2 years, 1 month ago
  check Crellin's sheet.
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2. Pipermaru
  2 years, 1 month ago
  I think it might be Fulham but as mentioned above check Ben Crellin's predictions.
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gart888
2 years, 1 month ago
Anyone else feel that free hitting during an international break is pretty boring? Feels strange to have absolutely nothing to do or think about with my FPL team for so long.
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1. gart888
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Wait, forget the international break part lol. But I'm still bored!
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Von Lipwig
2 years, 1 month ago
WC team:

Areola
Porro Pau Doughty Taylor
Son Madisson Bailey Bowen
Toney Watkins

Kelleher* Gabriel*Haaland* Saka*

is that crazy? Anyway it's done now. would you go for Udogie over Porro to save the cash for later. Any other thoughts?
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1. Biggsy
  2 years, 1 month ago
  I think its too short sighted for a WC to the season end. You need a route into Liverpool and possibly more City.
  
  I'd probably go Muniz over Toney (much nicer GW30 fixture where you still might run the same bench).
  
  I also would steer clear of Taylor and maybe even Doughty - although depends on whether you still have BB. Villa also have some tough games in their final run so you want someone who rotates in for Pau - even if that is at the expense of a GW 29 player.
  
  Finally Alisson was due back after the IB (i.e. for GW30) so Kelleher feels like booking a transfer down the line.
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Forza Napoli
2 years, 1 month ago
For my FH team, I've gone with:

Areola (Leno)
Ajer, N Williams, P Porro (Castagne, Pau)
Son, Maddison, Bowen, Kudus, L Bailey
Watkins, Wissa (Morris)

Any thoughts/suggestions for tweaks? Fairly happy betting heavy on Spurs and some goals in the West Ham/Villa game.
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1. Tonyawesome69
  2 years, 1 month ago
  Wissa xMins high with Maupay and potentially Mbeumo available?
  
  WHU/AVL will depend on midweek Europe games
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Skout
2 years, 1 month ago
Committed to a FH34, Solanke to Toney and maybe one more transfer for -4?
(Aware Turner unlikely to play)

TURNER*
PORRO CASH DOUGHTY TAYLOR
SON palmer foden
WATKINS haaland solanke

Dubrav saka hwang branth
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