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The Complete Guide to FPL Double Gameweek 25 tips and advice

The first Double Gameweek of the season is upon us! Champions Manchester City, who broke all sorts of records last season, have two fixtures against struggling defences – this is the stuff of FPL dreams. So why aren’t we more excited?

The stampede to acquire their players hasn’t fully materialised in part because of their unexpected defeated to Newcastle in midweek. Many are now calling the Double Gameweek a trap, with Jealous Viper at a loss to explain City’s fall from grace.

Others, such as Geoff, are more circumspect:

I can’t help wondering if everyone saying ‘it’s a trap’ is actually the real trap..

Will Gameweek 25 end up being remembered as the ‘Double Bluff’ Gameweek?

Time will tell. The lack of enthusiasm for the Double Gameweek clubs – City and Everton – can be summarised as follows: rotation, form, and a blank in two Gameweeks.

Rotation is more of a concern for City players, the term ‘Peptation’ is familiar to all FPL managers. In his article entitled “Which Man City options will start both Double Gameweek 25 matches?”, David examines in detail how Pep has used his players this season. Recommended reading for all those still contemplating City assets.

And there are valid reasons for buying a City player – they are at the top of the predicted goals chart by some distance, with a total of 4.57 goals over the two fixtures, and are the standout option according to G-Whizz who brings us the latest DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds.

Choosing to focus on the positives, Pep Pig even makes the case for deploying the Triple Captain chip. He’s not alone – featured recently in a Meet the Manager interview, current Live HoF number 5 Aleksander Våge Nilsen is another committed to playing the TC chip.

On the subject of chips, MINUS FOUR dropped by to offer his thoughts. No, not on how to win at Baccarat in a Monte Carlo casino, this week the ‘James Bond of FPL’ was proposing a strategy for using the Free Hit chip in Gameweek 31. He certainly rises to meet a challenge.

Not one to be shaken or stirred, J0E was plugging his ever popular Goals Imminent table on both the Scoutcast and Captaincy video after it proved remarkably accurate in Gameweek 24 – predicting returns for Richarlison, Aubameyang, Barnes, Mitrovic, and even Rondón. This week two Everton players feature prominently along with a certain Chelsea talisman.

Everton are in danger of being overlooked despite offering a security of starts for the Double Gameweek. Richarlison and Sigurdsson are the two Evertonians who have underperformed recently and perhaps with good reason – as J0E points out, the statistics show why Richarlison is quite good but not that good. He’s had 10 shots in the box over the last four Gameweeks but only two of those have been on target. Sigurdsson is a more intriguing choice in J0E’s opinion, the Icelandic international has taken 11 shots over the same period, but four of those have been on target.

As David mentions, if you are willing to overlook the blank in Gameweek 27, the matches following the Double Gameweek are tempting fixtures against Watford and Cardiff. So signing an Everton player is more than just a one week move.

The Chelsea player in question is that well known scourge of FPL teams Eden Hazard. The Belgian has been up to his old tricks lately with only a single assist over the last five Gameweeks. Predictably he scored when it didn’t matter, in the League Cup semi-final against Spurs.

What are we to make of Chelsea’s recent malaise?

Sarri seems unwilling to change his tactics. The acquisition on loan of his former charge Gonzalo Higuain was intended to put another piece in place as he molds his squad to fit his ‘Sarri-ball’ approach.

A 4-0 defeat to Bournemouth came as a shock to all, prompting a 45 minute post-match inquest in the dressing room. It’s left FPL managers caught between a rock and a hard place – a depressing run of form, but up next an enticing home match against bottom-of-the-table Huddersfield. Legomané asked what next for your Chelsea assets?

This week’s Captain Sensible article takes a look at City’s Double Gameweek candidates and, given concerns about their players being rotated, possible single Gameweek captains. Will Hazard finally haul? Will Salah exploit West Ham’s defence as Wolves did in midweek?

The door on the January transfer window shut rather softly yesterday compared to its usual slam, as spending fell for the first time since 2012. Neale (aka Skonto Rigga) followed the deadline day action with news of all the confirmed transfers. As the latest signings were gradually added to FPL, rainy asked which of the new arrivals interested FFS managers?

Former Liverpool player Ryan Babel (£5.5m) hit the ground running at his new club Fulham, conjuring two assists against Brighton. Meanwhile David hopes new Leicester signing Youri Tielemans (£6.0m) can live up to his computer game potential, with Luke describing him as a beast in Football Manager.

The team news ahead of the weekend has been rounded-up by Neale, and separately by Rotation’s Alter Ego in a handy hot topic.

To complete the guide to the first Double Gameweek of the season, there’s a City differential to consider. Kevin De Bruyne (£9.7m) returned a total of 408 points in his previous two seasons, hampered by injury this season his overall ownership remains below 5%.

The Belgian could well be the differential needed to propel you up the leaderboard. Among the top 10,000 managers Sané and Richarlison are the two highly owned players, for those looking to consolidate their position.

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.

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COMMUNITY TOURNAMENTS

The semi-finals of the two FFS cup competitions will take place this Gameweek. The finals were due to take place in Gameweek 25 however the cup competitions were unable to be run in Gameweek 23 so the quarter-finals were pushed back a week. I apologise for giving you the wrong information last week.

In the first of the semi-finals in the FFS Cup Justmatt will take on Get It Inter Ya. Justmatt goes into the tie as the lower ranked manager at 41,115 with Get It Inter Ya an impressive 775th overall. However Justmatt may have an edge given that he has an extra Double Gameweek player in Richarlison. Both managers have two free transfers to use ahead of the deadline.

In the second semi-final Tibbles will take on Man-Chest-Heir F.C. Tibbles scored an impressive 70 points in his quarter-final victory over The Quiff, his decision to captain Aubameyang paying off handsomely. He has Double Gameweek players Sané, Richarlison, and Keane in place for his last four tie. Last week, Keane made Digne owners reflect on what might have been with a 9 point return against Huddersfield.

His opponent Man-Chest-Heir F.C. also owns Sané and Richarlison. Both managers have one free transfer to use ahead of the deadline.

In the semi-finals of the FFS Members Cup Jambo17 will take on AKÉ MEYER DANN U, and Jay # faces Eedee.  

Ranked at 515 overall, Jambo17 has two Double Gameweek players in Richarlison and Laporte. He has two free transfers to make changes to his side – will Hazard make way for a City midfielder? Will he match his opponent AKÉ MEYER DANN U who already has Sterling?

In addition to the England player AKÉ MEYER DANN U is another manager to own Richarlison, but he only has one free transfer left.

Eedee goes into his last four tie against Jay # as the higher ranked manager – currently 4,992 in the standings. They have the same Double Gameweek players in Sané and, you guessed it – Richarlison. However Eedee perhaps has a slight advantage with an extra free transfer, it looks like being a very close tie this one.

We await the result of the final of the FFS Manager Melee Community Tournament featuring American Dycho against The Godfather: Pardew. Last week Greyhead previewed all the action in a special article.

In TorresMagic’s Last Man Standing the safety score in Gameweek 24 was 35, this saw 83 managers eliminated meaning 686 survive out of the 4,614 managers to have taken part. The final will take place in Gameweek 37.

The lead has swapped again in our main FFS League with Miroslav Pujic regaining top spot from Matthieu Raoux. Miroslav brought in Aubameyang for Kane, having only sold the Arsenal man in Gameweek 23. The plan worked and contributed towards his 58 point total.

Miroslav moves up to second place overall although he is someway behind the currently FPL leader Finland’s Toni Haapanen. Toni has a 39 point lead but has played both his Triple Captain and his Free Hit chip, so maybe there’s an opportunity around the later blank and Double Gameweeks for Miroslav to bridge the gap. Miroslav still has all his chips available.

Sean Tobin remains the leader in the FFS Live Hall of Fame. A successful transfer of Deulofeu to Son helped him to 53 points and sees him move up to 12th overall. Sean featured in J0E’s Meet the Manager video last week.

A score of 45 points was enough for Tore Bjørheim to hold onto first place in the FFS Members League although the gap to second place has been cut slightly to 15 points. He remains 14th in the overall rankings.

David’s lead at the top of the FFS Mods & Cons is down to 7 points as Mark closed the gap. Mark’s decision to bring in Kolasinac ahead of Digne for the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold proving a good one.

Luke Aiello still occupies top spot in RedLightning’s Top 10k Any Season mini-league, although his advantage has been reduced to 12 points and he’s slipped to 89th in the overall standings.

Lesego Maforah made it five green arrows in five Gameweeks to extend his lead over Andrew Fu to 9 points at the top of RedLightning’s January to May League. Over that period he’s risen from 578k to 143k overall. He saved a transfer in Gameweek 24, so heading into the Double Gameweek he has two free transfers available with Aguero, Sané, and Richarlison already in his side.

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. SpaceCadet
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Chances of Alonso starting today?

    1. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Quite high IMO

      Main LB and Emerson was in the 4-0 team, for me Alonso has had his rest and slots back in

      1. SpaceCadet
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks

    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pretty good I’d say

  2. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Any guesses on Salah's EO this GW for the top 10k?

    1. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      95%?

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      130%

    3. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      110% I guess

    4. Tev
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      130% at least, he’s owned by basically 100%

  3. tbhogal
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guys, which one would you do?

    A) Digne for Kola
    B) Alonso for LaPorte
    C) Save FT.

    1. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Save FT

  4. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Fabs
    Awb luiz Robbo
    Sane(c) rich pogba salah
    Rashford Jimenez aguero

    Hamer Doherty hojberg schindler

    1.6itb 1ft

    Am I good to save ft to offload rich and luiz next week!?

  5. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Be disappointing if Pogba is not fit to play tomorrow

    1. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Meh, everyone has him

      1. Tev
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I don’t 😉

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If thinking he won't, but if I get son today and he is rested/blanks and pogba starts I'll be cross.

  6. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard to Sterling for free?

    1. Diedhiou See That?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Personally I did Haz to Sane but it's a toss up. I've lost all faith in Haz now (bring on the troll haul).

      1. JammySprat
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        With hud at home would be a troll if he doesn't score

  7. JammySprat
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Prediction for gw top scorers:
    1. Mane
    2. Aguero
    3. Salah
    4. KDB
    5. Doherty 😀

    1. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      2
      3
      4
      5
      1

      1. Tev
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        A whole lot of this

  8. Markus10
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pick two to play out of:

    Awb
    Shaw
    Ings

    Cheers

    1. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      AWB and Ings

    2. Tev
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Shaw and Ings

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      AWB + Ings

  9. Mr_Barbs
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Which way to go!?

    A) Hazard > Sterling/Son
    B) Digne > Laporte/Danilo
    C) Hazard & Kamara > Wetswood & Aguero (-4)
    D) Fab + Hazard > Ederson + Son (-4)
    E) Button > Boruc
    F) Save

    Fabianski
    Robertson, AWB, Doherty
    Hazard, Salah, Sane(c), Pogba, Richarlison
    Rashford, Jimenez

    Button, Digne*, TAA*, Kamara*

  10. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Which to bring in next gw for Brooks and Alonso?
    A) Robo and Cama/Luncheon
    B) TAA and Jota/Townsend

    1. Kuzser
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B jota

  11. Kuzser
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Best option here please? (1ft, 1.4itb)
    1) digne->richa
    2) digne ->siggy
    3) digne Anderson-> bilva/richa + any def below 4.7
    4)save ft. play Pereira vs MU and have 2ft next week to do hazard kamara-> Auba 5.3mid

    FAB, 4.0
    Robbo awb Pereira (schindler digne)
    Sane hazard Salah Anderson pogba
    Rashford Jimenez (kamara)

    1. Kuzser
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      In first two options it's Anderson, not Digne

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        ... A

    2. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      youd be hacking if you could do Digne to Rich

  12. Where dahoud at
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Gtg
    Boruc
    Scook, awb, roberson
    Pogba, kdb(vc), salah, siggy
    Batshuayi, aguero(c), rashford

    Bench, Etheridge, McArthur, bennett, kola

  13. NUFCAndrew
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Best Digne replacement? Already have Kolasinac

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Danilo

  14. Evla5000
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What seems to be the best option here..

    1. Digne > Laporte
    2. Hazard > Son
    3. Hazard > Sterling
    4. Hazard /Bobby > Son / Kun -4
    5. Other
    6. Hold

    Current team:
    Fab
    Doherty AWB Bennett
    Hazard Fraser Salah Sane (C)
    Rash Firmino Jimenez

    Steele, TAA, Digne, Masuaku

    ITB 0.8 / FT 1

  15. abaalan
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Play,:
    A) Barnes (Sot H) or
    B) Jimenez (eve A)

    1) holebas (Bri A) or
    2) Bednarek (Bur A)

    Are fabianski and pogba likely to be fit?

  16. fc_skrald
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I have two free transfers and getting more stressed the now the deadline is close...

    a. Digne -> Pereira and play him every game for his offencive potential
    b. Speroni -> Boruc to have a playing back up goalkeaper
    c. something else, please suggest

    Foster
    Robertson, Bednarek, Doherty
    Pogba, Salah, Hazard, Richarlison, Sane
    Rashford, Jimenez

    Speroni, Digne, Kamara, Peltier
    2.9 million in the bank

    1. Gaffa914
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      hazard-> Sterling

      1. fc_skrald
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yes could be good. I have had some thought about this transfer. The problem is that both Hazard and Sterling will blank in gw27 so it will cost me an additional free transfer later.

  17. Gretzky87
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    A. Sane in for B.Silva
    B. Sane in for Eriksen
    C. Aguero in for Firmino
    D. Aguero in for Aubameyang

  18. Agamenmon
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Would you triple captain aguero or hold it

    1. Diedhiou See That?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I'd hold personally

    2. Snevitz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I am but more because I can't see when else to use it as I am BB and FH in the other doubles

      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        How many more DGWs will there be potentially?

        1. Snevitz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I think there is a chance that Chelsea could have another one but apart from that there is just the two (unless any games are postponed for other reasons apart from cup fixtures and rescheduled)

          1. Danstoke82
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Would you TC Aguero or Sane today or just save it?

  19. Gaffa914
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is anyone going down the road of a one week transfer of Salah to Sterling?

  20. seanie3
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guita
    Doherty AWB Robertson
    Hazard Salah Sane (C) Rich Pogba
    Rash Jimenez

    I have two FT's would you do,

    a) Hazard & Jimenez to Son & Aguero
    b) Hazard & Pogba to Son & Sterling

  21. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    got sane and rich as my only dgwers

    is it worth doing hazard and kamara to bernardo and kun for -4

    have to play snoddy or bednarek otherwise

  22. El Lobito 10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Any reason to captain Sterling over Sane?

    1. Gaffa914
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      scores more goals

      1. El Lobito 10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        True

  23. The_Fish
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    TC Sterling.

    Not changing my mind... but I probably will.

  24. Killitzer
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ings to Llorente for a cheeky punt?

    1. MARVELLUS
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I am thinking this

  25. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    can we please just get the disappointment over with now

  26. Bronski
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Trying to decide on when to play TC. Please can anyone provide list of teams so far guranteed/ likely to have games in BGW31? So far i have FUL LIV WHU HUD BUR LEI BTH NEW.

  27. andrinho
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Replacing Digne. Transfer in:
    a Keane
    b Lindelof
    c Ake

  28. norab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Let me ask you this. Are we more apt or less apt, as a community, to NOT trust Salah since he just blanked as the #1 choice for the armband? The other side of the question lies in whether or not to captain Sane or Sterling this GW? And compounding that would be do I use my TC one one of them or some other City asset.

    Must depend on your motivation right. Let's say you have an advantage on your rivals. You could go for the throat and TC one of your City assets. But you could also likely still gain an advantage by just C one of them. Salah as C this week just seems so mainstream, not only because a lot of managers will just auto C even after one blank, but also because of how hot he's been.

    I don't read into the ramblings of well he was lucky because of penalty's. He could've missed all those penalty's. As an example, Liverpool had a DGW a few seasons back and I had been holding Gerrard far longer than anybody should've. He was playing two opponents with a high propensity for conceding penalty's and also had 2 referees inclined to give penalty's. I C'd him and over the course of the 2 fixtures Liverpool were awarded 3 pen's. Gerrard made one, missed one and gave one away. That could've been a monumental choice to the good and completely turned out wrong. Point is you must go with your gut in concert with what is right for your current situation as it relates to what motivates you.

    I'm going for the win as it relates to my team and C Sterling.

    1. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      TC Sterling for me. Then back to Salah for most remaining weeks, maybe all of them.

  29. Kane Train
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Digne > Danilo for -4. Yay or nay

    1. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No

  30. Ghost86
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Got Sane

    Who would you get Sterling or Aguero?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling

    2. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling