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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. Paulinho14
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    not sure who to bring in for Wilson. King obv appealing but without brooks and bad fixtures lurking. Should I just play Camarasa and roll transfer?

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

      Batshuayi?

      1. Paulinho14
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        was thinking about it but seems like a big punt

    2. kalmoffit
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No, get King

    3. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Jimi or save

      1. Paulinho14
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        i have jimi and Rashford as other strikers

    4. borat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I have gone for king as a differential

      1. Paulinho14
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        are you worried he might not perform as well without brooks who was fantastic in the last games?

  2. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Start one
    A) Kola
    B) Digne

    1. 2hotty
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

    2. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

    3. Paulinho14
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

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

    bench one:
    a) Doh
    b) Shaw
    c) AWB

    1. 2hotty
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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

      Shaw

    3. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

    4. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Shaw

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

      B

  4. 2hotty
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kun captain who's with me?????

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

      Tc

    2. dylano21
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      15 point at least. Kun will give us the green arrow.

    3. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure now. Thinking about sane instead

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

      TC !!!

      1. Elite FPL
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I'm TC

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

    help pls

    start Doherty or AWB?

    first to 3 wins

    1. Paulinho14
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Doherty

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

      Both

    3. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      AWB

    4. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Awb

    5. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      awb

    6. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Doherty. This is constantly asked. Fulham just scored 4 against a better defence

    7. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      AWB

    8. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      AWB

  6. The Mighty Hippo
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Captain:

    a) Sterling
    b) Sane

    1. 2hotty
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. Alfies leg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sane

    3. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

    4. borat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Currently on Sterling

  7. Ten Season Wonder
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    KDB or Sonny??

    1. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kdb 100%

    2. Phil's Stamps
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Son

  8. Daxus
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    To start:
    Digne, Højbjerg, Holebas, Doherty.
    Choose 2 please.
    Thanks

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Last two

    2. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This

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

    Fifth mid player under 5m with a good game week in 27?

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      JWP

      1. Andy Mac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        This

  10. MarcusAurelius
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Surely there will be a better opportunity for TC later in the season? Seems a bit risky this week

    1. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Do it this week.

    2. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      100%

    3. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Better options that is

    4. Elite FPL
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He who dares... wins

      1. MarcusAurelius
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        sometimes

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

    That’s it, Kun TC activated!

    He’s a one gw punt and the likelihood of me wanting to roll another chip on the next dgw sold me.

    Well they say fortune favours the brave...we shall see!

    1. Elite FPL
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I'm doing the same. What's the worst that can happen?

  12. Ambrosiana Inter
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Gtg?
    Ederson
    Luiz,AWB,Trippier
    Salah,Sterling (C),Dilva,Rich
    Rash,Firmino,Jiménez

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

    Still not entirely convinced by Sane (C) and want to go Hazard. Play out of fear or trust my instinct?

    1. dylano21
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      always follow your instinct

  14. Bob.
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Team is:

    Fabianski
    AWB Robertson Digne*
    Sane Rich Hazard Salah Pogba
    RAshford Jimenez

    Button Doherty Kamara Femenia

    Should I sell Digne? Are most people getting rid? Cheers.

    1. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No and no.

  15. sunzip14
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bench Who?

    A) Deulofeu (BHA, A)
    B) Rondon (TOT, A)

  16. EL_FENOMENO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Play one:
    a) Duffy (WAT)
    b) AWB (FUL)

  17. New Post
    1. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Excellent

  18. Eric the King
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is it foolish to take Pogba out rather than Martial? Concerned about him not being seen at training

    1. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Shrewd move.

  19. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pogba/Son... so uncertain. Better to stick with whom you have?

    1. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Whom ever one wants.

  20. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Good morning, am I G2G? 0.3 ITB. Any update on Son or Pogba?

    Ryan
    Keane AWB Jonny
    Salah Hazard Son Sane(c)
    Aguero Rashford Jimenez
    Boruc Westwood Bednarek Kolasinac

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

    Play one out of
    Shaw
    Awb
    Ings
    ??

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

      Ings

  22. 2hotty
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Digne to laporte -4 yay or nay

    1. Planet Jo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Depends on your bench

      1. 2hotty
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        kola digne success currently playing camarasa

    2. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes do it

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

    Digne > Danilo or Laporte?

    1. Geezer
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Laporte

  24. zon
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Basically TC comes down to two options: Sane now, or Salah (HUD) GW36. Relegated Huddersfield at Anfield against title chasing Pool - that's juicy.

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

      Or Hazard in dgw if he is inform then

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

        I think WC and BB are the chips to be deployed at DGW's this year to execute optimal strategy.

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

      KUN for TC ?

    3. clodhopper
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kun done TC

  25. OptimusBlack
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guys please am WC next GW so I want to get a defender from Chelsea this round with Luis So
    A- Alonso
    B- Azbi
    C- Rudiger

  26. n-doggg
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Cannot decide between sane and Aguero for C.

    Any betting odds out on goals scored for both to make it easier?

  27. Geezer
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Only got Sane and Rich as dgw. Haz to Sterling worth a hit?

    1. Planet Jo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No

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

      Yes

  28. corderz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Aubameyang > Aguero and then swap back next week?

    Fabianski Foster
    Luiz Doherty Digne Holebas AWB
    Salah Hazard Pogba Richarlison Deulofeu
    Aubameyang Rashford Kamara

    2FT's 0.3ITB

  29. Planet Jo
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Who to bench please?!!

    A. FAnderson (LIV)

    B. Jiminez (eve)

    C. Ings (bur)

    Thanks

    1. 2hotty
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A all day

  30. Grounderz
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Not enough cash. Can only afford Danilo. How nailed is he?

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

      Has been for weeks