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The Complete Guide to our FPL Gameweek 37 tips and advice

The penultimate Gameweek of the season brings us another Friday evening deadline in FPL – 19:00 UK Time – and with it the chance to consolidate a lead or find that last-minute differential in a valiant attempt to push for glory.

The tactic for many in recent weeks has been to back whoever Huddersfield are playing. After double-digit returns for Gerard Deulofeu, Lucas Moura, and Jamie Vardy it was no surprise that Liverpool duo Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah continued the trend in Gameweek 36.

This week Huddersfield take on top-six side Manchester United. For those considering United assets, Neale uncovered a persuasive nugget in his members-only analysis of the key underlying stats:

35 goals conceded by Huddersfield Town in 11 matches against the “big six” this season. Cardiff City have shipped 33 goals in their own 11 meetings with the top half-dozen clubs so far. Both teams face Manchester United in the final two Gameweeks of the season and have yet to gain a single point between them in a combined 22 matches against this elite group.

At the time of writing Pogba is the fourth-most-bought player ahead of the deadline. Curiously, he’s also the fourth-most sold. It’s a classic form vs fixtures dilemma. Zoumas Bloomers neatly summarises the conundrum in this week’s FPL Question Time.

Pogba has excellent fixtures, gets a lot of penalties, and is nailed on. The main issue has been his lack of attacking intent in some games this season, and it’s hard to know which Pogba will turn up.

Excluding spot-kicks, Pogba has 0.88 expected goals over the last ten Gameweeks. Not exactly a confidence-boosting number. However, can we really ignore penalties?

Huddersfield and Cardiff have conceded 15 spot-kicks between them this season… and no team has been awarded more spot-kicks than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s troops.

So perhaps the fact Pogba hasn’t scored from open play since Gameweek 26 shouldn’t be a huge concern. In our FPL Digest Neale presents both sides of the argument to help you make your mind up. Interestingly Pogba is not one of the players included in the Scout Picks.

Buying Pogba depends partly on who you are selling. Az observed on the ScoutcastSon to Pogba could be a really clever move, or it could be the most idiotic move ever.

Spurs are going through a difficult patch with injuries and fatigue affecting their performances. A hot topic from Gregor asked what managers are planning to do with their Spurs assets. Gregor himself plans to keep Son but is considering selling Eriksen. Ben McNair agrees:

I see the logic in selling Eriksen. He looks tired and there are doubts about how many minutes he will play against Bournemouth on Saturday ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg in Amsterdam.

A player at the opposite end of the form v fixtures debate to Paul Pogba is Jamie Vardy. The Leicester man is in red hot form but has an awful-looking fixture in Manchester City away. For Holly Shand, however, it’s an easy decision to keep him:

Vardy loves playing top-six opposition… Manchester City are definitely the sort of team he thrives against with the space that will be available behind the high line that their defence plays.

Manchester City provide our two stand-out captain picks this week in Raheem Sterling and Sergio Agüero. Neale quipped in this week’s captaincy video that it’s really a coin toss between them – Agüero has Fantasy returns in every single match he has started at the Etihad Stadium this season, however in the 10 home matches that both Sterling and Aguero have started this season, the Englishman has outscored his colleague on six occasions.

David’s Captain Sensible article goes into its usual detail for those struggling to separate the pair. A possible differential captain highlighted by David is Eden Hazard. To quote from David’s article:

The case for Hazard is strengthened somewhat when we look at what Watford’s defence has been up to in the last four away matches. No team has conceded more big chances than them in such fixtures, the 15 they have shipped keeping them level with the likes of Huddersfield and West Ham. In fact, the Hornets have allowed more big chances than any other Premier League side in 2019.

Compelling stuff. Reduced minutes in last night’s Europa League tie means the Belgian should be fresh for Chelsea’s home match against Watford. Jafalad is one FPL manager who is tempted by Hazard’s differential appeal.

Elsewhere on FFS, top-100 manager Grey Head brought us his regular take on The Great and The Good, which this week includes a look at how these elite managers used their chips this season. Meltens looks ahead to Gameweek 6 in Fantasy Allsvenskan, while Hutch_James predicts good things for Manchester United and Liverpool in the Wisdom of the Crowd. Manchester City and Arsenal are preferred in the DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds brought to us by G-Whizz.

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.

If you’re a member and are yet to get to grips with the custom statistics tables, you can view this movie for an explanation of how they work. Also, remember to tag them so that people can find the tables with ease.

COMMUNITY TOURNAMENTS

Two community finals take place in Gameweek 37: The Fantasy Football Scout Cup and TorresMagic’s Last Man Standing competition.

In the FFS Cup final, site moderator Rotation’s Alter Ego will take on LOKOMOTIV after both managers successfully navigated their semi-finals. Closely matched inside the top 2,000 overall, it promises to be a tightly contested affair. Neale outlined the differentials in his cup final preview – a victory for Arsenal would be good news for LOKOMOTIV, while Jota continuing his fine form would help Rotation’s Alter Ego.

Losing semi-finalists Skogen89 and Ibra-gum will contest the third-place play-off.

The safety score for Gameweek 36 in TorresMagic’s Last Man Standing was 104, this saw 18 managers eliminated. Congratulations to the four managers who made it through to the final: Alan Robertson, Peter Guss, Sekhar Anand, and Daniel Hall.

Alan Robertson was the highest-scoring manager with 118 points and also the only manager to make the final who didn’t play his Triple Captain chip in Gameweek 36. Uniquely among the finalists, Alan doesn’t own either Sterling or Agüero. Although he has two free transfers to use should he wish to get one, or both, in.

Another manager who didn’t own either City player in Gameweek 36 is world number one Adam Levy. Adam still heads both our main FFS League and our FFS Members League, and has been world number one for eight Gameweeks in a row. He increased the gap at the top to 68 points in Gameweek 36.

Like a long-distance runner breaking away from the field, Adam is now chasing world records. He needs 119 points over the last two Gameweeks to beat the current high-water mark set by FFS member Jon Reeson (aka Westfield Irons) in the 2009/10 season. Impressively, Jon recorded his mammoth points total when the only chip available was a single Wildcard.

Adam has two free transfers available and it would appear he has used one of them to transfer in Sterling for Salah.

Mark remains top of the FFS Mods & Cons and moves back into the top 1,000 at 696th position after Triple Captaining Salah for his third century of the season. Rotation’s Alter Ego still occupies second spot after Triple Captaining Mané, also for his third century. Mark has an 18-point lead going into the final two Gameweeks.

Andy Sullivan holds onto first place in RedLightning’s Top 10k Any Season mini-league despite slipping a few places to 55th overall. Grey Head has regained second place from Luke Aiello after Triple Captaining Mané for his second century of the season. Grey Head briefly moved top of the league during Gameweek 36 and now only trails Andy by 5 points.

Vimal Krishnan has regained the lead in RedLightning’s January to May League, having last led in Gameweek 32. Previous leader, JOZ V, drops to seventh. This is Vimal’s eighth FPL season, his best finish of 7,632 came in 2016/17. He’s had 13 green arrows in 15 Gameweeks, rising from 95k in Gameweek 21 to his current position of 3,796.

Ted Maw (aka Rotation’s Alter Ego) leads RedLightning’s The Last Ten Gameweeks mini-league. His excellent end of season run comprises 8 green arrows in the past 9 Gameweeks, he’s risen from 46k in Gameweek 27 to 1,280 in the overall standings.

These mini-league leaders have now played all their chips.

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. Ange Ball
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Which one for minus 4

    A) Salah Son>Sterling Hazard
    B) Son Lucas> Mata Hazard

    1. Liber
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not B....
      But you have to consider this over two weeks.

      1. Ange Ball
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I'm chasing my rival has son Salah

    2. Teahupo'o
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm tempted to captain Son given the Bournemouth injuries, so don't think I would do it even for free.

      1. Ange Ball
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        What injuries

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I have Salah & Son and not considering a -4 for A in the slightest.

      It feels too risky.

  2. Scotty B
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone going Lacazette (c)?

    1. whosBenj
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      If I knew he would start, but who knows...

  3. Liber
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Could captain Salah be a masterstroke?

    1. Salarrivederci
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Sure thing.

      1. Liber
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        What were your 2 transfers this week if it's not a secret?

    2. nico05
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Risky Newcastle could be solid

      1. Liber
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah .. I does feel Leicester will be run over 3:0 to me too..

  4. whosBenj
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Bench:
    A. Jota
    B. Martial
    C. Rashford

    1. Ange Ball
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      C

    2. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

    3. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      b

  5. Teahupo'o
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ok to roll the transfer?

    Foster
    Laporte TAA Doherty
    Sterling Salah Son Jota Deulofeu
    Aguero Jimenez

    (Ryan, DCL Valery Cathcart)
    1FT 1.1 ITB

  6. Wally711
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Zaha or jota?

    1. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Jota

    2. Liber
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Jota for me. More attacking team? OOP

    3. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Jota

      1. nico05
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Jota

        1. Wally711
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Thx guys

  7. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    For a -4.
    A)
    Vardy to Rashford
    Son to Hazard
    Trippier to Valery

    Or for free
    B)
    Vardy to Rashford
    Ryan to Ederson

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Anyone?

  8. Torres76
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Foster
    Robertson, Doherty, Laporte
    Mane, Salah, Son, Moura, Neves
    Aguero, Jimenez

    Ryan, Koscielny, Valery, Gray

    Any essential transfers needed for this week? I am 110 points ahead in mini league and have a free hit next week

    Cheers

    1. Bagpuss
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      looks solid - if you have a FT could you get a better keeper this week?

      1. Torres76
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Only got 0.2 in the bank

        I was thinking of selling koschnely (to a 3.8m defender) then getting rashford (for Watford’s Gray)

        Thoughts?

  9. Rising_Son
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Which move?

    A) Eriksen -> Sterling -4
    B) Doucoure -> Jota

    1. whosBenj
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

  10. Tmel
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Jota or Pog over the next 2 weeks?

    1. nico05
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Pogba, great fixtures

    2. Liber
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I don't know what's all this about Pogba not starting this week .. I have both.
      Otherwise over two weeks I would choose Pogba.

  11. GE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Salah (have Mane) ->

    1) Haz
    2) Sterling
    3) Keep Salah

    1. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      3

    2. nico05
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm debating whether to do option 2 or not myself

    3. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Mane -> Pogba

  12. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Best option here

    A Carry transfer
    B Eriksen to Siggy or B Silva
    C Eriksen to Hazard and Son to Milivojevic-4

    Lloris
    TAA Doherty Robertson
    Sterling Son Mane Jota Eriksen
    Aguero (c) Jimenez

    Foster Long Duffy Yoshida *

    * out

  13. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Rashford had better bloody play is all I can say.

    1. Liber
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Or else? 😀

  14. nico05
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hey there, if any of you wise people could offer any advice I would be very grateful
    Llloris (Speroni)
    Doherty Valery Robertson (Dunk) (Kelly)
    Eriksen Son Salah Pogba (Oriol Romeu)
    Aguero Rashford Calvert-Lewin
    1 free transfer with 0.5 to spend.
    Cheers in advance

  15. finnish92
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Catchart, Gray -> Shaw, Long (-4)?

  16. team77
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Play Ederson or Guaita?

    1. Liber
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I would definitly play ederson.

  17. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Guys

    Help is needed please

    Pick 2 to play from

    Jota
    Ward-Prowse
    Moura

    Any ideas would be welcomed

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      First two.

  18. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I’ve found the bottom of the barrel!

    Play one:

    a) Llorente
    b) AWB

    1. TokyoRed 東京赤
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      AWB

    2. Bagpuss
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

    3. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

    4. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Cheers, you lovely people.

  19. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Guys,

    Captain...

    A) SALAH
    B) RASHFORD

    Many Thanks.

    1. TokyoRed 東京赤
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Salah

    2. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Mo for me

  20. AccountAnt80
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Current front 7:
    Eriksen Jota Mane Son
    Jimenez Laca Aguero

    I'm chasing 30 points. Rivals don't have Haz or Salah.

    Would you:
    1) Get Haz (and lose Laca)
    2) Get Salah (and lose Son/Erikson AND Laca)
    3) Get Salah (and lose Aguero)

    Thanks in advance.

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      1

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Any early team news from Aubamooyang tonight?

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      News is, he’ll probably start and go for the Golden about but he’s going to be rubbish again.

    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Reading this, unable to log in, crying :'(

    3. Uncle Gamst
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Too early...you need to wait until 18.59

  22. Aladdin Sané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    A) Llorente to DCL
    B) Duffy to Shaw
    C) Llorente + Duffy to Long + Digne/Coleman/Shaw (-4)

  23. Gloria Leicesterfan
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    86 points lead in my ML, should I start dreaming about spending the cash?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      It’s done

    2. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yep, congrats.

    3. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Lend us a tenner...

    4. JoeSoap
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Should be spent.

      1. Gloria Leicesterfan
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        thanks all

        no back to basics

        Duffy to Shaw or Terance Trent derby?

    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Gloria Leicesterfan ... genius 😆

    6. Liber
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      How much?

      1. Gloria Leicesterfan
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        £200

  24. Indio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    What would you do with this lot please? Was all set for Eriksen > Pogba, but I've gone off this transfer now, and just can't work out my best move!

    Lloris/Foster
    TAA, Robbo, Doh, Valery, Dunk
    Salah, Bilva, Son, Eriksen, Hojbjerg
    Aguero, Jimmy, Gray
    0 in bank, 1 FT.

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Gray to long or dcl?

      1. Indio
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Interesting - thanks!

        1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Good luck

  25. LordEllison
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    1FT 2.1 ITB was thinking either thanks.
    1. Dunk > Laporte/Shaw
    2. Eriksen > Hazard

    Lloris - Foster
    Dunk - Robertson - Doherty - Bednarek - Valery
    BSilva - Mane - Eriksen - Son - Jota
    Jimenez - Aguero - Wilson

  26. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Tfw you make your transfers, see your team, and feel disappointed for being a dullard.

  27. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Rashford in for Firmino for free or hold?? (also have Mane)

  28. Jones Kusi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Eriksen to Pogba? Or Duffy to Shaw?

    1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I like the shaw pick

  29. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I'm putting Pogba in, first sub Wilson, may FPL have mercy on my soul.

  30. john25
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hey guys, how is Eriksen to Jota for a FT?

    Cheers