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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. Ten Season Wonder
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Eriksen + Duffy >> Hazard + Shaw?

    1. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Y

    2. The Royal Robin
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      If you have 1FT just do Eriksen > Hazard but if you have to do Duffy > Shaw for a hit I'd give it a miss.

      1. Ten Season Wonder
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I have 2fts

        1. The Royal Robin
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Do it.

    3. The Strokes
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      100% Yes

  2. Klip Klopp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mane or Aguero captain? I'm 10pts behind my mini league leader!!

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

      Aguero

    2. Fpl-king
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I think everyone is going Aguero...so if your rival has him most likely he will captain him.

  3. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Which?

    A) eriksen wilson dunk -4 to redmond rash robbo , gw38 bednarek to laporte
    B) eriksen wilson dunk -4 to long haz shaw, gw38 haz doherty -4 to laporte pogba/martial

  4. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    What takeaway should I have?

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

      Mosalah

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

      Large Margarita stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut with the meat from a large donner kebab chucked over it as the topping.

      1. Bury94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I think we have a winner

      2. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        This is fascinating.

      3. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        This is the most perfect grav and comment combination FFS has ever seen.

  5. The Strokes
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ready to go ?
    Ederson
    TAA © - Shaw – Digne – Kola
    Mane – Son – Salah
    Jimenez – Aguero – Rash
    B : Bernardo Silva – Bednarek - Hughes – Speroni
    Thanks

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

      Mad captain Choice

      1. The Strokes
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I know but I'm not entirely convinced that City will put loads of goals past Leicester. Was hesitating with Son but Spurs look tired. While I doubt Nexcastle will score against Liverpool and TAA might add an assist or a goal.

        1. The Royal Robin
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I'd captain Salah over TAA, let alone Mane and Aguero. You're a brave man captaining TAA.

          1. The Strokes
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            I feel I'm braver in leaving BSilva on my bench but yes I agree TAA is not the obvious choice and it's the first time I captain him. Hope he is fresh from his rest in mid-week and ready to bring in the points.

  6. UKG
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mane to Hazard
    Son to Bilva

    -4

    1. Tired and weary
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Nope

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

      They seem equally capable this week. So -4 is the downside.

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

    Plz choose one 🙂

    A. Take -4 for Shaw
    B. Play awb

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

      B

  8. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Am I G2G? I’m playing to maximise overall rank

    Lloris
    Doherty, Robbo, Shaw
    Sterling, Mane, Son, Jota, JWP
    Aguero (c), Jimenez

    Foster, Valery, Gray, Dunk

    Lots of £££ in the bank for next week

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

      If wanting to maximise rank rise is Sterling not better option as not so highly captained? More upside and rank rise if scores well

  9. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Vardy to Rashford for a hit?

    1. Tired and weary
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Nope

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

      No

  10. UnitedFan
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard captain over Aguero. Thoughts?

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

      Only if you don’t own Aguero.

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

      I’m doing it he destroyed Watford last time

    3. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes

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

      I agree. Has to be done.

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

    Differential captain this week...
    Which one??

    A Wilson
    B Lacazette
    C Richarlison

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

      C

    2. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

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

    If ML won and looking for biggest rank rise best to captain ?

    A Sterling or
    B Aguero

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

      B

    2. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

  13. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sorry to break this to you but it wasn’t missed when you first posted, it was ignored 😛

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

      Nerves of steel 🙂

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

    Captain hazard or aguero? Stuck.

    1. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Haz

  15. Genji3lade
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who to Triple Captain?

    A.) Sterling
    B.) Hazard

    40 point lead in ML. Think closest rival captaining Hazard..

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

      B

    2. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

    3. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

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

    Best GK for the rest of the season?

    A) De Gea (I'd have to use 2ft to sell 5th mid Deulofeu)
    B) Ederson (same)
    C) Alisson (triple LIV defence)
    D) Guaita, Leno or anyone under 5m

  17. AdamJ91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Think i'm all set for this weekend, nothing else really stands out.

    Lloris
    Robertson - Laporte - Boly
    Salah - Mane - Son - Jota
    Aguero (c) - Jimenez - Rondon

    Gunn - Bednarek - Hojbjerg - Cathcart

  18. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Rashford or Martial to get in?

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

      Rash

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Mata and thank me later

      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Will he be nailed?

        1. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Yes

    3. Lert
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Rash of the two

  19. Bees4Lyf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Bench Wilson start shaw?

    1. Chicken Caesar Salah
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      start shaw bench wilson first sub imo

      1. Bees4Lyf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Over jwp and Valery?

  20. Chicken Caesar Salah
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Long or Redmond and why?

    1. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Redmond more threat

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

    Worth taking out Gray for Zaha for a -4? Or just play Gray?

  22. Miniboss
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi fellas!

    I’m trying to protect my 20pts lead in mini-league. Our starting XI are identical, except rival has Laporte, Trippier & Docoure. I have Robbo, Doherty & Son.

    What to do?

    A) Robbo -> Laporte
    B) Duffy & Hojberg -> Laporte & fodder (-4)
    C) Foster -> Ederson (for city cs cover)
    D) Save ft

    Foster
    Robbo TAA Doherty
    Mane Son Eriksen Sterling(c)
    Jimenez Kun Llorente

    Ryan Valery Duffy Hojberg
    1ft, 1.1itb

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

      Any idea?

    2. TRE2
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      C or d

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

        thanks mate

  23. konrad.sygula95
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Would you do Vardy-----> Lacazette/Aubameyang ?

    1FT and 1.8 itb

    Foster
    Robbo/Laporte/Shaw
    Mane(vc)/B.Silva/Son/Jota
    Aguero(c)/Vardy/Jimenez

    Subs: Ryan/Jonny/Hojberg/Bednarek

  24. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Play
    A) long
    B) deulofeu

    1. CelticBhoy1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

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

      A

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

    Is going Martial over Jota mental? .....

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

      Fine line between insanity and genius

    2. Lert
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Punt but could pay off. I'm starting Martial in hopes he either starts or doesn't come on at all. Hoping the injury doubts force ole's hand to him.

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

        Might as well, ey. 60 point lead in my mini league and only 50k, so not much to play for. Good luck, bring us a Tony Martial hatty.

  26. NorwichCityLad
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who to bench?

    A) Moura
    B) Doherty

    1. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Moura

  27. konrad.sygula95
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Would you do this transfer?

    Vardy-----> Lacazette/Aubameyang ?

  28. UKG
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Play Mitro over JWP yea?

    1. NorwichCityLad
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I would

  29. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Martial starting % for gw 37 and gw 38 separately?

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

      I’ll just get my crystal ball out - won’t be a minute

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

      I'm contemplating starting him and benching Jota, I think I've gone mad. Maybe 57.723% for GW37

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

        That’s is a very odd decision!

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

          Fine line between insanity and genius, wasn't it? 😉

  30. MGD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ok - who are you captaining from Aguero and Sterling?

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

      This is a unique question which definitely hasn’t even asked at all on previous pages.