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The Complete Guide to Scout’s tips and advice for FPL Gameweek 6

As the FPL deadline fast approaches – 19:00 UK time – the Fantasy Football Scout Gameweek Guide offers a recap of the latest advice, statistics, and opinion. 

Scout Picks and Team News

Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool provide four premium attackers for this week’s Scout Picks. Agüero and Sterling the two City players of choice ahead of a home match against bottom-of-the-table Watford. 

Their inclusion is supported by the DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds provided by G-Whizz. But isn’t this a case of deja vu? We all know what happened last week as the Premier League champions lost 3-2 to Norwich City.

Nonetheless, as the dust settled, the stats provided some comfort to owners of the Citizens as Neale reported earlier in the week.

TheFantasyFreÆK highlighted their performance in his Gameweek 5 review:

Aguero accumulated 3 big chances while Sterling recorded 15 penalty area touches, 4 chances created (including 2 big chances created), 4 shots inside the box (including 1 big chance) and was particularly unlucky to come out of the game without any attacking returns.

For those who would prefer to avoid the stress, Sam from FPL Family made the case for Aubameyang

For me, the fixtures and the injury to Lacazette mean that Aubameyang is impossible to ignore, with a run of 6, 6, 5, 9 and 13 points in the first five Gameweeks he is a priority asset.

Neale brought us the latest team news, among the headlines Mason Mount is set to miss this weekend’s clash with Liverpool, while Martial and Pogba remained sidelined with injury. Lanzini is also struggling with a small problem. 

Rotation’s Alter Ego provided a handy team-by-team rundown

Survival Guide for a bad Gameweek

Even the best can suffer. Greyhead noted in his review of The Great and The Good that: 

Four now sit outside the top 1 million including Ville Ronka and Matthew Jones which should give us mere mortals hope that such FPL legends are not immune to the difficult start that has befallen most of us.

A talking point on this week’s Scoutcast, the panel discussed how to recover from a terrible start

Joe quoted the advice of Simon March, a former FPL winner and a graduate in behavioural economics, that:

FPL is a game you play against yourself

In his Meet the Manager video with Joe last year, Simon described the “What the heck? Effect” – where we are more likely to take risks following a loss.

Karam offered further sage advice on the Scoutcast counselling viewers not to worry too much. Ranks at this stage of the season are still squeezed, so big jumps up/down are possible. The best thing if you are having a bad Gameweek is to close your laptop and come back midweek when you are feeling calmer.

A hot topic on the subject provided a platform for further discussion.

Captain Pick

In the Captaincy Video earlier this week, David pointed out that, since January, the Watford defence has conceded more big chances than any other team. However, the Hornets were more defensive under Flores. Neale pointed out in his Scout Report that:

The key numbers suggest Watford were more solid defensively under Flores but less of an attacking threat. They conceded 32 fewer gilt-edged chances under Flores (66) than they did in Gracia’s final full season in charge (98).

While long-time FFS user Bøwstring The Carp in his community piece on the returning Watford boss added:

We saw a tough-tackling, direct approach mixed with a negative and counter-attacking defence; as if it were the love-child of Allardyce and Mourinho. The stuff of nightmares to some.”

The reason for playing special attention to the Watford defence is their encounter with Manchester City this week. Sterling and Agüero currently lead the Captain Poll on this site with 27% and 25% of the vote. 

In his Captain Sensible article, David concludes:

[Agüero] looks the more likely of the two to feature from the beginning and has proved the better goal threat, while Sterling probably offers better creativity and the fact that he gets more points for goals and clean sheets.

The Argentine was benched for Manchester City’s Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk midweek. Whereas Sterling played the full 90 minutes after starting both matches over the international break. FP Elephant rounded-up the midweek action and playing time for popular FPL players in his They might be tired article.

Outside of Manchester City, Salah and Aubameyang offer the most appealing armband alternatives.

Salah faces a Chelsea team who have conceded 11 goals this season, only Norwich have shipped more with 12. While Aubameyang faces an Aston Villa side who have allowed their opponents to take 90 shots this season, just Norwich and Arsenal themselves have given up more.

Away from the Premier League, for fans of Swedish football and true fantasy lovers, Meltens previewed Gameweek 24 in Fantasy Allsvenskan.

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

Updates on the latest FFS mini-league and community-run competitions can be found here

For those interested in the Head-to-Head Leagues, the main page can be linked to here. A link has also been added to the ‘Scout Leagues’ section on the home page. And next week an important update will be published. 

Registration remains open for the Pundit’s Play-Off Community Tournament. The deadline for entry is 30 September.

Best of luck with Gameweek 6!

Lessons learned from Gameweek 5

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1,846 Comments Post a Comment
  1. SMOOTH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    i have 2 FT and no idea what to do.
    would you lose coleman or awb for anyone? have 0.5 in the bank as well.

    cant get another city

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Awb to some cheapie like Burnley defender

    2. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I will wait to get Mendy in next week

    3. nadman89
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      show full team

      1. SMOOTH
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        pope 4.0
        awb coleman soyunco dunk lunstram
        mane sterling kdb mount cantwell
        pukki aguero wickham

  2. nadman89
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    have a ft , was thinking of doing kelly to PVA for differential but just saw kelly isnt flagged anymore is it sideways for a 2 week punt and should i just play kelly?

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Play Kelly if you have bench cover

    2. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      save ft

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

    Play James or Cantwell? (have Pukki)

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

      Cantwell

  4. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Haaller to wilson? yes or no

    1. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Nah. Sideways.

    2. Gentle_Turks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Probably not the week for that move.

      Please help above thanks.

  5. razlund
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    GtG?

    Henderson | VvD, Digne, Dunk | Sterling (c), Mane, James, Mount | Auba, Pukki, Haller

    Pope | Rico, Lund, Hayden

    0.2itb, 1 FT

    Tempted to transfer Haller out for Abraham/Barnes

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      My move was Haller to Barnes not convinced by former

  6. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Start 1

    1) Kelly
    2) Lundy

    1. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      1

      1. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks mate, Wolves are dire. What do you think of Zaha?

  7. FPL_DON
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Play mount

  8. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Still undecided on the c

    No Aguero Auba

    1. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      KDB

      1. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I wish I had the balls

        1. ZeBestee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          U wont regret it. Trust me.

          1. Peter Ouch
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Be here tomorrow evening

    2. Bonus magnet
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      salad?

  9. barracuda
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Why did Fraser start on the bench last week?? Thx

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Due to international games I guess

      1. barracuda
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks

  10. drughi
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Keep calm and captain sterling

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      You think so?

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        yeah he is rested against preston and been unlucky last 2 games so a haul is coming

    2. FOMFF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      terrified

  11. Who are all Lukakus
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    This week highest scorers prediction?

    1. Party time
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Benteke 32 points

      • nadman89
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        dwight mcneil 14 points

      • Pinturicchio10
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Barnes Wilson Digne

          1. Pinturicchio10
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Jokes aside, probably Aguero

        • Punter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Zinchenko owners, are you jumping ship ASAP or wait for Pep to actually bench him first? I'm worried about Mendy. Thinking about using my free to swap him for Otamendi, but would be good to save the transfer too

          1. FOMFF
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Yes but only because they are so leaky. Not because of concerns over starts, for now

            1. Punter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Right so not for Otamendi I take it

              1. FOMFF
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                IMO.

        • Jealous Viper
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Repost
          Bench order- Lundstram, Greenwood, Soyuncu.
          One of them probably coming in for Mount. G2G?

        • Teahupo'o
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          What move?

          Pope
          Digne Soyuncu Lundstram
          Salah Sterling KDB Mount Cantwell
          Aguero Pukki

          (Button, Greenwood Rico Mings)
          2FT 0.2ITB

          A) Mount ➡ Ceballos
          B) Mount ➡ Lamela
          C) Mings ➡ Tomori
          D) Mount Greenwood Digne ➡ Hayden Abraham AMN -4

          1. nadman89
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            mount to mcneil

            1. Teahupo'o
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              A fifth option. Oof. Cheers.

        • Sancidino
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Jota and VVD to Pukki and Matip for free, would you do it?

          1. Holmes
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Yep

        • Nüno Vippan
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Chelsea’s left winger (alonso or emerson nvm) will destroy TAA. He is just awful on his own half. I wont be suprised if Klop bench him
          #justsayin

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            how can he be destroyed if he is benched

            1. Wild Rover
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              It’s a good point

            2. Nüno Vippan
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Great point

        • tabby98
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Ederson, Button
          VVD, Zinch, Digne, Montoya, Kelly
          Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Mount, Dendoncker
          Pukki, Haller, Wesley

          Do i Play my wildcard??

        • Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Not sure why people are reluctant to Capt KDB if they are worried about Sterling starting. He has two double figure hauls in five games, the same as Salah and one more than Sterling.

          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Thank you! Making me feel better! My choice was him or Mo. Don’t fancy Sterling risk

        • Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Argggh switched armband to KDB. Likely to be disastrous but here goes!

          G2G?

          1FT WC still intact
          Heaton
          VVD, Zinch, Digne, AWB
          Salah (v), Sterling, KDB (C), Cantwell
          Pukki, Haller
          (Button) (Mount, Lunds, Greenwood)

          GL all!!

          1. Amey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            GL bro 🙂

            1. Don Kloppeone
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              You too dude

          2. Punter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            I have 10 of the same. How are you feeling about Zinchenko any plans to ship?

            1. Don Kloppeone
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Def on the chopping block but will give him this week

        • Whats the Mata?
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Vvd to Otamendi? (got taa)

          Or save?

        • Oggle22
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Start
          A) Pieters
          B) Kelly
          C) Lundstarm
          Pope
          TAA Zinchenko?
          Salah Sterling Cantwell Guendouzi
          Kun Abraham Pukki

          Button.? ? Mount

          Cheers

        • E25
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Have 2 FT to burn and need to use one. Who would you downgrade this week to setup for 343 next week?

          A) VVD (also have Robbo)
          B) Zinch

          1. Root
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            B

        • dezille
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          A) Hayden + Tomori
          B) Bakamba (4.4) + Soyuncu

        • Reggie Nainggolan
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Are james and mount missing this gameweek?

          If so how long they're out for. Worth holding

        • Sigurd's Son
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          On WC, what would you rather:

          a) TAA-Salah-Sterling-Tammy
          b) Ota-Salah-KDB-Auba
          c) Ota-Son-Sterling-Auba

          1. Weeb Kakashi
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Ota Son kdb Auba

            1. subhojit123
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              What's ur team?

        • Weeb Kakashi
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          On WC. G2G??

          Pope
          Taa Ota Diop
          Mane KDB Son Cantwell
          Auba(C) Wilson Pukki

          Soyuncu Tomori 4.4

        • RomeluAndJuliet
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          On a WC:

          A) Sterling, Salah, Abraham

          B) KDB, Mané, Kun

        • LordEllison
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          VVD + AWB > Trent + Aurier for free
          Yes or No?? Thanks

        • Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Who to start and bench order out of:
          A) Mount
          B) Rico
          C) Greenwood

        • FPLtfs
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Vardy out:

          a) Abraham
          b) C. Wilson

          Pope
          TAA, van Dijk, Digne, Zinchenko*
          Salah, Sterling, Mount*
          Vardy*, Barnes, Pukki
          4.0, Lund, Hayden, Dendo

          1. Punter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            What are those *'s? Why is there one next to Zinchenko?