FFS Cup

The FFS Cup to resume in Double Gameweek 30+

The FFS Cup will follow the lead of Fantasy Premier League in returning this week, with the second round of the competition set to take place in Double Gameweek 30+.

We took the decision to suspend this tournament when the lockdown period began, rather than let the remaining fixtures play out during the ’empty’ Gameweeks and be settled on an overall rank tie-breaker.

The draw for round two had already been made prior to the Premier League’s temporary adjournment and we’ll summarise the latest state of play in the article below.

Please note that the ranks you see on the cup draw page will have been accurate as of Gameweek 29, so may have altered slightly during the downtime because of transfer usage.

FIRST ROUND RECAP

All results from the first round can be viewed here.

Six of our nine former winners who were in round one fell at the first hurdle.

Only Joe, Wild Rover and reigning champion Philman made it through to the next stage from this select group.

Joe defeated PELA0409 by 50 points to 35, while Wild Rover was a 45-42 winner over bitm2007.

Philman’s defence of his title began with a 55-46 victory over Baps Sniffer.

Ex-champions Gribude, Sleeping master, Leon Harris, A Manager Has No Name, TH14 and Lokomotiv all bowed out, meanwhile.

Gribude and Lokomotiv were comprehensively beaten 74-28 and 83-42 by Gilbo88 and Rolls-Royce respectively, while in a much closer contest, A Manager Has No Name was edged out 37-36 by spurs.

Pirate Angel, Lulli XI and Saubarna Deep were the conquerors of TH17, Sleeping master and Leon Harris, with all three of those head to heads settled by seven FPL points or fewer.

On the editorial staff front, andy85wsm beat Carlton Palmer 67-41, while editor DavidMunday815 was defeated 58-47 by Binny.

Three of the 512 managers in the first round of the FFS Cup were inside the top 1k at the point of the Gameweek 29 deadline and they all progressed in round one.

rdamjam, who now sits at 56th in the world, is the highest-ranked manager in the competition and saw off Wayne.burrows by 67 points to 63.

Our two other site users inside the top 1,000 before (and after) this weekend were prbaker1980 and Bury94, who ended the challenges of RedLightning and Chara’s Rangers respectively.

We now have another round two representative with a triple-figure overall rank after the completion of Gameweek 29.

PHILIPK overtook the OR of round one opponent GrecianDan with an 83-44 success and now lies in 952nd place in the world.

The highest score of the first round was Dr Rabotnicki‘s 101, while the likely draft also hit a century.

Both managers used their Bench Boost chips in Gameweek 29.

SECOND ROUND DRAW

The full draw for the second round is available to view here.

Joe, Wild Rover and Philman next face Chalky77, faux C and aufeld respectively in their bids to win second FFS Cup titles.

Njdemon has the unenviable task of stopping rdamjam, while stamfordbridge, who finished fourth in our first FFS Cup of 2019/20, is up against another manager inside the top 1,000, prbaker1980.

JohnBlack faces PHILIPK and Kvelertak squares off against Bury94in two ‘top 10k v top 1k’ clashes.

Santigold v theonefjef is our only other all-top 10k tie in round two.

HOW DO THE CUP COMPETITIONS WORK?

The FFS Cup is very similar to the Fantasy Premier League’s own cup game.

Entrants who qualify for the first round were randomly drawn against each other and the winner of the tie is whoever has the highest score from that Gameweek, minus points spent on transfers (like in the original game and in head-to-head scores).

In the event of a draw, the manager highest in the overall FPL rankings after the tie will progress.

WHAT IS THE GAMEWEEK SCHEDULE?

The FFS Cup competition will be played out according to the following proposed Gameweek schedule:

Fantasy Football Scout Cup Round Dates
Qualifying – Gameweek 28

Round 1 – Gameweek 29
Round 2 – Gameweek 30+
Round 3 – Gameweek 31+
Round 4 – Gameweek 32+
Round 5 – Gameweek 33+
Round 6 – Gameweek 34+
Quarter-Final – Gameweek 35+
Semi-Finals – Gameweek 36+
Final and third-place play-off – Gameweek 37+

WHEN ARE THE FIXTURES RELEASED?

Where possible, the fixture list for each round will be published before each Gameweek deadline.

PRIZES

Overall Prizes
The prizes for the FFS Cup is as follows:

1st Place: £150 Amazon voucher
2nd Place: £100 Amazon voucher
3rd Place: £50 Amazon voucher

END-OF-SEASON LEAGUE

Unrelated to the FFS Cup, we’ve also launched a new Fantasy Premier League classic mini-league to mark the restart of the 2019/20 season, with scoring starting from Gameweek 30+.

Head to the FPL site via this link and use the code ‘i3lxye’ to sign up.

Annual memberships are up for grabs for the top five managers in this new mini-league.

We’re also raising money for the NHS in the process and full details are available here.


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944 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How am I looking? Will free hit in GW31 and get rid of El Ghazi and Aguero in GW32

    Henderson
    Trent ~ Laporte ~ Egan
    KdB ~ Grealish ~ El Ghazi ~ Sarr
    Aguero (TC) ~ Auba ~ Pukki

    Foster ~ B.Fernandes ~ Boly ~ Kabasele

    Not keen on double Watford defence but need a 4.4 defender who is good for GW32 and Foster rotates perfectly with Henderson.

    Also:
    1) Pukki & Sarr (want latter from GW32)
    2) Jimenez & Fleck

    1. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Watford triple-up purely for GW32+? Is that a BB?

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        No. Foster rotates well with Hendo. Sarr is best budget mid.

        I have Kabasele as I only have 4.4. I want 3 playing defenders for GW32.

        Laporte has Liverpool and Egan has spurs so not keen on starting those.

        Btw, Watford have Southampton, Norwich & Newcastle from GW32 to 36 (all home)

        1. Lionel Ronaldo
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          If you are confident, go on. I would not feel comfortable personally.

  2. Jotangs
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Am i good? Only TC left and im an Arsenal fan so hoping to win vs City

    Leno

    TAA (Nailed) Lund/O'connell/Doherty (2 out of those 3?)

    Son Fleck Bruno Martial KDB

    AUBA (TC) Jimenez

    Bench
    Martin 3.9 Doherty/Lund/O'connell Nketiah

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Looks good. Why not change O'Connell to another defender and Leno to Henderson. Then u get 2 sheff utd defensive assets and Doherty

      1. Jotangs
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Good shout but i would have to give up a DGW starter. Tempting....

  3. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone still on double Pool defense?

    1. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Dead teams possibly.

    2. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not for me. Looks good for GW31 though

  4. Tmel
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ederson a smart option now on BB given Pep's comments and likely heavy rotation?

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Leno is just much better as an option for keeper.

      He'll get more saves, City dodgy PK takers means he has a chance at a pen save/monster haul and he's only 5.0m.

      1. internal error
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Imagine if it was Ederson who took and missed the pen in that scenario

    2. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      low ceiling. Id rather go for potential hauls in attack

    3. Tmel
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Fair points. Cheers all.

  5. MarcusAurelius
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mings or Targett and why?

    1. Obi Wan Elokobi
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Target as more attacking threat.

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        this

    2. kalshot
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No Villa defenders. Neither have good stats and they have the worst defence record

  6. Releasebreaks
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why so much love for Mount? he spent ages in my team with no returns.
    I am missing something?

    1. Manani
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      1 week punt as most will WC next week. And fixture is good

  7. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Who are people captaining if between Kun and KDB? Why?

  8. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Fernandes or Rashford?

    On FH and have 10 DGWs locked in. Just one slot left for a non-DGWer.

    A) Fernandes
    B) Rashford
    C) Jimenez
    D) Abraham
    E) Mount

    1. Jotangs
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Bruno - Set pieces and midfield threat

    2. Sid07
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A or C

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

      Fernandes

    4. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      D has the best fixture on paper and feels the most explosive

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        He seems like a pretty 'safe' option. But I don't think he's gonna kill it and he'll almost certainly get hauled off at 60-70 mins too. Fernandes seems like he has the highest ceiling. Could get a double digit haul quite easily.

        1. Rinseboy
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          hmmm don't think Mourinho will try and do a job at home over UTD?

    5. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Tough one - probably lean towards Man U player, probably Bruno

    6. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      C/D

    7. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B- He will feel empowered by todays news. Fresh and has looked sharp in training.
      or
      D- Best sger fixture of the lot against the worst defence

    8. FPL Elephant
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A or C - I'm going both long term, but could flip a coin this week, both capable of double digits

  9. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    What's the best option for FH - 5th mid or 3rd fwd? Thanks!

    1. Leno, Stevens, Fleck, Bruno (352)
    2. Hendo, O'Connell, Mount, Bruno (352)
    3. Leno/Hendo, O'Connell, Fleck/ Cantwell, Vardy/ Rashford (343)

    TAA Lundstram
    Sterling KDB Grealish
    Aguero Auba

    1. Sid07
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      2

    2. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      3. With Hendo and Vardy

  10. Sizzlers (@FPL_SMR)
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Glad to have the Cup competition back. Brilliant decision to suspend the competition from and including GW30. Keeps it fair.

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

    Draft question :

    Which transfer should I prioritise out of

    Giroud > Samatta

    And

    Pulisic > Ozil

    Thanks

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      1 but don't like either tbh

  12. Sid07
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts on this BB team

    Ederson Leno
    Taa Stevens egan target sias
    Kdb Bruno fleck grealish saka
    Jimmy aguro auba

    1. Sarri-ball
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Solid team that anything in bank?

      1. Sid07
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        0.2

        1. Sarri-ball
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I might of replaced saiss but nothing stands out at 4.8 good to go.

          1. Sid07
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Thanks

  13. Lionel Ronaldo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    (1) Doherty - Aké - Cahill - Mount
    (2) TAA - Boly - Lasceles - McGinn

    Option (2) involves losing 0.5 M on TAA

    1. Sid07
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      2

    2. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sorry, meant Option (1) involves losing 0.5 M on TAA

    3. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      2.

  14. M4RK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Does anyone know why my budget for buying players is £97.7m rather than £100m?

    1. Obi Wan Elokobi
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Because you’ve got players who have lost value

    2. Tozier
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If you've left your team untouched for a long team then your players will have dropped in value. Prices change depending on how popular they are.

      1. M4RK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I think I understand.
        Thanks.

  15. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Guys, would you prefer A or B from these

    A) McGinn, Barnes and Abraham

    Or

    B) Saka, Mount and Jiminez

    Thanks.

    1. Sid07
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

    2. Sarri-ball
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B for me

    3. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

    4. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A

  16. VinMar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Going long term here (no WC) and might play BB

    DDG (Reina)
    Saiss, Lascelles, Taylor, Egan, Basham
    Sterling, KDB, Son, Fernandes
    Abraham, Rashford, Jimenez

    Next week Sterling > Mane

  17. Sarri-ball
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Jesus over aguero frees up some good funds. Thoughts on bb team?

    Henderson/ramsdale
    Vvd/bellerin/egan/oconnell/hanley
    Sterling/kdb/grealish/saka/martial
    Jesus/augbam/jimenez

    Reina or ramsdale last call

    1. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Tears will be shed for "good funds" IMO.

      1. Sarri-ball
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        maybe but aguero starts v arsenal likely jesus gets burnley.

        Im taking punt on sterling captain even if had aguero

  18. davies
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    FH...

    A) Leno Baldock Salah Mahrez Nketiah (442)
    B) Henderson Doherty Sterling Saka Tammy (433)

    ***** / 3.9
    TAA / ***** / Stevens / Lundstram / 3.9
    ***** / ***** / Grealish / ***** / 4.2
    Aguero / Auba / *****

    Cheers.

    1. Sid07
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts on Pukki as a bit of a differential?

    Decent fixture and could be back at it after a rest (was just looking knackered before the break).

    Can WC out if needbe

    1. Sarri-ball
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I think pukki could be good call this gw if wildcard in hand

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers bro, currently got him in the team.

        Leno Reina
        TAA Laporte Stevens Egan Lascelles
        Mane KDB Grealish Barnes Saka
        Aguero Jimenez Pukki

  20. FIRMINOLOOKGOAL
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Any nailed 4.2 Def.?

    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I think Hanley is 4.1 - was doing well up to lockdown

    2. Sarri-ball
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      hanley at 4.1

    3. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No. Kiko and Hanley are your best bets

    4. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Reasonable gambles could be Williams or Kiko, too.

    5. FIRMINOLOOKGOAL
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Hanley might be the pick, but just had a feeling big scoring game at Carrow Road 🙂

  21. JELLYFISH
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    BB team G2G?

    Leno McCarthy
    TAA Lascelles Lundstram Saiss Egan
    Mane Grealish KDB Bruno Saka
    Auba Samatta Kun

  22. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Harvey Barnes - yay or nay

    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes - i think Leicester will want to push on now

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Agreed, hang onto that top 4 spot. Should hopefully be re-energised a bit too - Though Barnes was in good form before the break

  23. estheblessed
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Is there a link to any friendly details for each club? Like scorers, starters etc ...

  24. FPL Elephant
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I'm playing my BB in 30+ and my wildcard in 33+.

    So for the next three GW, which would you go for? Thanks in advance for replies!

    A) TAA, Barnes, Abraham
    B) Lascelles, Mount, Vardy (+1.2 to spend on upgrades/allow better free transfers in 31+ and 32+)

  25. Invincibles
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone playing BB and including TAA and Mane? Can’t bring myself to go without either.

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Currently am! Team in a reply a couple posts up Too much money tied up in both and would want them back

      1. Invincibles
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Nice. Can’t seem to fit a decent 3rd striker with this, probably going with Nketiah.

    2. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If going for WC later on, maybe.

    3. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      TAA is nailed in my squad, but currently torn between Mane & Sterling.

  26. Jotangs
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    A)Leno, Lund , O'connell (Doherty Bench)
    B)Leno, Lund. Doherty
    C) Leno, Doherty, O'connell (Lund bench)
    D)Henderson, Doherty, Lund (Sell O'connell)

    Most likely for rest of season... No chips

  27. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Quick fire round, best options for gw30 (i.e. 1 gw only

    1) Sarr, Mount, or Barnes?
    2) Pick two from Lundy, O'connell, Egan
    3) Doherty+Lascelles vs. PVA+Boly?

    1. Jotangs
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      1)Barnes unless you think Mount is Nailed on
      2)Lundy and Egan
      3)1st one.

    2. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Mount
      lund and o connell
      Doherty

  28. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mane or Sterling for this week only?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      It’ll have to be Sterling

  29. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How’s she looking?

    Leno
    Alonso Trent Baldock
    Mahrez Grealish KDB Bruno
    Tammy Aguero Jota

    Hendo Lundstram Saka Targett

    Bb active and WC next GW

    1. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Shiny. Strong team value I suppose.

  30. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    TC Kun team. Quite like the DGW SGW balance.

    Hendo
    TAA Basham Egan
    Mo KdB Fernandes Grealish
    Kun Vardy Jim

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Looks great!