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Gameweek 38+ Scout Picks features Man City triple-up

The Gameweek 38+ Scout Picks features a triple-up on Manchester City.

Although this is unlikely to be a massive surprise, the configuration of our trio is perhaps a little different to most Free Hit squads.

For the first time since Gameweek 30+ we were able to make this selection using our traditional methods, starting with a Scout Squad piece earlier in the week, whittled down a final XI.

For the final time this season, we line-up in 4-4-2 formation, coming in at £84.8m, £0.2m under budget.

Goalkeeper

The entire Burnley squad looks committed to making sure Nick Pope (£5.2m) gets at least a share of the Golden Glove award. That would require a clean sheet against Brighton, certainly an achievable aim, considering the Clarets have kept eight shut-outs at home this season, the second-best total in the Premier League.

Defenders

Just five points shy of breaking Andrew Robertson’s all-time FPL points record for a defender, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.7m) could register returns at both ends of the pitch against Newcastle. Not only are the Magpies third-worst for goals scored at home this season, but they are also vulnerable to crosses into the box from their left-flank. Music to the ears of Alexander-Arnold owners.

In the last four matches, no team has conceded more headed attempts than Norwich. That bodes well for Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m) who found the net against Watford and looks set to keep another clean sheet against the toothless Canaries’ attack on Sunday afternoon.

Crystal Palace have still scored fewer goals at home than any other side this season (14) and have drawn a blank in five of their last six matches. Serge Aurier (£5.1m) looks poised to capitalise on this, throwing in some attacking potential and no Patrick van Aanholt to watch out for on the counter-attack.

With Charlie Taylor out injured, Erik Pieters (£4.3m) offers the best value route into the Burnley defence for our double-up at that end of the pitch. The left-back also provided an assist during the Gameweek 37+ win at Norwich and, thanks to recent outings in midfield, has a penchant for more crosses into the box these days.

Midfielders

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We are backing Mohamed Salah to end the season with a bang at Newcastle. He has been exceptionally unlucky not to score in any of his last three matches, and over the last four, he ranks best in the league for shots in the box, big chances and shots on target. That is rather ominous ahead of a meeting with Newcastle, who have been hit with a nasty injury crisis in defence recently.

Raheem Sterling (£12.0m) is an exciting midfield choice for Gameweek 38+. He is in exceptional form with four double-figure hauls in the last six matches and a say in the penalty conversation as he chases a 20-goal season. During that period, Norwich have conceded 14 times.

David Silva (£7.5m) completes our Manchester City triple-up ahead of his final home league game for the club. In his last four Etihad Stadium appearances, the Spaniard has racked up six attacking returns, averaging 10.5 points per match there since the restart.

Aston Villa’s defence has done a decent job of containing their opponents in recent weeks, but we think the form of Michail Antonio (£7.1m) will be enough to break it down at least once on Sunday afternoon. It turns out his underlying numbers from the Norwich game were no fluke, the West Ham midfielder inside the top three for shots in the box, big chances and shots on target over the last four matches.

Forwards

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Harry Kane (£10.9m) is our marquee striker for Gameweek 38+ as he prepares to face a porous Crystal Palace defence. In the last four matches, the Eagles have given up 13 big chances, only Brighton conceding over that period. Meanwhile, Kane has double-figure hauls in each of his last two, scoring four goals since Gameweek 36+.

Thanks to his budget price, Chris Wood (£6.2m) has been rewarded with a second-straight appearance in the Scout Picks. The Burnley man has now scored in back-to-back Gameweeks and is at home to a Brighton side who have conceded plenty of attempts from set-pieces over the last few weeks.

Substitutes

Emiliano Martínez (£4.4m) has been bringing in tidy scores in recent weeks and offering decent value. Since taking over from the injured Bernd Leno, the Arsenal goalkeeper has made 30 saves in eight appearances, averaging four points per match.

Jarrad Branthwaite (£4.0m) offers a budget price, a likely start in the Everton defence in a fixture with high clean sheet potential. Bournemouth have averaged less than a goal a game away from home this season.

Mark Noble (£4.9m) is flourishing in his new advanced number 10 role for West Ham. He has created more chances than any other Premier League player over the last three Gameweeks although has not registered a shot on goal in that time.

Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) has been enjoying a run of games in the Chelsea team and has registered 13 shots in the box over his last four matches, good enough for the top five in the division.

The Captain

Who are the best captain options for FPL Gameweek 36+?

The Scout Picks has a captain for the 2019/20 campaign.

This skipper is chosen using the conclusions of the latest Captain Sensible article and a four-way vote between David, Neale, Paul and Geoff.

Because the use of Fantasy Football Scout data is used so heavily in this process, the captain we choose each Gameweek is usually known only to those who have signed up to Membership for the 2019/20 season and revealed to the public only when the deadline has passed.

Here’s how we voted:

The Community Champion

Each week, one of the Fantasy Football Scout community takes on the Scout Picks by pitting their chosen XI against ours.

The community member who beats our picks by the biggest margin over the campaign will win a £100 Amazon Voucher and a place in our Moderators and Contributors League for the following season.

Our last champion, PoldervogelsUit, lost 77-88 to the Scout Picks all the way back in Gameweek 30+.

gwitbrock‘s winning margin of 23 points in Gameweek 25 is the target to beat.

The Community Champion’s team for Gameweek 38+ will be announced in due course.

4,610 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Vovhund
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    What are the chances of leaked line ups? And where to find them? Seems like Rockstar and Scarface are locked down

    1. Teror
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Rockstar says he won't be leaking. Scarface probably will. I think Scarface is the only source people trust.

      1. Vovhund
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I know, but his Twitter account has been locked

        1. Teror
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I guess you're just going to have to hope someone posts on here, which they probably will.

          1. Bubz
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            He server will go down here

            1. Teror
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Then this bredder better give Scarface a follow and hope he approves it before deadline

  2. Teror
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Kane or Salah? No FH.

    1. John wick
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Salah for me

    2. afsr
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Salah

  3. Jönny
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    MEN has Foden starting ahead of Mahrez... anyone know what their record is like on getting these things right??

    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-predicted-team-norwich-18662287.amp?__twitter_impression=true

    "Phil Foden should start opposite, with one last chance to get some Premier League experience before a step up in responsibility next season."

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I think they are just guessing, similar to predicted lineups on here.

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      They don't know sh.t
      But I'm expecting same

    3. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      They are pretty hit and miss

    4. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Think it's the same lineup that will play against Madrid so don't think he starts.

      1. Party time
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Pep will never use the same lineup for Madrid. He played mind game during his presser

      2. Jönny
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Guessing game, isn't it...I have Foden, and can swap him for Mahrez using free transfers... hate this sort of decision as it feels it is a total lottery and very possible to blow up in your face!

    5. afsr
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Hey guys! How do i improve this team?

      Pope
      TAA, Aspi, Taylor
      Sterling, Salah, Bruno, Martial, Dilva
      Greenwood, Jesus

      Mccarthy, Gayle, Doherty, Holgate,
      1FT, 0.1ITB

      A - Martial/Fernandes, Doherty - Son, Bardsley (-4)
      B - Jesus, Doherty - Kane, Bardsley (-4)
      C - Fernandes/Martial -> Antonio/Pulisic
      D - your suggestions

    6. chendog
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Who will get more points?

      1) Kane
      2) Vardy+4

      1. OptimusBlack
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        2

    7. PocketZola
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      1ft 0.1itb, not sure what to do, keep or sell Salah?

      Martinez
      taa, tierney, wan-bissaka
      fernandez salah antonio kdb
      vardy greenwood ings

      bench, foden, basham, taylor

      Im thinking vardy to kane and salah to son?

      1. PocketZola
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        bruno to sdilva and vardy to kane(c)? for -4

    8. Rossaldinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      What are the best sites to monitor for possible early FPL team news prior to deadline?

      1. grumpyman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        This one?

        1. Rossaldinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          FPLScarface doesn't seem to exist??

          1. Teror
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            His account has been taken down by Russian hackers enlisted by the Premier League

      2. Party time
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Fantasyfootballscout

        • Party time
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Fplscarface, fplrockstar

          • Teror
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Also there's this guy who only ever gets news on Leicester and he says Vardy and Iheanacho will start up front.

            1. Amey
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Barnes benched

        • AC Yew
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          On BB. Looking for a cheap defender (4.6) to join
          Doherty AWB Egan Tarkowski.

          Branthwaite
          Pietrs
          Any other good picks?

          1. CERVELO
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Pieters all day

            1. AC Yew
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Thank you

          2. beric
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Easy pete

            1. AC Yew
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Thank you

        • Muscout
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Which one guys

          A) TAA, Sterling, Mahrez, Jesus Greenwood
          **no Auba**

          B) TAA, Sterling, Dilva, Auba, Greenwood
          **no Jesus**

          C) Azpi / 6.1m, Dilva, Mahrez, Jesus, Aub
          **no Sterling (and TAA)**

        • simong1
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          10 points behind second and 12 points behind first in my ML. First has Sterling, 2nd doesn't. Neither have Kane

          Should I captain Sterling or Kane/Salah/Dilva?

        • Bury94
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          4 hours until chaos

        • wulfrunian
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Any thoughts here?

          Pope
          VVD/Tarkowski/Fredericks
          Martial/Foden/Sterling/Fernandes/Stanislas
          Ings/Jesus

          McCarthy King/Boly/Taylor
          1ft 1.3itb

          a)Foden+Fernandes->DSilva+Antonio
          b)Foden+Boly->DSilva+Williams
          c)something else

        • drughi
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Which pairing scores better assuming all starts ?

          A. Kane and Pulisic
          B. Jesus and Martial

          1. OptimusBlack
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            A

          2. Miguel Sanchez
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            A

          3. drughi
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            intresting backing B atm

        • Hansel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          A) Pope + Mahrez
          B) Martinez + KDB

          Playing Pieters and Bardsley on FH

          1. The FPL Units
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            B

        • LLoris
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Who should I bring in?
          A) Saiss to Aurier
          B) Doherty to Robo

          1. The FPL Units
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            B

        • No Pirlo No Party
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          FH - Any improvements?

          Martinez
          Aurier - Bardsley - Pieters
          Salah - KDB - Sterling - D Silva
          Kane - Ings - Greenwood
          (Martn - Saka - Williams - Williams) - 0.8 ITB to improve bench?

          To get the likes of TAA - Antonio/Pulisic it requires downgrading Ings or KDB to Mahrez.

        • AJ24
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          FREE HIT TEAM:

          Martinez
          Trent, Pieters, Branthwaite
          Sterling (c), Salah, KDB, D Silva
          Kane (Vc), ings, Greenwood

          Stek, Lamptey, B Williams, McCarthy / 0.0m ITB

          Good to go?

          1. No Pirlo No Party
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Looks great. Same as mine (post above yours) with only TAA over Aurier the difference. I am £1M short of that move.

        • BENOIT
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Keeping finding myself putting Tierney and Laca in my team.

          Going to me a long day til 3pm!

          1. Collie01
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Same with Tierney, but hard to justify the extra cash for Pope+Tierney as opposed to Martinez+Porter's.

            1. Collie01
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              *Pieters

        • Puncheon Guly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Bruno and Antonio

          Or

          Salah and JWP/Trezeguet

        • OneTreeTwoStars
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Currently have Nketiah starting and Greenwood on the bench.
          13 points clear in mini league and opponent will probably play Greenwood again.
          Am I mad???
          Thoughts are appreciated, thanx.

          1. The FPL Units
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Yes mad. Play Greenwood.

            1. OneTreeTwoStars
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              I was thinking this..... cheers

        • Eat my goal!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Scarface privatised his account!

          Early team news a no go - this site will fail for sure !

          1. Party time
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Scenes

            • Sasquatch Slayer
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Many posters on here are already Scarface followers

              1. Eat my goal!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Yes but we know this site will fail to function

                1. Sasquatch Slayer
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  True.

          2. FPL ElasticO
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            A. Is it too risky to transfer out KDB for either D Silva / Sterling??
            B. Pls suggest 4.6 def. other than Burnley??

            1. Teror
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Not risky for Sterling if you captain him, which you should.

            2. Oscar Slater
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              I'm taking KDB out for Sterling myself. As I've posted before, without dangerous dead ball duties (which he'll probably relinquish again today) his stock plummets.

          3. Qaiss
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Anyone else going on Scarfaces account and tweets are not loading? Damn

            1. Teror
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Oh my God the Premier League has enlisted the Russians to ake down his Twitter acc

              1. Party time
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  😆

              2. Collie01
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                It says on mine that the account doesn't exist

            2. Garlana
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              What time are we likely to get early team news and from who? Luckily went to rockstars Twitter last time and got the team news as this site struggled. Anyone on twitter we expecting to hear from?

            3. RAFA THE GAFFA
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Anyone going with no Man U on FH?

              1. Astronautovic
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Here. I am a bit worried as well

              2. Teror
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Don't see why you wouldn't work Greenwood in there. So cheap and yet so promising.

            4. Charan77
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Good morning

              Current gw38 team on fh. 0itb

              Pope (Martin)
              TAA, Doherty, Pieters (branthwaite, williams)
              Salah, KDB (v), Sterling (c), Fernandes (Dendoncker)
              Ings, Greenwood, Rodriguez

              Thinking:

              A) Doherty to Laporte, Rodriguez to wood
              B) Dendoncker to Guendouzi, Rodriguez to DCL

              13 points clear in ml but 3 chasing have saiss

              Please help

              Good luck!

            5. Aubaaaaa
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Ings or Antonio?

              1. PocketZola
                • 6 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                neither? they are both safe?

              2. Gregor
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Ings.

            6. LM00091
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Hi guys just one final question...
              Would sell Fernandes and Jesus for Sterling and Wood???

              Current team:

              Pope (Martin)
              Digne, VVD, Laporte (Saiss, Lamptey)
              Salah, KDB, Martial, Pulisic, Fernandes
              Jesus, Ings (Greenwood)

              1. Gregor
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Yeah, I’d want Sterling.

                1. PocketZola
                  • 6 Years
                  3 years, 8 months ago

                  wasnt he on holiday?

                  1. Gregor
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    3 years, 8 months ago

                    He went to France for a couple of days but since been back training I believe.

            7. Jet5605
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Would you ditch Jesus for Kane for a hit?

              1. Gregor
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Not unless we get team news saying Jesus doesn’t start.

              2. Oscar Slater
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Sounds biblical that.

            8. el polako
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Mane's slight medical issue yesterday is giving me headache.
              If it was an important game then he would surely start but why would Klopp risk him today in a dead rubber game ?

              1. Sasquatch Slayer
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 8 months ago

                Pulling my hair out on this one too