Scout Picks

Double Gameweek 19 Scout Picks built on key FPL assets at Man City and West Ham

The Double Gameweek 19 Scout Picks feature an entire host of assets who play twice over the next few days.

Manchester City and West Ham players form the spine of the squad, with three players from each team making the first XI.

We line up in a 4-4-2 formation this time, which comes in bang on the budget of £83.0m.

Goalkeeper

Sam Johnstone (£4.5m) comes with the chance of scoring clean sheet and bonus save points. West Bromwich Albion line-up against West Ham and Wolves in the Double Gameweek, two teams in the bottom half for goals scored this season with 24 and 19. Johnstone has also made the most saves of any keeper this season with 74, six more than nearest rival Illan Meslier.

Defenders

Joao Cancelo (£5.8m) makes his second consecutive appearance in the Scout Picks, following Manchester City’s clean sheet against Brighton. The full-back has been unlucky to only record one attacking return this season, with the second-highest amount of key passes and third highest number of big chances created from defenders in the league. Pep Guardiola previously praised Cancelo’s ability to play a game every three days, so he could even be immune to Pep’s rotation.

Joining Cancelo from the rock-solid City defence is John Stones (£5.0m). With games against a shot-shy Crystal Palace and a covid-hit Villa side, City are predicted to add to their eight clean sheets. With Nathan Ake (£5.4m) and Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) remaining on the treatment table, expect Stones to retain his place in the league’s best defence.

The Premier League’s highest-scoring defender Kurt Zouma (£5.8m) returns to the Scout Picks. With set-piece specialist Hakim Ziyech returning to the Chelsea line-up, Zouma has every chance of adding to his four goals this season.

Rounding out the defence is West Ham full-back Vladimir Coufal (£4.7m). In Gameweek 19, the Hammers face two of the three lowest scorers in the Premier League in Burnley and West Brom. Coufal’s attacking potential will also be boosted by the return of West Ham’s talismanic forward (below).

Midfielders

Heavy backing for Salah in emerging top 10k FPL managers

We’re backing the misfiring Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) to get back to his best in Gameweek 19. Despite hitting a bit of a dry spell, Salah has still had the highest number of shots in the box, above second-placed Sadio Mané, and has received the second-highest amount of big chances. All this points to the Egyptian rediscovering his form, and he has two games to do it in.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) appears to be loving life as a false nine, and we’re backing him to add goals to his impressive performances. In what has been a frustrating season for De Bruyne, the City captain recorded five shots on goal and created three chances against Brighton. Had it not been for some resolute defending and a penalty Raheem Sterling will quickly want to forget, De Bruyne would have easily recorded a second double-digit haul in a row from his new striking position.

December’s Player of the Month and Scout Pick regular Bruno Fernandes (£11.3m) makes the team again, despite blanking against Burnley. This was Fernandes’ first ever FPL blank in an away game, and with two trips on the road for Manchester United, their Portuguese playmaker is expected to get back to his best.

Tomas Soucek (£5.3m) is the Scout Picks’ second West Ham player to make the team with two appetising fixtures on the horizon. The big Czech has scored the most headed goals of all midfielders in the league and lines-up against a West Brom team who have conceded the most headed attempts.

Forwards

The evergreen Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) leads the line for the Scout Picks, and will be hoping to catch up with Salah and Son Heung-min (£9.8m) at the top of the goalscoring charts. Vardy and Leicester’s pressing and frenetic style could well lead to problems for opponents Chelsea, whose six defensive errors have led to goals, the most in the league.

Partnering Vardy is West Ham’s powerhouse striker Michail Antonio (£6.2m), returning from injury. After spending most of the season on the treatment table, Antonio has shown glimpses of what he can do this season, including his stunning overhead kick against Man City. If he can return to the player he was last season, when he had a expected goals rating than Harry Kane (£11.1m) and Anthony Martial (£8.8m), then he will be a handful for any defence in the league.

Substitutes

  • Edouard Mendy (£5.1m)
  • James Justin (£5.0m)
  • Ademola Lookman (£5.0m)
  • Ollie Watkins (£6.1m)

THE CAPTAIN

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

We choose the Scout Picks captain using a four-way vote between our Scout Squad pundits.

Because we use Fantasy Football Scout data so heavily in this process, the skipper we choose each Gameweek is known only to those with a valid Fantasy Football Scout subscription and revealed to the public only when the deadline has passed.

Here’s how we voted for Double Gameweek 19:

487 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No pressers from Rodgers or Lampard?

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Both were yesterday

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Ta

  2. Romford Pele - Don't w…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Assuming Tierney is fit, would you play him ( v NEW) and bank a transfer, or bench him and do Welbeck to Antonio? Dallas (v BHA) also on bench...

    1. JJeyy
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      probably antonio

  3. I Love Lamp
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Worth a -12 for this, with BB?

    Martinez McCarthy
    Coufal Cancelo Chilwell Justin Mitchell
    Foden Son Salah Bruno Soucek
    Antonio Vardy Watkins

    Only way to get Vardy and some City attack...

    1. dimo_fpl
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Looks fantastic

    2. Jebiga
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Do it

  4. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Can't help but think Antonio is a trap, in his first game back he managed one shot against a pub team in the cup, so how will he manag in the prem?

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Adams to Antonio is low risk high reward for me. Can't see Adams scoring much this week and west ham have nice fixtures and Antonio possibly on pens

      1. OptimusBlack
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Same think here

    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm unsure on him too, although I'm a little irritated so many are bringing him in, I brought him in a few weeks back when Moyes acted like he was ready then he wasn't, and I was planning to bring him in this week for a while and now he's flavour of the week so won't be as much of a differential I hoped

      1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I should explain I moved from Wood to him which is why I'm happy to take the chance

    3. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Leaning towards Watkins - but there's a risk there too

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Exactly, no one knows who has had covid so I'd avoid brining in villa players personally. More risky than getting Antonio for me

    4. All about the galacticos
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A worthwhile FT if you have nothing else pressing, but not worth taking hits for

  5. SilentLemonMan
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Would you bring in Soucek for Harrison (-4) ???

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No

    2. dimo_fpl
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I’d do it

  6. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Team for DGW19 is:

    Martinez
    Dias - Chilwell - Coufal
    Salah - Bruno - Son - Soucek
    Vardy - Bamford - C.Adams

    Dallas - Raphinha - Kilman

    Should I:
    A) C.Adams ➡ Antonio for -4 and play Antonio
    or
    B) just play one of Dallas / Raphinha
    ..?

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm doing A I think

  7. Dont give a fuchs
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bring stones for silva and play 352 with raphinha or stones in for alioski and play 442 with raphinha on the bench?

  8. fc_skrald
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Any chance there will be new regarding Tierney before the deadline?

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nope, injury isn't as bad as first thought but still a doubt

  9. Rex Lapis
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Raphinha to Gundogan worth a hit?

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No not liking that

    2. John Nerdelbaum
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nah
      I would look at double defence and KDB (I assume you have KDB?)

  10. indy13
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys, need some help, first time posting in some years but loving the game again this year:
    Currently have 8 dgw'ers (no KDB) + Son, Kane, 3 x Leeds, Neto & DCL

    a) Take -12pt then BB with 3x Leeds & Neto
    (Kane, DCL & Son > Vardy, Antonio & KDB)

    b) Take -12pt then BB with 2x Leeds & Kane
    (DCL, Son & Neto > Antonio, KDB & Lookman)

    c) Take - 8pt then BB (DCL + 1 sgw for 2 x dgw players (can't afford KDB)

    d) Take - 4pt then BB (DCL for Antonio)

    e) Play WC
    LineUp = Vardy, Antonio, KDB, Grealish, Soucek, Fernandes, Salah, Cancelo, Stones, Justin, Martinez
    Bench = Meslier, Struijk, Mitchell, Decordova-Reid

    a) is my favourite but it does cost me - 12 Son and Kane
    b) no Vardy but keep Kane but still -12
    c) & d) no Man City Offense
    e) brilliant but costs a great chip ...it is a major DGW.

    any help appreciated
    Thx

  11. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What is the soonest we can expect the Spurs DGW? Or do we just not know at all?

  12. bruuuno
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Could Benrahma be a good punt?

  13. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    A) Antonio
    B) Watkins

    1. joeydordon
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A easy have both

  14. cutch
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Will Cancelo outscore Bamford by 4 or more points?

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

      Easily

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

      Tough on. Brighton is good fix for Bam.

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Will Cancelo start both?

        1. cutch
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          I think this is the real question... Pep roulette is scaring

    3. Ozzy smith
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It’s got potential. Worth considering beyond this GW too, Cancelo has great fixtures.

    4. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm not convinced he'll play both and if I had Bamford even with 11 others with doubles I'd be very tempted to play him against Brighton

    5. Pegboy
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Just. I fancy Bamford to score more than I fancy Cancelo to play both games and keep clean sheets. Will be close.

  15. willg118
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Would you BB with this bench?:
    McCarthy, AWP, Raphinha, Davis

    1. Ozzy smith
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nope

  16. Ozzy smith
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Couple of questions guys.

    With a future BB in mind, Leeds/Sou will have to be rearranged at some point. So it would make sense to bring Stones in for Holding as opposed to KWP/Dallas, right?

    Also, who would you prefer in the DGW in isolation. Antonio or Soucek?

    1. joeydordon
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I like Antonio but more chance soucek gets 180 mins

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

      Might be, who knows when the dgw is for Lee Sou.

      Antonio otherwise but the injury and lack of fitness puts me off for dgw.

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

      Antonio

  17. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Feels like everyone has at least 9 DGWers

    While im sat with just just 8 after a hit

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      you know that a few single gwers will outscore the doublers so wouldn't worry about it

      1. Forgetmeknot
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        But likely more DGW will put score the age. I’m not sure I can correctly guess which ones so going with probability and playing 11 dgw’ers

        1. Forgetmeknot
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          DGW Out score the sgw *

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      If you have Kane and Son it's okay

  18. Manani
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    DCL > Antonio?

    1. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

  19. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is Fabianski fit for DGW19? Any news on that?

    1. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      See Moyes comments in the tweets - "we don't know yet"

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Still a doubt I think, check the FFS tweets

    3. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks guys

  20. School of Poch
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    A: Vardy Rashford
    B: KDB Antonio (-4)

    Rest of team
    Martinez / Forster
    Chilwell Coufal Dallas / Balbuena Neco
    XXX Salah Bruno Son / Riedewald
    XXX Watkins Bamford

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

  21. Grounderz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Any suggestions?
    Don’t mind (-8).

    McCarthy/ Steer
    Dias/ Dier/ Walker-Peters/ Pieters/ Dunne
    De Bruyne/ Fernandes/ Son/ Soucek/ Lookman
    Kane/ Lacazette/ Bamford

    1 FT, 1.7m ITB

  22. OBAMA
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    safest 2 city defenders to bring in on wc?

    People saying Cancelo likely to get rested..?

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cancelo is so attacking so one needs to be him anyway imo. Dias+Cancelo for me

    2. Disco Stu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Stones and Dias

  23. Rinseboy
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Which combo?

    A- Werner and Foden or
    B - Vardy and Gundo

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      B

    2. Disco Stu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      B just seems safer

  24. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thoughts?

    Martinez
    Robbo Cancelo Holding*
    Salah Bruno Son* Soucek
    Vardy Bamford* Adams*

    Ramsdale Ayling Anguissa Taylor
    0ft 0.1itb
    * =sgw

    A) Adams to Watkins -4
    B) Ayling to Dawson -4 and play over Holding/Adams
    C) no hits

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A - not fancy Antonio? Both are risky as we don't know which villa players have been impacted with covid so not sure i'd bring one in

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Oh yeah, will we have info before dl? 0.1short of Antonio.

        1. Pat Bonner
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          ah that's annoying! Maybe B or just stick with what you've got

  25. Lilac Breasted Roller
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Activate BB for Dallas, Rapinha, Justin?

    Leaning towards yes. Don't think it's worth to waste a transfer for a playing GK, going to need my transfers a lot going forward

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Its well worth a transfer for a dgw keeper

      1. Lilac Breasted Roller
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        To clarify, for a hit. While a 2+2 is break-even, I'm limiting my future transfer options with less ITB (Johnstone) or a transfer wasted (Mendy)

        1. Pat Bonner
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Guess its how safe you want to play it. Could see Mendy getting 8pts+ and that saves you hit in and out but not guaranteed. I would always rather take the risk and use a transfer, Mendy might even be a good pick in future games so could get points there too

          1. Lilac Breasted Roller
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            That makes sense, thanks. Going to check which transfers I see for upcoming GW to replace some red flags

  26. JELLYFISH
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Need to decide on Kane > Vardy & Son > KDB for a hit (KDB rising tonight)

    Do it yes or no?

    1. Sanchit
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes.
      KdB likely to have 150+ ownership.
      Wouldn't bet against him getting into double digits, and if he does, could be a huge rank killer for you.

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      If for -8 No and am sure that both kane and son wouldn't blank this gw

      1. JELLYFISH
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        it is for a -8

        1. OptimusBlack
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          In my opinion don't sell both u need them from gw 20 i kept Son and sell Kane for Vardy for -4 to get also Antonio
          Kane & Adams > Vardy & Antonio

  27. Jebiga
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Should I play Targett over Dier ?

  28. deanchatt
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Need some help peps

    Robertson Zouma or Chilwell for one defender slot ?

    Thanks

    1. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I went with Chillwell

    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'd say Robbo, MU could be a tight game and Burnley afterwards, Chelsea have 2 away games and are in poor form away from home and they're not exactly easy games

  29. Sanchit
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Dallas to Coufal for a hit?

    1. SharkyT
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I would say so but you’d probably need 2 clean sheets at least to make it justifiable

  30. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Safe to get Soucek now?

    1. HuthTheMagicDragon
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Still room on the points train, hop aborad