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The Complete Guide to Scout’s tips and advice for Double Gameweek 19

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Scout Guide to Double Gameweek 19 ahead of today’s 11:00 GMT deadline.

The fixture schedule has shifted once again. Like a surreal game of Grandmother’s Footsteps, it’s moved every time you turn to look at it. 

Aston Villa lost and regained their Double Gameweek in a matter of hours, although they now face Newcastle United instead of Everton in addition to Manchester City. But the clever fixture juggling did not extend to Leeds United and Southampton, with their upcoming midweek game postponed to accommodate Southampton’s rescheduled FA Cup tie.

During these testing times, we can expect further changes with little warning.

In a letter sent last week, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters alerted clubs that they should plan for more matches being postponed or rearranged at short notice. And a joint statement from the Premier League, FA and EFL, restated the desire to complete the season in May.

So, who knows what twists and turns await? Could we yet see Leeds vs Southampton rearranged for Gameweek 19?

Shrewsbury, already without their manager Steve Cotterill for Tuesday’s tie, may suffer more ill-effects from coronavirus (COVID-19), or, by some miracle, could the Shrews beat Southampton on Tuesday? However unlikely, Leeds and Southampton would then both have a free weekend slot.

But that might be taking ‘Fantasy’ football a step too far. Sticking with what we know, here’s Legomané’s updated fixture ticker:

‘TBA’ fixtures Possible Gameweek Slots
Aston Villa v Everton24-to-28, 30-to-34, 37
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur 26, 32, 37
Burnley v Fulham24-to-28, 30-to-34, 37
Everton v Manchester City24, 26, 27, 32, 37
Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur26, 32, 37
Leeds United v Southampton24-to-28, 30-to-34, 37
Manchester City v Southampton24, 26, 27, 32, 37

Triple Gameweek Scenario

Future Double Gameweeks, and possibly Triple Gameweeks, await Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City.

The two sides contest the EFL Cup final (coinciding with Gameweek 33), and are both still in the FA Cup and European competitions: should they progress to the latter stages, Spurs will potentially have to squeeze five matches into three available Gameweek slots, and Man City would have to fit five games into five free slots.

So no COVID-19 leeway and additional fixture shenanigans could lie ahead.

To Bench Boost or not to Bench Boost?

After the latest changes, a question facing many managers – and one tackled by our Scoutcast trio of Joe, Seb, and Karam – is now that Leeds and Southampton don’t have two matches in Gameweek 19, is it still worth using the Bench Boost?

The thing is, if you already Wildcarded in Gameweek 16, and you set up your team to Bench Boost, you need something bigger than this to back out from it. Because it’s one of the chips that if you don’t do it now, you will wait for another chance [and] you might have a lot of funds remain on your bench.

– Karam

Leeds-fan Seb added:

Ideally I want to be Bench Boosting all 15 players for double, unless someone crazy has got a great fixture, [but] often they might be more expensive, so typically you’re going to have medium to cheap assets on the bench, that’s the goal … On Leeds, so I think if you’ve been forced into this a little bit and you still want to use that Bench Boost, it’s not terrible. They’re playing Brighton at home … if you’ve got Bamford, Dallas, and Raphina on your bench maybe that is a Bench Boost – Bamford could score three!

However not all managers feel the same. Pro Pundit Az has been reduced to eight Double Gameweek players, scuppering any hopes he had for using the chip.

So, with fixture rescheduling putting any plans I had for a Bench Boost on hold, I am considering which chip I should use if any.

Instead the co-host of FPL BlackBox is contemplating using his Triple Captain. But Manchester United go to Liverpool with Bruno Fernandes (£11.3m) a booking away from a one-match ban, and Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) is out of form. Although both sides have favourable second fixtures against Fulham and Burnley respectively.

Buying Manchester City Players

The other challenge facing Az and those like Pro Pundit Darren Wiles, who used their first Wildcard late to set up a Gameweek 19 Bench Boost, is how to accommodate Manchester City players?

The Citizens didn’t feature in Darren’s original plans, given that they had just a single Gameweek before their fixture with Aston Villa was rearranged.

But they’ve since come into form with an eye-catching 3-1 win away to Chelsea, and Pep Guardiola’s side have now kept six clean sheets in their last eight matches, giving them the best defensive record in the league.

Ahead of enticing homes matches against Crystal Palace and West Brom, Jan Sienkiewicz sides with the captain poll in backing De Bruyne with the armband:

De Bruyne is a truly world class player and it should be only a matter of time before he matches his outstanding underlying statistics. With two home games against non-top-six sides, Manchester City should continue their winning run and De Bruyne is expected to be at the heart of the action.

All this leads Darren, in his latest article, to contemplate a minus 12 to bring in Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m), Rúben Dias (£5.8m), John Stones (£5.0m) and Michail Antonio (£6.2m) for Harry Kane (£11.1m), Marcus Rashford (£9.6m), Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.8m) and Fabián Balbuena (£4.4m).

I am not rushing into any decisions but I feel multiple hits could be on the cards in order to get two or three Manchester City players in prior to the Double Gameweek and as part of my long term thinking.

– Darren

But the Live Hall of Fame No 2 remains undecided on whether to use the Bench Boost as it would include players like Che Adams (£6.0m), who is available for selection after recovering from concussion.

Tasty Transfers

In direct contrast to Darren’s multiple hit, Former FPL Champion Simon March used Marshmallows to demonstrate that patience is a virtue.

A graduate in behavioural economics, Simon referred to the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment in which children were given the choice of eating a marshmallow now or instead being given a second marshmallow in 15 minutes.

When they followed up 10 years later, the scientists found that the children who delayed gratification and waited for the second marshmallow, had scored better in their SATs, performed better in school generally and even had healthier BMIs.

Pro Pundit Simon likened this to wise FPL managers who save their chips for later in the season (traditionally the better time to play them), and the benefits of rolling a transfer.

Aside from giving you more flexibility in who you can sign, potentially shifting funds to different areas of your team, it also buys you an extra Gameweek of information and more thinking time.

Fantasy Favourite

A player both Darren and Az are tempted by is Michail Antonio. West Ham enjoy an appealing pair of fixtures in Gameweek 19, at home to Burnley and West Brom, but the question mark, as ever, is over Antonio’s fitness.

Ted Talks FPL offered some encouragement, observing that:

With Haller joining Ajax, West Ham must be confident that 1.9% owned Antonio must be back to full fitness, certainly in the short-term. He looks to be an excellent pick for Double Gameweek 19.

Pro Pundits Tom and Andy agreed, giving the Hammers striker the nod:

Michail Antonio is a bit of a favourite of mine and now he’s fit and got through 90 minutes I can’t leave him out. He’s averaging 0.47xG per 90 minutes so far this season. It’s down on 2019/20, but still excellent given his price. – Andy

I’m also backing Michail Antonio. Though he looks short of match fitness, he needs games, and as West Ham United’s only recognised striker, should see enough minutes across the two fixtures. – Tom

While Big Man Bakar, who was looking dashing in pink on the latest installment of The FPL Wire, reminded us of Antonio’s excellent early season form, despite the tricky start.

But is it too soon to take the plunge?

Team News

Frustratingly, as Colm Hayes noted in his press conference round-up, David Moyes did not provide a specific update on his injury-prone centre-forward, leaving Fantasy bosses wondering what to do.

In other news, Anthony Martial (£8.8m) and Pedro Neto (£6.0m) are doubts after suffering knocks in Gameweek 17. But both may still feature this weekend.

And Joel Matip (£5.4m) could return to Liverpool’s backline depending on how well he does in the next two training sessions.

Finally, new Fantasy Football Scout writer Jamie, ran the rule over Manchester United’s latest signing Amad Diallo and assessed the impact Robert Snodgrass (£5.7m) could make under Sam Allardyce at West Brom.

Community Competitions and Head-to-Head Fixtures

RedLightning rounded-up the latest Community mini-leagues and competitions in a hot topic yesterday.

The January to May League, which started scoring in Gameweek 17, remains open for those who want to track their progress until the end of the season. The code to join is h62bh1. The current leader is Denville Tyrell, who has risen from 29,903rd to 5,121st in the last two Gameweeks.

For those interested in the Head-to-Head Leagues, the main page can be linked to here. The fixtures for Gameweek 19 can be found below:

Use the drop-down menus to show your league and division. To find out which league and division you are in, follow the instructions on the main Head-to-Head page.

Once the Gameweek starts, if you click on your opponent’s name you will be linked to their team on the FPL website.

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5,142 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Jesus punt on a FH? Kun out and all that

    1. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Makes sense

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

      No thanks

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

      Not for me

    4. Sean
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      When he came on vs Brighton he was playing LM and looked lost

    5. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I wouldnt

    6. Rashers
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Not a punt I would take

  2. cheeky moses
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Last min question, which option yo go for?
    A) Dier to Stones (FT)*
    B) Dier and DCL to Antonio and Cancelo (-4)

    *also means i play Dallas

    So it is Stones and Dallas vs. Antonio and Cancelo (-4)

    1. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      B

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

    Kane and Son > Salah and Antonio for a hit

    A) Yes
    B) No

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It’s popular but I don’t like it.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Same. I reckon it backfires

    2. cheeky moses
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I wouldn’t

    3. Scooby75
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No

    4. Rashers
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Exactly what I have done. Risky but a lot more fun which is what this season has turned into for me

    5. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It's popular but it's a gamble.

  4. #Swish41
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Morning folks. I have McCarthy, thinking of a -4 to:

    A. Martinez
    B. Fabianski

    West Ham fixtures look great and Fab looks back from his tweet yesterday...

    Cheers

    1. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Not much in it. Of those two I’d pick fab.

      Probably only a few points in it so maybe do it just cause more fun!

      1. #Swish41
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks man, YOLO I guess!

  5. n-doggg
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I’m not going to get a better bench boost than this am I?

    BB - Gtg?

    Areola
    Stones, Justin, coufal, Taylor
    Salah(c), Bruno, Kdb, soucek
    Vardy, Antonio

    Johnstone, kwp, raphinha, bamford

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It’s unlikely yeah.

    2. Scooby75
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yep BB

    3. #Swish41
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yea, that’s pretty strong. Unless you WC the week before a future DGW (like I plan to do)...

      1. n-doggg
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        But then your team will be a mess for the blank, unless you have FH of course

    4. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You will if you WC then BB for the dgws later in the seasons

      1. n-doggg
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        No free hit to sort out the blank. Most teams that have a DGW later will blank shortly before or after. That strategy only works if you have FH still imo

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

    All those selling Son and Kane, the highest scorers in the game just to get a few extra points this week from the extra game could regret it after the double, especially if Son and Kane still outpoint some of the doublers which is possible.

    A lot of managers get too obsessed with getting as many doublers as possible and their teams are going to look a bit of a mess when GW19 is over with many fires to put out.

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Selling neither. Going without Salah

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

        Already have Salah and Son but don't own Kane. Going to do no transfers this week and roll the transfer over and just run with 8 doublers plus McCarthy, Son and Bamford.

    2. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Agreed. Only done Kane to Vardy as Vardy can follow it up with nice fixtures. Not selling Son!

      1. Keep Calm and Play On
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Same here, kept Son but Kane had to make way for KDB. Will assess after the Pool game if he needs to come back

      2. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I’m still wondering whether to hit the trigger with this. On WC so would be for free.

        But I have so much value in Kane. Getting him back would be a pain

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

      So what?
      Play your own game

    4. Saka Punch
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Most are taking them out for Salah/KdB who are the two standout captaincy options. But it's certainly a risk

    5. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Mou is so negative. Can see greater upside with Kdb and vardy

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

        I agree for this week but what about after the double? Yes you can transfer them back in again but it's a lot of wasted transfers when there may be other priorities especially with the fixture landscape constantly changing.

        In my situation, Vardy is really the only well owned big hitter with a double week who I don't own but to get him I would have to do 2 transfers for a -4. The 4pts lost negates some of the benefit of the double game and also means a change of structure to my team which I don't want going forward and don't want to have to spend transfers fixing it.

    6. Scooby75
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Agree Goober, KDBless but have Son and Kane. SGWeekers rock!

    7. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I sold Son for free to KDB. It could backfire, but on the balance of probabilities you'd back KDB with 2 fixtures over Son in 1 most times.

      With Spurs, I increasingly think their potential has much more to do with the style of their opponents than the quality. Leeds are a good side but very open, hence Kane/Son were slam dunk captaincy options. Sheff Utd are awful but dour, and as such I see it being a dull 0-1.

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

        Exact same thoughts regarding your second paragraph.

  7. Nemanja Vidic
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    BB or TC KDB?

    Martinez Mendy
    AWB Stones Justin Coufal Saiss *
    KBD Fernandes Gundo Son* Saka*
    Antonio Kane* Bamford*

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

      BB

  8. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Have taken a -8 hit to get the team below. Would you BB with these SGW players or wait until later? Could be a minefield later with cancelled games. Still have my WC and could BB shortly after that later on if need be

    Johnstone
    Robbo - Justin - Coufal - Stones
    Salah - Bruno - Soucek - KDB (c)
    Antonio - Bamford

    McCarthy - Rafinha - Dallas - Adams        

    1. Keep Calm and Play On
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Save BB

    2. Transferred Out
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Got the same bench as you almost the same team, not sure whether to BB either

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I have done WC followed by BB in previous years which can work great but also leave you with a squad that needs a bit of repair afterwards. I'm leaning towards saving BB as they are all SGW players and not certain to haul

    3. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I’d bench boost, at least you know you will get some decent returns. So much unpredictably.

      I think for people with FH still that can navigate then next big DGW and blank it makes sense to save bb. People who have teams set up now and no free hit, do it now

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I'd say the odds are on Leicester scoring against Southampton, Adams will likely blank which leaves Dallas and Raphinha. I'm probably looking at 13 points from the bench assuming Dallas gets 6 points. Not sure that's worth BB

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

    Balbuena >

    A) Lowton
    B) Holding

  10. Transferred Out
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Mccarthy Adams Raphina Dallas - Is this a BB?

  11. Pringle
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What do you prefer?

    A. Antonio + Pieters
    B. Watkins + C. Dawson

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

      A purely for Antonio but would be worried about Pieters place. Is he nailed?

  12. as33
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No Salah, will i survive, or should i get Salah, 1ft, all chips left:
    Martinez
    Dier, Holding, Cancelo, Mitchell
    Sterling(c), Son, Bruno, Grealish
    Kane, Laca, Bamford

    1. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Sterling to Salah and Laca to Antonio

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

      Try and get him for Son. Laca makeweight

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

      I would say it is worse not heving KDB this week considering the fixtures. I think i would consider FH

  13. KANTEnders
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Start 1 of :
    A) Lowton
    B) bamford
    C) Dallas

    1. Party time
        3 years, 2 months ago

        B

      • frenchfries
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        B

    2. Orion
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Somehow I’m worried about Vardy being fully fit for both games

    3. KaBoZ: Kids,don't Drin…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Could Balbuena possibly feature in the second match ? It's on next Tuesday

    4. Salarrivederci
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Alright decided to do Son & Rash out to bring in Salah (C).
      With no WC I would have to start building towards GW26 BB with FT's, and I want Caveleiro/Lookman from next week onwards.
      Worth it to bring in Soucek this GW just to swap him out again before GW26? Or should I just gamble on Caveleiro/Lookman this GW and save a FT?

      Salah +
      A: Soucek
      B: Caveleiro
      C: Lookman

      Areola
      Dias - Stones - AWB - Coufal
      Salah - KDB - Bruno - ?
      Kane - Antonio

      (Martínez, Holding, Smith Rowe, Brewster)

    5. Chief Break-Everything
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A) Taylor -> Stones -4
      B) Reguilon -> Dias -4

      No other City defence. Which move?

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

        A

        1. The VAR Team
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Don't tempt him!

          1. Chief Break-Everything
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            hahahaha 😀

            thanks fellas!

    6. frenchfries
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      McCarthy
      Dias Justin Coufal
      Salah Bruno Son Rashford
      Antonio Watkins Bamford

      Steer Dallas Taylor Bissouma

      Anything worth a hit befare the double?
      Im not removing Son for KDB as i have alot of value tied up.
      Have 3.8itb 0ft

      1. The VAR Team
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        gtg

    7. bigbudgie
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Fabianski news? Can I put Rudolph in a FH team and get away with it, basically?

      1. #Swish41
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Tweeted yesterday that he was back so I’m buying

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

      What other TC options are there likely to be after this week?

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

        Spurs (Son/Kane) will be a good option. That's the one I'm holding out for.

    9. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Start - Tierney or Wood??

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

      Bamford Meslier rumoured to have COVID?

      1. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Oops

      2. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Link?

    11. t4thomas
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      RMWCT:

      Johnstone | 4m
      Cancelo | Stones | Coufal | Mitchell | Struijk
      Salah | De Bruyne | Fernandes | Soucek | Burke
      Vardy | Bamford | Antonio

      1.2M

    12. Andre_The_Giant
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I can hardly BB this lot can I?

      McCarthy, Dallas, Adams, C.Taylor (flagged)

      1. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I wouldn't

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

      Guys i still have all my chips available

      Would u use TC this week or even save that for another week?

      Just dont like the way Salah's been playing

      1. mcsteely
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        KDB, Mo and Salah all good TC options if you fancy it

      2. The VAR Team
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Same position as you, I'll save it

    14. Johan Queef
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Will Martial play both games? Or do I take him out to fund other moves?

    15. winchester
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      martinez
      robbo coufal dallas
      salah(c) soucek bruno son
      bamford kane adams
      (martin kwp taylor bissouma)

      A) robbo+son -> cancelo/dias+kdb -4
      B) taylor -> cancelo/dias

      A or B and with which city defender?
      thanks

      1. The VAR Team
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        A Cancelo

    16. The VAR Team
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Already on a -4:

      A) Saka > Soucek
      B) Keep Saka and play Bamford

      1. Alonso The Great Midfielder
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        play bamford

    17. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      want to rid raphinha
      which one is better suit
      a)foden(have kdb)
      b)barnes or maddison
      c) ziyech

      1. The VAR Team
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        A for a fun punt, don't like the other options

      2. Fpl stress
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Foden but be ready for a random benching, ziyech could pick.up too i would just hold the transfer but if you were to pick one it would be maddison

    18. Fpl stress
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thinking of Dallas to a mancity defender worth a minus 4, already have Cancelo and KDB (c), might be overkill on city but the fixtures afterwards looks good? Any help appreciated!