Chip Strategy

Which chips are FPL managers using for Double Gameweek 26?

Disparity reigns supreme as Fantasy Premier League managers decide which chip to use for Double Gameweek 26.

Ahead of the bumper round of fixtures, no chip has appeared an overwhelming favourite, according to our latest poll.

We asked Fantasy Football Scout users which chip they were planning for Double Gameweek 26 and received some intriguing results.

It is not tremendously surprising to see the Bench Boost as the most popular chip.

14 teams have two fixtures in Double Gameweek 26. As a result, the pool of viable players for a Bench Boost arguably increases for this round, while the ceiling for points from cheaper options is also higher than usual.

Such thinking has led to 29.3% of Fantasy Football Scout voters declaring for the Bench Boost ahead of Double Gameweek 26.

However, there was not a majority share of the votes for this option, a gap of just 2.8 percentage points between Bench Boosters and Triple Captainers.

27.0% of our voters are looking to hand the enhanced armband to their skipper in Double Gameweek 26.

As things stand, Harry Kane (£11.1m) still leads our latest captain poll with Bruno Fernandes (£11.6m), Ilkay Gundogan (£6.1m), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.6m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) the top-five there.

It is also interesting to note that nearly as many Fantasy Football Scout readers are preparing to use no chip as use the Triple Captain.

26.3% of our voters chose this option, a statistic that should take on great significance in a week where chips are very much the talk of the town.

Meanwhile, the Wildcard has received less attention than its so-called colleagues so far.

As is often the case, we saw more managers use it in the week before the big Double Gameweek, lining up to prepare for a maximised Bench Boost.

As a result, 14.8% of Fantasy Football Scout voters are pulling the trigger on a new squad ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

Finally, the Free Hit is the real differential chip for Double Gameweek 26, especially after a large number of managers deployed this chip in Blank Gameweek 18.

According to our recent poll, only 2.6% of voters are considering the Free Hit chip for Double Gameweek 26.

You can still vote in the poll below.

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  1. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Start one:

    A) Mee
    B) Dallas

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

    2. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      a

    3. Captain_Shirokov
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Tough one, very tough. Villa looking not great without Grealish for periods against Leicester.

      Go A because you will kick yourself if he hauls.

      1. DannyDrinkVodka
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers, I’ll be kicking myself either way probably 🙂

  2. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How’s looking this wc team?

    Martinez
    Dias Pereira Struijk
    Salah Bruno Sterling Barnes Pereira
    Kane DCL

    3.9 White Mitchel Brewster

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Looks good, think I'd still want triple City though

      1. AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Which player would you change here?

        1. Scotters333
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Gundogan instead of Pereira

  3. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cup opponents out.

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      FFS?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        No the main one.

  4. MattysFantasyFooty
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Not much talk of James Rodriguez on here could be a great pick with those fixtures

    1. Boom XhakaLacaSaka
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      dosent play past 60 mins

  5. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is AWB to Pereira for a hit silly? I don't love MU's fixtures defensively especially since they've been leaky so I'll be likely losing him soon anyway and I like Leicester's fixtures really up until the last 3 of the season, I could see Leicester keeping 2 clean sheets this week and there's still the possibility of Ricardo playing more forward than usual again

  6. Captain_Shirokov
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    WC team (No FH for GW29)

    Martinez, 3.9m
    Cancelo, Digne, Pereira, Dallas, Aina
    Sterling, Bruno, Barnes, Gundogan, Raph
    Kane, DCL, Bamford

    What would you change? 0.2m spare.

    A) 3.9m keeper, Aina, Sterling
    or
    B) Areola, Shaw, Son

    B leaves me with 1.2m for upgrades elsewhere but double Spurs attack which I REALLY don't like.

    1. Captain_Shirokov
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      plus B is arguably too much money at the back

    2. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bench boosting?

      Or happy that you'll bench one of those front eight for next few weeks?

  7. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts? Ings to
    A Watkins
    B diagne
    C other up to 6.9
    This is to fund raphina to Barnes
    Cheers

  8. shiraz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Already took a -4, wanted to use bb but looking at my bench decided to hold it. Unless i make another 2 more hits Pope Mitchell > Sanchez Targett. Should i took 2 hits and bb or tc bruno/sanchez?

    Martinez
    Dallas Cancelo Dias
    Salah (B)runo Gundogan Barnes
    Bamford DCL Kane

    Pope Raphinha Mitchell Coufal

  9. JurgenRodgers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    (A) Tark - Digne -4

    (B) Play Bamford

    (C) Play Tark

    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

  10. Quan MisTaka
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Would you do Dallas to Stones for a hit this week (Have Dias) so you can play BB?

    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Stones probably only play one game in the double so no

    2. mille
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Probably, yes.

  11. Steiger
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Am I GTG..? Already used my FT Grealish > Barnes.

    BB this week BTW.

    Mendy (Pope)
    Cancelo/Stones/Targett/Lowton (Dallas)
    Salah/Fernandes/Barnes/Gundogan (Raphinha)
    (K)ane DCL (Bamford)

    I am also thinking of doing Lowton > Dier for a -4 as it's an easier double and also plays GW29. (already used FH)

    Is it worth doing the extra transfer or not..??

    TIA

    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure Dier will play both games so it's a no

  12. Could Have Ben Mee
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is Bamford to Watkins worth a -4 or keep

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

    With all these extra fixtures in GW26 for my players reminds me of lots of shiny new toys as a boy on Christmas morning.

    The problem was that 24 hours later they were usually broken and I just sat there with one of the boxes over my head.

  14. aaroncfc
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Posting this again, apologies....

    Anyone considering Thomas at 4.2? Rodgers said after the game how impressive he was. Is he their first choice for LB now?

  15. AD105
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Mee/Salah/Ings > Digne/Barnes/Kane worth -8?

    Would TC Kane

  16. Pulisic 4 President
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    a) Barnes and Kane
    b) Richarlison and Son

    -4 for either.

    1. Dheerajpanchal
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

  17. Fred the Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Surprised most people are using the BB chip instead of the second wildcard. Have most people used up their second wildcard already? The big DGW26 wasn't announced till after the GW25 deadline had passed so there was no way to use the wildcard properly in 25 with the plan of using the BB in 26. Are people just taking hits or already had most of the players?

    1. Huckfead
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Haven’t got Tc or BB chips left however, I think most players following Ben Crellin on Twitter and other FF sites knew predictable extra fixtures for this GW and played WC last week in order to play Bb or TC this week.

    2. mille
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why not? What do you want out of your BB, a 10+ score for each bench player? There are not much better weeks to play it in my opinion.

  18. y2pach
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Help me pick please
    a. lowton+bamford to vardy+digne -4
    b. lowton+bamford+james to kane+digne+aina -8

    1. Dheerajpanchal
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

  19. Dheerajpanchal
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Martinez
    Wan bissaka, cancelo, targett
    Gundogan, son, fernandes, lookmam
    Vardy, bamford, kane(c)
    Thoughts?

    Also, shall i consider triple captain?