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Scout’s Gameweek 38 picks for FanTeam’s €30k Season Finale Frenzy

One Gameweek.

One FPL-style game with easy-to-follow rules.

One ‘Free Hit’-style selection with a deadline that allows you to see the teamsheets.

And one final chance in 2020/21 for Fantasy managers to put their skills and know-how to good use and win up to €10,000 (£9,000 in UK money) with FanTeam.

And you can get involved in the Gameweek 38 extravaganza for just €5/£4.50, with prizes awarded all the way down to 3,449th place.

Given that there are only 1,700 entrants at the time of writing, the odds of prospering look favourable.

ENTER YOUR TEAM AHEAD OF THE SUNDAY DEADLINE

HOW TO PLAY: A BRIEF GUIDE

Slightly different from the usual squad-based games, FanTeam managers are given a budget of €105m to build a team of 11 players that includes at least one goalkeeper, three defenders, two midfielders and one forward.

A maximum of three players are allowed from one club and captains score double points, as usual.

Here are some other minor differences to FPL in the otherwise easy-to-play game:

  • There is no bench or manual substitutes; instead, there is a ‘Safety Net’ feature. If a player in your Fantasy team isn’t in the starting XI for their side, they will automatically be substituted for the next priced player from the same position and club.
  • A ‘Stacking Penalty’ is given if you have two or more defensive players from the same club and they keep a clean sheet. One point is deducted for each additional asset that you select from the same side.

HOW DOES THE SCORING WORK?

FPL managers looking for a way to make their knowledge pay will have no trouble picking up FanTeam‘s Gameweek 38 Season Final Frenzy, with its familiar scoring system.

Think of it as FPL without the bonus points, with a few other exceptions – detailed in the graphic above.

SCOUT PICKS

Doubling or tripling up on defenders from the same club is a common tactic in Daily Fantasy Sports, such is the difficulty in predicting one or two clean sheets let alone four of five.

But we’ve made life hard for ourselves by mixing it up, with the cut-price appeal of Luke Ayling (he’s £1.4m cheaper than Stuart Dallas) too good to overlook.

The set-piece threat of Alex Telles could also be a boon against a Wolves side who love to concede from corners and free-kicks, while Martin Dubravka will be up against a Fulham attack that has scored just two goals in their last eight home games.

Double-ups on Leeds and Liverpool are fairly self-explanatory, while Joe Willock‘s record of six goals in as many matches and appealing fixtures for Michail Antonio and Chris Wood sees that trio make the cut.

To afford the big guns like Mohamed Salah, Raphinha and Trent Alexander-Arnold, we’ll need a bargain or two.

Enter Jack Grealish, whose ‘unfavourable’ fixture against Chelsea sees him available at a bargain-bin £6.1m. He looked lively in midweek and Villa were way more potent in attack thanks to his presence, so there could be some late-season joy to be had as he pushes for Euro 2020 contention.

The final word goes to Harry Kane, who is cheaper than 15 other FanTeam forwards this week. His low price is because he faces Leicester City away but given his individual record against the Foxes and his push for a Golden Boot (not to mention Leicester’s ropey home record), who would put a final-day haul past him?


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  1. gomez123
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    G2G.....Y/N
    Ederson
    TAA/Robbo/Dallas
    Salah(c)/Son/ESR/Raphinha
    Kane/Nacho/Watkins
    Bench
    Sanchez/JWP/Azpi/Maitland-Niles

    1. JollyGoodYellows
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yep looks good.

      1. gomez123
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks

  2. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    G2G? -4

    Mendy
    Holding Robertson Dallas
    Greenwood Mane Salah (c) Lingard Raphinha
    Kane DCL

    subs: Forster Vydra Rudiger Coady

    1. gomez123
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      gtg

    2. Mork calling Orson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Looks fine, you could swap Rudiger & Holding but it’s a coin toss

      1. _Gunner
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Holding might be benched to Luiz in all cases

    3. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      -4 and still playing DCL?

  3. Fodderx4
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    iI'd appreciate any advice here, struggling with who to bench.
    Currently on:

    Mendy (Pickford)
    Coufal TAA VC Robbo (Digne, Holding)
    Mahrez Son Lingard Salah C (Greenwood)
    Nacho Antonio Bamford

    Correct bench?

  4. oi no professionals
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Mount or Pulisic?

    1. oi no professionals
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Or Mahrez

  5. Phlajo
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Having a hard time to decide who to play of:
    A Siggy
    B Vydra

    Who do you think?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      V

    2. gomez123
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      B

    3. Bedok
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Vydra has a better game, Siggy is a better player. I understand the dilemma. Not sure how you ended up with both but go with Vydra?

      1. Phlajo
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Didn't get to offload any 🙂

        I'd play Vydra if I knew he was starting, but not really sure about that.

        Cheers anyway all 🙂

  6. FPL_Motty
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    So apparently 80% of this years current top10k have never previously finished in the top 10k. And 45% of current top100k never previously finished in top100k. What does this mean you reckon? Luck or normal statistical variance? Or a weird season?

    1. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Means that 50% is down to luck

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Strange stat. Thankfully I am one of the 20 percent.

    3. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 10 months ago

        What are these stats compared to the past 5 years?

        Doesn't say much alone

      • Wee Jinky
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        It means I am one of the 20% 🙂

      • diesel001
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        The paradox of skill is in full effect.

      • FPL_Motty
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        https://twitter.com/FPLStatistics/status/1396420643512459278?s=19

        The tweet in question. Yeah would be nice to know what it's like in previous years. I think this year is probably more abnormal.

      • FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        People up near the top got on Kane/Son and certain picks that were scorned here as "casual" picks (e.g. Bamford, Justin, Cresswell) early, and then have maintained their leads.

        If the early template is good next year, then it should become more normal.

        1. FPL_Motty
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          I get what you're saying but from my experience watching managers in my leagues. I've seen many who got lucky in the early season with kane and son but did not maintain their position from maybe a lack of experience. I've also seen many experienced managers miss out of those points, starting at 2m+ and clawing back top100k, top 10k. There was some huge swings initially but alot have evened out of the course of the season

        2. FPL_Motty
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Personally though it's been a tough one for me, I feel I missed out on every major haul so being top100k still I'm really happy. I missed kane and son in the beginning, I missed kanes 22pts, I missed stones huge haul, I never really hit any major haul this yr but just kept it ticking over

      • Fulchester's New Centr…
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Is it not possible to be lucky more than once?

    4. KrisMCFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Martinez
      Taa, Dallas shaw
      Salah, son, mahrez, Greenwood, esr
      Antonio, Watkins

      (Fabri, digne, Mitchell, dcl)

      £3.1m itb

      4 points clear of my mini league for £280

      1ft

      Do I double Liverpool defence to match 2nd place (he has Phillips, Williams) so go Robbo?

      -4 for a Leeds attacker? Any help much appreciated.... sweating here!!

      1. Garlana
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I'd probably out DCL at least first otb maybe play over watkins

        1. KrisMCFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          So just dcl to bamford?
          Or -4 for digne to Robbo?

      2. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Don't see shaw playing to be honest.

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

        Watkins -> Bamford/Wood/NAcho
        Play Digne over Shaw (who probably won't play anyway)

      4. Wee Jinky
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Double Liverpool defense = yes -4pts = no plus move DCL to first sub

        1. KrisMCFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          That’s what I’m think - digne to Robbo for my Ft,

          No -4 for bamford?

    5. cjk17
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Top of my league by 9 points and 2 free transfers to use...

      Any advice on how to improve this appreciated?

      Mendy
      Phillips, Holding, Shaw, Stones
      Bruno, Salah, Lingard,
      Ihneanacho, Kane, Watkins,

      Subs: Jota, Zaha, Digne

      1. jonnybhoy
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Digne, watkins and jota to TAA, Bamford and Raphina

      2. Disco Stu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Good chance neither Bruno nor Shaw play so look to replace them

        1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          This

    6. JollyGoodYellows
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Play Lowton or Holding?

      1. Wee Jinky
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        both but if only one Lowton

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

      Watkins > Antonio for -4 pts ?
      Yaaaay
      Nope

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Nope

      2. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        No

      3. Fodderx4
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Nope

      4. NULL-X-VOID
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        It's the last GW, depending on your OR go crazy with low EO

      5. Pompel
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Not for a hit

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

        Cheers

      7. Punty McPuntface
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        No

    8. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Best option out of these?

      A) Kane, Bamford & Dallas
      B) DCL, Bamford & Mane
      C) Kane, DCL & Dallas + 4 points

      Cheers!

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        C

      2. jonnybhoy
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        A

      3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        V

        1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          I mean c

      4. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        A

      5. Fodderx4
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        a

    9. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Would you do the following for a -4 if leading ML by 41pts?

      a. Coleman & Bruno > Philips & Mane

      b. Ward & Coleman > Cresswell & Phillips

      c. Coleman > ??? 6.4 to spend

      Cheers

      1. jonnybhoy
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        A

      2. gomez123
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        A

      3. Fodderx4
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        A

      4. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks Fam 😉

    10. jonnybhoy
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Start Bruno or Son?

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Son

      2. Deulo10
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Son

      3. Fodderx4
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Easy, Son.

    11. Johan Queef
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      1FT & 0.9ITB. Disappointing so taking a final week punt to try and gain 7 points and win my entry fee back in a money league!

      Bale to..
      A) Pepe
      B) Pulisic
      C) someone else up to 10.1mil

      Thanks!

      1. oi no professionals
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Pulisic, Mount, Mahrez

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

        Pepe seems to have found some sort of form towards the end of the season

    12. Deulo10
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Trailing by 20 points in my ML.
      Best differential captain option?:

      1) Arnold
      2) Raphinha
      3) Antonio

      Cheers and good luck!

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        1 biggest upside

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I genuinely think TAA could be a great c option this week. Great chance creation stats, strong bonus stats, good CS chance etc.

      3. Fodderx4
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Trent

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

        TAA

      5. Deulo10
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks everybody! Hopefully works out

    13. Espanyolie
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Mendy
      Keane, Phillips, Shaw, Holding
      Salah(c), Lingard, Bruno
      Kane, Bamford, DCL
      (Areola, Zaha, Konsa, Podence)

      Pretty set on Keane > Dallas & DCL > Antonio/Wood with my 2FT

      Take out Bruno or Shaw as well for a hit? For who? Ralph? Mane?
      And who would you prefer for DCL? Wood or Antonio?

      Chasing by 13 in ML

      1. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Bruno for Mane

    14. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Alioski (WBA)
      Lowton (shu)

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        A

      2. Deulo10
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        A

    15. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Defending ML lead of 10 points only Both have most of the usual suspect and will probably captain Salah. Differentials are:

      Me:
      Phillips Lingard/(Greenwood) DCL
      Rival: Fofana Mané Joelinton

      Really fear a Mané haul, but not in position to get him (got three Pool). 1 FT, won't take a hit, so looking at either moving Greenwood for a mid or DCL for a striker

      A) DCL -> Bamford (got Dallas and Raphina)
      B) DCL -> Nacho
      C) DCL -> Wood
      E) Greenwood -> Mount
      F) Greenwood -> Harrison
      G) other?

      Cheers and good luck!

    16. TopCorner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Playing TAA / Dallas / Holding

      Bench Shaw / Digne (in that order)

      Agree or would you swap Holding for either of the above?

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Holding Digne and Shaw are probably all 1 point options at best tbh. I'm playing holding and hoping my lucky run of goals from cheap defenders somehow continues.

    17. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Did Auba seriously not make the captain poll? He's a final day monster.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        0.08% owned in top 10k
        0.17% owned in top 100k

        All aboard.

      2. Pompel
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Could be genius

    18. tomong
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Start El Ghazi or DCL?
      Or do a -4?

    19. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Play Shaw (maybe benched/omitted) or Coufal?

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Coufal. 1000%

      2. NULL-X-VOID
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Coufal by a long shot

      3. Fodderx4
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Coufal

      4. Deulo10
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Coufal

      5. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Play coufal shaw has no chance

      6. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks all

    20. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Are we likely to get any leaked team news before the deadline? I’ve got 2 FTs but waiting before I pull the trigger

      1. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I was the same but just pulled the trigger anyway.

    21. Redranger
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      G2G?

      Mendy
      TAA Robbo Alioski
      Salah (C) Son Raphinha Lingard Greenwood
      Kane Bamford

      Forster Vydra Holding Digne

    22. klopp2567
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      With me reducing the lead fron 32 to 12 thanks to getting willock in ML. This is last chance to reduce the gap and come on top and i am hopeful of that.
      With my team as below
      Martinez
      Digne Taa AWB Dallas Konsa
      Bruno Son Willock Lingard Green wood
      wood DCl Bamford

      and opponents team being
      Martinez
      Coufal Taa Dallas Lowton Veltman
      Bruno Son Salah Raphina Harrison
      Nacho Ings watkins

      I am thinking of -4 and getting Salah and Antonio or Salah and robertson in place of Bruno and wood or Bruno and Awb.
      Any tips plz need huge help here.

    23. Nay08
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      thinking of transferring out Son. but which one is better?
      I'm chasing 28 points. and wanna do this as a differential form rival

      1. Mahrez
      roulette risk but Pep said that he wants to play their best team

      2. Pepe
      Good fixture and somewhat good form as well

      3. Rashford
      big risk of rotation but can deliver big if play

      4. any other suggestion?

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        1

    24. Daniel Exeter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      If you’re expecting team leaks, what time do you think?

      1. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        28 mins after lockout

    25. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Start Digne or Rudiger? Playing Mendy also.

      1. NULL-X-VOID
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Digne, City def not looking great

      2. Karan14
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Rudi

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

        Rudiger , good chance of cs + baps

      4. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Split the risk of a Watkins G?

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Could do. Chasing 12pts so double defence could work nice. Hmm

      5. FootballDog
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Digne , I can see villa scoring...

    26. Nemanja Vidic
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      1FT 0.0 ITB
      -14 behind rival in mini league

      Mendy
      TAA Rudiger Holding
      Salah Son Greenwood Raph
      Kane DCL Antonio
      Forster Regulion Ward Jota

      RIVAL: 1FT
      Mendy
      Philips Holding Dallas
      Fernandes Salah Son Greenwood Raphinha
      Bamford Kane
      Forster Coady Vydra Amartey

      a) DCL & Jota -> Firmino & Saka
      b) Greenwood & DCL -> ESR & Aguero
      c) Son & Jota -> Mane & ESR
      d) Something else

    27. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Final headache bench 1?

      Son, Lingz, Raphinha

      1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Son