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The Complete Guide to FPL Gameweek 8: Tips, captains, team news and best players

The deadline for Gameweek 8 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is almost upon us – and we’ve got everything you need to help you with your transfers and captaincy decisions on this page.

Whether you’re playing a Wildcard or otherwise, you’ll find plenty of advice on your transfer dilemmas and armband conundrums on this page.

There are also team reveals, Members’ articles and videos in this comprehensive guide to the upcoming Gameweek.

Our usual deadline-day Breakfast Club video, which features Mark Sutherns, can be viewed from 10.30am BST below:

All of these pieces preceded the Friday-night announcement from Spurs that two of their players had tested positive for Covid-19, with The Times suggesting that Son Heung-min (£10.1m) wouldn’t be involved in the Lilywhites’ clash with Newcastle on Sunday. We should stress, of course, that this remains only media and internet speculation and we’ve yet to have any concrete proof on the FPL assets affected.

WHO ARE THE BEST FPL PLAYERS TO OWN FOR GAMEWEEK 8?

BEST PLAYERS FOR A GAMEWEEK 8 WILDCARD

GAMEWEEK 8 TEAM AND INJURY NEWS: WHO WILL PLAY?

For more information, check out our Predicted Line-ups page and Injuries and Bans feed.

WHO IS THE BEST CAPTAIN FOR GAMEWEEK 8?

BEST FIXTURES FOR GAMEWEEK 8 AND BEYOND

GAMEWEEK 8 TEAM REVEALS

BEST FPL STRATEGY AND EXPERT TIPS FOR GAMEWEEK 8 AND BEYOND

THE KEY GAMEWEEK 8 QUESTIONS

GAMEWEEK 8 VIDEO CONTENT

Head over to our YouTube channel for all our Gameweek 8 videos, including Az and Sam’s Q&A and the Scoutcast

USEFUL TOOLS

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  1. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Any Last minute raphinha further news: sighting in Southampton?!

  2. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Amrty -4 to laporte to cover raph or no

    1. tractorjess
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

      1. Nightf0x
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Wvwn if i have white to cove rhim?

    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

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

    KDB or Salah captain?

    1. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      kdb

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      KDB

    3. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Salah

    4. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      K if you have him imo

  4. More Cowbell
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Start 1
    Shaw
    Livra
    Raph

    1. Milk Milk Lemonade
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Livra

    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Livra

  5. FFFoxy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Any Liverpool leaks?
    Jota?

    1. More Cowbell
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Rumoured benched

  6. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Let’s go!

    Sanchez
    Cancelo Azpilicueta Cash Tierney
    Salah Mahrez(c) Gray
    Lukaku Vardy ASM

    Raphinha, Brownhill, Tsimikas

  7. HD7
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Rudi to James, Azpi? Free transfer

    Marcal is my sub for Rudi
    Sissoko in for Raph

  8. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Start 1 of:

    Benrahma
    Sarr
    Livramento

  9. Patson Dabaka
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Quickly! Bench one

    A raphinha
    B sarr

    1. dansully3
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      A won't play many minutes, b full game.

  10. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Any further raphinha news ?

  11. Comment removed. Please refer to our terms and conditions on posting comments.

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

      They changed the ko times just for people like you

    2. R.C
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ban

  12. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    G2G?

    Ramsdale
    TAA Cancelo Christensen Duffy
    Salah (c) ESR Raphinha
    Ronaldo Lukaku Antonio
    Foster Livramento DLuiz Brownhill

  13. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Any city leaks?

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Stones supposedly starting, wouldn’t be surprised to see Cancelo benched (owner)

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 5 months ago

          I think it could be

          Cancelo Dias stones zincenko

        • thegaffer82
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Better bloody not be. I brought him in for Rudi

          1. Walter White (WW)
            • 2 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Hahaha... welcome to the Pep roulette my friend

        • Collie01
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Really think it could be almost anything for City at the back. Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko wouldn't entirely surprise me.

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

        Jack false 9 would be nice

    2. evilfish
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Which is better?:

      a) A cameo from Raph v Southampton
      b) A full game from Mbeumo v Chelsea

      1. Milk Milk Lemonade
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        B

      2. FCSB
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        B

    3. HD7
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Azpi or James?

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Azpi

    4. School of Poch
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Start 1

      A: Semedo
      B: White

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        B!

    5. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      lápices abajo!

    6. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Raphinhaaaaaaaaa

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Yes what's up?

        1. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Looking forward to his 1-point cameo!

      2. Walter White (WW)
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Ban for being noisy

    7. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Last minute captain swap from Salah to Lukaku. Was on Salah all IB.

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Mahrez for me

        1. Firminooooo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Lets hold hands behind the sofa.

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Aye

      2. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        I resisted this exact move

      3. Firminooooo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Same. Salah to Mahrez!

        1. FER FUSCH AKE
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Glad I'm not alone.

    8. CelticBhoy1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Any Coufal updates?

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        He's flagged but may start.

        Tough game at Everton anyhow.

    9. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Enjoy the blues skies and football if you can!

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

      Time for early team news to leak....

    11. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Got a bad feeling about this week

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Yeh, I've taken a hit for Cancelo and Foden, and I've got a bad feeling neither will start!

    12. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Andy's team:

      Ramsdale
      Cancelo Laporte Azpi TAA
      Mbeumo Salah (c) Saka
      Antonio Jimenez Lukaku
      Foster Livra Raphinha Brownhill

    13. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ronaldo hatty today.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        I'm on that one too...

    14. Big W
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Start 2 -

      A) Livra
      B) Sarr
      C) White
      D) Benny

    15. Totalfootball
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Locked

    16. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      pretty sure I just forgot to save team...
      Think I started White ahead of Armstrong - meant to switch but unsure if I saved.
      inexcusable

      1. FCSB
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Fate has decided my friend, c’est la vie

        1. FPL_Crisis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          it's been a long 2 weeks!
          would be crap if both of my saints players are on the bench and i'm not punished but it's my own fault
          let's go phil

          1. FCSB
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Come on Phil.

            Good luck mate

    17. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Wow is the word peeped banned too 😆

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Peepee*