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The Complete Guide to FPL Gameweek 9: Tips, captains, team news and best players

The deadline for Gameweek 9 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.

You’ll find plenty of advice to help with your transfer dilemmas and armband conundrums on this page, while there are also team reveals, Members’ articles and videos in this comprehensive guide to the upcoming Gameweek.

WHO ARE THE BEST FPL PLAYERS TO OWN FOR GAMEWEEK 9?

GAMEWEEK 9 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 9?

GAMEWEEK 9 TEAM REVEALS

BEST FPL STRATEGY AND EXPERT TIPS FOR GAMEWEEK 9 AND BEYOND

THE KEY GAMEWEEK 9 QUESTIONS

GAMEWEEK 9 VIDEO CONTENT

Head over to our YouTube channel for all our Gameweek 9 videos, including Az and Sam’s Q&A and the Scoutcast

USEFUL TOOLS

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  1. Rash
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    So just checked my team and somehow bench boost has been played this week consisting of

    Sanchez semedo Duffy bissouma 😆

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Damn hackers

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      For real? How could that happen?

      1. Rash
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Only thing I can think of is its been pressed by mistake on my phone 🙁

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Might come close to beating my bench boost of -1 last season, though.

    4. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I purposely played it for a laugh as its a useless chip and Tierney is benched! Absolute joke

    5. Philosopher's Stones
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      BB is the most overrated chip imo, and you could yield from it when you least expect it. GL.

      1. Rash
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks never know Brighton could provide a miracle for me

  2. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    As if Tierney isn’t even in the squad

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

    #FPL #GW9 #EOstats #Top10k

    Effective Ownership

    Salah 169.4%
    Antonio 78.9%
    Raphinha 71.3%
    Alexander-Arnold 66.3%
    Cancelo 64.9%
    Vardy 60.6%
    Livramento 40.0%
    Havertz 37.8%
    Jiménez 34.4%
    Ramsdale 33.7%

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ronaldo 190%?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Can’t imagine he’s got much ownership at the top.

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Didn't see top 10k. Thought it was the 5m+ EO stats.

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

        Ronaldo is 13% EO
        Kane 16%
        Toney 20%

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

      (S)alah

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Wow. Salah is quite low.

    4. A Fat Spanish Waiter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ya… where is CR7 and Kane?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Would imagine there in the teens.

      2. Gunners in Haaland
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        In my team 😀

    5. A Fat Spanish Waiter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      SALAH 169.36% 99.77% 0
      ANTONIO 78.85% 79.11% 0
      RAPHINHA 71.30% 72.34% 0
      ALEXANDER-ARNOLD 66.32% 68.98% 0
      CANCELO 64.87% 64.53% 0
      VARDY 60.59% 53.78% 0
      LIVRAMENTO 39.99% 70.49% 0
      HAVERTZ 37.78% 26.38% 0
      JIMÉNEZ 34.46% 35.73% 0
      RAMSDALE 33.67% 34.38% 0
      MBEUMO 32.19% 38.22% 0
      SÁNCHEZ 31.81% 47.49% 0
      CHILWELL 28.25% 27.21% 0
      AZPILICUETA 25.06% 24.75% 0
      FODEN 23.79% 23.55% 0
      RÜDIGER 23.02% 23.38% 0
      SON 20.33% 19.46% 0
      BENRAHMA 20.21% 24.31% 0
      TONEY 20.10% 21.85% 0
      GRAY 17.12% 18.14%

      Total EO in top 10k if anyone cares. Sorry about the terrible copy paste job

      1. Gunners in Haaland
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks

  4. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Just noticed next week every one of my players (except Salah) is away from home :-/

  5. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Magnus Carlson bought and captained Havertz, that makes me feel a bit better

    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Hopefully not a rook-ie error

      1. Alisson WondHaaland
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Haha

  6. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Cash ml, 69 people, currently in 4th, and I capt Ronaldo.

    No when else in top 60 capped him. Maybe I've made a grave mistake!

    1. Dash444
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Captaining Ronaldo doesn’t feel like the biggest mistake in the world.

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

    Bloody typical.
    My rival captained Vardy. I captained Salah, so now I've got to hope Vardy blanks, despite owning him.

    1. Kellz86
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nah, you want pts, you’ll make up the deficit with other players

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Or that Vardy does well but Salah does better

    3. Dash444
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      No, you just need Salah to outscore Vardy. Hatrick Salah, Brace Vardy is what to hope for.

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

    Teams with players of threat around me via Livefpl

    Medium Danger: Ramsdale, Sanchez, Livra, Havertz, Mbeumo and Jiminez.

    No players of major danger.

    Not bad to be honest.

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Three major danger, Six medium!

      58%

    2. Cheeky Onion
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      My Vardy danger scares me

  9. Kellz86
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    ESR in the 10 spot, maybe some Friday pts finally

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Lol

  10. Liastro ⭐️
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Messed up big style - played my WC this week but didn’t realise deadline was tonight. This is my disaster team…

    Sanchez Foster
    Chilwell Cancelo White Livramento Manquillo
    Salah Bernardo Raph Benrahma Mbeumo
    Vardy Antonio Toney

    1. A Fat Spanish Waiter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      That’s not a disaster. At all. I assume you wanted to sell Ben and maybe Bernardo? Otherwise its solid.

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

      I mean, not sure on Chilwell, Manq, Bernardo but hardly a disaster.

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

      Cap?

    4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      U could sort it out I guess with a couple of transfers

  11. A Fat Spanish Waiter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    One third of managers in the top 10k took a hit this week. very intersting.

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Green arrows incoming before KO

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

      Yeah, doing Lukaku to Vardy

  12. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Completely forgot about the deadline, and left Auba as Captain over Salah......at least it makes tonight's viewing more interesting.

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

      Great pick

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

        Let's hope so. He has served me well in the past.

    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Could work well. GL.

    3. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Hope u doing well

    4. Dash444
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Might be genius….but you’ve admitted it was a fluke now.

      1. Philosopher's Stones
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah. Eliminates the genius in that case 😀

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

        Oh, it's a complete fluke.

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

      I have a solution for you: just make Mo Salah your permanent captain.

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

    Ronaldo's 12% EO is quite a differential...

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Didn't think we'd live to see this day, but here we are..

  14. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Seems all rivals in ML have gone Havertz. Seems a shortsighted pick to me, but I could be wrong. I often am tbh.

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

      Yes, shortsighted and could pay off before we move him on to son

    2. Dash444
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I’ve gone Havertz but have a plan this week or next…upside chasing.

    3. Cheeky Onion
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Tired of being in 9th place in my ML, and still have WC. (H)avertz seemed like a good chance to make up ground or get wrecked if he blanks and Salah hauls.

  15. Crouching Tiger
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Azpi (c).

    This is the gameweek where I declare myself a genius or an idiot. At least I made it more interesting for myself 😀

    1. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Who was your VC?

  16. SouthCoastSaint
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Potentially horrible week for us Saka owners…. Anyone else got him second sub…

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

      Worse for me, sold him… hide behind the bar tonight

  17. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    What's happend to Tierney?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      What I’m trying to find out, already one player down on bench boost, ya just can’t write it

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

      Bruised ankle.

  18. Can’t beat em so&hell…
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Alonso + Saka -> TAA + Gallagher

    Now, to beat the price changes?

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

      Absolutely

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

    I met an Egyptian friend today after years apart. Could this be a sign of a Salah(C) haul 🙂

    1. Ragabolly
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      And here's another Egyptian friend saying hi, so haul confirmed 🙂

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

        😆

        We feast!

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Could be the sign of another Zambian curse

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

        Hopefully not. It’s Utd. Should be an easy fixture for Salah

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah should be 🙂

    3. Dash444
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      …or Elneny is going to come on at 85 mins tonight and get an equaliser?

  20. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Does anyone know what action is being taken to stop this permalink crap … it’s beyond a joke now?