The Premier League threw a small curveball our way on Thursday evening with a further fixture announcement.
Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers will get either a small Double Gameweek 34 or 35, depending on the results of this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Crystal Palace.
Scoutcast old guard Mark Sutherns and Joe Lepper will be reacting to the news in a video for Premium Members from 6.30pm BST, which you can find at the bottom of this piece.
IF CHELSEA WIN
- Chelsea’s Gameweek 37 match with Manchester United will move to Gameweek 34 (Thursday 28 April).
- Chelsea would be left with a single fixture in Gameweek 37 (Leicester City at home), while United would blank.
- Chelsea would have West Ham (h) and Man Utd (a) in Gameweek 34, while United would have Arsenal (a) and Chelsea (h)
IF CRYSTAL PALACE WIN
- Crystal Palace’s Gameweek 37 match with Aston Villa will move to Gameweek 35 (Tuesday 3 May).
- Both Palace (Everton away) and Villa (Burnley at home) will be left with a single fixture in Gameweek 37.
- Palace would have Southampton (a) and Villa (a) in Gameweek 35, while Villa would have Norwich (h) and Palace (h).
The Premier League added that “any rearrangements for matches involving Liverpool or Manchester City will be confirmed in due course”.
DOUBLE GAMEWEEK NEWS REACTION AND GAMEWEEK 33 PREVIEW WITH MARK AND JOE
Live from 6.30pm:
2 years, 2 months ago
2FT £0 ITB. 1 FH remaining.
After the DG34 bombshell, knee-jerk reaction is to take a -4 to do Salah + Raph + Coutinho -> Bruno (c) + Maddison + Mount. That leaves me £0.7 ITB to do Doherty to Alonso next week and I can captain Mount/James. Thoughts?
Current team:
Dubravka
TAA - Robbo - White - Doherty - James
Salah - Saka - Kulu
Kane - Broja
Bench: Ramsdale; Raphinha, Coutinho, Hwang