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The Complete Guide to FPL Gameweek 38: Tips, captains, team news and best players

So, it all comes down to this.

Gameweek 38 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is where overall ranks are etched onto your season history page and where mini-leagues are settled.

Hits will be taken, captaincy punts will be gambled on and the occasional chip will be deployed. Or perhaps you’re doing none of these things, sitting tight while all around you opt for the all-or-nothing approach.

Whatever your strategy or moves this week, we’ve got all of our content for the upcoming Gameweek on this page to help with your transfer dilemmas and chip-related conundrums.

Don’t forget that the later-than-usual FPL deadline is at Sunday 22nd May at 14:30 BST, although it might not be a bad idea to have your moves confirmed a little before this cut-off point given the likely spike in traffic that the site will experience.

WHO ARE THE BEST FPL PLAYERS TO OWN FOR GAMEWEEK 38?




GAMEWEEK 38 TEAM AND INJURY NEWS


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

WHO IS THE BEST CAPTAIN FOR GAMEWEEK 38?


RATE MY TEAM AND POINTS PREDICTIONS


Members can check out our points projections here.

EXPERT OPINION





STATS ANALYSIS


GAMEWEEK 38 TEAM REVEALS



BEST FPL MANAGERS’ TEAMS ANALYSED



NOTES FROM GAMEWEEK 37

USEFUL TOOLS AND LINKS

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  1. allaboutthemagic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Vardy or son captain?! Brought vardy in for -4?

    1. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Spurs need CL, Norwich are Norwich.

    2. Bring back Rafa
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Son.

  2. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    G2G / Transfer plans?;

    Schmeichel
    Trent, Robbo, Cancelo, James, Alonso
    Son (c), Maddison, Bowen
    Jesus, Nketiah

    Foster, Richarlison, Saka, Ramsey

    1FT | 2.0 ITB

    A) Saka --> Diaz (free)
    B) Richarlison & Nketiah ---> Kane & Broja (-4) start Saka, bench Broja
    C) Other recommendations?

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      A

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Then start Diaz over Nketiah?

        1. Dannyb
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 1 day ago

          Yes

  3. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    (C)?
    A KDB
    B Diaz
    C Cancelo

    1. WhatWouldYourZlatanSay
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      A or B.

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

      KDB

    3. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Kevin

  4. Tsssst
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Who to sell to fund Coutinho > Mount

    Zaha
    Jota
    Richarlison
    Ings
    Nketiah

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Nket

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Rich

  5. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Toney, Wilson or Antonio?

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Toney

  6. Sam (Team Sam)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Percentage change of Salah starting?

    1. Sam (Team Sam)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      *chance

    2. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      75%

      Can imagine he’s absolutely desperate to start for his golden boot chances

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

      50%.

    4. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Extremely low. Expect a cameo from the bench

      1. Mozumbus
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        This

    5. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      50% chance to start imo

    6. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      33

    7. N1ceguyEdd1e
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Starts on bench I reckon... then depends on score after 60 mins if he plays or not...

  7. Cheshire Duck
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Schmeichel
    White - TAA - James - Emerson Royal
    Son - Mount - Saka - barnes
    Kane - Nketiah
    Bench : Dubravka - Holgate - Countinho- Weghorst

    1 Ft, 4 ITB

    No sure about James, Coutinho and Barnes

    Should I do Coutinho + Barnes > Eriksen + Bowen ? for a hit and hope for James to play

  8. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Mount or Diaz?

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Diaz

  9. Earn your Spurs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    A request for next year please

    Can RMT be fixed so when you use a FH last week it shows your real team for the coming week, not the FH team?

    1. notlob legin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Totally agree

  10. WhatWouldYourZlatanSay
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Schmeichel
    TAA-Cancelo-Matip-James-Cancelo
    Son-Mount-Maddison
    Kane-Jesus

    Genuinely considering 5 different captains, though I know it should be Son or Kane.
    Who for the armband?

  11. Casualspotted
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Kulu or Barnes ?

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Barnes

    2. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      barnes.

    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Kulu

    4. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Kulu

    5. Mozumbus
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Kulu if starts

  12. donkey73
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Play Ramsdale or Schmeichel ?
    confused, thinking of motivation and opponents

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Arsenal - higher CS odds

    2. WhatWouldYourZlatanSay
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      I’d go Schmeichel. Arsenal have no choice but to attack and hope. There will be space for a liberated (albeit still not great, Everton).

  13. rdamjan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Barnes od Maddison on FH?

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Toss a coin, nothing much in it imo

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Maddison set pieces

  14. tinear
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Ramsdale
    TAA Cancelo Laporte Alonso
    Salah KdB Kulu Mount Saka
    Nketiah

    Dubravka Mateta Cash Gelhart

    1. Salah to Son
    2. Salah Saka to Son Maddison -4 (will be the same team as ML leader leading 50 pts)
    3. Salah Nketiah Cash to Kane Maddison Sess -8

    1. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      salah+alonso -> son+robo

      1. tinear
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        Interesting. Any news about Alonso leaked?

  15. Eightball
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    A) Richarlison
    B) Mateta
    C) Toney (-4)

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Toney

    2. Mozumbus
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      B

  16. Rabb05
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    If you've won your mini league and objective is to go for a decent rank rise (currently 40k) who do you captain?

    A. TAA
    B.James
    C. Kdb
    D.Mount
    E. Son

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      C

    2. Bring back Rafa
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      E

    3. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      TAA as a differential. CS and assist very easy points

  17. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Halland (MCI - FWD) added - 16.5m

    😮

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      *Haaland 😛

  18. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    These guys in order, expected points

    A) Mount
    B) Maddison
    C) Saka
    D) Bowen
    E) Kulu

    1. TopBinFC
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      DABEC

  19. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Salah, Fofana, KDH --> James, Havertz, Maddison

    Worth -8?

    Have Son

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Kevin de Haaland?

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      -8 too much for gw38 imo

  20. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Last minute thoughts?

    Schmeichel
    TAA Cancelo Alonso Davies
    Salah Son (C) Saka Kulusevski
    Jesus Nketiah
    Subs Laporte Pukki Dewsbury Hall

    For -4
    A Salah/Dewsbury H to Maddison and Bowen (bench Davies)
    B Salah/Pukki to Mane/Toney (bench Davies)
    C Salah/Jesus to KDB/Toney
    D Salah/Jesus to Sterling/Vardy

  21. Mozumbus
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    A. Mane + Bruno Guimarães + Rudiger
    B. Diaz + Mount + Cancelo

  22. Muscout
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Chasing
    A) Son and Toney
    B) Mount and Lukaku

    1. Mozumbus
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      A

    2. DF
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      A

  23. highsguy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Maddison or Zaha?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      maddison

    2. thegame983
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Maddison

  24. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Final team of the season. Hoping to break into the top 250k.
    Schmeichel
    TAA, Bavies, Cancelo, Alonso
    Maddison (v) , Salah, Mahrez, Mount
    Nketiah, Kane (c)
    Foster, Joao Pedro, Holgate, Matic

    All the best peeps.

  25. Hazardous1983
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Ramsdale (pope)
    Taa robbo cancelo (schar.ait nouri)
    Son mount foden saka
    Broja nketiah richarlison
    1.8m in bank what to do for a hit.

  26. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    play pukki or get barnes for -4 and play 352. just cant decide....

    1. DF
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Pukki

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 1 day ago

        cheers 🙂

  27. DF
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Who scores more
    A. Bowen
    B. Erikssen
    C. Madisson

    1. Mozumbus
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      B

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      c

    3. TopBinFC
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      A

    4. N1ceguyEdd1e
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      ACB

  28. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Salah + Havertz -> Diaz + KDB for -4? Not keen on the hit for 1 week but seems worth it, right?

    1. Mozumbus
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Yes

  29. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Richarlison to Jésus for -4, lads?

    Cheers.

    1. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      yes

  30. The Pesci challenge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 1 day ago

    Is richarlison going to start?

    1. artvandelay316
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 1 day ago

      Would also like to know the answer to this!