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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

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Crash the site!!

    2. TopBinFC
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Non owners rejoice, he wont feature if he doesn't start

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        It's better if it remains uncertain so people don't use the funds elsewhere.

        Unless it's for a hit.

      2. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Klopp mentioned he wants to give Salah mins for rhythm. He will get a cameo from the bench

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      No he hasn’t, he’s just posted a few emojis

      1. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Seat means bench and he just mentioned it on his stream

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          But what’s his source?

          1. Tonyawesome69
            • 5 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Go ask him haha

            He normally posts team leaks when he is comfortable with the info he is given.

            1. Big boy Bowen
              • 7 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Thanks

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Mo Salah sat down?

    5. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Bench or Throne?

    6. Futureform
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      How reliable is he?

      1. Scots Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Pretty reliable

        1. Futureform
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Thanks!

    7. Grounderz
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Check his follow-up tweet.

    8. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      VVD benched according to Andy as well

    9. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Damn, time to sell Elneny then

  1. andre_c
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    a) Salah, Pukki > Son, Toney -4
    b) Salah, Pukki, Schar > Son, Toney, Sessegnon -8 (and play Sessegnon over Gordon)

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        He's got 180k followers but it's not his speciality.

        He does get tip offs.

  2. Peps Pups
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Start Ramsdale (Eve) or Schmeichel (SOU) ?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Ramsdale - higher CS odds

  3. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Last roll of the dice...
    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) bench Nketiah
    B) Richarlison & Nketiah ---> Kane & Broja (-4) start Saka, bench Broja
    C) Other recommendations?

    1. Bubbles1985
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A

    2. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      B, looks more fun. A would be second choice

  4. TopBinFC
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Have James on FH, do I change?

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Keep with a decent sub waiting

      1. TopBinFC
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Cheers, Jansson on bench

  5. tibollom
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Do you think I need to take a hit to improve my striker 3.4 ITB? Only 11 pts ahead to my rival..

    His team
    rams foster
    taa cancelo alonso fofana myko
    salah kdb son brownhill gordon
    richa nketia dennis

    my team
    Sch,meicel Foster
    taa cancelo matip laporte alonso
    kdb son kulu saka kdh
    nketia pukki dennis

    1. Bubbles1985
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I wouldn't. Not a big gap!

    2. Futureform
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Yeah leave it. Keep the points. That's really close.

  6. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Leding with 13 points... does it make sense to go -8 now?

    1. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      *leading

    2. TyroneGAA
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Not sure depends on his team vs yours now?

      1. Muchentuchel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Mine:
        Schmeichel
        Robbo-TAA-James-Alonso
        Mount-Saka-Zaha-Kulu
        Weghorst-Kane-Richarlison

        moves would be Rich to Toney, Zaha to Son and Saka to Madders for -8

        His team:
        Schmeichel
        Cancelo-TAA-James-Alonso
        Sala-Saka-KDB-Coutinho
        Nketiah-Pukki

    3. @persecuted_by_mods
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Depends on players and tactic

      • Futureform
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I wouldn't take hits when leading so narrowly.

        1. Futureform
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Unless it's to match key players.

    4. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Still patiently waiting for more informations before making any transfers.

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Same, patience!

        • Birdman77
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Yep, getting close!

      2. GoonerSteve
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Best transfer for a -4.

        A) Coutinho to Dias
        B) Coutinho to Maddison
        C) Coutinho to Bowen

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          A not possible

          1. Futureform
            • 3 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Means Diaz I think.

            1. GoonerSteve
              • 14 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              I do yeah sorry

              1. Dynamic Duos
                • 10 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                A

        2. DF
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Hold. Too much to ask from incoming to beat the hit ...

          1. GoonerSteve
            • 14 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            I'm selling Salah for Son so tempted by Dias to cover Liverpool.

            Surely Coutinho is a 2pts vs City?

        3. Futureform
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Would go Maddison

      3. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Best option here folks???

        A- Barnes
        B- Bowen
        C- Kulu
        D- Mount extra -4

        Cheers

        1. Bubbles1985
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Bowen

          1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Thankyou mate!!!

            1. Bubbles1985
              • 7 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              😀

        2. Futureform
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Bowen

      4. xuwei
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Have lineups historically been known very often before the deadline on the last day?

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Few bits might leak out but not many full XIs

          1. xuwei
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Thanks

      5. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Is Andy saying take a seat while you watch an Egyptian King masterpiece?

        1. Grande Tubarão
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 2 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          I think his cat just walked across the keyboard

        2. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Why not put source, so annoying.
          Just speculating, maybe he’s a Salah C lol

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            He's got messages all season about Liverpool team news, Salah is benched!

            1. Big boy Bowen
              • 7 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              And they’ve always been right?

              1. Hazz
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                Historically yep

              2. Rainer
                • 7 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                When he's tweeted, however cryptic, yes.

                1. Big boy Bowen
                  • 7 Years
                  1 year, 10 months ago

                  Probably covering himself thinking about it

          2. dabber7
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 3 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            He's really good on Liverpool news. He also says that VVD is benched.

        3. @persecuted_by_mods
            1 year, 10 months ago

            He's just chairing the news

            I'll see myself out

        4. MFC86
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Salah on the bench according to the usually reliable twitter sources

        5. Thomas Magnum
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Have a 40 odd point lead in ML, second has neither Son or Kane, but KDB. I have Son and KDB but no Kane, do I captain Son or KDB? Son as a guess he brings him in or KDB as I know I have him. Thanks!

        6. Dynamic Duos
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Really need news on Richie Rich

          1. Birdman77
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            This

          2. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Hasn't been sober since around half 9 on Thursday.

        7. BobbyDoesNotLook
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Bowen vs Saka this week.

          1. TopBinFC
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Bowen

          2. Camino Aleatorio
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Bowen will play well, but BHA is a good opponent

            Saka is playing against an emotionally drained team

            But Bowen can brace anybody

          3. The Ilfordian
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Same. Saka stats great and Everton team likely to be rotated but Bowen looks red hot at the moment

        8. nico05
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Salah to KDB or Son?

          1. Gizzachance
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Son

          2. Birdman77
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Son

            1. nico05
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Cheers guys

          3. V-2 Schneiderlin
            • 13 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Son for me

        9. Gizzachance
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Goin for Diaz over mount, game on sky, exciting player to watch !
          Wrong move?

          1. Ruinenlust
            • 6 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Wolves will be hard to break down

            1. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Norwich broke them down last week.

              1. Gizzachance
                • 9 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                Brighton an Burnley to
                But mount does have Watford
                So Diaz or mount to decide on cheers

            2. Gizzachance
              • 9 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              They can be yes, bit hit an miss lately, cheers

            3. The Mentaculus
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 2 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              No they wont. Its not GW4 & Saiss & Kilman are out

        10. Camino Aleatorio
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          If we hear Reece James is resting - what is your move?

          That's too much money to let it die

          1. Zero
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            I'd play 3atb and roll with it

          2. Zimo
            • 5 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            My move is to let my bench player come on and not take a hit

          3. Grande Tubarão
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Broja -> Wilson/Toney and play him instead

        11. Totti
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          who do u rather guys?

          A) KDB
          B) Mane

          1. Zero
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Personally, B

          2. dabber7
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 3 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            FWIW I'm seriously considering selling KDB for Mane.

        12. Gazza2000
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Robertson or Alonso?

          1. School of Poch
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Close one Alonso probs more chance of attacking returns - do you already have defenders from either team?

        13. School of Poch
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Salah >

          A: KDB
          B: Son
          C: Mane
          D: Bowen

          Schmeichel
          TAA Cancelo Alonso Matip
          Salah Kulu Saka
          Kane Nketiah Toney

          Foster Raphinha Gordon White

          1FT 0.7ITB

        14. Ruinenlust
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Egyptian fraud more like

          1. xuwei
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Feeling gypped?

        15. Jam0sh
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Which one would you play:

          A) Richarlison (ars)
          B) Davies (nor)

          1. Birdman77
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            B due to uncertainty of A

        16. TopBinFC
          • 2 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Last spot on FH,

          1. Saka
          2. Bowen

          Rest of midfield is Son, Mount, KDB

          1. BobbyDoesNotLook
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Same question. Would need to do some changes to get itb for that.

            I think Bowen is better but rival has Saka so thinking about covering my 20p lead.

          2. The Ilfordian
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Head says Saka. Everton rotation and slim chance Spurs slip up

        17. Zero
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          So Salah benched apparently, does that mean Diaz - Mane - Jota with Jota taking the sub for Salah?

          1. Holmes
            • 10 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Could be. Or Mane and Diaz off for Firmino and Salah since these 2 are likely to start UCL

          2. Grande Tubarão
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            I think so

          3. Birdman77
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Origi probably comes on too

        18. Slitherene
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Salah, Pukki -> De Bruyne, Toney? (-8)

          1. Birdman77
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Nah just the Salah trade & get around Pukki

        19. Sid07
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          will jesus start for city??

          1. Grande Tubarão
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Probably imo

        20. Mikey44
          • 14 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          A. Salah to Mane (FT)
          B. Salah to KDB (FT)
          C. Salah + Pukki to Mount + Vardy (-4)
          D. Salah + Pukki to Kulu + Kane (-4)

          Please pick one. Thanks

          1. Birdman77
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            A and don’t look back

        21. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Ok, back to the drawing board then!

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            You've had all week to work it out.

            1. Big boy Bowen
              • 7 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Yes but I was always going to risk Salah unless all but confirmed he’s benched