FPL Gameweek 18 tips: Best players, predicted line-ups, team news + more

FPL notes: Amorim on Bruno injury + another Rogers brace

From Scout Picks to team news, all our 2025/26 content and tips for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 18 will appear here.

This is the penultimate Gameweek in which chips can be played, while it’ll be a week to scout midfield replacements as Bruno Fernandes (£9.4m) could be sidelined for a while.

There’s just the one Boxing Day match this year, when Manchester United host Newcastle United, meaning the deadline is at 18:30 GMT on Friday 26 December.

Chelsea v Aston Villa and Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers headline the following day.

For all your transfer dilemmas, chip-related conundrums and captaincy quandaries, make sure to keep checking back here for the latest articles ahead of the FPL deadline.

To get access to everything we do, from expert team reveals to data-driven Members articles, remember to sign up today to become a Chief Scout.

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WHO ARE THE BEST FPL PLAYERS TO OWN FOR GAMEWEEK 18?

FPL Gameweek 17 Q&A: Saka, Semenyo + is Ekitike a must-have?

  • Scout Picks (coming soon)
  • Best differentials (coming soon)
  • The Watchlist (coming soon)

BRUNO FERNANDES INJURY + BEST REPLACEMENTS

FPL notes: Amorim on Bruno injury + another Rogers brace


GAMEWEEK 18 TEAM AND INJURY NEWS

FPL Gameweek 19 team news: Friday's injury updates

  • Suspension Tightrope (coming soon)
  • Live updates from the pre-match press conferences (coming soon)

Plus, check out our Injuries and Bans database, Predicted Line-ups and Set Piece Takers.


PLAYING A CHIP

FPL 2025/26: Double chips as Assistant Manager gets the boot


WHO IS THE BEST CAPTAIN FOR FPL GAMEWEEK 18?

Best Fantasy EFL Captains - Gameweek 2 3

  • Captain Sensible (coming soon)
  • Captain Poll: Vote and see who other managers are favouring (coming soon)

GAMEWEEK 18 TEAM REVEALS + EXPERT OPINION

Your chance to get involved on the FPL Question Time panel in 2020/21

  • Rate My Team surgery from five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman (coming soon)
  • Rob Mayes’ team reveal (coming soon)
  • FPL General’s team reveal (coming soon)
  • Zophar’s weekly Q&A + team reveal (coming soon)
  • Lateriser’s weekly article + team reveal (coming soon)

FIXTURE ANALYSIS

Best FPL Gameweek 18 fixtures: Players + teams to target 12


CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

Six tips for navigating the tricky FPL festive period 2

  • Which teams have the toughest turnaround times over Christmas (coming soon)?
  • How did managers rotate in previously busy periods (coming soon)?

AFCON EXITS

AFCON 2025 final squads: Which FPL players were called up?


OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Everton v Brentford team news: Calvert-Lewin starts, Keane out

  • The Great and the Good (coming soon)
  • FFS Cup (coming soon)

TOP GAMEWEEK 18 VIDEO CONTENT

FPL Gameweek 1 tips: Best players, predicted line-ups, team news + more

  • Scoutcast (coming soon)
  • FPL General’s Orders (coming soon)
  • The Watchlist (coming soon)

Head over to our YouTube channel for more videos.


KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM GAMEWEEK 17

FPL notes: “Red-hot” Calvert-Lewin + Palace’s set-piece problem


USEFUL TOOLS

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