From Scout Picks to team news, all our content and tips for Gameweek 8 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) will appear here.
It’s an interesting bag of fixtures this week, with Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Brentford getting the privilege of facing the three promoted teams – not that it’s always been a boon playing against the plucky new boys in 2026/27.
As for the widely owned picks in FPL, Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion face potentially tricky away days at Aston Villa and Liverpool. Is that enough to take the armband off Erling Haaland (£15.6m) and bench the likes of Pascal Gross (£6.1m) and Maxim De Cuyper (£5.2m)?
Chelsea and Arsenal are, at least, on home soil, even if Tottenham Hotspur and Everton could be stubborn opponents.
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 at 18:30 BST on Friday 23 October.
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WHO ARE THE BEST FPL PLAYERS TO OWN FOR GAMEWEEK 8?
- Scout Picks final selection (coming soon)
- The Scout Squad: Our panel explain their top picks (coming soon)
- Buy, keep, sell? The latest transfer trends (coming soon)
- Low-owned differentials to consider (coming soon)
- The FPL Watchlist (coming soon)
USING A CHIP IN GAMEWEEK 8
- Gameweek 8 Wildcard: Pros, cons and three possible team drafts (coming soon)
- The ultimate FPL chip strategy guide – updated!
GAMEWEEK 8 TEAM AND INJURY NEWS
- Suspension Tightrope: Who is banned, or returning from one? (coming soon)
- Early team news round-up (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.
WHO IS THE BEST CAPTAIN FOR FPL GAMEWEEK 8?
- Captain Sensible (coming soon)
- Captain Poll: Vote and see who other managers are favouring (coming soon)
FIXTURE ANALYSIS
- FPL Gameweek 8: Best clean sheet odds (coming soon)
- FPL Gameweek 8: Which teams are projected to score the most goals? (coming soon)
- Frisking the Fixtures (coming soon)
- When are the international breaks in 2026/27?
GAMEWEEK 8 TEAM REVEALS + EXPERT OPINION
- FPL Rate My Team surgery with five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman (coming soon)
- Hall of Famer Dan Wright’s team reveal (coming soon)
- FPL General team reveal (coming soon)
- Tom Freeman’s FPL Q&A (coming soon)
- FPL Milanista’s weekly article (coming soon)
- FPL Meerkat’s weekly article (coming soon)
OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST
- The Great and the Good: How FPL Harry, Mark Sutherns + more are doing (coming soon)
TOP GAMEWEEK 8 VIDEO CONTENT
- Scoutcast with Hibbo, Nacho + Andy (coming soon)
- The Watchlist (coming soon)
- FPL Chai’s latest team selection
- Tom Freeman’s latest team selection (coming soon)
- Q&A with Sam + Az (coming soon)
- Final Thoughts (coming soon)
Head over to our YouTube channel for more videos.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM GAMEWEEK 8
- Man City 3-2 Ipswich: Haaland, Semenyo + O’Reilly injury latest
- Brentford 1-2 Liverpool: Szoboszlai + Frimpong injury latest, Thiago nears ban
- Saturday’s goals, assists, bonus + DefCon points
USEFUL TOOLS
- FPL Toolkit home page (new)
- Stats Centre (new)
- DefCon stats (new)
- Fixture Runs tool (new)
- Match Centre (new)
- Player Maps (new)
- Stats Studio (new)
- Best Rotation Pairs tool (new)
- FPL Draft tool
- Rate My Team
- Player points projections for upcoming Gameweeks
- Fixture Ticker (free to all)
- Fixture Ticker (Members version)
- Player and team comparison tool
- Opta team stats
- Opta player stats
- Eye Test: Highlights + goals from every game