Fixtures Game-week 30 and planning for the Double… – FPL Fantasy Football Premier League
So while last week felt a bit like a game of 5-a-side, a knock around in the park if you will that produced an average score of just 29 points, we are thankfully back on this week with a full compliment of fixtures to go at. We appreciate that the massive double GW31 will still dictate many peoples transfers this week as they look to load up on those who have two games next week. Many will be looking to land a perfect treble for some of those teams and as such we are going to take a look at the ten DGW teams specifically but also try and shed some light on how they fare outside of GW31 as well. Let’s not forget that whoever you choose to transfer in also has to perform for you this week and for the few weeks after GW31 as well…
This is how the entire fixture list looks for the next four weeks.
We have highlighted in BLUE those ten teams who enjoy a double in GW31.
We have then graded their other fixtures outside of GW31 as a quick guide for you. GREEN being good, RED being bad and YELLOW being indifferent.
A quick glance at this suggests that apart from possibly Hull and maybe West Ham, you are fairly safe going into GW30 and transferring in any players that have a double as Hull host Man City and West Ham have to travel to Stoke. We have highlighted Everton, Man City, Sunderland and Swansea as all having good fixtures ahead of the double in GW30. Exiting GW31 as well should not really be an issue for any of them as GW32 looks ok for them all and even GW33 does with the possible exception of West Ham who face Liverpool at home. This is all something of a relief then and fairly straight forward as there is nothing worse than wanting to put in double players but being racked with doubt if they have a difficult fixture immediately after. This is not really the case for any of these teams.
The teams that have a GW31 double are –
Arsenal
Everton
Hull
Liverpool
Man City
Man Utd
Newcastle
Sunderland
Swansea
West Ham
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Let’s take a look at each week in isolation now along with a quick line on each about how we feel these double game-week teams look set to fare in…
Double game-week focus for GW30-
Arsenal go to arch rivals Spurs. This one could go either way. Maybe stay away from their defenders for now.
Everton host Cardiff. Romelu Lukaku looks an excellent proposition here. Baines and Coleman look good for the CS.
Hull host Man City which isn’t ideal ahead of the double. Hold any you have but wait on transferring in any until next week.
Liverpool. Traditionally Man Utd is a toughie. This season it may be a given. Don’t be afraid to transfer Pool players in.
Man City go to Hull and they may well have the league as their only focus by then. Buy them with confidence.
Man Utd. They will need to be at the races against S&S and may come up short here in that respect. Could still score though!
Newcastle are away at Fulham. Everyone wishes they could play Fulham every week at the moment. Expect goals!
Sunderland have Palace at home. This one will be tense and tight. The CS is a possibility but by no means guaranteed.
Swansea should have enough to see off West Brom in this one and Bony will be the target here as he likes a home game!
West Ham have a difficult trip to Stoke. Many will be looking at Nolan ahead of the double and he could still produce here.
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Game-week 31
We will focus on GW31 itself properly next week of course but of those teams that play twice the ones that we feel have the best pair of fixtures in GW31 are –
Everton, Swansea at home and Newcastle away
Hull, West Brom at home, West Ham away.
Liverpool, Cardiff away, Sunderland at home.
Man City, Fulham at home, Man Utd away
Newcastle, Crystal Palace at home, Everton at home
West Ham, Man Utd at home, Hull at home
Don’t discount Arsenal, Man Utd, Sunderland or Swansea by any means but they all have at least one tricky tie whereas the above teams have either two easier ones or at least two home ones.
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Game-week 32
There is life beyond GW31 you know! You do have to bear in mind what your team and squad will look like in relation to the fixtures that follow it as well. Let’s have a quick run down on each double team for the week following it then…
Arsenal host City which will be a massive crunch make or break game for their season. Just be wary of this one.
Everton exit the double with a very nice trip to The Cottage. Everyone likes a trip to The Cottage.
Hull have a bit of a tough away day at Stoke but don’t be too concerned about this one.
Liverpool have Spurs at home which you would still expect them to win. Its Liverpool at home and it’s Spurs…
Man City have that trip to Arsenal which will be no pushover but you need to keep your City players regardless.
Man Utd have a very nice looking exit from GW31 with a home game to Villa. If you go with Utd DGW’ers you are fine to hold.
Newcastle have a long trip South and this one’s tough to call. It’s not the worst but certainly not the best.
Sunderland have a home game here to West Ham which will be tough to call but at least it’s at home.
Swansea might not have the best double but they exit with a home game against Norwich who are poor on the road.
West Ham go to Sunderland so a bit like Newcastle it could be better but still isn’t like going to Anfield or the Etihad is it?
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Double game-weeks to come.
The other consideration when choosing players now may also be that there are future double game-weeks on the horizon but we just don’t know when yet! The reality is though that we have only got nine weeks left. This will be down to seven once GW31 is out of the way and as we speak there are four definite fixtures that need rearranging and also the weekend of GW34 has been reduced down to just eight fixtures due to the involvement of Arsenal and Hull in the FA Cup semi-finals, although their fixtures could easily be pushed back to that midweek and we expect they probably will be and so remain in the same GW.
The point being that the following need to be rearranged and so having players from these teams will be no bad thing as you know that they will be involved in a double very soon.
The fixtures that currently still need to be re-arranged are –
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Man City vs Sunderland
Sunderland vs WBA
Man City vs Aston Villa
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To Conclude…
We think that you should primarily be looking at getting in players from Everton, Hull, Lverpool, Man City, Newcastle and West Ham for the double in GW31 but stress that you should not shy away from the other four if it suits you better budget wise or for an exit strategy as the likes of Man Utd and Swansea still have a nice fixture to follow it up with. Ahead of it this week there are only really Hull and West Ham that have particularly difficult ones so you can plan with relative freedom around the rest. Good luck if you are hoping to land a couple of perfect trebles for the doubles week!
Fixture Fun
There are Champions League fixtures this week. Arsenal played last night and Man City play tonight so as ever just keep an eye on any injury news in the aftermath of these. Tottenham are in Europa League action on Thursday against Benfica so do likewise for them.
Thanks for reading Fixtures Game-week 30 and planning for the Double…, this article was written by Inittowinit.
Morning all – Fixtures is up!!
Great stuff Init, beautifully worded and very thorough without being boring! Appreciate all the time and effort and nice to see a picture of you at the bottom of the article. Can’t beat a bit of Bully.
Thanks Cookie, much appreciated. Still not sure what any of its got to do with darts though…!
yeah, I was wondering !!!
Nice work Inittowininwinititit. Cookie will be glad to know I followed the exact advice; bought in a Hull, West Ham and City player!
I dread to think – you’ve probably got Brady, Carroll and Tevez !!
Cookie:
Brady, Vaz Te, and Pantilimon!
nice work mate, they should go well. I’m surprised you didn’t go with Maiga though – he’s quality and would fit nicely into your side :hippo:
It was either Vaz Te or Maiga.. It was a really, really tough decision.
When Potty recovers, he should think about integrating his prediction comp with Bullseye. Maybe help give away all those caravans and speedboats Jim Bowen couldn’t shift.
Init. Double top stuff. These articles are gold dust. Recognize!
Alright fellas. Great read Init thank you
how you all doing?
Although Init, one little complaint; where have the half naked women gone?!
Alex. They landed in Spelling.
Alex that was pervy Blue mate not me! Ask him nicely and I’m sure he will try to accommodate again for Fridays article….
Ah the infamous Perv Cookie Monster (PVC). I’ve heard his misses calls him that too. Whist he wears it 😉
I’ve just realised PVC makes no sense! Ill daughter = sleep deprevation! Night all.
taxi !!!
Morning all.
Really great stuff Init, cheers! Have you already pushed the WC button? How’s that plan going?
Albertini, how’s planning going? My WC active too and was reading your posts with interest!
Cheers Alex, a hell of a headache I must say! How’s yours going?
Just in case you’ve missed it I’ll transcribe it again in here, it’s the post 32 from your article on City:
Evening all, how’s everyone plans to DGW31 going?
I thought having a wildcard at this stage was a good thing but mine is really giving me a big headache!
Right now only my def and forward lines seems to be sorted, at the expenses of a pretty weak midfield:
Boruc,Gazzaniga
COLEMAN, BARDSLEY, WILLIAMSON, CHESTER, Azpilicueta
YYT, STERLING, COLBACK, MEYLER, Hazard
SUAREZ, STURRIDGE, AGÜERO
0.3 ITB (WC already active)
The 3 cheap defenders rotate quite well. I might change Sterling for Sissoko, which would allow me to upgrade Gazzaniga to Mannone. Other issues are if I should chose YYT or Silva and Coleman or Distin and upgrade one of the cheap mids.
I’m putting all my cards on Agüero as I think my ML rival is not buying him soon.
Any thoughts will be much appreciated.
Ouch, what’s your TV? That just seems a bit lightweight! :s Can you ditch Azpil and Williamson (cant remember his value) for say Dann and another cheap nailed defender?
I’d seriously weigh up whether you 100% need SAS, ditch one for say J-Rod or Long (or Lukaku for a more pricey option) and upgrading Myler/Colback. AJ, Nolan, Chamberlain (bit of a punt) are all good options.
Cheers Saosin. It’s below 105.0, my budget is only 102.6…
I can ditch Azpil or even Coleman (Williamson is just 4.2), it is an option.
I’m really betting high with that forward line, need to chase more than 100 points in a ML and Aguero and Sturridge will be my differentials. Getting rid of Suarez? Hummm don’t think I should do it…
I was thinking of a 2 mids/1 def rotation, I guess it’s the only choice I’ve left, still trying to sort it out but might be a SUN/NEW/CAR or HUL rotation, have to check all fixtures and available cheapies.
My only concern is you have triple Lpool attacking coverage. I get Strling, he’s cheap and seems to be doing well, but all 3 seem a bit OTT. But then do you really want to gamble on selling Bitey, I’d think no. Other slightly riskier option would be to swap YYT for Nasri but to be honest if you’re a bit short on TV the team you have isnt bad (apart from Gazzaniga being behind K Davis)
Thanks mate. Still three days to deadline so some things might change. Sterling for Sissoko is an option, ao is YYT to Silva or Nasri.
Reg the keepers, I’m still undecided if this is the best combo, I could go with Mannone or Adrian. KDavies is injured and might not be fit until the end of the season, hence Gazzaniga is there.
Very excited about the future double header, could be make or break in my mini league as I’m still chasing 100 points so a good showing may put me right back in the mixer whereas a poor GW might just be the beginning of the end, I’d love to still have a WC in my back pocket as it seems such a waste now blowing it in week 5 (Too late to be one of the cool kids and too early to be of much use.)
Always kept an eye on the fixture tracker and having it explained in full is always a treat. Cheers.
Is Anyone going to Captain Hazard this GW ?
definitely on my radar to do so, Jeet. Haven’t finally decided yet.
Tempting.. Agüero might not get 90… are you planning to mate?
Thinking about it like you said Aguero might not even get 90 mins. Plus Hazard is in pretty good form right now it tough one this week!
I’m giving the armband to Lallana this week. His is most dependable fixture/player combination that I have in my ranks.
He’s also on the radar Bry-man.
I enjoy the free abandon that comes with not having an obvious cappo choice. I went running in a rice field this morning and danced merrily, chasing butterflies.
were you naked, skipping along ?
Half true, Cookie.
The farmers pursuing me were completely starkers. Think I woke the poor buggers up with my noisy skipping.
I can picture the scene now – dodgy English geezer dressed only in a sarong, skipping away to the tuneful delights of “Lalalalalalala na, Lalalalalalala na”….
*”come here you engleesh ladyboy”
*translated from Japanese….obviously.
Hahaha. Well, Ladyboys don’t seem part of the culture here, so I think I’m safe from transsexual-chasing agricultural predators. (Btw. Surely no-one in the history of wordage has ever used that sentence before.)
They were wielding samurai swords in my direction so….. omg. They were… swords…. right? Pffft. Enough of this smut! 😉
Lukaku against Cardiff looks the obvious choice for me this weekend.
Could work out well Andy. Might also be a good GW for Baines owners to have a cheeky punt without risking too much damage.
Am I the only one that thinks Adebeyor is going to have an absolute blinder against Arsenal ?
It wouldn’t be the first time, and he could be fired up after Sherwood’s speech. I was always looking to transfer him out this week but I can’t bring myself to do it.
I won’t cap him, but I think he’ll outscore Aguero.
Is this crazy talk ?
Hope you’re right Demsie. Against his old club an’ all. I’ve held on to him (got enough pennies in reserve to incur Aguero’s price rise, I reckon) and Spurs are a wounded animal at the moment. Surely they’ll give it some welly in a North London derby.
That’s what I’m hoping Bry..
I just don’t get the big massive rush on Aguero. Obviously he’s top banana and I guess he’s essential for the run in but i’m just not sure about him this week.. To be fair I didn’t see the game on Sunday as he played 90.. did he look dangerous ?
I’m driving to Cornwall tonight so won’t get to see his match either.
There’s so many options at the minute.. I finding it very difficult to make any kind of decision
Demsie, I didn’t see the game either. I’m definitely bringing in Aguero in for the DGW onwards, but like you said, the early week rush is particularly baffling given that he’s just come back from an injury which could be aggravated in the Barca game. If I was bringing him in, I’d certainly be waiting.
I do understand that people wanna beat the price increase, but it’s kinda ironic that then the reason that people are bringing him in early is because… people are bringing him in early. I reckon there are moles employed by FPL HQ to buy early and provoke premature demand. Can’t think of a motive for that, though.
I gave Ade the hook this week, I think Spurs lack of options up front is starting to show now that they’re having to play twice a week with the Europa league. (Benfica on Thursday)
Also someone pointed out that Spurs record after Euro games has been pretty kak this season.