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.
People behave. Nothing wrong with Kun. Geezzzzzzzzzzzz, go rest in the panic room. 😛
I think they just replaced him because of match fitness, haven’t heard anything about him being injured. Think Kun is rested because the match looked to be lost already.
Anyway. Wenger was complaining about Arjen Robben, this ref is much worse. Think the ref hates city.
Thats what I thought as well Raz. Don’t trust any Fox reporter thats for sure. Hopefully Pellegrini will say something about him after the match
I’m pretty sure he’s not being rested for the ‘Hull’ game at the weekend!! 😉
He’s being rested til he recovers! Woeful injury management..
U can see Citys title challenge disappearing down the tunnel right behind Aguero?!?!?!
Arguably yes, along with my transfers plans, haha!
sos to hear that James!! Ive no idea what im doing now ive got an 8 point hit burning in my pocket!!! 😉
No don’t be haha, made no transfers yet, opens up more options..
ahaha I see you’ve made none either yet, almost had me though! 
an early -8 for Sergio would’ve been catastrophic…
Panicking folks? Not me, I’ve already made plans to replace Aguero that doesn’t involve any more transfers or hits than originally planned #fpl-skillz
:big-lol:
What early transfer did you make?
james
Brought in Aguero for RvP
If he’s injured I’ll sell him for Lukaku this week for a hit.
This would mean I’ll keep Mata instead of selling him for Sterling, and bring in Yaya and Baines for Eriksen and Olsson.
Sound moves – I was close to getting Agüero (and also the exact same Mata —-> Sterling move) too… Lukaku surely the best option now?
Raz the pitchside reporter Geoff Shreeves said it was a hamstring issue and I imagine he doesn’t just make these things up on national telly! Are you seriously suggesting that with 45 left and needing 2 goals you just suddenly decide to ‘rest’ your best player?
Plus, in general, no one suddenly just gets ‘rested’ at half time…
After reading some reports on twitter it apparently wasn’t serious. He felt a pain in his muscle and it was more a precaution than anything else.
If this is true, then the big question is; Sell him for a hit or keep 12m player on the bench this week.
Well he’s not coming anywhere near my wildcard team or DGW plans that’s for sure… He’s clearly not fit and this hamstring clearly isn’t fixed properly.
Indeed, he looked a million miles from being match fit. I’m not too happy even though i didn’t go with him, lots will just go Lukaku now, great.
Evening gents !!
So no Aguero eh?
Evening HL
Init- Lukaku it is for me…solved !
Though still torn between Silva & Yaya…
Think Im gonna go with Silva…
Yourself ?!?
HL, Yaya all the way for me. He will be on pens now as well don’t forget.
Apparently Zabaletta ‘chest bumped’ the referee in angered protest… unacceptable.
Evening all. Just got in so haven’t seen any footy tonight do What’s all this fuss about aguero then?
Some saying injured but some saying not????
Most sources reporting more hamstring trouble and he clearly looked unfit tonight.Unlucky for those that brought him in early but thats the gamble you take.
Cheers. Guess I’m an unlucky one then!
Is having no Arsenal coverage for Chelsea/Swansea a bit silly? To be honest I don’t see myself losing out on much…
Yeah, I think the majority on here (certainly myself) aren’t TJ, I agree.
No. No stand out players and their fixtures either side are difficult as well.
TJ – No, i haven’t even considered Arsenal coverage to be honest. I’d rather some West Ham players.
Suddenly my unbalanced WC team might become much more balanced!
Apparently Aguero was taken of as a precaution.
Hmmmm.Can’t understand why Pellegrini played him the full 90 on sunday,i know they were chasing the game but surely tonights game and the rest of the premiership season was more important ??
I am just at a loss now. If I buy him, he’ll probably have to be benched this week, and if I get Lukaku instead, I’m basically saying no to him til after the DGW…
…and if I do neither, I’m stuck with Adebayor! Decisions…
Lukaku or Remy are deffo looking the better options now james.Even if Aguero plays at the weekend or gw31 he clearly isn’t fit and firing.Just think of the options the spare cash would give you 😉
Lukaku it is I think 😉 I’ll wait as long as possible…
Is Mata still worth shipping out – could afford Yaya – for a hit?
Don’t think i’d bother doing it for a hit this week james.I’m in two minds what to do with mata.Think i’ll give him the liverpool game and then decide.
Yeah.. can’t see Mata getting much out of the Lierpool game… and if I’m going to take a -4 I’d rather do it this week than next…
((then again, that hit is inky assuming I want double City coverage for the DGW, which I may not now…))
James, I’ve got Ade too, and he doesn’t HAVE to be sold. He’s still got decent form and although fixture not great, he scored at Old Trafford! He’d love to score against your lot! Focus has been on attackers because of Aguero. Maybe keep ft or use it on mid or def in prep for 31
That’s a very good point B-Bash – you must be tempted by Lukaku at home to Cardiff though… also, this brings my attention to Mirallas, do you think he stands a good chance of starting?
I am tempted by Lukaku, but itwould cost .3m to get him because of my sell price for Ade, and despite tonight, I do still want Aguero when fit. Dilemma!!!
Yes, I think Mirallas will start, but would rather invest in Everton defence or Lukaku. Johnson is a better option
Technically you’ve gained 0.3m when you sell him on
if you were to buy Ade back later, well, that’s when you might ‘lose’ money – but yeah, it’s tough – think it may best to put Agüero aside for now and focus on other options.
I already own Mirallas, so hope he does start! I’ll have 3 Everton players if I get Lukaku then. No City in GW 30, is that an issue?
Yes mate. City coverage needs to be sought out out at some point due to the fact of they’ve got the dgw in 31 plus more to come! I still think they will concede, but if you score 3, they’ll score 4! Because of this, main cover needed first would be mids or attack
Agreed. Their defence isn’t so solid… now that I have the money, Yaya is an option, so questions is: this week (for a hit) or next week as my FT?
What coverage are you planning on taking in to the double?
Tough question! Yaya has been quality so far though. Even on the odd occasion he plays poorly he still gets at least 2 points! That alongside the fact his price will go up quickly soon and his fixture this weekend, I’d say yes mate, worth a hit!
I’m hoping for 8 to 9 on a dgw for 31. Rather have quality not quantity!
Evening B-Bash, I’m fixing for both the q’s as we speak! What are your thoughts on a Baines and Coleman double up given Evertons fixtures rather than say Zaba and Coleman?
Cheers mate! Think I shall, come Friday, we’ll see – then I’ll have another FT on top of that for next week – what’s 4 points anyways?
Good philosophy :beer: same here, 9 + Ivan & Hazard, may keep Lallana
Evening Initt! I’ve got Coleman, but I would have Baines as well in a heartbeat mate! Got good fixtures great stats. I cant afford him though! Doh!! Could afford Zab, but not interested at the mo.
Hmm, thought so. Odd one this now as I assumed I would have 3 City but if I go Baines I’m down to just the 1 City now…