Fantasy Premier League is approaching the business end of the season, so we’ve got the best tips on chips, transfers and captaincy for you right here ahead of Gameweek 35.
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Fantasy Premier League: Three essential FPL tips for GW35
Don’t waste your chips!
If you still have chips at your disposal, it really is a case of now or never. Most of you have activated at least one if not all of them by now, but the engaged of you might still have all of them in the backpocket.
With only four rounds of matches remaining, there really is no point in saving them any longer, especially with the double gameweek next week. So, here are the best times to use them:
Wildcard: GW35
Free Hit: GW36, GW38
Bench Boost: GW35, GW36
Triple Captain: GW36
Read –Â Fantasy Premier League double gameweek confirmed
Which FPL transfers to target in GW35
Manchester City play twice next week, so there’s no harm in transferring in their players now for Everton away. Rayan Cherki (£6.5m) has been excellent in recent weeks and much cheaper than Antoine Semenyo. A lot of managers have already transferred in Nico O’Reilly (£5.2m), but he’s still only at 16 per cent ownership. He has so many routes to points, via goals, clean sheets and defensive contributions. Get on him if you haven’t already.
Crystal Palace are the other team with two games, although one of them is against City so I don’t think it’s essential to lump on them. They face a tough opponent in Bournemouth away, so it might be worth waiting until next week to bring in one or two. But if you’re on wildcard, you should be buying Daniel Munoz (£5.8m) and Ismaila Sarr (£6.3m) now. Dean Henderson (£5.1m) is also worth considering if you’re bench boosting in DGW36.
Plenty of managers ditched Arsenal defenders on wildcard recently, but now is a great time to jump back on the likes of Gabriel (£7.2m), David Raya (£6m) and William Saliba (£6.1m). Their opponents this weekend, Fulham, have been light on goals of late, but the Gunners also face West Ham, Burnley and Crystal Palace in the final three weeks of the season. That is a great run of fixtures and you can expect them to be tight at the back with the title on the line.
There is also a case for saving your transfers this week ahead of the final three weeks. For instance, after registering four goals and an assist in two games, Morgan Gibbs-White (£7.6m) has been transferred in by over 323,000 managers this week. Unfortunately, I think the boat has passed on the midfielder. Nottingham Forest have a thin squad and they are playing in between Europa League semi-finals against Aston Villa. Getting him now feels like chasing yesterday’s points and it’s way too late in the campaign to be doing that.
The best captain in GW35
As ever, the chalk pick is Erling Haaland (£14.6m). Manchester City don’t have the greatest fixture as they travel to Everton, but the Norwegian is back in form, having scored in each of his last two league outings.
If you’re chasing rank and need an alternative, then Cherki is your best bet. The winger has become the heartbeat of the City attack over the past month and half, overtaking Semenyo as the team’s secondary attacker. He has accumulated more points (29) than Haaland (19) since GW29, including double digit hauls against Arsenal and Chelsea. If it wasn’t for the fact that Haaland is on penalties, I’d say Cherki is the best pick for captaincy.Â
If, for whatever reason, you don’t have either of those City players, then Bruno Fernandes (£10.4m) versus Liverpool is the next best candidate. The Manchester United skipper has a relatively low ceiling, but he’s been incredibly consistent of late and is chasing the assists record.
Lastly, if you’re in the mood to take a massive punt, then stick the armband on Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.7m). In-form Leeds United have the best fixture of the weekend as they welcome already relegated Burnley to Elland Road. Calvert-Lewin has been their talisman this season with 11 league goals and, aside from their last game against Bournemouth, he has looked very threatening in recent weeks. That said, he’s only scored once in the past three months and his last non-penalty goal came at the beginning of February.
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