Fantasy Premier League has returned, so we’ve put together the ultimate guide to 2024/25 as the new season gets underway.
Ahead of Gameweek 1 we published a lot of articles to help you succeed at FPL, and we will continue to publish weekly tips and guides throughout the campaign.
Make sure to join our private mini-league below, and good luck!
FPL Gameweek 1 deadline: Friday, 16 August, 6.30pm BST
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Fantasy Premier League: Our ultimate guide to FPL in 2024/25
Top tips to succeed at FPL
Avoid the pitfalls that your average FPL manager frequently falls into and get ahead of the crowd with our 12 tips on how to master the game. Learn about strategising, keeping informed, making the best captaincy picks, using statistics and more at the link below.
READ MORE: Top tips to help you master FPL this season
Rule changes and new features
Several changes have been made to Fantasy Premier League ahead of this season that could impact how you approach the game. Being able to bank up to five transfers, alterations to the bonus point system, and a new mystery chip are some of the things you find out more about at the link below.
READ MORE: The major changes to FPL ahead of this season
Best FPL team names
Forget about team selections, player values and fixtures. The most important part of the FPL experience is your team name. Get it wrong and you may as well sack the season off.
Don’t be like those people in your mini-league who are too lazy to come up with a funny name or pun, so they use a boring placeholder like “Yanited” or “C’mon Leeds”. You’re better than that.
We’ve put together an extensive list of puns relevant to this season and another featuring some classic ones from the past.
READ MORE: 70 of the best FPL team names for the 2024/25 season
READ MORE: 69 classic FPL team names for the 2024/25 season
How to fit Haaland AND Salah into your FPL team
Is it really possible to have the two most expensive fantasy assets and still put out a decent XI? You’ll have to make compromises, but with the right combination of bargains, differentials and overlooked players, you can make it work.
We’ve put together a couple of different drafts to show you how it could look at the link below.
READ MORE: Fitting Haaland and Salah into your FPL team
The best goalkeepers
Picking a pair of goalkeepers is probably the least exciting part of Fantasy Premier League.
It’s a formality, something you have to do rather than really want to do, and I would imagine a significant number of FPL managers would rather do away with it.
Generally speaking, net minders don’t offer a huge amount to the game, they are the never top point scorers and hauls too often feels like pure chance.
Ideally, you select one goalkeeper at the start and he’s your set-and-forget pick for the rest of the season. To help you do that, we’ve picked out seven who we think are the most viable options in this position and ranked them accordingly.
READ MORE: Ranking the best goalkeepers in FPL for 2024/25
Looks like they're adding some more players gradually, here's what they've got so far ????
Requires players to make 10 PL appearances, and seems like it will just be a pre-season market (goals/assists are usually traded throughout the season) https://t.co/5humoR8f7F pic.twitter.com/5iHDOTl1Rx
— Rob T (@robtFPL) August 8, 2024
The best cheap defenders
There is an abundance of value to be found in defence, which is very important if you decide to frontload your attack with premium-priced players. We’ve ranked the best defensive assets available at a snip this season, including the likes of Antonee Robinson, Joachim Andersen and Leif Davis.
READ MORE: Ranking the best bargain defenders in FPL this season
The best forwards
To win at Fantasy Premier League, you need firepower. You need forwards that are going to shoot you to glory.
Goals are the quickest route to points, so owning strikers that are going to consistently find the back of the net is crucial.
That may sound obvious, because it is, but picking the right ones in fantasy isn’t always so. That’s why we’ve put together a ranking of the best forwards to own ahead of the new season, to help you make the best choice possible.
READ MORE: Ranking the five best forwards in FPL this season
The best bargain buys
One of the keys to success in FPL is finding those bargain buys, the hidden gems that will give you an edge over other players in the game. We’ve picked out several stars priced at £6.5m or under that can be handy point-gainers for your team in 2024-25.
READ MORE: Ten absolute bargain players in Fantasy Premier League
The best promoted players
Promoted players can often be perfect enablers in Fantasy Premier League, cheap options that can free funds to invest in premium FPL talents.
There are plenty of intriguing low-cost options to pick from after Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton were promoted last season and we’ve looked at five players from that trio to consider in FPL this season.
READ MORE: Five promoted players to consider in Fantasy Premier League
