If you’re in a rush and need some last-minute Fantasy Premier League (FPL) advice, here’s a quick round-up of what you need to know about Gameweek 36.
WHEN’S THE FPL GAMEWEEK 36 DEADLINE?
All transfers and team selections need to be done by 18:30 (BST) on Friday 3 May.
WHO TO BENCH?
Such a Friday deadline means there are less than 24 hours between the final match of Double Gameweek 35 and the start of Gameweek 36.
It’s a quick turnaround, with usual decisions made tough for those managers about to activate a Gameweek 37 Bench Boost.
You see, having good squad depth comes with the downside of regular benching dilemmas.
For example, Anthony Gordon (£6.3m) leads the way for attacking returns at home (22) but only has three when away. Newcastle United travel to 19th-placed Burnley.
Meanwhile, FPL legend Son Heung-min (£9.9m) visits leaky Liverpool but his last five matches have accumulated a very low non-penalty expected goals (NPxG) tally of 0.52.
Nicolas Jackson (£6.9m) gets a lot of big chances but misses plenty and in-form Bruno Fernandes (£8.5m) has picked up a slight knock ahead of Monday’s difficult trip to Crystal Palace.
MORE INJURIES
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As well as Fernandes, Virgil van Dijk (£6.7m) is a doubt, following recent problems for still-out defenders Malo Gusto (£4.3m), Destiny Udogie (£5.0m) and Jan Paul van Hecke (£4.1m)
Worsening the situation is last Sunday’s half-time removal of Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson (£5.5m), whose status is currently unknown. Approximately 750,000 have bought Newcastle’s Fabian Schar (£5.7m) in the past fortnight, only to see him ruled out for the season with a hamstring injury.
On a positive note, it sounds like Phil Foden (£8.4m) is ready to make a return from illness.
POPULAR MAN CITY ASSETS
Sticking with the reigning champions, they possess three of this week’s four most-bought players.
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Kevin De Bruyne (£10.5m) has one goal and two assists from his latest pair of outings, with a history of Gameweek 36 hauls versus Wolverhampton Wanderers.
His fruitful partnership with Erling Haaland (£14.1m) brought the latter a cameo goal at Nottingham Forest, whilst Josko Gvardiol (£5.0m) opened proceedings. The defender has scored three times and assisted once during his last five appearances, including the Champions League.
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BEST FPL GAMEWEEK 36 CAPTAIN
Both Captain Sensible and our Rate My Team (RMT) algorithm have a tight armband race between Erling Haaland and Cole Palmer (£6.2m).
They’re the top two recommendations, with Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka (£9.0m) backed as the next best.
TEAM REVEALS
SCOUT PICKS + DIFFERENTIALS
Our weekly selection – which is essentially a Free Hit in all but name – places faith in Arsenal and Man City home wins, as they fight for Premier League glory.
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Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) bagged 23 points when last against Brighton and Hove Albion, joined up front by Chris Wood (£4.8m).
The latter’s Forest team-mate Morgan Gibbs-White (£5.7m) is named in our trio of differential picks.
PREDICTED LINE-UPS
We’ve predicted the starting XIs of all 20 Premier League teams.
Whatever you decide to do, good luck with FPL Gameweek 36!