Sunday brings another titanic showdown in the Premier League as part of a new round of fixtures, and with it comes Gameweek 33 of Fantasy Premier League.
Having booked our place in the semi-finals of the Champions League, our push for success in this campaign continues at the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City. With just six league games remaining, this week's FPL brings ample opportunities for plenty of points on the board.
VIK UP TOP, LEO HITS CENTURY
Despite a difficult day against Bournemouth last week, some Gunners helped their millions of managers with steady points tallies. Viktor Gyokeres (£8.8m) added five to his total after clinically converting his first-half penalty, bringing his seasonal figure to 106 with six matches to play.
Elsewhere, our two leading point-haulers Gabriel and Declan Rice (both £7.2m) scooped four each. Three of those for Big Gabi came via an ‘assist’, winning the spot-kick from which Viktor scored, while Dec’s extra two points came as a statistic-driven bonus for his performance.
While the majority in red and white gained just one point from GW32, that solitary contribution became a landmark for Leandro Trossard (£6.5m), who has become the ninth FPL centurion in our squad, the joint-most with Manchester City. Only Tottenham Hotspur and Wolves are yet to witness a player reach the 100 mark.
Gameweek 32 was lucrative for overall points if you knew where to look, with no fewer than 16 players bagging double-figure totals. Leading the pack was former Gunner Konstantinos Mavropanos (£4.4m), who feasted on 21 points courtesy of two goals and a clean sheet in a vital West Ham United win over Wolves.
Quite remarkably, each of the top three GW32 haulers are owned by fewer than 1% of squads, with Brighton’s Mats Wieffer (£4.9m) and Leeds United’s Noah Okafor (£5.5m) also helping themselves to surprise braces.
There were some mainstream picks to further establish their reliability, as Brentford’s Igor Thiago (£7.3m) continued his amazing season with both goals and a 13-point scoop against Everton, while West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen (£7.6m) managed 14 points thanks to three assists and a DefCon bonus.
SUNDAY CITY SHOWDOWN
Just like with us, the entire FPL community have benefitted from Sunday's opponents' points returns, with premium pick Erling Haaland (£14.4m) leading the entire league on 199. The Norwegian is currently selected by 59.6% of managers, a stat which increased due to City’s imminent involvement in a Double Gameweek this week.
One of the biggest success stories of this season’s FPL has been Antoine Semenyo (£8.2m), who began the campaign as a Bournemouth player priced at just £7.0m. The winger - registered as a midfielder in-game - has 176 points to his name, 39 of which have come in a blue shirt. Like Haaland, Semenyo is owned by well over half of the entire Fantasy network.
Another major January signing at the Etihad Stadium was Marc Guehi (£5.1m), who is the third-highest point-scorer in Pep Guardiola’s squad with 150 - since joining City, he has contributed 45 of those and is owned by over 34% of managers.
Beyond this trio, there remain plenty of encouraging Mancunian choices for your squad, including the reasonably-priced duo of Jeremy Doku (£6.4m) and Rayan Cherki (£6.3m) - each registered as midfielders - while in-game defender Nico O’Reilly (£5.0m) has been incredibly popular having been deployed further forward, selected by over 13% of squads.
DOUBLE GAMEWEEK 33
As tends to be the case as the season’s run-in approaches, Double Gameweeks kick in as the European and domestic knockout competitions run deeper. GW33 is a very exciting one, with Man City, Chelsea, Bournemouth, Brighton, Leeds and Burnley playing six matches.
This is due to City, Chelsea and Leeds competing in the FA Cup semi-finals during Gameweek 34, so their corresponding league fixtures have been brought forward to the preceding midweek. However, there will be no fixture at all for these same clubs in GW34, so managers must plan their chips accordingly.
Many competitors planned strategically by slamming down their Wildcard in GW32, investing in doublers from these clubs for a Bench Boost in GW33. Because this approach would completely sterilise a squad heading into GW34, this would have to be backed up with a spare Free Hit chip to use for cover, avoiding all six of the blanking sides who exhausted their opportunity for points in GW33.
An alternative approach became prominent last week - for those unconvinced by the idea of significantly disrupting their squad that Gameweek, just to go all-out in GW33. The way around it was to keep hold of their existing team last week, and play a Free Hit this week with a focus on doublers, before reverting to type with a GW34 squad, using banked free transfers to ensure a full XI can be fielded. A huge number of those with a Wildcard intact could then plan to use it riskily late in GW35, with a sole focus on the remaining four fixtures for each club.
The biggest week so far this year for the FPL community beckons - does your squad have what it takes to dine on a season-defining points tally in DGW33? Ensure your team selection, transfers and chips are all completed by this Saturday, April 18, at 11am UK time!
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