FANTASY FORECAST 2017/18: FPL Gameweek 38
- The Hype Train
- May 12, 2018
- 15 min read
Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Ahead of each Gameweek in the Fantasy Premier League the Hype Train invites a special guest onto its Fantasy Forecast, where the three members of the Hype Team and its Guests will duel for FPL supremacy in predicting Premier League scores, as well as going head to head in picking a Scout Picks squad for the relevant Gameweek. In addition, we give our insight into who are the players to watch and those to drop, both for traditional FPL leagues and the Draft mode, as well as providing insight into captaincy picks, differentials for the week, and more. Welcome to the Forecast. All aboard.
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek Deadline
For the 2016/17 Premier League season, the FPL deadline will be one hour before the commencement of the week's first game. The Premier League website lists each FPL deadline, you can always ask on social media, and you can also view a real time countdown on our Weekly Hype page.
How does our Forecasting work?
We have taken to our Hype Team, and the FPL Community, to compete in a weekly head to head dual of wits. We are asking the questions that dominate each week in the Fantasy Premier League: who to pick, who to avoid, who to captain, and who may surprise. The 3 members of the Hype Team, and a Guest, will provide weekly insight for the Gameweek ahead. For the sake of respecting the rules of the Forecast, we have provided an example of what we're sending out to interested parties.
Premier League Fixture Prediction: As pundits, we are testing our football acumen with PL predictions and will be providing regular updated tables and stats in each edition of the FPL Forecast. A perfect score is worth 3 points whilst a correct result is worth 1 point.
FPL Gameweek Forecasting: Answering the regular questions that come up every single week in the Fantasy Premier League community that helps with identifying captaincy picks, transfers, attacking options, clean sheet potential, teams to look our for and avoid, players to consider for the Draft game, the wildcard differential players, as well as general analysis and comments.
Scout Picks: Picking a squad of 15 for a single Gameweek, without any budget, using the rules of the FPL - formations, captains and vice captains, and the player limits of 3 per club (chips will not be feature of these weekly picks)
Each team must pick a Captain, labelled as (c) and a Vice Captain listed as (vc).
Fixture Prediction: 2017/18 Points Table
In our predictions a perfect score is 3 points, and predicting the right outcome is worth 1 point (aka if a team wins but, you predict it, but don't get the perfect score). Below is the Gameweek and overall rundown of our Premier League predictions series for the season.
Sam Austin (@HypeTrainSam): 6 (1), 4 (2), 8 (3), 3 (4), 9 (5), 6 (6), 7 (7), 7 (8), 4 (9), 12 (10), 5 (11), 7 (12), 4 (13), 6 (14), 8 (15), 4 (16), 12 (17), 6 (18), 6 (19), 8 (20), 2 (21), 6 (22), 6 (23), 8 (24), 6 (25), 8 (26), 7 (27), 7 (28), 7 (29), 8 (30), 3 (31), 12 (32), 3 (33), 10 (34), 3 (35), 4 (36), 10 (37) = 238pts
Phil Jones (@HypeTrainPhil): 10 (1), 5 (2), 6 (3), 4 (4), 9 (5), 5 (6), 5 (7), 3 (8), 3 (9), 8 (10), 4 (11), 7 (12), 5 (13), 4 (14), 5 (15), 6 (16), 9 (17), 7 (18), 2 (19), 8 (20), 2 (21), 12 (22), 5 (23), 4 (24), 3 (25), 6 (26), 6 (27), 4 (28), 7 (29), 9 (30), 3 (31), 11 (32), 3 (33), 10 (34), 6 (35), 9 (36), 11 (37) = 226pts
Robert Austin (@HypeTrainRob): 4 (1), 5 (2), 8 (3), 2 (4), 7 (5), 9 (6), 8 (7), 10 (8), 8 (9), 6 (10), 5 (11), 6 (12), 13 (13), 5 (14), 8 (15), 9 (16), 10 (17), 9 (18), 5 (19), 5 (20), 5 (21), 9 (22), 8 (23), 4 (24), 5 (25), 10 (26), 5 (27), 6 (28), 13 (29), 8 (30), 3 (31), 10 (32), 6 (33), 12 (34), 5 (35), 9 (36), 7 (37) = 267pts
Special Guests: 4 (1), 4 (2), 7 (3), 2 (4), 2 (5), 8 (6), 13 (7), 9 (8), 3 (9), 10 (10), 4 (11), 8 (12), 7 (13), 4 (14), 13 (15), 8 (16), 8 (17), 9 (18), 4 (19), 5 (20), 6 (21), 12 (22), 10 (23), 13 (24), 6 (25), 8 (26), 10 (27), 5 (28), 8 (29), 8 (30), 5 (31), 10 (32), 3 (33), 7 (34), 1 (35), 4 (36), 3 (37) = 246pts
Special Guests
GW1 - @FPLConnect: 4 points (0 perfect, 4 correct, 6 wrong)
GW2 - @FPLsleuth: 4 points (0 perfect, 4 correct, 6 wrong)
GW3 - @FPLBraveheart: 6 points (1 perfect, 3 correct, 6 wrong)
GW4 - @FPLJournalBlog: 2 points (0 perfect, 2 correct, 8 wrong)
GW5 - @FPL_Ted: 2 points (0 perfect, 2 correct, 8 wrong)
GW6 - @CGA_FPL: 8 points (1 perfect, 5 correct, 4 wrong)
GW7 - @FPLMad: 11pts (3 perfect, 2 correct, 5 wrong)
GW8 - @OddsOnFPL: 9pts (2 perfect, 3 correct, 5 wrong)
GW9 - @FPL_vs: 3pts (0 perfect, 3 correct, 7 wrong)
GW10 - @TheTinkerMen: 10pts (2 perfect, 4 correct, 4 wrong)
GW11 - @FPLStag: 4 pts (0 perfect, 4 correct, 6 wrong)
GW12 - @FFootballHub: 8pts (1 perfect, 5 correct, 4 wrong)
GW13 - @FPL_Aussie: 7pts (1 perfect, 4 correct, 5 wrong)
GW14 - @ShirtsvSkinsFPL: 4pts (0 perfect, 4 correct, 6 wrong)
GW15 - @TheFPLPodcast: 13pts (3 perfect, 4 correct, 3 wrong)
GW16 - @FPLFanatix: 8pts (2 perfect, 2 correct, 6 wrong)
GW17 - Dan (Dino) @_dantheman10: 8pts (1 perfect, 5 correct, 4 wrong)
GW18 - @FplFreddo: 9pts (1 perfect, 6 correct, 3 wrong)
GW19 - @FPL_Batman: 4pts (0 perfect, 4 correct, 6 wrong)
GW20 - @FPL_FC: 5pts (0 perfect, 5 correct, 5 wrong)
GW21 - @FPLSavage: 6pts (1 perfect, 3 correct, 6 wrong)
GW22 - @FPLMoose: 12pts (2 perfect, 6 correct, 3 wrong)
GW23 - @FlameFPL: 10pts (2 perfect, 4 correct, 6 wrong)
GW24 - @3menandafooty: 13pts (3 perfect, 4 correct, 3 wrong)
GW25 - @TopFPLTips: 6pts (1 perfect, 3 correct, 6 wrong)
GW26 - @theFPLdabbler: 8pts (2 perfect, 2 correct, 6 wrong)
GW27 - @FPL_Jamestar: 10pts (2 perfect, 4 correct, 4 wrong)
GW28 - @hailcheaters: 5pts (1 perfect, 2 correct, 7 wrong)
GW29 - @WGTA_FPL: 8pts (1 perfect, 5 correct, 4 wrong)
GW30 - @Adsiyer: 8pts (0 perfect, 8 correct, 2 wrong)
GW31 - @fplexecutive: 5pts (1 perfect, 2 correct, 1 wrong)
GW32 - @FPLhacker: 10pts (2 perfect, 4 correct, 4 wrong)
GW33 - @FPLcadet: 3pts (0 perfect, 3 correct, 7 wrong)
GW34 - @AUSFPL: 7pts (1 perfect, 4 correct, 9 wrong)
GW35 - @DynamicDru: 1pt (0 perfect, 1 correct, 5 wrong)
GW36 - @FPL_JJ: 4pts (0 perfect, 4 correct, 6 wrong)
GW37 - @FPL_Audit: 3pts (0 perfect, 3 correct, 13 wrong)
Individual Gameweek Predictions
GW1: Sam (6), Phil (10), Rob (4), @FPL_Connect (4)
GW2: Sam (4), Phil (5), Rob (5), @FPLsleuth (4)
GW3: Sam (8), Phil (6), Rob, (8), @FPLBraveheart (7)
GW4: Sam (3), Phil (4), Rob (2), @FPLJournalBlog (2)
GW5: Sam (9), Phil (9), Rob (7), @FPL_Ted (2)
GW6: Sam (6), Phil (5), Rob (9), @CGA_FPL (8)
GW7: Sam (5), Phil (7), Rob (8), @FPLMad (11)
GW8: Sam (7), Phil (3), Rob (10), @OddsOnFPL (9)
GW9: Sam (4), Phil (3), Rob (8), @FPL_vs (3)
GW10: Sam (12), Phil (8), Rob (6), @TheTinkerMen (10)
GW11: Sam (5), Phil (4), Rob (5), @FPLStag (4)
GW12: Sam (7), Phil (7), Rob (6), @FFootballHub (8)
GW13: Sam (4), Phil (5), Rob (13), @FPL_Aussie (7)
GW14: Sam (6), Phil (4), Rob (5), @ShirtsvSkinsFPL (4)
GW15: Sam (8), Phil (5), Rob (8), @TheFPLPodcast (13)
GW16: Sam (4), Phil (6), Rob (9), @FPLFanatix (8)
GW17: Sam (12), Phil (9), Rob (10), @_dantheman10 (8)
GW18: Sam (6), Phil (7), Rob (9), @FplFreddo (9)
GW19: Sam (6), Phil (2), Rob (5), @FPL_Batman (4)
GW20: Sam (8), Phil (8), Rob (5), @FPL_FC (5)
GW21: Sam (2), Phil (2), Rob (5), @FPLSavage (6)
GW22: Sam (6), Phil (12), Rob (9), @FPLMoose (12)
GW23: Sam (6), Phil (5), Rob, (8) @FlameFPL (10)
GW24: Sam (8), Phil (4), Rob, (4) @3menandafooty (13)
GW25: Sam (6), Phil (3), Rob, (5) @TopFPLTips (6)
GW26: Sam (8), Phil (6), Rob, (10) @theFPLdabbler (8)
GW27: Sam (7), Phil (6), Rob, (5) @FPL_Jamestar (10)
GW28: Sam (7), Phil (4), Rob, (6) @hailcheaters (5)
GW29: Sam (7), Phil (7), Rob, (13) @WGTA_FPL (8)
GW30: Sam (8), Phil (9), Rob, (8) @Adsiyer (8)
GW31: Sam (3), Phil (3), Rob, (3) @fplexecutive (5)
GW32: Sam (12), Phil (11), Rob, (10) @FPLhacker (10)
GW33: Sam (3), Phil (3), Rob, (6) @FPLcadet (3)
GW34: Sam (10), Phil (10), Rob, (12) @AUSFPL (7)
GW35: Sam (3), Phil (6), Rob, (5) @DynamicDru (1)
GW36: Sam (4), Phil (9), Rob, (9) @FPL_JJ (4)
GW37: Sam (10), Phil (11), Rob, (7) @FPL_Audit (3)
FPL Scout Picks: 2017/18 Points Table
Picking a squad of 15 for a single Gameweek, using the rules of the FPL - formations, captains and vice captains, and the player limits of 3 per club (chips will not be feature of these weekly picks).
Sam Austin (@HypeTrainSam): 82 (1), 61 (2), 58 (3), 23 (4), 60 (5), 72 (6), 55 (7), 54 (8), 51 (9), 45 (1), 59 (11), 101 (12), 47 (13), 75 (14), 58 (15), 68 (16), 54 (17), 53 (18), 89 (19), 93 (20), 65 (21), 66 (22), 67 (23), 66 (24), 53 (25), 46 (26), 77 (27), 57 (28), 79 (29), 52 (30), 116 (31), 74 (32), 57 (33), 73 (34), 53 (35), 67 (36), 91 (37) = 2,417pts
Phil Jones (@HypeTrainPhil): 81 (1), 57 (2), 38 (3), 49 (4), 58 (5), 73 (6), 65 (7), 63 (8), 46 (9), 48 (10), 57 (11), 77 (12), 55 (13), 59 (14), 47 (15), 62 (16), 47 (17), 75 (18), 101 (19), 106 (20), 51 (21), 64 (22), 102 (23), 83 (24), 68 (25), 60 (26), 106 (27), 57 (28), 62 (29), 65 (30), 95 (31), 62 (32), 27 (33), 73 (34), 68 (35), 67 (36), 85 (37) = 2,459pts
Robert Austin (@HypeTrainRob): 67 (1), 43 (2), 48 (3), 36 (4), 74 (5), 78 (6), 68 (7), 39 (8), 47 (9), 55 (10), 55 (11), 80 (12), 54 (13), 51 (14), 68 (15), 65 (16), 51 (17), 79 (18), 91 (19), 98 (20), 63 (21), 66 (22), 82 (23), 65 (24), 72 (25), 45 (26), 98 (27), 65 (28), 65 (29), 50 (30), 97 (31), 70 (32), 45 (33), 73 (34), 68 (35), 68 (36), 88 (37) = 2,423pts
Special Guests: 54 (1), 45 (2), 41 (3), 40 (4), 72 (5), 77 (6), 81 (7), 53 (8), 26 (9), 52 (10), 56 (11), 84 (12), 47 (13), 74 (14), 75 (15), 55 (16), 54 (17), 69 (18), 86 (19), 118 (20), 71 (21), 70 (22), 88 (23), 57 (24), 60 (25), 50 (26), 95 (27), 58 (28), 66 (29), 44 (30), 100 (31), 78 (32), 42 (33), 63 (34), 64 (35), 80 (36), 88 (37) = 2,433pts
Special Guests
GW1 - @FPL_Connect: 54 points (Captain Kane, 2pts)
GW2 - @FPLsleuth: 45 points (Captain Lukaku, 12pts)
GW3 - @FPLBraveheart: 41 points (Captain Kane, 4pts)
GW4 - @FPLJournalBlog: 40 points (Captain Mane, -4pts)
GW5 - @FPL_Ted: 72 points (Captain Kane, 4pts)
GW6 - @CGA_FPL: 77 points (Captain Aguero, 22pts)
GW7 - @FPLMad: 81pts (Captain Kane, 26pts)
GW8 - @OddsOnFPL: 53pts (Captain Kane, 4pts)
GW9 - @FPL_vs: 26pts (Captain Jesus, 2pts)
GW10 - @TheTinkerMen: 52pts (Captain Salah, 8pts)
GW11 - @FPLStag: 56pts (Captain Kane, 4pts)
GW12 - @FFootballHub: 84pts (Captain Lukaku, 12pts)
GW13 - @FPL_Aussie: 47pts (Captain Kane, 16pts)
GW14 - @ShirtsvSkinsFPL: 74pts (Captain Kane, 12pts)
GW15 - @TheFPLPodcast: 75pts (Captain Hazard, 30pts)
GW16 - @FPLFanatix: 55pts (Captain Kane, 24pts)
GW17 - Dan (Dino) @_dantheman10: 54pts (Captain Kane, 4pts)
GW18 - @FplFreddo: 69pts (Captain Salah, 16pts)
GW19 - @FPL_Batman: 86pts (Captain Aguero, 32pts)
GW20 - @FPL_FC: 118pts (Captain Kane, 34pts)
GW21 - @FPLSavage: 71pts (Captain Salah, 28pts)
GW22 - @FPLMoose: 70pts (Captain Kane, 6pts)
GW23 - @FlameFPL: 88pts (Captain Kane, 26pts)
GW24 - @3menandafooty: 57pts (Captain Salah, 4pts)
GW25 - @TopFPLTips: 60pts (Captain Aguero, 12pts)
GW26 - @theFPLdabbler: 50pts (Captain Pogba, 2pts)
GW27 - @FPL_Jamestar: 95pts (Captain Aguero, 42pts)
GW28 - @hailcheaters: 58pts (Captain Salah, 20pts)
GW29 - @WGTA_FPL: 66pts (Captain Salah, 16pts)
GW30 - @Adsiyer: 44pts (Captain Kane, 2pts)
GW31 - @fplexecutive: 100pts (Captain Salah, 58pts)
GW32 - @FPLhacker: 78pts (Captain Salah, 14pts)
GW33 - @FPLcadet: 42pts (Captain Kane, 2pts)
GW34 - @AUSFPL: 63pts (Captain Kane, 20pts)
GW35 - @DynamicDru: 64pts (Captain Jesus, 14pts)
GW36 - @FPL_JJ: 80pts (Captain Salah, 6pts)
GW37 - @FPL_Audit: 88pts (Captain Jesus, 4pts)
Individual Gameweek Scout Picks
GW1: Sam (82), Phil (81), Rob (67), @FPL_Connect (54)
GW2: Sam (61), Phil (57), Rob (43), @FPLsleuth (45)
GW3: Sam (58), Phil (38), Rob, (48), @FPLBraveheart (41)
GW4: Sam (23), Phil (49), Rob (36), @FPLJournalBlog (40)
GW5: Sam (60), Phil (58), Rob (74), @FPL_Ted (72)
GW6: Sam (72), Phil (73), Rob (78), @CGA_FPL (77)
GW7: Sam (55), Phil (65), Rob (68), @FPLMad (81)
GW8: Sam (54), Phil (63), Rob (39), @OddsOnFPL (53)
GW9: Sam (51), Phil (46), Rob (47), @FPL_vs (26)
GW10: Sam (45), Phil (48), Rob (55), @TheTinkerMen (52)
GW11: Sam (59), Phil (57), Rob (55), @FPLStag (56)
GW12: Sam (101), Phil (77), Rob (80), @FFootballHub (84)
GW13: Sam (47), Phil (55), Rob (54), @FPL_Aussie (47)
GW14: Sam (75), Phil (59), Rob (51), @ShirtsvSkinsFPL (74)
GW15: Sam (58), Phil (47), Rob (68), @TheFPLPodcast (75)
GW16: Sam (68), Phil (62), Rob (65), @FPLFanatix (55)
GW17: Sam (54), Phil (47), Rob (51), @_dantheman10 (54)
GW18: Sam (53), Phil (75), Rob (79), @FplFreddo (69)
GW19: Sam (89), Phil (101), Rob (91), @FPL_Batman (86)
GW20: Sam (93), Phil (106), Rob (98), @FPL_FC (118)
GW21: Sam (65), Phil (51), Rob (63), @FPLSavage (71)
GW22: Sam (66), Phil (64), Rob, (66) @FPLMoose (70)
GW23: Sam (67), Phil (102), Rob, (82) @FlameFPL (88)
GW24: Sam (66), Phil (83), Rob, (65) @3menandafooty (57)
GW25: Sam (53), Phil (68), Rob, (73) @TopFPLTips (60)
GW26: Sam (46), Phil (60), Rob, (45) @theFPLdabbler (50)
GW27: Sam (77), Phil (106), Rob, (98) @FPL_Jamestar (95)
GW28: Sam (57), Phil (58), Rob, (65) @hailcheaters (58)
GW29: Sam (79), Phil (62), Rob, (65) @WGTA_FPL (66)
GW30: Sam (52), Phil (65), Rob, (50) @Adsiyer (44)
GW31: Sam (116), Phil (95), Rob, (97) @fplexecutive (100)
GW32: Sam (74), Phil (62), Rob, (70) @FPLhacker (78)
GW33: Sam (57), Phil (27), Rob, (45) @FPLcadet (42)
GW34: Sam (73), Phil (73), Rob, (73) @AUSFPL (63)
GW35: Sam (53), Phil (68), Rob, (68) @DynamicDru (64)
GW36: Sam (67), Phil (67), Rob, (68) @FPL_JJ (80)
GW37: Sam (91), Phil (85), Rob, (88) @FPL_Audit (88)
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 38
Burnley 2-0 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 1-0 West Brom
Huddersfield 1-1 Arsenal
Liverpool 3-0 Brighton
Man United 2-0 Watford
Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea
Southampton 0-3 Man City
Spurs 2-1 Leicester
Swansea 1-0 Stoke
West Ham 1-1 Everton
FPL Forecasting: Gameweek 38
Best GW Attacking Options:
Burnley (H) vs. Bournemouth
Crystal Palace (H) vs. West Brom
Liverpool (H) vs. Brighton
Man United (H) vs. Watford
Newcastle (H) vs. Chelsea
Man City (A) vs. Southampton
Spurs (H) vs. Leicester
Swansea (H) vs. Stoke City
Best GW Defensive / Clean Sheet Potential:
Burnley (H) vs. Bournemouth
Crystal Palace (H) vs. West Brom
Liverpool (H) vs. Brighton
Man United (H) vs. Watford
Man City (A) vs. Southampton
Swansea (H) vs. Stoke City
Who would you Transfer In and Out for the Gameweek and beyond?:
IN: Sergio Romero (GK), Mamadou Sakho (DEF), Mohamad Salah (MID), Chris Wood (FW)
OUT: David de Gea (GK), Jan Vertonghen (DEF), Riyad Mahrez (MID), Ashley Barnes (FW)
Who are the players that might make the difference this Gameweek in the Draft?:
Differentials, differentials, differentials. It is the final day, look at Burnley defenders, Liverpool defenders, Newcastle forwards, and Man United’s goalkeeper.
Who are the teams to look out for?:
Liverpool: The Reds want Champions League football, and to do it they need a win. I can see the Reds going all out to ensure they play in Europe’s top competition once again. Brighton have survived and might let their hair down.
Man United: The Hornets are poor away from home, so I expect this to be a routine win for Jose’s team.
Who are the teams to avoid?:
Chelsea: The Toon always do well against Chelsea, so I don’t have a lot of faith in a team that failed to break through Huddersfield with only a slice of luck to earn them a draw. That’s right Alonso…I am looking at you.
West Brom: The Baggies have been in great form under Darren Moore, but Roy Hodgson has been doing a fantastic job as manager for Palace, so I expect Zaha to be the difference maker in this fixture.
GW Differential Picks:
This week is all about differential picks, Sergio Romero for Man United is one such name, as is Virgil van Dijk, Mamadou Sakho, and Chris Wood.
FPL Captaincy Picks:
(C): Mohamad Salah – One final week to back the King of Egypt, in my personal team I will be triple captaining the Egyptian in hope he can break the Premier League record for most goals in a single season.
(VC): Harry Kane – What would the final week be without Kane supporting Salah as my vice-captain?
Other Gameweek Comments:
Use the last chips you have in your arsenal to reign terror down on your head to head opponents. Differentials are the way forward to defeating them.
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 38
Formation: 3-4-3
Starting 11
GK: Sergio Romero
DEF: Virgil van Dijk
DEF: Patrick van Aanholt
DEF: Chris Smalling
MID: Wilfried Zaha
MID: Mohamad Salah (C)
MID: Raheem Sterling
MID: Alexis Sanchez
FOR: Harry Kane (VC)
FOR: Roberto Firmino
FOR: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
Substitutes
GK: Lukasz Fabianski
MID: Marko Arnautovic
DEF: Benjamin Mendy
DEF: Cesar Azpilicueta
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 38
Burnley 2-0 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 1-2 West Brom Huddersfield 1-4 Arsenal Liverpool 2-1 Brighton Man United 2-0 Watford Newcastle 1-3 Chelsea Southampton 1-3 Man City Spurs 3-2 Leicester Swansea 1-0 Stoke West Ham 3-0 Everton
FPL Forecasting: Gameweek 38
Best GW Attacking Options: Arsenal (a) vs Huddersfield Chelsea (a) vs Newcastle Man City (a) vs Southampton Spurs (H) vs Leicester
Best GW Defensive / Clean Sheet Potential: Swansea (H) vs Stoke Man United (H) vs Watford Burnley (H) vs Bournemouth West Ham (H) vs Everton
Who would you Transfer In and Out for the Gameweek and beyond?: IN: GK: Romero, DEF: Aaron Cresswell, MID: Heung Min Don, FOR: Rashford. OUT: GK: De Gea, DEF: Trippier MID: Hazard FOR: Barnes
GW Differential Picks:
Aaron Cresswell (WHU): On Direct Free Kicks and Corners. Playing at home for the last time this year with an opportunity to go out in style against lacklustre Everton.
FPL Captaincy Picks: (C) Harry Kane: Going out the way I came in. Harry Kane needs to go all out to win the Golden boot.
(VC) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: One of the most consistent goal scorers since entering the league. Surely Arsene Wenger gets to sign off with a win.
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 38 Formation: 3-4-3
Starting 11
GK: Sergio Romero
DEF: Jan Vertonghen DEF: Aaron Cresswell DEF: Cesar Azpilicueta
MID: Mo Salah MID: Heung Min Son MID: Raheem Sterling MID: Marko Arnautovic MID: Willian Borges
FOR: Harry Kane (C) FOR: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (VC)
Substitutes
GK: Nick Pope FOR: Marcus Rashford DEF: Nacho Monreal DEF: James Tarkowski
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 38
Burnley 1-0 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 3-1 West Brom
Huddersfield 1-3 Arsenal
Liverpool 4-0 Brighton
Man United 2-0 Watford
Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea
Southampton 1-4 Man City
Spurs 2-1 Leicester
Swansea 1-0 Stoke
West Ham 2-1 Everton
FPL Forecasting: Gameweek 38
Man United (H) vs. Watford
Best GW Attacking Options:
Crystal Palace (H) vs. West Brom
Liverpool (H) vs. Brighton
Man United (H) vs. Watford
Newcastle (H) vs. Chelsea
Man City (A) vs. Southampton
Spurs (H) vs. Leicester
Best GW Defensive / Clean Sheet Potential:
Burnley (H) vs. Bournemouth
Liverpool (H) vs. Brighton
Man City (A) vs. Southampton
Swansea (H) vs. Stoke City
Who would you Transfer In and Out for the Gameweek and beyond?:
IN: Salah, Robertson, van Dijk, Zaha
OUT: Any Man United player, any Chelsea player
Who are the players that might make the difference this Gameweek in the Draft?:
Newcastle players, Swansea players for their unlikely survival push.
Who are the teams to look out for?:
Liverpool: Rested and raring to go.
Newcastle: The Toon love a home game against Chelsea. Fully expecting us to beat Conte in a potential last league game at the club.
Crystal Palace: In good form heading into this one. Zaha looks a menace.
Who are the teams to avoid?:
Southampton: Could be routed by Man City. You never know, could be beat by enough to go down.
Huddersfield: Survival is done. Wenger will probably win his last game,.
FPL Captaincy Picks:
(C): Mohamad Salah – Best player in the league gets a curtain call to end the season.
(VC): Harry Kane – If not Salah, then Kane gets the potentially disappoint me one last time.
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 38
Formation: 3-4-3
Starting 11
GK: Martin Dubravka
DEF: Virgil van Dijk
DEF: Patrick van Aanholt
DEF: Benjamin Mendy
MID: Wilfried Zaha
MID: Mohamad Salah (C)
MID: Raheem Sterling
MID: Marko Arnautovic
FOR: Harry Kane (VC)
FOR: Roberto Firmino
FOR: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
Substitutes
GK: Lukasz Fabianski
MID: Leroy Sane
DEF: James Tarkowski
DEF: Alfie Mawson
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 38
Burnley 1-1 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 3-1 West Brom
Huddersfield 1-2 Arsenal
Liverpool 2-0 Brighton
Man United 2-1 Watford
Newcastle 0-1 Chelsea
Southampton 0-3 Man City
Spurs 2-0 Leicester
Swansea 1-1 Stoke
West Ham 3-1 Everton
FPL Forecasting: Gameweek 38
Best GW Attacking Options:
Man City, Spurs, Crystal Palace, Liverpool
Best GW Defensive / Clean Sheet Potential:
Man United, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs, Burnley, Crystal Palace
Who would you Transfer In and Out for the Gameweek and beyond?:
IN: (GK) De Gea, (DEF) Van Aanholt, (MID) Zaha, (FWD): Aubamayang
OUT: (GK) Pickford (DEF) Duffy, (MID) Willian, (FWD): Barnes
Who are the players that might make the difference this Gameweek in the Draft?: Arnautovic looks a great pick playing up front against an underwhelming Everton side.
Who are the teams to look out for?:
Crystal Palace: On current form they look like scoring plenty of goals on their last day against an already relegated West Brom.
Liverpool: While they haven’t looked potent of late in the league, they will want to get back in goal scoring form against a now safe Brighton.
Who are the teams to avoid?:
Stoke: Already relegated Stoke are playing against an almost relegated Swansea. Hard to find any gems in that squad.
Leicester: Don’t let the win against a terrible away Arsenal side deceive you. These guys are firmly on the beach.
GW Differential Picks:
I think this is a week with a variety of enticingly low-owned options who are real stars in their respective teams. Zaha and Van Aanholt look strong options again this week. Giroud has also been a great differential pick for those brave enough to take the risk. For a sneaky pick I would say Vokes who should start (with Wood and Barnes injured) against a very suspect Bournemouth defence.
FPL Captaincy Picks:
(C): Salah – While he hasn’t scored in the last couple, he’s Mr Reliable for a reason and he will be captained by many this week.
(VC): Kane – He has been far from explosive of late, but it’s a last chance to score a few goals and I fancy him at home to Leicester.
Other Gameweek Comments:
It’s the last chance you have to make a difference in your overall rank of mini leagues so if you’re chasing it could be time to take a risk. Just be aware that game week 38 tends to throw up some unexpected goal scorers and less than usual number of clean sheets.
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 38
Formation: 3-4-3
Starting 11
GK: David De Gea
DEF: Marcos Alonso
DEF: Patrick van Aanholt
DEF: Virgil Van Dijk
MID: Mohamed Salah (C)
MID: Raheem Sterling
MID: Wilfried Zaha
MID: Marko Arnautovic
FOR: Harry Kane (VC)
FOR: Pierre-Emerick Aubamayang
FOR: Olivier Giroud
Substitutes
GK: Lukasz Fabianski
MID: Johann Gudmundsson
DEF: Aaron Cresswell
DEF: Matt Lowton
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