Fantasy Premier League guide: when to play your Triple Captain and Bench Boost
- Using the ‘boost’ chips well can you put you over the top in your mini-league contests, understanding how they work and when to use them is key
Firstly, what exactly are they?
Triple Captain
Similar to the other chips, Triple Captain is a one-time-use boost to your designated captain’s chances of scoring big. When the chip is played, your captain’s score that gameweek will be multiplied by three, offering the chance for a huge haul.
Bench Boost
Playing the Bench Boost chip means that a player scores additional points for the four players on their bench, again, for one week only.
The Triple Captain and Bench Boost chips are activated on the “My Team” page, and can be cancelled at any time up to the gameweek’s deadline. Remember, you can only use one chip in any given gameweek.
And do note: as much of a boon as the “boost” chips can be, they can also blight your weekly tally. Should your captain score negatively (say, for a red card or an own goal) his misdeeds will punished in triplicate.
When should I play them?
Ah, the eternal question: when is the best time to utilise your Triple Captain and Bench Boost chips. FPL players have attempted to figure out the answer to that questions for aeons, none has done it definitively, but there are essentially two different approaches to using them effectively.