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Jonathan White

It might seem like it has never been away but football is back with the English Premier League starting on Friday when Arsenal take on Brentford.
That means the return of Fantasy Premier League and if you are not one of the seven million or so managers from last season, now is the time to get involved.
If you are new to the party then here is a guide on how to get involved – and maybe walk away with bragging rights in the office mini-league.
So what is the FPL and how does it work, you ask?

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Stuart Dallas produced a memorable brace away to Man City in Gameweek 31...
How many points will he bag this season?
— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) August 10, 2021

The most basic premise is that you get to manage a team of English Premier League players with the intention of getting as many points as you can.
Each manager is given 100 million to spend on 15 players – two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and three forwards.
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Every player is given a price based on their performances from last season.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is the most expensive player in the game this season at 12.5m, with his Anfield teammate Sadio Mane, Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne and Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes all coming in at 12m.

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Give us the top three tips you'd give to a new #FPL manager this season...
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— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) August 9, 2021

You cannot pick more than three players from each club so your dream of copying Pep Guardiola’s champions is a non-starter – even if you could somehow afford them.
The budget means you cannot just buy all of last season’s top scorers and you’ll have to put some thought into finding your ideal balance of players.
Fear not, you get unlimited transfers up until deadline day – 90 minutes before kick-off in the first game of the season.

GW1 Leeds: 20 points
GW1 Norwich: points
Mo Salah was the star of the show with his GW1 hat-trick last season
Will he be in your #FPL Gameweek 1 team?
— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) August 9, 2021

That’s Arsenal vs Brentford on August 13 at 8pm (August 14 at 3am, Hong Kong time).
The deadline for transfers each matchweek is 90 minutes before the first match of the week but more on transfers shortly.
Points are scored for your players actually playing plus goals, assists and clean sheets. These are weighted. Defenders and goalkeepers score more than a midfielder for a goal, who in turn scores more than a striker.

It's a beauty from Heung-Min Son!
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 8, 2021

Points are lost by conceding goals, red cards, yellow cards or missing penalties. There are bonus points for the best three players in every game, too.
Similarly points are lost by conceding goals, red cards, yellow cards, or missing penalties. There are bonus points for the best three players in every game, too.
If you don’t want to pick a team then you can let the game auto-select your 15 players for you.

In case it wasn’t already hard enough
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Mahrez, Sterling, KDB, Dias, Cancelo, Gundogan, Foden, Stones, Walker, Ederson...#FPL pic.twitter.com/wish9q1fsR
— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) August 6, 2021

With your team picked, what next? Well, aside from the name – which is where people really seem to spend their time or at least search the internet for one – the next step is to pick the starting line-up from your squad of 15 – plus a captain and vice-captain.
These can be changed every week, with the captain scoring double points that is a useful way to raise your total, similarly formation can be changed each week. You can play in any formation, providing one goalkeeper, at least three defenders and at least one forward are selected at all times.
This can be tweaked through the season as injuries, suspension and form change things. Users can make one free transfer per week, though you can use a “Wildcard” on two occasions during the season, where you can make as many transfers as you want.

⏱ One. Week. Until. The. First. Deadline. ⏱#FPL pic.twitter.com/ApbMUXGRaC
— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) August 6, 2021

If you do not play a Wildcard, any extra transfers over that free one will cost you four points each.
There are several other chips, as the FPL calls them, to help you score more points. Aside from the Wildcard there is a Triple Captain option, meaning the captain gets triple rather than the usual double points.
Bench Boost lets you also get the points from your four substitutes for one gameweek while Free Hit allows players to make as many transfers as they want for just one game week before their previous team returns.
That is Fantasy Premier League in its most simplistic terms. It gets as complicated as you want it to be after that. You can read the rest of our guides to playing and hints and tips to give you the best chance to win, starting with some reminders below:

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— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) August 6, 2021

Week by week
The deadline for changes is now 90 minutes before kick-off in the first English Premier League match of that gameweek.
Select a captain. They score double points every week. Make sure to select a vice-captain too, as they step in if your skipper does not play. You can even earn triple points – but only once a season – by selecting the Triple Captain option.
You can use Bench Boost once a season, where all the substitutes will be included in your points for that gameweek.
The Free Hit also allows you to rip things up (also once per season) and change as many players as you want for one week only. Consider using this if a team has two matches in a gameweek.
Scoring
Points mean prizes in the Fantasy Premier League so consider how you earn them before picking your team:
Scoring a goal (forward): four points
Scoring a goal (midfielder): five points
Scoring a goal (goalkeeper/defender): six points
Assist: three points
Clean sheet (goalkeeper/defender): four points
Clean sheet (midfielder): one point
Playing up to 60 minutes: one point
Playing more than 60 minutes: two points
Goalkeeper saves: one point per three saves
Penalty save: five points
Yellow card: minus-one point
Red card: minus-three points
Own goal: minus-two points
Goals conceded (goalkeeper/defenders): minus-one point for every two goals let in
Missing a penalty: minus-two points


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Your guide to the official fantasy game of the English Premier League – in the very simplest terms

The game is as simple or as complicated as you want to make it