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That’s a lot of popular Fantasy Premier League assets potentially missing from your team, so everyone has a decision to make.
You usually want to Free Hit in a gameweek where you can pack your side with exciting attacking players with great fixtures, but this week’s games aren’t super enticing.
And further down the line you might need your Free Hit to navigate a potential double gameweek in 33 and blank gameweek in 34. We don’t know what those fixtures will be yet as they depend on FA Cup quarter-final results.
So any decision you make this week involves a bit of guesswork, but here’s a guide to help you.
I can get 10 players out with no hits – save your Free Hit.
I can get nine players out with no hits – probably save your Free Hit – it will have more impact later.
I can get eight players out with no hits – are seven of those midfielders or forwards? If so probably worth still saving your Free Hit. If not, then use the Free Hit.
I can get seven or fewer players out with no hits – definitely Free Hit to avoid falling behind.
The team of the week is selected based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.
No. It is almost never worth a -4 for a defender.
The only way to justify it, in a blank, is picking someone with high upside, such as Manchester City’s Josko Gvardiol – who also plays Leicester City at home in gameweek 30.
Yes. If it is a case of taking a hit to get a full attacking complement out and save your Free Hit then do it – as long as you are bringing in players with high upside and not a £4.5m midfielder! This week’s team of the week should give you some ideas.
If you’re thinking about going -8, don’t do it unless you’ve already used your Free Hit chip.
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