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What’s the Deal with Fantasy Football? Is it Fun or Stressful?

 

Harry Kane or Erling Haaland? Marcus Rashford or Mo Salah? Save it or use the triple captain chip. This weekend many people across the world are going to make these kinds of decisions, expecting the right call is going to take them a step closer to the glory of fantasy football. Fantasy football, whether it is glorifying or not, is an enjoyable hobby. It has been shown in recent studies that this is the case.


For the uninitiated fantasy football is a game where you choose real-world players for the virtual team based on their real-world performances dictating the score of the team. There are many versions but the basic premise is the points given out when you do good things and cut down when you do bad things. The virtual team that has the maximum number of points is going to win at the end of the season. (more…)

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Fantasy Football Rises During World Cup

Well with the hyper building up, players all over the world pretty sure have been ready for the moment since the FPL took a break to fit in the 2022 World Cup. For Fantasy football lovers a special fantasy football game is afoot. Those who adore the fantastical realm of the sport would have prepared for this moment and got themselves ready for perhaps a less competitive iteration of fantasy football.

FIFA World Cup Fantasy is in the hot seat while the FPL takes a breather, and there has been growing hype regarding all the details about the concept that only comes around every four years. FIFA World Cup Fantasy is in the hot seat while the FPL takes a breather, and here are all the details regarding the concept that only comes around every four years. Moreover, with more hype building up for the official tournament, Fantasy football is in full swing even as other major football leagues around the world are at a halt. (more…)

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                            FPL REVIEW: SOLANKE’S INJURY,  BOWEN OFF PENALTIES

We round up the key Fantasy Premier League (FPL) talking points from West Ham United v Bournemouth in our Scout Notes summary. Dominic Solanke (£5.8m) hobbled off in Bournemouth’s defeat to West Ham on Monday, lasting only 45 minutes of the Cherries’ 2-0 loss after picking up what appeared to be an ankle injury. To add to the visitor’s woes, they also lost first-choice‘ keeper Neto (£4.5m) at the break, having hurt himself while clearing the ball in the first half. He was replaced by Mark Travers (£4.3m), who started the season as number one but hasn’t played since the 9-0 Liverpool defeat.

As for West Ham, Kurt Zouma (£4.5m) netted the opener, with VAR in the spotlight after the ball bounced off Thilo Kehrer’s (£4.5m) arms in the build-up. The Frenchman has now taken eight shots inside the box this season, more than any other FPL defender bar Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) and Ryan Sessegnon (£4.5m). (more…)

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          BLANK GAME WEEK 12 CONFIRMED: ARSENAL VS MANCHESTER CITY POSTPONED

Gameweek 12 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) will be a ‘blank’ for both Arsenal and Manchester City, the Premier League confirmed this morning. The two sides were due to meet at the Emirates on October 19 but the Gunners’ outstanding UEFA Europa League tie against PSV Eindhoven, originally scheduled for this Thursday but postponed due to policing resources being needed elsewhere in London, will now take place in that midweek. A new date has not been announced for the postponed game in north London.

It won’t take place before we break for the World Cup in mid-November, however, with no free midweeks for either Arsenal or Manchester City over that period. It’ll likely be early 2023 before we see any rearrangements for this or the 13 other postponed games that remain without a date. (more…)

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             A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE FREE-PLAY SPITCH FOOTBALL FANTASY GAME

Imagine having a Free Hit chip to play every week and getting the chance to win money from your Fantasy knowledge. Not just that, but still being in with a shout of winning big after a terrible first 30-odd Game weeks! Well, that’s exactly the case with SPITCH, the brand new fantasy football manager game. Their £2,500 season-long game is free to play and we’ll be explaining more on that in the article below, along with the other ways to get involved with this fun new app.

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WHAT IS SPITCH?

SPITCH is a platform where managers can use their football knowledge to defeat others and win money prizes. Until now, they have focused exclusively on individual matchdays but are debuting a longer-term challenge for the 2022/23 campaign. (more…)

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SAKA UPGRADED ON FANTASY FOOTBALL

Arsenal star Bukayo Saka is one of several Premier League stars upgraded on the fantasy football scene ahead of the new season. Saka has moved from 6.5 at the start of Premier League football last season to 8.0 for the new season. The Englishman has been rewarded for being one of the best midfielders on the fantasy football scene last season.

England international Saka was in the top six amongst the fantasy football midfielders last season. Only the quintet of Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (265), Son Heung-Min of Tottenham Hotspur (258), Jarrod Bowen of West Ham United (206), Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne (196) and Leicester City playmaker James Maddison (181) had more points than Saka on the fantasy football scene last season. Arsenal player Saka had 179 points last season after a fantasy football return of 11 goals and nine assists. (more…)

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F/FOOTBALL: KULUSEVSKI BAGS FINAL WEEK ACCOLADE

Tottenham Hotspur forward DejanKulusevski won thebest player on fantasy football for the final week of the Premier League season last month after he got 16 points. The Swedish international scored the first and the third goal as Tottenham thrashed hosts Norwich City 5-0 at home to seal fourth spot on the final Premier League table. Kulusevski won five fantasy football points each for each of his two goals plus two fantasy football points for attendance plus one fantasy football point for clean sheet as a midfielder plus three bonus points.


Kulusevski was the first name on the best team of the final day of the recently concluded season. He was joined in midfield by German international IlkayGundogan who scored the goals that won the league for Manchester City. Gundogan got 14 points after coming from the bench to score twice as City recovered from two goals down spectacularly to beat Aston Villa 3-2 at home. The Leicester City duo of Ayoze Perez and James Maddison made the list in midfield with 13 points each. Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Pascal Gross also had 13 points after a goal and an assist from him helped his team to come from behind to beat Europa League semifinalists at home. (more…)

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F/FOOTBALL: RONALDO CLOSES GAP ON KANE

Manchester United talisman Cristiano Ronaldo has closed the gap on Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane on fantasy football after he found the back of the net against Brentford on Monday. The Portuguese senior national team captain scored the second Manchester United goal on the way to an emphatic 3-0 victory over the Bees.


Ahead of the Brentford game, Ronaldo had a nine-point deficit on Kane in the forward category of fantasy football. It was reduced to just two points after the Portuguese international scored seven fantasy football points against Brentford. His tally of seven fantasy football points against the Bees took the total tally to 158 points. On his part, Spurs star Kane has 160 fantasy football points. Kane and Ronaldo are the top two forwards on the Premier League fantasy football scene this season. (more…)

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FANTASY FOOTBALL: RONALDO MOVES BEHIND KANE

Manchester United talisman Cristiano Ronaldo is now the forward with the second most points in fantasy football after his hat-trick against bottom team Norwich City on the Premier League scene. Only Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane has more points than Portuguese national team captain Ronaldo amongst the forwards when it comes to Premier League fantasy football.

Ronaldo scored 17 points in fantasy football with his treble during the 3-2 win over Norwich City to take his second ally to 135 points. He started the home game with the Canaries as the forward with the third most Premier League fantasy football points behind Brentford hitman Ivan Toney and the aforementioned Kane. Ronaldo moved past Toney with his three goals against Norwich City and he’s only behind Kane by 17 points. (more…)

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BEST GOALKEEPER OPTIONS FOR GAMEWEEK 28 WILDCARD

The Premier League gameweek 28 is just around the corner and Fantasy Football managers will be wondering what to do with their wildcard. There a ciuooe of wildcard options you can pick from and goalkeepers are also an option. This is a lost of goalkeeper options you can choose for your wildcard.

JOSE SA


The game’s joint-highest scoring stopper, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Jose Sa (£5.3m) has been a fantastic replacement for Rui Patricio. When Wolves went through a binary period whereby every score between Gameweeks 12 and 21 were either 1-0 or 0-0, their defence kept six clean sheets out of a possible eight.

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