The Scout builds a squad for managers in Fantasy Premier League who are using their Wildcard in Gameweek 31.
The squad below has a full quota of SIX players from Crystal Palace and Newcastle United for Double Gameweek 32 (DGW32).
Following the rescheduling of three outstanding matches on Thursday afternoon, the squad also consists of NINE players with a Double Gameweek 33 (DGW33). Three from Palace again, along with two players from each of Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester City.
However, as those same clubs also have a BGW34 on their schedules, the idea here is to mirror the popular strategy of many managers by playing the Free Hit chip in BGW34 to navigate the reduced round of matches.
Salah is essential
After breaking the ALL-TIME points record with nine matches still remaining, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (£13.8m) should be front and centre of any Wildcard squad.
Look for value elsewhere to balance out your squad.
West Ham United’s Alphonse Areola (£4.2m) is the cheapest starting goalkeeper in Fantasy, while Nikola Milenkovic (£5.0m) boasts the greatest goal threat among Nottingham Forest’s resilient defence.
Triple up on Palace and Newcastle for DGW32
Daniel Munoz (£5.1m) and Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.6m) are must-haves for Palace's back-to-back Double Gameweeks, while Ismaila Sarr (£5.7m) has form and price in his favour over Eberechi Eze (£6.7m).
For Newcastle, Dan Burn (£4.4m) and Jacob Murphy (£5.0m) offer great value in defence and midfield respectively.
Alexander Isak (£9.5m), meanwhile, is a strong captain option for the next two Gameweeks. Newcastle visit Leicester City in Gameweek 31 before hosting both Manchester United and Palace in DGW32.
The Swede is expected to be fit to face Leicester after he was withdrawn against Brentford in midweek as a precaution.
Get Saka and Marmoush for DGW33
Bukayo Saka (£10.3m) and Omar Marmoush (£7.5m) are the headline names for double-ups on both Arsenal and Man City.
Both are also the top two transfer targets in Gameweek 31 after scoring in the midweek round of matches.
Saka has immediately become the No 1 transfer target for managers following his return from injury, brought in by 258,000+ managers.
Marmoush, meanwhile, has scored in three successive matches in all competitions for Man City and looks set to play up front in the absence of the injured Erling Haaland (£14.7m).
David Raya (£5.5m) and Josko Gvardiol (£6.1m) can be played in every Gameweek, while Villa’s Lucas Digne (£4.5m) and Morgan Rogers (£5.5m) offer great value in defence and midfield respectively.