One of our Fantasy Premier League experts and former champion, Ben Crabtree, is using his Wildcard chip in Double Gameweek 32. Here, he explains why, and who he's picking.
With a confirmed Double Gameweek 32 (DGW32) for both Newcastle United and Crystal Palace, as well as a Double Gameweek 33 (DGW33) for Arsenal, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Manchester City, now is a great time to Wildcard. It allows managers to target the Doubles, as well as plan for Blank Gameweek 34 (BGW34), when Arsenal, Villa, Palace and Man City will be WITHOUT a fixture, with their players therefore scoring ZERO points in Fantasy.
One thing to note, as an Everton fan who has never owned a player from my club's big local rivals, Liverpool, in Fantasy, I'm going without Mohamed Salah (£13.8m) and all Reds players as usual.
Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) £5.1m
The highest-scoring goalkepeer in FPL, with 136 points, Sels is extremely consistent, and has a nice run of fixtures despite not benefiting from a Double Gameweek, so I expect more clean sheets.
Nick Pope (Newcastle) £4.9m
I always like to have a goalkeeper with a Double. Crystal Palace's Dean Henderson (£4.6m) was considered, but his tricky fixtures suggest clean sheets could be hard to come by.
William Saliba (Arsenal) £6.4m
Arsenal are still quite tight at the back, even with the injury to Gabriel (£6.3m). Plus Saliba could have another goal in him for his DGW33 given Arsenal's success from set-pieces.
Josko Gvardiol (Man City) £6.1m
Gvardiol is the best Man City defensive option by a mile, as well as being the defender to have scored the most goals in FPL this season, with five.
Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) £5.4m
With BGW34 in mind, when Chelsea host Everton, I feel it's worth risking a Blues defender. They've racked up four clean sheets across their last five Premier League matches.
Daniel Munoz (Crystal Palace) £5.2m
Munoz boasts a significant goal threat, so he is an easy pick, especially because if clean sheets are in short supply for Palace, he still has the potential to score well with goals and assists.
Tino Livramento (Newcastle) £4.6m
I feel I need three Newcastle players for their DGW32, but I am struggling to justify a midfielder, so hopefully Livramento can build on his assist against Leicester City on Monday and pick up more attacking returns.
Cole Palmer (Chelsea) £10.7m
With the BGW34 in mind, plus wanting to take advantage of the Ipswich home fixture in DGW32, Palmer feels like a good option, especially as his ownership continues to fall. He's due a big haul.
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) £10.4m
Arsenal's winger should be starting games by the time DGW33 comes around. He is the Gunners' best attacking option, as shown by his goal immediately off the bench on his Premier League return against Fulham in Gameweek 30.
Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) £6.8m
The Palace midfielder has back-to-back Doubles, so he should reap some attacking returns. Eze will be looking to build on the two assists he picked up in Gameweek 31.
Savinho (Man City) £6.2m
Maybe I rate him higher than Pep Guardiola, especially after the Brazilian's Gameweek 31 benching. But his DGW33 is appealing. I am tempted by Marcus Rashford (£6.7m) in this spot, though.
Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) £5.6m
Rogers is in good form, with attacking returns in three of the last four Gameweeks. He is also maybe the safest Villa pick, in terms of minutes.
Alexander Isak (Newcastle) £9.5m
The Newcastle forward has been in good form and is the best captain option in DGW32.
Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) £7.7m
Mateta is finishing the season strongly again since he returned from the injury he picked up in the FA Cup. I'm hoping for at least two goals over the next two Double Gameweeks from the Palace star.
Omar Marmoush (Man City) £7.6m
City's safest attacking option at the moment in the absence of the injured Erling Haaland (£14.8m). Marmoush is capable of hauling and is a good captain option in DGW33.
