FPL 2025/26 Gameweek 3 Essential Guide
The new Fantasy Premier League season continues! This FPL 2025/26 Gameweek 3 Essential Guide gives you everything you need to prepare – how the game works, scoring rules, chip strategy, key tips for picking your squad, and helpful tools to boost your rank from Gameweek 3.
Whether you’re aiming for mini-league glory or a top 10k finish, this guide will set you on the right track.
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Get Ready for Gameweek 3
- Fixtures and Team Stats
- Teams with the Best Fixtures
- Planning for Gameweek 3-5: Best Picks and When to use Chips
- Top 10 Most Popular Players
- Top 10 Predicted Player Points
- FPL Top Picks – Best Players in each Position
- Best Free Hit Team
- Best Wildcard Team
- FPL Challenge Tips and Team Reveal
- Best Player Attacking Return Percentages
- Best Differentials – Differential King
- Hall of Famer Team Reveal
- Filip Team Reveal
- Best Team Clean Sheet Percentages
FPL Top Picks
- Top 10 defenders for Defensive Contributions in 2024/25
- Best Midfielders and Forwards Defensive Contributions in 2024/25
- Best FPL Players from the Promoted Teams
- Best Premium Players to Pick in FPL 2025/26
- Best FPL Player from Every Premier League Club (2025/26)
- Best £4.0m Defenders in FPL 2025/26
- Best £4.5m Defenders in FPL 2025/26
- Best £6.5m and Below Midfielders
- Best £5m defenders
- Best £5.5m defenders
- Best £6m defenders
- Best £5m midfielders
- Best £5.5m midfielders
- Best Cheap Attackers in FPL 2025/26
- Best Goalkeepers
- Best Defenders
- Best Midfielders
- Best Forwards
Building your Squad
- 100 Fantasy Premier League Team Names
- FPL Community Leagues
- Best formation to start the season
- FPL Expert First Draft
- @FPLReaction’ First Draft
- FPL Big at the Back Draft
- Haaland, and Salah Draft
- Gyokeres Draft
- Bruno Fernandes Draft
- @FPLReaction Updated Draft
Fixture Analysis
- Why are Fixtures important in FPL?
- All 20 Premier League Team Schedules
- How to use the Fantasy Football Scout Fixture Ticker
- Best Starting Fixtures in FPL 2025/26 – Which Teams to Target Early
- Worst Starting Fixtures in FPL 2025/26 – Which Teams to Avoid Early
- Who are the ‘Big Six’ against in 2025/26’s early fixtures?
- Top 5 FPL Teams with the Best First 3 Fixtures in 2025/26
- Every Premier League Team’s Best Fixture Runs for FPL 2025/26
- Every Premier League Team’s Worst Fixture Runs for FPL 2025/26
- Which teams rotate well around each other?
FPL Strategy
- How to win FPL
- Top 7 Beginner Tips for FPL
- Best websites to learn FPL 25/26
- Common mistakes to avoid in FPL
- XG, XA, XGI – What are expected stats?
- The Fantasy Football Community Premium membership
- Best Times to use Triple Captain
- Best Times to use Bench Boost
- Best Times to use Free Hit
- Best Times to use Wildcard
- Why is keeping £0.5m in the bank important?
Pre-Season Updates
- All FPL Player Price Reveals so far
- All 20 Premier League sides pre-season friendlies
- When will FPL launch?
- New Defensive Points Changes Explained
- FPL 2025/26 Double Chips Confirmed – Full Breakdown
- Fantasy Assist Rules Explained for FPL 2025/26: What’s Changed and Why It Matters
- Free Transfers for AFCON – Explained
- Bonus Point Changes
- League Changes – Explained
- Every FPL change explained for 2025/26
- All Player Position Changes Revealed
- Who hasn’t been playing much gametime in pre-season?
How to Play
