Forward planning for Gameweek 28 and 29 - Fantasy Football Community

We take a look at forward planning for Gameweek 28 and 29. With the help of the Fantasy Football Scout members area we can utilise its fixture ticker and underlying stats to pick out the best teams and players to target for the blank and double Gameweek ahead.

Forward planning for Gameweek 28 and 29 can be absolutely vital to the success of any given managers season. Blank and double Gameweeks are some of the most important periods in FPL so being able to target the right teams and players could be key.

Who is playing in Gameweek 28?

Teams that are playing in Gameweek 28 include:

Aston Villa
Chelsea
Tottenham
Arsenal
Leeds
Bournemouth
Newcastle
Wolves
Brentford
Southampton
Leicester
Nottingham Forest
Everton
Crystal Palace

Which teams have double Gameweeks in 29?

Aston Villa
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton
Chelsea
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
Manchester United
Newcastle
Nottingham Forest
West Ham

Which teams play in Gameweek 28 and have a double in Gameweek 29?

It could be important to target teams and players who both have a fixture in Gameweek 28 and double in 29, and that is the case for the following teams:

Aston Villa
Bournemouth
Brentford
Chelsea
Leeds
Leicester
Newcastle
Nottingham Forest

Who has the best fixtures in Gameweek 28 and 29 combined?

The fixture ticker below ranks the teams with the best fixtures at the top all of the way down to the teams with the worst fixtures at the bottom. We can see that Aston Villa, Chelsea, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Leeds, Leicester, Brentford and Nottingham Forest all rank amongst the best seven teams with the easiest fixtures. All of whom play in Gameweek 28 and double in Gameweek 29 as we saw above.

Who are the best players to target during this period?

Aston Villa – Striker Ollie Watkins (£7.3m).
Chelsea – Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga (£4.7m), defender Ben Chilwell (£5.9m) and striker Kai Havertz (£7.5m).
Bournemouth – Striker Dominic Solanke (£5.5m).
Newcastle – Defender Kieran Trippier (£6m) and midfielder Miguel Almiron (£5.4m).
Leeds – Striker Patrick Bamford (£7.1m).
Leicester – Goalkeeper Danny Ward (£4m), midfielder James Maddison (£8.1m) and striker Kelechi Iheanacho (£6.1m).
Nottingham Forest – Striker Brennan Johnson (£5.7m).

Arsenal and Tottenham

Two teams who should be factored into Gameweek 28 and 29 are Arsenal and Tottenham. Although neither team have a blank or double they both have great fixtures in each Gameweek. This means it could be tough to bench or sell players like Tottenham striker Harry Kane (£11.7m), Arsenal defenders Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m) and Gabriel (£5.2m) and Arsenal midfielders Bukayo Saka (£8.5m), Gabriel Martinelli (£6.6m) and Martin Odegaard (£6.9m).

Other considerations

Brighton and Manchester United do not play a fixture in Gameweek 28. However they both have a very good double in 29. Because of this it could be worth benching or holding consistent assets like Brighton midfielders Alexis Mac Allister (£5.5m), Solly March (£5.1m) and Kaoru Mitoma (£5.5m), Manchester United defender Luke Shaw (£5.2m) and Manchester United midfielder Marcus Rashford (£7.4m).