FPL Tips Gameweek 15 | Last Minute

Fantasy Football Tips GW15 from our Fantasy Football Community ahead of the deadline.

How should long term fixture blanks and doubles inform our Fantasy Football tips for Gameweek 15?

Injuries

There’s plenty of injury news for the fantasy football tips gameweek 15, with this congested time of the season leading to an increase in muscle injuries. Both of Chelsea’s full-backs have succumbed to problems, although the prognosis from Frank Lampard was positive but not conclusive. Given Chelsea have two games coming up in a week, it could be risky to hold firm.

? Lampard: "Reece and Chilly have been doing really well so we hope both their injuries are not too bad and they'll be in and around those two games over Christmas."

Table? https://t.co/sxhomfaRoh #CFC
— Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) December 22, 2020

Premiums

FPL Spectrum has updated the form charts and two players have been superior over this most recent spell: Mo Salah and Bruno Fernandes. Given both their form and the general form of the teams they play in, plus an upcoming Double Gameweek, they are about to become the go-to premium assets. Squeezing in Manchester City and Spurs attackers too makes things tricky.

GW14 saw some big points scored, with Salah and Fernandes making the difference. With both assets topping the form charts and with LIV and MUN both having double fixtures in GW19, we should expect their ownership to go through the roof. ??#FPL #FPLCommunity pic.twitter.com/8WqQGuNON8
— FPL Spectrum (@FPLSpectrum) December 22, 2020

Schedule

Key changes to the fixture schedule have been announced over the last couple of weeks, and we now have a clear picture of the looming blank and double gameweeks. As always, Ben Crellin is the guru to guide us through, with the first big hurdles coming in just four weeks time. It’s best to plan now to navigate and maximise through these upcoming periods.

Here's this season's Blank and Double Gameweek schedule:

❄️Blank GW18❄️

?Double GW19?

?Double GW26?

❄️Blank GW29❄️
(FA Cup QFs – expect five or six Blank fixtures)

❄️Blank GW33❄️
(EFL Cup Final – expect two Blank fixtures)

There will likely be other small Double GWs ?
— Ben Crellin (@BenCrellin) December 21, 2020

Planning

Planning was high on the agenda for the FPL GW15 Tips in the latest episode of the Who Got The Assist? podcast, where the trio were joined by fantasy legend FPL General. Each panellist talked through their remaining chips and the strategy they plan to use, with varying results. It goes to show that each managers situation is different and there is more than one way to approach this spell.

WGTA S4E18: What will we do in the Blanks, Doubles & Festive Season??
We're joined by @FPLGeneral to help navigate the #FPL gifts coming our way??
+ Correspondence on if stats are making us football casuals & Q+A⁉️
♥️/♻️appreciated
Happy Xmas from WGTA?https://t.co/OeFqVAclg3
— Who Got The Assist? (Tom) (@WGTA_FPL) December 22, 2020

Punts

Some managers will be preparing for a Gameweek 16 wildcard, the last available point to use the first wildcard before losing it. This group of managers are in a unique situation where they can take some punts for this gameweek on a player for just one week. The FPL Prince sets out his Gameweek 15 punts, with one defender and two midfielders.

My Top 3 Punts GW15 ⭐️

1. Matip
? West Brom at Home
? West Brom Conceded Highest XG from Set Plays

2. Sigurdsson
? Sheff Utd Away
? On Penalties

3. El Ghazi
? On Penalties
? 16 Shots in Last 2
? Direct Free Kicks

? Stats from @FFScout_Mark and @ahopcroft13 #FPL
— FPL Prince ? (@TheFPLPrince) December 22, 2020

Essentials

For those playing a wildcard soon, or simply using free transfers to build towards a strong squad in Double Gameweek 19, perhaps in conjunction with the Bench Boost chip, FPL Goat has selected his essential players to consider. Kevin De Bruyne, Reuben Dias and Heung-Min Son make the cut, despite only having one game that week, but strong fixtures around it.

Essential players for wildcard, Building towards bench boost ✔️

? Fabianski
?️ Robbo/Taa, Dias, Coufal
? Salah, Bruno, De Bruyne/Son
⚽ Adams, Bamford#FPL #FPLCommunity
— FPL GOAT ?⚽ (@FPLGOAT7) December 21, 2020

Odds

The bookies odds can be very insightful when it comes to nailing down those selections and captaincy. FPL Salah provides the latest clean sheet probabilities: these are particularly useful for anyone making a defensive transfer this week or struggling to effectively order their substitutes.

#GW15 clean sheet probability %

MCI: 56%
LIV: 56%
EVE: 39%
TOT: 37%
CHE: 34%
LEE: 34%
AVL: 33%
SOU: 32%
WHU: 30%
WOL: 27%
BHA: 26%
MUN: 26%
FUL: 25%
LEI: 22%
SHU: 21%
ARS: 20%
CPL: 20%
BUR: 16%
WBA: 8%
NEW: 7%
— Abdul Rehman (@FPL_Salah) December 22, 2020

Defenders

Talking of defenders and clean sheets for the FPL Gameweek 15 selection, it’s the in-form Liverpool full-backs Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold who are becoming popular selections in the community. It’s difficult to split the pair and they come in at the same price. Fantasy Football Fix use their powerful algorithm to help us make that important decision.

? Robertson ? TAA when they've been on the pitch together this season

? https://t.co/M2FgCwHrKy pic.twitter.com/LYlS5PytoW
— Fantasy Football Fix (@FantasyFootyFix) December 22, 2020

Midfielders

One midfielder who could capitalise on an injury for his team-mate Danny Ings is Theo Walcott. Southampton have a nice run of fixtures, plus one in the double, so if Danny Ings is out long-term he could roll back the years up front for Southampton. His link up play with Che Adams has been promising, but he’s difficult to trust given his history.

In the four Gameweeks Walcott played up front for Southampton
(GW 8-11) stats from @FFH_HQ

Walcott has the highest the highest xG out of any Southampton player.

A differential while Ings is injured? pic.twitter.com/fwWlTw1FIN
— FPLTIPZ (Harry) (@FPLTIPZ) December 21, 2020

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