How to master FPL: Tips to help you dominate Fantasy Premier League | OneFootball

Fantasy Premier League is live! The popular game is back for the 2025/26 season, with more than 11m people from all over the world having played it last year.

Whether you’re in it to win it or simply love FPL for the challenge, we’re on hand to offer our advice following the game’s relaunch this week.

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Top FPL tips to help you succeed at Fantasy Premier League:

Stay informed

It goes without saying but the better FPL players are usually those engrossed in all things Premier League. Staying up to date with the latest news can lead to the marginal differences you need to climb your mini-league.

Injuries and suspensions throw spanners in the works for FPL bosses, so pay attention to the in-app status of players before confirming your transfers and selections.

However, the data from the official game is not always 100 per cent accurate, so make sure you’re listening out for the Premier League press conferences. They usually take place the day before a game, or on the Friday before the weekend’s action. You can find all the latest info from manager press conferences right here at The Football Faithful.

Plan ahead

Like in a game of chess or billiards, the very best players in FPL are planning more than one step ahead.

One-week punts might seem attractive, but analysing upcoming fixture schedules is essential to long-term success. Throwing in an asset who is at home to a relegation candidate can seem like a good idea until you realise that player’s next five fixtures are all against top-half teams.

With changes this season allowing up to five transfers to be banked, avoiding knee-jerk reactions is more crucial than ever.

Read – Fantasy Premier League announces position changes ahead of 2025/26

Don’t leave too much value on your bench

Your bench options are there for a reason; emergency replacements if someone in the starting lineup fails to feature. But remember: they’re sidelined because you don’t consider them good enough to make your team. So why use too much of your budget on the benchwarmers?

Primarily, your bench should feature budget enablers – so long as they are likely to play if required.

Pay attention to underlying stats

The widespread use of stats in football irks some, as numbers can be used and skewed to justify one’s argument.

In FPL, however, stats can be king. If a player passes the ‘eye test’ and tempts you into a transfer, a quick glance over the numbers will certainly do you no harm before pulling the trigger.

There’s a whole host of in-depth stats available from Premier League-based sources, which can help consolidate your decisions or unearth untapped potential for your team.

Read – Every major FPL change announced so far ahead of next season

Minimise the amount of hits you take

We’ve all been there. A bad week of FPL can make you want to pull hair out and rip up your squad. However, multiple transfers – with the exception of Wildcards and Free Hits – cost FPL players points and that can add up over the long run.

Imagine missing out on your mini-league by a small margin, and thinking back to that gameweek where you went hit crazy. For the most part, extra transfers are not worth the -4 penalty, and being able to bank five free transfers makes a hit even more punitive.

Make your transfers later in the week

Knee-jerk reactions to beat the bandwagon and accrue team value are all too frequent in FPL. It can pay off from time to time, but it makes more sense to wait until closer to the deadline.

Midweek games in cup competitions and Europe can cause havoc if a player picks up an injury that rules them out for the weekend. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of a player hauling in a gameweek and going instantly for the transfer button, but doing so is not always wise.

Keep an eye on price changes

This might contradict our previous point to an extent, but keeping an eye on price changes is important.

Players will increase in price the more they are transferred in in FPL, while their price will decrease if large numbers ship them out. If there is a player you are certain you want to bring in, don’t wait all week and end up frustrated at missing out due to a price change.

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Don’t be too clever when picking a captain

There were scarcely any captaincy dilemmas last season thanks to a certain Mo Salah, who more often than not was handed the armband by FPL managers.

There’s good reason for that, too; the Liverpool star registered 47 goal involvements (29G, 18A), more than any player has ever managed in a single Premier League season.

Sure, outside punts and going against the grain can deliver, but the safest bet is usually the best one. The premium players are premium for a reason.

Use your chips wisely

In a massive change to FPL, this season will see your chips double. Whereas we were previously given one each of the Bench Boost, Free Hit and Triple Captain (in addition to two Wildcards), we will now be handed two for each half of the season.

Make sure you use your first set of chips before the Gameweek 19 deadline or you will lose them. Here’s a breakdown of how each chip works:

This means we don’t have to wait until late in the season, when the blank and double gameweeks starting popping up, to use the majority of our chips. That doesn’t mean you should just activate them willy nilly; use them when you think they will be most effective, e.g. triple captaining Erling Haaland when he’s playing at home against a promoted team.

Ignore allegiances

Refusing to include Manchester City players in your team because you’re a die-hard Manchester United fan? Grow up!

It might be tough to stomach your arch-rivals doing well, but it will be an ever more bitter pill to swallow if your FPL rivals are using that success to bank precious points.

The same can be said for undivided loyalty to players from your own club, transferring them in and holding onto them out of blind faith (yes, admittedly we’ve been guilty of this one before).

It’s a ruthless game, FPL. Put loyalties to the side and focus on gaining points, points, points.

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