We are approaching the second half of the season in Fantasy Premier League which is typical with double and blank gameweeks later on. This opens great opportunities to use chips and gain extra fantasy points. What are potentially the best chip strategies for the second half of the FPL 2024/25 season?
Your strategy 100 % depends on how many chips you have left… Without further ado, let’s jump into some of our early thoughts.
Potential FPL Chip Strategies
Remember, the best chip strategy is very team-dependent. The strategy that might be the best for my FPL team, might not be the best strategy for your FPL team. It all depends on the current shape of your FPL team, and how many chips you have left
If you have Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost, Triple Captain
WC31/32 + TC32 + BB33 + FH34
- Wildcard to clean up the mess after blank gameweek 29
- TC Isak
- Load up on Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Man. City, Aston Villa, Arsenal on Wildcard and Free Hit them out (except Newcastle) in BGW34
WC31/32 + BB/TC32+ FH33
- load up on Newcastle, Liverpool, Nottingham, Chelsea on Wildcard (teams tha play in BGW34) + bench Crystal Palace players in GW34
- use free hit in GW33 to have Arsenal, Palace, Man. City, Aston Villa players for one week only
TC32 + FH33 + WC37 + BB38
- late wildcard to deal with potential blank and double in 36/37 – but a lot of unknown about it currently
What to do with ASM Chip
- could an opportunity to use it now in the GW32-34 range but it would block you from TC on Isak, or FH in 34 (range GW31-33 was more suitable)
- or you just use all your chips now, and leave ASM for the end of the season GW35-37 or GW36-38
Upcoming blank and double gameweeks
- You can check our FPL calendar to see the schedule in the bigger picture.
- Read more: When is the next blank and double gameweek in FPL?
Triple captain
Some FPL managers used their Triplce captain chip early in a single gameweek. If you still have this chip, you have many options for where to use it. The disadvantage is that you can have active only one chip in one gameweek, so you cannot combine it with other chips.
That’s why you should aim to use triple captain on a double gameweek, where you do not aim to use other powerful chips – Wildcard, Free Hit or Bench Boost.
Further reading: When to use Triple Captain in FPL?
Bench Boost
Ideally, you should aim to use Bench Boost in a double gameweek soon after the Wildcard – where you still have playing players on your bench and not many injuries and non-playing players. Also, bench boost is ideal for double gameweeks, where bottom-half teams with cheap players play twice.
Further reading:
Free Hit
When you use a free hit chip, consider this:
- If you use it in a blank gameweek where big teams have blank, the points potential is low, as bottom-half teams do not tend to score many fantasy points
- If you use it in a double gameweek (where big teams have double), the points potential is huge
However!
You should always assess the potential o a free hit in terms of difference against your original team and then decide, whether to use it in a blank gameweek or in a double gameweek.
So always consider:
- How many points can I gain against my non-free hit team, if I use free hit in this blank gameweek (GW29, GW34)?
- How many points can I gain against my non-free hit team, if I use it in this double gameweek (GW33)?
Of course, it also depends on the overall chip strategy and when you will use your other chips, and how they influence the shape of your FPL squad. Always have a big picture in mind, when considering using free hit chip.
Further reading: When to use Free Hit in FPL?
Wildcard
Read more: When to use wildcard in FPL?
Conclusion
Do not forget that every manager has a different team, so a chip strategy that might be the best solution for one manager does not have to be best for another manager with a completely different FPL team.
