Let’s jump to our FPL GW23 Tips with the best picks, fixtures, transfer targets, odds, captain picks, and team selection.
1. Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 23 Tips
- Make sure you are considering double gameweek 24 (Everton and Liverpool will play twice) when planning your transfers and strategy
- Many managers will aim to use a chip in DGW24 – Triple Captaining Salah will be a popular move.
- However – there is a case for using a bench boost in DGW24 as well – especially if you have 2 playing keepers, a full 15 of starters, and would need to bench good players in order to play some Everton assets. If that is your case, you could just bench-boost in GW24.
- There is also a case for triple captaining Salah in GW23 against Ipswich instead of DGW24. DGW24 fixtures looks good on the first glance, but both games are away, and the Bournemouth fixture will be difficult. At home, Bournemouth has 4th lowest xG conceded this (11.35). Everton is worse, with 17.53 xG conceded at home. In contrast, Ipswich conceded 25.8 xG away (3rd worst of all teams). We are not trying to put you off from TC Salah in DGW24. We are saying there is a case for being a bit cautious about this, and presenting an alternative.
- Our view on Foden – he is not a priority transfer, given City’s form and fixtures. In my opinion, if you have him, keep him. But if you do not own him, do not buy him now. But that is just our opinion.
- Our view on Kluivert: he is having an exceptional season, but he banged 3G + 1A in GW22 from just 0.33 xGI – from 3 shots and 3 key passes. He is a very explosive fantasy asset this season, but 49% of his points came in just 3 games! He looks like an asset, where you need to survive a lot of his blanks and hope that he will bang 20 pointer again soon, and rely on penalties. His non-penalty xG this season is just 3.84 (in comparison, Semenyo has 9.07 non-penalty xG). His two 20+ points hauls feels like outliers from a statistical point of view, so he might not get another one this season. We are avoiding him for now due to his unpredictability. We would rather pick more consistent assets at this price point, or players who are proven assets and did “it” in previous seasons.
FPL Reminders
In the next 2 tabs, you can find useful information, as reminders for every gameweek,
| Gameweek | Deadline (UK Time) | |
|---|---|---|
| Second Wildcard Window Opens (Sun 29 Dec 13:01) | ||
| Winter Transfer Window Open (1 January) | ||
| GW 20 | 4 Jan 11:00 (Saturday) | |
| Carabao Cup SF 1L (8 January) | ||
| FA Cup 3rd Round (11 January - Saturday) | ||
| GW 21 | 14 Jan 18:00 (Tuesday) | |
| GW 22 | 18 Jan 11:00 (Saturday) | |
| UCL Matchday 7 (21-22 January) | ||
| GW 23 | 25 Jan 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| UCL Matchday 8 (29 January) | ||
| Assistant Manager Chip will become available from GW24 | ||
| GW 24 | 1 Feb 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| Winter Transfer Window Close (3 February) | ||
| Carabao Cup SF 2L (5 February) | ||
| FA Cup 4th Round (8 February - Saturday) | ||
| UCL Matchday 9 - Play Offs 1stR (11-12 February) | ||
| GW 25 | 15 Feb 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| UCL Matchday 10 - Play Offs 2ndR (18-19 February) | ||
| GW 26 | 22 Feb 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| GW 27 | 25 Feb 18:15 (Tuesday) | |
| FA Cup 5th Round (1 March - Saturday) | ||
| UCL Matchday 11 - R16 1stR (4-5 March) | ||
| GW 28 | 8 Mar 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| UCL Matchday 12 - R16 2ndR (4-5 March) | ||
| GW 29 (blank) | 15 Mar 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| Carabao Cup Final (16 March - Sun) | ||
| International Break (17–25 March) | ||
| FA Cup QF (29 March - Sat) | ||
| GW 30 | 1 Apr 18:15 (Tuesday) | |
| GW 31 | 5 Apr 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| UCL Matchday 13 - QF 1stR (8-9 April) | ||
| GW 32 | 12 Apr 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| UCL Matchday 14 - QF 2ndR (15-16 April) | ||
| GW 33 (likely double) | 19 Apr 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| GW 34 (blank) | 26 Apr 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| FA Cup SF (26 April - Sat) | ||
| UCL Matchday 15 - SF 1stR (29-30 April) | ||
| GW 35 | 3 May 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| UCL Matchday 16 - SF 2ndR (6-7 May) | ||
| GW 36 (likely double) | 10 May 13:30 (Saturday) | |
| FA Cup Final (17 May - Sat) | ||
| GW 37 (unlikely blank) | 18 May 13:30 (Sunday) | |
| Europa League Final (21 May) | ||
| GW 38 | 25 May 14:30 (Sunday) | |
| Conference League Final (28 May 2025) | ||
| UCL Matchday 17 - Final (31 May) | ||
| International Break (2–10 June) | ||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup (14 June – 6 July) | ||
| 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (June 15 - July 13) | ||
| GW1 Premier League 2025/26 | 16 August 2025 (Saturday) |
2. FPL Gameweek 23 Transfer Tips and Key Players to pick
Key players to pick
- Salah – the best player in the game, your captain in both next gameweeks
- Palmer – second best player in the game, its that easy
- Gabriel/Raya – have at least one Arsenal defensive player
- TAA/VVD/Alison
- Isak, Wood – both very close, all are talismans for their teams.
- Mbeumo – the key man for Brentford, can deliver in any match, fixtures do not really matter
Transfer targets
- Mykolenko, Pickford – when planning for DGW24, especially if you will bench boost in GW24
- Gakpo – could be a nice differential in the next 2 gameweeks, have his rest in UCL, but hard to predict how many minutes he will play in next 3 games
- Watkins/Rogers – next 3 fixtures for Villans are appealing
- Munoz/Eze/Sarr/Mitchell – Crystal Palace with appealing fixture run up to GW31
- Gordon, Hall – to field next to Isak, or Murphy as differential
- Wood, Sels, Aina
3. Fixtures to target in FPL GW23
In which fixtures we could expect a lot of fantasy points? These are the fixtures to target in Gameweek 22 according to bookies odds.
- Liverpool vs. Ipswich: Liverpool 89 % to win, 66 % to score 2.5+ goal
- Southampton vs. Newcastle: Newcastle 69 % to win, 44 % to score 2.5+ goal
- Tottenham vs. Leicester: Spurs 67 % to win, 46 % to score 2.5+ goal
- Wolves vs. Arsenal: Wolves 66 % to win, 34 % to score 2.5+ goals
Find 2.5+ goals odds for all teams in our article: Premier League Over 2.5 Goals Odds.
4. Best captain pick in Gameweek 23
It is hard to look past Salah as your GW23 captain. And our captaincy index agrees.
If you are looking for other options, consider Gakpo (who had a rest in UCL), Isak, Watkins or Son.
5. What bookies odds say about Gameweek 23
As usual, we converted bookies odds into probabilities using our Odds to probability calculator, to assess the potential of gameweek 23.
Clean sheet odds for GW23
Liverpool (53 %) is the most likely team to keep a clean sheet in GW23. Bookies also favor Arsenal (43 %) and Brighton (40 %) to potentially keep a clean sheet in GW23.
Bookies expect 4.68 clean sheets in this Gameweek of FPL.
In the last season (2023/24), we were used to a rate of 4.13 clean sheets per gameweek. (A big decline in comparison to 2022/23 season when we saw 5.45 clean sheets per gameweek!)
So far this season we have seen 4.4 clean sheets per gameweek.
Expected clean sheets
Due to correction in the number of clean sheets: Nottingham, Everton
Nottingham overperformed their defensive expectations the most of all teams. They should have kept 4.57 clean sheets instead of 9 according to our expected clean sheets table.
Due to an improvement in the number of clean sheets: Man. City, Aston Villa
Man. City underperformed their defensive expectations the most from all teams. They should have kept 7.87 clean sheets instead of 5 according to our expected clean sheets table.
You can see the expected clean sheets table and clean sheet odds for all Premier League teams here.
Goalscoring odds for GW23
Check who leads any time goalscoring odds for GW23 here: Premier League Goalsocring Odds.
6. FPL GW23 Team selection: Scout Picks
Now let’s look at our FPL team selection for Gameweek 23. Salah is our captain.
7. Fantasy Premier League Tips
Find more tips, strategies and picks for Fantasy Premier League in these articles:
- Beginner? Read our guide: How to play Fantasy Premier League
- Confused about the rules? Read the Official rules of the game or check our FAQs
- Want to beat your mini-league rivals? This article is for you: 7 Key Tips for Fantasy Premier League Success
- Interested in improving your decision-making process when picking players to your fantasy team? Check out Books that will help you to improve your FPL skills
We hope our FPL GW23 tips with the best picks, fixtures, transfer targets, odds, captain picks, and team selection helped you to gather some useful information before the Gameweek 23 deadline.
Good luck in FPL GW23!
