Double Gameweek 35 is here and we are heading to the finish of the 2023/24 Fantasy Premier League season. You need to adjust your strategy to your goal.
Do you lead your mini-league?
Then you should play it safe and pick a template team.
Do you chase your mini-league rivals?
Then, perhaps, is time to adjust your FPL strategy and prepare for the last attack.
Let’s jump to our FPL GW35 Tips, with the best picks, fixtures to target, transfer targets, captain, odds & team selection for Double Gameweek 35.
Just to remind you, Spurs and Chelsea play twice in GW35.
1. Fantasy Premier League Double Gameweek 35 Tips
Let’s start with our key notes and ideas for GW35 of FPL.
- If you have not activated your wildcard until now, GW35 is perfect opportunity – gameweek 35 wildcard allows you to prepare your squad for DGW35 and DGW37
- Even if you are on a wildcard, you do not need to go for the full 15 players of GW37 double gameweekers. Give some thoughts and considerations to keeping great single gameweek assets such as Gabriel, Saka (you will want Arsenal players in GW36), Salah, Watkins (he is the top scoring player in the game, do not overlook him)
- Similarly, you do not need 6 Spurs and Chelsea players for DGW35. If you are on a wildcard, going with 3-5 is totally fine. If you are not on a wildcard, having just 2-3 double gameweek players is fine as well.
- What I mean is, that do not compromise your selection of best players just because other players have double gameweeks
What to do with Arsenal players if you are on the GW35 wildcard?
Arsenal has just 4 games until the end of the season, while other teams have 5 or 6 (Spurs, Chelsea).
- For us, it is perfectly fine to keep Arsenal players in your team (even 3 of them, and even if you are on wildcard) despite they have no double gameweek until the end of the season
- Arsenal has the lowest xG conceded and the most clean sheets of all teams. So, even their defenders who have just 4 games could outscore Chelsea and Spurs defenders with 6 games until the end of the season.
- Just let’s look at ppm (points per match). Raya is averaging 4.3 points per match, while Petrovič 2.8 ppm and Vicario 3.1 ppm. That gives us the expected output of 17.2 points in 4 games for Raya, 16.8 points in 6 games for Petrovič, and 18.6 points in 6 games for Vicario. So the difference is small, despite Spurs and Chelsea having 50% more games until the end of the season.
Continue reading in our article: Are Chelsea and Spurs players worth it over Arsenal players on GW35 wildcard?
2. Key players to own and transfer targets for GW35
Key players
- Palmer – your GW35 (triple) captain
- Isak + Gordon – if on wildcard, we would double up on Newcastle attack
- Foden
Potential transfer targets:
- Petrovič
- Son – differential captain
- Gusto
- Haaland – if he is confirmed fit
- Schar
- Bruno Fernandes – in solid form, good fixtures for United + double gameweek in GW37
3. Fixtures to target in FPL Double Gameweek 35
In which fixtures we could expect a lot of fantasy points? Fixtures to target in double GW35 according to bookies odds:
- Nottingham vs. Manchester City: Citizens 73 % to win, 47 % to score 2.5+ goals
- Newcastle vs. Sheffield: Newcastle 71 % to win, 47 % to score 2.5+ goals
- Manchester United vs. Burnley: The Red Devils 68 % to win, 41 % to score 2.5+ goals
- West Ham vs. Liverpool: Liverpool 63 % to win, 41 % to score 2.5+ goals
Find 2.5+ goals odds for all teams in our article: Premier League Over 2.5 Goals Odds.
4. Updated watchlists: Best players to pick in Double Gameweek 35 and beyond
We also looked at players from each position: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards and updated our watchlists.
We examine which players are best picks in each price bracket: budget enablers, midpriced picks, and premium options. Check our watchlists with our ratings and comments here:
- Best FPL goalkeepers to pick in Gameweek 35 (Watchlist)
- Best FPL defenders to pick in Gameweek 35 (Watchlist)
- Best FPL midfielders to pick in Gameweek 35 Watchlist)
- Best FPL forwards to pick in Gameweek 35 (Watchlist)
5. Who is the best captain in FPL GW35?
According to our captaincy index, Palmer is the best captain in FPL Gameweek 35 with a captaincy index score of 2.14.
Son (captaincy index score 1.77) is the number 2 captaincy pick and Fernandes (1.77) is number 3.
6. What bookies odds say about GW35
As usual, we converted bookies odds into probabilities using our Odds to probability calculator, to assess the potential of gameweek 35.
Clean sheet odds for GW35
Manchester City (45 %) has the highest chance of a clean sheet in GW35. Bookies also favor Manchester United (39 %) and Newcaslte (37 %) to keep a clean sheet in GW35.
Bookies expect 4.51 clean sheets in gameweek 35 in the last season, we were used to a rate of 5.45 per clean sheets gameweek. This season we have seen clean sheets at the rate of 4.08 clean sheets per gameweek.
Clean sheet probabilities for double gameweek teams
| CS Odds Match 1 | CS Odds Match 2 | At least 1 CS | Two CS prob. | Expected CS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 18% | 17% | 32% | 3% | 0.35 |
| Spurs | 16% | 11% | 25% | 2% | 0.27 |
Expected clean sheets
Due to correction in the number of clean sheets: Everton, Arsenal
Everton overperformed their defensive expectations the most of all teams. They should have kept 7.37 clean sheets instead of 1 according to our expected clean sheets table.
Due to an improvement in the number of clean sheets: Chelsea, Sheffield
Chelsea underperformed their defensive expectations the most from all teams. They should have kept 9.62 clean sheets instead of 6 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 GW35
Check who leads any time goalscoring odds for GW35 here: Premier League Goalsocring Odds.
7. FPL GW35 Team selection
Now let’s look at our FPL team selection for Gameweek 35 Wildcard – Scout squad. Palmer is our captain.
8. 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 GW35 tips with the best picks, fixtures, transfer targets, odds, captain picks, and team selection helped you to gather some useful information before the Gameweek 35 deadline.
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Good luck in FPL GW35!
