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FPL Free Hit: Deploy Bruno, Gabriel Before Friday Deadline.

4/24/2026

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Scout Recommends

FPL managers must set their BGW34 squads by 18:30 BST on Friday 24 April.
AFC Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Leeds United and Manchester City have no fixture, so their players score zero.
The Scout recommends using the Free Hit chip with Bruno Fernandes (£10.3m) and Gabriel (£7.1m).
Recent form shows Mohamed Salah (£14.0m) earned 9.0 points in his last three starts and Ollie Watkins (£8.6m) scored 16 points in DGW33.

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Fernandes Captains

Bruno Fernandes captured 61% of votes to lead the GW34 captaincy poll.
Morgan Gibbs-White posted the highest recent expected goals (xG) at 2.52, ahead of Watkins (2.41) and Fernandes (2.23).
Liverpool have an 89% chance of at least one goal and a 48% chance of two-plus in GW34.
Aston Villa have an 83% chance of a goal and a 27% chance of multiple goals in GW34.

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Arsenal Fixture Edge

RotoWire's Fixture Difficulty Ranker rates Arsenal as having the strongest fixture run from Gameweek 34 to Gameweek 38.
It lists Arsenal matches versus Newcastle, Fulham, West Ham, Burnley and Crystal Palace as winnable.
It notes Tottenham’s schedule improves with games against Wolves, Aston Villa, Leeds, Chelsea and Everton despite under-performance.
The analysis warns managers that template picks may miss these fixture advantages and advises aligning transfers with the identified schedule strengths.

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Scout Recommends

FPL managers must set their BGW34 squads by 18:30 BST on Friday 24 April.
AFC Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Leeds United and Manchester City have no fixture, so their players score zero.
The Scout recommends using the Free Hit chip with Bruno Fernandes (£10.3m) and Gabriel (£7.1m).
Recent form shows Mohamed Salah (£14.0m) earned 9.0 points in his last three starts and Ollie Watkins (£8.6m) scored 16 points in DGW33.

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