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How the game works and how to play it well — scoring, chips, fixtures and strategy.
Transfers
The budget enablers guide
How to find cheap, playing sub-£5.0m defenders and midfielders — the enablers that fund your premiums — using minutes, role and price tiers.
Basics
Building your Gameweek 1 squad
How to structure your opening Fantasy Premier League team — budget, the three-per-club rule, bench strategy and the template-versus-differential balance.
Tools
Expected points explained
What expected points (xPts) and expected minutes (xMins) mean, why minutes drive everything, and how our planner uses them to rank players.
Strategy
Fixture difficulty explained
What FDR really measures, how to read the fixture difficulty grid, and how to use fixture swings to time your transfers and captaincy.
Chips
FPL chips explained
What the Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost and Triple Captain actually do, and the situations where each one wins you the most points.
Scoring
How FPL scoring works
A full walkthrough of Fantasy Premier League points — goals, assists, clean sheets, defensive contribution, bonus and the deductions that quietly cost you.
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