Gameweek 33 · April 17, 2026

GW33

Predicted xPts: 140.8  ·  Chip: Free Hit  ·  Hits: 0  ·  Bank: £1.5m  ·  FT: 2  ·  Plan: FH(33)→BB(35)→TC(36)  ·  Consensus: 20/20 top strategies

GW33 plays the Free Hit to field an optimised one-week squad without burning the underlying team, with heavy Bournemouth and Chelsea stacking driving a squad xPts of 140.8 and a simulated mean of 191 points. Rayan leads the captaincy at 13.4 xPts, the highest projection in the side, backed by the Bournemouth fixture and his underlying form. The chip sequence targets the season run-in: the Free Hit bridges to a Bench Boost in GW35 and Triple Captain in GW36, reserving the two highest-value chips for fixtures where depth and a single premium performer can be maximised simultaneously.

Transfers

  Player Pos xPts
IN Rayan MID 13.4
IN Calvert-Lewin FWD 13.0
IN Senesi DEF 12.2
IN Cucurella DEF 11.2
IN Enzo MID 11.1
IN Ampadu MID 10.8
IN Haaland FWD 10.8
IN Sánchez GKP 10.6
IN Anthony MID 10.8
IN Aït-Nouri DEF 10.2
IN Groß MID 10.1
IN Struijk DEF 9.7
IN Welbeck FWD 9.4
OUT Virgil
OUT Gabriel
OUT Alderete
OUT Rogers
OUT Gordon
OUT Rice
OUT B.Fernandes
OUT Semenyo
OUT Bowen
OUT João Pedro
OUT Henderson
OUT Thiago
OUT Thiaw

Starting XI

Player Pos Team xPts xMin Own%
Sánchez GKP CHE 10.6 159 12.4%
Hill (vc) DEF BOU 13.2 180 9.3%
Senesi DEF BOU 12.2 166 24.7%
Cucurella DEF CHE 11.2 163 16.5%
Aït-Nouri DEF MCI 10.2 166 4.3%
Rayan © MID BOU 13.4 160 1.9%
Enzo MID CHE 11.1 174 13.0%
Ampadu MID LEE 10.8 169 0.7%
Anthony MID BUR 10.8 164 2.1%
Calvert-Lewin FWD LEE 13.0 149 13.5%
Haaland FWD MCI 10.8 147 61.4%
Total     127.4    

Bench

Slot Player Pos Team xPts
0 Dúbravka GKP BUR 10.0
1 Groß MID BHA 10.1
2 Struijk DEF LEE 9.7
3 Welbeck FWD BHA 9.4

Strategy Outlook

# Strategy Mean P10 P50 P90
1 Free Hit@GW33 → Bench Boost@GW35 → Triple Captain@GW36 191.48 165.0 191.0 218.0
2 Free Hit@GW33 → Bench Boost@GW35 → Triple Captain@GW36 188.18 163.0 188.0 214.1
3 Free Hit@GW33 → Bench Boost@GW35 → Triple Captain@GW36 190.61 165.0 189.5 218.0
4 Free Hit@GW33 → Triple Captain@GW34 → Bench Boost@GW35 193.67 167.0 192.5 219.0
5 Free Hit@GW33 → Triple Captain@GW34 → Bench Boost@GW35 188.34 162.0 187.0 216.0

Season

GW Chip Points Overall Rank
1 65 1,743,774
2 31 6,409,688
3 Bench Boost 65 3,046,843
4 52 4,835,813
5 51 3,769,183
6 56 3,175,586
7 62 3,412,363
8 64 3,237,821
9 51 3,017,214
10 65 3,295,450
11 44 3,072,039
12 31 3,547,273
13 36 3,542,508
14 63 3,655,117
15 40 4,144,766
16 50 4,740,870
17 76 4,625,556
18 Triple Captain 43 4,700,075
19 40 4,728,380
20 62 4,045,398
21 52 4,091,137
22 38 4,128,079
23 35 4,449,215
24 50 4,648,697
25 64 4,562,125
26 77 4,018,405
27 38 4,297,042
28 65 4,062,282
29 58 4,054,109
30 48 3,974,547
31 36 4,150,343
32 Wildcard 71 3,636,989
GW1–32   1679