FPL Gameweek 5 Tips: Time to Plan Ahead?

Gameweek 5 looks set to test Fantasy Premier League managers with some tough fixtures across the board.

You can explore all the head-to-head stats for every team in the Match Stats tool.

Liverpool take on a defensively solid Everton, while in-form Spurs travel to Brighton. Bournemouth’s strong start faces a tough test against Newcastle, and Arsenal meet Man City before both sides move into a kinder run of fixtures.

With so many difficult matchups, this could be a week to hold off on major moves and plan ahead instead.

In fact, several of our Elite XI: Team Reveal managers – boasting 80× Top 10k finishes – are already eyeing the Wildcard in Gameweek 6.

Here are the key FPL tips you need to know for Gameweek 5 👇

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Top FPL Tips for Gameweek 5

⏰ Gameweek 5 Deadline

11:00, Saturday, September 20

📈 Most Popular FPL Transfers

1️⃣ Semenyo - 769,553
2️⃣ Van de Ven - 356,229
3️⃣ Haaland - 353,054
4️⃣ Guéhi - 340,329
5️⃣ Palmer - 286,215

👉 Who To Target: Guehi vs Van de Ven

🚩 High-Owned FPL Players Flagged

• Wan-Bissaka (12.0%) - Abdominal injury - Expected back 29 Sept
• Aït-Nouri (10.8%) - Knock - 25% chance of playing
• Aina (7.6%) - Hamstring injury - Expected back 13 Dec
  

🧢 FPL Gameweek 5 Captaincy Candidates

1️⃣ M. Salah - 6.1 predicted points
2️⃣ Virgil - 5.3 predicted points
3️⃣ Gakpo - 4.9 predicted points

👉 Top 3 FPL Captain Picks for Gameweek 5 - including a differential

🤔 What’s the Best Free Hit FPL Team for Gameweek 5?

The Algorithm has crunched the numbers and revealed its optimal squad — built to maximise points in Gameweek 5.

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🔄 Are the Elite XI: Team Reveal Managers Using a Chip?

It looks like one or two could be ready to push the Wildcard button soon, but not in Gameweek 5:

• Tom Dollimore (World Number 1 Manager) – “...probably rolling another free transfer, likely I will Wildcard in Gameweek 6."
  
• Mark Mansfield (7× Top 10k finishes) – “l will likely deal with some more problems going by the names of Salah and Watkins next week. I will keep an open mind about Wildcard Gameweek 6”
  

You can sign up for notifications for each manager to be alerted if they do play their Wildcards in Gameweek 6, and also get updates whenever they make changes to their drafts — all inside the Elite XI: Team Reveal tool.

⭐ Top FPL Players for Gameweek 5

Check out some of our other must-read FPL content for this week:

👉 Top 5 Key Players for Gameweek 5

👉 Going Against the Template? These Gameweek 5 Differentials Could Pay Off

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