FPL Q&A with FPL Heisenberg - send us your questions before 18:00 BST deadline

Summary

Recap of all the key Fantasy Premier League talking points before gameweek 37
This week's deadline is 18:00 BST tonight!
Wes Prickett is a proven FPL manager with seven finishes inside the top 30k in the overall rankings - with a best finish of 836th in the world
Top stories: Havertz could return for Arsenal after long-term injury & 'too early' to decide if Alexander-Arnold will play
Premier League team news: Rice, Trossard, Martinelli and Timber updates | O'Brien fit for Everton | Botman a doubt, Trippier is unlikely to feature, update on Joelinton | Chiesa | Dunk back, Mitoma and Rutter latest | Walker-Peters | Lukic & Robinson

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The key FPL tips for gameweek 37published at 16:59 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A with FPL Heisenberg
With that, we have come to the end of the Q&A with our FPL expert FPL Heisenberg.
If you have missed it, here's some of the topics that we discussed over the past hour and a half.
And remember - the deadline is in just one hour so don’t forget to click save on those transfers:
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ICYMI: Who is in and out - FPL team newspublished at 16:58 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A with FPL Heisenberg
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Need to catch up on today's big team news?
Well, Arsenal's Kai Havertz is nearing a long-awaited return from his hamstring injury.
It would be a risky transfer though as Gunners boss Mikel Arteta said that he would decide on Saturday what part - if any - the German forward might be able to play in Sunday's game at home to Newcastle.
Arteta also said that Declan Rice, Leonardo Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli and Jurrien Timber will be assessed tomorrow.
Magpies defender Sven Botman is a doubt, while Kieran Trippier is unlikely to feature.
Elsewhere, Brighton's Lewis Dunk is back available and his defensive team-mate Igor Julio will be part of the squad to face Liverpool on Monday, while the Seagulls' Kauru Mitoma has a "minor issue".
Arne Slot says it is "too early" to say if Trent Alexander-Arnold will feature at the Amex Stadium.
Everton's Jake O'Brien has recovered from a knee injury and is "fit and available" to face Southampton in the final men's league game at Goodison Park.
- Check out the summary at the top of this page for more team news.
Gameweek 37's fixtures & deadlinepublished at 16:53 British Summer Time
All kick-off times in BST
Premier League
OK, our FPL Q&A is coming to a close.
Here is a reminder that this week's deadline for transfers is 18:00 BST, before tonight's Premier League double-header:
Friday, 16 May
- Aston Villa v Tottenham (19:30)
- Chelsea v Man Utd (20:15)
Sunday, 18 May
- Everton v Southampton (12:00)
- West Ham v Nottm Forest (14:15)
- Brentford v Fulham (15:00)
- Leicester v Ipswich (15:00)
- Arsenal v Newcastle (16:30)
Monday, 19 May
- Brighton v Liverpool (20:00)
Tuesday, 20 May
- Crystal Palace v Wolves (20:00)
- Man City v Bournemouth (20:00)
Listen to the latest Fantasy 606 podcastpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time
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Postpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time
Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter
Thank you so much for your questions, some real belters there.
Hope FPL Heisenberg's tips have given you plenty of food for thought.
'You should consider some more left field picks like Beto or Vardy'published at 16:47 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
Isaac from Oxford: My rank is terrible so I'm chasing some big scores in the final two weeks, thoughts on: Bowen for Salah, Watkins for Strand Larsen and captain Watkins?
Hi Isaac, these moves I love. Bowen is on fire and Watkins faces Spurs at home.
I expect those moves to work well for you.
The only caveat is you said you were chasing massively. Therefore, you should consider some more left-field picks like Beto/Vardy and Enciso, who have great fixtures this week and will be more differential than Watkins and Bowen.
To be clear, I prefer Watkins and Bowen... but the examples I gave will be more differential.
Postpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time
Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter
OK, Isaac from Oxford has the honour of posing the final question of this week's Q&A.
Over to you Isaac...
'A lot will get Watkins in particular'published at 16:45 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
Luke: Hi, I’m narrowly top of a mini league (20 points in front). I know I should sit with what I have but I assume the others will be bringing Watkins and/or Palmer in. Considering taking a -4 and dumping Salah and Marmoush to bring them both in and then Triple Captain Watkins. What do you think? I can’t afford either without selling Salah and taking a -4.
Yes, good idea to block others and I think a lot will get Watkins in particular. So, yes, get both, block people and the Triple Captain Watkins, which should secure you your mini-league win.
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'You don't need to double up with Milenkovic'published at 16:42 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
What do you think of Forest's defensive assets this week? Currently have Milenkovic benched for O'Brien but Sels in for Alisson.
Yeah I agree with this 100%. O'Brien vs Southampton has to start and then out of your goalkeepers you've made the correct choice too.
You've got the Forest clean sheet covered, you don't need to double up with Milenkovic too.
'Your bench order, I'd swap that around'published at 16:39 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
I am five points behind my uncle in our family league after finishing third from bottom last season. Made my transfer of Isak to Watkins, just unsure over starting Bowen or Mac Allister, what do you reckon?
Tell Unc you're coming for him!
I'd start Bowen over Mac Allister. With your bench order I'd swap that around though. Move Mac Allister to first sub, Guehi second sub and Schar third sub.
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'I don't think I'd bench Haaland if I had him'published at 16:38 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
Paul: Seems crazy to leave a player of Haaland's value on the bench, but is it worth the risk?
Hmm, I don't think I'd bench Haaland if I had him. Your other midfielders and forward must be super strong to consider that.
Haaland is a nice differential for now and although he's off the back of an injury I'd still play him as I know he's capable of scoring braces and hat-tricks with ease.
'I'd bench Kerkez away to Man City'published at 16:36 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
Luke: Please help me decide on a back three out of these four players - Van Dijk, Mykolenko, Coady, and Kerkez. Need to make up a 15-point lead this week!
Out of those four based on the fixtures I'd bench Kerkez away to Manchester City, simply because that is the most difficult fixture for the clean sheet, in my opinion.
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'Wissa unfortunately will have to miss out'published at 16:34 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
I have the dilemma of choosing two of these three (I'm on a Free Hit): Rogers, Eze, Wissa. Already own Mbuemo and Watkins. Who misses out?
I'd go for Eze and Rogers, meaning Wissa unfortunately will have to miss out.
All great options but Rogers vs a poor Spurs side and Eze's form mean that I favour those two.
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Postpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time
Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter
I mentioned my FPL nightmare of sticking with Haaland over Salah, well I also plumped for Wissa over Mbuemo.
Both Brentford players have scooped plenty of points this season, but Bryan has just had the edge over his team-mate...
The view from Fantasy 606 - team in focuspublished at 16:29 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A with FPL Heisenberg
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The manager of our listeners’ team this week, Scott, has decided to bring Jamie Vardy into the squad for his final game for Leicester at home to Ipswich.
We already know he won’t feature in the last game of the season away to Bournemouth but the romantic narrative of Vardy scoring his 200th goal in his 500th game for the club has been too strong to resist.
It also leaves a handy £2.7m in the bank for the next manager to use in the last gameweek of the season.
The team already has Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins in place for Aston Villa against Tottenham tonight but Scott has decided to give the armband to Bryan Mbeumo for Brentford’s home game against Fulham.
The listeners are 58 points off top spot in the Fantasy 606 mini-league so the title now looks like a long shot but that’s some effort from them this season given that it’s a different listener who manages the team each week so it’s obviously very tricky to coordinate strategy and the longer-term approach.
Next season we’re planning to have a UK listeners’ team and a Rest of the World listeners’ team just to set up a bit of extra competition in the mini-league so if you’d like to come on the podcast and have a go at managing either of those teams, depending on where you come from, then send us an email on fantasy606@bbc.co.uk
Second in the world tops the BBC Sport leaguepublished at 16:28 British Summer Time
Alistair Bruce-Ball
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live
It looks like the winner of the prestigious BBC Sport league is going to be our maths teacher from Lancashire, Max Littleproud.
He’s now got a 65-point lead with two gameweeks to go and is currently ranked 2nd in the world.
He took the risk of selling Mo Salah for Kevin Schade in gameweek 36 so he could bring Erling Haaland in to captain him away to Southampton – it didn’t quite come off although Schade did his bit by scoring again for Brentford but Max still managed 72 points to continue what’s been a remarkable season for him.
You can see the full BBC Sport table here, external.
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The view from Fantasy 606 podcastpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A with FPL Heisenberg
Alistair Bruce-Ball
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live
We’re at the point in the season where the FPL advice you’re looking for really needs to be tailor-made for your individual situation – whether you’re holding onto a lead in a mini-league or chasing to catch up, whether you’re trying to win a game against a specific opponent in a cup or a head-to-head league, or whether you’re just trying to climb the overall rankings.
That’s where a Q&A session like this one can work so well.
We agreed on the Fantasy 606 podcast this week though that tonight’s Premier League games can definitely be targetted with both Tottenham and Manchester United looking vulnerable as their main focus is now on next week’s Europa League final in Bilbao.
That makes the likes of Ollie Watkins, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer very desirable assets but if you’re also looking for a differential in those games then you could get lucky if you land on the right one from the likes of Marco Asensio, John McGinn, Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto or Noni Madueke.
I particularly like Neto out of that lot and he might even be starting through the middle for Chelsea with Nicolas Jackson suspended.
I wouldn’t be bothering with transfers on goalkeepers or defenders at this point because you’re more likely to get your big points hauls further up the field.
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'If you have the money, go Mateta to Isak'published at 16:23 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
Just wanted to know what changes to make! I had a terrible last week, thank you.
Start Palmer over Murphy. If you have the money, go Mateta to Isak.
If not, Murphy to Rogers and player Rogers over Mateta.
Captain whichever Villa asset you end up getting out of Rogers and Watkins, or consider Palmer.
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Postpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time
Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter
A 'hail Mary' captain...I bet there will be a few of those this week.
A Triple Captain claiming a four-goal haul wouldn't come close to fixing my team.
Sadly I stuck with Haaland when everyone else jumped on the Salah bandwagon. Doh!
My season was over by December...
'If you need a hail mary captain then you can go for Beto'published at 16:18 British Summer Time
FPL Q&A
FPL Heisenberg
Fantasy Premier League expert with seven top-30k finishes
Anon: Decided to take a risk with the Beto differential this week to gain a few spots in the table. Now the big question is who do I captain?
Love the Beto gamble - he's a player I wanted for my own team this week but couldn't squeeze him in! If you need a 'hail Mary' captain then you can go for Beto. Looking at all your midfielders and forwards, he's the one with the best fixture too.

Premier League Table

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Liverpool	36	25	8	3	83	37	46	83	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
2 Arsenal	36	18	14	4	66	33	33	68	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
3 Newcastle United	36	20	6	10	68	45	23	66	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
4 Manchester City	36	19	8	9	67	43	24	65	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
5 Chelsea	36	18	9	9	62	43	19	63	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
6 Aston Villa	36	18	9	9	56	49	7	63	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
7 Nottingham Forest	36	18	8	10	56	44	12	62	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
8 Brentford	36	16	7	13	63	53	10	55	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
9 Brighton & Hove Albion	36	14	13	9	59	56	3	55	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
10 AFC Bournemouth	36	14	11	11	55	43	12	53	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
11 Fulham	36	14	9	13	51	50	1	51	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
12 Crystal Palace	36	12	13	11	46	48	-2	49	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
13 Everton	36	9	15	12	39	44	-5	42	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	12	5	19	51	64	-13	41	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
15 West Ham United	36	10	10	16	42	59	-17	40	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
16 Manchester United	36	10	9	17	42	53	-11	39	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
17 Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	5	20	63	59	4	38	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
18 Ipswich Town	36	4	10	22	35	77	-42	22	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
19 Leicester City	36	5	7	24	31	78	-47	22	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
20 Southampton	36	2	6	28	25	82	-57	12	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw

Key

Position 1 - 5 : UEFA Champions League
Position 6 : UEFA Europa League
Position 18 - 20 : Relegation

Last Updated 15th May 2025 at 14:34

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

The key Fantasy Premier League talking points and team news before 18:00 BST deadline

Summary

Live Reporting

The key FPL tips for gameweek 37published at 16:59 British Summer Time

ICYMI: Who is in and out - FPL team newspublished at 16:58 British Summer Time

Gameweek 37's fixtures & deadlinepublished at 16:53 British Summer Time

Listen to the latest Fantasy 606 podcastpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time

'You should consider some more left field picks like Beto or Vardy'published at 16:47 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time

'A lot will get Watkins in particular'published at 16:45 British Summer Time

'You don't need to double up with Milenkovic'published at 16:42 British Summer Time

'Your bench order, I'd swap that around'published at 16:39 British Summer Time

'I don't think I'd bench Haaland if I had him'published at 16:38 British Summer Time

'I'd bench Kerkez away to Man City'published at 16:36 British Summer Time

'Wissa unfortunately will have to miss out'published at 16:34 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time

The view from Fantasy 606 - team in focuspublished at 16:29 British Summer Time

Second in the world tops the BBC Sport leaguepublished at 16:28 British Summer Time

The view from Fantasy 606 podcastpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time

'If you have the money, go Mateta to Isak'published at 16:23 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time

'If you need a hail mary captain then you can go for Beto'published at 16:18 British Summer Time

Premier League Scores and fixtures

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