FPL Assistant Manager Chip for GW26

1.1 million FPL managers had activated their Assistant Manager chip in gameweek 24 to benefit from consecutive double gameweeks. For them, there is only one gameweek left to accumulate additional points.

There are two strategies to contemplate with the Assistant Manager chip. You can select a top-five club with a favorable fixture, which is a secure strategy but offers a limited potential for points. Alternatively, you may take a more adventurous route and target managers from clubs that might gain table-bonus points. This strategy has a greater potential.

Assistant Manager GW26

In a gameweek where six of the top nine clubs face each other, Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta (£1. 5m) and AFC Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola (£1. 1m) have very advantageous home fixtures against bottom-six teams.

Arsenal is hosting West Ham United, and the Gunners are the only team that has not lost a home match this season, achieving eight wins and drawing four of their 12 matches at Emirates Stadium. Another strategy is to select managers of clubs competing against promoted teams, as this provides the chance for points from victories and should also guarantee many goals.

Brentford’s Thomas Frank (£0. 8m), Tottenham Hotspur’s Ange Postecoglou, and Brighton and Hove Albion’s Fabian Hurzeler (both £1. 1m) will all face promoted clubs in Gameweek 26.

Of the three, Frank has the strongest record against such opponents ahead of the Bees’ match against Leicester City. Brentford has triumphed in all four of their games against promoted clubs, netting 16 goals along the way. That is more victories and goals than the combined total of Spurs and Brighton’s records. Bournemouth, on the other hand, have lost only one of their last 13 matches in anticipation of their game with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Only six managers have the opportunity to earn table-bonus points in gameweek 26. However, five of those six are positioned in the bottom five places in the league and are experiencing poor form. Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner (£0. 8m), conversely, might be an excellent alternative away to Fulham.

Arsenal’s home performance makes Arteta the most probable to provide FPL managers with a dependable, relatively low yield, while Palace’s away performance indicates Glasner is the most likely to benefit from table-bonus points.

Arteta, Iraola, Frank, and Glasner were identified as the best choices for gameweek 26 and thus are carried forward in the analysis.

The Arsenal manager certainly faces the most challenging fixture of the group in gameweek 27. The Gunners will visit Nottingham Forest, while Brentford will host Everton, and Bournemouth will travel to Brighton, with Palace visiting Fulham.

In gameweek 28, Brentford has Villa at home, Bournemouth faces Spurs away, while Arsenal goes to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United. Glasner will have a favorable match against Ipswich at home.

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