FPL basics9 min read
How FPL Scoring Works in 2026/27
A practical guide to Fantasy Premier League points: appearance, goals, assists, clean sheets, saves, defensive contributions, bonus points and deductions.
Read guide →Guides & Analysis
Make better FPL decisions, not just faster ones.
Practical explanations of the rules, data and weekly decision process behind FPL Peek. Each guide is written to help you understand why a metric matters before you use it.
Understand the ruleStart with what FPL actually rewards.
Read the contextMinutes, role and fixtures before hype.
Make the decisionUse tools to compare, not to outsource judgement.
Library
FPL guides
20 in-depth guides
Scoring guide8 min read
FPL Bonus Points Explained: BPS, Ties and What to Watch
Understand the FPL Bonus Points System, how the top three are selected, how ties work and why BPS should be treated as a live indicator rather than guaranteed bonus.
Read guide →Advanced scoring8 min read
Defensive Contributions in FPL: How to Think About DEFCON
A practical explanation of defensive contribution points and how to use DEFCON-style data when comparing defenders and midfielders.
Read guide →Strategy10 min read
FPL Transfer Strategy: A Repeatable Weekly Decision Process
A practical transfer checklist covering urgency, minutes, fixtures, opportunity cost, hits, price moves and when rolling a transfer is stronger than making one.
Read guide →Market guide8 min read
FPL Price Changes Explained: What Transfer Data Can and Cannot Tell You
Learn how to interpret transfers in, transfers out and price-change predictions without treating unofficial estimates as guarantees.
Read guide →Captaincy9 min read
How to Choose an FPL Captain: Safety, Upside and Risk
A captaincy framework that combines minutes, fixture, involvement, penalties, ownership and upside without blindly following the most-captained player.
Read guide →2026/27 strategy10 min read
FPL Chip Strategy for 2026/27: Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost and Triple Captain
How the two sets of chips work in 2026/27 and a practical framework for deciding when each chip solves a real squad problem.
Read guide →Planning8 min read
How to Use FPL Fixture Difficulty Without Letting FDR Make the Decision for You
Use fixture difficulty as a planning shortcut while accounting for player role, home/away context, clean-sheet route and multi-Gameweek schedules.
Read guide →League analysis9 min read
How to Analyse an FPL Mini-League Without Overreacting to Rank
A guide to reading mini-league performance using Gameweek points, captaincy, chips, bench points, ownership and differentials.
Read guide →FPL Peek guide11 min read
How to Use FPL Peek: A Practical Workflow From Deadline to Deadline
A complete walkthrough of FPL Peek: My Team, Planner, Scout, Captain Picks, Transfer Stats, Price Watch, Fixtures, League Analyzer and Live Center.
Read guide →Methodology7 min read
How FPL Peek Team Rating Should Be Read
What a 0–100 Team Rating is designed to communicate, what inputs matter and why the score should support—not replace—your own FPL decisions.
Read guide →Player analysis8 min read
Minutes and Rotation Risk in FPL: The Stat Behind Every Projection
Why expected minutes should be checked before points projections, fixture difficulty or ownership.
Read guide →Strategy8 min read
FPL Differentials: When Low Ownership Is Actually Useful
How to separate a genuinely strong differential from a low-owned player who is simply low-owned for good reasons.
Read guide →Rank strategy8 min read
FPL Ownership and Effective Ownership Explained
Understand why captaincy changes the impact of ownership and how to use popularity as risk context rather than a prediction.
Read guide →Transfer strategy8 min read
Free Transfers and Points Hits: When Patience Beats Activity
A framework for rolling transfers, taking hits and valuing flexibility across multiple Gameweeks.
Read guide →Chip strategy8 min read
How to Plan an FPL Wildcard Without Chasing Last Week
Build a Wildcard around structure, minutes, fixtures and captaincy rather than simply buying the previous Gameweek’s scorers.
Read guide →Player analysis8 min read
How to Compare Two FPL Players Properly
A practical comparison framework covering minutes, role, fixtures, price, routes to points and squad fit.
Read guide →Review process8 min read
How to Review an FPL Gameweek Without Hindsight Bias
Turn a finished Gameweek into useful information by separating decision quality from the points outcome.
Read guide →League strategy8 min read
FPL Mini-League Strategy: Protecting a Lead and Chasing One
How ownership, captaincy and risk can change when your objective is a specific mini-league rather than overall rank.
Read guide →Squad structure8 min read
FPL Bench Management: How Much Money and Attention Should Sit Outside Your XI?
How to balance bench cover, playing minutes and budget without creating weekly selection problems.
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