FPL Scout: Gameweek 24 hints, tips and advice

Brentford has teamed up with Fantasy Football Scout to help bring you hints, tips and advice during the 2024/25 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season.

Scout will be using their expertise to provide info, advice and Gameweek tips which may prove useful in ensuring you sit on top of your mini-leagues.

Best of the Bees

An away win at Crystal Palace made it successive victories on the road for Brentford.

Yoane Wissa (£6.3m) forced an early save, but it was Bryan Mbeumo (£7.8m) who opened proceedings. The Cameroon international has now scored 14 goals in the league this season and looks set to be a popular ahead of Sunday’s home clash against strugglers Tottenham.

Over 164,000 managers have brought in the midfielder so far ahead of Gameweek 24. Only four players have attracted more new managers this week and three of those have two fixtures in Gameweek 24. Mbeumo scored against Spurs in the reverse of this fixture, and he has four goals and an assist in his last three meetings with them.

Meanwhile, Mikkel Damsgaard (£5.0m) created four chances at Selhurst Park. His 80th-minute in-swinging cross was met with a powerful Kevin Schade (£5.1m) header to double the lead.

The Spotlight

Unfortunately, goalkeeper Mark Flekken (£4.4m) wasn’t quite able to secure a clean sheet for his one million owners in Gameweek 23. However, he collected his 28th save point of the season; this is 11 more than any other goalkeeper has recorded this season.

After denying Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.4m) early on, the Dutchman made a few comfortable long-range stops. Thomas Frank’s side has conceded a league-high 429 attempts but, crucially, each of them averages just 0.091 Expected Goals (xG). Only Nottingham Forest and Arsenal have it marginally lower.

The Bees’ backline is worth investing in for upcoming fixtures, particularly the goalkeeper. Flekken’s 106 saves is 32 more than the next best - Robert Sánchez (£4.7m) - who has 72. In fact, nobody else in Europe’s five major leagues has over 76 of them.

Best of the Rest

Elsewhere, the latest Bournemouth midfielder to net a hat-trick was Dango Ouattara (£5.0m). That brought in 21 points, while the previous week’s hero, Justin Kluivert (£5.7m), continued his points hauls with 13 in Gameweek 23.

Alexander Isak (£9.5m) and Dominik Szoboszlai (£6.3m) also returned 13 points. Meanwhile, Manchester United defender Lisandro Martínez (£4.4m) secured a goal and a clean sheet for 15.

500,000 managers chose to buy Cody Gakpo (£7.6m) in advance of Double Gameweek 24; the Dutchman rewarded them with a season-high two goals, an assist, and 16 points.

In Demand

Led by Gakpo, the two upcoming matches for Liverpool and Everton ensure that Merseyside is dominating this week’s transfers. Four of the five most-bought belong there, as the teams face Bournemouth and Leicester, respectively, before meeting at Goodison Park within the same Gameweek. It’s this season’s first double.

Many are buying Jordan Pickford (£5.0m) because Everton picked up their eighth shutout of the season on Saturday. Also, since Gameweek 6 ended, no side has conceded fewer goals (13).

The other exciting development is that FPL’s new Assistant Manager chip can start being activated from this point. By purchasing a real-life boss, you can gain further points based on how his team does.

Captaincy

A nailed-on captain ahead of most deadlines, it’s especially tough to oppose Mohamed Salah (£13.7m) in Double Gameweek 24.

Far ahead of everyone else for points (222) and attacking returns (32), he’ll have twice the amount of time to score and assist. The bigger question is whether to use Triple Captain on him here, if it’s still available.

Alternative armband contenders are Isak at home to Fulham and Cole Palmer (£11.3m), welcoming West Ham to Stamford Bridge.