Fantasy Premier League for the 2022/2023 season is now just two weeks away from kicking off, which means it’s right about that time that managers are looking into pre-season options and populating their GW1 team.
One of the key tenets of success in Fantasy Premier League is to pick a solid Gameweek 1 team. Besides just the benefit of points on the board, there are several other downstream effects of this.
Benefits include: being well-placed to benefit from early price rises and thus accrue team value, as well as being able to delay the usage of the powerful wildcard chip.
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👕 Picking a squad
🔢 The many ways points are scored
💰 How players' values change
✨ The Bonus Points System
🍟 Your Chips and how they work
🏆 Creating and entering mini-leagues
One Key Difference From Other Fantasy Premier League Seasons
This season has one key difference from other FPL seasons; the season breaking after GW16 for the World Cup and FPL granting unlimited transfers or essentially another “wildcard” in this period.
This might bring into play a “strategic” change wherein managers can target GW’s 1 to 6 or 8 for an early first wildcard, knowing that they’ll have another after GW16, hence why one can take advantage of these fixture blocks.
With that in mind, let us take a look at my Top 5 Goalkeepers to consider for your Gameweek 1 team.