Man City, Burnley, Chelsea and Brighton will all play twice in Double Gameweek 33
Wins for Manchester City and Chelsea within the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday means Fantasy Premier League managers now have a clearer image of which clubs have an upcoming Double Gameweek 33 (DGW33) and a Blank Gameweek 34 (BGW34).
As a reminder, a “Double Gameweek” is when a membership play TWO Premier League fixtures in a spherical of matches, and their gamers get two possibilities to attain factors.
A Blank Gameweek happens when at the least two top-flight clubs DON’T have a Premier League fixture in a specific Gameweek.
Man City’s 4-0 victory over Liverpool and Chelsea’s 7-0 win over League One’s Port Vale, ensured each clubs progressed to the FA Cup semi-finals, which shall be performed on the identical weekend (Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April) as Gameweek 34 within the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola’s facet will have their match in opposition to Burnley faraway from Gameweek 34 and play them in Gameweek 33 as a substitute.
Man City have a powerful opening Gameweek 33 match at residence to Arsenal previous to their go to to Burnley, who journey to Nottingham Forest beforehand.
Elsewhere, Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion may even function twice in Gameweek 33.
The Blues host Manchester United and the Seagulls journey to Tottenham Hotspur of their first matches, earlier than the clubs meet on the Amex Stadium for his or her second fixtures.
Who has a DGW33 and BGW34?
| Club | DGW33 |
| Brighton | Spurs (A), Chelsea (H) |
|---|---|
| Burnley | Nott’m Forest (A), Man City (H) |
| Chelsea | Man Utd (H), Brighton (A) |
| Man City | Arsenal (H), Burnley (A) |
There shall be no Double Gameweek for Arsenal, although, following their shock 2-1 defeat to Championship facet Southampton at St Mary’s of their FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
The Gunners will play Man City in Gameweek 33 and Newcastle United in Gameweek 34 as scheduled. Had they overwhelmed Southampton, their fixture with Newcastle would have moved into Gameweek 33.
Even regardless of Arsenal’s defeat, there’ll nonetheless be SIX clubs who will have a DGW33 and a BGW34, with yet one more match to be faraway from the schedule.
This is why many managers are planning to play their Wildcard in Gameweek 32, loading up on gamers who will have two matches in DGW33.
The concept is to then play your Bench Boost chip in DGW33 should you nonetheless have it, probably incomes factors from as much as 30 matches (15 gamers with two matches), versus the standard 11 in a typical single Gameweek.
By then enjoying the Free Hit chip in BGW34 should you nonetheless have it, you possibly can herald a one-week squad that will help you navigate that diminished spherical of matches.
Certainly, the enchantment of investing closely in Man City is additional lifted as a result of they nonetheless have one other match to be rescheduled, at residence to Crystal Palace, which is more likely to result in one other Double Gameweek for each clubs later within the season.
As you possibly can see, there’s yet one more FA Cup quarter-final match happening: West Ham v Leeds on Sunday.
Remaining FA Cup quarter-final ties
West Ham v Leeds, Sunday 5 April 16:30 BST
If West Ham attain the FA Cup semi-finals: DGW33 and BGW34 for West Ham and Everton
West Ham: Crystal Palace (A), Everton (H)
Everton: Liverpool (H), West Ham (A)
West Ham will get a DGW33 in the event that they beat Leeds United within the FA Cup on Sunday afternoon.
The Hammers would go to Palace and entertain Everton, who host Liverpool of their first match.
OR
If Leeds attain the FA Cup semi-finals: DGW33 and BGW34 for Leeds and Bournemouth
Leeds: Wolves (H), Bournemouth (A)
Bournemouth: Newcastle (A), Leeds (H)
Should Leeds defeat West Ham, they would be the ones with the DGW33 and BGW34.
Daniel Farke’s facet are at residence to Wolverhampton Wanderers previous to visiting AFC Bournemouth, who journey to Newcastle of their first match.
