5 Fantasy Football Tips To Beat Your Friends In 19/20

3. Don't Base Things On Last Season

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Evidently, there are certain things you can look at over the course of a number of seasons to develop an informed opinion.

For example, Sergio Aguero has hit over 20 goals for the last five seasons, so barring disaster, you can draw a pretty safe assumption that he'll be among the goals again.

But in terms of keeping clean sheets and those players who had a breakout campaign, it's not always worth looking at last season's information.

How many times over the years have we seen players have a standout season, leading to everyone picking them for gameweek one the following year, before you realise six games into the year they have offered nothing.

This is a crucial aspect of ensuring you stay ahead of the competition in fantasy football and don't fall into the trap of picking a similar team to everyone else.

Football is a moving business and game in general, so just because someone was amazing one year - here's looking at you Michu - it doesn't mean they will perform again.

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