5 Last-Minute Fantasy Premier League Tips 2019/20

Five ways to get the best out of your 2019/20 Fantasy Football campaign.

by Andrew Pollard
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Tonight sees the 2019/20 Premier League season kick off as Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool welcome Daniel Farke's newly-promoted Norwich City to Anfield.

But more importantly, this means that it's all systems go for the latest season of Fantasy Football action.

Over the next nine months, Fantasy managers will be pulling their hair out as they try and mastermind a ginormous points haul from week to week - usually for the sole purpose of being to give the proverbial middle finger to their mates.

There's nothing quite like that smug feeling of knowing you've got that unheralded player who's just nabbed a hat-trick while your clueless mates are all still going hard on the 'Mesut Ozil will be quality this year, I'm telling you!' train.

Of course, being shrewd and sensible - and, let's face it, a tad lucky - in the transfer market is always vital to a good Fantasy Football campaign. But success isn't just about getting tips on which players to buy.

On that front, then, we've got you covered as here we're offering up five tips on how to get the very best out of your Fantasy Football team as the new campaign is about to kick off with a bang.

5. Avoid Expensive Squad Players

The prime example of this is Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus.

Anybody who has seen the Brazilian forward play will be aware that he's clinical in front of goal and always makes the most of his playing time. The problem is, at £9.5 million, can you really afford to spend nearly 1/10th of your transfer budget on somebody who is largely going to be a squad player used as an alternative when Sergio Aguero needs a rest or has an injury?

To put this into perspective, 22 other striker options scored more Fantasy points than Jesus - and the majority of those players were in the £6 million - £7.5 million bracket.

It's all well and good being tempted by one of the glamour names at one of the Premier League's bigger teams, but for you Fantasy Football team you need to be investing your budget wisely. And that means you can't afford to be paying out heavy fees for players who aren't going to be starting at least 80% of the team's games.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.