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Our Fantasy Premier League (FPL) analysts reveal their teams for Gameweek 2 of the English Premier League fantasy game. Expert picks on Captains, Strategy, Chips, and Transfers to make ahead of the upcoming FPL gameweek.
Happy Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 2, RotoBallers! Round 1 of the FPL Captaincy battle went to Erling Haaland over Mohamed Salah. The Norwegian striker scored 13 points versus Wolves, while his Egyptian counterpart bagged a late goal and eight points versus Bournemouth.
Antoine Semenyo had a flying start to the new season with two goals and all three bonus points at Anfield on Friday evening, in difficult circumstances. And Chris Wood continued to defy the xG Gods with two goals in Nottingham Forest's 3-1 victory over Brentford.
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Wale's Team Reveal for FPL Gameweek 2
Captain: Bukayo Saka vs. Leeds
Vice Captain: Cole Palmer at West Ham
Transfers: Roll
Gameweek 1 was quite disappointing, but I'm hoping my squad can outperform next week's FPL average. Despite the lack of Man City coverage, I plan to save my free transfer for Gameweek 3 and use one transfer on Man United's Matheus Cunha rather than Bruno Fernandes against Burnley.
Brad's Team Reveal for FPL Gameweek 2
Captain: Cole Palmer at West Ham OR Mohamed Salah at Newcastle
Vice Captain: Cole Palmer at West Ham OR Mohamed Salah at Newcastle
Transfers: Roll
Jamie's Team Reveal for FPL Gameweek 2
Captain: Bukayo Saka vs. Leeds
Vice Captain: Victor Gyorkeres vs. Leeds
Transfers: Roll
After a solid if unspectacular opening weekend, I'm not going to make wholesale changes. Tariq Lamptey is the one player I do need to oust, as he doesn't look like he'll be involved and will more than likely depart Brighton before the transfer window closes.
Patrick Dorgu was bombing forward for Manchester United, and he is someone I might look to bring in as Lamptey's replacement. Despite the praise in a losing effort, I'm not entirely sold on the Red Devils yet, so I'll take some time to explore other options.
Other than that, I will probably look to roll with the 3-4-3 formation. I don't have particularly great matchups for most of my attacking players, so I'm not expecting fireworks in Gameweek 2.
Euan's Team Reveal for FPL Gameweek 2
Captain: Erling Haaland vs. Spurs
Vice Captain: Cole Palmer at West Ham
Transfers: Roll
This team looks quite different from the Gameweek 1 Team Reveal from last week. Ultimately, I decided that Mohamed Salah's excellent 2024/25 campaign and Erling Haaland's underwhelming season weren't repeatable. This led me to believe in regression to the mean, and I ran with the theory that Liverpool's man will have a worse season, while the Norwegian improves significantly.
As for Gameweek 2, it'll be a 3-5-2 with Burnley's Martin Dubravka replacing Bart Verbruggen in net. The final decision will come down to Pedro Porro vs. Joachim Anderson. Suppose Thomas Frank deploys his wingback formation against Man City. In that case, I'll likely run with the upside of Porro and chase an attacking return rather than hoping Fulham can keep Man United off the scoreboard.
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