In gameweek 26 there are 14 games and eight teams doubling up.
If you want to get the better of your mini-league rivals, you need to get the right balance between the template team and the differential picks.
The most popular of those will be triple captain Mohamed Salah.
There is an obvious fear of him potentially getting a rest at some point over those two games with the League Cup final against Chelsea coming four days after the Leeds fixture, but as we know, he won't necessarily need the full 180 minutes to do the damage against a couple of the premier
If that is too obvious a move for you, you can still use another one of your chips.
If you triple captain him, you would only miss out on a third of his points, but you could still make a difference with a different route.
Taking my team as an example, I could make three transfers at a cost of four points this week and use all 15 players in my squad by playing the Bench boost chip.
That would give me 8 double gameweek players in Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson, Conor Coady, Salah, Max Cornet, Emanuel Dennis and whoever I decide to bring in for Demarai Gray.
I would have Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden at home against Spurs, as well as Diogo Dalot at home to Leeds, and Oliver Watkins at home toWatford.
If you want to bring in more double gameweek players, you can take further points hits, but make sure those signings fit into your long-term plan.
I would want to be sure about his fitness after he picked up an injury in the defeat by the Reds, so Weghorst could come in for Antonio or Watkins.
I would be interested in both of them, but I wouldn't be able to field 11 players in gameweek 27 because of my Free Hit chip.
I'm leaning towards triple-captaining Salah as I would be worried about the Bench boost plan getting scuttled byPep roulette and I will probably save it for when I can plan a bit more to set my squad up for another double gameweek.
The extra four players included in the bench boost are more likely to explode with a big score than the triple-captain.
The Free Hit chip is the other option this week, if you still have two of them to play, you are happy that your squad will be able to cope with either gameweek 27 or gameweek 30 without one.
Statman Dave came up with a potential starting eleven for a Free Hit team.
If you want to take the third slot, you can either take the likes of Max Cornet or Wilfried Zaha, but you can't afford Son Heung-Min.
Dave tells us that in the last 6 gameweeks, Harry Kane has had 31 shots on goal, 14 of which were on target.
If you're thinking about changing your team this week, then Kane could be your man because he has two goals to show for it, and then he'll face Manchester City and Burnley in the following two gameweeks.
If Romelu Lukaku can build on his goals from the Club World Cup, he will be in a good position for a nice fixture run.
There's lots to think about before the Saturday deadline.
Chris and Statman Dave are on the Fantasy 606 show. The latest episode of gameweek 25 is available on the app.
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