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Last updated: 20/10/25
<h2>FPL Gameweek 9: Quick tips</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/gameweek-8-review-2025-26">Haulers, howlers, heartbreakers and hidden highlights of FPL Gameweek 8</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-defcon-points-watch">Defensive contributions watch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-yellow-cards-and-suspensions/">Yellow cards and suspensions latest</a></li>
</ul>
🤩 COMING SOON: FPL Gameweek 9 Cheat Sheet 🤩
⏰ Gameweek 9 deadline: 18:30 UK time, Friday, October 24
🧢 Captaincy candidates: Erling Haaland, Bruno Fernandes, Bukayo Saka
🎯 Teams to target &#8211; goals*: TBC
🎯 Teams to target &#8211; clean sheets*: TBC
🥅 Projected goals leaders &#8211; players*: TBC
🤔 Use a chip in Gameweek 9? A Gameweek 9 Bench Boost could work for certain squads, with favourable fixtures for cheap picks from Leeds and Burnley
*Projected goals and clean sheet odds via Spreadex, tracked by Hub partner site <a href="https://www.notonlyfpl.co.uk/">Not Only FPL</a> &#8211; please note these could change regularly after the time of writing
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<div id="attachment_73288" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73288" class="size-full wp-image-73288" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Salah-7.jpg" alt="Mohamed Salah. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Salah-7.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Salah-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Salah-7-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Mohamed Salah. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL expert team reveals and best drafts</h2>
Want to know who the very best FPL managers in the game are picking? Check out our expert team reveals. 
Our team revealers have a hugely impressive clutch of top 1k, top 10k and top 50k finishes between them. 
From BigManBakar to FPL Salah and the all-time world number one manager Ben Crellin, see what their plans are each week. 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-team-reveals">All our expert manager FPL team reveals in one place</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_73163" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73163" class="size-full wp-image-73163" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Palmer-Getty-2.jpg" alt="Cole Palmer. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Palmer-Getty-2.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Palmer-Getty-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Palmer-Getty-2-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Cole Palmer. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL Gameweek 9 team news and predicted lineups</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-predicted-lineups">COMING SOON: FPL Gameweek 9 team news and predicted lineups</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_73531" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73531" class="size-full wp-image-73531" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2226369332.jpg" alt="Jorgen Strand Larsen. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="682" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2226369332.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2226369332-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2226369332-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Jorgen Strand Larsen. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>Best FPL players and teams</h2>
FPL Salah takes us through his top picks for the coming week, while Hub deputy editor George Kenny highlights some under-the-radar gems to consider.
Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/ai-team-rating">Hub AI</a> produces a best Free Hit and Wildcard team every week &#8211; particularly useful for the new chip rules this season.
<ul>
<li>COMING SOON: Best FPL players for Gameweek 9</li>
<li>COMING SOON: Best differentials for Gameweek 9</li>
<li>COMING SOON: Best AI Free Hit team for Gameweek 9</li>
<li>COMING SOON: Best AI Wildcard team for Gameweek 9</li>
</ul>
<h2>Best FPL captain</h2>
<ul>
<li>COMING SOON: FPL fixtures analysis and top targets for Gameweek 9</li>
<li>COMING SOON: Best FPL captain for Gameweek 9</li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_75100" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75100" class="size-full wp-image-75100" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2231824471.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="714" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2231824471.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2231824471-300x209.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2231824471-768x536.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Viktor Gyokeres. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL chip strategy and blank and double gameweek tips</h2>
🍟 SELECTED CHIP STRATEGY OPTIONS: 2025/26 🍟
Triple Captain: GW12, GW13, GW14, GW15
Free Hit: GW11
Bench Boost: GW9, GW16 onwards
Wildcard: GW8, ahead of AFCON
Read up on the players and teams? Here’s some other must-have guides to bookmark for use over the course of the season:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-blank-double-gameweek-guide">FPL Blank and Double Gameweek Guide</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-chip-strategy-guide">FPL Chip Strategy Guide 2025/26</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_73231" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73231" class="size-full wp-image-73231" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Haaland-pre-season.jpg" alt="Erling Haaland. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Haaland-pre-season.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Haaland-pre-season-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Haaland-pre-season-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Erling Haaland. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL Training Academy</h2>
New to FPL or need to brush up on your knowledge of the game? Our Training Academy has all the pointers covered:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/how-to-play-fpl">FPL Training Academy: How to play FPL</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_73229" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73229" class="size-full wp-image-73229" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Slot.jpg" alt="Arne Slot. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Slot.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Slot-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Slot-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Arne Slot. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>Set-piece takers</h2>
Who’s on penalty, corner and free-kick duties? Find out who has the most routes to FPL points in our set-piece takers guide:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-set-piece-takers">FPL set-piece takers</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_73230" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73230" class="size-full wp-image-73230" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner.jpg" alt="Declan Rice. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Declan Rice. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>Fantasy Football Hub FPL mini-leagues</h2>
FPL rules sadly prevent us from offering prizes for our mini-league, however you can join our open-to-all mini-league.
The league code is <a class="c-link" href="https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/onf038" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/onf038" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-16281">onf038</a> &#8211; click on it to auto join.
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<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/mini-leagues-in-fantasy-premier-league">Everything you need to know about FPL mini-leagues</a></li>
</ul>
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