<p>Thousands of FPL managers will be using their Free Hit in Blank Gameweek 34 and there are plenty of selection dilemmas to consider.</p>
<p>Here, we take a look at the popular picks who are potential risks and provide all the latest information on them. We also discuss the alternatives if you&#8217;re not convinced they will start.</p>
<p>Take a look at our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/best-fpl-free-hit-team-blank-gameweek-34">AI Free Hit</a> team and the thoughts of our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-team-reveals">expert team revealers</a> for more insight. Our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-predicted-lineups">team news and predicted lineups</a> article provides full details on every club.</p>
<p>Please note our predictions for minutes, taken from <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">Hub AI</a>, are accurate at the time of writing but could change before deadline.</p>
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<h2>Matheus Cunha: Will he start amid Bellegarde&#8217;s return?</h2>
<h4>Hub prediction: 90 minutes</h4>
<h4><strong>Risk: Minutes</strong></h4>
<h4><strong>Alternative: Jorgen Strand Larsen </strong></h4>
<p>Cunha is the most transferred-in player ahead of the deadline, with more than 447,000 new owners.</p>
<p>He is Wolves&#8217; standout attacking option, offering both goal and assist threat.</p>
<p>The Brazilian has 14 goals and five assists this season and plays relegated Leicester at home.</p>
<p>He is not completely nailed to start however &#8211; and <a href="https://x.com/WeAreWolves_com/status/1915304447095296486">lots of fans are not happy</a> with him at present.</p>
<p>Cunha is likely to leave the club this summer, with Manchester United reported to be frontrunners for his signature.</p>
<div id="attachment_71197" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-71197" class="wp-image-71197 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FFStuffImage-2025-03-03T015925.451.jpg" alt="Matheus Cunha" width="798" height="650" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FFStuffImage-2025-03-03T015925.451.jpg 798w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FFStuffImage-2025-03-03T015925.451-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FFStuffImage-2025-03-03T015925.451-768x626.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FFStuffImage-2025-03-03T015925.451-610x497.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px" /><p id="caption-attachment-71197" class="wp-caption-text">Matheus Cunha</p></div>
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<p>Transfer talk has intensified in recent days and Wolves coped well without Cunha in the team while he was suspended.</p>
<p>Manager Vitor Pereira named an unchanged lineup for five successive games, including Cunha&#8217;s first match back from his ban in Gameweek 32 when he was benched.</p>
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<p>He started Cunha against United last weekend, however Bellegarde was unavailable due to a calf injury. He is now in contention to feature. Pereira said:</p>
<blockquote><p>“Bellegarde and Hwang [Hee-chan] &#8211; they worked yesterday with the team and I believe they can help the team.”</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s entirely speculation as to whether Pereira will leave his star man out but the slight doubt may see some FPL managers looking elsewhere.</p>
<p>Those still keen to cover the Wolves attack could go for <strong>Jorgen Strand Larsen </strong>instead.</p>
<p>The Norwegian lacks his teammate&#8217;s all-round appeal &#8211; having earned just 15 bonus points compared to Cunha&#8217;s 38 &#8211; but he should at least be a certain starter.</p>
<div id="attachment_72354" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72354" class="size-full wp-image-72354" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cunha-v-Strand-Larsen-3.jpg" alt="Matheus Cunha v Jorgen Strand Larsen" width="800" height="650" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cunha-v-Strand-Larsen-3.jpg 800w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cunha-v-Strand-Larsen-3-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cunha-v-Strand-Larsen-3-768x624.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-72354" class="wp-caption-text">Matheus Cunha v Jorgen Strand Larsen</p></div>
<h2>Ryan Sessegnon: Will he continue to be an out-of-position option?</h2>
<h4><strong>Hub prediction: 59 minutes</strong></h4>
<h4>Risk: Minutes</h4>
<h4><strong>Alternative: Antonee Robinson, Alex Iwobi, Raul Jimenez</strong></h4>
<p>Sessegnon has started the last three games for Fulham amid injury issues in their squad.</p>
<p>The full-back has scored one and assisted one in this time, playing out of position as a winger.</p>
<p>Priced at just £4.1m, he offers an irresistible combination of attacking threat and clean sheet potential.</p>
<p>Only <strong>Alex Iwobi </strong>has attempted more shots since Sessegnon broke into the starting 11 &#8211; seven to six.</p>
<div id="attachment_72333" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72333" class="size-full wp-image-72333" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ryan-Sessegnon.jpg" alt="Ryan Sessegnon's stats" width="798" height="650" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ryan-Sessegnon.jpg 798w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ryan-Sessegnon-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ryan-Sessegnon-768x626.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px" /><p id="caption-attachment-72333" class="wp-caption-text">Ryan Sessegnon&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></p></div>
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<p>The issue is <strong>Harry Wilson</strong>, who Sessegnon has been deputising for on the right.</p>
<p>Wilson got 11 minutes off the bench in Gameweek 32, coming on in Sessegnon&#8217;s place. It was his first minutes since Gameweek 23.</p>
<p>Marco Silva&#8217;s pre-match press conference comments were vague on the possibility of a Wilson start. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We could use him [Harry Wilson] from the start or bench. Sess [Ryan Sessegnon] is playing well. I need to decide, but Harry will be involved.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>FPL managers therefore need to weigh up the risk-reward of picking Sessegnon. Game time off the bench is a strong possibility if he doesn&#8217;t start, bringing the dreaded one-point scenario into contention.</p>
<p><strong>Antonee Robinson </strong>is an alternative way of covering the Cottagers&#8217; defence for their fixture against Southampton (A).</p>
<p>No defender has more assists (10) than the left-back, so while he might not be playing on the wing, an attacking return would not be unexpected.</p>
<p>Our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-blank-gameweek-34-fixtures-analysis">fixtures analysis</a> highlighted Southampton&#8217;s weakness down their centre and right, something Robinson and <strong>Alex Iwobi</strong> could exploit.</p>
<p>Fulham&#8217;s attack could also be covered off through <strong>Raul Jimenez</strong>, who will not have <strong>Rodrigo Muniz </strong>for competition due to injury.</p>
<div id="attachment_72450" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72450" class="size-full wp-image-72450" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Robinson-GW34.jpg" alt="Antonee Robinson's stats" width="798" height="650" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Robinson-GW34.jpg 798w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Robinson-GW34-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Robinson-GW34-768x626.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px" /><p id="caption-attachment-72450" class="wp-caption-text">Antonee Robinson&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></p></div>
<h2>Trent Alexander-Arnold: Is he ready to start over Conor Bradley?</h2>
<p><strong>Hub prediction: 69 minutes</strong></p>
<h4>Risk: Minutes</h4>
<h4>Alternative: Virgil van Dijk or another team&#8217;s defender</h4>
<p>Real Madrid-linked Alexander-Arnold came off the bench to score against Leicester in Gameweek 33, putting Liverpool on the edge of claiming the Premier League title.</p>
<p>It was his first league action since Gameweek 28, having suffered an ankle injury in the Champions League.</p>
<p><strong>Conor Bradley </strong>started the Reds&#8217; last two games after recovering from injury issues of his own, playing 68 and 71 minutes.</p>
<p>It looks a toss-up between the two to start against Spurs, where just a point is needed to win the league.</p>
<p>On Bradley, Arne Slot said:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s getting closer to 90 minutes and it&#8217;s normal if you play twice 70 mins the chance is getting closer. But we are taking very good care of him as he had two injuries very similar. Let&#8217;s wait and see if he can play.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is going to be very important for him to become an even better player than he is now to play many games in a row.</p>
<p class="Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh ">&#8220;Unfortunately for him, there is also another full back who is world class at this club as well with Trent Alexander-Arnold.</p>
<p class="Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh ">“That is probably the only reason he hasn’t played back to back to back-to-back games yet because he definitely has the quality to do so.</p>
<p class="Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh ">“I think that is the next step for him in his development, is to play every single week and feeling that pressure. And at a certain moment, that probably doesn’t feel like pressure any more.</p>
<p class="Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh ">“That might be his next step, but as long as Trent is here, it’s going to be a difficult step for him to make as well. But they are both very good full-backs.”</p>
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<p><strong>Virgil van Dijk </strong>should offer a reliable alternative but with Liverpool&#8217;s clean sheet odds only <a href="https://x.com/robtFPL/status/1914714817790697500/photo/2">fourth best</a>, looking elsewhere could be a better bet.</p>
<p>Newcastle and Chelsea have the best chance of a clean sheet at the time of writing.</p>
<div id="attachment_72345" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72345" class="size-full wp-image-72345" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Alexander-Arnold-GW1-33.jpg" alt="Trent Alexander-Arnold's stats" width="798" height="650" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Alexander-Arnold-GW1-33.jpg 798w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Alexander-Arnold-GW1-33-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Alexander-Arnold-GW1-33-768x626.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px" /><p id="caption-attachment-72345" class="wp-caption-text">Trent Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></p></div>
<h2>Harvey Barnes: Will Anthony Gordon take his place?</h2>
<h4>Hub prediction: 72 minutes</h4>
<h4>Risk: Minutes</h4>
<h4>Alternatives: Jacob Murphy</h4>
<p>Barnes has been one of league&#8217;s best players in recent weeks, let alone the pick of the Newcastle squad.</p>
<p>He has started each of the Magpies&#8217; last six games, scoring four and assisting four. No player has earned more FPL points since Gameweek 28 than his 51.</p>
<p>Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has a selection dilemma now though, with Barnes competing with <strong>Jacob Murphy </strong>and <strong>Anthony Gordon </strong>for a starting spot.</p>
<p>Murphy looks to be the most likely starter on the right, offering balance to the team.</p>
<p>That would leave one space for the in-form Barnes or Gordon, who before his suspension was regarded as one of Newcastle&#8217;s more secure starters.</p>
<p>But Barnes has well and truly taken advantage of his chance in the first team and it would not be a surprise to see him continuing against Ipswich (H).</p>
<p>Equally, the looming Gordon may convince FPL managers to go for Murphy instead. After all, he is second on the FPL points list since Gameweek 28, with three goals and three assists adding up to 45 points.</p>
<div id="attachment_72451" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-72451" class="size-full wp-image-72451" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Barnes-v-Murphy.jpg" alt="Harvey Barnes v Jacob Murphy" width="800" height="650" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Barnes-v-Murphy.jpg 800w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Barnes-v-Murphy-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Barnes-v-Murphy-768x624.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-72451" class="wp-caption-text">Harvey Barnes v Jacob Murphy</p></div>
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