In this short article, we will look at how many bench boost chips you get in Fantasy Premier League.
The simple answer is:just onebench boost chip per FPL season. So, you can play bench boost chip only one time during the season and you cannot use in the same gameweek where you deploy other chips like a wildcard, free hit, or triple captain.
Aim to use it in a double gameweek, where your bench players play twice, which will help you maximize the points potential of this chip – that’s effectively like “two bench boosts” in one gameweek.
Further Fantasy Premier League resources
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In this short guide, we will look at how to activate bench boost in Fantasy Premier League.
How to activate bench boost in FPL?
Let’s dive in to our simple guide.
1. Go to my team
Open my team tab on the Official Fantasy Premier League website.
how to activate bench boost fpl step 1
2. Scroll down to see your chips and activate bench boost
Scroll down, find all available chips, and tap on the Play button under the bench boost.
how to activate bench boost fpl step 2
3. Save your team
Now you will see a border around your bench – that is the sign that the bench boost is activated. But you how confirm playing the bench by clicking on save your team.
how to activate bench boost fpl step 3
Can you cancel playing bench boost in FPL?
Yes, you can deactivate bench boost if you activated it by accident, or changed your mind about using this FPL chip.
Just go to your team, scroll down, hit the cancel under the bench boost, and save your team.
cancel bench boost fpl
You can deactivate bench boost anytime before the deadline of the gameweek when you activated it. Once the deadline pass, you will not be able to deactivate the bench boost chip.
Can you activate bench boost and triple captain or wildcard or free hit at the same time?
No, you can use only one chip in one gameweek.
Tips when activating bench boost
Make sure you have 15 playing players in your squad, including the four players on your bench.
Make sure none of your players is injury doubt or rotation risk during the gameweek when you activate bench boost
Ideally, activate bench boost during the double gameweek when your cheap bench players play twice
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After a break, Fantasy Champions League returns with Matchday 9. There are just 4 games to be played, but there are still plenty of good UCL fantasy options to pick from in the 1st Leg of the Quarterfinals.
Points differences in mini-leagues and in overall ranking are very tight, and the Champions League Quarterfinals might predetermine the success of your squad. The deeper we go into the tournament the harder it will be to differentiate your UCL Fantasy team from squads of your rivals.
Let’s look at our UCL Fantasy MD9 Tips for the 1st leg of the quarterfinals, where we discuss strategy, best picks, captain, odds, team selection and more.
1. UCL Fantasy Quarterfinals Tips & Strategy
Focus on teams that have a high chance of advancing to the semifinals
Just as we said before the Round of 16, think long-term. You have 5 free transfers before Matchday 9 – that looks like a lot, but in fact, it is not.
Try to assess, which teams will likely go through and bring in players from teams that have high chances of progressing to the Champions League Semifinals.
To help you with that, we converted bookies’ odds of progressing to the semifinals into probabilities.
So take a look at what bookies think, and which teams they favor to progress to the next round. You can find these odds in our latest UCL Fantasy article: Probabilities of advancing to semifinals.
Of course, you can use your own probabilities based on who you think goes through. The important thing is to realize that not all teams have equal chances of qualifying for the next round.
So, when you consider this in your squad selection for the quarterfinals, it can help you minimize the number of potential transfers you will have to make when your players get eliminated.
Aim to get 15 starters with your free transfers
Try to get 15 starters into your UCL Fantasy squad. Substitutions are a vital piece of success in UCL Fantasy. So, when transferring players out, prioritize transferring out players that got eliminated.
Try to get 4 active players into your bench, you will appreciate the possibility of 4 available substitutions later during the matchday 9.
And, of course, avoid -4 point hits if possible – you do not want to take unnecessary losses if you do not need to.
There are just 8 teams in the UCL Fantasy quarterfinals – so there are fewer “quality players” that are able to score 4+ points and repay the -4 point hit.
The Deeper in knock-out stages we get, the fewer points are available in the game to collect (as there are fewer players).
Pick goalkeepers who play on different days and are from different halves of the bracket
Do not pick goalkeepers from the same day – that way you cannot use your substitutions for your goalkeeper if your first goalkeeper blanks.
Similarly, if you pick goalkeepers from the same half of the bracket, they might end up playing against each other in the semifinals – blocking possible substitution, forcing you to transfer one of your goalkeepers out. Try to pick goalkeepers from different days and from different halves of the Champions League bracket as well.
Just to remind you, we cannot carry free transfers to the next round in the elimination round of Fantasy Champions League. So use all 5 free transfers before the Matchday 5 deadline.
Do not overlook midfielders good at balls recovered
The deeper we are in the tournament, the fewer options among good attacking players we have. So, you do not need to have 5 attacking midfielders in your team now. There are just a few really good midfield options that can deliver attacking returns regularly.
Do not be afraid to bring the likes of Florentino or Lobotka, who are good at balls recovered and can deliver 3-6 points in almost every matchday – and outscore other attacking midfielders in the long run.
2. Fixtures to target in UCL Fantasy Matchday 9
Which fixtures you should target? We always use bookies’ odds to help us determine that. Let’s look at which teams have the highest chance of winning their match in the Matchday 9 and scoring a lot of goals in that game:
Real Madrid – 51 % to win the match, 21 % to score more than 2.5 goals
Manchester City – 49 % to win, 26 % to score more than 2.5 goals
Benfica – 43 % to win, 14 % to score more than 2.5 goals
Napoli – 42 % to win, 15 % to score more than 2.5 goals
4. Best captain for UCL Fantasy Quarterfinals 1st leg
Well, regarding the captain selection, it will not be as easy in UCL Fantasy Quarterfinals, as it was in R16. In the Round of 16, we had 4 playing days and we could change captain 3 times – so our chances of nailing the captaincy were very high.
But in the 1st leg of the Quarterfinals, we have just 2 playing days. It means we can switch the captain just one time.
Haaland is the obvious captaincy option for Tuesday, so (if fit) he is our number one captain option for Matchday 9. However, if you want to try something different, Benfica goalscoring machines Joao Mario and Goncalo Ramos would be our differential captaincy picks for Tuesday.
Our backup captain for Wednesday is Karim Benzema as Real Madrid has the best fixture of the Matchday 9 according to bookies odds. If you are looking for a differential backup captain, Osimhen and Vinicious are our picks.
Captaincy thresholds
There are just a few matches in the Quarterfinals, so there is a smaller range of great captaincy options. That’s why our captaincy threshold is lower than in the group stage. For Matchday 9, our captaincy threshold is 5 points.
It means, that if our Tuesday captain scores 5 points or more, we will keep the amrband on him.
Substitution threshold
Our subs threshold is 4 points. Meaning that if your players scores 4 points or more, you will not sub him off after the first day.
As usual, we converted bookies’ clean sheet odds into clean sheet probabilities using our Odds to probability calculator.
Real Madrid and Benfica have the highest probability of keeping a clean sheet in Matchday 9, so you might aim to get one or two defender from each of those teams.
Let’s finish our preview for the 1st leg of UCL Fantasy Quarterfinals with our scout picks.
ucl fantasy quarterfinals team selection
7. Fantasy Champions League Tips
Find more tips, strategies, and picks for UCL Fantasy in these articles:
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At FPL Reports, we like to do our Fantasy Football decisions based on data and probabilities. If you are like us, you will find probabilities from this article useful.
When picking your UCL Fantasy quarterfinals squad, you should think long-term and consider, which teams are likely to go through to the semi-finals.
Probabilities of progressing to the semifinals
Team
To Qualify
Napoli
67 %
Real Madrid
57 %
Inter Milan
53 %
Manch.City
53 %
Bayern
47 %
SL Benfica
47 %
Chelsea
43 %
AC Milan
33 %
We will bring you other UCL Fantasy ideas for the quarterfinals very soon.
Champions League 2023 bracket
Here is the bracket for the rest of the 2023 Champions League season. It will help you with your decisions about which teams to focus on, as you should aim to have players from both sides of the bracket – that way all your players (especially goalkeepers and captains) will not end up playing against each other in the semifinals.
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Another Fantasy Premier League double gameweek is here: Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Chelsea, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and West Ham play twice in Gameweek 29.
Let’s jump to our FPL GW29 Tips, where we discuss best picks, fixtures to target, transfer targets, captain, differentials, odds & team selection.
1. Fantasy Premier League Double Gameweek 29 Tips
You do not need to have 11 double gameweekers in your fantasy teams – having quality single gameweek players (Haaland, Saka, Martinelli, Gabriel, Kane) is also important, as they might do well in GW29 and next rounds as well
Plan ahead for a blank gameweek in GW32 – what will you do? Will you use your free hit or transfers?
There is an international break before Gameweek 29, so there are 2 long weeks where anything can happen (players might get injured on their international duty, come back late, or get out of form…)
So, save your transfers as late as possible, especially if you have only 1 free transfer
If you have two free transfers, you might use the first one early – but there is still risk involved, so we advise to use them both close to the deadline
2. Key players to own and transfer targets for GW29
Rashford – captain for DGW29
Trippier – double in GW29
Chilwell
Brighton midfielder – Mitoma, March or MacAllister
Brighton defending player – Steele, Dunk or Estupinan
Toney
Saka – the best Arsenal player and you want the best players from best team in your FPL squad even when they do not play twice in GW29
Arsenal defender: Gabriel or Zinchenko
Potential transfer targets:
3. Fixtures to target in Double Gameweek 29
In which fixtures we could expect a lot of fantasy points? Fixtures to target in double GW29 according to bookies odds:
Arsenal vs. Leeds: The Gunners 72 % to win, 43 % to score 2.5+ goals
Manchester City vs Liverpool: Citizens 59 % to win, 33 % to score 2.5+ goals
Brighton vs Brentford: Brighton 57 % to win, 29 % to score 2.5+ goals
Chelsea vs Aston Villa: The Blues 57 % to win, 26 % to score 2.5+ goals
West Ham vs Southampton: Hammers 54 % to win, 22 % to score 2.5+ goals
And of course the double gameweek fixtures.
4. Differentials for GW29
Ings (West Ham, 6.4m)
owned only by 1.4 % of FPL managers
great one-week punt (mainly for free hitters) for Double Gameweek 29
solid double gameweek fixtures against Southampton and Newcastle
Isak (Newcastle, 6.7m)
selected only by 2.7% of FPL managers
great form, could do well in DGW29
but could share some minutes with Wilson
5. Best captain pick in FPL GW29
Manchester United midfielders Rashford and Fernandes are stand-out captaincy options for Gameweek 29. However, if you are looking for a differential captain, you could consider captain Maddison, Trippier and even March or Mitoma.
6. Using Chips in Double Gameweek 29: Bench boost week
Gameweek 29 could be an opportunity for managers who wildcarded in the previous round and prepared their bench well – they can now you their bench boost chip. If you have double gameweek players on your bench, you should expect them to score around 16 points = (2+2)*4.
16 points from bench boost is considered as a success. Everything above 16 points is a nice bonus.
If you plan to use some of your other chips in FPL GW29, here are our drafts for your inspiration:
7. FPL GW29 Team selection
Now let’s look at our FPL team selection for Gameweek 29 – Scout squad. Rashford is our captain.
fpl gw29 wildcard team
8. Fantasy Premier League Tips
Find more tips, strategies and picks for Fantasy Premier League in these articles:
We hope our FPL GW29tips helped you to gather some useful information before the double gameweek 29 deadline.
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Good luck in FPL GW29!
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Do you consider using your Wildcard in Gameweek 29 of Fantasy Premier League? We prepared our FPL GW29 Wildcardteam for your inspiration!
We like to use our wildcard only for tactical purposes (and not emotional ones) during fixtures swings and double gameweeks. To find more about it, check our article: 3 essential tips for effective use of wildcard in FPL.
Key players for GW29 wildcard and tips
this team is constructed with free hit in GW32 in mind
If you do not have free hit chip left, you need to pay attention to possible blanks in GW32 and construct your team with that in mind
Unfortunately, you cannot use bench boost in GW29 as you cannot use two chips at the same time
Arsenal midfielders/attackers – Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli – go for at least for one from those three as you want the best players from the best teams in your wildcard FPL team + one Arsenal defender, ideally Gabriel.
Trippier
Chilwell
Rashford for DGW29
Brighton defender
Brighton midfielder
Toney
FPL Gamewek 29 Wildcard Team for inspiration
fpl gw29 wildcard team
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