Quick answers to the questions people ask most, about FPL itself and about Pitchline. Each FPL answer links to the guide with the full detail.
Fantasy Premier League
How many points does a goal score in FPL?
It depends on position: 10 for a goalkeeper, 6 for a defender, 5 for a midfielder and 4 for a forward. An assist is 3 points for anyone. How the FPL Points Work
How do defensive contribution points work?
A defender who makes 10 clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles in a match gets 2 points. Midfielders and forwards need 12, and ball recoveries count for them too. It's 2 points at most per match. How the FPL Points Work
When do FPL prices change?
Overnight, around 00:00 UK time, in steps of £0.1m. Prices move with transfers: lots of managers buying a player pushes him up, lots selling pushes him down. A player can change by at most £0.3m in a gameweek. How the FPL Prices Work
Why is my selling price lower than the player's price?
You keep only half of any rise, rounded down to the nearest £0.1m, but a fall is taken in full. Bought at £6.0m and now £6.3m, you'd sell for £6.1m. How the FPL Prices Work
How many free transfers can I save?
You get one free transfer each gameweek and can save up to five. Every transfer beyond your free ones costs 4 points. Transfers & hits
How many chips do I get?
Two sets of four: Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost and Triple Captain. The first set must be used by the Gameweek 19 deadline; the second is for the rest of the season. Only one chip can be played in a gameweek. How the FPL Chips Work
What happens if my captain doesn't play?
Your vice-captain's points are doubled instead. If neither plays, nobody gets the captain's double. Captaincy
How do automatic substitutions work?
After the gameweek, any starter who didn't play is replaced by your first bench player who did, in bench order, as long as your team still has a goalkeeper, at least three defenders and at least one forward. Injury flags & team news
What is a double gameweek?
A gameweek in which a club plays twice, usually because an earlier match was postponed. Its players can score in both matches. Double & blank gameweeks
What does a yellow or red flag on a player mean?
It's his chance of playing the next match: yellow is 75%, orange is 50% or 25%, and red is 0%, meaning he's injured, suspended or unavailable. Injury flags & team news
What does EO mean?
Effective ownership: how much of a player's score the average manager gets, counting captains and benched players. If he scores and you don't own him, you lose ground on everyone who does. FPL glossary
What time is the FPL deadline?
90 minutes before the first kick-off of the gameweek. After it, your team is locked until the next one. Transfers & hits
Pitchline
What is Pitchline?
Pitchline is a free website with tips for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) — captains, transfers, fixtures, prices and live points — and free Premier League games: Last Fan Standing, Six with knockout cups, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side, Season picks, and four daily puzzles: Guess the player, Higher or Lower, Pitch Grid and Career Path.
Is Pitchline the official Fantasy Premier League site?
No. Pitchline is unofficial and not affiliated with Fantasy Premier League or the Premier League. Your FPL squad stays on fantasy.premierleague.com; Pitchline can't make transfers or change your team.
Is Pitchline free? Are there prizes?
Everything is free. Pitchline doesn't take, hold or pay out money, and there are no prizes. A private league can note what friends have agreed is at stake, but that's between them.
Do I need an account or an FPL team?
No account is needed to browse or to play the daily puzzles. A free account (email and password) lets you play Last Fan Standing, Six, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side and Season picks, keep daily puzzle streaks, and link a public FPL team ID for advice on your own squad.
How does Six scoring work?
Predict six Premier League scores each gameweek. An exact score is 5 points and the right result is 2. One double-up a week doubles a match: 10 for exact, 4 for the result. Predictions lock at the FPL deadline.
What is the Knockout Cup?
The owner of a private Six league can start a Knockout Cup. Members are seeded by the league table and play one head-to-head round per gameweek, decided by that week's Six points, then exact scores, then the better seed.
How do the daily puzzles work?
Pitchline has four daily puzzles: Guess the player, Higher or Lower, Pitch Grid and Career Path, all on the Puzzles page. Each is the same for everyone and a new one starts at midnight UTC. Guests can play; sign in to keep a streak. Guess the player and Higher or Lower also have an unlimited practice mode.
How does Last Fan Standing work?
Pick one club to win each gameweek. A win keeps you in; a loss, and usually a draw, knocks you out. You can't reuse a club until you've used all twenty. Last one standing wins the pool.
Who are Clark, Diana and Peter?
The Pitchline Heroes: three fictional managers run by Pitchline, each playing in a different style. They play Last Fan Standing, Six, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side and Season picks, so you can try to beat them. They aren't real people or real FPL accounts.
Where are the FPL tools?
On the FPL page (/fpl): Live, Advice, Planner, Leagues, Captains, the Heroes and the Squad lab, plus rankings, fixtures, prices, ownership and expected goals. Live, Advice and Planner use your own squad once you link a public FPL team ID.
What's on the dashboard?
Signed in, the Pitchline logo opens your dashboard. It shows the next FPL deadline with a countdown, everything still waiting on you across the games — Last Fan Standing picks, Six predictions, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side and today's puzzles — and a card per game with your FPL points and rank, pools, leagues and puzzle streaks.
Where does Pitchline's data come from?
Players, prices, fixtures, results and expected goals come from Fantasy Premier League's free public data. Win chances, likely scores and expected points come from Pitchline's own models. Tips are hints, not guarantees.
Does Pitchline send reminders?
Signed-in users can get optional deadline reminder emails about a day before each FPL deadline, plus a last call a few hours before if a game pick is still missing. They can be turned off in Account → Profile, or with the one-click unsubscribe link in any reminder.
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