@nessisonett I've not even got Haaland in my squad, too expensive. Watch me regret it by week 2 when City are on fire. I read recently that Pep has brought in Klopps old no.2, interesting to see how that works out.
@Gremio108 I'm curious if them televising even more live games than ever this season could lead to an oversaturation of it. Eager to see some the new signings in action though.
@Khwarezm89 Glad you could make it in, good to have our defending Champ.
Less than 24 hours now until the deadline for first game of the season.
I made one small change today to put in someone who transferred to a new team. I'm quite happy with my squad but I've risked starting without Salah or Haaland. Fingers crossed I don't find myself trying to afford them later and swapping a lot to do it.
I was just checking on my team and noticed a new defensive points system so checked up and discovered there a few changes this season worth taking note of. Especially about the doubling up of chips for each half of the season. Well worth checking out to maximise your chances.
21/07/2025
Fantasy Managers,
Welcome to the new season of Fantasy Premier League! We would like to share with you the new updates for the 2025/26 Premier League season
Defensive Contribution Points
This new method of points scoring will reward outfield players who may not stand out with a goal or an assist but still make significant contributions during a match. Bonus points do recognise these players but the tireless defensive work of defenders and midfielders can often lose out to the scorer of a vital goal.
Losing a clean sheet to a late strike can be painful for the FPL Manager and scant reward if a defender has been dominant throughout. Defensive Contribution seeks to resolve this and address the balance. It favours defenders who accumulate clearances, blocks, interceptions (CBI) and tackles rather than the attacking full-backs who are often the go-to options for our squads.
Any defender who reaches an accumulative total of 10 or more clearances, blocks, interceptions (CBI) and tackles in a single match will earn 2 points.
Midfielders and forwards can also earn these points. To recognise the role they play in regaining possession and turning defence into attack, their ball recoveries contribute to their Defensive Contribution.
A midfielder or forward who reaches an accumulative total of 12 or more clearances, blocks, interceptions (CBI) tackles and recoveries will earn 2 points.
As a result, centre-backs and defensive midfielders now play a more influential role in Fantasy squads.
Revised Assists
For the 2025/26 season, the definition of a Fantasy assist has been simplified to better recognise players for their contributions to goals, and to reduce the degree of subjectivity involved so that it is easier for managers to see when their player is getting an assist.
Players have not previously been awarded an assist if their pass or cross was deflected by an opponent away from the intended target or destination. Now this rule only applies to goals where the goalscorer receives the ball outside of the penalty area.
For the majority of goals, the ball is received by the goalscorer inside the penalty box and more of these will now be rewarded with assists.
The intended target or destination of a pass will no longer be a factor and a Fantasy assist will be awarded when the goalscorer receives the ball inside the penalty box and there is only one defensive touch before the ball reaches them, as long as that touch from an opposing player is not a pass.
If the goalscorer receives the ball outside the box, the old rules remain - a judgment will be made about whether they were the intended target of the pass. That judgment is often a far easier and clearer one to make when the ball is received outside a busy penalty box.
If these rules had been in place for the 24/25 season, there would have been 41 additional Fantasy assists awarded.
Additional Chips
All the chips now replicate the Wildcard and are available for both the first and second part of the season. Like the Wildcard, no chip can be carried over and must be used before the specified Gameweek deadline.
The first Bench Boost and Triple Captain chips will be available from the start of the season until the Gameweek 19 deadline of Tue 30 Dec 18:30. The second set of these chips will be available for Gameweek 20 and can be used up until the end of the season. Both of these chips can be cancelled before the Gameweek deadline.
There will also be two Free Hit and Wildcard chips available during the season. The first of these chips will be available from the start of the season and must be played by the Gameweek 19 deadline of Tue 30 Dec 18:30. The second set of these chips will be available for Gameweek 20 and can be used up until the end of the season. These chips are played when confirming transfers and they cannot be cancelled once confirmed.
Bonus Points System Changes
The Bonus Points System (BPS) has been changed to better recognise defenders and goalkeepers, boosting their likelihood of gaining bonus points.
Goalkeepers still earn 2 BPS for a save but if the save is from a shot made from inside the box, they now earn an additional 1 BPS.
A goal-line clearance is now worth 9 BPS (formerly 3 BPS).
Successful Tackles earn 2 BPS (formerly 2 BPS for every Successful Tackles minus Lost Tackles).
All goals scored directly from a penalty score 12 BPS regardless of the position of the goalscorer (formerly 12 for defenders, 18 for midfielders and 24 for forwards).
African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Transfers
With AFCON taking place from December 21 to January 18 this season, Managers will be given additional transfers to allow them to deal with player absence during this period.
Following the Gameweek 15 Deadline on Sat 6 Dec 13:30 and ahead of Gameweek 16 on Sat 13 Dec 13:30, Managers will be topped up to the maximum of 5 free transfers, regardless of how many transfers are available to them at that point.
These Free Transfers do not need to be used in Gameweek 16, they can be carried over between Gameweeks and used at any time.
Club Badge Creator with Adobe Express
New for the 25/26 Fantasy season, you can create a club badge using Adobe Express and its Firefly generative AI tool.
Upon entering your FPL team, you’ll be prompted with the option to generate your custom team badge. You can start creating your badge immediately or return to it later.
If you choose to create your badge, Adobe Express will open, and you will be asked to begin by entering a prompt for the Firefly AI to use when generating images. You will then be asked to log in or create an Adobe account to view your images and continue.
New Classic Leagues
There are additional Global Leagues added for the 25/26 season that have some qualifying criteria based on your previous rank.
The 1% League is made up of managers from the top 1% of ranks from the 24/25 season. Similarly, the 10% League consists of managers from the top 10% of ranks from the 24/25 season.
@BearsEatBeets Thanks for this buddy, really helps, I couldn't get my head around all the changes and this sums them up nicely - thank you. Hope you got off to a decent start!
@Mostik yeah it's some quite substantial changes. Pondering if I should tag all the players to make sure they see it. I've thought for a while now that should have found a way to reward players that make big contributions other than just goals. Hopefully it will lead to a bigger variety in useful players and therefore team compositions.
As for my start, I seem to be suffering for leaving out both Salah & Haaland and am dead last 😄. Still, I have one player to play tonight and a high scoring sub to go in so might jump a place or two.
@Kairuuu It's fairly common that I use my first wildcard by about week 5 at the latest. I feel at the very start is when you are most likely to have taken gambles on players that don't work. Still, week 2 might be a new record 😄, hope it works out for you.
I ended the first week dead last but there are very few points between most of us.
Reminder for everyone to make themselves aware of the rule changes this season in post #330 above.
@BearsEatBeets Yeah, I just felt something was off with my original team. I think I went all-in on midfielders and left myself short for forwards, so I opted for the wildcard to get a fresh start.
Hoping it pays off. The team I have now already looks much more balanced. I just hope it pans out that way.
@Elfuggingjefe Ah that sucks. Still, baring one of those weird gameweeks with extra or less games I'd say that was the least useful of the chips. Not too bad a loss and you'll get another one for the second half of the season when there is more of a chance of one of those gameweeks.
@Kairuuu with this new points system I'll definitely being using my first one sooner rather than later.
Might have to use my first wildcard next week. I already have 2 red defenders unavailable so I need my remaining 3 to definitely play in order to put out a full team this weekend. I didn't want to spend 4 points this early to fix it.
EDIT: Chelsea score 5 goals in 60 minutes. I have the Chelsea striker in my team. He has nothing to do with any of them and has just gone off. 😖
@nessisonett I'm barely doing better than you but hoping for some good points tonight to salvage a little bit.
I've now got 2 red and 2 amber players so I'm definitely going to use my wildcard after seeing how tonight's game unfolds.
I've been planning out my transfers over the next few gameweeks but I'm so reluctant to transfer anyone because the second I do they'll probably all get hat-tricks.
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