With Gameweek 30 around the corner, we are now well into the final quarter of the 2024-2025 Fantasy Premier League season and as it looks at the moment, it has all the makings of a big one. Enjoy the relative calm of the traditional, single gameweek, because based on the most recent FA Cup results, things are going to be heating up from Gameweek 32 onwards. We’ve got a small Double in Gameweek 32 and a major Blank in Gameweek 34, and gameweek planning guru Ben Crellin (@BenCrellin on X) sees a big Double Gameweek sandwiched right between those two Gameweeks. Gameweek 35 could also become a small Double, while Gameweek 36 is set to be the biggest Double Gameweek of the season, right before what could possibly be the biggest Blank in Gameweek 37.
Anyway, for now, we are focusing on Gameweek 30 and there’s plenty to look forward to for FPL managers. Apart from a few interesting games fixture-wise, like Bournemouth at home to Ipswich Town and Manchester City at home to Leicester City, the mid-week round is also offering not one but TWO city derbies. On Wednesday evening, it’s time for the Merseyside Derby between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield. A day later, Chelsea welcome Spurs to Stamford Bridge for a real London derby.
Don’t forget, the deadline for gameweek 30 is set at 18h15 (UK time) on Tuesday, April 1st, 2025. The free to play FPL or pay to play season/weekend/daily games like FanTeam are ideal ways of following the Premier League action.
Most transferred in/transferred out players (as per March 31st, 2025)
| TRANSFERS OUT | TRANSFERS IN | POSSIBLE REASONS | |
| GK | Pickford (EVE), Sels (NFO), Fabianski (WHU) | Henderson (CRY), Raya (ARS), Pope (NEW) | |
| DEF | Alexander-Arnold (LIV), Hall (NEW), Robinson (FUL) | Muñoz (CRY), Kerkez (BOU), Milenkovic (NFO) | Muñoz attacking form + good fixture, Kerkez form + fixtures, Alexander-Arnold injury doubt, Hall injured |
| MID | Palmer (CHE), Mbeumo (BRE), Fernandes (MUN) | Fernandes (MUN), Sarr (CRY), Salah (LIV) | All transferred-in midfielders in form, Palmer injury doubt |
| FOR | Wood (NFO), Beto (EVE), Wissa (BRE) | Marmoush (MCI), Isak (NEW), Mateta (CRY) | Wood injury doubt, |
Premium pick
With Liverpool facing Everton at home and Manchester City welcoming Leicester, both Mohamed Salah (£13.7m) and Erling Haaland (£14.8m) look like fantastic options in Gameweek 30. The only problem is that Haaland, at the moment of writing, is flagged in the official game and when asked about the possible injury on Sunday, Man City manager Pep Guardiola said he “doesn’t know yet, we will see”. Although, that might be such a big problem after all, at least not for fantasy managers, because it makes the premium fantasy pick for Gameweek 30 considerably easier. Especially when you consider that Cole Palmer is currently flagged as well for Chelsea’s home encounter with Spurs. In any case, Mo Salah is the premium fantasy pick of the week for us. He has 27 goals and 17 assists from 29 league starts to his name already, and he is just coming off a brace against Southampton in Gameweek 28 (Liverpool blanked in GW29). On top of that, he’s fit, in form and getting ready for a Merseyside Derby in which Liverpool are the runaway favourites. Yes, Mo is wearing our armband as well in Gameweek 30.
Non-premium pick
As far as goals scored at home go, only Chris Wood and Erling Haaland have scored more than Alexander Isak (£9.3m) so far this season. The Newcastle forward has already scored 19 league goals in total this season (plus 5 assists) and 9 of those goals were scored in front of the St. James’ Park faithful. That comes down to an average of 7.5 FPL points per home game, an average only bettered by the previously mentioned other two forwards. Upcoming opponents Brentford are no pushovers and we are not saying that their visit will be a walk in the park for the Magpies. What we ARE saying though, is that Brentford have conceded an alarming number of shots in away games, 269 so far, to be precise. Only bottom-ranked Southampton have performed worse in that area so far, with 270 shots… what we are trying to say here is that Isak should get at least a few opportunities on Wednesday to get back to his scoring ways, after two Gameweeks without an attacking return.
The budget enabler
With Bournemouth facing Ipswich Town at home in Gameweek 30, followed by a visit to West Ham in Gameweek 31, it should be no surprise that their assets are in demand right now. The Cherries are having a great season, as they currently find themselves in 10th place and just four points off 5th, and their upcoming game could prove more than helpful in their unlikely hunt for the top six. That’s why we are including Justin Kluivert (£6.3m) as our budget fantasy pick for Gameweek 30, even though his price tag is flirting with this category’s upper limit. The Dutchman is having one of the very best seasons of his career, having scored 12 goals and assisted 6 in 24 league starts, and with a recent return to the Dutch national team as a cherry on top. He assisted in the first leg of the Nations League thriller with European champions Spain last week and is now back on the English south coast to prepare for the visit of Ipswich. The Tractor Boys look just about set for relegation by now, which in great is due to the fact they have already let in 62 goals this season. Our hope is that Kluivert can add one or two more to that total on Wednesday.
The differential
Our differential fantasy pick for Gameweek 30 is a differential because of his current ownership (2.8%) and also because he is an attacker in Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, and we all know what that means: rotation risk. At the same time, the reigning champions are playing Leicester “65 goals conceded in 29 games” City at home, which kind of makes it hard to ignore them, no matter how unreliable their form may be. We did not go for Man City in the Premium or Non-Premium categories, so we are going with Savinho (£6.2m) in our differential fantasy pick category. The Brazilian winger already has 10 assists to his name, plus a goal, and that goal was scored back in December 2024 against… Leicester. As a matter of fact, Savinho scored and assisted for 14 FPL points that day, which is still his best score of the season so far. Perhaps even more important though, is the fact that the Brazilian has started the last six league games for City. Of course, picking Savinho (or any Man City attacking asset) remains as risky as ever, but we feel he could be a shrewd differential move this week.
The (vice-)captaincy
Our captain for Gameweek 30 is Mohamed Salah, as you will have seen from our premium fantasy pick category this week.
The perfect alternative for the Egyptian would be Erling Haaland at home to Leicester, but the Norwegian is an injury doubt at the moment. Had he not been, then he would have probably been both our premium fantasy pick and our captain for Gameweek 30.
Besides the two very usual suspects, we like the look of Alexander Isak at home against Ipswich Town and the same goes for Jean-Philippe Mateta, for Palace’s visit to Southampton. Justin Kluivert could be an interesting differential captain as well, especially with penalties in his locker.
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