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            <p>Fantasy Football Hub's AI selects the best Free Hit team for Gameweek 3 of the 2025/26 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season - how many of its picks make your team?</p>
<p>With an extra Free Hit chip to use in the first half of the season, our weekly look at the AI's preferred Free Hit team, fixtures and predicted points is more important than ever.</p>
<p>This AI team is an early snapshot ahead of the deadline. Hub members can <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/ai-teams">see the latest squad in realtime</a> - it regularly changes as new information is processed.</p>
<h3>🤖 Hub AI quick summary 🤖</h3>
<p>Simplicity and speed are among Fantasy Football Hub's core values, so many of our articles this season will come with a quick 'Hub AI' summary for those who want the answer - fast.</p>
<p>Read the full article for the detailed picture - and listen to an audio summary 👇</p>
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<li>🚀Last week's Free Hit team beat the FPL average in a challenging week for many experienced managers</li>
<li>🎯Manchester United and Chelsea players among the targets this week</li>
<li>🔮Salah leads for predicted points but four United players in the top 10, including a rare appearance from a defender</li>
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<h2>How did the AI team perform in Gameweek 2?</h2>
<p><strong>Points: </strong>60</p>
<p><strong>FPL average: </strong>51</p>
<p>It was a strong week for the AI team, which outscored the FPL average in a week where many experienced managers struggled.</p>
<p>A haul for <strong>Marcus Tavernier </strong>(11 points) was among the highlights, including a full set of returns from the Arsenal triple up.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-74167" class="wp-caption-text">Hub AI team for Gameweek 2</p>
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 3 fixtures</h2>
<p>Manchester United top the Hub's <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker">fixture ticker</a> this week, with a prime home game against Burnley.</p>
<p>The Red Devils' new-look attack has yet to fire, scoring once in two games, but they are creating chances.</p>
<p>Ruben Amorim's men have racked up the sixth best expected goals (xG) tally of 3.22 - higher than Liverpool's 2.93 - although <strong>Bruno Fernandes's </strong>missed penalty contributes to the total.</p>
<p>Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Spurs are among the other teams with targetable fixtures for free hitters.</p>
<p>And while they've not got off to a good start, Aston Villa's run of favourable games continues with Crystal Palace travelling to Villa Park.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-74368" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 3 fixtures</p>
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 3 predicted points</h2>
<p><strong>Mohamed Salah </strong>tops the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">predicted points chart</a> despite a challenging fixture on paper against Arsenal (H).</p>
<p>The Egyptian has scored in three of his last four league games against the Gunners, with an overall career record of 11 goals in 16 matches.</p>
<p>A solid Arsenal defence could however convince some to back against him for the captaincy - and <strong>Erling Haaland </strong>and <strong>Bruno Fernandes </strong>are among the alternatives.</p>
<p>Haaland faces Brighton (A), while Fernandes has the pick of the week's games. Teammates <strong>Matheus Cunha</strong>, <strong>Bryan Mbeumo </strong>and <strong>Matthijs De Ligt</strong> also placing in the top 10 underlines the potential of the fixture.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-74369" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 3 predicted points</p>
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<h2>Best FPL Gameweek 3 Free Hit team: Key picks analysed</h2>
<p>It's a 3-4-3 formation for the Free Hit team this week, with Salah captaining the team.</p>
<p>There are triple ups on two teams, with the AI taking full advantage of United's home fixture.</p>
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