FPL may not be a complex game, but it&#8217;s not easy to finish in the top 1% year after year. So what is it that makes a select few managers finish in the top 1% every season? What are the tips and resources they use every week that ensure they win their mini-leagues?
This is not a guide on how to play FPL, you can find that on the Official FPL site. Rather, this is the unveiling of a select few secrets and strategies to consistently score high and dominate your mini-leagues.
1. Become a master trader
There are three things to consider on this, take each on board to truly gain an edge on the rest of the market.
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<li>Spreading the funds. Everyone starts the game with the same £100m budget, but the way you allocate and build these funds is what separates the good managers from the great ones.This year, there’s a dearth of decent options for cheap keepers &amp; opting for a ‘set and forget’ pairing of £4.5m and £4.0 here allows for reinvestment further upfield. In defence there are a large number of very attractive £4.5-5.0 defenders you can pack your backline with, allowing for the bulk of your money to be invested on the huge variety of midfield and striker options from the big hitter teams. </li>
<li>Bench fodder. Ensure you don’t have money wasted on assets warming your bench every week. For busier periods such as around Christmas, having at least one or two stronger options on the bench who can come in and do a job is recommended, but you need to ensure these players are not accounting for too much of your overall budget.</li>
<li>Find the enablers. One way of catapulting your team to the top of the rankings is unearthing those rare gems of a player who cost under £6m but score strongly week in week out. Dempsey, Michu, Wan Bissaka, Lord Lundstram himself &#8211; all were legendary ‘enablers’ at one time or another and the top FPL managers jumped on these early before their price rocketed.</li>
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2. <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">Stats</a> matter
At its heart, Fantasy Football is a numbers game. Any top manager worth his salt maintains a firm handle on the data that powers the game. You can get some basic <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> from the main FPL website, but if you really want an edge you need to get your hands on the important ones &#8211; we’ve made use of the experts at OPTA and provided you with a one-stop-shop for the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/">latest Fantasy Football statistics</a>.
3. Learn from the best
At the Hub, we have some of the highest performers in the game contributing to our site regularly, including team reveals from former overall winners and those that manage top 1% finishes for <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/author/mj6987/">10 years straight</a>.  Observe how they set up their teams and how they make their decisions week in, week out.
4. Have a plan
It may not be glamorous, but planning is second nature to all great FPL managers. You need to be flexible and adapt where necessary, but having a rough plan of how your team is going to look in three Gameweeks time is never a bad idea. Think of it like the chess grandmaster who is always mentally playing two or three moves ahead. Whatever your Fantasy Football game of choice the Hub has you covered, with <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/ben-crellins-fpl-transfer-planning-sheet/">planners</a> and <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-guides/">guides</a> for every scenario.
5. Embrace the bookies 
A tool needed in every good manager&#8217;s kit, is to look at the odds &#8211; if you&#8217;re on the right side of them over the season, you&#8217;ll almost certainly end up with a good rank. You can use regular bookies, but our points prediction tool is able to compute vast quantities of high-quality contextual information about player and teams performance levels. The result is a model that actually outperforms inferences from bookmaker anytime scorer odds alone. Undecided on your next move? Use <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions/">this tool</a> to guide you. 
6. Get a little help
Stuck on a transfer? Not sure who to captain? We have communities of top-level managers across both <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/forum/">Slack</a> and <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/whatsapp/">WhatsApp</a> groups. Stay in the loop and join the loop with some of the sharpest minds in the game. If you&#8217;re after a dedicated expert mind, you can even try our increasingly popular <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/team-review/">Team Review service</a>. 
7. Reading the fixtures
Identify favourable fixture runs early and pick players who can capitalise on it. Second thing to consider with fixtures: home and away games. Whilst the absence of fans is lessening this impact somewhat, monitor where your team is playing: certain players have a tendency to score better at home (Salah), whilst others do better away (Mane). At Fantasy Football Hub we’ve developed the most comprehensive <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/">fixture ticker</a> in the game. This is powered by spread betting odds (as we mentioned, the bookies don’t often call it wrong!) and gives you the easiest and hardest fixtures for each team, split by both attack and defence.
8. Oh Captain! My captain! 
It can at times make for some very frustrating Gameweeks, but choosing the correct captain is a vital element of success in Fantasy Football. Don’t make ‘gut’ decisions, but use the data to guide you &#8211; it could be the decision between a torrid Gameweek and an excellent one. Each week at the Hub, our very own Chris Tan crunches the numbers and delivers the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/category/fpl-captain/">most thorough overview</a> in the game on this crucial topic. 
9. When the chips are down. 
Think very seriously about how and when you will deploy your chips. Do everything you can to keep hold of the chips for when they’ll be most useful. Deploying them around double/triple Gameweeks is often the most efficient strategy. Fantasy Football Hub has exclusive use of the legendary <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/ben-crellins-fpl-transfer-planning-sheet/">Ben Crellin’s planning sheet</a> to take the hard work out of deciphering these crucial periods in the game.
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