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Last updated: 26/05/26
<h2>FPL 2026/27: The key dates</h2>
The 2025/26 Premier League season ended on Sunday, May 24, when Arsenal were crowned champions and Spurs avoided relegation at the expense of West Ham.
FPL returns in August but in between, we&#8217;ve got the World Cup to look forward to and FIFA&#8217;s official World Cup Fantasy game.
Here are the key dates to look out for:
<ul>
<li>🌎 World Cup begins: Thursday, June 11</li>
<li>🗓️ Premier League fixtures released: Friday, June 19</li>
<li>🏆 World Cup final: Sunday, July 19</li>
<li>⚽ Pre-season friendlies: From late July onwards</li>
<li>🤩 FPL launch date: To be confirmed</li>
<li>🚨 FPL Gameweek 1 deadline: Friday, August 21</li>
</ul>
<h3>Summer reading list</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-gameweek-38-key-moments-salah-departs-fernandes-assist-record-bowen-cant-save-hammers/">FPL Gameweek 38 round-up</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-football-hub-hall-of-fame">Hub Hall of Fame: Mini-league winners revealed</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-football-hub-app-revamped">New Hub app coming for the 2026/27 season: Everything you need to know</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-pre-season-results-guide">Pre-season Friendlies Guide: Who&#8217;s playing when?</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_79580" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-79580" class="size-full wp-image-79580" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lampard.jpg" alt="Frank Lampard. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lampard.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lampard-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lampard-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Promoted Coventry manager Frank Lampard. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL Training Academy: How to play FPL</h2>
New to FPL or need to brush up on your knowledge of the game? 
Our Training Academy has all the pointers covered and will be updated as necessary should new rules be introduced. 
Last season saw a major shake-up, with <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-2025-26-changes-defensive-contributions">defensive contribution points</a> introduced and extra chips.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/how-to-play-fpl">FPL Training Academy: How to play FPL</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_79416" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-79416" class="size-full wp-image-79416" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2248083420.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="682" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2248083420.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2248083420-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2248083420-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Leandro Trossard. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL expert team reveals and best team drafts</h2>
Want to know who the very best FPL managers in the game will be picking? Check out our expert team reveals soon after FPL launches 
Our team revealers have a hugely impressive clutch of top 1k, top 10k and top 50k finishes between them &#8211; and our full roster of experts will be revealed nearer to the game&#8217;s launch. 
As well as our team reveals, we&#8217;ll provide draft squads for different combinations of premium players.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-team-reveals">COMING SOON: FPL expert team reveals for 2026/27</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_74177" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-74177" class="size-full wp-image-74177" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229445929-1.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229445929-1.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229445929-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229445929-1-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Virgil van Dijk. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>Best FPL players</h2>
FPL Salah will guide us through all the players worth considering by price point across the positions, while Hub editor Oli Poole and deputy editor George Kenny assess the top three picks from each club.
<h3>Best players by price point</h3>
Goalkeepers: Budget | Premium
Defenders: £4.0m | Budget | Mid-priced | Premium
Midfielders: £4.5m | Budget | Mid-priced | Premium
Forwards: £4.5m | Budget | Mid-priced | Premium
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<h3>Best players by club: Top three players</h3>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🔫 Arsenal</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🦁 Aston Villa</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🍒 Bournemouth</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🐝 Brentford</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🌊 Brighton</li>
<li aria-level="1">🩵 Coventry</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🔵 Chelsea</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🦅 Crystal Palace</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🍬 Everton</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🏡 Fulham</li>
<li aria-level="1">🐯 Hull</li>
<li aria-level="1">🚜 Ipswich</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🆕 Leeds</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🔴 Liverpool</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🏙️ Manchester City</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">😈 Manchester United</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">⚫ Newcastle</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🌳 Nottingham Forest</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🐈‍⬛ Sunderland</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🐓 Spurs</li>
</ul>
<h2>Premier League FPL team previews</h2>
Our team previews will cover everything you need to know about all 20 clubs, including top-scoring players, simple <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> analysis, opening fixtures, early predicted lineups, set-piece takers and more:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🔫 Arsenal team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🦁 Aston Villa team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🍒 Bournemouth team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🐝 Brentford team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🌊 Brighton team preview</li>
<li aria-level="1">🩵 Coventry team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🔵 Chelsea team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🦅 Crystal Palace team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🍬 Everton team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🏡 Fulham team preview</li>
<li aria-level="1">🐯 Hull team preview</li>
<li aria-level="1">🚜 Ipswich team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🆕 Leeds team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🔴 Liverpool team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🏙️ Manchester City team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">😈 Manchester United team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">⚫ Newcastle team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🌳 Nottingham Forest team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🐈‍⬛ Sunderland team preview</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">🐓 Spurs team preview</li>
</ul>
<h2>FPL transfer news, hot topics and tips</h2>
All the top talking points ahead of the 2025/26 campaign, as well as all our other FPL tips articles, will be found here. 
<div id="attachment_79244" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-79244" class="size-full wp-image-79244" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2272076084.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="663" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2272076084.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2272076084-300x194.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2272076084-768x497.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Rayan Cherki. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL pre-season results</h2>
Our pre-season results guide will be updated with all the fixtures ahead of the start of pre-season as clubs confirmed their preparation plans for the new campaign.
Once friendlies begin in late July, we&#8217;ll bring you the results, goalscorers and assisters and at-a-glance notes to help scout your selections before Gameweek 1.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-pre-season-results-guide">FPL Pre-season Friendlies Guide</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_79581" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-79581" class="size-full wp-image-79581" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2277892604.jpg" alt="Ollie McBurnie. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2277892604.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2277892604-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2277892604-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Ollie McBurnie. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>FPL chip strategy and blank and double gameweek tips</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-chip-strategy-guide">COMING SOON: FPL Chip Strategy Guide 2026/27</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-blank-double-gameweek-guide">COMING SOON: FPL Blank and Double Gameweek Guide 2026/27</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Set-piece takers</h2>
Who’s on penalty, corner and free-kick duties? Find out who has multiple routes to FPL points in our set-piece takers guide:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-set-piece-takers">FPL set-piece takers</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_73230" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73230" class="size-full wp-image-73230" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner.jpg" alt="Declan Rice. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rice-corner-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Declan Rice. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>Fantasy Football Hub FPL mini-leagues</h2>
FPL rules sadly prevent us from offering prizes for our mini-league, however you can join our open-to-all mini-league.
The league code will be posted here after the game launches.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/mini-leagues-in-fantasy-premier-league">Everything you need to know about FPL mini-leagues</a></li>
</ul>
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