What is the best FPL Free Hit team for Blank Gameweek 18 according to Hub AI?
Our brilliant <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/pick">My Team tool</a> produces two optimum squads for Hub members each week &#8211; the best <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/ai-teams">Wildcard and team of the week</a>.
The team of the week will be hugely valuable if you&#8217;re playing your Free Hit chip this week &#8211; but it&#8217;s also a great way to measure how well your team is shaping up for the coming gameweek.
And the Free Hit could be popular this week, given both <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-blank-double-gameweek-guide">Manchester City and Brentford have no fixture</a>.
Check the p<a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">redicted points</a> nearer the deadline for a better indication of the best squad.

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<h2>Best FPL team for Gameweek 17 review</h2>
Points: 51
FPL average: 40
Like many FPL teams this week, last week&#8217;s AI team&#8217;s total &#8211; and the FPL average &#8211; is subject to change.
Bournemouth v Luton was abandoned, with a decision yet to be made about whether their players will keep their FPL points. Dominic Solanke (£6.8m) scored and was in line for three bonus points, however he only has six points as things stand.
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<h2>FPL Blank Gameweek 18 best players: Predicted points</h2>
Before looking at the AI&#8217;s squad, here&#8217;s how the top five for predicted points shape up.
Son Heung-min (£9.8m) tops the list, just under a point ahead of Mohamed Salah (£13.2m).
These two will be popular captaincy options, as will Ollie Watkins (£8.6m), who completes the top three.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL team for Blank Gameweek 18</h2>
Martin Dubravka (£4.2m) starts in goal ahead of Chelsea stand-in Dorde Petrovic (£4.5m), with Newcastle&#8217;s clean-sheet prospects against Luton away rated higher than Chelsea&#8217;s versus Wolves.
Kieran Trippier (£6.9m) returns from his one-match ban and is one of three attacking full-backs forming the AI&#8217;s defence this week.
Pedro Porro (£5.5m), who faces Everton and home, and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£8.2m), who goes up against Arsenal, complete the trio.
Trippier and Porro are ranked first and second for expected goal involvements (xGI) among defenders on 5.6 and 5.3. Both have outperformed, contributing six and seven assists apiece.
Four of the top five predicted points scorers are midfielders &#8211; and all of them get a spot in the AI team &#8211; with Bukayo Saka (£9.0m) joining them.
Watkins is paired with Matheus Cunha (£5.7m) up front. The latter has five goals and three assists this season.
Villa&#8217;s talisman Watkins has nine goals and nine assists and plays Sheffield United at home, where his team have a 100% winning record in the league this season. The Blades have conceded the most goals on the road (22).
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<h2>Best FPL team for Blank Gameweek 18 pictured</h2>
Remember to check the AI best team in the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/ai-teams">My Team</a> tool closer to the FPL deadline, as predicted points regularly change throughout the week.
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