How to navigate double gameweeks - FPL tips & team of week

Double gameweek season has arrived in Fantasy Premier League and it starts with a simple two-team one in gameweek 32.

It means a lot of FPL players will have similar teams - or at least similar players who double - but there are still plenty of questions to ponder.

Should I bench boost? Should I play the Triple Captain chip? And which Crystal Palace and Newcastle players are the best picks?

Our team of the week should help you with a few of those dilemmas.

Expert FPL Heisenberg was a special guest on the BBC Sport website for a FPL question and answer session - see what he had to say before gameweek 32.

The next few weeks look like this:

Gameweek 32 - double gameweek for Newcastle and Crystal Palace

Gameweek 33 - double gameweek for Manchester City, Aston Villa, Arsenal and Crystal Palace

Gameweek 34 - blank gameweek for Manchester City, Aston Villa, Arsenal and Crystal Palace

Gameweek 35 - normal gameweek

And we know the FA Cup final might bring more doubles in 36 and blanks in 37.

You've got a massive chance for big points, especially if you've kept a few of your chips back.

A bench boost would work this week or next. It's obviously team dependant and I'd plan out your squad for both weeks and decide which one feels the most exciting. You're not going to get a full squad of players going twice in either week, so a lot will depend on your single gameweek players.

Nottingham Forest, Brighton and Chelsea players look good this week.

In gameweek 33, Liverpool visit Leicester and you could put in West Ham and Manchester United players against Southampton and Wolves respectively.

If you haven't yet used your wildcard, now could be the time to set you up for two double gameweeks.

Picking when you are going to play your Triple Captain chip might be a good way of setting your strategy for the rest of the season - and deciding when Bench Boost is played.

I think there are three main choices.

1. Newcastle's Alexander Isak this week - safe, high-upside, but lots of players will make the same decision so if you are chasing points look elsewhere.

2. Arsenal's Bukayo Saka in week 33 - Ipswich away and Palace at home is juicy, Saka can easily put back-to-back hauls together. But will he start both games?

3. Wait for week 36 - your hope is Manchester City get to the FA Cup final as one of their games in a potential double would be Southampton away. It's risky waiting this long but could well pay off.

Captain Isak did not pay off, with no goal contributions in a 3-0 Newcastle win.

Saka and fellow Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli being benched also hurt.

But Jacob Murphy (16 points) and Liam Delap (8) saved the day for 47 points.

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Matz Sels, Nottingham Forest, keeper, £5.1m - Everton (h)

The top-scoring keeper, the second-most clean sheets in the league (13) and a home game against a hardly-prolific Everton side.

You don't need underlying statistics to back up this pick but here is one anyway - Everton's expected goals (xG) on the road (14.18) is lower than every other team, except Leicester and Southampton, who are both set for relegation.

Neco Williams, Nottingham Forest, £4.4m - Everton (h)

Doubling up on a top FPL defence this week. You might look at the points total and think Nikola Milenkovic (£5.1m) is the best Forest asset, having scored four goals.

But Williams is the underlying data pick. Since gameweek 25, Milenkovic has scored twice from four shots, two of which were on target.

Williams, by contrast, leads the team with 10 shots, seven key passes, one big chance created and an xG of 0.55.

Milenkovic is a threat from corners, but Williams has more avenues to points from open play.

Daniel Munoz, Crystal Palace, £5.2m - Man City and Newcastle (both a)

If Munoz isn't in your team already then what have you been doing? He's more of a right winger than a defender, and only Manchester City's Josko Gvardiol has more shots in the box, goals and big chances as a defender.

Palace's double doesn't scream clean sheets, but Munoz doesn't need those!

Kieran Trippier, Newcastle, £5.6m - Man Utd and Crystal Palace (both h)

If you can afford him, Trippier is worth the punt as a Newcastle defender.

Fellow full-back Tino Livramento hauled last week, but that was his first assist of the season. Trippier could be taking free-kicks and corners - he's been there and done it as an FPL legend so how about a trip down memory lane?

Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton, £6.5m - Leicester (h)

Backing a forward player against Leicester pays off almost every week and Mitoma is easily Brighton's most reliable midfielder.

The most shots, shots in the box, on target, key passes, xG, goals - I could go on.

Newcastle's Murphy had a haul from the flanks against the Foxes, now it is Mitoma's turn.

Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, £13.8m - West Ham (h)

It is now three scoreless games in the past four for Salah, but the question is 'what would you do with the money if you sold him?'.

West Ham at home is a good fixture and Salah can play terribly and still get two returns in any game. So unless you are in a major budget crunch for double gameweek players just hang on to the Egyptian!

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.7m - Ipswich (h)

I don't blame you if you've been scared off by Palmer's form and last week's benching, but this fixture is too enticing to ignore him.

Leaving him on the bench against Brentford didn't exactly work out for manager Enzo Maresca so I'd expect him to play - and Ipswich have conceded more than two goals per game.

In a normal gameweek, Palmer would be a captaincy shout.

Jacob Murphy, Newcastle, £5.1m - Man Utd and Crystal Palace (both h)

Anthony Gordon's recent injury makes the pick of a Newcastle midfielder for the double gameweek a simple one.

Cheap, guaranteed minutes, on form and the winger has 16 goal involvements (GI) this season, which works out at 0.79 GI per 90 minutes on the pitch.

Eberechi Eze (vice-captain), Crystal Palace, £6.8m - Man City and Newcastle (both a)

Palace's double is not great but you have to take a punt and picking Eze over Ismaila Sarr (£5.7m) depends on how much you value underlying data - and what you take from it.

Sarr has more FPL points this season and his 17 big chances is bettered by only five midfielders - two of them the pricey Salah and Palmer.

The Eagles forward also has seven goals from an xG of 7.3, while Eze has two from an xG of 6.1 - so the more expensive Palace man is massively underperforming and perhaps 'due' a goal.

He's taken nearly double the shots on goal too, while Sarr's xG in the past two games is zero.

Ultimately, there's no correct choice here and budget might dictate who you choose.

Alexander Isak (captain), Newcastle, £9.5m - Man Utd and Crystal Palace (both h)

A simple choice for captain this week. Don't be put off by a relative dry patch of one goal in three games.

Isak has hit double figures seven times this season. That's the kind of potential you want and why the Swede is a major Triple Captain consideration.

Jean-Philippe Mateta, Crystal Palace, £7.7m - Man City and Newcastle (both a)

Another easy double gameweek choice. Scored a lovely goal last week, and was motoring before his recent head injury with eight goals in an eight-game stretch.

And if you watched Mateta in the win over Brighton, his finish oozed confidence and he looks ready to hit top gear.

Bart Verbruggen, Brighton, keeper, £4.5m - Leicester (h)

Pervis Estupinan, Brighton, defender, £4.9m - Leicester (h)

Jakub Kiwior, Arsenal, defender, £4.8m - Brentford (h)

Iliman Ndiaye, Everton, striker, £5.2m - Nottingham Forest (a)

Team total cost: £99.9m

The team of the week is selected based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

Mikel Merino, Arsenal, midfielder, £6.1m

Are FPL players sleeping on the Spaniard?

A midfielder playing out of position as a striker, two goals in his past three and 90 minutes in six straight games.

Arsenal's double gameweek is going to be tricky to navigate as it looks like they are going through to the Champions League semi-finals.

But Mikel Arteta can't rest every player and Merino has fresh legs after mostly featuring from the bench in the first half of the season.

West Ham - Liverpool (a), Southampton (h), Brighton (a)

That Southampton game jumps out in gameweek 33, especially for those considering a bench boost.

Jarrod Bowen (£7.6m) is the standout pick, in midfield.

The Hammers could also have a double gameweek if Nottingham Forest knock Manchester City out of the FA Cup.