Operation 'target Leicester' continues - FPL tips and team of week

BCB Sport FPL tips
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It's business time in Fantasy Premier League, with double and blank gameweeks ahead.

There are only eight weeks left so transfers are precious, every week matters that little bit more and you don't want to leave anything on the table.

As a reminder...

Gameweek 31 - normal gameweek

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

If you're stuck for how to approach this period then don't worry, help is at hand.

FPL expert Gianni Buttice will be joining us on the BBC Sport website at 14:30 BST on Friday 4 April for a live question and answer session.

Want him to grade your wildcard? Need a differential for the rest of the season? Confused about chip strategy?

Get your questions in for Gianni on X using #bbcfootball.

In the meantime, here's our week 31 team of the week for some short-term inspiration.

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.

How did last week's FPL team do?

Manchester City held the team together with captain Omar Marmoush (18 points) and clean sheets for Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias.

Aside from that it was a lot of one and two-pointers for 43 points. Meh.

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Keeper and defence

Kieran Trippier
If Kieran Trippier can reproduce his form of the past two seasons, he is a great differential defensive pick [Getty Images]

Emi Martinez, Aston Villa, keeper, £5m - Nottingham Forest (h)

The Argentine kept just his fourth clean sheet of the season in Wednesday's win at Brighton but he is a differential keeper option for this week and the rest of the season.

Villa face goal-shy Southampton next week before a double in 33.

Forest are not an easy opponent for Villa but they are definitely not as threatening without injured striker Chris Wood.

Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool, £6.4m - Fulham (a)

Liverpool's defence is rolling at the moment, with three clean sheets in their past four including keeping Manchester City and Newcastle out.

And Van Dijk has only scored once so far this season. He has not finished a season with just one goal since 2020-21, so the law of averages means he is due.

Djed Spence, Spurs, £4.4m - Southampton (h)

While Tottenham's form is nose-diving again, they face a Saints side with just 22 goals in 30 games - the league's lowest total.

Spence seems to be holding down that right-back spot and, if they do keep a clean sheet, has a great chance of bonus.

In Tottenham's recent back-to-back clean sheets, against Brentford and ...

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