FPL Double and Blank Gameweeks
TL;DR
A double gameweek (DGW) is a gameweek in which a club plays twice, so its players can score in both matches; a blank gameweek (BGW) is one in which a club does not play at all. Confirmed so far this season: doubles none yet, blanks none yet, and Chip Strategies times your Bench Boost, Free Hit and Triple Captain around them.
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SUN home, sun away| Team | GW7 | GW8 | GW9 | GW10 | GW11 | GW12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTSpurs | GW7: COV home, difficulty 2 | GW8: CHE away, difficulty 4 | GW9: CRY home, difficulty 2 | GW10: LEE away, difficulty 3 | GW11: IPS home, difficulty 2 | GW12: SUN away, difficulty 3 |
| COVCoventry | GW7: TOT away, difficulty 3 | GW8: FUL home, difficulty 2 | GW9: SUN home, difficulty 3 | GW10: EVE away, difficulty 3 | GW11: CRY home, difficulty 2 | GW12: LEE away, difficulty 3 |
| SUNSunderland | GW7: BOU away, difficulty 3 | GW8: LEE home, difficulty 3 | GW9: COV away, difficulty 2 | GW10: CHE home, difficulty 4 | GW11: AVL away, difficulty 3 | GW12: TOT home, difficulty 2 |
| FULFulham | GW7: HUL home, difficulty 2 | GW8: COV away, difficulty 2 | GW9: AVL away, difficulty 3 | GW10: NEW home, difficulty 3 | GW11: MCI away, difficulty 5 | GW12: BOU home, difficulty 3 |
| MCIMan City | GW7: IPS home, difficulty 2 | GW8: AVL away, difficulty 3 | GW9: BHA home, difficulty 3 | GW10: NFO away, difficulty 3 | GW11: FUL home, difficulty 2 | GW12: ARS away, difficulty 5 |
| AVLAston Villa | GW7: NEW away, difficulty 3 | GW8: MCI home, difficulty 4 | GW9: FUL home, difficulty 2 | GW10: MUN away, difficulty 4 | GW11: SUN home, difficulty 3 | GW12: IPS away, difficulty 2 |
| LEELeeds | GW7: MUN home, difficulty 4 | GW8: SUN away, difficulty 3 | GW9: BOU away, difficulty 3 | GW10: TOT home, difficulty 2 | GW11: CHE away, difficulty 4 | GW12: COV home, difficulty 2 |
| CRYCrystal Palace | GW7: BHA away, difficulty 4 | GW8: NEW home, difficulty 3 | GW9: TOT away, difficulty 3 | GW10: LIV home, difficulty 4 | GW11: COV away, difficulty 2 | GW12: HUL home, difficulty 2 |
| CHEChelsea | GW7: EVE away, difficulty 3 | GW8: TOT home, difficulty 2 | GW9: MUN home, difficulty 4 | GW10: SUN away, difficulty 3 | GW11: LEE home, difficulty 3 | GW12: NFO away, difficulty 3 |
| BOUBournemouth | GW7: SUN home, difficulty 3 | GW8: MUN away, difficulty 4 | GW9: LEE home, difficulty 3 | GW10: IPS away, difficulty 2 | GW11: NFO home, difficulty 3 | GW12: FUL away, difficulty 3 |
| BHABrighton | GW7: CRY home, difficulty 2 | GW8: LIV away, difficulty 4 | GW9: MCI away, difficulty 5 | GW10: BRE home, difficulty 3 | GW11: HUL away, difficulty 2 | GW12: NEW home, difficulty 3 |
| HULHull | GW7: FUL away, difficulty 3 | GW8: BRE home, difficulty 3 | GW9: IPS home, difficulty 2 | GW10: ARS away, difficulty 5 | GW11: BHA home, difficulty 3 | GW12: CRY away, difficulty 3 |
| IPSIpswich | GW7: MCI away, difficulty 5 | GW8: NFO home, difficulty 3 | GW9: HUL away, difficulty 2 | GW10: BOU home, difficulty 3 | GW11: TOT away, difficulty 3 | GW12: AVL home, difficulty 3 |
| ARSArsenal | GW7: NFO away, difficulty 3 | GW8: EVE home, difficulty 3 | GW9: LIV away, difficulty 4 | GW10: HUL home, difficulty 2 | GW11: NEW away, difficulty 3 | GW12: MCI home, difficulty 4 |
| BREBrentford | GW7: LIV home, difficulty 4 | GW8: HUL away, difficulty 2 | GW9: NFO home, difficulty 3 | GW10: BHA away, difficulty 4 | GW11: EVE home, difficulty 3 | GW12: MUN away, difficulty 4 |
| NFONott'm Forest | GW7: ARS home, difficulty 4 | GW8: IPS away, difficulty 2 | GW9: BRE away, difficulty 3 | GW10: MCI home, difficulty 4 | GW11: BOU away, difficulty 3 | GW12: CHE home, difficulty 4 |
| NEWNewcastle | GW7: AVL home, difficulty 3 | GW8: CRY away, difficulty 3 | GW9: EVE home, difficulty 3 | GW10: FUL away, difficulty 3 | GW11: ARS home, difficulty 4 | GW12: BHA away, difficulty 4 |
| LIVLiverpool | GW7: BRE away, difficulty 3 | GW8: BHA home, difficulty 3 | GW9: ARS home, difficulty 4 | GW10: CRY away, difficulty 3 | GW11: MUN home, difficulty 4 | GW12: EVE away, difficulty 3 |
| MUNMan Utd | GW7: LEE away, difficulty 3 | GW8: BOU home, difficulty 3 | GW9: CHE away, difficulty 4 | GW10: AVL home, difficulty 3 | GW11: LIV away, difficulty 4 | GW12: BRE home, difficulty 3 |
| EVEEverton | GW7: CHE home, difficulty 4 | GW8: ARS away, difficulty 5 | GW9: NEW away, difficulty 3 | GW10: COV home, difficulty 2 | GW11: BRE away, difficulty 3 | GW12: LIV home, difficulty 4 |
What Is a Double Gameweek in FPL?
A double gameweek happens when a postponed match is moved into a gameweek in which both clubs already have a fixture, so they play twice in it.
- Every point counts in both matches. A player scores for each match they play, and your captain's points from both are doubled.
- The postponed match leaves a blank. The gameweek it was taken from becomes a blank gameweek for both clubs.
- Cup ties cause most of them. FA Cup and League Cup rounds that clash with league fixtures push matches back, which is why most doubles and blanks arrive in the second half of the season.
When Are This Season's Double Gameweeks?
- Doubles confirmed: none yet.
- Blanks confirmed: none yet.
- More arrive as matches are rescheduled. This page and the fixture ticker update when FPL moves a fixture, and the ticker stacks a double's two opponents in one cell.
Plan the transfers that set up a double with the solver, which counts both fixtures in its projected points.
How to Plan Your Chips Around Doubles and Blanks
- Bench Boost: in a double where most of your 15 players have two fixtures, so the whole squad scores twice.
- Triple Captain: on a premium with two good fixtures in the same double.
- Free Hit: in a big blank, to field a full XI for one week; your squad returns the week after.
- Wildcard: the week before a double, to build the squad that plays twice.
- One chip a gameweek. Each chip comes twice: once for gameweeks 1 to 19 and once for 20 to 38, with the first Wildcard and Free Hit from GW2.
Last season's data on which chip weeks paid is in the DGW chip guide, and the chip strategy guide covers this season's plan.