What is the best Free Hit team for GW3?

The pitch above, built on the latest projected points for the gameweek. It ignores your current squad completely and picks the highest-scoring legal XI, which is exactly how a Free Hit should be drafted.

How does the Free Hit chip work?

You get unlimited free transfers for one gameweek, then your squad reverts to what it was before. Nothing carries over, so you draft only for that week without worrying about price changes or future fixtures.

Is GW3 a blank gameweek in FPL?

No. All 20 teams play in Gameweek 3, and there are no blanks between Gameweek 1 and Gameweek 6. If you are using the Free Hit now it is to beat your own squad rather than to cover missing fixtures.

Should I triple up on one team on a Free Hit?

Yes, if the fixture justifies it. The three-players-per-club cap still applies, but since nothing carries over there is no downside to loading up on the best fixture on the board.

Does my Free Hit bench matter?

Only through autosubs. If a starter does not play, a bench player can come on, so give yourself four cheap bodies with fixtures rather than four blanks, but do not spend real money there.

FPL Free Hit GW3

Gameweek 3 has been played. This page is the record of that week's Free Hit call. For Gameweek 7, see FPL Triple Captain GW7, the Free Hit guide and the GW7 tips.

TL;DR

The Gameweek 3 Free Hit record: the highest-projected legal XI for that one week, ignoring the squad you already owned. Gameweek 3 had no blank, so the chip only made sense for a squad full of injuries.

Best Free Hit Team for GW3: How to Draft the XI

A Free Hit gives you unlimited transfers for one gameweek, and your squad reverts to normal afterwards. That makes it the most single-minded chip in the game: nothing matters except this week's points.

The pitch above is solver-built on live projected points for the gameweek. Tap any player for their projection, then score your own draft with a free Copilot Score.

Stack the best fixtures. In GW3 that means Man City at home to Coventry, the softest draw on the board. Take three from one club if their fixture is the best available. It costs you nothing next week.
Ignore price and ownership. You are renting, not buying. A £14m forward you could never normally afford is fair game.
Bench barely matters. Only your XI scores, so spend everything on the starters and fill the bench with £4.0m names.
Captain the highest projection, not the safest. With no long-term consequences, the ceiling pick is the right pick.

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Should You Free Hit in GW3?

Gameweek 3 is a full gameweek. All 20 teams play once, and there are no blanks anywhere between Gameweek 1 and Gameweek 6. The classic Free Hit use, rescuing a week where half your squad has no fixture, does not apply here.

So if you are playing it now, you are playing it for a different reason: a pile of injuries, or a stack of players on bad fixtures you would rather sit out. That works, but the upside is smaller than a blank-week Free Hit, because you are beating your own squad rather than replacing a squad that cannot score.

If the problem is your whole squad rather than one bad week, the Wildcard GW3 draft is the chip you want instead, because that squad is permanent. For how the chip fits the season, see the chip strategy guide. For this week's captain and transfers see the GW3 tips, and if you are trebling instead of Free Hitting, the Triple Captain GW3 guide covers that call.

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