FPL tips and team of gameweek 24: First double gameweek of season

Mohamed Salah (captain), Liverpool, £13.7m – Bournemouth (a), Everton (a)

Triple-captaining Salah this week is probably the way forward.

No, it is not very exciting given a lot of FPL managers will do the same and almost everybody in the game will at least captain him.

And, if you are chasing in your mini-league, saving the chip for a differential, high-upside punt later in the season might be a good idea.

But we are talking about the best player in the game, in the middle of a historic FPL season, who could easily put up 20-30 points across the two games and you would not be surprised.

Playing the Assistant Manager chip on Arne Slot this week instead would give you these two games, Wolves at home and Manchester City away, so it is a longer-term play than Triple Captain.

It feels safe but with even less upside. For context, Liverpool could win both gameweek 24 matches 2-1 and your Assistant Manager chip would only earn you 16 points.

There is more upside with Triple Captain and there are likely to be at least two more bigger double gameweeks this season where your Bench Boost and Free Hit chips will work better.

Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford, £7.8m – home to Spurs

The Cameroon attacking midfielder has not been in this team for three weeks but he is not a player you can leave out for long.

He’s Salah-light – his team’s talisman, is on penalties, is consistent and loves a double-digit haul.

Home to leaky Tottenham is too juicy a match to pass up.

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £11.3m – home to West Ham

Palmer’s last six gameweeks: 10, 2, 10, 10, 2, 2.

You know what you are getting with the England playmaker at this point and it is hard to ignore him in a home game against any team.

Mikkel Damsgaard, Brentford, £5m – home to Spurs

Tottenham’s defence is so suspect that a second Brentford asset makes the team this week.

With Kevin Schade carrying a knock and no space for Yoan Wissa up front, Denmark’s Damsgaard comes in.

He seems to be growing in importance for the Bees with every game. In the past six games, Damsgaard has three assists and more key passes and big chances created than any other Brentford player.