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✍️ Welcome to the Fantasy Football Scout Bulletin - everything you need to know the day before the GW18 FPL deadline!

🚨 If you’re tinkering with your GW18 team, check out FPL Gameweek 18 tips: Best players, predicted line-ups, team news + more

🚑 FPL Gameweek 18 team news: Xmas Eve’s live injury updates. SAKA OUT!?

🎲 FPL Gameweek 18 differentials: Martinelli, Mateta + Foden

➡️ How the Scouts fared in the latest Sleeper draft league fixtures

➡️ Festive FPL fixture frenzy: Where could rotation strike?

🎉 FPL Mystery Chip revealed: What is Assistant Manager + when can it be played?

⭐ For loads more articles regarding FPL GW18, head over to the website and look around! https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/

Merry Christmas to all and to all, a good Gameweek! If you’re celebrating a holiday over these coming days, the staff at Fantasy Football Scout truly wish you a fantastic time.

Of course, FPL managers are forced into a quick recovery from festivities, as Thursday morning’s 11:00 GMT deadline thrusts football onto our plates. Despite the tight turnaround between Gameweeks, we’ve still found time to throw out a few useful articles.

Especially as a big weekend development saw Bukayo Saka pull his hamstring and therefore dictate many of this week’s transfers. We’ve taken a deep dive into picking out his best replacements, featuring names like Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Gordon and Ismaila Sarr. Perhaps a differential like Phil Foden or Gabriel Martinelli.

Managers will need to pay special attention to these pre-match press conferences, in case hints are dropped over rotation and small knocks. At least we know Nicolas Jackson and Morgan Rogers will be available, having not yet picked up their fifth yellow card. 

17 of the 18 ‘Great and the Good’ bosses own Saka and over half kept the as-yet-unpunished Matheus Cunha for his nine points. All received Mohamed Salah’s biggest haul of the season, while three exceeded 100 points thanks to Newcastle assets like hat-trick hero Alexander Isak.

Still to come before the deadline are words from FPL General, Lateriser, Pras and Zophar, plus Captain Sensible.

As always, check out the FPL Gameweek 18 page to quickly access all recent articles and the standard press conference updates from managers. Visit our Members Area for comparison tools and an in-depth collection of Opta and StatsBomb data.

Over on our YouTube channel is the latest episode of Scoutcast, alongside FPL General, Joe and FPL Chai team reveals.