- > How are the projections calculated?
- Every player gets a points projection for each of the next gameweeks, built from expected goals and assists, bookmaker match odds for the fixture, minutes risk and recent form. Those feed a match model and a Monte Carlo simulation, so the number you see is the mean of a distribution rather than a single guess — and every screen shows which inputs produced it.
- > What is xG, and why project from it?
- Expected goals scores each shot by how often shots like it are converted, so a player who takes six good chances and scores none still registers as having created something. Over the small samples FPL runs on, that is a better guide to what a player will do next than the goals he happens to have scored so far.
- > How do FPL price changes work?
- FPL moves a player's price by £0.1m at a time, based on net transfers in and out across the whole game, usually overnight. Price Watch tracks how close each player is to the next rise or fall and shows the rate of change per hour, so you can tell a player drifting toward a rise from one about to go.
- > Why did I get two team-sheet notifications for one match?
- The clubs changed the sheet before kick-off. The first notification is the official team sheet as it was published; the second tells you exactly what changed for your players — someone benched who now starts, or a starter who dropped out — so you are never left trusting a sheet that is no longer true.
- > What is a player-news notification?
- An FPL flag means the game has marked a player doubtful, injured, suspended or unavailable, usually with a chance of playing attached. We check FPL every 15 minutes and notify you when a player in your saved squad is flagged, when the flag changes — a new chance of playing, or fresh news — and when it clears. Bench players are included, because an auto-sub can bring them on; and the flags shown on your team page refresh at the same moment, so what you are told and what you see never disagree.
- > What are blank and double gameweeks?
- A blank gameweek is one where a team has no fixture, usually because the match was postponed for a cup tie; a double is one where a team plays twice. Both are marked in the fixture ticker as far ahead as the schedule is known, which is what makes a Wildcard or Free Hit plannable instead of a surprise.
- > Is taking a -4 hit worth it?
- A transfer beyond your free ones costs four points, so it only pays if the player coming in is projected to beat the player going out by more than four over the weeks you intend to hold him. The planner does that arithmetic across up to eight gameweeks rather than one, which is usually where the answer changes.
- > Is FPL Assistant free?
- Yes. It is free while the product is in alpha, and no card is required to sign up.