Here's the rule that turns FPG from a weekly guess into a season-long strategy: you can only pick each Premier League team twice, all year. Twenty teams, two goes each — and once you've used a team up, they're gone, even if they're flying. The players who plan beat the players who don't.

FPG is simple: pick one Premier League team each round. If they win, you score points.

What the rule actually is

Each Premier League team can be picked a maximum of twice across the entire season. Once you've used both of your picks on a team, they're locked out for the rest of the year — even if they end up top of the league. There's no getting them back.

That single constraint quietly changes everything. Your picks aren't just weekly calls; they're a budget you spend down across nine months.

Why it's a puzzle, not a chore

If there were no limit, everyone would just pick the strongest team every week and the game would be dull. The twice-a-season cap forces real choices. Spend both your Manchester City picks in August on easy home games, and you'll spend the spring watching them thrash teams you can no longer back. Hoard your best teams too long, and you'll waste rounds on weak ones you didn't need to use.

The skill is matching your strongest teams to your most valuable rounds — and that's where the rest of FPG's scoring comes in.

How to plan it

  • Map the easy games. Your two picks of a strong team are most valuable on their kindest fixtures — a top side at home to a struggler. Save them for those, not for a tricky away day.
  • Line picks up with the big rounds. A Double Points round, or a derby you're confident in, is exactly when to "spend" a strong team. Don't waste a banker on a quiet midweek round.
  • Don't crowd the favourites. The lonely bonus rewards backing teams nobody else picks. Spreading your picks across solid-but-unfashionable sides earns bonus points and keeps your premium teams in the bank.
  • Think about the tiebreak. If a season ends level on points, position is decided by cumulative goal difference — the combined GD of every team you picked. Backing teams that win big, not just win, quietly pays off if it goes to the wire.

Worked example (hypothetical): It's gameweek three and a big team has a gentle home fixture. Tempting — but you look ahead and spot two even easier games either side of a Double Points round in the spring. So you back a reliable mid-table side at home this week instead (and pocket a lonely bonus because no one else did), keeping both big-team picks for those high-value spring rounds. Same season, far more points squeezed out of the same twenty teams.

FAQ

How many times can I pick a team in FPG? Twice across the whole season. After that the team is locked out for the rest of the year.

What happens when I've used a team twice? You can't pick them again, even if they're in great form — so plan your strongest teams around your most valuable rounds.

Does it matter which weeks I use my picks? Yes. Saving strong teams for easy fixtures, double rounds and derbies you're confident in is where the season is won.

Thinking a few weeks ahead? Open FPG, plan your picks, and spend your teams where they count.