As we count down to the launch of 2024/25 Fantasy Premier League, we are announcing NEW features that will change your strategies and make this a season like no other.
Read all about it here and get insight from The Scout into how each change will affect FPL managers and provide new opportunities.
FIVE free transfers
Up until now, you’ve only been able to bank two free transfers. Well, if you want to be patient and plan ahead, you can now accumulate up to FIVE free transfers.
On top of that, when you play the Wildcard and Free Hit chips, your saved transfers will no longer reset to zero.
So you can now save five free transfers, then play any of your chips and immediately have five free transfers to use in the following Gameweek.
You’ve always been able to keep two free transfers when playing the Bench Boost and Triple Captain chips, so there’s no real change there – except that you can now bank the extra three free transfers as well!
Mystery Chip
There’s a new chip this season called the “Mystery Chip”.
What will it do? You’ll have to wait and see!
All will be revealed ahead of January 2025, so that you can plan ahead before the chip becomes playable in January.
Pitch design
When you go to create your team, you’ll see that everything looks a little bit different.
We’ve brought over the pitch design from FPL Challenge to FPL, to improve usability.
Player Cards have been added, offering enhanced information when making a substitution or transfer.
Changes to points-scoring
The points for each goal scored by a goalkeeper is being increased this season from six to 10.
There are also changes being made to the Bonus Points System (BPS).
See: How the Bonus Points System works
Firstly, saving a penalty will be reduced from 15 to 9BPS.
There are also new additions to the BPS, so players will be rewarded or penalised for more different actions.
– Goalkeepers and defenders conceding a goal will be worth -4BPS.
– A goalline clearance will be worth 3BPS.
– A foul won will be worth 1BPS.
– A shot on target will be worth 2BPS.
Changes to Blank and Double Gameweeks
The schedule for FA Cup ties will be different this season, resulting in fewer clashes with Premier League fixtures.
That is set to mean fewer, and smaller, Blank and Double Gameweeks.
Will FPL managers need to rethink their chip strategies? See what The Scout has to say.
What’s new in FPL Challenge?
We’ve also got exciting new features coming in FPL Challenge, which will be revealed next week.