Too much data
Stats are useful, but they do not always tell you who to start, sell, bench or target.
Decision-first FPL assistant
Import your fantasy team. Get smarter decisions.
FPL Dugout imports your squad from Classic FPL, FPL Draft or Fantrax and turns availability, fixtures, minutes risk and your league rules into clear transfer, waiver, start/bench, captaincy and trade-watch decisions. Read-only — we never make changes on your external account.
- Import from Classic FPL, FPL Draft or Fantrax — read-only
- Availability-aware advice using your actual roster
- Budget-aware Classic suggestions when your bank is known
- Draft & Fantrax: separate free-agent picks from trade-watch
Free to get started · Pro from £4.99/month · Season Pass £24.99 Compare Free & Pro
Classic FPL, FPL Draft and Fantrax imports are read-only. We never ask for your password and cannot make transfers, waiver claims, trades or lineup changes on your behalf.
FPL Dugout is an independent fantasy football tool. It is not affiliated with the Premier League, the official Fantasy Premier League game or Fantrax.
Team Health
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Best action this week
Replace a suspended midfielder with a likely starter for the next 3 fixtures.
High confidenceBalanced risk
Minutes risk detected: goalkeeper has not played in recent matches.
The problem
Fantasy football decisions are harder than they look.
Player form, injuries, suspensions, fixture swings, rotation risk and league rules all change how valuable a player is. Traditional fantasy tools often leave managers to interpret tables, projections and news themselves. FPL Dugout is built to turn those signals into practical next steps.
Lineups change fast
Injuries, suspensions, rotation and recent minutes can make a good player a bad short-term pick.
Draft leagues need different advice
A great player is not helpful as a waiver suggestion if they are almost certainly already owned.
What it does
Clear recommendations for the decisions that matter.
Find your weak points
FPL Dugout highlights which players are hurting your squad because of injuries, suspensions, low minutes, poor form or difficult fixtures.
Pick the right starters
Compare expected minutes, fixture outlook, form and role security to help choose your strongest XI.
Find realistic replacements
Get short, medium and long-term alternatives for players who need replacing.
Separate waiver picks from trade targets
Draft mode estimates who is likely available and who should be treated as a trade target.
Choose captain and vice-captain
Identify safer and higher-upside captaincy options based on expected minutes, fixture outlook and attacking potential.
React to changes
Get in-app alerts when injuries, suspensions or minutes risk affect your squad.
Formats
Built for classic and draft fantasy formats.
Classic fantasy football
Use FPL Dugout to spot weak players, compare transfer options, plan upcoming fixtures and understand whether a move is worth making.
- Transfer suggestions
- Start/bench decisions
- Captaincy advice
- Squad health checks
- Custom scoring settings
Draft fantasy football
Draft leagues require a different approach. FPL Dugout estimates likely player availability using league size, player tier, position scarcity, form and role security.
- Waiver targets
- Check-availability labels
- Trade target identification
- Replacement-level thinking
- League-size adjustments
The difference
How FPL Dugout is different from traditional fantasy football tools.
Many fantasy football resources focus on news, projections, ownership, fixture tickers or advanced stats. FPL Dugout focuses on the decision layer.
From stats to actions
Instead of only showing metrics, FPL Dugout tells you the action to consider: start, bench, hold, transfer, waive or trade.
Short, medium and long-term thinking
A short-term injury replacement is not always the same player as a long-term squad upgrade. Recommendations are grouped by timeframe.
Draft-aware advice
Draft recommendations factor in estimated availability, so elite players are not treated as ordinary waiver options.
Custom scoring support
Adjust points for goals, assists, clean sheets, cards, saves and defensive actions such as tackles and interceptions so advice reflects your league.
Team-first view
The Team Health view highlights what is wrong with your actual squad before suggesting alternatives.
No-action recommendations
Sometimes the best move is no move. FPL Dugout can tell you when your squad is stable and no strong transfer or waiver exists.
How it works
How FPL Dugout works
- 1
Add your squad
Choose classic or draft mode, add your players, set your league size and customise your scoring rules.
- 2
FPL Dugout analyses the signals
The app reviews injuries, suspensions, expected minutes, recent starts, fixtures, form, team limits and draft availability.
- 3
Get prioritised decisions
Recommendations are ranked by urgency, impact and confidence so you can focus on the most important actions first.
- 4
Track changes
Alerts highlight important changes, such as a player becoming unavailable or a starter turning into a rotation risk.
Custom scoring
Adapt recommendations to your league rules.
Fantasy formats do not all score players the same way. FPL Dugout’s custom scoring settings help value players according to your league.
- Goals by position
- Assists
- Clean sheets
- Saves and penalty saves
- Yellow and red cards
- Own goals
- Captain and vice-captain multipliers
- Tackles and interceptions
- Combined defensive actions
If data for a scoring category is limited, FPL Dugout uses safe fallbacks and reduces recommendation confidence.
Alerts
Alerts that focus on what matters.
FPL Dugout notifications are designed to avoid noise. The app prioritises meaningful changes that affect your squad decisions.
- Player suspended — replacement needed
- Minutes risk rising — consider benching
- Captain now doubtful — review captaincy
- No urgent action — squad looks stable
Transparency
Transparent recommendations
FPL Dugout recommendations are based on available football data, live player information, fixture context and your saved league rules. When data is incomplete, confidence is reduced rather than hidden.
- Confidence labels instead of false precision
- Risk labels: Safe, Balanced, Aggressive
- Clear reasons on every recommendation
- Fallbacks when live data is incomplete
- No recommendation shown when confidence is too low
Fantasy football outcomes are uncertain. FPL Dugout recommendations are intended to support decision-making, not guarantee results.
FPL Dugout Pro
Get more from every gameweek with FPL Dugout Pro
FPL Dugout is free to get started. When you want to use it as your weekly fantasy-football decision engine, Pro gives you deeper analysis, fewer limits and an ad-free experience.
Unlimited decision support
Run the analysis again whenever team news, fixtures or your own plans change, instead of stopping after a few runs a day.
See the reasoning
Understand why a transfer, captain or bench call is being recommended, including the signals that pushed it up the list.
Plan different scenarios
Compare the moves you are considering side by side before the deadline, with hit costs and multi-gameweek effects included.
Chip and long-range planning
Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost and multi-gameweek transfer planning, so a decision this week accounts for the next few.
Use your scoring rules
Apply your league's own scoring, including defensive actions, so the recommendations reflect how you actually earn points.
No ads
Keep FPL Dugout focused on your squad, fixtures and decisions.
Pro Monthly
£4.99/ month
Full Pro access without committing for the whole season. Renews monthly until cancelled.
Season Pass
£24.99
One payment for 300 days of Pro access. No automatic renewal.
Pro Monthly and the Season Pass unlock the same features — they differ only in how access is paid for.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is FPL Dugout?
FPL Dugout is an EPL fantasy football assistant that analyses your squad and gives decision-first recommendations for start/bench calls, transfers, waivers, trade targets, captaincy and team weaknesses.
Is FPL Dugout only for official FPL?
No. FPL Dugout is designed for EPL fantasy football managers across classic and draft formats. It can support custom squad rules and scoring settings, so it can be adapted to different league formats.
How is FPL Dugout different from fantasy football stats sites?
Many fantasy football sites focus on projections, tables, articles or raw statistics. FPL Dugout focuses on the decision layer by turning player availability, minutes risk, fixtures and scoring rules into clear actions.
Does FPL Dugout support draft fantasy football?
Yes. Draft mode estimates whether players are likely available, possibly available or unlikely available based on league size, player value, position scarcity and role security. Unlikely available players are treated as trade targets rather than waiver picks.
Can I customise scoring rules?
Custom scoring is a Pro feature. Pro users can set key scoring rules including goals, assists, clean sheets, cards, saves, captaincy and defensive actions such as tackles and interceptions. Free accounts use standard scoring.
How many teams can I save?
Free accounts can save one fantasy team. Pro users can save one team per supported format, so they can keep one Classic team and one Draft team with separate rules, scoring settings and history.
Can I save multiple Draft teams?
No. FPL Dugout is designed to keep decisions focused. Pro users can save one team per format, not multiple teams in the same format.
Can I switch between Classic and Draft?
Yes. Pro users can save and switch between one Classic team and one Draft team. Each format has its own squad, scoring rules and decision history.
Can FPL Dugout tell me when not to make a transfer?
Yes. FPL Dugout should avoid forcing weak recommendations. If there is no clear upgrade, it can show that no urgent action is needed.
Does FPL Dugout predict lineups?
FPL Dugout uses available data such as recent starts, minutes, injuries, suspensions and lineup information where available to estimate minutes risk and likely starters. It shows lower confidence when data is incomplete.
Can I use FPL Dugout for free?
Yes. Free is a permanent plan rather than a trial. You can build or import a squad, see your team's weaknesses and run up to three recommendation runs a day with summary reasoning on each one.
What is FPL Dugout Pro?
Pro is the paid level for managers who want FPL Dugout as their ongoing weekly decision assistant: unlimited recommendation runs, full reasoning, scenario comparisons, multi-gameweek and chip planning, custom league scoring, alerts, advanced draft tools and no advertising.
How much is FPL Dugout Pro?
Pro Monthly is £4.99 a month and the Season Pass is a single £24.99 payment covering 300 days of Pro access.
What is the difference between Pro Monthly and the Season Pass?
They unlock exactly the same features. The difference is how access is paid for: Pro Monthly renews every month until you cancel, while the Season Pass is a one-off payment for the season.
Can I cancel Pro Monthly?
Yes. Cancel from your Account page, which opens the Stripe billing portal. Pro access continues until the end of the period you have already paid for, then the account returns to Free.
Does the Season Pass renew?
No. The Season Pass is a one-off payment granting 300 days of Pro access. Nothing is charged again and there is nothing to cancel.
Will I see ads with Pro?
Active Pro users do not see FPL Dugout advertising.
What happens to my team if I stop using Pro?
Your squad, scoring rules and history stay on your account. The plan returns to Free, so recommendation runs go back to the daily allowance and Pro-only tools are locked until you upgrade again.
Is FPL Dugout affiliated with the Premier League or official Fantasy Premier League?
No. FPL Dugout is an independent fantasy football decision-support tool and is not affiliated with the Premier League or the official Fantasy Premier League game.
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