Haaland Leads Man City Triple-Up in Fantasy Premier League — Fantasy Premier League
Fantasy Premier League managers got a clear signal for Double Gameweek 36: the Scout Selection’s best team is built around a Manchester City triple-up and two Crystal Palace players. Erling Haaland was handed the captaincy, with Nico O'Reilly named vice-captain, as City and Palace were the only sides with two matches.
Haaland Leads City Core
Haaland, Rayan Cherki and O'Reilly make up the Manchester City contingent, and all three are priced well below the game's premium strikers and midfielders except Haaland at £14.6m. City’s double is straightforward on paper, with Brentford and Crystal Palace both coming to the Etihad Stadium in Double Gameweek 36.
Cherki’s case is form-driven. He has taken 17 shots and created 14 chances across City’s last four matches, while he, Antoine Semenyo and Jeremy Doku have combined for 31 shots over that span. He also matched the 13 points of Haaland and O'Reilly in Double Gameweek 33, which is why he stays in the strongest XI rather than being treated as a punt.
Henderson And Lacroix
Crystal Palace supply the other half of the selection through Dean Henderson and Maxence Lacroix. Palace host Everton before visiting Manchester City, giving them the same two-fixture edge that pushed the side into the Scout Selection in the first place.
Henderson sits fourth in the goalkeeper standings on 126 points and can move into second place if he keeps at least one clean sheet in DGW36. Lacroix has been even more specific in his appeal: he is the only Palace player to start and also earn defensive contribution points in each of his last four matches, and Palace have conceded just one goal in their last four home league matches at Selhurst Park.
Arsenal And Brighton Picks
The rest of the XI is built to balance the double-gameweek core with one-off fixtures. Gabriel and Bukayo Saka were selected for Arsenal’s trip to West Ham United, while Pascal Gross and Danny Welbeck were chosen from Brighton & Hove Albion for their meeting with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Saka arrives off back-to-back decisive contributions, scoring and assisting in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Fulham last weekend before striking the winner in the 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in midweek. Gabriel has blanked only once in his last seven appearances, and in that run he produced two assists, four clean sheets, six defensive contribution points and nine bonus points. Bruno Fernandes also carried strong form into Manchester United’s visit to Sunderland, with an attacking return in eight successive Gameweeks, but the Scout Selection left him out.
For managers making their DGW36 transfers, the message is direct: City and Palace are the only clubs with two matches, and the selection leans hard into that advantage. Haaland gets the armband, O'Reilly the vice-captaincy, and the rest of the team is arranged around the players most likely to turn those extra fixtures into points.
