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Scoring:

• Appearance: 1 point up to 60 minutes, 2 points for 60+.
• Goal: 6 (GK/DEF), 5 (MID), 4 (FWD); an assist is 3.
• Cards: yellow −1, red −3; own goal −2; missed penalty −2.

Clean sheets & keepers:

• Clean sheet: 4 points (GK/DEF), 1 (MID), 0 (FWD) — only with 60+ minutes played.
• Goalkeeper: 1 point per 3 saves; 5 points for a penalty save.
• GK/DEF lose 1 point for every 2 goals their team concedes.

Bonus points: the three best performers in a match by the Bonus Points System (BPS) get 3, 2 and 1 extra point. BPS rewards goals, assists, saves, tackles and more, and penalises cards, misses and goals conceded.

Defensive Contribution (2024/25 onwards): a defender who reaches 10 clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles (CBIT) in a match earns 2 points; a midfielder or forward earns 2 for reaching 12 of those actions plus ball recoveries.

Chips:

• Wildcard = unlimited free transfers this gameweek, kept permanently.
• Free Hit = unlimited transfers for one gameweek only, then your squad reverts.
• Bench Boost = your bench's points count this gameweek.
• Triple Captain = your captain scores 3× instead of 2×.
• Each chip is used once per half of the season (a fresh set unlocks around gameweek 20).

Transfers: you get 1 free transfer each gameweek. Unused free transfers roll over, up to a maximum of 5 saved. Each transfer beyond your free ones costs 4 points. A Wildcard or Free Hit gives unlimited transfers that gameweek with no points hit.

Prices: a player's price rises or falls in £0.1m steps based on how many managers are transferring them in or out. When you sell a player for more than you paid, you keep 50% of the profit (rounded down to £0.1m) — the rest is a sell-on fee.

Squad: 15 players — 2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, 3 forwards — within a £100.0m budget, and no more than 3 players from any one club.

Formations: your starting XI is 11 players with exactly 1 goalkeeper, at least 3 defenders and at least 1 forward — so valid shapes range from 3-4-3 to 5-4-1 (3–5 DEF, 2–5 MID, 1–3 FWD).

Captain: your captain scores double points. If your captain plays 0 minutes, your vice-captain is doubled instead.

Auto-subs: if a starter plays 0 minutes, the highest-priority bench outfielder who keeps a valid formation is automatically substituted in. Your bench goalkeeper only ever replaces your starting goalkeeper.

Deadline: your team locks 90 minutes before the kickoff of the first match of the gameweek. Transfers, captain and chips must be set before then.

Season: there are 38 gameweeks. Later in the season some are Double Gameweeks (a team plays twice) or Blank Gameweeks (a team doesn't play) due to cup and rescheduling — these are when chips like Bench Boost and Triple Captain are often most valuable.

Player flags: a red flag means unavailable (injured/suspended/not expected to play — 0% chance). A yellow/orange flag means a doubt, with the chance of playing shown as 75%, 50% or 25%. No flag = expected to be available. The player's news explains the reason.

Before the season starts you can make unlimited free transfers and rebuild your squad as often as you like, up to the Gameweek 1 deadline — no points cost. The 1-free-transfer rule only begins once the season is under way.

You can play only one chip per gameweek. Each chip (Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost, Triple Captain) is used once per half of the season, with a fresh set unlocking around Gameweek 20.

Only your starting XI scores each gameweek — your four bench players don't, unless you play the Bench Boost chip (which counts all 15). A bench player can still come on via an auto-sub if a starter plays 0 minutes.

Wildcards: you get two per season — one for the first half and one for the second (the second unlocks around Gameweek 20). An unused first-half Wildcard is lost at the halfway point; within its half a Wildcard has no time limit and makes every transfer that gameweek free.

Leagues:

• Classic: ranked by total points — join any time, scored from the gameweek you join.
• Head-to-Head: two managers' gameweek scores compared — 3 points for a win, 1 a draw, 0 a loss.

Ranking: your Overall Rank is your position among all managers by total points across the season so far; your Gameweek Rank is just that week's score. Points are only deducted by −4 transfer hits and the usual card/own-goal/missed-penalty deductions.

Team value = your squad's value plus money in the bank. When a player's price rises, your selling price is the buy price plus half the rise (rounded down to £0.1m) — you don't keep all the profit. A price fall comes off your selling price in full.

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