What is the Fantasy Premier League?

First things first, we should briefly define what the Fantasy Premier League actually is. Simply put, the Fantasy Premier League is a free-to-play online sim game that sees players tasked with creating and managing their very own Premier League football team.

With a starting budget of £100 million , players have the opportunity to pick a squad of fifteen players, then creating and joining leagues and competing against other teams in a massive web-based community. Perhaps even more excitingly, the Fantasy Premier League also offers up numerous prizes for the biggest champions of the game, including a seven-night break, experiences at popular UK tourist attractions, a range of different gaming devices and smartphones, and much more.

Players in the Fantasy Premier League are based on real players, and real-life performances and injuries directly impact the fantasy players as well. Given this thought, the FPL is perhaps one of the most immersive and realistic fantasy football games, not simply being based on random number generators but heavily based instead on true stats for each player.

How to Hone Your Skills and Knowledge with the Fantasy Premier League

As we’ve briefly considered so far, the Fantasy Premier League is based heavily on real life performance of the players. Given this, while the FPL is technically just a game, it actually offers a unique learning opportunity for those wanting to hone their skills and improve their predictions for future performance.

Of course, one of the main ways to do this using the FPL is simply to use the game as an opportunity to closely monitor player performances. Of course, at the outset of the game, you likely won’t be able to afford a full team of “dream players,” meaning you’ll need to make informed decisions to build as strong a starting team as possible. Critically, this also provides an excellent opportunity for players to assess players’ recent form and understand how to interpret recent form to understand how might be the strongest.

A further opportunity to learn comes in the game’s focus not just on key players but on the team’s performance as a whole. After all, it doesn’t matter if a real-life team has one of the best goalscorers in the world if their midfielders and goalkeeper let everything through; they’re still likely to lose. Given this, while building your teams in FPL, you’ll also learn to appreciate the skills and contributions of each player, allowing you to assess real life teams more accurately based not just on their big names but on all of their players.

Using FPL To Inform Your Betting Decisions

By now, we’ve briefly looked at how the FPL can be an excellent tool to help you understand more about Premier League betting as a whole and better interpret players’ and teams’ abilities. However, you may still be wondering: how does this correlate with your betting choices? Well, there are several ways that this could help when it comes to betting:

• Match winner betting. Developing a stronger appreciation for the role of the whole team can allow you to make more informed predictions on match winner bets.

• Player to score. Whether a certain player will score (and/or how many goals they’ll score) is another popular betting market. By following certain players throughout the FPL, you’ll gain insights into their real-world performance in an immersive setting, making it easier to understand which players are at the top of their game.

• Understanding when to cash out. In addition to informing your bets, the FPL could also help you understand when to cash out. Indeed, by following the form and performance of players and teams, you may be able to get a deeper understanding of when to “cut your losses” on a bet.

Of course, no matter how much you study and practice, there’s no way to say for certain which team will win. Inevitably, betting is always still down to chance, and there is no way to guarantee your bets come in. Thus, be sure to keep your focus on the importance of safe betting when playing the FPL and if you do decide to bet with real money.

Final Thoughts

While it’s not possible to ever guarantee your bet will land - after all, even an exceptionally low odds bet could go wrong at the last minute. Given this thought, before placing any bets, understanding how the Premier League works and practicing your predictions could help you make a more informed bet.

Nevertheless, since this always ends up being a question of chance, perhaps the biggest takeaway from the FPL should simply be the importance of playing for fun. And, since the Fantasy Premier League is free to play, it’s the ideal way to learn the football betting world without risking your own funds.