FPL Gameweek 37 | Everything you need to know.

The Stuff You Should Know

🚨 Gameweek 37’s deadline is Friday 16th May, 18:00 BST. Weird deadline.

🏝 The Liverpool squad are, quite literally, on the beach. They’ve been on holiday in Dubai this week.

🏆 The Europa League final is next Wednesday. Expect heavy rotation for Spurs and Man United.

Keep reading to find out if Salah is still worth holding.

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It’s Gameweek 37. The penultimate episode in another fascinating season of FPL drama. Do we slow down now that we’re nearing the finish line?

Do we F.

Here’s what you need to know ahead of Friday’s early kick-offs.

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Gameweek 37’s fixtures.

Spurs and Man United’s big game.

Summary for the Lazy: Two teams with nothing to play for in Gameweek 37 will face two teams still fighting for a top-four spot.

Spurs and Man United will play each other in the Europa League final on Wednesday, 21st May. In layman’s terms, that’s known as next Wednesday.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the final is the single biggest game of the season for both clubs. In fact, we’d be surprised if they field any players against their Friday night Premier League opponents.

Spurs will visit Aston Villa, Man United will visit Chelsea.

Chelsea are also in a European final (the Conference League final), but that isn’t until Wednesday, 28th May, meaning they’re likely to field a strong XI in pursuit of a top-four finish. Villa, meanwhile, are level on points with Chelsea, and will fancy a top-four finish themselves.

In other words, Friday night sees two teams with everything to play for hosting two teams who couldn’t possibly care less about this particular fixture.

We saw Spurs rotate heavily in Gameweek 36 and, suffice it to say, it didn’t go brilliantly. They conceded a massive 3.4xGA (expected goals allowed) - the most of any team last gameweek.

It’s little wonder that Ollie Watkins is this week’s most popular transfer.

Three differentials we like this week.

Summary for the Lazy: Trossard, Palmer and Kudus.

It’s differential season. You know by now that differentials come with a health warning on the side of the bottle. Don’t take them if you’re elderly, pregnant or doing well enough to win your min-leagues already.

Leandro Trossard - £6.8m

He might look like he needs a good sleep, but Trossard’s FPL prospects have awoken in recent weeks.

In the last four Arsenal games, the Belgian has registered three goals and an assist. He’s started all of the last six games and, with the Champions League no longer a consideration, is primed to start against Newcastle (H) and Southampton (A).

Currently yellow-flagged, but he’s taken part in full training this week.

Cole Palmer - £10.5m

We got some great feedback after the last newsletter that we ought to focus more on active ownership than total ownership, owing to all the dead teams in the game.

In that spirit, we think Palmer is worth a look for the remaining two gameweeks. His ownership within the current top 10k is just 3.3% (it’s 35% overall), so there are some big gains to be had if he does what he’s done for most of the last two years against Man United and Nottingham Forest. He’s still posting decent numbers, he’s still on penalties, and he’s still got plenty to play for.

Don’t be fooled by Nottingham Forest, btw. In 2025, only four teams (Spurs, Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton) have posted worse defensive stats.

Mohammed Kudus - £6.2m

A huge differential, Kudus is owned by just 0.3% of the top 10k at the time of writing. Very much a fixtures pick, he has Nottingham Forest (H) and Ipswich (A) to finish the season, and has returned in three of his last six games.

Look, Kudus has no double-figure returns to his name this season, but he poses a constant threat and appears to be hitting a mini-run of form. A viable alternative for those who can’t afford Jarrod Bowen.

The big question: Is Salah done this season?

Summary for the Lazy: His numbers have dropped significantly.

Various pictures of the Liverpool team on holiday have emerged this week.

Here they are taking a bath together:

They’ve even been drinking booze, like beer and whatever that brown substance is that Dominic Szoboszlai is sniffing.

They're set to return to the UK on Friday, train on Saturday, and play Brighton on Monday.

The pics have done nothing to allay fears that Mohamed Salah’s season has already concluded.

Salah in Gameweeks 1-28:

⚽️ 27 goals
🎁 17 assists
📊 28.26 expected goal involvements

Salah in Gameweeks 29 - 36:

⚽️ 1 goal
🎁 1 assist
📊 3.96 expected goal involvements

The great levelling has finally happened. For all of his brilliance this season, Salah has two goal contributions from his last seven games.

Given this drop-off, it’s amazing how few managers are selling. Salah was still owned by 92% of the top 10k in Gameweek 36, and at the time of writing, less than 1% of his owners have sold him.

This could present an opportunity.

Liverpool are quite literally ‘on the beach’, and Slot may well continue to rotate the squad for their remaining two games (away at Brighton and at home to Crystal Palace). Whilst Salah himself could play both games, a changing supporting cast probably won’t do him any favours.

Every FPL manager has been guilty of underestimating Salah at one point or another this season. But with two gameweeks left, there’s a strong case that better value midfielders are out there for the manager in need of a differential.

The best captain for Gameweek 37.

Expect a wide spread of captaincy options as managers begin to play tactics in the hunt for mini-league victories.

There are three popular options for active managers:

• Mohamed Salah away at Brighton.

• Bryan Mbeumo at home to Fulham.

• Ollie Watkins at home to Spurs.

Calling the best one of these is a bit of a dice roll. Mbeumo and Salah might edge it because they’re midfielders who are definitely on penalties, but Spurs’ performance in Gameweek 36 was bad enough to make Watkins tempting.

As is often the case with captaincy, it’ll come down to luck. A dubious penalty here and a missed chance there could make all the difference.

Differentials include Cole Palmer (at home to Man United) and Everton’s Beto (at home to Southampton) because of the CAPS rule (Captain Anyone Playing Southampton), which worked out really well last week.

There’s one other captaincy differential worth mentioning. Let’s hand over to The Prof for that one…

A small green arrow in Gameweek 36 means The Prof now sits at 33k overall. It’s been a decent run for him since Gameweek 31:

He’s rolling a transfer into Gameweek 38 and captaining Erling Haaland against Bournemouth as a differential.

The Norse God, owned by just 6% of the Top 10k in Gameweek 36, disappointed against Southampton, but The Prof is backing him at home against The Cherries.

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The key stats for Gameweek 37.

Other stuff we found interesting.

1. Since Gameweek 28, no player priced above £8.3m makes it into the top 20 FPL point scorers. [Hoptastats]

2. “They can play together” - Pep on Omar Marmoush and now that Erling Haaland is back.

3. Jamie Vardy will bid farewell to Leicester this gameweek on his 500th appearance. He will not play in Gameweek 38.

4. Everton are playing their final game at Goodison Park this weekend…against Southampton, of all teams.

As is tradition, Gamweeek 38’s fixtures take place in unison at 16:00 BST on Sunday. We’ll be back in your inbox at 14:30 BST next Saturday.

Stay lazy,

The LazyFPL Team.