What we know so far about changes to FPL next season

The 2025-26 season of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) will soon return with some updated features.

There have also been reports of new ways to score points and additional chips that you can use to add to your team throughout the campaign in addition to price changes and a ton of newcomers to the league.

Players are now permitted to use all four chips twice throughout the season, which is a significant change for the upcoming season.

Benchmark boost, free hit, triple captain, and wildcard are among them. In the second lot of 19 matches, players will now be able to use one chip per half of the season.

Bench boost refers to a team’s substitutes’ overall score in that game week’s score.

Players can change as many players as they want during a single game week with free hits, but their team will be reset as it was the previous week.

A team’s captain’s score is tripled for a single game week instead of doubled.

In a single game week, a player can add an unlimited number of permanent transfers to their team.

Players in the outfield now get bonus points for each defensive move they make in a single match.

Defensive involvements include clearances, blocks, interceptions, and tackles for defenders.

Clearances, blocks, interceptions, tackles, and ball recoveries fall under the category of such for midfielders and forwards.

A defensive player will receive two bonus points for every ten defensive actions they perform in a single game. For every 12 actions taken, two points are given to midfielders and forwards.

James Tarkowski would have been the highest-scoring player for defensive involvements if this had been in place for the 2024/25 season. He would have earned 44 more bonus points than any other player.

Our readers can join and compete in our own dedicated FPL league, just like it’s been done before.

Once the game is fully launched, details on how to join will be revealed.

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