{"id":483755,"date":"2026-03-19T09:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483755\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:25:11","slug":"what-it-means-for-the-blank-double-gameweeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483755\/","title":{"rendered":"What it means for the Blank + Double Gameweeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having looked at the Blank and Double Gameweek implications from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/03\/18\/chelsea-city-out-arsenal-win-how-does-it-affect-the-blank-double-gameweeks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Tuesday\u2019s UEFA Champions League ties,<\/a> we now do the same with Wednesday\u2019s fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>DOUBLE GAMEWEEK 33\/BLANK GAMEWEEK 34<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fpl-notes-wirtz-returns-ekitike-rested-ngumoha-bright-1024x452.jpg\" alt=\"FPL notes: Wirtz returns, Ekitike rested + Ngumoha bright\" class=\"wp-image-161741\" style=\"width:500px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In short, little changes with the eliminations of Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle and Arsenal are still very likely to double in Gameweek 33 and blank in Gameweek 34. That\u2019s because of the Gunners and their progress in the Champions League and FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham will not have any Blank or Double Gameweeks this season \u2013 barring unexpected postponements for things like inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot\u2019s side\u2019s progress to the Champions League quarter-finals does mean one thing, however. Should the Reds get past Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals, Liverpool and Crystal Palace would blank in Gameweek 34 and very likely double in Gameweek 33.<\/p>\n<p>Everything Blank\/Double Gameweek-related will be pretty much rubber-stamped before the Gameweek 32 deadline. Until then, we\u2019re inching closer to a few likelier scenarios.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FFScoutEditorial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250820-WA0000-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"price change predictions\" class=\"wp-image-144736 webpexpress-processed\" style=\"width:600px\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having looked at the Blank and Double Gameweek implications from Tuesday\u2019s UEFA Champions League ties, we now do&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[171471,171472,218,101,56,54,55,141342,171473],"class_list":["post-483755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-blank-gameweek-34","tag-double-gameweek-33","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-when-are-the-blank-gameweeks","tag-when-are-the-double-gameweeks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}