Hive FPL Head to Head League GW2 Previews

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With the Fantasy Premier League site only providing the fixture list for head to head leagues at the point that GW1 began, we were unable to provide a preview for the first round of matches in our newly formed division 1 and division 2.

However, going forward, the plan is to preview the clashes between Hive users and of course disburse our weekly prizes to those who won their head to head!

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GW1 results

A reminder that winners of Division 1 matches will receive 1 HIVE while winners in Division 2 0.5 HIVE. Prizes will be sent to the relevant wallet within the next 12 hours

Division 1 - GW1

TeamHive AccountScoreTeamHive AccountScore
@BlockchainFPL@blockchainFPL64Augment Fcvickoly@vickoly57
Lazz@Martinlazizi67I Feel Qatari�deniskj@deniskj81
Likodra FCteofilex11@teofilex1169The Amiriansamirtheawesome1@amirtheawesome180
Hungry Lions@GvKanten71Izanagi FCbelemo@belemo76
Hiveheadzborran@borran75YAGMAN FCyagman01@yagman0177
WhyteFC@Ipalibo76Suffragette Citytalesfrmthecrypt@talesfrmthecrypt63
Espada Numero Unoelmose@elmose76Legion Fcb0s@b0s81
Nonz FCnonsowrites@nonsowrites80thoth442FCthoth442@thoth44274
FC McKane@McKane82Shamzy FCshamzy@shamzy79
Creekside FCpappyelblanco@pappyelblanco88Content Creators@Pvmihalache74

Division 2 - GW1

TeamHive AccountScoreTeamHive AccountScore
legalizalegalizabrazil@legalizabrazil38Samosticallysamostically@samostically73
The Beastiamchuks@iamchuks46Happy Fc@Happy41150
Praiz Empirepraizking@praizking48EVIAN CFnasfyneboy92@nasfyneboy9272
adedayoolumideadedayoolumide@adedayoolumide50Satoshi99kraken99@kraken9958
BLAngechys Matildasblanchy@blanchy53The inferno Squadjimah1k@jimah1k67
Diistroyersdiikaan@diikaan54MUFCtiyumtaba@tiyumtaba80
George Of D Jungle@George-dee58Tengo Rangers FCtengolotodo@tengolotodo74
raciboracibo@racibo58Mount Everestkhaleesii@khaleesii85
Hivetasticacidyo@acidyo61The Destroyersthewill12@thewill1264
Roboski@Gentleshaid62Tequeños Unitedaaalviarez@aaalviarez57
RHYDA1rhyda1@rhyda165Simcard fplakomoajong@akomoajong72
Smiley Teamcarita-feliz@carita-feliz66Apples and Pearsstuartcturnbull@stuartcturnbull52
abu78abu78@abu7866Stevenson FCstevenson7@stevenson754
Beyond Horizonbeyondhorizonmm@beyondhorizonmm67HighWay2Anfieldkenechukwu97@kenechukwu9729
Yahuzahyahuzah@yahuzah68Rosh FCofficialrosh1@officialrosh161
rubilurubilu@rubilu71Twycejoytwicejoy@twicejoy64
Emeka4@Emeka471Lens world fc@Lensworld65
Stom FCstomade@stomade72Folox fcthelonegreywolf@thelonegreywolf49
Formidable Milano♦️@Damolexy76Unbothered@Dapomolaaaa48
Testing FCsperosamuel15@sperosamuel1576Stevelight (Herbae)@Herbae75
HappyBoys FC@Happyboy180SOLATreservedsingle@reservedsingle68
Skander TNskanderh@skanderh80Uwabbs Fcuwabbs001@uwabbs00174
valchiz fcvalchiz@valchiz82Michupa Brasil F.C.michupa@michupa50

Division 1 - GW 2 Previews

blockchainfpl@blockchainfpl v b0s@b0s

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2 sides who opened their accounts with victories in GW1 go head to head. As a brief mention, every single team in the top division started the team with Haaland and 16 sides captained him - I'd be surprised to find him on many differential lists as the season progresses.

Where this tie looks likely to be won is in midfield. BlockchainFPL will be hoping that Richarlison as the last remaining CF at Spurs can open his account for the season against a United side that somehow kept a clean sheet against Wolves in their opening fixture. While for Legion FC, the likes of Saka and Mitoma made promising starts to the new season but now face away days at Palace and Wolves respectively.

teofilex11@teofilex11 v vickoly@vickoly

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This should be a fascinating fixture with both teams chasing a first win of the season and as you can see above, a huge number of differentials - in fact, the only player that both teams own is Haaland!

In goal, Augment have strong options compared to Likodra who are stuck with Fulham's Leno unless they choose to remove the now 2nd choice Fabianski from their squad. In defence Augment have gone in heavily on CBs compared to Likodra who have chosen FBs. More often than not it's the later tactic that comes off although with Cash having a nightmare start to the season and Pedro Porro not playing some tweaking may yet be required.

In the more attacking roles, Likodra may be concerned that the likes of Barnes and Ings started on the bench in the opening fixtures, despite the former scoring big points in his cameo appearance. Elsewhere the battle of midfielders playing as centre forwards in Richarlison vs Rashford could go a long way to deciding the tie.

amirtheawesome1@amirtheawesome1 v borran@borran

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There's going to be very little to choose between these 2 sides. On paper, Konsa and Villa's game at home to Everton looks a good chance to pick up a clean sheet bonus but how much faith to managers have following the Villans opening day mauling at Newcastle?

In midfield, Salah has home advantage against a Bournemouth side that were thumped 9-0 the last time these 2 teams met although the Egyptian forward somehow managed to fail to find the back of the net!Upfront, The Amirians certainly have greater options with both Joao Pedro and Wissa looking like strong early season picks.

yagman01@yagman01 v nonsowrites@nonsowrites

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Again, not much to choose between 2 teams who finished just 3 points apart in GW1. At the back, there's a slight advantage for Nonz FC in as far as Sergio Gomez being very unlikely to get a look in at City. Upfront, it could well come down to whether Darwin or Ferguson get a starting spot in for this weekend. The Brighton forward came off the bench to great effect in GW1 but the 6.7% of managers who have retained him at the time of writing will be hoping for more appearances from the off!

The problem that Nonz FC could yet face is that Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez are ultimately competing with each other for game time!

thoth442@thoth442 v @McKane

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2 strong looking sides who again have very little to choose between them.

John Stones' early season knock will have a lot of managers reassessing whether he's worth the risk despite his fine end of season form. The England defender has only passed 2000 mins of EPL playing time once since he joined City and that was way back in 2016/17 during his debut season.

This tie though looks more likely to be decided in a straight shoot out between the 4 midfield/forward differentials. Chukwuemeka certainly looks like a good early season buy for a budget midfielder but can he take his chance at Chelsea or will they move yet again in the transfer market and bump him down to squad player status? It feels like picking any Chelsea players prior to the window closing does come with an element of risk!

shamzy@shamzy v @Ipalibo

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This tie looks like it might be decided by the defences. While Shamzy FC have on paper the stronger options to choose from, it should be noted that Arsenal, United and Newcastle all have tricky looking away fixtures. Meanwhile Forest looked much improved at the back against Arsenal and host Sheffield United in what might already be termed a '6 pointer' - could Matt Turner be a good shout for a clean sheet bonus?

Meanwhile upfront, Ollie Watkins looks more likely to score even against stubborn Everton defence than Callum Wilson who might well struggle to start the match away at City.

talesfrmthecrypt@talesfrmthecrypt v pappyelblanco@pappyelblanco

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It was a barnstorming start from Creekside FC in GW1 but have they put all their eggs in 1 basket? Spence and Livramento both look unlikely to start in GW2 (Spence may yet be sold before the window closes) while Jensen was forced off during GW1 raising concerns as to whether he'll be fit to start this weekend. The options for the early league leaders are therefore very limited and a smart piece of business as far as transfers certainly needed.

Elsewhere, it's a straight shootout between Jackson and Antonio in the Chelsea v West Ham match and similarly a case of which United midfielder performs best away at Spurs.

@Pvmihalache v gvkanten@gvkanten

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Content Creators have certainly gone big on the keeper positions with premium buys in both slots. That does mean that a couple of their other picks in defence are very much in the budget category. Will that come back to haunt them later on? Are the City and Liverpool stoppers even good value for money?

Otherwise there are plenty of variables in this fixture making it very difficult to call who will come out on top in a tie being contested by teams who both lost their opening fixture.

belemo@belemo v martinlazizi@martinlazizi

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Lazz could be facing an early season selection crisis in defence with 3 of their current squad not appearing in GW1 and Mings now out injured long term. His defence in total, offered just 1 point in the opening round of matches!

In midfield too, Inzanagi FC appear to hold the upper hand with the likes of Diaby, Mitoma and Saka showing early season form while upfront it'll be a good battle between the 2 sides differentials in GW2.

deniskj@deniskj v elmose@elmose

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Very few differentials in this clash although it remains to be seen who I Feel Qatari will bring in to replace the injured KDB. The issue more generally with the lack of high value players is that short of making multiple transfers and costing yourself points, it probably means the team will have funds sloshing around in the bank. An advantage perhaps in the longer term but certainly an issue for now...

Division 2 - GW2 fixures

TeamHive AccountTeamHive Account
Folox fcthelonegreywolf@thelonegreywolfvApples and Pearsstuartcturnbull@stuartcturnbull
Rosh FCofficialrosh1@officialrosh1vSatoshi99kraken99@kraken99
Stevelight (Herbae)@HerbaevEVIAN CFnasfyneboy92@nasfyneboy92
Samosticallysamostically@samosticallyvHighWay2Anfieldkenechukwu97@kenechukwu97
SOLATreservedsingle@reservedsinglevMUFCtiyumtaba@tiyumtaba
Mount Everestkhaleesii@khaleesiivMichupa Brasil F.C.michupa@michupa
The inferno Squadjimah1k@jimah1kvSimcard fplakomoajong@akomoajong
Stevenson FCstevenson7@stevenson7vHappy Fc@Happy411
Lens world fc@LensworldvTequeños Unitedaaalviarez@aaalviarez
Tengo Rangers FCtengolotodo@tengolotodovUnbothered@Dapomolaaaa
Twycejoytwicejoy@twicejoyvFormidable Milano♦️@Damolexy
Uwabbs Fcuwabbs001@uwabbs001vRoboski@Gentleshaid
AVERAGEN/AvThe Beastiamchuks@iamchuks
Stom FCstomade@stomadevRHYDA1rhyda1@rhyda1
Hivetasticacidyo@acidyovvalchiz fcvalchiz@valchiz
Skander TNskanderh@skanderhvDiistroyersdiikaan@diikaan
rubilurubilu@rubiluvBeyond Horizonbeyondhorizonmm@beyondhorizonmm
George Of D Jungle@George-deevPraiz Empirepraizking@praizking
Emeka4@Emeka4vadedayoolumideadedayoolumide@adedayoolumide
abu78abu78@abu78vSmiley Teamcarita-feliz@carita-feliz
BLAngechys Matildasblanchy@blanchyvYahuzahyahuzah@yahuzah
raciboracibo@racibovTesting FCsperosamuel15@sperosamuel15
HappyBoys FC@Happyboy1vlegalizalegalizabrazil@legalizabrazil
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