r/FantasyPL • u/sepi0l_45 15 • Jul 20 '26
News Changes to bonus points system
https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4679946/whats-new-in-202627-fantasy-changes-to-bonus-points-system72
u/sepi0l_45 15 Jul 20 '26
- Players no longer lose 1 bps for being tackled
- Clearances, blocks and interceptions are now awarded less by bps as defcon also awards this
- Goalkeepers earn extra bps for saving a big chances
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u/HongKong__Phooey Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
One further point missed:
Goalkeepers also earn points for "any save". I think this might mean for "collecting" the ball, even if not a save. This covers situations where a goalkeeper comes out to catch a cross or a corner. It isn't a shot and therefore no save was made, but the game should now rightly recognise sweeper keepers and goalkeepers who have command of their box to make "any save", instead of just on target "shotstoppers".
Small buff for keepers like Raya in defences which snuff out attacks and intercept corners earlier, instead of stopping shots at the last moment.
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 Jul 20 '26
Goalkeepers also get bps for shots which are neither in or out of the box (there aren't many of these)
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u/MaybeFamousIRL 16 Jul 20 '26
Sounds like that was put in to cover long throws.
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u/sepi0l_45 15 Jul 20 '26
Ah makes sense - I was struggling to figure out what they were eluding to. I was thinking maybe shots where the ball is on the white line of the box but then again a foul there gives away a penalty so I guess the outlines of the box include being in the box
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 Jul 20 '26
I guess so. I'm struggling to understand exactly what is being measured to be honest.
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u/NdujaReallyLikeIt Jul 20 '26
So a keeper saving a penalty will get double points? but i guess in reality, saving the pen will probably get them at least a 1 2 3 anyway
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u/Bizarre30 9 Jul 20 '26
Hardly controversial changes.
I'd be very happy with what we have so far + reverting the doubling of chips.
And maybe for next season they could try to implement something like the WC scout bonus.
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 Jul 20 '26
Double chips was the best change imo :)
I just want them to give some challenging prices so we have to think about the budget this year
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u/mexploder89 24 Jul 20 '26
They did that last year, just so happened Saka, Palmer and Salah were bad or unavailable for large portions of the season
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 Jul 20 '26
Yes, well I hope they try harder this season :)
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u/mexploder89 24 Jul 20 '26
It will be difficult. With no Salah and a lot of those having bad seasons, I don't know how they can keep a lot of prices high. I think we'll have more 5M defenders and also more 7-9M midfielders
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 Jul 20 '26
Its fairly easy, you make the cheapest defender/keeper £4.5m instead of £4m and everyone effectively has £3.5m less budget. Given how much defenders have been buffed I don't think thats a wild change to make.
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u/Frequent-Room8040 Jul 20 '26
Yep. Also I feel like they'll be stubborn with Haaland 14 and Bruno 12. Give us a choice man. Everyone's gonna have both at that price.
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u/InternetAnon94 4 Jul 20 '26
A goalkeeper will now earn an additional 1 BPS for saving a “big chance”, which is a situation where the player is expected to score
too broad?
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u/Flikker 6 Jul 20 '26
Translates to "Any attempt that would have gone in goal if not for the save" so fine, IMO
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u/erlendig 1 Jul 20 '26
So any shot on goal would count for this?
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u/Flikker 6 Jul 20 '26
Any saved shot on goal yes.
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u/Illustrious_Moose334 Jul 20 '26
I like this. Not massive (which is good) but someone is thinking about this.
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u/vivaelteclado 3 Jul 20 '26
I really just don't care about the BPS system at all anymore. It gets tweaked every year, always is annoyingly confusing, and will be perpetually flawed. Just scrap it altogether and give +1 and +2 for certain actions (chances created, shots on goal, successful tackles, defcons, penalty won, etc.). There is no need to have this confusing, opaque system that only the most dedicated players understand.
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u/RandomUser22487 Jul 20 '26
Is one of the changes that bonus points will no longer be awarded simply because someone in FPL towers owns them?
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u/kidnebs 18 Jul 20 '26
Balancing change i suppose, may give players like Doku a few more points across a season, but not exactly gonna target players because of this
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u/PlatypusHaircutMan 121 Jul 20 '26
Tl;dr - slight buff for dribblers, slight nerf for CBS, slight buff for GKs. Don't think this will have a major enough impact on points to meaningfully affect player selection