Give Saka the captain's armband - FPL tips & team of the week

The Fantasy Premier League season heads straight into a second straight double gameweek.

With only four teams playing twice in week 33 - Manchester City, Aston Villa, Arsenal and Crystal Palace - you'll probably see a lot of similar teams among your rivals and FPL experts at the moment, but there are still gains to be made if you play it smart.

Here's BBC Sport's team of the week and the answers to some key questions for gameweek 33.

There is one standout option this week - Arsenal's Bukayo Saka.

If you knew Saka was going to play twice, he is the most exciting pick, with Ipswich away and Palace at home.

Does Mikel Arteta rest him? Arsenal have Newcastle breathing down their neck for second place and keep dropping points so the Gunners boss can't afford too much rotation.

They also have a six-day break between the Palace game and their Champions League semi-final against Paris St-Germain.

I'm confident Saka plays at least 120 minutes this gameweek and probably more.

Gameweek 33 is the best chance to Bench Boost before the end of the season, even if we get another double in 36.

If you have 15 playing assets and you like the match-ups for most of them, then pull the trigger.

The main issue is game time - there are not a lot of nailed-on assets among Arsenal, City or Villa. Palace are a little more predictable but all four teams might have their minds on cup competitions.

So make your peace with the fact that there will be benchings and play that chip.

Don't be going mad shipping out good single gameweek players to squeeze another double option into your team.

Liverpool - face woeful Leicester so Mohamed Salah is a must and Virgil van Dijk has as good a clean sheet chance as any double gameweek defender.

West Ham - Jarrod Bowen jumps out as the Hammers host relegated Southampton. You should also be confident starting a West Ham defensive asset.

Manchester United - Wolves at home could be productive for Bruno Fernandes. Four of his five double-digit hauls this season have come against teams in the bottom five (at the time).

I'd also advise against taking too many hits to bring in double gameweek players - a -4 can pay off. Any more and you are asking for a lot to go your way to make up that difference.

It's hard to go back to defender Daniel Munoz, who finished with -1 points in gameweek 32. He's still super attacking - with eight entries into the box in 32 - and was close to an assist, but Bournemouth and Arsenal are both likely to score against Palace.

But I'd still put your faith in attacking assets such as Eberechi Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta, especially if they are already in your team.

No need to sell, hard to predict if any will be rested for the FA Cup and all three have haul potential. Eze could have had three goals last week, for example, but for a very tight offside call and missed penalty.

Defence was nearly a debacle, with a combined four points from four players - but Kieran Trippier's 12-pointer saved the day.

Jacob Murphy (19 points) was the star man but 70 points is still disappointing for a double gameweek.

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David Raya, Arsenal, keeper, £5.5m

William Saliba, Arsenal, £6.5m

Both face Ipswich (a) and Crystal Palace (h)

The two most reliable Arsenal defensive assets in a week where they could easily get two clean sheets. Boring, I know, but very steady.

Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool, £6.6m - Leicester (a)

Leicester scored last week but lost their previous eight games without scoring. The most nailed-on clean sheet shout this week.

He's a better pick than a double option from Palace - see above - and Villa who have three clean sheets in their past four games, but are unlikely to get one this week.

Josko Gvardiol, Manchester City, £6.2m - Everton (a), Villa (h)

The Croatian has 16 points in his past three games and you can't turn down this double gameweek. He's City's best defensive asset as we all know.

Bukayo Saka (captain), Arsenal, £10.5m - Ipswich (a), Palace (h)

For the reasons stated above, I'd be confident about Saka's minutes this week. Yes he is coming back from injury but he also needs game time to get his fitness up.

From past experience, he could easily get double digits in both of these games so he gets the armband.

Mohamed Salah (vice-captain), Liverpool, £13.8m - Leicester (a)

Last gameweek was the first since week eight in which Salah's net transfers were negative. People are selling him but don't be one of them.

And if you are risk averse, or worried about game time for your doublers, Salah would make a very safe captain choice.

Morgan Rogers, Aston Villa, £5.6m - Newcastle (h), Man City (a)

Turns out it was daft to think Rogers might get a rest last week. He's become a player who starts every game for Villa. This double is not exciting for them but Rogers is the only Villa forward asset you can truly expect to start both matches and you do fancy them to score in both games.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham, £7.5m - Southampton (h)

This match-up is too juicy to pass up for West Ham's talisman. Bowen's having a 7/10 season so far, but he still has four double-digit hauls.

In his past six games he has had 17 shots, 12 in the box. Bowen usually overperforms his expected goals (xG) yet he has just one goal in that time from 1.4 xG, suggesting he might be due.

Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace, £6.9m - Bournemouth (h), Arsenal (a)

As the week draws closer, I'm becoming more and more convinced Palace boss Oliver Glasner rests some key players in the Arsenal match, with little to play for in the league and an FA Cup semi-final four days later.

But Eze is still worth a punt. As mentioned above, he could have hauled in week 32 and we'd then be looking at him very differently.

He's Palace's key player and could very well start both matches and get brought off with 20 minutes to go.

Omar Marmoush, Manchester City, £7.3m - Everton (a), Villa (h)

Three goals in his past four games and a great differential Triple Captain shout if you don't own Saka.

If you've owned and watched Marmoush play in those four games, you'll be feeling like he could have scored more and his underlying statistics back that up.

The Egyptian has had 18 shots, 10 on target, 10 in the box, four big chances - he is a haul waiting to happen.

Evanilson, Bournemouth, £5.8m - Crystal Palace (a)

Since the Brazilian made his first start on his return from injury five games ago, he has led the way among strikers in almost every category.

Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen (5) is the only forward with more goals than Evanilson's four, but the Bournemouth man has had the most shots in the box (16), the most big chances (7) and the highest xG (4.44).

He can take advantage of a Palace defence that has conceded nine in the past two games.

Alphonse Areola, West Ham, keeper, £4.2m - Southampton (h)

Max Kilman, West Ham, defender, £4.3m - Southampton (h)

Iliman Ndiaye, Everton, striker, £5.2m - Manchester City (h)

Jan Bednarek, Southampton, defender, £4m - West Ham (a)

Teal total cost: £99.9m

The team of the week is selected based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest, striker, £6.9m

The 18-goal striker is fit again and Forest face leaky Spurs this week, before a home game against Brentford.

There's also a potential double gameweek on the horizon if they reach the FA Cup final, with one of those games being Leicester at home.

West Ham - Southampton (h), Brighton (a), Spurs (h)

The Hammers are hardly brimming with FPL assets, but they have cheap defenders if your budget is tight and midfielders Bowen and Mohammed Kudus (£6.2m) who are usually playing out of position as forwards.

If Nottingham Forest reach the FA Cup final, there's a chance West Ham end up with a double gameweek in 36 too.