Football Paparazzi Weekly Fantasy Fix: Best picks for FPL Gameweek 38

The final whistle is almost upon us. Gameweek 38 brings the curtain down on the 2025/26 Premier League season, with the title race, European places and relegation all still to be resolved.

It is also farewell to one of Fantasy’s all-time greats but time for emotion will come after the final whistle.

For now, these are the best Fantasy Premier League picks for Gameweek 38.

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – £14.0m

After nine extraordinary seasons, Salah bows out at Anfield against Brentford, and he arrives as one of the most intriguing differentials of the final weekend. His overall ownership sits at 13 per cent, but among the top 100,000 managers that figure drops to just 0.01 per cent.

Before a Gameweek 34 injury interrupted his campaign, Salah had scored in each of his previous three starts, averaging 9.0 points per match. The occasion alone makes him worth consideration, and the underlying form suggests he has the quality to sign off in style.

Taty Castellanos (West Ham) – £5.5m

West Ham’s clash with Leeds is effectively a must-win for their Premier League survival hopes, and Nuno Espirito Santo will surely set up accordingly. Castellanos was unusually dropped to the bench in Gameweek 37, but Nuno reversed that decision as early as the 26th minute, and Taty responded emphatically.

Eight shots, a Gameweek-high, and a spectacular consolation goal. Over the last six Gameweeks, no Premier League player has recorded more shots than his tally of 24. He is nailed to start and fiercely motivated.

Zian Flemming (Burnley) – £5.3m

Flemming has quietly reached double figures for Premier League goals this season despite starting only 20 matches. And he closes the campaign against bottom side Wolves at home. No team has kept fewer clean sheets than Wolves and Flemming would be a favorite to score.

In fact, he has strong form in this fixture, he bagged twice in a 3-2 win over Wolves in the reverse fixture. That was also his biggest haul of 13 points for the campaign. Owned by fewer than one per cent of managers, he is a compelling final-day differential.

Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) – £5.2m

Spurs are locked in their own survival battle, but the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi has transformed their performances. A 4-match unbeaten run underlined the upturn, with Porro thriving. Among defenders, no one’s matched Porro’s 10 shots or 13 chances created.

He has also contributed defensively, earning defensive contribution points, according to the Premier League in three of those six starts. With freedom to attack and plenty at stake, Porro carries genuine returns potential on the final day.