FPL Scout: Season review and Brentford's top six performers

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Brentford teamed up with Fantasy Football Scout to help bring you hints, tips and advice during the 2024/25 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season.
Scout used their expertise to provide info, advice and Gameweek tips to help you in your mini-leagues.
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Following the conclusion of the campaign, they have reviewed the year's best performers, including record-breaking Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, as well as highlighting the Bees' top six point scorers this term.
FPL Season round-up
So that's another FPL campaign done and dusted. One that was dominated by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (£13.6m) who, by Gameweek 28, had already set a new all-time FPL record for points in a season.
The Egyptian's final-day strike took his tally to 344, thanks in no small part to 47 goal contributions.
Furthermore, none of the previous three seasons saw a player exceed 11 double-digit scores. Salah achieved 12 of these in his first 18 outings, reaching 17 before Gameweek 29.
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In fact, by doing so in both Double Gameweek 24 encounters, he allowed one million Triple Captain users to receive a huge 87 points from the chip. And nobody hit the woodwork more frequently, either.
Elsewhere, Newcastle United's Alexander Isak (£9.4m) started and ended slowly, but there were 18 outings between Gameweeks 9 and 26 where he netted an incredible 18 times and contributed four assists.
Nottingham Forest often married a watertight defence with Chris Wood's (£7.2m) goals, while late Jarrod Bowen (£7.9m) form for West Ham almost saw him become the sixth player to reach 200 points.
Best of the Bees
As for Brentford, some excellent home displays provided seven wins and a draw from the first eight at Gtech Community Stadium.
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Then, early January's 5-0 victory at Southampton changed fortunes on the road, with it being the first of five successive away wins. 23 points were collected from the Bees' subsequent 10 trips.
Joint-fifth for goals (66) and seventh for big chances (109), Thomas Frank's players brought in 1,619 of this FPL season's overall 31,291 points, the joint-eighth most.
Unsurprisingly, champions Liverpool contributed the most (2,066).
So let's pick out some of this FPL campaign's most memorable Bees individuals...
Bryan Mbeumo (£8.3m) - 236 points
Deemed by most managers as an essential pick in later months, no player saw a bigger price rise over the year, having begun at £7.0m.
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Mbeumo's final-day goal took him to a nice, round 20, as only Salah secured more FPL points than his 236.
There were several reasons for this. No midfielder or forward was on the pitch as long (3,412 minutes), with the Cameroon international also having multiple routes to points.
Not just a penalty taker, Mbeumo took many set-pieces and crossed more than anyone else (202). This helped him rank joint-fourth for big chances created (17).
Yoane Wissa (£6.9m) - 185 points
Meanwhile, his partner in crime also finished among the league's top-eight point scorers (185).
It would've been even more had October's second strike against Ipswich been credited to him quicker.
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Originally seen as Wissa assisting an own goal, the Gameweek had already ended when this was corrected days later.
The centre-forward joins Mbeumo on six double-digit hauls, beating him for attempts (90 v 85) and big chances (34 v 20), all for a cheaper price.
He's fifth overall for the latter, alongside being sixth best for shots on target (41).
Mark Flekken (£4.5m) - 138 points
Time to briefly credit the backline. Flekken is ahead of all other goalkeepers in Europe's top five divisions for saves (156), leading the way for FPL save points (39).
He secured three clean sheets in Brentford's final eight matches, with a combination of conceding the second-most shots (647) over the season but allowing the seventh-fewest big chances (80).
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Not content with defensive returns, Flekken even added two assists to his name.
Nathan Collins (£4.6m) - 127 points
Frank likes consistent line-ups: seven of his players started at least 34 times. Yet Collins was the only Premier League outfielder to play every single minute of 2024/25.
He made use of that time, winning the division's third-most aerial duels (117) and blocking the highest number of shots (57) throughout all positions.
But Collins' attacking threat was often underrated. After all, the 24-year-old delivered two goals and seven FPL assists - Fulham's Antonee Robinson (£4.7m) was the only defender to set up more.
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Indeed, he's sixth best at the back for both big chances (six) and penalty area touches (72).
Kevin Schade (£4.6m) - 149 points
Listed as an FPL midfielder, Kevin Schade recorded 2024/25's second-biggest score from a single match.
In Gameweek 13, he scored his first career hat-trick and added an assist in a 4-1 win against Leicester City, with bonuses taking him to 23 points.
A constant starter from Gameweek 23 onwards, the German spent quite a while priced at just £5.1m.
His 160 box touches wasn't far behind Wissa and Mbeumo, finishing the campaign by netting four goals in the closing five fixtures.
Mikkel Damsgaard (£4.9m) - 131 points
Finally, playmaker Mikkel Damsgaard joins Mbeumo inside the league's top eight players for chances created (63). These led to an impressive 10 assists.
What undoubtedly helped was starting 34 of the most recent 36 occasions, ensuring the 24-year-old experienced his first season of significant Brentford game time.