- Gameweek
- A round of fixtures; your players score in it.
- Deadline
- The time team changes lock for the next gameweek.
- Squad
- Your fifteen players.
- Bench
- The four who do not start, in order.
- Captain
- The player whose points count twice.
- Free transfer
- A transfer that costs no points.
- Hit
- The 4 points an extra transfer costs.
- Chip
- A once-a-half boost: Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost or Triple Captain.
- Clean sheet
- A match in which the team concedes nothing.
- Defensive contributions
- Tackles, clearances, blocks, interceptions (and, for midfielders and forwards, recoveries) that score once a player reaches the threshold.
- Bonus
- Extra points for the three best performers in a match, by the Bonus Points System.
- Form
- A player's average points over recent gameweeks.
- Double / blank gameweek
- A gameweek in which a club plays twice, or not at all.
- Price change
- A player's price moving with transfers in and out.