Welcome back to the Hive FPL blog where we'll provide a brief summary of results from round 1 before looking ahead to round 2 fixtures featuring the remaining 64 teams.
FPL gameweek 32 was a tough one for all managers with the likes of Man City and Man Utd not featuring not to mention free scoring Brighton who have a couple of players who have become fan favourites within this year's fantasy game.
As a result, it's no great surprise that big points hauls were difficult to come by. A couple of the pre-tournament favourites in 
Somewhat surprisingly only one fixture was settled via a tie-breaker with 
The highest ranked player in the overall Hive FPL to be defeated in round 1 was 
Round 1 of Hive FPL cup (128 teams) - Results
From here on out, I'd imagine we'll see significantly tighter matches as we begin to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Don't forget that we are also joined in round 2 by those teams who were lucky enough to get a bye in the 1st round.
Round 2 points will be accumulated via gameweek 33 in the FPL which sees the standard 10 Premier League fixtures take place across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night this week. That means managers must get their line-ups finalised by 6pm (BST) on Tuesday i.e. in about 20 hours time!
Of course all eyes will be on the Man City vs Arsenal game which is likely to go a very long way to deciding the title but there are also a few other cracking matches to watch out for.
Chelsea will look to claim local bragging rights and close the gap over West London rivals Brentford. Of course if they lose, then Cristian Stellini might not be the only interim manager to get sacked this week!
On that note Spurs entertain Manchester United on what I would imagine will be a very difficult evening for the club. It's one thing getting hammered away from home but if Tottenham put in that kind of performance in front of their own fans then things are going to get ugly!
And what about Leeds vs Leicester? 2 sides who can't stop conceding goals. The Foxes did at least get a much needed win in their last match while for the home team you feel they need at least a point to stop the bleeding with 18 goals conceded in their last 5 games alone.
Here's your round 2 fixtures ...
Hive FPL Cup Round 2 fixtures (Round of 64)
As our featured match for round 2, I'm going to pick out the head to head between 
First place opted to play their Free Hit for GW32 whereas the Smiley Team made do with their squad without burning a chip meaning they have strength on the bench including Haaland, Rashford and Luke Shaw.
However, even when First place's squad reverts to GW31 there look to be few similarities in players with only Haaland (obviously) and the in form Ollie Watkins as well as Ben White the common picks for both sides. That means the differentials could be massive.
It looks likely that First place will be banking on Brighton performing at lowly Notts Forest with 3 Seagulls players in the squad while potentially picking both Newcastle defenders must be a temptation against shot shy Everton.
Smiley Team meanwhile will be hoping that Marcus Rashford and Mo Salah enjoy their respective trips down to London while Alexander Isak's late season form could make him a very good signing for the run in!
As always, good luck with your picks and in your head to head matches and if you haven't already done so, join our discord channel
We'll be back later in the week with results from round 2 as well as preview of round 3.