Players in the best recent scoring form, sanity-checked against underlying stats.
| Player | Club | Pos | Price | Ownership | Score | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raya | ARS | GKP | £6.0m | 29.6% | 25 | reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI) |
| O'Reilly | MCI | DEF | £6.5m | 25.1% | 29 | reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI) |
| De Cuyper | BHA | DEF | £4.5m | 2.3% | 27 | reliable minutes; high underlying involvement (xGI); positive next-fixture projection |
| Muñoz | CRY | DEF | £5.5m | 13.4% | 26 | reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI) |
| B.FernandesV | MUN | MID | £12.0m | 47.3% | 39 | reliable minutes; high underlying involvement (xGI); positive next-fixture projection |
| Nyoni | LIV | MID | £5.0m | 0.1% | 38 | high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection |
| Dasilva | BRE | MID | £5.0m | 0.1% | 38 | high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection |
| Cherki | MCI | MID | £7.5m | 10.5% | 35 | reliable minutes; high underlying involvement (xGI); positive next-fixture projection |
| HaalandC | MCI | FWD | £15.5m | 73.0% | 43 | high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection |
| Nmecha | LEE | FWD | £5.5m | 0.7% | 34 | high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection |
| Awoniyi | NFO | FWD | £5.5m | 0.4% | 33 | high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection |
| Player | Club | Pos | Price | Ownership | Score | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickford | EVE | GKP | £5.5m | 9.5% | 23 | reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI) |
| Brooks | BOU | MID | £5.0m | 0.2% | 32 | high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection |
| Calafiori | ARS | DEF | £5.5m | 11.5% | 26 | reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI) |
| James | CHE | DEF | £5.5m | 8.1% | 25 | reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI) |
The inclusion reason behind every squad slot.
reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI)
reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI)
reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI)
reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI)
Next best recent-form players per position that didn't make the squad.
Ranks players on recent form: FPL's rolling form average, underlying expected goal involvement (to sanity-check that form against luck/bonus-point noise), FPL's own next-fixture points projection, and minutes reliability.
Read the full methodologyreliable minutes; high underlying involvement (xGI); positive next-fixture projection
reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI)
reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection; high underlying involvement (xGI)
reliable minutes; high underlying involvement (xGI); positive next-fixture projection
high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection
high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection
high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection
reliable minutes; high underlying involvement (xGI); positive next-fixture projection
high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection
high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection
high underlying involvement (xGI); reliable minutes; positive next-fixture projection
Starting XI, captain doubled, for the current squad — not a forecast of who will actually start.
A model estimate from our own projection engine (form, FPL's next-fixture estimate, and underlying minutes/involvement, adjusted for fixture difficulty) — not an official FPL figure. How this is calculated