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FPL Brain GW12: Free Hit & Wild Card Team Suggestions

All your recommended picks, based purely off of statistics, analysis, and fixture ranking

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Callum Travaglini
November 21, 2025

Free Hit Team

All the top ranked players for this Gameweek only

Raya
vs TOT
Ballard
vs FUL
xGI/90 0.20 · Def/90 12.44
Richards
vs WOL
xGI/90 0.13 · Def/90 10.64
Chalobah
vs BUR
xGI/90 0.14 · Def/90 8.79
B.Fernandes
vs EVE
xGI/90 0.74 · Def/90 10.47
Saka
vs TOT
xGI/90 0.77 · Def/90 7.53
Sarr
vs WOL
xGI/90 0.47 · Def/90 6.82
Mbeumo
vs EVE
xGI/90 0.54 · Def/90 3.96
Neto
vs BUR
xGI/90 0.46 · Def/90 4.45
Mateta
vs WOL
xGI/90 0.83
Haaland
vs NEW
xGI/90 1.27

Wildcard Team

All the top ranked players for the next 3 Gameweeks

Raya
Richards
vs WOL, MUN, BUR
xGI/90 0.13 · Def/90 11
Lacroix
vs WOL, MUN, BUR
xGI/90 0.06 · Def/90 10
Virgil
vs NFO, WHU, SUN
xGI/90 0.06
Senesi
vs WHU, SUN, EVE
xGI/90 0.15 · Def/90 13
Saka
vs TOT, CHE, BRE
xGI/90 0.77
Garnacho
vs BUR, ARS, LEE
xGI/90 0.68
B.Fernandes
vs EVE, CRY, WHU
xGI/90 0.74
Eze
vs TOT, CHE, BRE
xGI/90 0.51
Haaland
vs NEW, LEE, FUL
xGI/90 1.27
João Pedro
vs BUR, ARS, LEE
xGI/90 0.44

Differential Picks

Low-owned picks that stand out for this week

💥 Differential Picks Explained

These are low-ownership players with strong short-term potential compared to popular picks. Each player’s key stats help you spot hidden value and possible rank gains.

  • xGI/90: Expected goal involvement per 90 minutes (goals + assists).
  • Def contribs/90: Defensive actions (tackles, blocks, interceptions) per 90 minutes.
  • Attack: Projected attacking performance for the next match relative to their opponent.
  • Defence: Projected defensive performance for the next match relative to their opponent
  • Fixture: Player’s next opponent, shown as “vs. Team”.

Use these insights to identify smart differential transfers for upcoming gameweek.

💥 Differential Defenders

Daniel Ballard - £4.6m, DEF — Sunderland — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.2
Attack: 79% · Defence: 73%
Fixture: vs. Fulham
Chris Richards - £4.5m, DEF — Crystal Palace — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.13
Attack: 73% · Defence: 91%
Fixture: vs. Wolves
Trevoh Chalobah - £5.1m, DEF — Chelsea — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.14
Attack: 81% · Defence: 95%
Fixture: vs. Burnley

💥 Differential Midfielders

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - £4.9m, MID — Everton — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.32
Attack: 90% · Defence: 25%
Fixture: vs. Man Utd
Brenden Aaronson - £5.4m, MID — Leeds — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.39
Attack: 90% · Defence: 77%
Fixture: vs. Aston Villa
David Brooks - £5.0m, MID — Bournemouth — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.41
Attack: 93% · Defence: 61%
Fixture: vs. West Ham

💥 Differential Forwards

Danny Welbeck - £6.5m, FWD — Brighton — Rank #1
xGI/90
Attack: 97%
Fixture: vs. Brentford
Raúl Jiménez Rodríguez - £6.2m, FWD — Fulham — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.35
Attack: 92%
Fixture: vs. Sunderland
Lukas Nmecha - £5.0m, FWD — Leeds — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.73
Attack: 99%
Fixture: vs. Aston Villa