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FPL Brain GW16: 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
December 12, 2025

Free Hit Team

All the top ranked players for this Gameweek only

Raya
vs Wolves
J.Timber
vs Wolves
xGI/90 0.20 · Def/90 6.09
Thiaw
vs Sunderland
xGI/90 0.09 · Def/90 8.53
Ballard
vs Newcastle
xGI/90 0.12 · Def/90 10.93
Andersen
vs Burnley
xGI/90 0.08 · Def/90 10.92
B.Fernandes
vs Bournemouth
xGI/90 0.91 · Def/90 10.61
Saka
vs Wolves
xGI/90 0.73 · Def/90 7.90
Ndiaye
vs Chelsea
xGI/90 0.61 · Def/90 10.13
Haaland
vs Crystal Palace
xGI/90 1.21
Thiago
vs Leeds
xGI/90 0.78
Mateta
vs Man City
xGI/90 0.69

Wildcard Team

All the top ranked players for the next 5 Gameweeks

Raya
J.Timber
vs WOL
xGI/90 0.28 · Def/90 6.09
O’Reilly
vs CRY
xGI/90 0.27
Ballard
vs NEW
xGI/90 0.14
Andersen
vs BUR
xGI/90 0.13
B.Fernandes
vs BOU
xGI/90 0.84
Saka
vs WOL
xGI/90 0.81
Enzo
vs EVE
xGI/90 0.60
Haaland
Thiago
Mateta

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

Piero Hincapié - £5.4m, DEF — Arsenal — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.11
Def contribs/90 8.22
vs. Wolves
Daniel Ballard - £4.6m, DEF — Sunderland — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.14
Def contribs/90 10.93
vs. Newcastle
Joachim Andersen - £4.6m, DEF — Fulham — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.13
Def contribs/90 10.92
vs. Burnley

💥 Differential Midfielders

Iliman Ndiaye - £6.4m, MID — Everton — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.4
Def contribs/90 10.13
vs. Chelsea
Enzo Fernández - £6.6m, MID — Chelsea — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.6
Def contribs/90 6.6
vs. Everton
Omari Hutchinson - £5.4m, MID — Nott'm Forest — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.61
Def contribs/90 6.36
vs. Spurs

💥 Differential Forwards

Raúl Jiménez Rodríguez - £6.2m, FWD — Fulham — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.35
vs. Burnley, vs. Nott'm Forest, vs. West Ham
Danny Welbeck - £6.6m, FWD — Brighton — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.56
vs. Liverpool, vs. Sunderland, vs. Arsenal
Joshua Zirkzee - £5.8m, FWD — Man Utd — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.45
vs. Bournemouth, vs. Aston Villa, vs. Newcastle