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⚽🧠FPL Brain: Who to transfer in?

⚽🧠FPL Brain: Who to transfer in?

Simple, statistics-based rankings for Captaincy and Transfers, delivered weekly

October 02, 2025

See below for Top Differential Picks this week, + best overall + best low-ownership picks for the next 3 Gameweeks

🌟 Top Differential Picks for This Gameweek

Joachim Andersen (DEF) — Fulham
xGI/90 0.19 · Def contribs/90 11 · Owned by 4%
(vs Bournemouth)

Yankuba Minteh (MID) — Brighton
xGI/90 0.47 · Def contribs/90 7.51 · Owned by 3%
(vs Wolves)

Jean-Philippe Mateta (FWD) — Crystal Palace
xGI/90 0.68 · Def contribs/90 5.76 · Owned by 10%
(vs Everton)

Jaidon Anthony (MID) — Burnley
xGI/90 0.47 · Def contribs/90 8.17 · Owned by 5%
(vs Aston Villa)

Captain Picks

Erling Haaland (£14.4m, CAP) — Man City — Rank #1
xGI/90 1.42
Attack 100%

Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.5m, CAP) — Crystal Palace — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.68
Attack 97%

Bruno Borges Fernandes (£9.0m, CAP) — Man Utd — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.76
Attack 97%

Antoine Semenyo (£7.8m, CAP) — Bournemouth — Rank #4
xGI/90 0.55
Attack 96%

Enzo Fernández (£6.7m, CAP) — Chelsea — Rank #5
xGI/90 0.66
Attack 96%

⚔️ Overall Defenders

Jurriën Timber (£5.8m, DEF) — Arsenal — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.44 · Def contribs/90 7.52
Attack 100% · Defend 70%
(West Ham, Fulham, Crystal Palace)

Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães (£6.2m, DEF) — Arsenal — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.09 · Def contribs/90 9
Attack 100% · Defend 70%
(West Ham, Fulham, Crystal Palace)

Marcos Senesi Barón (£4.9m, DEF) — Bournemouth — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.08 · Def contribs/90 13.5
Attack 90% · Defend 22%
(Fulham, Crystal Palace, Nott'm Forest)

Maxence Lacroix (£5.1m, DEF) — Crystal Palace — Rank #4
xGI/90 0.07 · Def contribs/90 10.33
Attack 80% · Defend 75%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

Chris Richards (£4.5m, DEF) — Crystal Palace — Rank #5
xGI/90 0.05 · Def contribs/90 10.5
Attack 80% · Defend 75%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

🎨 Overall Midfielders

Enzo Fernández (£6.7m, MID) — Chelsea — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.66 · Def contribs/90 5.8
Attack 75% · Defend 90%
(Liverpool, Nott'm Forest, Sunderland)

Bruno Borges Fernandes (£9.0m, MID) — Man Utd — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.76 · Def contribs/90 10.91
Attack 30% · Defend 79%
(Sunderland, Liverpool, Brighton)

Yankuba Minteh (£5.9m, MID) — Brighton — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.47 · Def contribs/90 7.51
Attack 45% · Defend 94%
(Wolves, Newcastle, Man Utd)

Jérémy Doku (£6.6m, MID) — Man City — Rank #4
xGI/90 0.46 · Def contribs/90 4.37
Attack 71% · Defend 85%
(Brentford, Everton, Aston Villa)

Bryan Mbeumo (£8.1m, MID) — Man Utd — Rank #5
xGI/90 0.55 · Def contribs/90 2.6
Attack 30% · Defend 79%
(Sunderland, Liverpool, Brighton)

🎯 Overall Forwards

Erling Haaland (£14.4m, FWD) — Man City — Rank #1
xGI/90 1.42
Attack 71%
(Brentford, Everton, Aston Villa)

Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.5m, FWD) — Crystal Palace — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.68
Attack 80%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

Viktor Gyökeres (£9.0m, FWD) — Arsenal — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.51
Attack 100%
(West Ham, Fulham, Crystal Palace)

João Pedro Junqueira de Jesus (£7.8m, FWD) — Chelsea — Rank #4
xGI/90 0.3
Attack 75%
(Liverpool, Nott'm Forest, Sunderland)

Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues (£6.0m, FWD) — Brentford — Rank #5
xGI/90 0.4
Attack 20%
(Man City, West Ham, Liverpool)

🔍 Low-Ownership Defenders

Maxence Lacroix (£5.1m, DEF) — Crystal Palace — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.07 · Def contribs/90 10.33
Attack 80% · Defend 80%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

Chris Richards (£4.5m, DEF) — Crystal Palace — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.05 · Def contribs/90 10.5
Attack 80% · Defend 80%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

Joe Rodon (£4.0m, DEF) — Leeds — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.06 · Def contribs/90 9.33
Attack 85% · Defend 85%
(Spurs, Burnley, West Ham)

Tyrick Mitchell (£5.0m, DEF) — Crystal Palace — Rank #4
xGI/90 0.13 · Def contribs/90 8.5
Attack 80% · Defend 80%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

Pascal Struijk (£4.5m, DEF) — Leeds — Rank #5
xGI/90 0.07 · Def contribs/90 8.67
Attack 85% · Defend 85%
(Spurs, Burnley, West Ham)

🔍 Low-Ownership Midfielders

Yankuba Minteh (£5.9m, MID) — Brighton — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.47 · Def contribs/90 7.51
Attack 45% · Defend 45%
(Wolves, Newcastle, Man Utd)

Jérémy Doku (£6.6m, MID) — Man City — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.46 · Def contribs/90 4.37
Attack 71% · Defend 71%
(Brentford, Everton, Aston Villa)

Pedro Lomba Neto (£7.0m, MID) — Chelsea — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.31 · Def contribs/90 4.35
Attack 75% · Defend 75%
(Liverpool, Nott'm Forest, Sunderland)

Kevin Schade (£7.0m, MID) — Brentford — Rank #4
xGI/90 0.39 · Def contribs/90 6.72
Attack 20% · Defend 20%
(Man City, West Ham, Liverpool)

Adam Wharton (£5.0m, MID) — Crystal Palace — Rank #5
xGI/90 0.29 · Def contribs/90 7.73
Attack 80% · Defend 80%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

🔍 Low-Ownership Forwards

Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.5m, FWD) — Crystal Palace — Rank #1
xGI/90 0.68
Attack 80%
(Everton, Bournemouth, Arsenal)

Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues (£6.0m, FWD) — Brentford — Rank #2
xGI/90 0.4
Attack 20%
(Man City, West Ham, Liverpool)

Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal (£5.4m, FWD) — Everton — Rank #3
xGI/90 0.54
Attack 15%
(Crystal Palace, Man City, Spurs)

Ollie Watkins (£8.7m, FWD) — Aston Villa — Rank #4
xGI/90 0.27
Attack 61%
(Burnley, Spurs, Man City)

Francisco Evanilson de Lima Barbosa (£7.0m, FWD) — Bournemouth — Rank #5
xGI/90 0.22
Attack 90%
(Fulham, Crystal Palace, Nott'm Forest)