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⚽🧠FPL Brain: Who to transfer in?
Simple, statistics-based rankings for Captaincy and Transfers, delivered weekly
👑 Captain Selection
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Captain Selection
#1 Hugo Ekitiké (£8.7m, FWD) — Liverpool
xGI/90 0.56 · Attack 95%
(Burnley, Everton, Crystal Palace)
#2 Erling Haaland (£14.1m, FWD) — Man City
xGI/90 1.49 · Attack 86%
(Man Utd, Arsenal, Burnley)
#3 Viktor Gyökeres (£9.0m, FWD) — Arsenal
xGI/90 0.57 · Attack 90%
(Nott'm Forest, Man City, Newcastle)
📊 Overall
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Overall — Defenders
#1 Virgil van Dijk (£6.0m, DEF) — Liverpool
xGI/90 0.07 · Def contribs/90 14.67
Attack 95% · Defend 95%
(Burnley, Everton, Crystal Palace)
#2 Rayan Aït‑Nouri (£6.0m, DEF) — Man City
xGI/90 0.23 · Def contribs/90 10.25
Attack 91% · Defend 86%
(Man Utd, Arsenal, Burnley)
#3 Trevoh Chalobah (£5.1m, DEF) — Chelsea
xGI/90 0.28 · Def contribs/90 9.07
Attack 86% · Defend 72%
(Brentford, Man Utd, Brighton)
#4 Joachim Andersen (£4.5m, DEF) — Fulham
xGI/90 0.29 · Def contribs/90 9.67
Attack 56% · Defend 77%
(Leeds, Brentford, Aston Villa)
#5 Riccardo Calafiori (£5.6m, DEF) — Arsenal
xGI/90 0.58 · Def contribs/90 4.82
Attack 81% · Defend 90%
(Nott'm Forest, Man City, Newcastle)
🎨
Overall — Midfielders
#1 Enzo Fernández (£6.6m, MID) — Chelsea
xGI/90 0.76 · Attack 86%
(Brentford, Man Utd, Brighton)
#2 Cody Gakpo (£7.6m, MID) — Liverpool
xGI/90 0.27 · Attack 95%
(Burnley, Everton, Crystal Palace)
#3 Florian Wirtz (£8.4m, MID) — Liverpool
xGI/90 0.29 · Attack 95%
(Burnley, Everton, Crystal Palace)
#4 Mohamed Salah (£14.5m, MID) — Liverpool
xGI/90 0.22 · Attack 95%
(Burnley, Everton, Crystal Palace)
#5 Ismaïla Sarr (£6.5m, MID) — Crystal Palace
xGI/90 0.69 · Attack 51%
(Sunderland, West Ham, Liverpool)
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Overall — Forwards
#1 Hugo Ekitiké (£8.7m, FWD) — Liverpool
xGI/90 0.56 · Attack 95%
(Burnley, Everton, Crystal Palace)
#2 Erling Haaland (£14.1m, FWD) — Man City
xGI/90 1.49 · Attack 91%
(Man Utd, Arsenal, Burnley)
#3 Viktor Gyökeres (£9.0m, FWD) — Arsenal
xGI/90 0.57 · Attack 81%
(Nott'm Forest, Man City, Newcastle)
#4 Ollie Watkins (£8.9m, FWD) — Aston Villa
xGI/90 0.42 · Attack 46%
(Everton, Sunderland, Fulham)
#5 João Pedro Junqueira de Jesus (£7.7m, FWD) — Chelsea
xGI/90 0.53 · Attack 86%
(Brentford, Man Utd, Brighton)
💸 Budget
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Budget — Defenders
#1 Joachim Andersen (£4.5m, DEF) — Fulham
xGI/90 0.29 · Def contribs/90 9.67
Attack 56% · Defend 77%
(Leeds, Brentford, Aston Villa)
#2 Marcos Senesi Barón (£4.5m, DEF) — Bournemouth
xGI/90 0.08 · Def contribs/90 14.33
Attack 76% · Defend 24%
(Brighton, Newcastle, Leeds)
#3 Maxence Lacroix (£5.0m, DEF) — Crystal Palace
xGI/90 0.07 · Def contribs/90 12.33
Attack 51% · Defend 67%
(Sunderland, West Ham, Liverpool)
#4 Tosin Adarabioyo (£4.5m, DEF) — Chelsea
xGI/90 0.02 · Def contribs/90 10.00
Attack 86% · Defend 72%
(Brentford, Man Utd, Brighton)
#5 Kenny Tete (£4.5m, DEF) — Fulham
xGI/90 0.15 · Def contribs/90 7.33
Attack 56% · Defend 77%
(Leeds, Brentford, Aston Villa)
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Budget — Midfielders
#1 Oscar Bobb (£5.5m, MID) — Man City
xGI/90 0.27 · Attack 91%
(Man Utd, Arsenal, Burnley)
#2 Josh King (£4.5m, MID) — Fulham
xGI/90 0.26 · Attack 56%
(Leeds, Brentford, Aston Villa)
#3 David Brooks (£5.0m, MID) — Bournemouth
xGI/90 0.80 · Attack 76%
(Brighton, Newcastle, Leeds)
#4 Kiernan Dewsbury‑Hall (£5.0m, MID) — Everton
xGI/90 0.35 · Attack 6%
(Aston Villa, Liverpool, West Ham)
#5 Saša Lukić (£5.0m, MID) — Fulham
xGI/90 0.19 · Attack 56%
(Leeds, Brentford, Aston Villa)
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Budget — Forwards
#1 Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal (£5.4m, FWD) — Everton
xGI/90 0.43 · Attack 6%
(Aston Villa, Liverpool, West Ham)
#2 Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues (£6.0m, FWD) — Brentford
xGI/90 0.46 · Attack 41%
(Chelsea, Fulham, Man Utd)
#3 Niclas Füllkrug (£5.9m, FWD) — West Ham
xGI/90 0.18 · Attack 31%
(Spurs, Crystal Palace, Everton)
#4 Lyle Foster (£5.0m, FWD) — Burnley
xGI/90 0.28 · Attack —
(Liverpool, Nott'm Forest, Man City)
#5 Eliezer Mayenda Dossou (£5.5m, FWD) — Sunderland
xGI/90 0.17 · Attack 16%
(Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Nott'm Forest)
🧪 Low Ownership
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Low Ownership — Defenders
#1 Trevoh Chalobah (£5.1m, DEF) — Chelsea
xGI/90 0.28 · Def contribs/90 9.07
Attack 86% · Defend 72%
(Brentford, Man Utd, Brighton)
#2 Joachim Andersen (£4.5m, DEF) — Fulham
xGI/90 0.29 · Def contribs/90 9.67
Attack 56% · Defend 77%
(Leeds, Brentford, Aston Villa)
#3 Riccardo Calafiori (£5.6m, DEF) — Arsenal
xGI/90 0.58 · Def contribs/90 4.82
Attack 81% · Defend 90%
(Nott'm Forest, Man City, Newcastle)
#4 Marcos Senesi Barón (£4.5m, DEF) — Bournemouth
xGI/90 0.08 · Def contribs/90 14.33
Attack 76% · Defend 24%
(Brighton, Newcastle, Leeds)
#5 Maxence Lacroix (£5.0m, DEF) — Crystal Palace
xGI/90 0.07 · Def contribs/90 12.33
Attack 51% · Defend 67%
(Sunderland, West Ham, Liverpool)
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Low Ownership — Midfielders
#1 Enzo Fernández (£6.6m, MID) — Chelsea
xGI/90 0.76 · Attack 86%
(Brentford, Man Utd, Brighton)
#2 Ismaïla Sarr (£6.5m, MID) — Crystal Palace
xGI/90 0.69 · Attack 51%
(Sunderland, West Ham, Liverpool)
#3 Pedro Lomba Neto (£7.0m, MID) — Chelsea
xGI/90 0.38 · Attack 86%
(Brentford, Man Utd, Brighton)
#4 Declan Rice (£6.5m, MID) — Arsenal
xGI/90 0.27 · Attack 81%
(Nott'm Forest, Man City, Newcastle)
#5 Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima (£5.9m, MID) — West Ham
xGI/90 0.46 · Attack 31%
(Spurs, Crystal Palace, Everton)
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Low Ownership — Forwards
#1 Jean‑Philippe Mateta (£7.5m, FWD) — Crystal Palace
xGI/90 0.54 · Attack 51%
(Sunderland, West Ham, Liverpool)
#2 Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal (£5.4m, FWD) — Everton
xGI/90 0.43 · Attack 6%
(Aston Villa, Liverpool, West Ham)
#3 Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues (£6.0m, FWD) — Brentford
xGI/90 0.46 · Attack 41%
(Chelsea, Fulham, Man Utd)
#4 Jarrod Bowen (£7.8m, FWD) — West Ham
xGI/90 0.17 · Attack 31%
(Spurs, Crystal Palace, Everton)
#5 Niclas Füllkrug (£5.9m, FWD) — West Ham
xGI/90 0.18 · Attack 31%
(Spurs, Crystal Palace, Everton)