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Sels

Senesi
Andersen
van Dijk
Muñoz

Salah
Gibbs-White
Semenyo
Palmer

Mateta
João Pedro

Darlow
Alderete
Stach
Rodrigo Muniz

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.0m	117.3%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	5.7m	105.2%	Very Likely
Xavi	TOT	7.0m	106.2%	Very Likely
Cash	AVL	4.5m	97.3%	Maybe
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	95.9%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.5m	89.2%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.5m	87.3%	Unlikely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.4m	88.5%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.5m	86.9%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.1m	77.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.5m	76.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	5.1m	73.2%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	65.7%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.0m	63.3%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	60.9%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.6m	54.9%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.8m	58.1%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	9.0m	57.2%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.1m	57.4%	Unlikely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.6m	59.0%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.2m	47.7%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.6m	56.4%	Unlikely
Anthony	BUR	5.5m	53.1%	Unlikely
Reinildo	SUN	4.0m	54.0%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.7m	52.9%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.0m	50.2%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.4m	49.0%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	49.2%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.5m	48.6%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	47.8%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	4.0m	46.6%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	4.7m	43.8%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.5m	46.5%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	45.2%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.0m	44.8%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	41.8%	Unlikely
Gudmundsson	LEE	4.0m	42.9%	Unlikely
Kudus	TOT	6.6m	40.9%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.5m	41.1%	Unlikely
Foster	BUR	5.0m	40.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Sarr	CRY	6.5m	166.4%	Very Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	143.7%	Very Likely
Murillo	NFO	5.5m	137.8%	Very Likely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.4m	137.5%	Very Likely
De Cuyper	BHA	4.5m	137.1%	Very Likely
Füllkrug	WHU	5.8m	129.9%	Very Likely
Wissa	NEW	7.5m	129.6%	Very Likely
Souček	WHU	5.8m	121.1%	Very Likely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	119.0%	Very Likely
Esse	CRY	4.9m	113.7%	Very Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.8m	112.7%	Very Likely
Delap	CHE	6.3m	111.6%	Very Likely
Gittens	CHE	6.3m	110.4%	Very Likely
Johnson	TOT	7.1m	106.9%	Very Likely
Cardines	CRY	4.5m	109.6%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	7.0m	107.2%	Very Likely
Hoever	WOL	4.0m	107.6%	Very Likely
Aznou	EVE	4.4m	106.9%	Very Likely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.5m	106.8%	Very Likely
Odobert	TOT	5.4m	106.8%	Very Likely
Solanke	TOT	7.2m	106.7%	Very Likely
Seung soo	NEW	4.5m	106.0%	Very Likely
Martinelli	ARS	6.9m	106.1%	Very Likely
Amissah	FUL	4.0m	105.4%	Very Likely
Abbott	NFO	4.0m	105.3%	Very Likely
N.Williams	NFO	5.0m	103.7%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.4m	105.3%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.4m	104.5%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.4m	103.5%	Very Likely
Reijnders	MCI	5.7m	101.4%	Very Likely
D.Leon	MUN	4.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Delcroix	BUR	4.0m	101.3%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	100.9%	Very Likely
Johnson	SUN	4.0m	100.0%	Very Likely
Pécsi	LIV	4.0m	100.2%	Very Likely
Rigg	SUN	4.9m	100.0%	Maybe
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.9m	98.9%	Maybe
G.Jesus	ARS	6.5m	99.2%	Maybe
A.Murphy	NEW	4.0m	99.4%	Maybe
Guessand	AVL	6.4m	99.5%	Maybe

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A
No Change	Pickford	EVE	A
Up	Vicario	TOT	A
No Change	Sels	NFO	C
Up	Roefs	SUN	A
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 19 Sep, 2025 11:11pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel	ARS	A
No Change	Porro	TOT	B
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Senesi	BOU	A
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	Cucurella	CHE	B
No Change	Konsa Ngoyo	AVL	C
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, £

Last updated: 19 Sep, 2025 11:12pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Salah	LIV	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Down	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Kudus	TOT	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	C
No Change	Reijnders	MCI	B, £
Down	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Grealish	EVE	A
No Change	Stach	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 19 Sep, 2025 11:06pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Watkins	AVL	C
No Change	Gyokeres	ARS	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Bowen	WHU	C
No Change	Evanilson	BOU	C
No Change	Wood	NFO	B
No Change	Strand Larsen	WOL	C, Inj

Last updated: 19 Sep, 2025 11:11pm

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19 September 2025 142 comments

avfc82

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avfc82
1 day, 7 hours ago
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Kryptonite666
1 day, 7 hours ago
Vicario (Dubs)
Senesi Lacroix Van de Ven (Ekdal) (Rodon)
Salah Semenyo Caicedo Ndiaye (King)
Haaland Gyok Pedro

Thoughts on this WC team Tom (and all) ?
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Tonyawesome69
1 day, 7 hours ago
Most transferred in players do not always immediately reward owners...

This season:
GW2: Reijnders 2 points
GW3: Semenyo 2 points
GW4: Grealish 2 points
GW5: likely Semenyo
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1. Stimps
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  Semenyo TC
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2. ViperStripes
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  Or...chasing last weeks points doesn't work shocker.
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3. JBG
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Hopefully this weeks most transferred in is Salah
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HD7
1 day, 7 hours ago
Start Petrovic or Dubravka this week?
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Meganuts
1 day, 7 hours ago
Would love some advice

Henderson/Petrovic

Senesi/Munoz/Andersen/VdV/Burn

Gakpo/Xavi/Semenyo/Eze/Elliot

Haaland(V)/Pedro(C)/Mateta

1FT remaining with £2.9M in the bank

Any transfer you would recommend to turn this into a BB squad this week?

(Isak price rise caught me out yesterday so can’t switch to him from Mateta as per original plan)
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1. The Mentaculus
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Looks mostly ok as is, although Eze not in the predicted lineup here and poor fixture obviously. I'd have some doubts about Elliott too
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  1. Meganuts
    1 day, 6 hours ago
    Yes - exactly.
    
    What transfer is recommended to make this squad Bench Boost worthy? (Planning on Haaland TC next week FYI)
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2. Bacon3339
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Mateta for me but it isn’t a must do.
  
  Elliott is obvious but you don’t want to invest too heavily into that for a transfer later.
  
  I’m in a similar boat
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Powers106
1 day, 7 hours ago
Would you go with a Villa defender (which one) or someone like Romero/Porro -- planning to ship Diouf and have money ITB. Thanks!

Guehi - Cucurella - VdV - Rodon - Diouf
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1. Dynamic Duos
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  Senesi
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tmstrand
1 day, 7 hours ago
Rate my WC

Vicario - Dubravka
Van de Ven - Munoz - Senesi - Timber - Tarkowski
Reijnders - Semenyo - Xavi Simons - Caicedo - Gakpo
Haaland - Evanilson - Joao Pedro
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1. Feanor
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  Pretty good. I might get Lacroix over Munoz
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Tonyawesome69
1 day, 7 hours ago
Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for rain in Liverpool tomorrow — just hours before the Merseyside derby is set to kick off.

Heavy downpours could bring flooding, power cuts and travel disruption… could the game even be at risk again?

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2025-09-20&id=287519f9-2598-4045-9bbe-862a8dcfa900
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1. Feanor
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  Another reason not to BB
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  1. Jimmy B
    1 day, 6 hours ago
    Its the early game so you can just wait and see what tomorrow morning brings. They cant call it off past 10am realistically
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    1. Feanor
      1 day, 3 hours ago
      I'm on the US east coast so I'll be asleep
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2. ViperStripes
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Far too many alerts for what used to be called "heavy rain" or "downpour" Amber and Red are oly ones worth taking note of.
  
  Yellow = take a coat you might get wet!
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3. ΒAZEΛOS
  22 hours, 12 mins ago
  i swear the same thing happened last year with the merseyside derby
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Feanor
1 day, 7 hours ago
Not bench boosting cause next week looks better. Hope for a 1-0 Liverpool win tomorrow with an unassisted Gakpo goal.

Dub
Cucu, Porro, Gabriel, Reinildo
Semenyo (c), Kudus, Gakpo
Haaland, Pedro, Wood

Vicario, Tarkowski, Grealish, Reijnders
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Grealish over Reinildo?
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DagheMunegu
1 day, 7 hours ago
Bench one

A Richards
B Porro
C Andersen
D Rodon
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1. tankle
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  D
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RUUD!
1 day, 7 hours ago
Do we think Cunha starts against Chelsea?
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1. tankle
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  Yes
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2. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
  1 day, 7 hours ago
  Looks like it....
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tankle
1 day, 7 hours ago
Best third striker for next 2 gws only?
A) Wood
B) Watkins
C) Evanilson
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SomeoneKnows
1 day, 7 hours ago
G2G or should I change something with my bench?

Vicario
Cucurella, Lacroix, Senesi
Bruno, Gakpo, Semenyo, Johnson
Haaland, J.Pedro, Wood

(Dubrovka, Porro, Reijnders, Gudmunson)
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ΒAZEΛOS
1 day, 7 hours ago
Play Calafiori or Gudmundson?

Thanks
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1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  City without Rodri are toothless
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  1. The Mentaculus
    1 day, 6 hours ago
    They're not without Rodri anymore...
    
    I'd play Gudmundsson
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2. All Hail K
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  I'm playing Gudmundsson over Calafiori but I'm interested to see Tom's response as well.
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Totalfootball
1 day, 6 hours ago
Only for this week (Best goalkeeper ) -
Pickford , Allison or Dubravka
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1. The Mentaculus
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  None of those. I'd prefer Roefs/Leno/Darlow/Henderson
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adstomko
1 day, 6 hours ago
Is it worth bench boosting with 14 guaranteed starters?
My 15th player is Diakité who is 50/50 to start.
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1. The Bandit
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Depends who the others on the bench are. If they all have good fixtures, then probably worth a punt.
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  1. adstomko
    1 day, 6 hours ago
    If Diakité starts, it would be Dubravka, Lacroix, Muñoz and Reijnders on the bench.
    So yep, it's getting activated.
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Weeb Kakashi
1 day, 6 hours ago
Play one .

Dubravka or Vicario
VdV or Gudmunsson
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1. ΒAZEΛOS
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  between Dub and Vic as well, not sure, probably Dubravka, as i dont see a 4th CS in 5 games for Spurs.
  Im between Calafiori and Gudmundsson for my team.
  
  For you, i'd say Dubravka and VdV are your choices for VdV's attacking abilities rather than belief in a CS.
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OptimusBlack
1 day, 6 hours ago
Sales (Dúbravka)
Porro VDV Munoz Cucurella (Diouf)
Salah Wirtz Reijnders (KDH Rutter)
Watkins Pedro Gyökeres
Any Changes here 2 FT
A- GTG & Roll ?
B- Wirtz > Semenyo
C- Watkins > Wood or Mateta
D - Both for free
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RamaJama
1 day, 6 hours ago
Dango to Caicedo?
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Meta12345
1 day, 6 hours ago
1st sub:
A) reijnders
B) van de ven

Vice captain
1) haaland
2) semenyo
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1. The Bandit
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  A1. If you lose a defender, VDV would come in anyway. Always the attacker for me.
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  1. Meta12345
    1 day, 6 hours ago
    But newcastle probably without schar and trippier
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Moxon
1 day, 6 hours ago
Start Esteve or VDV?
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1. Assisting the assister
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  VDV more upside
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jay01
1 day, 6 hours ago
I really like JPs value and role at Chelsea so want to keep to him.

Will opt to do Isak soon (instead of Salah)

No Salah enables Haaland

I am missing out on Gykores.. is he a big miss or should I find put in front of other options
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moonies013
1 day, 6 hours ago
Hi Tom.

I currently have Sanchez, Gabriel, Ballard, Virgil, Richards, Senesi, semenyo, rice, haaland, Pedro, ekitike starting, with Rogers / reijnders / kudus on my bench.

Tempted to free hit to get salah and palmer in, or do you think it’s a waste?
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Gizzachance
1 day, 6 hours ago
1ft
BB with Dubravka esteve Murillo * reijnders A
(Have wood!)

Would you
A Murillo to Munoz and BB

B save transfer to do Haaland move next week for no hit

C do A and w/c next week

Cheers
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Kabayan
1 day, 6 hours ago
Bench one from this:
A. Wood
B. Reijnders
C. Kudus
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zon
1 day, 6 hours ago
Start Cucu, Murillo or Esteve?
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1. putana
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  murillo
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putana
1 day, 6 hours ago
start sanchez or dubravka?
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1. All Hail K
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Tom answered that one earlier with Dubravka edging it.
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  1. All Hail K
    1 day, 6 hours ago
    If you want my humble opinion I've got the same decision and am going Dubravka.
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GodIsGreat
1 day, 6 hours ago
Calafiori or Cucurella?

Arsenal best defence in the league. ManU toothless. City will most likely score though. Will Mbeumo score? Cunha? I have my doubts.
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1. Jimmy B
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Theres always a chance of a goal with Bob in the net. On that basis I'd be Arsenal defence
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joeynse99
1 day, 6 hours ago
Do I play 5 at the back or 5 in midfield?

Currently on this team with defcon and clean sheet potential

Dubrakva,

Van Dijk, Van de Ven, Esteve, Andersen, Mukiele
Mbuemo, Senenyo, Salah (C)
Woltemade, Haaland

Bench - Petrovic, J. Pedro, King, P. Sarr

So my question is do I take 2 defenders out and replace with 2 midfielders?
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  1 day, 6 hours ago
  Drop esteve and Mukiele and put attackers in, start with Pedro
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bobbyg
1 day, 6 hours ago
Johnson and Rutter to

Semenyo and Caicedo (or someone else upto 5.6 for -4?
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