| # | Player | Next | xPts | Price | Form | Pts | Own % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Maitland-Niles
EVE
DEF
|
CRY (H) | 5.5 | £4.5m | 7.0 | 21 | 1.4% |
| 2 |
De Cuyper
BHA
DEF
|
AVL (H) | 5.1 | £5.0m | 7.0 | 38 | 27.7% |
| 3 |
Guéhi
MCI
DEF
|
BOU (H) | 4.8 | £6.0m | 6.0 | 30 | 18.2% |
| 4 |
Saka
ARS
MID
|
COV (H) | 4.6 | £9.5m | 5.8 | 32 | 13.7% |
| 5 |
Haaland
MCI
FWD
|
BOU (H) | 4.6 | £15.6m | 8.0 | 39 | 73.8% |
| 6 |
Gabriel
ARS
DEF
|
COV (H) | 4.2 | £8.0m | 5.0 | 25 | 22.7% |
| 7 |
Raya
ARS
GKP
|
COV (H) | 4.2 | £6.1m | 6.0 | 30 | 42.3% |
| 8 |
Lewis-Potter
BRE
MID
|
TOT (H) | 4.1 | £5.5m | 2.0 | 22 | 1.7% |
| 9 |
Dewsbury-Hall
EVE
MID
|
CRY (H) | 4.0 | £6.6m | 2.3 | 20 | 6.0% |
| 10 |
Szoboszlai
LIV
MID
|
new (A) | 4.0 | £7.0m | 2.7 | 20 | 32.8% |
| 11 |
B.Fernandes
MUN
MID
|
hul (A) | 4.0 | £11.9m | 2.0 | 31 | 38.5% |
| 12 |
Rogers
CHE
MID
|
ful (A) | 4.0 | £7.7m | 5.3 | 29 | 40.5% |
| 13 |
Pickford
EVE
GKP
|
CRY (H) | 4.0 | £5.5m | 5.0 | 25 | 9.1% |
| 14 |
Ødegaard
ARS
MID
|
COV (H) | 4.0 | £6.8m | 4.5 | 29 | 19.8% |
| 15 |
Stach
LEE
MID
|
nfo (A) | 3.9 | £6.0m | 3.3 | 27 | 2.5% |
| 16 |
M.Sangaré
BRE
MID
|
TOT (H) | 3.8 | £5.6m | 1.3 | 22 | 9.9% |
| 17 |
Calafiori
ARS
DEF
|
COV (H) | 3.7 | £5.8m | 5.0 | 29 | 50.5% |
| 18 |
Ndiaye
MCI
MID
|
BOU (H) | 3.7 | £5.8m | 3.0 | 22 | 6.7% |
| 19 |
Kayode
BRE
DEF
|
TOT (H) | 3.7 | £4.6m | 2.7 | 23 | 7.6% |
| 20 |
Affengruber
FUL
DEF
|
CHE (H) | 3.7 | £4.5m | 4.0 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 21 |
Trafford
LEE
GKP
|
nfo (A) | 3.7 | £5.0m | 5.3 | 28 | 5.5% |
| 22 |
Gvardiol
MCI
DEF
|
BOU (H) | 3.6 | £5.7m | 7.7 | 37 | 26.8% |
| 23 |
Kelleher
BRE
GKP
|
TOT (H) | 3.6 | £5.0m | 3.7 | 20 | 6.1% |
| 24 |
Tzolakis
HUL
GKP
|
MUN (H) | 3.5 | £4.7m | 4.7 | 34 | 12.8% |
| 25 |
Bijol
LEE
DEF
|
nfo (A) | 3.5 | £5.0m | 0.3 | 12 | 0.7% |
Every available player with at least one full match of minutes, ranked by expected points for gameweek 1. Doubling the top name is the highest-expected-value captain choice.
| # | Player | Next | xPts | Price | Form | Pts | Own % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lewis-Potter
BRE
MID
|
TOT (H) | 4.1 | £5.5m | 2.0 | 22 | 1.7% |
| 2 |
Affengruber
FUL
DEF
|
CHE (H) | 3.7 | £4.5m | 4.0 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 3 |
Justin
LEE
DEF
|
nfo (A) | 3.1 | £4.5m | 4.7 | 26 | 1.4% |
| 4 |
Timber
CRY
MID
|
eve (A) | 2.9 | £5.0m | 3.0 | 9 | 0.0% |
| 5 |
Palacios
IPS
MID
|
SUN (H) | 2.8 | £5.0m | 3.3 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 6 |
Boscagli
BHA
DEF
|
AVL (H) | 2.7 | £4.5m | 4.7 | 19 | 0.3% |
| 7 |
Armstrong
EVE
MID
|
CRY (H) | 2.7 | £5.0m | 2.0 | 16 | 0.4% |
| 8 |
Maeda
IPS
MID
|
SUN (H) | 2.7 | £5.3m | 1.3 | 8 | 0.2% |
| 9 |
Gravenberch
LIV
MID
|
new (A) | 2.7 | £5.8m | 1.0 | 9 | 1.1% |
| 10 |
Gudmundsson
LEE
DEF
|
nfo (A) | 2.6 | £4.5m | 4.7 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 11 |
Sels
NFO
GKP
|
LEE (H) | 2.6 | £5.0m | 3.7 | 14 | 1.6% |
| 12 |
Enciso
IPS
MID
|
SUN (H) | 2.6 | £5.5m | 1.7 | 15 | 0.8% |
| 13 |
Matheus N.
MCI
DEF
|
BOU (H) | 2.6 | £5.9m | 3.3 | 11 | 1.0% |
| 14 |
Lewis-Skelly
ARS
MID
|
COV (H) | 2.5 | £5.4m | 1.5 | 9 | 0.6% |
| 15 |
Ampadu
LEE
MID
|
nfo (A) | 2.5 | £5.4m | 4.7 | 21 | 0.9% |
| 16 |
Sávio
TOT
MID
|
bre (A) | 2.5 | £6.5m | 2.7 | 8 | 0.7% |
| 17 |
Rúben
MCI
DEF
|
BOU (H) | 2.5 | £5.5m | 4.3 | 17 | 1.9% |
| 18 |
George
EVE
MID
|
CRY (H) | 2.5 | £5.5m | 4.7 | 19 | 0.9% |
| 19 |
Mukiele
SUN
DEF
|
ips (A) | 2.5 | £5.4m | 1.3 | 13 | 1.9% |
| 20 |
McAtee
NFO
MID
|
LEE (H) | 2.5 | £5.5m | 2.3 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 21 |
Munoz
LIV
MID
|
new (A) | 2.4 | £6.5m | 1.7 | 15 | 0.9% |
| 22 |
Wharton
CRY
MID
|
eve (A) | 2.4 | £5.4m | 2.0 | 12 | 0.7% |
| 23 |
Khusanov
MCI
DEF
|
BOU (H) | 2.4 | £5.4m | 1.7 | 9 | 1.4% |
| 24 |
Suzuki
AVL
GKP
|
bha (A) | 2.4 | £5.0m | 4.0 | 16 | 1.9% |
| 25 |
Horníček
NEW
GKP
|
LIV (H) | 2.4 | £5.0m | 2.0 | 14 | 1.5% |
Available players owned by under 2.0% of managers, with at least two matches of minutes, ranked by expected points. A differential only helps if it returns — check the fixture before you jump.
How to read these tables
Captaincy is an expected-value decision, not a prediction. The armband doubles whatever happens, so the highest expected-points player is the right pick over a season even when it blanks in a given week.
Differentials trade certainty for rank movement. Owning what everyone else owns keeps your rank still; a low-ownership player who hauls moves it a long way. The lower the ownership, the bigger the swing in both directions.
