| # | Player | Next | xPts | Price | Form | Pts | Own % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Haaland
MCI
FWD
|
SUN (H) | 7.7 | £15.6m | 8.0 | 39 | 73.8% |
| 2 |
Tarkowski
EVE
DEF
|
IPS (H) | 6.7 | £6.1m | 8.3 | 43 | 16.5% |
| 3 |
Maitland-Niles
EVE
DEF
|
IPS (H) | 6.4 | £4.5m | 7.0 | 21 | 1.4% |
| 4 |
B.Fernandes
MUN
MID
|
ful (A) | 6.1 | £11.9m | 2.0 | 31 | 38.5% |
| 5 |
Gibbs-White
NFO
MID
|
COV (H) | 6.1 | £8.0m | 4.3 | 28 | 15.7% |
| 6 |
Schade
BRE
MID
|
CHE (H) | 5.7 | £6.2m | 8.7 | 39 | 11.5% |
| 7 |
Guéhi
MCI
DEF
|
SUN (H) | 5.6 | £6.0m | 6.0 | 30 | 18.2% |
| 8 |
Saka
ARS
MID
|
bha (A) | 5.6 | £9.5m | 5.8 | 32 | 13.7% |
| 9 |
Tzolakis
HUL
GKP
|
new (A) | 5.5 | £4.7m | 4.7 | 34 | 12.8% |
| 10 |
Bogle
LEE
DEF
|
CRY (H) | 5.5 | £4.6m | 11.3 | 42 | 7.2% |
| 11 |
Gvardiol
MCI
DEF
|
SUN (H) | 5.5 | £5.7m | 7.7 | 37 | 26.8% |
| 12 |
Tavernier
BOU
MID
|
LIV (H) | 5.3 | £6.1m | 6.7 | 31 | 6.8% |
| 13 |
Groß
BHA
MID
|
ARS (H) | 5.2 | £5.8m | 10.7 | 47 | 28.8% |
| 14 |
Belloumi
HUL
MID
|
new (A) | 5.1 | £5.1m | 7.3 | 31 | 5.1% |
| 15 |
Cherki
MCI
MID
|
SUN (H) | 5.0 | £7.8m | 4.0 | 34 | 28.4% |
| 16 |
Hall
NEW
DEF
|
HUL (H) | 4.9 | £5.3m | 5.7 | 31 | 17.3% |
| 17 |
Dewsbury-Hall
EVE
MID
|
IPS (H) | 4.9 | £6.6m | 2.3 | 20 | 6.0% |
| 18 |
Emersonn
IPS
FWD
|
eve (A) | 4.8 | £5.5m | 5.3 | 26 | 3.5% |
| 19 |
Rogers
CHE
MID
|
bre (A) | 4.8 | £7.7m | 5.3 | 29 | 40.5% |
| 20 |
Pickford
EVE
GKP
|
IPS (H) | 4.8 | £5.5m | 5.0 | 25 | 9.1% |
| 21 |
Gabriel
ARS
DEF
|
bha (A) | 4.8 | £8.0m | 5.0 | 25 | 22.7% |
| 22 |
Mbeumo
MUN
MID
|
ful (A) | 4.8 | £7.9m | 4.0 | 25 | 20.6% |
| 23 |
Raya
ARS
GKP
|
bha (A) | 4.8 | £6.1m | 6.0 | 30 | 42.3% |
| 24 |
Barnes
NEW
MID
|
HUL (H) | 4.7 | £6.1m | 7.7 | 28 | 5.7% |
| 25 |
Muharemović
LEE
DEF
|
CRY (H) | 4.7 | £5.0m | 5.7 | 27 | 4.3% |
Every available player with at least one full match of minutes, ranked by expected points for gameweek 5. Doubling the top name is the highest-expected-value captain choice.
| # | Player | Next | xPts | Price | Form | Pts | Own % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Schuster
BRE
DEF
|
CHE (H) | 4.1 | £4.5m | 7.0 | 21 | 0.3% |
| 2 |
Khalaili
CRY
DEF
|
lee (A) | 4.0 | £5.0m | 5.3 | 19 | 0.3% |
| 3 |
Justin
LEE
DEF
|
CRY (H) | 3.9 | £4.5m | 4.7 | 26 | 1.4% |
| 4 |
Rúben
MCI
DEF
|
SUN (H) | 3.8 | £5.5m | 4.3 | 17 | 1.9% |
| 5 |
Suzuki
AVL
GKP
|
tot (A) | 3.8 | £5.0m | 4.0 | 16 | 1.9% |
| 6 |
Matheus N.
MCI
DEF
|
SUN (H) | 3.7 | £5.9m | 3.3 | 11 | 1.0% |
| 7 |
Lewis-Potter
BRE
MID
|
CHE (H) | 3.6 | £5.5m | 2.0 | 22 | 1.7% |
| 8 |
Sels
NFO
GKP
|
COV (H) | 3.6 | £5.0m | 3.7 | 14 | 1.6% |
| 9 |
Garner
EVE
MID
|
IPS (H) | 3.5 | £6.0m | 3.0 | 11 | 0.2% |
| 10 |
Ampadu
LEE
MID
|
CRY (H) | 3.5 | £5.4m | 4.7 | 21 | 0.9% |
| 11 |
Botman
NEW
DEF
|
HUL (H) | 3.5 | £5.0m | 2.3 | 15 | 0.7% |
| 12 |
Horníček
NEW
GKP
|
HUL (H) | 3.5 | £5.0m | 2.0 | 14 | 1.5% |
| 13 |
Anthony
BRE
MID
|
CHE (H) | 3.5 | £5.9m | 4.0 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 14 |
Dasilva
COV
DEF
|
nfo (A) | 3.5 | £4.0m | 5.7 | 20 | 0.7% |
| 15 |
Enciso
IPS
MID
|
eve (A) | 3.3 | £5.5m | 1.7 | 15 | 0.8% |
| 16 |
Buendía
AVL
MID
|
tot (A) | 3.3 | £5.9m | 4.8 | 21 | 1.0% |
| 17 |
Neto
CHE
MID
|
bre (A) | 3.2 | £6.5m | 2.0 | 14 | 1.4% |
| 18 |
Kamada
CRY
MID
|
lee (A) | 3.2 | £5.0m | 5.3 | 21 | 0.5% |
| 19 |
Rudoni
COV
MID
|
nfo (A) | 3.2 | £4.9m | 3.0 | 13 | 0.1% |
| 20 |
Okafor
LEE
MID
|
CRY (H) | 3.1 | £5.8m | 5.0 | 18 | 0.4% |
| 21 |
Damsgaard
BRE
MID
|
CHE (H) | 3.1 | £5.4m | 4.0 | 16 | 0.4% |
| 22 |
Richards
CRY
DEF
|
lee (A) | 3.1 | £5.0m | 3.7 | 14 | 0.6% |
| 23 |
Elvedi
LEE
DEF
|
CRY (H) | 3.0 | £4.5m | 4.0 | 13 | 0.1% |
| 24 |
Silva
BOU
DEF
|
LIV (H) | 3.0 | £5.0m | 2.3 | 13 | 0.4% |
| 25 |
Rushworth
COV
GKP
|
nfo (A) | 2.9 | £4.5m | 4.3 | 16 | 0.8% |
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.
