Gameweek 3 · deadline Fri 4 Sept, 18:30 BST

FPL Gameweek 3 preview

The fixtures the market favours, who the bookmakers expect to score and to keep clean sheets, what the crowd is doing with its chips and transfers, and who is flagged. City heavy favourites at home to Coventry, the crowd's Triple Captain week, and Watkins off to Al Hilal at the expense of his one-in-twenty owners. Here's your GW3 preview.

Fixtures to target

favourite at 60% or better

City at home to a Coventry side yet to score is the standout, and the only fixture priced above 80% this week.

MCIvCOVSat 15:00
Clean sheet51%
Over 2.571%
IPSvLIVFri 20:00
Clean sheet35%
Over 2.565%
BREvSUNSat 15:00
Clean sheet40%
Over 2.552%

Clean sheet chance is the favourite's.

Most likely to score

anytime goalscorer

Bookmakers price Haaland at 71% to score, the shortest of the week by a distance. Thiago and Semenyo are next, both around evens.

Haaland
v COV · 71.1% owned
71%
Thiago
v SUN · 14.4% owned
51%
Semenyo
v COV · 20.5% owned
48%

Chance of scoring at any point in the match, taken from the median bookmaker price.

Clean sheet favourites

Only City are better than a coin flip to keep one; every other shutout is priced at 40% or under.

Man City
v COV
51%
Brentford
v SUN
40%
Arsenal
v CHE
37%

Chips and the crowd

community consensus

The crowd's plan is Triple Captain now and Wildcard after the international break.

  • GW3Triple Captain Haaland
  • GW4Free Hit for Chelsea v Hull
  • GW6Wildcard
  • GW7Bench Boost on the freshly built squad

Captain: Haaland is near-unanimous, with the only debate being whether to triple him.

Our read of what the FPL community is planning this week, not a recommendation.

Flags

5%+ owned

Just the one to report this week. Watkins leaves Villa after agreeing terms with Al Hilal.

  • Watkins5% owned0%
    Has joined Al Hilal permanently

Transfers this week

top 5 each way

Cherki is the week's runaway buy at well over a million transfers in; Mbeumo is the most sold.

Most bought
  • Cherki£7.7m▲ 1.3m
  • Wissa£6.1m▲ 746.9k
  • Elanga£6.1m▲ 577.4k
  • De Cuyper£4.7m▲ 572.4k
  • Ajayi£4.1m▲ 479.7k
Most sold
  • Mbeumo£8.0m▼ 537.9k
  • Tzolis£6.5m▼ 413.5k
  • Semenyo£8.5m▼ 311.7k
  • Szoboszlai£7.0m▼ 288.1k
  • Ndiaye£6.0m▼ 264.7k

Price changes this week

11 up · 93 down · most-owned shown

Fallers outnumber risers nearly nine to one this week, mostly the fringe of squads being trimmed.

Risers
  • João Pedro£7.7m▲ £0.1m
  • Cherki£7.7m▲ £0.2m
  • Palmer£9.6m▲ £0.1m
  • Gvardiol£5.6m▲ £0.1m
  • De Cuyper£4.7m▲ £0.1m
Fallers
  • Konsa£4.4m▼ £0.1m
  • Brobbey£5.9m▼ £0.1m
  • Gibbs-White£7.9m▼ £0.1m
  • Van Hecke£4.9m▼ £0.1m
  • Muñoz£5.4m▼ £0.1m