FPL Gameweek 8 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. Arsenal 69% favourites at home to Everton, Haaland priced at 58% to score at Villa after a midweek rest, and Saka a 50% doubt after being forced off at Bayern. Here's your GW8 preview.
Fixtures to target
favourite at 60% or betterOnly one fixture clears the 60% line: Arsenal at home to Everton at 69%. Bookmakers make Arsenal 50% to keep a clean sheet and the game 52% to see three or more goals.
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Sat 15:00Clean sheet chance is the favourite's.
Most likely to score
anytime goalscorerBookmakers price Haaland at 58% to score at Villa, with Thiago at 48% at Hull and João Pedro at 47% at home to Spurs. The crowd has Haaland back as its default captain after his midweek rest.
Chance of scoring at any point in the match, taken from the median bookmaker price.
Clean sheet favourites
Arsenal at home to Everton are the only shutout at evens, on 50%. Brentford at Hull are next at 36%, with Leeds at Sunderland on 32%.
Chips and the crowd
community consensusThe crowd keeps the Wildcard for squads holding three of the week's four biggest sales, and the Triple Captain for Haaland at home to Fulham in GW11. No double or blank falls before the first set of chips expires after GW19, so Bench Boosts and Free Hits will be played in a normal week.
- GW8Wildcard
- GW11Triple Captain
Captain: Haaland is the default captain again, fit for Villa away after a midweek rest.
Our read of what the FPL community is planning this week, not a recommendation.
Flags
5%+ ownedSzoboszlai, Semenyo and Shaw are out, Saka is a 50% doubt after being forced off at Bayern, and O'Reilly and Brobbey are at 75%. Gibbs-White's flag has cleared after a full week of training.
Szoboszlai18.8% owned0%Hamstring injury - Unknown return date- Saka16.3% owned50%Thigh injury - 50% chance of playing
- Semenyo11.8% owned0%Knee injury - Unknown return date
- O'Reilly9.1% owned75%Back injury - 75% chance of playing
Shaw5.5% owned0%Unspecified injury - Unknown return date
Brobbey5.5% owned75%Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing
Transfers this week
top 5 each wayCherki, Tavernier and Groß are the week's biggest buys, all above 200,000. Szoboszlai and Semenyo lead the sales at more than 300,000 each, with Fernandes third.
- Cherki£8.0m▲ 218.3k
Tavernier£6.2m▲ 208.9k
Groߣ6.2m▲ 202k- De Cuyper£5.3m▲ 178.7k
- Rogers£8.0m▲ 157.7k
- Szoboszlai£6.8m▼ 322.1k
- Semenyo£8.3m▼ 308.5k
- B.Fernandes£11.8m▼ 233.4k
Wissa£6.1m▼ 191.8k- Gvardiol£5.8m▼ 115.4k
Price changes this week
11 up · 32 down · most-owned shownFallers outnumber risers nearly three to one: 32 down against 11 up. João Pedro, Calafiori, Rogers, Groß and De Cuyper all went up.
- João Pedro£7.9m▲ £0.1m
- Calafiori£6.0m▲ £0.1m
- Rogers£8.0m▲ £0.1m
- Groߣ6.2m▲ £0.1m
- De Cuyper£5.3m▲ £0.1m
- Virgil£6.4m▼ £0.1m
- Wissa£6.1m▼ £0.1m
Gibbs-White£7.9m▼ £0.1m
Diop£3.9m▼ £0.1m
Hughes£4.3m▼ £0.1m