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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	71.1%	Likely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	98.3%	Likely
Haaland	MCI	14.6m	83.3%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	93.0%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	88.6%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.2%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	84.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	74.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	70.1%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	64.9%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.2m	60.5%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	46.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	64.9%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	63.8%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	64.8%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	63.2%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	62.4%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.2m	57.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.6m	51.3%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.4m	43.8%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	59.1%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	56.9%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	55.7%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	53.9%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	54.4%	Unlikely
Osula	NEW	5.4m	50.7%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	53.6%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	51.2%	Unlikely
Richarlison	TOT	6.3m	44.0%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	48.8%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	47.7%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	47.3%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.8m	37.8%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	41.9%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	38.3%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	43.7%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	41.8%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	41.9%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	41.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	97.9%	Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	91.6%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
O.Dango	BRE	5.8m	83.0%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	94.8%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	93.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	90.4%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	90.2%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	90.0%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	89.6%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	89.1%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	88.5%	Unlikely
Tolu	WOL	5.2m	79.8%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.4m	79.5%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	92.0%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	84.5%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	72.3%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	83.9%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	80.5%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	79.9%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	78.3%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.6%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	76.5%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	5.9m	83.3%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	76.7%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	77.0%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	77.9%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	75.8%	Unlikely
Tóth.A	BOU	4.9m	55.4%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	72.4%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	71.7%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	56.3%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.4m	80.7%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	67.2%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	63.7%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.4m	64.8%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	63.5%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	56.7%	Unlikely
Gonzalez	WOL	4.3m	61.2%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Henderson	CRY	C
No Change	Pickford	EVE	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
Down	Roefs	SUN	B

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:27pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Lacroix	CRY	A
No Change	Keane	EVE	C
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Hill	BOU	C, £
Down	Ballard	SUN	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	A
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:31pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Cherki	MCI	A
Up	Saka	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	A
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, £
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, £

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:39pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
No Change	Watkins	AVL	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	C
Up	Isak	LIV	B

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:43pm

As reported by Greek Fan’s tweet earlier today, Birmingham are set to be without new striker Christian Benitez for the start of the season. The Ecuadorian is recovering from a shoulder operation and it’s estimated by Brum boss Alex McCleish that his new striker is still five weeks away from returning to full training.

Foch’s recent ‘Catch Up’ article rightly identified Benitez as a prospect this season, given his goal record in the Mexican leagues and his humble price tag across the fantasy games. However, as an unknown factor in the Premier League, he should still be considered a risk and this news will only reinforce any pre-season doubts…

McCleish has already ruled Benitez out of the opener at Old Trafford and, considering he’ll be short on pre-season games, it could be several matches before we begin to see Benitez at full tilt.

Fantasy Managers will now have to look elsewhere for their initial budget options up front with Wolves’ Ebanks-Blake still the clear front-runner. He is currently owned by 15% of Fantasy Premier League managers – his next rival in the budget bracket is James Beattie, coming in at 0.5 more expensive and with 9% ownership. It’s the same story in the Daily Telegraph game, where Ebanks-Blake is leading the budget selections, commanding 7.68% ownership.

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Brum’s Benitez Ruled Out of Opener