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FPL GW29 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Darlow

van Dijk
Gabriel Magalhães
Tarkowski
Matheus Nunes

Bruno Fernandes
Semenyo
Ndiaye

Haaland
Ekitiké
Calvert-Lewin

Hermansen
Hill
Dewsbury-Hall
Stach

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
João Pedro	CHE	7.6m	120.0%	Very Likely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	118.0%	Very Likely
Hill	BOU	4.1m	103.3%	Very Likely
Virgil	LIV	6.1m	103.3%	Very Likely
Senesi	BOU	4.9m	96.0%	Likely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.2m	100.6%	Very Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	94.3%	Maybe
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	94.1%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	88.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	80.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	80.5%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.0m	73.6%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	74.8%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	75.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	68.4%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	71.3%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.0m	66.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.9m	64.8%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.7m	66.0%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.3m	63.3%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	63.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	62.1%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	59.9%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	59.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	55.8%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	56.6%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	55.4%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	55.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	54.4%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.7m	55.0%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	53.9%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	53.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	52.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	51.3%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	49.9%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	48.9%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	46.1%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	46.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.7%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	42.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rice	ARS	7.5m	102.5%	Very Likely
Ekdal	BUR	3.9m	99.5%	Likely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	96.0%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	96.3%	Maybe
Kluivert	BOU	7.0m	94.9%	Unlikely
Trésor	BUR	4.4m	94.4%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	92.8%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	92.9%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.8m	90.9%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	89.5%	Unlikely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	88.4%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	87.7%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	87.7%	Unlikely
Fredricson	MUN	3.8m	86.7%	Unlikely
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	86.5%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	85.0%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.7m	81.0%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	80.7%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	80.1%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	79.7%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	78.6%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	77.7%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	76.7%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	75.3%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	74.3%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	74.3%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	72.0%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.1m	69.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	71.2%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	71.0%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	71.0%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	68.5%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	68.2%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	69.1%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	67.4%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	64.6%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	64.5%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	64.3%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	64.4%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Martinez	AVL	B
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
Up	Darlow	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:07pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Inj, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	B
No Change	Kayode	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Cash	AVL	C
No Change	Ballard	SUN	C

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:13pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Salah	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A, Vs, Inj
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B, Vs
Down	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C
No Change	Rice	ARS	B, Inj
Up	Tavernier	BOU	B
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Up	Stach	LEE	A, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:16pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
No Change	Kroupi	BOU	C, Rest, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:18pm

FPL GW29 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Darlow

van Dijk
Gabriel Magalhães
Tarkowski
Matheus Nunes

Bruno Fernandes
Semenyo
Ndiaye

Haaland
Ekitiké
Calvert-Lewin

Hermansen
Hill
Dewsbury-Hall
Stach

GW30 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
João Pedro	CHE	7.6m	120.0%	Very Likely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	118.0%	Very Likely
Hill	BOU	4.1m	103.3%	Very Likely
Virgil	LIV	6.1m	103.3%	Very Likely
Senesi	BOU	4.9m	96.0%	Likely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.2m	100.6%	Very Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	94.3%	Maybe
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	94.1%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	88.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	80.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	80.5%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.0m	73.6%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	74.8%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	75.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	68.4%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	71.3%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.0m	66.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.9m	64.8%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.7m	66.0%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.3m	63.3%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	63.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	62.1%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	59.9%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	59.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	55.8%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	56.6%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	55.4%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	55.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	54.4%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.7m	55.0%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	53.9%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	53.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	52.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	51.3%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	49.9%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	48.9%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	46.1%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	46.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.7%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	42.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rice	ARS	7.5m	102.5%	Very Likely
Ekdal	BUR	3.9m	99.5%	Likely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	96.0%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	96.3%	Maybe
Kluivert	BOU	7.0m	94.9%	Unlikely
Trésor	BUR	4.4m	94.4%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	92.8%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	92.9%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.8m	90.9%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	89.5%	Unlikely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	88.4%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	87.7%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	87.7%	Unlikely
Fredricson	MUN	3.8m	86.7%	Unlikely
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	86.5%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	85.0%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.7m	81.0%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	80.7%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	80.1%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	79.7%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	78.6%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	77.7%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	76.7%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	75.3%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	74.3%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	74.3%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	72.0%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.1m	69.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	71.2%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	71.0%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	71.0%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	68.5%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	68.2%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	69.1%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	67.4%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	64.6%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	64.5%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	64.3%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	64.4%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Martinez	AVL	B
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
Up	Darlow	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:07pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Inj, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	B
No Change	Kayode	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Cash	AVL	C
No Change	Ballard	SUN	C

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:13pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Salah	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A, Vs, Inj
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B, Vs
Down	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C
No Change	Rice	ARS	B, Inj
Up	Tavernier	BOU	B
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Up	Stach	LEE	A, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:16pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
No Change	Kroupi	BOU	C, Rest, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:18pm

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The Numbers Game – Community Shield Match Analysis

12 August 2014 7256 comments

Paul

This evening’s Members article takes a look over the action in Sunday’s Community Shield showdown between Arsenal and City. Having assessed Alexis Sanchez’ display our lunchtime Technical Area post, we delve into the data to discover for any hints of form ahead of the weekend Gameweek 1 deadline.

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