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FPL GW16 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
Andersen

Szoboszlai
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Eze

Raúl Jiménez
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	8.5m	154.3%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	128.9%	Very Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	112.5%	Very Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	107.2%	Very Likely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	98.7%	Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	99.1%	Likely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	80.9%	Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	93.6%	Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	88.4%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	72.4%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	71.1%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	83.3%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	79.4%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	62.4%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	79.1%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	65.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	74.1%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	70.2%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.0m	36.1%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	51.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	65.5%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	61.3%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	65.9%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	63.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.5m	40.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	60.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.5%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	53.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	53.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	54.6%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	40.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	45.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	55.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	52.4%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	37.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Van de Ven	TOT	4.7m	106.3%	Very Likely
Muñoz	CRY	6.0m	116.7%	Very Likely
Doku	MCI	6.6m	93.0%	Likely
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	107.1%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.3m	97.5%	Likely
H.Bueno	WOL	4.4m	100.8%	Very Likely
Kudus	TOT	6.5m	88.0%	Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	102.9%	Very Likely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	99.0%	Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.1%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	93.8%	Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.9%	Maybe
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	98.6%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	97.8%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	76.4%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	94.1%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	92.1%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	94.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.0%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	91.9%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	99.0%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	91.0%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.3%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	93.5%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	93.3%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	92.8%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	87.1%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.3%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	88.7%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	85.2%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	83.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.8%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	87.9%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	94.6%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	80.9%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

FPL GW16 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
Andersen

Szoboszlai
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Eze

Raúl Jiménez
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

GW16 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	8.5m	154.3%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	128.9%	Very Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	112.5%	Very Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	107.2%	Very Likely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	98.7%	Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	99.1%	Likely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	80.9%	Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	93.6%	Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	88.4%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	72.4%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	71.1%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	83.3%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	79.4%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	62.4%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	79.1%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	65.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	74.1%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	70.2%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.0m	36.1%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	51.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	65.5%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	61.3%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	65.9%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	63.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.5m	40.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	60.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.5%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	53.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	53.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	54.6%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	40.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	45.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	55.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	52.4%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	37.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Van de Ven	TOT	4.7m	106.3%	Very Likely
Muñoz	CRY	6.0m	116.7%	Very Likely
Doku	MCI	6.6m	93.0%	Likely
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	107.1%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.3m	97.5%	Likely
H.Bueno	WOL	4.4m	100.8%	Very Likely
Kudus	TOT	6.5m	88.0%	Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	102.9%	Very Likely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	99.0%	Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.1%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	93.8%	Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.9%	Maybe
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	98.6%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	97.8%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	76.4%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	94.1%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	92.1%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	94.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.0%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	91.9%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	99.0%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	91.0%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.3%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	93.5%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	93.3%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	92.8%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	87.1%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.3%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	88.7%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	85.2%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	83.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.8%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	87.9%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	94.6%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	80.9%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

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The Numbers Game – Community Shield Match Analysis

12 August 2014 7256 comments

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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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