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Price Change Predictions

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

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	34.0%	Likely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	89.7%	Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	95.0%	Likely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	91.9%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	98.4%	Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	75.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	6.8m	25.0%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	85.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.3%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	84.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.1%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	82.7%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	76.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	79.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	80.1%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	76.4%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	69.6%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	66.0%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.5m	0.9%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.5%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	50.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.3%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.7%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	72.1%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	67.4%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	47.3%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	53.3%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	57.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	47.0%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.6%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	45.6%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	53.9%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	51.9%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.7%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.1%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	14.2%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	16.7%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	44.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	45.8%	Likely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	90.2%	Likely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	96.0%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	96.4%	Likely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.2%	Maybe
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	94.2%	Maybe
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	93.8%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	95.2%	Maybe
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.8%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	95.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	91.9%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	90.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	91.3%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	88.2%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.7%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	72.3%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.8%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	85.9%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.7%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	85.6%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	83.9%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.1m	73.3%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	83.9%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.5%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	81.0%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	82.5%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.8%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	82.6%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	82.8%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.9m	78.6%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	82.2%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	79.9%	Unlikely
Tonali	NEW	5.4m	71.4%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	70.3%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	83.2%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	72.0%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	B
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:36am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:41am

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

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:48am

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

For the first time we will focus on the last two Gameweeks in the same article. Also for the first time, we will use tables, so it will be easier to compare Gameweek 24 and 25’s statistics. As the analysis shows it was was a pair of Gameweeks that left our band of veterans, who are made up of FPL champions, Hall of Fame leaders and FFScout moderators and contributors, with little to smile about.

TRANSFERS

Transfers by position:

In Gameweek 25, the veterans averaged 1.35 transfers per team, a lot more than usual. Kevin De Bruyne’s injury prior to Gameweek 24 was the main reason why so many were focused on transferring midfielders. Romelu Lukaku was also an injury doubt for Gameweek 25, and Jamie Vardy scored 13 points the week before, so in the last Gameweek, veterans mostly transferred their strikers. That didn’t turn out very well though because Lukaku scored and grabbed maximum bonus points, while Vardy blanked.

Transfers In:

Alexis Sanchez was the most popular transfer target amongst our veterans. He recovered from a long-term injury and fitted a key criterion of many of the veterans of being a player with a strong pedigree of success from previous seasons. As well as strong recent form, Jamie Vardy and Virgil van Dijk were also popular targets as Leicester and Southempton do not have blank fixtures in Gameweeks 27 or 30. This shows that veterans have a keen eye on long-term planning when making their moves.

Transfers Out:

Kevin De Bruyne had a huge ownership amongst the veterans before the injury, almost 71%. And now, after Gameweek 25, no one owns him. Wily veterans do not rest on their laurels when it comes to long-term injury victims.

CAPTAINS

Sergio Aguero was also the most popular captain choice overall (22.10% in Gameweek 24, 18.20% in Gameweek 25) was well as amongst top 10,00- ranked teams (65.10% in Gameweek 24, 40.00% in Gameweek 25). It will be very tough for our veterans to climb up the rankings now with Sergio Aguero no longer a differential. Could future success lie in veterans taking a gamble and placing the armband elsewhere?

MOST POPULAR PLAYERS

(Top Starting players)

In Gameweek 23 when Dele Alli scored 13 points, 30% of veterans benched the Spurs midfielder. They learned from that mistake, and in the next Gameweek, when he had another double-digit score, just 7% denied him a starting berth.

The veterans’ faith in Riyad Mahrez was also rewarded in the last Gameweek. Only 16.67% of veterans decide to bench the Algerian. However, a far lower proportion (5.30%) of managers overall made the same mistake.

OVERALL RANKINGS

Average Points

Over the two weeks covered the veterans’ average was lower than the top 10,000 average; in fact, the overall average was also higher in Gameweek 24.

Average Overall Position

After Gameweek 23, the veterans’ average overall position was 95,626. And now, two weeks later it is 54,872 places below that. They didn’t captain the wrong player in Aguero, but their saviour has now become template and can no longer dig them out of a hole. Another factor in the veterans’ slump is the strong displays of players they are not so keen on. Ross Barkley’s brace in Gameweek 24 was particularly damaging for the veterans due to his high overall ownership and strong showing among top 10,000 managers.

J0E

9 years, 10 months ago

Grumpy couple of weeks for the veterans. Aguero no longer the saviour - who else can the vets turn to for help? Looks like some savvy ones have taken a poor GWK 25 on the chin to stock up early on GWK 27 assets like Vardy. That could be a potentially great week for the forward thinking vets.

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Milner4eva
9 years, 10 months ago
I think (C)osta is the answer this week, looking forward to his haul against Newcastle.
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1. J0E
  9 years, 10 months ago
  I do too.
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DanwiseTheBrave

Great image.

J0E
9 years, 10 months ago
Hope to roll out the happy one for the next update
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DanwiseTheBrave
9 years, 10 months ago
Also great article series, now I have one more selection of players to compare myself against, I'm worse than the top 10K but better than Average so the Vets are a happy medium...
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1. J0E
  9 years, 10 months ago
  They tend to think very alike. On the Scoutcast this week it was both comforting and disheartening in terms of finding differentials when Mark and I discovered we had planned exactly the same moves and captains over the next two gameweeks. The FPL vets are an ancient hive mind - but one that is producing very little honey this year.
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  1. DanwiseTheBrave
    9 years, 10 months ago
    I'd consider myself a Vet technically although I'm not included in the article I too think and perform similarly. I think we'll see some good ground gained in navigating the rest of the season with blanks and doubles. One has to be thinking 5-10 weeks ahead, and I still believe that is something most don't do. Getting a good base team without major issues allows you to stop chasing and starting making more forward thinking moves.
    
    That being said all the forward planning in the world can be wiped out by a few points hits and a lucky week.
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Will - Fantasy Football Hub

Love these articles. Frustratingly I'm making the same errors as the vets and dropping in rank... keep telling myself it will change soon...

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