Tracking The Fantasy Football Veterans - Gameweek 30 - Best FPL Tips, Advice, Team News, Picks, and Statistics from Fantasy Football Scout

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Wilson	FUL	5.8m	135.3%	Very Likely
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	102.6%	Very Likely
Garner	EVE	5.1m	95.9%	Maybe
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	89.0%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	88.7%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	82.6%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	82.6%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.6m	80.2%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	76.5%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	72.5%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.7m	63.1%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	57.6%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	56.9%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.8m	56.4%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	55.6%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.2%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	52.8%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	51.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	51.0%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	47.5%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	47.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	47.2%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	47.0%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	46.5%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.2m	46.2%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	45.8%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	44.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	44.4%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	43.9%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	43.1%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	40.6%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	39.2%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	39.2%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	37.3%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	37.2%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.7m	36.2%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	35.2%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	35.1%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	34.5%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	33.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Merino	ARS	5.7m	120.5%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	5.9m	108.1%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.2m	104.8%	Very Likely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	104.6%	Very Likely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	102.4%	Very Likely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	101.6%	Very Likely
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	101.1%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.2%	Very Likely
Tosin	CHE	4.1m	99.8%	Maybe
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.3m	96.5%	Maybe
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	95.6%	Maybe
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	94.9%	Unlikely
Fraser	WOL	4.3m	94.4%	Unlikely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	94.4%	Unlikely
Bettinelli	MCI	3.9m	93.9%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	93.3%	Unlikely
Sangaré	NFO	4.9m	93.1%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	92.5%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	91.8%	Unlikely
Abdullahi	SUN	4.3m	91.1%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.7m	90.9%	Unlikely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	90.0%	Unlikely
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	88.4%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	5.0m	88.3%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.3m	88.2%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.3m	87.8%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	85.3%	Unlikely
Marsh	CRY	4.5m	85.3%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	84.9%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	83.2%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.8m	82.6%	Unlikely
Pécsi	LIV	3.9m	82.3%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	82.1%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.7m	81.3%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	80.3%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	79.8%	Unlikely
Kudus	TOT	6.4m	79.1%	Unlikely
Guessand	AVL	6.2m	78.2%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	78.0%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	A
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:39am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	B
No Change	Matheus Cunha	MUN	B
Up	Rogers	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Vs
Down	Semenyo	BOU	A
Down	Wirtz	LIV	A
No Change	Grealish	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:31am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Up	Watkins	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Down	Thiago	BRE	C

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:38am

Gameweek 30 was reduced to only five games due to the FA Cup Quarter-Finals and as we expected the veterans took advantage. While many managers overall and in the top 10,000 struggled to field eleven players, our veterans were well prepared, with the majority only needing one transfer to ensure they had a full compliment. This bunch of Fantasy management stalwarts, who are made up of previous winners, FFScout moderators and contributors and those riding high in the Hall of Fame, also continued their investment in Sergio Aguero and Harry Kane. After Gameweek 30 both have 100% ownership among the veterans.

TRANSFERS

After averaging 1.47 transfer per team last week, the veterans were less active in Gameweek 30, averaging 1.03 transfers.

Transfers by positions (% of all transfers in bracket)

– Goalkeepers: (8.57%)

– Defenders: (34.29%)

– Midfielders: (51.43%)

– Forwards: (5.71%)

Veterans were mostly focused on midfielders. All three most popular strikers (Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy) didn’t have a blank, so only 5.71% of veterans changed their strikers.

Transfers In:

– Gylfi Sigurdsson (SWA): 20.59%

– David Silva (MCI): 14.71%

– Marko Arnautović (STO): 11.76%

Gylfi Sigurdsson continued his outstanding form with another well-taken strike, Marko Arnautovic scored his third goal in four outings, while David Silva’s new owners came away without reward.

Transfers Out:

– Yaya Toure (MCI): 29.41%

– Mesut Ozil (ARS): 11.76%

– Dimitri Payet (WHU): 11.76%

All three players above didn’t play in Gameweek 30.

CAPTAINS

– Sergio Aguero (MCI): 82.35%

– Harry Kane (TOT): 14.71%

Sergio Aguero drew his eleventh blank of the campaign, his eighth away from the Etihad and disappointed the more than 80% of veterans who gave him the armband. Second most popular captain pick in Gameweek 30 Harry Kane scored his second brace in last seven matches. It is most likely that he will be the most popular captain choice in Gameweek 31, especially as in Spurs’ previous game against Bournemouth he scored his only hat-trick this season.

MOST POPULAR PLAYERS

(Top starting players)

* stats for top 10,000 teams and overall can be found here.

For managers overall, three out of five of their top starting midfielders didn’t even have a game in Gameweek 30, underlining both a lack of planning and that, according to fpldiscovery, 53% teams overall are ghost ships.

OVERALL RANKINGS

After Gameweek 29, the average overall position of all 34 veteran teams was 76,672, but now, their overall position is 57,251 – 19,421 places better than last week. This means that the bulk of the veterans (88.24%) gained a green arrow in Gameweek 30. In addition, the veterans’ average Gameweek 30 score was 64.38 points. This compares exceptionally well against the average score overall (36.20 points) and is also better than the top 10,000 managers’ average (54.70 points). This was another great week for the veterans that shows how long-term planning and managing the blanks and double Gameweeks will be key to their ascent.

J0E

9 years, 9 months ago

Great to see the happy veterans picture again. Good planning triumphs again - bodes well for GWKs 34, 35 and 37.

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Milner4eva
9 years, 9 months ago
In a strange way, I am actually looking forward to GW35 more than 34. After getting an almost guaranteed green arrow in 34, it will be fantastic to have other people scrambling around for 11 starters in 35 when I've already planned for it :).

I'm probably gonna be keeping Alli, Fuchs and Mahrez too, so my team for 35 will be even stronger than it would have been.
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1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Gonna be similar to GW30 - a big advantage for the "planners" over the "non-planners" 🙂
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2. tambourineman
  9 years, 9 months ago
  I'm not convinced GW35 will be as good as GW30, looking at the stats in this article none of the current top 10k 'template' have blanks in that week and this group also will have higher % of LEI/TOT players (than GW33 wildcards) who both have attractive fixtures. Meanwhile most wildcarders appear to be going heavy on Liverpool who will be playing their seventh fixture in three weeks and are open to rotation as they potentially prioritise a tilt at the Europa League.
  
  Even the overall figures show that that group of casuals are holding some of the key wildcard options (Cech, Bellerin, Smalling, Ozil, Payet, Lukaku) that are most so after.
  
  Judging by the wildcard teams I'm seeing too much focus is on GW34 and some of the great gains made that week will be lost between GW35-38. Striking the correct balance between DGW and SGW players is key when wildcarding. I'd much rather have Mahrez for six games than Milner for eight.
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MarkyMarkovic

Play Alli or Vardy.

J0E
9 years, 9 months ago
Play Vardy. - while his shooting stats have dropped, he's proving more creative and Palace are woeful.

Meanwhile, Alli hasn't had a strong home points haul for a very long time plus Bournemouth aren't conceding much more than a goal a game on average.
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clownbot2000

2x FTs, using up one just cause I can, finger on the button..
Daniels > Smalling (purely for GW 34)
Yea?

ryacoo

Got a benching dilemma this week with my midfield of :

Mahrez, Ozil, Sigurdsson, Payet, Alli

Leaning towards benching Alli, what do you reckon lads?

FPL Wisdom
9 years, 9 months ago
I've got the same and gone Payet but I'll probably change to Alli, you could go AOA if you don't have the defence?
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the Penman

Hooray - there's that gummy smile again. Thanks for this article, nice one 🙂

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