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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.2m	117.4%	Very Likely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	94.6%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	94.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	94.1%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	83.8%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	81.4%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	80.4%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	76.6%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	75.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	75.1%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.9m	71.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	73.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	69.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	68.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.0%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	65.3%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	65.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	63.1%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	60.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	60.7%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	57.8%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.0%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	54.5%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	55.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	52.9%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	49.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	48.5%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	46.3%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	45.9%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	45.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	43.6%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	43.3%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	43.1%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	42.5%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	42.8%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	40.4%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	39.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.6%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	102.2%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	102.1%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	101.4%	Very Likely
March	BHA	5.8m	101.4%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.2%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	101.0%	Very Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.6%	Very Likely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	100.6%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.6%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.4%	Very Likely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	99.8%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	99.4%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	98.2%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	97.6%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	97.1%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	96.9%	Maybe
Doucouré	CRY	4.9m	95.3%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	95.1%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.0%	Maybe
Isidor	SUN	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	94.2%	Unlikely
James	LEE	5.3m	94.4%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.5%	Unlikely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	93.5%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	93.3%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	92.8%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	92.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	91.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	90.8%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	90.3%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	89.4%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	88.2%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	87.7%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	86.9%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	87.5%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	85.1%	Unlikely

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

An injury-hit France side begin the defence of their World Cup title when they meet Australia in Group D on Tuesday.

Les Blues went all the way in Russia four years ago, while Australia are aiming to end a run of three successive group-stage exits.

Kick-off is at 19:00 GMT.

On Saturday, Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema had to withdraw from the tournament, joining Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante and Presnel Kimpembe on the sidelines. Christopher Nkunku, meanwhile, was then forced to limp out of training earlier this week.

However, France still hosts plenty of talent, including Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele, all of whom start tonight. They’re joined by Olivier Giroud in attack, who costs just $7.5m in the official FIFA game and is owned by only 1.9 per cent of managers.

Elsewhere, Ibrahima Konate starts over William Saliba at centre-back, while Theo Hernandez is named on the bench.

As for Australia, former Brighton and Hove Albion goalkeeper Mat Ryan captains the side and another ex-Seagull, Aaron Mooy, anchors the midfield.

MATCHDAY 1 LINE-UPS

France XI: Lloris, Pavard, Upamecano, Konate, L Hernandez, Rabiot, Tchouameni, Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe, Giroud

Australia XI: Ryan, Atkinson, Souttar, Rowles, Behich, Mooy, Goodwin, McGree, Irvine, Leckie, Duke

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Yes Ndidi

3 years, 1 month ago

OK. So why has every player got a padlock against them? Trying to use an FT to switch out a player who hasn't yet played to another who hasn't yet played, which should be doable, surely?

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bitm2007
3 years, 1 month ago
Not according to the rules but other appears to have been able to get around that my benching locked players before transferring them out.
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dunas_dog

With Sané out would you transfer to

A Musiala
B Paqueta
C Perisic
D Kimmich

Yes Ndidi
3 years, 1 month ago
Does Gundogan come into the equation now? On pens as well I should think.
Of these, Musiala is the most fun. Between him and Paqueta I'd say. I don't see Croatia going wild against Morocco.
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1. dunas_dog
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Gundogan a good shout I had overlooked-I will wait for team sheet before making transfer
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thebizzle

Crazy question to have to ask but

Are De Paul or Di Maria “owed” any points?

Just figuring which one to take out for De Bruyne

bitm2007

I'm trying to be my head around the hack. I have DiMaria who is currently locked in my starting 11, if bench him before transferring him out for say Modric will I get Modric's matchday 1 points if I then bring him into my starting 11 ?

lugs
3 years, 1 month ago
no, you must bring Modric in for someone else who is yet to play
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Saka Punch

So to clarify if I do DiMaria -> fodder to free up funds, I can do Sosa -> Cancelo and can play Cancelo this week?

dunas_dog
3 years, 1 month ago
That’s my understanding. I think!
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DV8R

I still don't get the transfer rules during a matchday. If I transfer out a locked player for an unlocked player, do I keep his points AND get the points for the unlocked player for the current matchday?

dunas_dog
3 years, 1 month ago
No you would only get points for the locked player- unlocked player you bring in will not get points until MD2.
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1. DV8R
  3 years, 1 month ago
  So I can only transfer out an unlocked player for an unlocked player in cases where my player doesn't start and I swap him out for someone who starts?
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  1. dunas_dog
    3 years, 1 month ago
    Yes - I need to transfer out Sané as he is not starting so will do so before he becomes locked tomorrow once I see Germany team sheet
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computer

Sane not locked yet cant transfer him for modric, error says trade must involve sane....doh it does..

anyone manage to find where i can delete team, waste of time this fantasy

No Kane No Gain

Messi captain change to KDB the right move if you’re doing about average points wise so far?!

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