Poland v Saudi Arabia team news: Three changes for each side

FPL GW30 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

van Dijk
Gabriel Magalhães
Hill

Gakpo
Bruno Fernandes
Semenyo
Tavernier

Thiago
Ekitiké
João Pedro

Ellborg
Lacroix
Maguire
Gibbs-White

GW30 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	131.4%	Very Likely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.9m	121.3%	Very Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.3m	110.6%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	103.2%	Very Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.2m	95.5%	Maybe
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	98.3%	Maybe
Schade	BRE	6.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	103.3%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	90.9%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.3m	89.2%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	91.0%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.7m	82.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	87.2%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.0m	85.6%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	72.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	83.7%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.7m	81.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	79.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	78.5%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	71.3%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	70.3%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	67.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	63.6%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	62.4%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	56.8%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	54.6%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	54.7%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	55.0%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	54.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	53.4%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.6m	52.5%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	52.9%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	50.8%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	50.4%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	48.7%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	46.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	41.2%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.0m	37.7%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	42.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Summerville	WHU	5.7m	157.6%	Very Likely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.2m	126.0%	Very Likely
Angel	WOL	4.8m	104.4%	Very Likely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	114.6%	Very Likely
Chalobah	CHE	5.6m	111.5%	Very Likely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	110.5%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.1m	107.4%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	105.3%	Very Likely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	98.8%	Maybe
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.7m	96.7%	Maybe
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	96.9%	Maybe
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	94.8%	Maybe
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	99.7%	Maybe
Alleyne	MCI	4.0m	94.8%	Maybe
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	94.6%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	93.5%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	93.5%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	93.7%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	92.0%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	90.6%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	91.2%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	90.4%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	85.0%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	84.1%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.7m	85.0%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	83.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	81.0%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	83.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	82.1%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	78.2%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	77.2%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	77.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	77.1%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	76.5%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.6m	66.9%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	75.1%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	75.2%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	71.5%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	71.3%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	70.8%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
Down	Alisson	LIV	B, Inj
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:20pm

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

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:28pm

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

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:37pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Up	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:37pm

GW30 Chip Poll

Dugout Discussion

26 November 2022 138 comments

Skonto Rigga

Saudi Arabia can qualify for the knockout stages with a win in the second World Cup match of the day.

The supposed Group C whipping boys, who shocked Argentina in Matchday 1, take on Poland in the 13:00 GMT kick-off.

Saudi Arabia make three changes to the side that defeated Lionel Messi and co, two of which are enforced.

Abdulelah Al Amri and Mohammed Al Burayk replace injured duo Yassir Al Shahrani and Salman Al Farah in defence, while Sami Al Naji starts in place of Hassan Al Tambakti.

And there are three changes for Poland, too.

Krystian Bielik, Arkadiusz Milik and Przemyslaw Frankowski come in for Jakub Kaminski, Sebastian Szymanski and Nicola Zalewski.

The 7.9%-owned budget buy Matty Cash is the most-selected player from either starting XI today, with 8%-owned midfielder Nawaf Al Abid among the substitutes.

All three of Saudi Arabia’s $3.0m-rated defenders are benched, one of whom – Al Tambakti – started in Matchday 1.

MATCHDAY 2 LINE-UPS

Poland XI: Szczesny, Bereszynski, Kiwior, Glik, Cash, Zielinski, Krychowiak, Bielik, Frankowski, Milik, Lewandowski

Saudi Arabia XI: Al Owais, Abdulhamid, Al Amri, Al Bulayhi, Al Burayk, Alanjei, Al Malki, Kanno, Al Brikan, S. Al Dawsari, Al Sehri

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Dynamic Duos
3 years, 3 months ago
Saudi Arabia 🙂
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1. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Saudis looking good actually.
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  1. Revival
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Al-Dawsari is a proper pressing machine, quick too. Looks a exciting player.
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  2. Piggs Boson
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Meh. Poland letting them have control. But for all their running about, Saudi Arabia haven't really caused any quality threat.
    
    Can see Poland snatching this 2nd half. They're playing with humility.
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DannyDrinkVodka
3 years, 3 months ago
On WC:

A) Lautaro and Bruno
B) Messi and Di Maria
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Rinseboy
3 years, 3 months ago
Those on a WC for MD2....

Has anyone tested if you can use the budget hack to downgrade a locked player and upgrade an unlocked player?

If so can you then still make unlimited transfers with those locked players so you don't get stuck with the budget ones?!?
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1. Revival
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Even on the WC once you bring in a locked player you won't be able to change him again.
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  1. Paqueta Rice
    3 years, 3 months ago
    You can downgrade a locked player for funds though and upgrade an unlocked player for another unlocked player using the funds
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    1. Rinseboy
      3 years, 3 months ago
      but then I would be stuck with that player for MD3
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      1. Paqueta Rice
        3 years, 3 months ago
        You would I’d imagine yeah.
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  2. Rinseboy
    3 years, 3 months ago
    ah ok I'll leave it then and do all my MD3 transfer in one go at the end then!
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  3. Revival
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Haven't tested it but the funds hack should work then, the only issue being if you downgrade Kane to say a budget forward you then left with the Budget forward for Matchday 3.
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2. Paqueta Rice
  3 years, 3 months ago
  I done this with my 2 free transfers in MD1 to bring in Alba. It works
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Scapegoat Salah
3 years, 3 months ago
Come on Almalki make me proud again!
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1. Piggs Boson
  3 years, 3 months ago
  YC and misses the next match.
  
  Balls.
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jacob1989
3 years, 3 months ago
Wow Poland 3 yellow cards in 3 mins
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Paqueta Rice
3 years, 3 months ago
Before I sub out Koulibaly or Dumfries, they’re not expecting any points to be added on are they?
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1. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  No for defenders its cs or nothing
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  1. Paqueta Rice
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Ok so nothing for tackles made or interceptions or blocks etc? Or even key passes/chances created
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    1. jacob1989
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Thats only for midfielders
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    2. DavvaMC
      3 years, 3 months ago
      I thought they got points for tackles but looks like they have binned that now!
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      1. jacob1989
        3 years, 3 months ago
        No see the rules. Only for mids
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Dynamic Duos
3 years, 3 months ago
Basically a club team playing in the world cup
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1. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  We gotta start watching the saudi premier league. Or whatever its called
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jacob1989
3 years, 3 months ago
That should be really a 2nd yellow for cash and a sending off
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JJO
3 years, 3 months ago
How is this not a red card?
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DavvaMC
3 years, 3 months ago
Might bring in Japan defender for T Hernandez, which one would you get?

Do they have attacking wing backs?

Or another Brazil defender.

Thanks
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1. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 3 months ago
  why? is Hernandez out?
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Tomsk
3 years, 3 months ago
Are we guessing clean sheet points awarded after 120 minutes and not 90 in the knockout stages? (Can’t believe I wasted my time checking the rules)
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1. JJO
  3 years, 3 months ago
  It was 120 i think in previous games
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  1. Tomsk
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Yeah that’s what I remember, thanks.
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Dynamic Duos
3 years, 3 months ago
Saudi basically a home team
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Piggs Boson
3 years, 3 months ago
Poland gameplan going exactly to plan. They've won this now.
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1. Piggs Boson
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Ooh stupid by Glik. So unnessesary.
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Scapegoat Salah
3 years, 3 months ago
Milik assist?
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1. JJO
  3 years, 3 months ago
  No Lewa
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2. Piggs Boson
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Lewandowski I think
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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Damn thanks both
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    1. Piggs Boson
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Milik defending like a midfielder. Closer to a 4411 than 442.
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Hazz
3 years, 3 months ago
VAR for possible foul in the box on Saudi player...
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1. Hazz
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Penalty!
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Gizzachance
3 years, 3 months ago
Saudi pen
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jacob1989
3 years, 3 months ago
Its a soft penalty but more of a penalty than the Argentina fluke penalty
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1. lilmessipran
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Lmao
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JBG
3 years, 3 months ago
Oh ffs... took Zielinski out for Di Maria last night, downgraded Depay to Gakpo, so thought why not.
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lilmessipran
3 years, 3 months ago
Saudis spending their enormous wealth on the referees this world cup
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1. MrZ
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Or they're just brilliant
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2. jacob1989
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Then why Argentina got a non existent penalty?
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Hazz
3 years, 3 months ago
HOW DID HE MISS THE FOLLOW UP?
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1. JBG
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Karma for a soft pen.
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2. Hazz
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Oh just seen it was a save, blimey.
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jacob1989
3 years, 3 months ago
Anyone has szechny?
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lilmessipran
3 years, 3 months ago
Justice
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Ruinenlust
3 years, 3 months ago
Chesney was off the line?
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1. Piggs Boson
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Looked like he just was. But would have been harsh to retake when he barely gained an advantage from it...
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Piggs Boson
3 years, 3 months ago
Two great saves by Szczesny!
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1912 F.A Cup Winners
3 years, 3 months ago
Good afternoon all!! Quick FPL question… been having a tinker with me team, it lists all the gameweek transfers, with it being unlimited transfers this week will this weeks gameweek transfers be wiped out for the following gameweek and go back to the amount of transfers you’ve made prior to having the unlimited transfers???!!

Anyone know??

Cheers everyone!!
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1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
  3 years, 3 months ago
  *reason I ask is if there was a scenario in you mini league and you finished on the same points as someone and it went down to transfers made
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  1. DavvaMC
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Yes I think the amount of transfers made will count. Best to use a team planner like fpl.team
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    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      3 years, 3 months ago
      Cheers mate!!! Will check it out!! I’ve made 89 game week transfers haha must have been tinkering more than I thought
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2. Revival
  3 years, 3 months ago
  Yes, all transfers made between GW16 and GW17 will be added to your total transfers.
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  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    3 years, 3 months ago
    Ah dear!! Haha, thankyou mate!!
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lions
3 years, 3 months ago
Anyone watching game on ITV? How does Saudi manager do that with his lips?!
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1. Herger
  3 years, 3 months ago
  What that mouth do?
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The Polymath
3 years, 3 months ago
Best 5 million Mid left to play this MD2?
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Taegugk Warrior
3 years, 3 months ago
Captain messi or de bruyne..?
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DavvaMC
3 years, 3 months ago
Keep T Hernandez (v Denmark) or

A. Marquinhos
B. Thiago Silva
C. Yoshida

Thanks
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SmasherLagru
3 years, 3 months ago
Why does Galindez say 0 pts
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1. Louis_Sans_Balls
  3 years, 3 months ago
  cuz this fantasy game is a joke
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