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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Haaland	MCI	14.6m	99.6%	Likely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	99.1%	Likely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	80.6%	Maybe
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	97.1%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	93.6%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	88.8%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	78.8%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	72.4%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.2m	67.3%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	67.4%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.6m	62.4%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.4m	61.2%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.2m	63.1%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	64.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	64.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	63.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	63.5%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	62.8%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	59.1%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	55.2%	Unlikely
Osula	NEW	5.4m	54.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	55.3%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	54.1%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	53.6%	Unlikely
Richarlison	TOT	6.3m	50.6%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	51.4%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	51.6%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	48.6%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	47.4%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	45.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.8m	44.9%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	46.5%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	44.2%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	42.4%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	41.8%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	41.6%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	41.5%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	40.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	97.6%	Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	99.5%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.5%	Maybe
Mbeumo	MUN	8.4m	92.7%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	94.8%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	94.0%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	91.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	90.6%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	90.6%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	90.4%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	89.7%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	89.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.4m	75.2%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.4m	84.6%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	84.5%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	81.1%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	81.2%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	81.1%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	81.5%	Unlikely
Tolu	WOL	5.2m	84.1%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	78.6%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	74.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	77.2%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	76.9%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	77.2%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	5.9m	77.7%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	75.5%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	72.4%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	72.1%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	68.7%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	65.7%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	65.3%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.4m	65.0%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	64.3%	Unlikely
Scott	BOU	5.1m	61.1%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.2m	61.3%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	57.5%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Henderson	CRY	C
No Change	Pickford	EVE	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
Down	Roefs	SUN	B

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:27pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Lacroix	CRY	A
No Change	Keane	EVE	C
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Hill	BOU	C, £
Down	Ballard	SUN	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	A
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:31pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Cherki	MCI	A
Up	Saka	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	A
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, £
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, £

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:39pm

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

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:43pm

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FPL Gameweek 26 Wildcard teams: From ‘template’ to no Haaland

3 March 2023 529 comments

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A wave of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Wildcards are being deployed after the midweek conclusion of the FA Cup fifth round.

That’s because an earlier Wildcard looks much more viable now, with a squad much easier to set up to not only tackle and make the most of the blanks and doubles in Gameweeks 27-29 but even cope with Blank Gameweek 32.

The Bench Boost in Gameweek 29 also has added appeal, with no big doubles later in the campaign to rival it.

Of the site users we polled, just over 35% said they are planning to activate the chip in Gameweek 26.

So, we’ve put together three potential Gameweek 26 Wildcard drafts for you to consider: a Harry Kane (£11.7m) one, a riskier no-Erling Haaland (£12.2m) approach, plus a draft for those who have already used their Bench Boost.

THE KANE DRAFT

Two potential Wildcard drafts for FPL Gameweek 26

Six players who ‘double’ in Gameweek 27: Brentford’s David Raya (£4.8m), Ben Mee (£5.0m) and Ivan Toney (£7.6m), plus Lewis Dunk (£4.7m), Alexis Mac Allister (£5.4m) and Karou Mitoma (£5.3m) at Brighton and Hove Albion.
Dunk/Mac Allister or Mitoma could easily be Pervis Estupinan (£4.7m)/Solly March (£5.1m) if passed fit.

Nine players for Blank Gameweek 28, which can easily be turned into 10/11 using free transfers.
10 Double Gameweek 29 players, with a squad perfectly suited to Bench Boost. Even those with just one fixture carry upside – for example, Bukayo Saka (£8.5m) is at home to Leeds United. In addition, Martin Odegaard (£7.0m) could potentially be transferred out for Bruno Fernandes (£9.8m), adding another ‘doubler’ to your squad.
2 x Newcastle United defenders for their potential Double Gameweek 30/31.
A squad capable of coping with Blank Gameweek 32 without forcing a Free Hit.
If you aren’t comfortable picking Toney after he was charged over alleged breaches of the FA’s betting rules, which you can read more about here, Bryan Mbeumo (£5.8m) and Ollie Watkins (£7.3m) are decent replacements.

THE NO-HAALAND DRAFT

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I Member
3 years, 2 months ago
Is Jansson a threat to Pinnock?
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1. Baps Hunter
  3 years, 2 months ago
  That has been mentioned here.
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Fit_to_drop
3 years, 2 months ago
I brought in Allison on a Free for the last double (which paid off)

Is he worth holding for his double in 29 (City & Chelsea away)?

I can cover him with Ward in 28.
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Triple Free Bench Hit Boost
3 years, 2 months ago
Is the issue with the WC teams "who to bench" the next couple of weeks?
Even this week, with that first WC team shown you leave out the 2 Newcastle defenders (inc. Trippier) and then one of Toney, Macallister or Mitoma right?
Next week is even worse.
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1. Zimo
  3 years, 2 months ago
  I dunno seems okay to me. I'll bench Schar Zinchenko Watkins Kepa.
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  1. Triple Free Bench Hit Boost
    3 years, 2 months ago
    Ok, so you went Watkins over Toney? I guess similar situation as Watkins home to CPL is not necessarily one I'd want to bench him for though. Similarly benching Zinchenko for BOU at home?
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    1. Zimo
      3 years, 2 months ago
      No I have Toney too. I'm skipping on Kane.
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      1. Yozzer
        3 years, 2 months ago
        Yikes
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    2. Zimo
      3 years, 2 months ago
      Watkins will be away to WestHam next week. I'm playing him this week.
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    3. Zimo
      3 years, 2 months ago
      My bench this week is Raya March Trippier Schar
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      1. Triple Free Bench Hit Boost
        3 years, 2 months ago
        Ok, this makes a bit more sense - that previous bench you mentioned would have been nuts for this week. I'm with Yozzer though that I've not got the balls to go no-Kane though!
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SpaceCadet
3 years, 2 months ago
Wc this team? Tempted now with James and nketiah doubts.

kepa
taa james trippier shaw
salah saka odegaard rash
haaland nketiah

ward tark andreas gnonto
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1. Juza
  3 years, 2 months ago
  I would change 8 players from that team, so yes for me
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  1. Baps Hunter
    3 years, 2 months ago
    I would change 10 players, Y from me.
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southernrocker1
3 years, 2 months ago
Martinelli or Odegaard on a FH?

Also, is a 3 man arsenal mid madness?
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1. Baps Hunter
  3 years, 2 months ago
  Coin toss that can easily fail. Not madness, but not optimal either. Difficult to offload.
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southernrocker1
3 years, 2 months ago
Mac Allister is in tons of drafts but his return rate is actually very very poor. Why is he in so many?
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1. Juza
  3 years, 2 months ago
  Who knows. Penalties?
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George Sillett
3 years, 2 months ago
Wonderful stuff from Arteta when referring to the fitness of a player

"He’s not very close but he is not far at all.” – Mikel Arteta on Gabriel Jesus
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1. Juza
  3 years, 2 months ago
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Dave2008
3 years, 2 months ago
Would you Wc due to this team:
G Kepa Ward
D Trippier Gabriel Bueno Patterson Tarkowski
M saka Salah Rashford Andreas Mahrez
F Haaland Nketia Darwin
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1. Juza
  3 years, 2 months ago
  9 players I'll change, WC
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Steevo
3 years, 2 months ago
James is out?
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1. Juza
  3 years, 2 months ago
  Looks like it.
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Victoryue
3 years, 2 months ago
Any other options for a 5th defender on a wildcard? Not really convinced by a Newcastle double up in defense given their recent data. I know they have double in 29 and potential double in 31 but can't really se them keeping that many clean sheets.
Currently have Mee, Tripps, Zinchenko, Estupinan and Botman*
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1. Ask Yourself
  3 years, 2 months ago
  Looking into this right now:
  
  - Chilwell: probably too expensive to justify and only just back from injury
  - Castagne: part of an awful defence
  - Forest defender: I did have Lodi for this spot but now he’s got a knock. Could still be worth putting on if you have someone good filling in as he’s been called up for Brazil so injury can’t be too bad.
  
  Alternatively you could get an extra brighton defender and swap out one of your Brighton mids but I don’t like this option as the alternatives are Almiron, Gibbs-white or Maddison
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2. Baps Hunter
  3 years, 2 months ago
  Same 5 here.
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Wiseguy
3 years, 2 months ago
Is anyone with a WC not WC’ing? I feel like the human left in WC zombie apocalypse..
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1. GC123
  3 years, 2 months ago
  If you’re well set, stick. I have a few fires but I’m still not 100% convinced to do it
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  1. Wiseguy
    3 years, 2 months ago
    I’m not perfectly set for 27 but I only need to get rid of Salah this week and could take a hit next week to get my targeted doublers if I get a Brighton player. But.. if think I prefer Bruno or Madison this week..
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    1. GC123
      3 years, 2 months ago
      What’s your squad wiseguy?
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      1. Wiseguy
        3 years, 2 months ago
        Kepa
        
        Tripper/White/Tark
        Saka/ Rash/Salah/Mart
        Kane/Haaland/Watkins
        
        Ward/Andreas/Coleman/Bueno
        
        WC, BB and FH still available so thinking 1tf this week and WC next week
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        GC123
        3 years, 2 months ago
        I’ve got squad envy!
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2. Baps Hunter
  3 years, 2 months ago
  Not me, my team had so many flags, that no chance not tu use wc.
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