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GW34 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Bowen	WHU	7.7m	75.7%	Likely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.5m	75.2%	Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.4m	110.6%	Very Likely
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	66.4%	Likely
Xavi	TOT	6.5m	107.4%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.1m	101.4%	Very Likely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	103.6%	Very Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.3m	76.7%	Likely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	100.8%	Very Likely
Solanke	TOT	7.2m	76.9%	Likely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	81.1%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	96.6%	Maybe
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	67.9%	Maybe
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	96.2%	Maybe
Beto	EVE	5.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	75.0%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	89.6%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	88.9%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	73.9%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.1m	56.9%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	82.7%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	79.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	73.2%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	34.6%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	61.2%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	71.9%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	71.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	65.7%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	71.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	69.0%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	55.7%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	56.5%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	63.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	68.2%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	66.9%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	62.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	62.3%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	62.9%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	64.7%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	59.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gordon	NEW	7.4m	106.6%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	103.8%	Very Likely
O.Dango	BRE	5.9m	97.6%	Likely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	47.2%	Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	102.4%	Very Likely
Iwobi	FUL	6.3m	84.6%	Likely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	103.0%	Very Likely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	93.5%	Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.1%	Very Likely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	100.0%	Very Likely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	77.9%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	97.5%	Maybe
Rayan	BOU	5.5m	78.5%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	96.6%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	96.9%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.5%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	94.3%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	92.2%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	91.8%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	91.6%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	91.0%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	90.8%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	85.0%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	87.0%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	83.2%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	80.4%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	76.8%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.9%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	76.0%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	76.4%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	75.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.6m	82.6%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	74.9%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	24.7%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	38.9%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	71.3%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.6m	1.4%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	68.9%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	69.5%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 16 Apr, 2026 10:18pm

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

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 12:20pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:11pm

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

Last updated: 17 Apr, 2026 8:13pm

GW34 Transfers Poll

Dugout Discussion

8 October 2023 992 comments

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Last season’s top two headline Sunday’s Premier League action, as Arsenal host Manchester City in the final match before the October international break.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

Bukayo Saka, who limped off during Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League defeat by Lens, misses out for the hosts.

It’s one of two changes for Arsenal, as Jorginho and Leandro Trossard start, with Kai Havertz dropping to the bench.

Gabriel Martinelli makes his return from injury as a substitute, meanwhile.

As for Man City, they make three alterations from the 2-1 loss at Molineux in Gameweek 7.

Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis and Bernardo Silva replace Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku.

GAMEWEEK 8 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Odegaard, Rice, Jesus, Trossard, Nketiah

Subs: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Partey, Smith Rowe, Vieira, Havertz, Martinelli, Nelson

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol, Lewis, Kovacic, Bernardo, Alvarez, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Akanji, Stones, Bobb, Phillips, Grealish, Gomez, Nunes, Doku

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Sgt. Schultz
2 years, 6 months ago
together we can bring down Livefpl
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FPL Blow-In
2 years, 6 months ago
City with 4 shots and only 1 on target
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Snoop Udogie Dogg
2 years, 6 months ago
Absolutely the worst game I've ever seen
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1. jacob1989
  2 years, 6 months ago
  City fan?
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2. SouthCoastSaint
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Yeah that was pretty garbage from those 2
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3. Ajax Hamsterdam
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Funny name 🙂 crap game yep
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jonnybhoy
2 years, 6 months ago
That is the best possible result I could of wished for as a Salah captainer
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1. Mario Balofail
  2 years, 6 months ago
  I hear you 🙂
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Catastrophe
2 years, 6 months ago
Any chance Saliba sneaks a 2nd BAP? or they already final?
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Saka White Rice
2 years, 6 months ago
I will always rate a complete player I.e. someone who not only scores but also creates chances over just a goalscorer. I think its a lot harder and impressive to be great at both than amazing at just one. (Not saying Haaland sucks but this is another example of why Messi deserves the balon dor over Haaland)
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Qaiss
2 years, 6 months ago
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oi no professionals
2 years, 6 months ago
Going into the IB having taken 1million off my rank, time for a beer
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EffPeeEll
2 years, 6 months ago
Haul Land booked in the tunnel shock news
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Mom, Butters just gave me a…
2 years, 6 months ago
Haaland not even one shot.
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Bubz
2 years, 6 months ago
Would love to see an actual title race between Arsenal and Spurs
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1. Alan The Llama
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Spurs' wheels would fall off like a clown car.
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Ajax Hamsterdam
2 years, 6 months ago
Haaland was inexistant....
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1. Podge
  2 years, 6 months ago
  No one definitely seen him
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Qaiss
2 years, 6 months ago
I love this team 🙂
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Maddamotha
2 years, 6 months ago
ML leader with Double Arsenal def of course
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Supersonic_
2 years, 6 months ago
What is everyone doing with Haaland?

Was mixed on Alvarez to Watkins, but will likely do the move now.
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1. Bubz
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Captaining him
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  1. Supersonic_
    2 years, 6 months ago
    Yeah same probably, still I'm surprised how bad he/City were.
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  2. Andy_Social
    2 years, 6 months ago
    Same. no knee-jerking here.
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2. Sun Jihai
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Keeping for Brighton
  Rodri being back will make a big difference IMO, City just lost all 3 games without him
  Alvarez seems likely to be benched next GW, so selling Watkins seems a decent enough move if you can afford it
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3. Mirror Man
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Bubble bath and an early night. It's been a long day.
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FPL Blow-In
2 years, 6 months ago
Was almost perfect as a WhiteWalker owner. I’ll take those White points and run
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Rico123
2 years, 6 months ago
Archer ahead of Saliba on the bench (and so coming in for Saka) felt like it made sense at the time. Ah well
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Scapegoat Salah
2 years, 6 months ago
Son (C) over Haaland rejoice!
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ZeBestee
2 years, 6 months ago
Removed Haaland for Darwin. Disappointed didnt take advantage. Also changed armband to Son after contemplating Salah all week.
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1. Royal5
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Didn’t Darwin get an assist?
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2. F4L
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Liverpool were off it today, Darwin barely got a sniff; but still thought he played well, 1 assist and was involved in the build up for Gravenberch chance
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The Mandalorian
2 years, 6 months ago
Listening to Walcotts jittery comments on Sky was painful.

Need Roy Keane for the big games.
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1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  2 years, 6 months ago
  He’s too scared of stepping over the boundaries. He’s decent but too nice
  
  Although better than many pundits including micah
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Scapegoat Salah
2 years, 6 months ago
2 bonus for Trippier confirmed 😎
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Cojones of Destiny
2 years, 6 months ago
COYG!
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Scalper
2 years, 6 months ago
The scoresheet will tell you how important haaland is.

The final score will tell you how important rodri is.
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1. x.jim.x
  2 years, 6 months ago
  You watch the game, you don’t see Haaland. You watch Haaland, you see a waste of space.
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F4L
2 years, 6 months ago
goes someway to making up for Haaland's 20 pointer this GW. Just needed 1 more Salah goal 🙂
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SouthCoastSaint
2 years, 6 months ago
Salah captainers unite! Finally some ground made up
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Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
2 years, 6 months ago
Son captainer checking in.
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1. PartyTime
  2 years, 6 months ago
  You are not allowed into the vip section where Salah cappers are feasting
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Scots Gooner
2 years, 6 months ago
I did Foden / Haaland to Salah (c) / Watkins this week.

Go me.
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1. Alan The Llama
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Good work
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Magic Zico
2 years, 6 months ago
Captain for GW9: Haaland (BHA) or Salah (EVE)? 😆 😎
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1. FOO FIGHTER
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Son
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  1. Andy_Social
    2 years, 6 months ago
    Haaland - Seagulls are very leaky.
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fantasist
2 years, 6 months ago
1pt victory for Son captainers who's 2nd choice was Haaland.
For those who were going to captain Salah, yeah we screwed up
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1. Scapegoat Salah
  2 years, 6 months ago
  Yeah be different if Bissouma didn’t get sent off, but there you go
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Maddi Son
2 years, 6 months ago
18 point net gain on a -8 hit (no captain)

Feeling cute, might take a -12 next week.
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