FPL Gameweek 13 early Scout Picks: West Ham double-up includes Bowen

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
Up	Mateta	CRY	A, Vs
Up	Woltemade	NEW	A
No Change	Gyokeres	ARS	C
Down	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

FPL GW11 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Raya Martin

Gabriel Magalhães
Chalobah
Murillo
Andersen

Mbeumo
Gibbs-White
Fernández

Mateta
Haaland
Bowen

Areola
Keane
Lucas Paquetá
Anderson

GW11 Captain Poll

GW11 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Guéhi	CRY	5.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	89.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	83.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.8m	78.9%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.6m	75.6%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.8m	76.0%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.6m	74.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	72.0%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	69.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	6.2m	68.4%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	69.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.8m	64.9%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.1m	65.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.5m	63.8%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.5m	63.6%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	6.0m	59.6%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.3m	54.0%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	49.1%	Unlikely
O’Reilly	MCI	4.9m	56.1%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	54.8%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	53.4%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.5m	54.9%	Unlikely
Acheampong	CHE	3.9m	52.8%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.5m	53.2%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	6.8m	45.4%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	7.9m	50.5%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.4%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.7m	45.3%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.1m	43.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	42.1%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	6.0m	36.7%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	41.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	37.8%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.5m	39.2%	Unlikely
Foster	BUR	5.0m	37.5%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.6m	35.7%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	32.8%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	30.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
McAtee	NFO	5.2m	100.4%	Very Likely
Lewis	MCI	4.9m	100.2%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.4m	94.7%	Likely
Sosa	CRY	4.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Hegyi	WHU	4.0m	100.1%	Very Likely
Hannibal	BUR	4.9m	100.0%	Very Likely
Moore	SUN	4.0m	100.0%	Very Likely
Tyrer	EVE	4.0m	100.0%	Very Likely
Krafth	NEW	4.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Guessand	AVL	6.3m	100.0%	Very Likely
Fer López	WOL	5.3m	100.0%	Very Likely
Richarlison	TOT	6.5m	96.9%	Maybe
D.Leon	MUN	4.3m	97.7%	Maybe
Maddison	TOT	6.9m	99.3%	Maybe
Mudryk	CHE	5.0m	99.3%	Maybe
Diouf	WHU	4.4m	100.0%	Maybe
Devenny	CRY	4.4m	97.3%	Maybe
Eyestone	BRE	4.0m	96.4%	Maybe
Milambo	BRE	5.3m	97.9%	Maybe
Bobb	MCI	5.4m	96.6%	Maybe
Lecomte	FUL	4.0m	96.4%	Maybe
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.9m	96.9%	Maybe
Gillespie	NEW	4.0m	95.5%	Maybe
Stones	MCI	5.5m	94.4%	Maybe
Wright	AVL	4.0m	95.0%	Maybe
Matthews	CRY	4.0m	93.7%	Unlikely
Maatsen	AVL	4.3m	94.7%	Unlikely
André	WOL	5.4m	85.6%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.0m	92.6%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.4m	95.2%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.9m	92.5%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.7m	91.7%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.2m	90.4%	Unlikely
McNeil	EVE	5.6m	93.3%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.8m	90.5%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	9.0m	83.5%	Unlikely
Campbell	EVE	4.0m	89.3%	Unlikely
Iroegbunam	EVE	4.9m	88.2%	Unlikely
Jörgensen	CHE	4.4m	88.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Pope	NEW	C
Up	Henderson	CRY	C, Vs
Down	Sanchez	CHE	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 1 Nov, 2025 1:19am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel	ARS	A
Up	Muñoz	CRY	B, Vs
No Change	Senesi	BOU	B
Up	Andersen	FUL	C, Inj
Down	Cucurella	CHE	B
No Change	Burn	NEW	B
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	C
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	de Ligt	MUN	C
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, £

Last updated: 1 Nov, 2025 1:29am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
No Change	Salah	LIV	C
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B, Vs
Up	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	C
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Down	Kudus	TOT	B
Down	Reijnders	MCI	C
Up	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Xhaka	SUN	B, £

Last updated: 1 Nov, 2025 1:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
Up	Mateta	CRY	A, Vs
Up	Woltemade	NEW	A
No Change	Gyokeres	ARS	C
Down	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

Scout Picks - Bus Team

14 November 2023 178 comments

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We’ve put together our Scout Picks ‘bus team’ for Gameweek 13 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL).

In this initial selection, we select a first draft of our regular picks. They will then be finalised and published much closer to next Saturday’s deadline.

Plenty can change between now and then, with Scout Squad nominations, international fixtures and a whole host of press conferences still to come.

But in the meantime, this ‘bus team’ article – a term coined by the duo behind the Always Cheating podcast – will discuss the players who are likely to be in the running.

We are, as ever, limited by certain restrictions in our selections:

An £83.0m budget for our starting XI
An overall squad limit of £100.0m
No more than three players per team

GAMEWEEK 13 FIXTURES

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Hits Central
1 year, 11 months ago
Those with wild card left to play any better time like the present still to use it?
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1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
  1 year, 11 months ago
  I have no need for it yet so on holding on. Thought City's double is rumoured to be in GW20 so may hold out until the last with it for that week (if an unavoidable need to use it earlier doesn't appear). Thought it had to be used by GW18/19 for some reason but seems not
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  1. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 11 months ago
    Normally first WC has to be used by the end of the year so depends which GW coincides with that date
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    1. The Mentaculus
      1 year, 11 months ago
      "The first wildcard will be available from the start of the season until Sat 30 Dec 12:00."
      
      30 Dec = GW20
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      1. Tonyawesome69
        1 year, 11 months ago
        Yup just saying some folks tend to think it has to be used by the halfway point GW19/38 but actually at the end of the year.
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2. The Mentaculus
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Played mine but have been doing a little planning & I think GW20 would be a good time with Salah & Son off to AFCON /Asian Cup. That's a lot of money to redistribute all at once, and it's difficult to stagger the moves when both have excellent GW19 fixtures
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3. Tsparkes10
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Very tempted. Good time to catch price changes
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  1. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 11 months ago
    I don't think you will get many relevant prices changes over the IB.
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4. Tonyawesome69
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Difficult to say without knowing your team. In terms of fixtures, GW14 and 19/20 might be a time to consider using WC
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Tsparkes10
1 year, 11 months ago
Time to use the wildcard?

Onana Turner
Baldock Saliba Trippier Schar Digne
Son Salah Saka Bowen Gordon
Alvarez Watkins Archer
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1. Here is Cash, give McGinn
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Why? Who would you bring? You want Haaland?
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  1. Tsparkes10
    1 year, 11 months ago
    Alisson* Turner
    Saliba* Trip* Zouma Maguire Baldock*
    Palmer Eze Salah* Saka* Bowen*
    Nunez Haaland Archer*
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    1. Sheffield Wednesday
      1 year, 11 months ago
      Why is there an asterix on Alisson?
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2. We Go Again
  1 year, 11 months ago
  No, team looks fine. I would try and hold it all the way to GW19 to capitalise on City's potentail DGW
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kellamergh
1 year, 11 months ago
So far, are these the most sensible moves?

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1. kellamergh
  1 year, 11 months ago
  So far, are these the most sensible moves?
  
  → Cash & Mitoma out
  ← Saliba & Mbeumo in
  
  Areola
  Gabriel Cash Lascelles
  Saka Gordon Salah Mitoma Son
  Haaland Watkins
  
  Turner Archer Branthwaite Taylor
  
  0.7m itb
  2ft
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  1. We Go Again
    1 year, 11 months ago
    Good moves.
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  2. Robe Wan
    1 year, 11 months ago
    Yes basically
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2. notlob legin
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Not sure I'd want to double up on any defence currently - have you considered a Palace defender, or in a few weeks Chelsea?
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Nate(U)dog(ie)
1 year, 11 months ago
Saw someone here the other day say that Trafford was at fault for all of Arsenal's goals and should be dropped. Haven't seen enough of him to say whether the latter is fair or not but having just watched the highlights I can't disagree with the former at all. No presence at all, stunning that Saliba could score a goal like that while practically standing still the entire time just off the goal line
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1. PartyTime
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Yet saka couldn’t score him
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  1. JBG
    1 year, 11 months ago
    But he's a season keeper... ticks along with his "will he, won't he player and sometimes actual assists and other times ghost assists.
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Robe Wan
1 year, 11 months ago
Right lads, I’ve got a few issues to solve.

Would like Bowen and Mbuemo and need to be rid of Cash.

Who’s first on the chopping block?

Areola

Cash* Gabriel guehi

Salah diaby* son foden*

Watkins* Alvarez* Haaland

(Turner, baldock kabore chuku)
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1. PartyTime
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Foden
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2. Saka White Rice
  1 year, 11 months ago
  No standout defenders or attackers this week. Believe it or not, I would roll. If you had 2FT then would change structure to 352 so Alvarez>Archer and put Bowen/Mbeumo in. Then the next week you take Foden out for the other one
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Saka White Rice
1 year, 11 months ago
Unfortunately still people willing to commit on James. Please dont cry after you buy him.
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1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
  1 year, 11 months ago
  I cry in advance, knowing the punishment I am about to endure
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Atimis
1 year, 11 months ago
Thinking just keep FT?
Then before GW14 could be Son to Mbeumo and some additional move for free.

Areola
Cash/Gabriel/Livra
Salah/Son/Saka/Bowen
Haaland/Watkins/Alvarez

Turner/Taylor/Lamptey/4.3
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1. Tonyawesome69
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Depending on how everyone reports back from IB then yes save FT look wise here. City Liverpool play in the early KO so keep an eye on team leaks for Alvarez as an example
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2. Artilleryman
  1 year, 11 months ago
  I would be tempted to swap Cash for a Palace defender.
  
  Palace's games going forward are better than Villa's and Cash - who I have sold, myself - has not performed at all lately.
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SKENG
1 year, 11 months ago
Can I please get your early feedback on this team?

Areola
Trippier Porro Coufal
Salah Son Saka Bowen Diaby
Watkins Alvarez

3.9 Archer Taylor Branthwaite - 1 FT, 3.0M ITB

I'm thinking I need to bring Haaland back and captain this GW, or do I stick to the initial plan and bring him back in GW16 for Luton?

A) Watkins & Alvarez > Haaland & Osula -4pts (play Archer)
B) Watkins & Trippier > Haaland & 4.4m def (Lascelles/Veltman/Toti) -4pts
C) Diaby > Martinelli
D) smth else?
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1. Conners ©
  1 year, 11 months ago
  B with Lascelles, then switch him to Botman later.
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2. PartyTime
  1 year, 11 months ago
  You can downgrade Saka to someone better & bring in Haaland for Alvarez.
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  1. PartyTime
    1 year, 11 months ago
    Upgrade Saka I meant. He has been a turd pick at their price tag & you won’t have to bother when he gets injured soon.
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raoulduke71
1 year, 11 months ago
Diaby >> Bowen?

(I don't have Watkins)
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1. altan8797
  1 year, 11 months ago
  I say go for it even though whu struggles against rather easy opponents. Boden seems to always manages a way to bring home points.
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The Final Boss
1 year, 11 months ago
Take a bow Kohli, surpasses the great one. What a tournament he is having..
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altan8797
1 year, 11 months ago
Guys which duo is better for next 4-5 gw in your opinion?

a) bilva & darwin
b) foden & solanke
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1. PartyTime
  1 year, 11 months ago
  For draft team? Because they don’t look nailed for minutes.
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  1. altan8797
    1 year, 11 months ago
    foden was benched only once this year but you think thats gonna change?
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    1. PartyTime
      1 year, 11 months ago
      You’re right, it is Pep though. Minutes still an issue as he could get subbed off & he hasn’t done too well this season but who knows…
      
      Prefer A but it is a close call.
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      1. altan8797
        1 year, 11 months ago
        appreciate that mate, thanks.
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        PartyTime
        1 year, 11 months ago
        You’re welcome
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RedLightning
1 year, 11 months ago
New article:
https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2023/11/15/which-fpl-players-are-suspended-or-nearing-a-ban-15/
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Rollercoaster
1 year, 11 months ago
Thinking of Gordon, is he actually essential? Need funds for Nket to Solanke, is Adingra good enough? I'm on WC, 0,1 ITB
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1. thang nguyen
  1 year, 11 months ago
  Gordon is good but I feel like Newcastle might struggle without Isak or Wilson
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phillipbakersenior@yahoo.co…
1 year, 11 months ago
Areola, Johnston
Gabriel, Cash, Taylor, Porro, Tsimikas
Salah, Saka, Mitoma, Sarr, Hee Chan
Haaland, Watkins, Alvarez

Two FT

Mitoma to Bowen
Alvarez to Nketiah?
or
Mitoma for Palmer and save FT
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1. thang nguyen
  1 year, 11 months ago
  what about remove cash to someone cheaper to upgrade mitoma? I just think Alvarez is too good
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Frank Henderson
1 year, 11 months ago
Areola
Porro Andersen Mitchell
Saka Son Ward-Prose
Watkins - Haaland (C) - Julian

Bowen?

A) lined up in the 11
B) x Jensen
C) x Akanji
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