FPL 2024/25: When to play the Wildcard

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Foden	MCI	8.4m	187.4%	Very Likely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	128.1%	Very Likely
Thiago	BRE	6.8m	120.6%	Very Likely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	113.4%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	113.2%	Very Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	108.6%	Very Likely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	108.1%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	102.1%	Very Likely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	76.0%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	88.8%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	75.2%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	82.6%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	64.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	82.8%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.9%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	79.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	56.7%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	75.0%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	71.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	64.1%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	63.0%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	67.7%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	70.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.5%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	69.3%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	46.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	63.9%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.7m	39.5%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	61.9%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.9%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	51.5%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	55.1%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	60.7%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	38.5%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	53.1%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.3%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	38.1%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.0m	31.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	8.1m	136.2%	Very Likely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	125.3%	Very Likely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	126.9%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	117.1%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	113.4%	Very Likely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	105.3%	Very Likely
M.Salah	LIV	14.1m	102.4%	Very Likely
Tonali	NEW	5.4m	103.8%	Very Likely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	99.5%	Likely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	105.9%	Very Likely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	103.5%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	79.4%	Likely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	95.3%	Likely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	98.9%	Likely
Botman	NEW	4.9m	95.9%	Maybe
Christie	BOU	5.0m	96.8%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	98.3%	Maybe
Welch	EVE	3.9m	94.8%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	95.5%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.4m	93.0%	Maybe
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	91.9%	Maybe
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	93.6%	Maybe
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	95.4%	Maybe
Young	AVL	4.4m	90.9%	Maybe
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	78.8%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	92.9%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.6m	92.5%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	91.1%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	90.7%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	90.6%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	86.7%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.9m	88.4%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	89.0%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	88.5%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	89.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.8%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	87.3%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.4m	79.0%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	90.4%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	B
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:36am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:41am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Gakpo	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
Up	Schade	BRE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
Down	Fernández	CHE	B

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:48am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

With Fantasy Premier League (FPL) live for 2024/25, we’re welcoming back our team of Hall of Famers and guest writers. Here, Pras discusses his two latest drafts, which are based around two separate Wildcard windows.

I’m so happy to be writing my first article of the season for Fantasy Football Scout. The editorial content from Neale, Tom, Marc and the gang has been top-notch as usual. We take their exceptional pre-season articles for granted, but it is my go-to for the latest info, including the minutes tracker, promoted teams, fixtures guide, new transfer impacts etc. I wanted to start the year by stating that it is the best editorial content out there bar none.

Onto FPL, much like everyone else, I am very pleased with the changes this year. I think the game needed minor tweaks, and better pricing and some strategic elements with up to five free transfers does spice things up. In fact, I can’t be the only one going in circles in my draft bouncing from Erling Haaland (£15.0m) only v Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) only or going both; or big at the back v cheap at the back. This is all good and the sign of a well-priced game.

For me in particular, I have landed on a few strategies given these changes.

STRATEGIES

Until some serious £5.5m-£6.0m enablers put their hand up, for me it is Haaland or Salah, not both. I just think there are several good options out there both in defence and attack where that extra saving from the second premium is better spread eg. Bukayo Saka (£10.0m) + Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.0m) v Salah + a £4.5m defender.
Given the rule change that we can carry free transfers into the Wildcard, I am planning an early Wildcard this season. Very likely Gameweek 4 or 6. An early Wildcard to capture new info and carry two to three free transfers thereafter should be powerful.
A deeper bench will be handy, to give myself a better chance to accumulate three or four free transfers and deal with fixture swings better.

I will discuss two drafts in this article and each of them relies on a planned Wildcard in the two windows mentioned above. I know pre-planning a Wildcard isn’t for everyone, but given how different the Gameweek 1 teams look just by having a Wildcard two weeks apart, tells me there is merit to planning one. I’ll start from the one that was my first instinct.

GAMEWEEK 6 WILDCARD

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boombaba

1 year, 4 months ago

Who’s on pens for wolves and Fulham ?

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JBG
1 year, 4 months ago
Hwang/Cunha and Pereira
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1. boombaba
  1 year, 4 months ago
  That’s what I thought
  
  Just I see fpl site say Muiz was first choice which I didn’t think was the case
  “ Similarly to Eze and Gibbs-White, Muniz is his club's first-choice penalty-taker.”
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  1. Bobby Digital
    1 year, 4 months ago
    Muniz has taken 0 penalties in his career
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Fat Frank

Which would you choose?

A) Joao Pedro & Rogers (one bench each week)

B) Muniz & 4.5 mid (latter benched every week)

Bobby Digital
1 year, 4 months ago
B
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1. Fat Frank
  1 year, 4 months ago
  Cheers
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supercolso

Morning all, If I have saved say 4 transfers, then wildcard. Do the 4 transfers rool over till next week or do I lose them ?

The Mentaculus
1 year, 4 months ago
5 FTs the GW after WC in this case
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Great, cheers

SHOCKING_XI

Does anyone know where to access Statsbomb data? I can't find it anywhere?

Maximus Strategus

1 year, 2 months ago

Is there a guide somewhere for every Wildcard Window/big fixture swings? I’m aiming for WC6 but I want to look at different possibilities.

have you seen cyan
1 year, 2 months ago
You can use the fixture tracker on the right and set it depending on GW
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have you seen cyan

Salah basically gonna be a differential cap this week. Good opportunity to try and get ahead IMO with little potential downside.

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