FPL 2025/26 defensive contributions: What is a block?

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
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	92.1%	Likely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	93.7%	Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	96.2%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	98.8%	Likely
Thiago	BRE	6.8m	25.9%	Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	77.2%	Maybe
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	85.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.9%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	35.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	83.7%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	76.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	79.3%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	82.1%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.5m	1.8%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	79.4%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	76.0%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	66.7%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	69.8%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.4%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	52.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.3%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.7%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.0%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	54.0%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	70.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	57.5%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	66.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	48.4%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	48.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	46.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.6%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	17.1%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	14.6%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	53.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.7%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	51.5%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.0%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.6%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	44.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	46.6%	Likely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	91.9%	Likely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	96.2%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	97.0%	Likely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	94.4%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	95.7%	Maybe
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	91.2%	Maybe
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	94.5%	Maybe
Travers	EVE	4.4m	91.0%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.0%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	95.2%	Maybe
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.7%	Maybe
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	92.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	91.5%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	74.3%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	88.5%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	56.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.7%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.1m	74.9%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.6%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	82.8%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	85.8%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	86.0%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	84.1%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	84.2%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	82.4%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	84.2%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	83.0%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	81.9%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	82.8%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.7%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	71.8%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	83.3%	Unlikely
Tonali	NEW	5.4m	72.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	82.1%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	80.3%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.9m	79.2%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	80.3%	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

It’s been announced that, from 2025/26, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) will start adding defensive contribution points.

READ MORE: FPL 2025/26 – Huge rule change announced, as defensive contributions come in

This should boost the appeal of picking centre-backs and defensive midfielders, in particular.

However, before using our Members Area stats to crunch last season’s numbers, let’s explain what these actions actually are.

CBIT – Clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles

FPL 2025/26: Huge rule change as defensive contributions come in

If a defender accumulates 10 clearances, blocks, interceptions and successful tackles (CBIT) in a single match, they’ll gain two extra FPL defensive contribution points.

Capped at two per player per fixture, any CBITs beyond these 10 won’t matter.

Meanwhile, midfielders and forwards will also receive rewards for recoveries, making it CBIRT. Rack up 12 of these in a match and two extra player points will arrive. Again, any CBIRTs beyond 12 won’t matter.

What is a block in FPL?

According to the official Opta definition:

When an outfield player blocks an attempt on goal from an opposition player. If the attempt is going wide of the goal, then no block is awarded.

READ MORE: What is an Opta clearance?
READ MORE: What is an Opta interception?
READ MORE: What is an Opta recovery?
READ MORE: What is an Opta tackle?

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