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

Price Change Predictions

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

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	92.3%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	90.0%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	99.1%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	94.2%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	80.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	90.2%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	69.3%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	87.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	59.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	85.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	82.5%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	80.6%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	79.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.7%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.2%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	77.8%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	51.5%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.7%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	58.7%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.8%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	63.2%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	54.6%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.1%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	55.8%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	56.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	42.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	47.3%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.6%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	40.6%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	31.6%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	28.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	34.5%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	33.0%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	39.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	69.2%	Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	97.6%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	98.9%	Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	91.3%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.2%	Maybe
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	93.4%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.1%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	92.4%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.5%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	90.1%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.7%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	89.7%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	92.4%	Unlikely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.3%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	89.8%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	88.1%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.0%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	89.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.2%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	79.9%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	85.3%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	86.4%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	82.6%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.0%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	82.6%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	72.8%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	78.9%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	80.9%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	82.9%	Unlikely
Alcaraz	EVE	5.2m	83.0%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	82.8%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	80.3%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.0%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	80.0%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	81.8%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	77.0%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	79.0%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
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 recovery in FPL?

According to the official Opta definition:

This is where a player recovers the ball in a situation where neither team has possession or where the ball has been played directly to him by an opponent, thus securing possession for their team.

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

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