The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 1

	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

FPL GW15 Scout Picks

Verbruggen

Tarkowski
Muñoz
Thiaw

Foden
Bruno Guimarães
Bruno Fernandes
Minteh

Woltemade
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
O’Reilly
Andersen
Damsgaard

GW15 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	157.2%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	114.4%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	101.4%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	90.8%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	94.7%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	96.6%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	85.0%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	80.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	83.8%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	81.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	80.2%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	77.0%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.8%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	67.7%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	74.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	70.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.7%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	69.7%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	64.4%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.1%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.6%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.0%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.3%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	50.2%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	52.0%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.4%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	42.7%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	41.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	41.8%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.6%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	41.4%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	43.0%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	114.5%	Very Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	120.5%	Very Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.9%	Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	99.0%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	98.2%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	96.3%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	95.9%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	93.7%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.5%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.9%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	93.8%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	92.2%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.5%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	90.9%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	91.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	91.0%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.7%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	84.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	87.2%	Unlikely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	82.1%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.2%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.7%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.7%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.0%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.0%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	82.5%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	83.2%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	82.9%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	81.8%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	82.0%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	80.9%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.7%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	81.3%	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

GW15 Chip Poll

Scout Squad

The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 1

13 August 2025 665 comments

Skonto Rigga

With new Fantasy Premier League (FPL) rules and new arrivals to consider, the Scout Squad are back ahead of Gameweek 1.

This week and every week, our in-house team of Sam, Marc, Tom and Neale will discuss who they think the best FPL players are for the upcoming Gameweek in isolation.

Only five players have been given universal backing for the opening weekend…

MORE ABOUT THE SCOUT SQUAD

The focus is only on the upcoming Gameweek with the Scout Squad, so there’s no medium-term planning involved.

The players who get the most votes are much more likely to make the Scout Picks, although the final XI can’t exceed £83.0m – so occasionally, cheaper alternatives have to be found.

Each of our writers must meet the following requirements for this feature:

At least one sub-£5.0m goalkeeper
At least one sub-£5.0m defender
At least one sub-£6.0m midfielder
At least one sub-£7.0m forward
No more than three players from the same club

SCOUT SQUAD: BEST FPL PLAYERS FOR GAMEWEEK 1

The rest of this article below is completely free to read but requires a Fantasy Football Scout user account for access – you can get yours at no cost here

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Manani
3 months, 23 days ago
Sels Dub
NWilliams Porro Cucu Diouf Rondon
Reij Witrz Salah Palmer Sarr
Watkins Guiu Pedro

thoughts?
thinking Reij > Kudus, but triple spurs feels a bit too much
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1. cravencottage
  3 months, 23 days ago
  dont do triple Spurs - team looks good
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2. cravencottage
  3 months, 23 days ago
  I take it you arent BB GW1
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3. Camzy
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Pretty template team. Not much to say really.
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4. Kingy109
  3 months, 23 days ago
  I think that team is 0.5 mil over budget if it is the Palace Sarr and I wouldn't want play Guiu or the Spurs Sarr every week.
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cravencottage
3 months, 23 days ago
Thoughts on Minteh? To me he seems the best of the 5.5 or 6.0 MF
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1. The Mighty Hippo
  3 months, 23 days ago
  I think either of Minteh or Rutter should do very well. It's hard to choose between them though.
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2. Camzy
  3 months, 23 days ago
  No interest. Rutter seems better from the same team. And I'm not a huge fan of him either. I like Anderson, Reijnders at 5.5m. I like Sarr at 6.5m.
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  1. Weeb Kakashi
    3 months, 23 days ago
    Sarr or Kudus for the long term?
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3. Jrot94
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Why no love for Mitoma, he feels much safer than rutted/etc? I like him
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spikkis
3 months, 23 days ago
Sanchez
Milenkovic Porro Williams

Palmer Fernandes Rogers Georginio Anderson

Haaland (c) Watkins

Dubravka Andersen Guiu Esteve

1m itb what to imporove?
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1. Topbe
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Williams to 6m like cucurella?
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ball c
3 months, 23 days ago
12 of my 15 confirmed:

Currently have questions marks over:

Rutter
Dewsbury-Hall
Mateta

Options to replace aren’t guaranteed 90 mins:

Rjinders (new to league, rotation).
Anderson (doesn’t interest me)
Pedro (already have Cucu and Palmer)

Thoughts? Keep the original 3?
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1. Heskey Time
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Also struggling with my cheap midfielder.
  
  Currently between Dewsbury-hall, Anderson, Reijnders, Tielemans, Rutter, Minteh
  
  Was on Anderson but Mcatee joining and possibly taking corners is putting me off.
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  1. ball c
    3 months, 23 days ago
    Dewsbury Hall - looked very good in the recent friendly and played number 10. Up against promoted team on a Monday night
    
    If I was to rate that list, I would choose:
    
    1) KDH
    2) Ritter
    3) Rejinders (2 & 3 can’t separate)
    4) Minteh
    5) Tielemans
    6) A
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    1. The Pretender
      3 months, 23 days ago
      KDH with xMins competition at 10 from Grealish and Ndiaye now. Should be locked into the 8 role which isn't a bad thing, but very little DC chance historically.
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Emiliano Sala
3 months, 23 days ago
Everyone thinks their team is the best one right?
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1. Baps Hunter
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Mine isn't yet. And I think has too risky structure with only one starting fwd. I am also having difficulties to fit Wirtz, Watkins and Bruno.
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FDMS All Starz
3 months, 23 days ago
Which combo?

A) B)
Salah Saka
Drewsbury-Hall Gakpo
Fullkrug Evanilson
Richards Munoz
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1. The Pretender
  3 months, 23 days ago
  That layout nearly broke me, but I will go A. If you're going a super early WC, B probably wins but only over the first say 3 weeks.
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2. FDMS All Starz
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Fail
  
  A)
  Salah, Drewsbury-Hall, Fullkrug, Richards
  
  B)
  Saka, Gakpo, Evanilson, Munoz
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  1. The Pretender
    3 months, 23 days ago
    Okay thats better, same answer !
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    1. FDMS All Starz
      3 months, 23 days ago
      Cheers
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  2. Baps Hunter
    3 months, 23 days ago
    B
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Weeb Kakashi
3 months, 23 days ago
Salah Palmer Gakpo Rogers *****
**** ****** Guiu

Best option

A Kudus Watkins Gyokeres
B Saka Bowen Jimenez/JSL

On A at the moment. Can always do Palmer> Saka in GW2. I am on FH in GW3.
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pricycle
3 months, 23 days ago
Tielemans+Haaland
Or
Palmer+Watkins?
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LeytonOrient
3 months, 23 days ago
10m to fill 2 final spots, FWD + MID

A. Beto + Ramsey
B. Guiu + Andersen
C. Kroupi Jnr + Wilson (FUL)
D. Other combo

1 will play and the other will be on the bench.
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football
3 months, 23 days ago
Think I’ve settled any advice?

Sanchez , (Dubravka)

Van De Ven Aina Dorgu (Esteve, Konsa)

Salah Palmer, Bruno F, Anderson, Ndiaye

J Pedro , O Watkins (Guiu)
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Bacon3339
3 months, 23 days ago
Kudus (or another 6.5 or lower) and Murillo or Rogers and Neco? Seems my last big decision.
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