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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	97.7%	Likely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	99.4%	Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	96.6%	Likely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	93.5%	Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	98.3%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	96.0%	Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	101.6%	Very Likely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	96.5%	Likely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	86.7%	Likely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	69.1%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	95.3%	Maybe
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	86.0%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	93.3%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	63.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	77.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	80.4%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	77.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	65.3%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	76.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	20.1%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	66.2%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	58.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	67.9%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	30.8%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	41.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.4%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	49.4%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	31.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	63.6%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	59.1%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.7m	29.4%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	50.2%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	52.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.8%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	45.9%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	45.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	52.5%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.7m	39.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	52.6%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	47.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	157.3%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.2m	108.0%	Very Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	110.6%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	107.9%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	107.0%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	106.4%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.1m	83.1%	Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	103.9%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	102.8%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	103.0%	Very Likely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	90.1%	Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	102.3%	Very Likely
Ajer	BRE	4.4m	99.2%	Likely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	96.3%	Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	101.1%	Very Likely
March	BHA	5.8m	99.1%	Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	100.4%	Very Likely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.3m	85.5%	Likely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	98.1%	Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.3%	Very Likely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	95.4%	Maybe
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	98.4%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	98.6%	Maybe
James	LEE	5.3m	96.8%	Maybe
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	96.5%	Maybe
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	78.4%	Maybe
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	94.5%	Maybe
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	94.1%	Maybe
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	94.2%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	95.0%	Maybe
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	94.4%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	89.3%	Unlikely
Doucouré	CRY	4.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	91.2%	Unlikely
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.6m	84.3%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	90.1%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	87.3%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	94.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Down	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
Up	Keane	EVE	Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Sus
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Down	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

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