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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	8.5m	106.5%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	101.8%	Very Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	94.9%	Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	97.9%	Likely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	89.4%	Maybe
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	87.8%	Maybe
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	89.4%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	86.3%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	80.4%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	78.6%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.7%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	84.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	73.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	62.7%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	69.8%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	62.2%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	67.8%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	67.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	65.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	64.7%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	63.0%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	63.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	59.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	60.6%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	56.8%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	55.7%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	54.3%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.2%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	53.3%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	52.3%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	52.5%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	47.6%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.0m	41.7%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.0%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	45.9%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	43.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Muñoz	CRY	6.0m	102.4%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	100.4%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	93.8%	Likely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.7m	100.5%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.3%	Very Likely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	100.0%	Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.2%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	100.0%	Maybe
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	98.2%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	97.0%	Maybe
H.Bueno	WOL	4.4m	97.3%	Maybe
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	97.1%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.9%	Maybe
Toti	WOL	4.3m	96.8%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	94.9%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	94.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.8%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	91.3%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.0%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	93.1%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	93.1%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.3%	Unlikely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	91.2%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	91.4%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	91.1%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	91.5%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.1%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	89.6%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.3m	71.5%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	89.1%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	88.2%	Unlikely
Jensen	BRE	4.9m	87.7%	Unlikely
Kudus	TOT	6.5m	84.6%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.2%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	88.3%	Unlikely
Edwards	BUR	4.7m	87.6%	Unlikely

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

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