FPL 2025/26 team previews: Nottm Forest – Best players, DC magnets + more

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	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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	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

After five 0-0 draws in pre-season, is it a case of backing Nottingham Forest defenders and ignoring their attackers in Fantasy Premier League (FPL)?

Forest are the last club to be profiled in our series of team previews.

From best picks and defensive contributions (DC) magnets to fixture analysis and an early predicted XI, our latest offering to Members focuses on Eddie Howe’s troops.

NOTTM FOREST: REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

DEFENSIVE PROWESS

Brighton/Forest - but no guarantee of Blank Gameweek 34

Five clean sheets in seven pre-season games suggests Forest aren’t going to venture far from the usual playbook this season.

Nuno Espirito Santo has repeatedly commented in the past about a solid defence being a priority for his sides, something that was clearly in evidence last season.

A tally of 13 clean sheets was trumped only by Liverpool, while 46 goals conceded was joint-sixth-best.

The City Ground was a fortress, indeed, with no Premier League keeping more clean sheets (eight) or conceding fewer goals (16) than Forest on their own soil.

OPENING FIXTURES

Usually we have a separate section in our team previews for a fixture outlook but given that one of the main draws of Forest players in Gameweek 1 is a favourable opening schedule, it’s worth mentioning it early on.

Brentford’s attack has been stripped away over the summer. Palace will be in UEFA Conference League action less than 72 hours before Gameweek 2. West Ham United were thumped 3-0 at the City Ground last season. Newly promoted Burnley and Sunderland follow in Gameweeks 5 and 6.

There’s only the Arsenal match in Gameweek 4 that looks off-putting.

Given how much of a flat-track bully Forest were last season (12 wins in 14 against the bottom seven, see below), targeting the fixtures is a valid play.

READ MORE: Jump on, jump off: Best FPL fixture runs for all 20 clubs

NOTTM FOREST: REASONS TO BE FEARFUL

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