Zophar’s FPL Gameweek 9 Wildcard team

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
Up	Mateta	CRY	A, Vs
Up	Woltemade	NEW	A
No Change	Gyokeres	ARS	C
Down	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

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Sanchez

Gabriel Magalhães
Richards
Konaté
Senesi

Bruno Fernandes
Saka
Fernández
Semenyo

Haaland
Mateta

Mamardashvili
Reinildo
Potts
Guiu

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gabriel	ARS	6.6m	102.1%	Very Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.7m	97.3%	Maybe
Xhaka	SUN	5.1m	97.3%	Maybe
Cherki	MCI	6.3m	92.7%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	88.1%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.1m	87.6%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	86.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	85.9%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	6.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.8m	77.7%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	77.6%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	77.4%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	74.9%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.5m	73.3%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	72.6%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	63.0%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.4m	55.9%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	7.9m	52.6%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	6.3m	50.1%	Unlikely
Acheampong	CHE	3.9m	49.9%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	48.6%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	45.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.1m	44.9%	Unlikely
Garnacho	CHE	6.4m	44.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	44.8%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.5m	42.3%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	39.2%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.6m	39.2%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	38.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	37.8%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	37.0%	Unlikely
Estêvão	CHE	6.5m	36.9%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	35.9%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	35.6%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	35.5%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.9m	35.6%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.5m	34.1%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.5m	33.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Jörgensen	CHE	4.4m	98.1%	Maybe
Weiss	BUR	4.4m	98.0%	Maybe
Gillespie	NEW	4.0m	97.9%	Maybe
Wright	AVL	4.0m	97.9%	Maybe
Matthews	CRY	4.0m	97.8%	Maybe
Estève	BUR	4.0m	97.8%	Maybe
Lecomte	FUL	4.0m	97.8%	Maybe
Møller Wolfe	WOL	4.4m	97.8%	Maybe
Burrowes	AVL	4.5m	97.3%	Maybe
Hee Chan	WOL	5.8m	97.5%	Maybe
Eyestone	BRE	4.0m	97.2%	Maybe
Mudryk	CHE	5.0m	97.0%	Maybe
R.Gomes	WOL	4.5m	96.7%	Maybe
Bernardo	MCI	6.3m	94.9%	Unlikely
Morato	NFO	4.4m	94.3%	Unlikely
Maddison	TOT	6.9m	94.3%	Unlikely
Fraser	WOL	4.4m	93.9%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.9m	92.7%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.7m	92.1%	Unlikely
Fredricson	MUN	3.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Johnson	TOT	6.7m	90.0%	Unlikely
Hladký	BUR	4.0m	89.4%	Unlikely
Elanga	NEW	6.7m	89.2%	Unlikely
J.Fletcher	MUN	4.4m	88.5%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.4m	88.5%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	88.0%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.8m	87.6%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	4.0m	87.6%	Unlikely
Hudson-Odoi	NFO	5.8m	86.6%	Unlikely
Iroegbunam	EVE	4.9m	86.5%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.9m	86.1%	Unlikely
Danns	LIV	4.4m	85.2%	Unlikely
Mitoma	BHA	6.2m	85.1%	Unlikely
Boscagli	BHA	4.3m	85.2%	Unlikely
J.Cuenca	FUL	4.4m	84.5%	Unlikely
Chirewa	WOL	4.4m	83.9%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.3m	83.7%	Unlikely
Clyne	CRY	3.9m	83.6%	Unlikely
Harrison	LEE	5.2m	83.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	82.7%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Pope	NEW	C
Up	Henderson	CRY	C, Vs
Down	Sanchez	CHE	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 1 Nov, 2025 1:19am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel	ARS	A
Up	Muñoz	CRY	B, Vs
No Change	Senesi	BOU	B
Up	Andersen	FUL	C, Inj
Down	Cucurella	CHE	B
No Change	Burn	NEW	B
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	C
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	de Ligt	MUN	C
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, £

Last updated: 1 Nov, 2025 1:29am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
No Change	Salah	LIV	C
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B, Vs
Up	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	C
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Down	Kudus	TOT	B
Down	Reijnders	MCI	C
Up	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Xhaka	SUN	B, £

Last updated: 1 Nov, 2025 1:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
Up	Mateta	CRY	A, Vs
Up	Woltemade	NEW	A
No Change	Gyokeres	ARS	C
Down	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

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Zophar’s FPL Gameweek 9 Wildcard team

24 October 2025 289 comments

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With the next Fantasy Premier League (FPL) deadline nearing, we’re hearing from our panel of guest writers. Here, eight-time top 10k finisher Zophar reveals his Gameweek 9 Wildcard team.

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DEFENCE

As shown in the image above, Daniel Munoz (£5.6m) and Jurrien Timber (£6.0m) are by far the most attacking defenders in the league, with this duo being the only pair to manage over 2.5 non-penalty expected goal involvement (NPxGI) so far.

Riccardo Calafiori (£5.8m) comes close, but after that, there is a significant drop-off to the others.

Marcos Senesi (£5.0m) also features favourably, which further enhances his appeal given the numerous criteria he meets – nailed minutes, solid defence, potential for defensive contributions (DefCon), likelihood of earning bonus points and attacking threat.

Gabriel Magalhaes‘ (£6.4m) qualities are well known to FPL managers already. He’s arguably the second name on the team sheet after Erling Haaland (£14.7m).

So the four defenders I want to prioritise are clear to me – Gabriel, Timber, Senesi and Munoz, probably in that order.

The fifth spot will be a £4.0m defender. With so much value in that price bracket this season, it’s close between Joe Rodon (£4.1m) and Nordi Mukiele (£4.1m).

Mukiele averages 12.50 DefCons per 90 minutes (p90), ranking him as the third-highest defender in the league. Thus, his DefCon potential is excellent.

Rodon averages 8.5 DefCons p90, which is also very good but not as strong as Mukiele.

That being said, I do think the Leeds United defence is a bit better than Sunderland’s, so this is a close one. I don’t think I would play Rodon over Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.6m) this week, and I do like the Mukiele cover for Senesi when Bournemouth are playing away at Manchester City in Gameweek 10, so that might tilt my decision. I think the open play attacking threat from Mukiele is also a factor.

This is one of my late decisions, but for now, I’m set on Mukiele.

ATTACK

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FantasyClub
21 days, 10 hours ago
Lads...benching I.Sarr in favour of playing Ekitike & Thiago is the right call eh?
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1. AC/DC AFC
  21 days, 9 hours ago
  Probably
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Al Pacho
21 days, 9 hours ago
Start 3

A) Gabriel
B) Senesi
C) VDV
D) Esteve
E) Gudmundsson
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Bruno G
21 days, 9 hours ago
Help! On Wildcard, trying to decide on Bruno or Semenyo ( Semenyo would also mean a stronger defence). Any thoughts?
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Stranger Mings
21 days, 9 hours ago
Worth gambling on 1 week punt on Estevao? It's rejinders replacement
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Cruyff's Eleven
21 days, 9 hours ago
If a player is on penalties, but never scores one, is that still considered an upside?

Discuss.
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naill_ic
21 days, 8 hours ago
I have 1 FT and have Foden and Gyokeres. Would you
A) Swap them for Saka/Wolt for a -4
B) Roll my team

Have 3 Arsenal already so can't just do Foden -> Saka
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1. GreennRed
  21 days, 8 hours ago
  A
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Nooruddin
21 days, 8 hours ago
What are the chances to get double game week in the first phase before game week 20?
Hi probability or low or cannot occurr at all?
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1. RedLightning
  21 days, 6 hours ago
  Unlikely, but not impossible.
  
  If Palace reach the EFL Cup quarter-final then they will have two fixtures in GW16 and one of these fixtures will have to be moved to a different Gameweek.
  The quarter-final has to be played before the semi-final in January and Palace do not have any free midweek slots before then, so this would force Palace to move one of their Premier League matches to a new date in the second half of the season.
  
  However, if their quarter-final opponents are another Premier League team, then that team would also have to move a Premier League match from the week in which the quarter-final is played, and that might or might not result in a DGW for that team in the first half.
  
  It is also possible that some other match might be postponed by some other cause such as bad weather and that this might be rearranged to a DGW in the first half.
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  1. Nooruddin
    13 days, 9 hours ago
    Appreciate your response!
    So it's better to wait before I use my chips then. Till which game week worth waiting to get some hint you think?
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    1. RedLightning
      13 days, 8 hours ago
      Palace did beat Liverpool to reach the EFL Cup quarter-final, and now have 4 matches in an eight-day period from 11th to 18th December (two in the Europa Conference League and one in the Premier League as well as the EFL Cup quarter-final).
      I suggested earlier that either the quarter-final match or the Premier League match would have to be moved to a different Gameweek, but this could cause problems later in trying to find a suitable slot for the postponed Premier League match, and it is now thought more likely that the fixtures will remain in situ, there won't be a resulting BGW or DGW, and that Palace will just have to field an Academy team in the EFL Cup quarter-final.
      I still have a Free Hit to play, but I'm saving it for now. It could come in useful during the Christmas period when there may be injuries or mass rotations.
      If I haven't used it earlier then I might play it in Gameweek 19, the last opportunity to do so before it expires and we get a new set of chips in Gameweek 20.
      I might even not play it at all, since using or saving a free transfer then instead might possibly be more valuable.
      Free Hits in single Gameweeks can sometimes go horribly wrong - Chris Atkinson, who had been leading the Mods & Cons mini-league, played his last week and only scored 28 points.
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The Reptile
21 days, 7 hours ago
Bo**cks - just seen that Gabriel is yellow flagged - was planning on BB this week..
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Ribus
21 days, 6 hours ago
A) play Diouf
B) Guehi -> James and bench Diouf

Thanks
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Meechum
21 days, 4 hours ago
Couple Dilemmas:

Start:
A. Joelinton
B. Murphy

Front 2 or Front 3:
1. Ekitike, Kroupi, Estevao
2. Ekitike, Kroupi
3. Ekitike, Estevao

(Estevao is classified as a forward in Sleeper league).
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