FPL Gameweek 21 Scout Picks: Three double-ups

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Van de Ven	TOT	4.5m	101.7%	Very Likely
Collins	BRE	4.9m	94.4%	Maybe
Garner	EVE	5.1m	92.7%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.8m	90.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	82.0%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	77.4%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	86.7%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.3m	80.8%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	83.6%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	79.9%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	78.5%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.1m	71.4%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.0m	66.0%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	62.8%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.9m	59.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	61.2%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	58.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	56.0%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	56.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	52.0%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	50.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	51.4%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	49.5%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	48.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	45.6%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	44.0%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.6m	37.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.7m	40.1%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	41.7%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	41.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	38.1%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	37.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	36.9%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	36.5%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	36.2%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	35.9%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	35.2%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	34.8%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	34.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cucurella	CHE	6.1m	102.1%	Very Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	101.8%	Very Likely
Baleba	BHA	4.6m	100.3%	Very Likely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	100.4%	Very Likely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	100.3%	Very Likely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	99.3%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	99.3%	Maybe
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	98.4%	Maybe
Tosin	CHE	4.1m	96.0%	Maybe
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	97.3%	Maybe
Bergvall	TOT	5.3m	96.5%	Maybe
Kudus	TOT	6.4m	93.5%	Maybe
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	93.5%	Unlikely
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	92.0%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	93.0%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	90.8%	Unlikely
Bettinelli	MCI	3.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Sangaré	NFO	4.9m	89.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	90.2%	Unlikely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	89.7%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	89.4%	Unlikely
Fraser	WOL	4.3m	87.8%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.7m	87.2%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.1m	86.4%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.2m	85.9%	Unlikely
Abdullahi	SUN	4.3m	85.5%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	83.2%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.3m	83.1%	Unlikely
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	83.6%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	82.0%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.3m	81.5%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	79.8%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	80.0%	Unlikely
Masuaku	SUN	3.9m	79.6%	Unlikely
Marsh	CRY	4.5m	79.2%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	5.0m	79.8%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	71.1%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	79.4%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	A
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:39am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

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

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:31am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Up	Watkins	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Down	Thiago	BRE	C

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:38am

Prior to the FA Cup being forced upon us this weekend, it is time for another set of Scout Picks.

As usual, we are limited by certain restrictions.

An £83.0m budget for our starting XI
An overall squad limit of £100.0m
No more than three players per team

GAMEWEEK 21 SCOUT PICKS

GOALKEEPER

FPL pre-season: Kelleher + Schade injury updates, Henry starts

Brentford’s home encounter with Sunderland hands Caoimhin Kelleher (£4.5m) a spot between the sticks. The Black Cats are in decent form, having suffered only one defeat in their last eight matches; however, they have scored a mere five goals away from home this season, which is fewer than all teams bar Wolverhampton Wanderers. Additionally, Sunderland have the lowest expected goals (xG) tally in the division.

It explains why Kelleher, who is on a run of two clean sheets in four matches, has been chosen for the Scout Picks.

DEFENDERS

FPL notes: Gabriel hauls, why Saliba was a sub + Livramento injury 3

Gabriel Magalhaes (£6.6m) has three goals, two assists and eight clean sheets in just 14 appearances this season, with his average of 8.1 points per start surpassing that of every other regular starting defender. Arsenal are up against champions Liverpool on Thursday, but are still one of the bookies’ favourites to keep a clean sheet in Gameweek 21. Boasting the joint-most shut-outs (nine) and fewest expected goals conceded (xGC) in the division (14.9), it’s easy to see why we have once more chosen to include an Arsenal defender.

We’ve also opted for James Tarkowski (£5.6m) as Everton welcome Wolves to the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Toffees have kept eight clean sheets in 2025/26, and with their visitors registering only two points on their travels, David Moyes’ side will be looking to quickly bounce back from Sunday’s setback against Brentford. With 28 defensive contribution (DefCon) points to his name already, Tarkowski could have a profitable week.

Another DefCon magnet, Marcos Senesi (£4.8m) makes a Scout Picks return for Bournemouth’s home match against Tottenham Hotspur. Thomas Frank’s side have scored just one goal in their last three away matches and could be without influential attacker Mohammed Kudus (£6.4m). Bournemouth, meanwhile, have the fifth-best defence on home turf, having conceded only nine times in 10 matches at the Vitality Stadium.

Above: Teams sorted by goals conceded (GC) in 2025/26 (home matches only)

MIDFIELDERS

FPL notes: Cherki stars, Dyche on Jesus + £4.0m ‘keeper starts again

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