FPL notes: Kudus injury, Isidor update + defences on top

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	100.6%	Very Likely
Collins	BRE	4.9m	93.8%	Maybe
Garner	EVE	5.1m	92.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.8m	89.8%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	78.5%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	72.3%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	86.3%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	84.2%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.3m	80.1%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	79.9%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	78.0%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.1m	69.1%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.0m	61.8%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	61.1%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.9m	60.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	61.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	57.6%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	56.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	52.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	51.4%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	50.2%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	48.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	49.4%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	44.1%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	43.9%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.7m	39.6%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	41.2%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	41.2%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.6m	35.5%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	37.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	37.7%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	37.2%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	36.5%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	36.1%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	35.8%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	35.2%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	35.2%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	34.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cucurella	CHE	6.1m	100.9%	Very Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	100.8%	Very Likely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	100.1%	Very Likely
Baleba	BHA	4.6m	100.1%	Very Likely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	100.1%	Very Likely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	100.1%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	99.2%	Maybe
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	98.3%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	97.5%	Maybe
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	97.2%	Maybe
Tosin	CHE	4.1m	95.1%	Maybe
Kudus	TOT	6.4m	92.8%	Maybe
Bergvall	TOT	5.3m	95.9%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	92.4%	Unlikely
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	92.0%	Unlikely
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	92.8%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	90.3%	Unlikely
Bettinelli	MCI	3.9m	90.3%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	89.3%	Unlikely
Fraser	WOL	4.3m	87.6%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.7m	87.1%	Unlikely
Sangaré	NFO	4.9m	87.8%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.1m	86.2%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.2m	86.1%	Unlikely
Abdullahi	SUN	4.3m	85.7%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	82.0%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	84.0%	Unlikely
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	82.2%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.3m	80.6%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	81.1%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	79.8%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	5.0m	79.2%	Unlikely
Masuaku	SUN	3.9m	79.3%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	79.4%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	77.4%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	79.3%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	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

Sunderland made it five matches unbeaten in the league, as they drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon.

Here are our Scout Notes from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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KUDUS INJURY BUT XAVI TO RETURN

Before any of the goals went in, Mohammed Kudus (£6.4m) was forced off with injury. The Ghanaian went down off the ball, clutching his left leg.

Thomas Frank was very brief when he touched upon injury, saying:

“We don’t know how it looks like.” – Thomas Frank on Mohammed Kudus’ injury

Kudus has played a direct role in just under a third of his side’s goals this season, so Spurs will feel his absence immediately.

He joins Destiny Udogie (£4.3m), James Maddison (£6.8m), Dejan Kulusevski (£6.4m) and Dominic Solanke (£7.2m) on the injury list, further weakening Thomas Frank’s options. With Pape Sarr (£4.5m) away at AFCON, Frank now has limited depth across several key areas.

Xavi Simons (£6.5m) at least returns from a ban in Gameweek 21.

ISIDOR OUT, BALLARD IN

Sunderland had an injury blow of their own, with Wilson Isidor (£5.3m) out of the squad.

“It’s a small injury, probably minor. I hope it will be available for Brentford.” – Regis Le Bris on Wilson Isidor

During the first half of the campaign, Isidor netted four times, proving influential in attack. His form however, has slowed since then, and he is without a goal in his previous 10 league outings.

He hasn’t started since Gameweek 15, indeed.

Daniel Ballard (£4.6m) returned, at least.

The Irishman was limited to 24 minutes as a substitute but may come into the thinking against Brentford, especially given the Bees’ aerial strengths. Dennis Cirkin (£4.0m) could drop out.

TWO SIDES WHO ARE BETTER AT THE BACK?

Top half for lowest xG conceded, bottom half for xG. That’s where both Spurs and Sunderland lie this season, so no surprise that Sunday was a game of few clear openings.

A couple of long-range efforts from Mathys Tel (£6.2m) and Trai Hume (£4.5m) were just about worthy of mention, while Enzo Le Fee (£4.9m) hit the post with a header. Nordi Mukiele (£4.3m), redeployed as a right-back in the second half, supplied the cross for that effort. We could see him there again in midweek if Ballard is recalled.

Le Fee at least did get some reward with the assist for Brian Brobbey (£5.5m), who picked up his first return since Gameweek 13.

“He was important because he’s a link player, really versatile, adaptive, so when we need to change the shape, the structure in real-time, he’s always ready to do everything properly. He’s so important for us.” – Regis Le Bris on Enzo Le Fee, who has started every game since Gameweek 5

Earlier, Ben Davies (£4.3m), making his first start of the season, got on the scoresheet after diverting Micky van de Ven’s (£4.5m) effort into the Sunderland net.

Despite the lack of clean sheets here, defenders from both sides are more appealing than their respective attackers.

The likes of Mukiele and van de Ven are very playable in at least two of the next four Gameweeks: