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Goals + assists imminent! Who is ‘due’ in FPL Gameweek 23?

21 January 2026 116 comments
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You’ve probably heard about Joe’s much-liked ‘Goals Imminent’ table. You might listen to his and Marc’s Fantasy Football Scout podcast of the same name. Now, Goals Imminent is here in article form!

Heading towards Gameweek 23 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL), these Members Area statistics identify some underachieving players who look ‘due’ for a goal and/or assist.

Naturally, we’ll attempt to assess whether they’re unlucky, suffering a rare blip, or just aren’t particularly good.

LAST WEEK’S SUCCESSES… AND FAILURES

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While there was optimism that several ‘template’ names were on our goals table – such as Erling Haaland (£15.1m), Phil Foden (£8.6m), Bukayo Saka (£10.1m) and Morgan Rogers (£7.7m) – nobody found the back of the net.

In fact, due to injuries, benchings and half-time removals, only four of the nine players exceeded 45 minutes.

Elsewhere, Marcus Edwards (£4.7m) and Patrick Dorgu (£4.3m) scored, exceeding their predicted assists.

GOALS IMMINENT

The first table shows players who’ve accumulated at least eight shots over the latest four Gameweeks, but scored no more than one goal.

We have ranked the players by xG delta, too.

 

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The rest of this article below is completely free to read but requires a Fantasy Football Scout user account for access – you can get yours at no cost here

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  1. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    42 mins ago

    After this week I'm tempted to move Guimares on.
    Other midfielders are Palmer Enzo Bruno Rice.

    Would you go for Rogers or Mbeumo? Or just hold?

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    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 min ago

      Both are decent picks. Fixtures vs Form.

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  2. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    36 mins ago

    Saka owners what's your plan?Sell for Palmer?Fernandes can wait a week.

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    1. z13
        30 mins ago

        sell to bruno next week

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      • Craigsimpson
        • 1 Year
        1 min ago

        Finally sold for Bruno yesterday, bored of his nothing performances and not even guaranteed 90 mins anymore. So guaranteed score a hattrick against United.

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    2. LarkyTown
      • 14 Years
      30 mins ago

      Never thought I'd see the day when I had five Man City players in the upcoming gameweek against one the worst ever PL teams and not be that confident of a decent return

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    3. Vasshin
      • 7 Years
      30 mins ago

      Verbuggen
      Gabriel Timber OReilly
      Foden Semenyo Rice Rogers
      Haaland Thiago Bowen
      Dubravka Gordon Andersen Esteve

      Last few weeks have been terrible for me

      After Chelsea’s game today, I am doing
      OReilly to Chalobah

      After this weekend game, I am doing
      Foden to Bruno F

      Who else should I change?

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      1. Conners
        • 7 Years
        24 mins ago

        Are you on WC - if not, how many FTs and how much ITB?

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        1. Vasshin
          • 7 Years
          17 mins ago

          5 ft this week. 1.1 in bank

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          1. Brosstan
            • 11 Years
            3 mins ago

            Sitting there with O'Reilly, Foden and Gordon and 5FTs is a sign of actually being too patient.

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          2. Conners
            • 7 Years
            2 mins ago

            I'd downgrade Bowen to a cheap 3rd forward (Kroupi/Mane) then bring in Boomo or Enzo for Gordon next weekend.

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      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        15 mins ago

        You have one of those rare teams imo that doesn't need to WC in 24 esp with 5 FTs.

        I'd probably look at Gordon + O'Reilly > Enzo + Chalobah, benching Bowen. And then next week your team is basically there with Fernandes in for Foden.

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        1. Vasshin
          • 7 Years
          7 mins ago

          Isn’t Enzo ill or sick, what is his chances of starting this weekend?

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          1. Camzy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            just now

            I think he's likely to play. Just rested in Europe but ofc we could find out more later that changes that status.

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    4. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      16 mins ago

      Why are people so obsessed with Palmer? How long can he be in garbage form before people stop seeing him as a real option? Seeing him in a lot of WCs or people selling Saka to accomodate him (not a fan of Saka as a pick but hes way better than Palmer).

      I hope he gets into form because he would definitely be a good pick from 24 but hes shown nothing.

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      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        16 mins ago

        actually less than nothing as he cant even string together a good run of minutes 2 games in a row.

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      2. PhillyBoy
        • 8 Years
        just now

        I keep thinking J. Pedro is the sleeper pick for Chelsea's sick fixture run.

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    5. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      just now

      Would you do VVD to Chalo this week?
      Just it means that I can't move Ekitike to a mid or switch Saka Potts to Rice Enzo for free next week.
      Thoughts?

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