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3 February 2026 238 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 25 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

FPL notes: Foden + Cherki shine in another Haaland blank 2

The name on top of Gameweek 24’s list, Kevin Schade (£7.1m), instead received a straight red card at Villa Park! He’ll miss the next two league matches.

Things were better for Rayan Cherki (£6.6m) and Jarrod Bowen (£7.6m), though. We spoke about the Frenchman being more about setting up goals, rather than netting for himself, but he put Manchester City ahead on Sunday afternoon, played in by Erling Haaland (£15.0m).

Bowen has two goals in two, pushing him off this week’s table.

Yet the main successes came from predicted assistors, despite only six of the nine being able to play.

Casemiro (£5.5m) and Pascal Gross (£5.5m) registered 13 and 12 points, respectively, while Crysencio Summerville (£5.5m) scored for the third time in a row.

GOALS IMMINENT

 

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  1. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Who should I replace DCL with?

    A) Ekitike
    B) Bowen

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      A

    2. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      A

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Is he injured?

      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 13 hours ago

        No, he's juts not scoring

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 13 hours ago

          Fair

    4. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      A

  2. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Life's come down to scouting Gyokeres as a pick for a DGW.

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      0 touches so far

    2. MJF
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Rather go with just two Arsenal than pay his price.

    3. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Operation scout Gyokeres completed with no new takeaways.

  3. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Stick or twist with Rogers?

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Stick imo

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      You know if you twist he’ll double digit haul in the next game, if you’re willing to accept that?

      1. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 13 hours ago

        Not really lol. Will keep.

      2. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 13 hours ago

        Mbeumo is even more capable to do that(?)

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      I want to have Mbeumo. Looks like I can't sell Rice, Bruno is certainly a keep. Enzo also. That leaves me Anderson and Rogers. Anderson is much cheaper, on corners and managed to get 7 points without A or G.

    4. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Stick

    5. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Stick until after gw28

      1. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Thanks all

  4. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Dutch Chelsea forward Liam de Lap in pretty pants…

  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    pedro looks really sharp

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Yup

  6. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Who to sell first and for who?

    1. Xhaka - would have 5.3m to spend
    2. VdV - would have 4.8m to spend

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Xhaka > Anderson

      Or

      VdV > SUN def, Cash or Aina

      Depends on your team

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 13 hours ago

        Yeah thinking Anderson or KDH and VdV being bench fodder…

        1. Jigger & Pony
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          Check their GW31 fixture as the full bench will be in use that GW. Fulham has BUR in case you want to do VdV > Andersen.

          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 12 hours ago

            Cheers J&P

  7. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Corner FC…

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Chelsea pushed four players out to half way line, so Bottle Job FC had to drop players back….teams now have a strategy…

  8. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    From having a plethora of choice, England’s midfield suddenly wobbling - Saka, Palmer, Foden, Rogers, Bellingham all picking up regular injuries or off form.

    Jordan Henderson nailed for WC Group stages….

    1. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Rice and We to save the blushes

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 13 hours ago

        *Eze

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Elliott Anderson should be a guaranteed starter

    3. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Reckon Kobbie Mainoo might sneak in to the squad…

    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      🙂 although if hendo helps fire brentford to a european spot this season who could deny him a place in the squad at least

    5. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Rogers scored like 4 days ago?

  9. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Scary how all of Palmer, Saka, Eze, Rogers, Bellingham and Foden are all out of form 😆

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      World Cup pressure already getting to them…

    2. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Gordon total crap too

      1. MVDP
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        … and Kalvin Philips.

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    no risk taking this half at all. ET on the cards?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Only been about two SoT…

  11. MVDP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Good chess match this.

    Kasparov or Karpov for the DGW?

    1. Stevie B
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 13 hours ago

      Kasparov

      1. MVDP
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Kasparov and Ruy Lopez (-4) ?

        1. Stevie B
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          I think only Kasparov.

          1. MVDP
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 12 hours ago

            Thanks

            1. Stevie B
              • 15 Years
              1 month, 12 hours ago

              You are welcome. Good luck!

        2. panda07
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          Nigel Shortt

          1. MVDP
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 12 hours ago

            I played against Nigel Short as a schoolboy. True story.

            1. panda07
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              1 month, 12 hours ago

              Was he a schoolboy at the time too?

              1. MVDP
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 1 Year
                1 month, 12 hours ago

                Yes. Three years younger than me if I remember right. He was playing for a schoolboy club called Atherleigh between Atherton and Leigh near Manchester.

                1. panda07
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  1 month, 12 hours ago

                  I wasn’t sure if you played against him in chess or football!

                  1. MVDP
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 1 Year
                    1 month, 12 hours ago

                    I may as well have been playing football. Battered me with less than two minutes on his clock.

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Cheeky Capablanca punt for me

      1. MVDP
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Is he not a bit of a gambit ?

    3. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Alexander Alekhine in defence!

      1. MVDP
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Good moves.

  12. Stevie B
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 13 hours ago

    Is Saliba or Timber better as second Arsenal defender?

    Thank you and good luck!

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Timber more ‘exciting’ pick…

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Timber. Saliba never seems to get any attacking returns or DC

  13. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    Enzo close…good save

  14. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    Saka to Palmer?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      That’s like moving from one hospital ward into another…

    2. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Not Palmer. Get Enzo

  15. Letsgo!
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    So saka will be out for a few weeks?
    Saka to brunoF?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Should already have BrunoF…do it

  16. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    Eze & Gyok ghosts

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Two horrible transfers. Gyok is an awful player. Eze should never have gone to this dullard side where you arent allowed to attack.

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Sure they’ll be sobbing into their league medals

        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          Why does this dumb argument always crop up when someone is playing poorly in a winning team? Im sure they wont, doesnt change the fact that they have been shite.

          1. x.jim.x
            • 11 Years
            1 month, 12 hours ago

            I was talking about Eze

          2. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 12 hours ago

            thats not the argument though. the argument being countered was your point that he never shd have gone to arsenal. Im sure eze is happier with his choice of arsenal over palace and spurs

            1. Brosstan
              • 11 Years
              1 month, 12 hours ago

              And Grealish was probably happier going to City and winning trophies but it was a huge loss for the league and football as a whole.

              1. Feanor
                • 16 Years
                1 month, 12 hours ago

                Grealish wasn't actually very good at Everton.

                1. Brosstan
                  • 11 Years
                  1 month, 12 hours ago

                  I dont believe anyone thinks he has been particularly good at Everton.

    2. MJF
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      The worst thing about the Eze move is that we no longer get to enjoy watching him play. Always used to look forward to seeing him entertain, now he barely appears.

  17. Stevie B
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    Is this team good to go or what is the problem with it?

    Pope, Dubravka
    Gabriel, Timber/Saliba, Chalobah, Guehi, Alderete
    B. Fernandes, Rice, Wilson, Enzo, Roger
    Haaland, Joao Pedro, Calvert-Levin

    Thank you and good luck!

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      That’s almost my clone Palmer/Enzo Kelleher/Pope with Timber.

      I’m looking at Ekitike & either Wirtz/Semenyo/Enzo

      Think that’s the best defenders available 😉

      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Missed Muki/Alder

  18. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    JP rinsing Saliba at every chance

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      You need to find the meaning of 'rinsing' in footballing terms, you have no idea about

      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Spot the Arsenal fan, he’s having him on toast

        1. Winging it
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          That's not the same thing you said originally. He's been winning the battle against Saliba but has only had 1 shot which was blocked.

    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Wowzer, how many shots has he had? Must have created a few chances at least?

      1. Winging it
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        1 blocked shot and zero chances created.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          Surprised Saliba didn’t retire at halftime

          1. Winging it
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 12 hours ago

    3. Winging it
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      He hasn't been rinsing him

  19. MVDP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    Well that’s 46 minutes of my life I won’t get back.

  20. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 12 hours ago

    Cannot afford to lose if youre going to be this pragmatic at home, again. interesting 45(or more) mins to come

    gone from beating top teams playing attacking football in 22/23,23/24 seasons to this unwatchable stuff every time there is a big team

    1. MJF
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Jose formula. Draw with the bigger sides, beat the rest. In cups hope for a pen or something.

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        with jose formula you cannot afford to lose, which was my point. in previous seasons mentioned, contrary to come opinions, arsenal played highly entertaining football, and were up against a to city team. I think winning one of ucl or premier league is absolutely necessary this season. anything less than that shd be grounds for sacking

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 6 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          top city team*

    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Arteta got scared of playing decent football after getting pumped by City. Obviously worked out this season because the big teams are having stinkers, but was a huge gamble to risk losing the matchgoers playing dead football and not winning anything

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        the football was working against the top teams though. it was the random defeats to the likes of fulham westham bournemouth etc that cost the leagues. that is something thats undoubtedly improved this season

  21. BR510
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Is Saka a sell this week? Or hold

      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Bench or sell more like

      2. Stevie B
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        I think that he is a sell.

      3. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Get rid

      4. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        dump him

    • tucaoneo
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Can't wait to cap Madueke for the DGW and get 8 points

    • Sir Michael Taker
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Obviously a crap game but above all else Liam Delap looks so out of his depth out there tonight. Like he won a prize to play

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        him and gyokeres look very similar

        1. Sir Michael Taker
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          I think considering hes supposed to be this big target guy Delap has literally lost every duel hes been in. I'm not sure what he brings to the party

    • JBG
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      Delap more YCs then goals for Chelsea it feels.

    • brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 12 hours ago

      You should be booked for rolling over more than once it’s pathetic

    • Basileus
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Is Saka dropping tonight?

        1. brianutd-why always we? 20
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          No

        2. Goro Majima
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          LiveFPL seems to suggest he might.

          1. brianutd-why always we? 20
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 11 hours ago

            Might not

      • F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        does look like rosenior likes a midfield of caicedo, santos and enzo

      • fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        If you think Arteta's defensive side was on display in the first half, wait till you watch what he does in the last 20.

        1. Sir Michael Taker
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 12 hours ago

          Doesnt need to. Chelsea have been very timid. One hollywood save for Kepa.

      • g40steve
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        Gusto no need to cheat

      • Sir Michael Taker
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 12 hours ago

        That sums up the problem there. Sanchez claims the cross, counter attack on but JP is in his own half and nobody in advance. They've played a great game if they were coming for a point in the league but Chelsea need a goal and have offered nothing in offence at all.