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Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Keane	EVE	B
Up	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Ballard	SUN	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
Down	Struijk	LEE	B, £
Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	98.9%	Likely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	98.9%	Maybe
Gabriel	ARS	7.1m	90.1%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	78.2%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	95.9%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	82.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	89.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	87.3%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	84.7%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	88.2%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	96.5%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	81.6%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.1%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	77.1%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	74.3%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	73.4%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	74.1%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	43.1%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	69.3%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	69.1%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	72.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	65.9%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	65.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	65.6%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.8m	59.1%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	64.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	64.2%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	61.1%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	60.3%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	56.0%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	58.6%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	53.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	52.3%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	52.2%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	50.1%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	49.1%	Unlikely
Havertz	ARS	7.3m	47.1%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	47.2%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.1%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	45.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Iwobi	FUL	6.3m	107.1%	Very Likely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	104.1%	Very Likely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	104.1%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.6m	91.6%	Likely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	98.5%	Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	101.3%	Very Likely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	100.5%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	99.4%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	99.5%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	96.9%	Maybe
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	98.8%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	98.5%	Maybe
Palmer	CHE	10.5m	93.1%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	93.9%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	93.0%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	93.3%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	92.8%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	92.0%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	92.5%	Unlikely
Guéhi	MCI	5.1m	95.0%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	87.5%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	87.7%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	86.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	74.6%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	82.6%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	75.9%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.3%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	78.0%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	78.6%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	78.2%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	75.5%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.4m	73.6%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	72.4%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	69.6%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	70.7%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	C
Up	Roefs	SUN	A
Down	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, £
No Change	Henderson	CRY	B

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:30pm

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Keane	EVE	B
Up	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Ballard	SUN	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
Down	Struijk	LEE	B, £
Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	C
Up	Rice	ARS	C, Vs
Up	Wilson	FUL	B
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
Up	Gibbs-White	NFO	A, VsX
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £
Down	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Tavernier	BOU	C, £

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:38pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Up	Watkins	AVL	A
Down	Welbeck	BHA	B
Down	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:41pm

The FA Cup semi-finals will play out this weekend.

Saturday sees Manchester City face Southampton before the all-Premier League clash between Leeds United and Chelsea the following day.

WHAT IMPACT WILL IT HAVE ON FPL?

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Whoever makes it to the FA Cup final will have their Gameweek 37 match postponed, as the two competitions fall on the same weekend.

However, that doesn’t mean the affected sides will necessarily blank.

In 2024/25, the same cup/league clash happened. Manchester City and Crystal Palace reached the FA Cup final and had their Gameweek 37 fixtures postponed.

However, those matches then took place on the following Tuesday – so they stayed within Gameweek 37.

COULD IT BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?

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Ultimately, we’re at the mercy of the Premier League and TV companies.

There’s also the small matter of Manchester City v Crystal Palace, postponed from Gameweek 31.

The logic would suggest:

a) City v Palace will go into Gameweek 36
b) the two postponed Gameweek 37 matches will simply move back a few days and stay in Gameweek 37

However, there are other possibilities. A picture says a thousand words, so we’ll let Legomane set the scene…

#GW34 — GW38
🦁 Premier League
🔒 #BGW34 / 🎲#DGW36 tbc
🏆 FA Cup SF and Final
🇪🇺 European SF’s and Finals
🟦 available slots for confirmed and potential P-P matches#theFPLmatrix 💚💛❤️ pic.twitter.com/4ADU3Zo93e
— Legomané (@Legomane_FPL) April 22, 2026

WHEN WILL WE FIND OUT FOR SURE?

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We’re almost certain to find out this week, ahead of the Gameweek 35 deadline.

The FA Cup finalists will be known after this weekend, then the Premier League can set about rescheduling.

A new date for Man City v Crystal Palace is also expected this week.

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