The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 8

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Kinsky	TOT	C, Vs
Up	Trafford	LEE	B
Down	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	A

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 1:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Calafiori	ARS	B
No Change	Konsa Ngoyo	ARS	B
Up	Muharemovic	LEE	B
No Change	De Cuyper	BHA	A, OoP
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
Up	van Hecke	TOT	B, Vs
Up	António Silva	BOU	B, Vs
Down	Lewis Hall	NEW	B
Down	Gvardiol	MCI	B, Rest
No Change	Williams	NFO	C
No Change	Lacroix	CHE	C
No Change	Thomas	COV	B, Vs, £
No Change	Affengruber	FUL	B

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 1:57am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B
No Change	Rogers	CHE	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, Vs
No Change	Groß	BHA	A
No Change	Mbeumo	MUN	B
Down	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	C
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B
Up	Odegaard	ARS	C
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
Down	Barnes	NEW	B
Down	King	FUL	C
Up	Rudoni	COV	B, Vs, £
No Change	Le Fée	SUN	C

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 2:08am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Isak	LIV	A
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Up	Jackson	AVL	B
Down	Thiago	BRE	B, Sus
Up	Evanilson	BOU	A, Vs
No Change	Barry	EVE	B
Down	Gonzalo García	FUL	C

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 2:16am

FPL GW8 Scout Picks

Raya Martin

Ajer
Muharemovic
Konsa Ngoyo

Gibbs-White
Tavernier
Schade
Palmer

Calvert-Lewin
Haaland
João Pedro

Penders
Murillo
Thomas
Rudoni

GW8 Captain Poll

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Kinsky	TOT	C, Vs
Up	Trafford	LEE	B
Down	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	A

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 1:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Calafiori	ARS	B
No Change	Konsa Ngoyo	ARS	B
Up	Muharemovic	LEE	B
No Change	De Cuyper	BHA	A, OoP
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
Up	van Hecke	TOT	B, Vs
Up	António Silva	BOU	B, Vs
Down	Lewis Hall	NEW	B
Down	Gvardiol	MCI	B, Rest
No Change	Williams	NFO	C
No Change	Lacroix	CHE	C
No Change	Thomas	COV	B, Vs, £
No Change	Affengruber	FUL	B

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 1:57am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B
No Change	Rogers	CHE	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, Vs
No Change	Groß	BHA	A
No Change	Mbeumo	MUN	B
Down	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	C
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B
Up	Odegaard	ARS	C
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
Down	Barnes	NEW	B
Down	King	FUL	C
Up	Rudoni	COV	B, Vs, £
No Change	Le Fée	SUN	C

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 2:08am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Isak	LIV	A
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Up	Jackson	AVL	B
Down	Thiago	BRE	B, Sus
Up	Evanilson	BOU	A, Vs
No Change	Barry	EVE	B
Down	Gonzalo García	FUL	C

Last updated: 23 Oct, 2026 2:16am

Date	Player	Team	Price
22/10	Ampadu	LEE	5.3m
22/10	Maguire	MUN	4.7m
22/10	Mbeumo	MUN	7.9m
22/10	Palmer	CHE	9.8m
21/10	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	6.1m
21/10	Palacios	FUL	5.3m
20/10	Endo	LIV	4.8m
20/10	Gyökeres	ARS	7.0m
20/10	Hudson-Odoi	NFO	5.7m
20/10	Hughes	CRY	4.3m
20/10	Jacquet	LIV	5.1m
20/10	Muniz	FUL	5.3m
20/10	Nmecha	LEE	5.3m
20/10	Ruggeri	AVL	4.4m
19/10	Alcaraz	EVE	4.8m
19/10	De Cuyper	BHA	5.3m
19/10	Doku	MCI	7.5m
19/10	Grimes	COV	4.8m
19/10	Groß	BHA	6.2m
19/10	Onyeka	COV	4.8m
19/10	Rogers	CHE	8.0m
19/10	Stroud	HUL	4.9m
19/10	Welbeck	CHE	5.8m
19/10	Wieffer	BHA	4.8m
18/10	Braithwaite	MCI	3.9m
18/10	Gibbs-White	NFO	7.9m
18/10	J.Cuenca	FUL	4.4m
18/10	João Pedro	CHE	7.9m
18/10	Keane	EVE	4.7m
18/10	Nketiah	CRY	5.4m
18/10	Norton-Cuffy	HUL	3.9m
18/10	Samba	MCI	4.4m
18/10	Tavernier	BOU	6.2m
18/10	Virgil	LIV	6.4m
18/10	Wissa	NEW	6.1m
18/10	Wood	NFO	5.7m
18/10	Zubimendi	ARS	5.2m
17/10	Aina	NFO	4.3m
17/10	Bentancur	TOT	5.4m
17/10	Calafiori	ARS	6.0m
17/10	Cherki	MCI	8.0m
17/10	Diop	IPS	3.9m
17/10	Khusanov	MCI	5.3m
17/10	Manzambi	AVL	6.0m
17/10	Robinson	FUL	4.4m
17/10	Tel	TOT	5.6m
17/10	Touré	NEW	5.7m
16/10	Alysson	AVL	4.9m
16/10	B.Fernandes	MUN	11.8m
16/10	Damsgaard	BRE	5.3m
16/10	De Cuyper	BHA	5.2m
16/10	Delap	NFO	5.5m
16/10	Elanga	NEW	6.0m
16/10	Evanilson	BOU	6.1m
16/10	Frimpong	LIV	5.2m
16/10	Groß	BHA	6.1m
16/10	Haaland	MCI	15.7m
16/10	Jair Cunha	NFO	4.4m
16/10	John	NFO	4.4m
16/10	Kroupi.Jr	BOU	7.3m
16/10	Latibeaudiere	COV	3.9m
16/10	M.Sangaré	BRE	5.5m
16/10	Maddison	TOT	6.2m
16/10	Mbeumo	MUN	7.8m
16/10	Mosquera	ARS	5.2m
16/10	Núñez	IPS	4.8m
16/10	O.Richards	NFO	3.9m
16/10	Steur	NEW	4.8m
16/10	Szoboszlai	LIV	6.8m
16/10	Targett	HUL	3.9m
16/10	Tielemans	MUN	5.7m
16/10	Valdimarsson	BRE	4.4m
16/10	Wirtz	LIV	7.2m
16/10	Wissa	NEW	6.2m
15/10	Igor Jesus	NFO	5.7m
15/10	Tzolis	ARS	6.2m
15/10	Šeško	MUN	6.9m
14/10	Dasilva	BRE	4.8m
14/10	Mazraoui	MUN	4.3m
14/10	Muñoz	NFO	5.3m

FPL GW8 Chip Poll

Bench or start Gross and De Cuyper?

Scout Squad

The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 8

22 October 2026 135 comments

Skonto Rigga

The precursor to the Scout Picks is the Scout Squad, in which our in-house team of Marc, Sam, Tom and Neale discuss who they think the best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players are for Gameweek 8.

MORE ABOUT THE SCOUT SQUAD

The focus is only on the upcoming Gameweek with the Scout Squad, so there’s no medium-term planning involved.

The players who get the most votes are much more likely to make the Scout Picks, although the final XI can’t exceed £83.0m – so occasionally, we have to select cheaper alternatives.

Each of our writers must meet the following requirements for this feature:

At least one sub-£5.0m goalkeeper
At least one sub-£5.0m defender
At least one sub-£6.0m midfielder
At least one sub-£7.0m forward
No more than three players from the same club

SCOUT SQUAD: BEST FPL PLAYERS FOR GAMEWEEK 8

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ZakAFC_

13 hours, 52 mins ago
Start De Cuyper or Muharemovic?
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1. Letsgo!
  
  13 hours, 43 mins ago
  Muha of course
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Letsgo!

13 hours, 42 mins ago
Start davis or gvardiol??
Damn tough decision
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1. The Tonberry
  
  13 hours, 34 mins ago
  Gvardiol
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zensum

13 hours, 37 mins ago
I hv two transfers waiting to happen. Would u:
A) Transfer both Saka n Cherki out (-4)
B) Transfer only Saka n hopes Cherki plays.

If A) which two MF would u recommend?

Appreciate your help
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1. Definitely not sleeping
  
  13 hours, 16 mins ago
  B
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2. HellasLEAF
  
  12 hours, 49 mins ago
  Prob B
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SpaceCadet

13 hours, 30 mins ago
Best Saka replacement?

A. Mbeumo
B. Tavernier
C. Schade
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1. Definitely not sleeping
  
  13 hours, 9 mins ago
  Short term, C. Long term B
  
  A, but United’s form of late and bad press make it a no this week for me.
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2. HellasLEAF
  
  12 hours, 48 mins ago
  If Schade is back fit hard to ignore.
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Definitely not sleeping

13 hours, 17 mins ago
Mendy for:
A - Ajer
B - Bassey
C - Bogle

Barnes for:
A - schade
B - Rudoni
C - Belloumi
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HellasLEAF

13 hours, 15 mins ago
Thinking Odegaard makes an interesting diff.

Nice to know will start and play 80 min and is right in the middle of the action.

Has been quiet could be due.
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1. TheSteel
  
  12 hours, 51 mins ago
  Hmm, i like it
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TheSteel

12 hours, 51 mins ago
Anyone keeping Bruno?
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1. Nunezdagoat
  
  12 hours, 43 mins ago
  Mbuemo if u really want United cover.
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Nunezdagoat

12 hours, 45 mins ago
Which 1 of the following would you bench?
A decuyper (liv)
B calafiori (EVE)
C tarkowski (ars)
D Thomas (FUL)
Thanks
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1. Pompel
  
  9 hours, 53 mins ago
  C
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2. aleksios
  
  9 hours, 29 mins ago
  C
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amenon

10 hours, 50 mins ago
ive gone mbeumo over rogers so nervous
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aleksios

9 hours, 29 mins ago
Wissa to Evanilson or save here? 1.2 itb.

--Tzolakis--
--Calaf--Konsa--Hall
--Ode--Cherki--Palmer--Rogers
--Haaland--JP--Wissa

--Verbr--Gross--DCuyper--Ayaji.

Thanks all.
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Paul Needham

2 hours, 12 mins ago
saka is currently at -250 on the price prediction. Can his price fall 0.2 million in a single night?
I can afford a 0.1 million drop, but if he could go down more tonight I'll have to make my transfer before
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