The best FPL midfielders for a Gameweek 28 Wildcard

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	98.6%	Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	100.8%	Very Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	101.5%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	101.3%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	93.2%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	89.2%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	88.3%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.5%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	73.7%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	72.1%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	74.5%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	70.5%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	67.4%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	66.3%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	65.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	62.9%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	62.0%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	61.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	58.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.0%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	49.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	50.0%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.2%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	50.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	50.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	48.0%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	39.8%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	40.2%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	39.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	36.0%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	115.8%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	103.0%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.5%	Very Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	98.8%	Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	100.3%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	100.9%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.7%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.5%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.8%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	95.7%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.8%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.4%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	93.0%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	92.4%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	92.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.0%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.3%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	92.9%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.9%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	91.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	89.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	87.0%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	88.9%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	88.7%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	86.0%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	86.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.3%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	86.2%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.7%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	87.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	83.6%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	84.1%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	84.4%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	83.6%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.3%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

With Double Gameweeks 28 and 29 just around the corner, Wildcard usage in Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is about to spike again.

Not far off 30% of the site readers polled in our sidebar vote said that they are planning to activate the Wildcard chip this week, so it’s with this in mind that we have produced a position-by-position guide to pick out the best and most discussed options in each category.

Here we take a look at midfielders, omitting any state-the-obvious mention of Mohamed Salah (£13.2m): the fact that he’s on course to smash the all-time FPL points record for a single season says everything about his ongoing appeal.

You can read a rundown of the stand-out goalkeepers here, with our guide to the leading candidates in defence here.

All stats taken from this article are from our Premium Members Area.

BUKAYO SAKA

Jimenez ends goal drought as Arsenal claim convincing north London derby win 1

A decent fixture this week? Check. A Double Gameweek 29? Check. An unaffected fixture in Blank Gameweek 30? Check. A favourable run of matches right the way through to the end of the season? Check. Two more as-yet-unannounced Double Gameweeks to come? Check. “Something to play for” in the league and no distractions in the cups? Check.

There’s lots to like about Arsenal players for Gameweek 28 Wildcarders; the biggest issue is selecting the right individuals.

Gabriel Martinelli (£5.3m) is one cut-price option, not least because his minutes-per-expected goal involvement (xGI) figure is better than those of the other Arsenal midfield regulars in 2021/22:

But he and Emile Smith Rowe (£5.8m) seem to be eating into each other’s minutes and competing for one spot on the left flank at present, while his returns (and rate of xGI) have also dried up a tad.

So attention switches to Bukayo Saka (£6.5m), whose only two benchings in the whole of 2021/22 were fitness-related.

Averaging 6.3 points per appearance from Gameweek 16 onwards, he’s second for shots, joint-seventh for chances created and 10th for xGI among midfielders in that time – and many of those ahead of him are much more expensive in FPL.

SON HEUNG-MIN

Antonio, Benrahma and Son among eye-catching FPL assets as De Bruyne returns 5

Tottenham Hotspur’s unexpected elimination from the FA Cup means that the Lilywhites can not only offer us players who ‘double’ in Gameweek 29 but also assets who are unaffected by the blanks in Gameweek 30.

For those looking further ahead, Spurs will also have another Double Gameweek to come between now and the end of the season.

And the remaining fixtures themselves are very decent, with nine of their last 13 games of 2021/22 against teams currently ranked 10th or below in the Premier League table.

Dejan Kulusevski (£6.0m) is certainly a name to monitor in the mid-price midfield pool, and he’s outperforming his fellow Spurs attackers on the underlying stats front since his first start in Gameweek 26.

For tried and tested, however, look no further than Son Heung-min (£10.8m). The South Korea international has hit 20 or more attacking returns in each of the last five seasons and is well on the way to repeating that feat in the current campaign.

Son has 11 attacking returns in as many matches from Gameweek 14 onwards (one more than Salah in similar pitch-time), averaging 7.1 points per match in the process.

Only Salah and teammate Harry Kane (£12.3m) can better his xGI figure of 7.40 in that time.

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pundit of punts

3 years, 9 months ago

RMFHT

Mendy
James - Rudiger - Saiss - Coady
Salah - Coutinho - Raphinha - JWP
Watkins - Adams

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Wizard of Ozil
3 years, 9 months ago
I`m also Free hitting, couldnt resist it. Seems not many have FH and keeping it for 36. Your team looks good. better pray for Chelsea and Wolves clean sheets.
i presume you captained Salah.
I chose Thiago over James and Coady. i kept TAA as he got 12 away to West Ham earlier.
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With 1 FH, WC and BB remaining I am stuck between when to play the chips.

My team at the moment is:
GK: De Gea, Ramsdale
DEF: Cancelo, TAA, Rudiger, Kilman, Digne
MID: Salah, Raphinha, Saka, Foden, Bowen
FWD: Dennis, Broja, Weghorst

Should I:
A) WC28, BB29 and FH30
B) WC28, BB29 and FH36
C) FH30, WC31 and BB36
D) WC28, FH30 and BB36