FPL 2025/26 first draft team reveals: Indian no.1 goes big in midfield

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	134.0%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	105.6%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	100.7%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	95.8%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	90.1%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	78.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	74.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	89.2%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	85.3%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	85.2%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	82.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	81.0%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	66.2%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.5%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	77.8%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	77.2%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	61.8%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.5%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	72.2%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	62.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.2%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.7%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.3%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	55.9%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.8%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	47.5%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	53.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.3%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	37.8%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.0%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	38.2%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.9%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	39.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	38.1%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.0%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	41.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	101.3%	Very Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	112.5%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	96.2%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	96.7%	Maybe
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.3%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.1%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.5%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	94.5%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	92.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	92.1%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	93.3%	Unlikely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.8%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	90.7%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	90.7%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	90.5%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	90.8%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.8%	Unlikely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	77.6%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	80.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	86.6%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.4%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.1%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.1%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	84.8%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.0%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.2%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	82.3%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.3%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	82.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.1%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	80.8%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.4%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	81.2%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.2%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	80.6%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	81.6%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	81.0%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

With Fantasy Premier League (FPL) live for 2025/26, we’re welcoming back our team of guest writers for the new campaign.

Here, Udit Verma – who followed up a top 10k finish in 2023/24 by finishing 33rd in the world last season and ending up as the Indian number one – shares his initial draft.

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Last season, I finished #33 in the world and #1 in India.

Let’s be clear: I’m still a casual at heart. But now I’m a casual with expectations, haunted by green arrows and screenshots of my team going viral. So, while I’m still figuring out the new rules (‘DefCon’?), I’ve built a first draft rooted in four essential FPL commandments:

Stick to players I trust.
Don’t overthink—yet.
Avoid anyone who gave me red arrows and ulcers.
Keep it fun. Always.

What’s the Plan?

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Honestly, there is no masterplan. Yet. I’m easing into FPL 25/26 just like last time – observing, adapting, laughing at my own decisions, and making late-night transfers I’ll regret. If I get anywhere close to what I did last season, I’ll be thrilled. If not? Well, I’ll still have memes, mini-league drama, and a ridiculous amount of Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) captaincies.

The Real Goal? Enjoy It Again

Topping India and finishing OR 33 globally was surreal. But FPL was never just about rank. It was about other things. The late-night banter. Wildcard madness. Despairing when my bench outscores my XI. Celebrating those 15-point hauls from nowhere

So this season, I’m chasing not just green arrows but also the fun that came with them. Here’s to another ride. May your hits land, your captain not blank, and your goalkeeper actually save a pen.

First Draft

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TafOnTour1

4 months, 2 days ago

Yikes to that front line...

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AAAFootball
4 months, 2 days ago
What is the team front line?
I cannot see
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1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
  4 months, 2 days ago
  Thiago, Raul, Solanke
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  1. AAAFootball
    4 months, 2 days ago
    That is not very good
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Mom, Butters just gave me a…
4 months, 2 days ago
I agree.

Even the defence is not great.
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1. Nomar
  4 months, 2 days ago
  Yes but that’s because he’s gone for Salah, Paler and Saka.
  
  Basically putting all his eggs in those 3 baskets.
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Seany A

who ruined the fixture ticker? where has sort by rotation gone???

Fulchester's New Centr…
4 months, 2 days ago
Capitalism ruined it
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1. SuperG
  4 months, 2 days ago
  You think that’s bad - imagine if Corbyn had got in.
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  1. Timanfaya
    4 months, 2 days ago
    I don't think FFS was one of his policy priorities.
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