Best FPL Gameweek 3 Wildcard team + pros/cons

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	123.7%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	101.6%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	100.2%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	88.8%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	95.5%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	76.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	89.4%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	70.8%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	85.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	85.8%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	83.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	81.4%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	78.2%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.4%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	77.9%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	57.8%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	59.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.4%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	73.5%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	60.9%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.3%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.8%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	55.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.2%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	55.1%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	46.2%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	54.3%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	47.7%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.1%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	35.2%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.0%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	37.9%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.1%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	36.3%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	41.5%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	36.7%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	93.5%	Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	108.5%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	94.8%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	96.2%	Maybe
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.1%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	94.1%	Maybe
George	CHE	4.9m	90.5%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.4%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	91.7%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.8%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	95.0%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	93.1%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	90.3%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	90.0%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	90.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.9%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	78.4%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	80.4%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.4%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	83.7%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	83.9%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.0%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.1%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.0%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	82.5%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.7%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	81.9%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.0%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	80.9%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	81.4%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	80.4%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	80.3%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.0%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	78.7%	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

In this article, we will discuss the pros and cons of a Gameweek 3 Wildcard.

We will also provide two draft ideas that take into account the recent injuries to Cole Palmer (£10.5m) and Bukayo Saka (£10.0m).

READ MORE: Saka + Palmer injuries: Latest updates + what it means for FPL

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers have until the Gameweek 19 deadline to use the first Wildcard.

Don’t forget that you can get your Wildcard team rated via our Rate My Team tool or Plan FPL!

GAMEWEEK 3 WILDCARD: THE PROS

FPL notes: Palmer injury latest, Pedro haul + West Ham wide open

If you haven’t got off to a good start in FPL 2025/26, a Gameweek 3 Wildcard allows you to freshen up your squad. This could be beneficial if you own players like Palmer, Saka, Rayan Ait-Nouri (£6.1m) and Jeremie Frimpong (£5.9m) who are currently flagged, or underperforming assets such as Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) and Morgan Rogers (£7.0m). A Wildcard provides an opportunity to address those concerns in a hit-free manner.
This week will likely see plenty of price rises and falls, so team value can be increased by ditching the droppers and jumping on bandwagons. Players such as Joao Pedro (£7.5m), Richarlison (£6.6m) and Chris Wood (£7.6m) are forecast to rise tonight. You can monitor these changes using Live FPL’s price predictions tool, which is the most reliable one out there.
Given that they are ranked second and fifth on our Season Ticker in Gameweeks 3-10, it could be beneficial to get on Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United players early. Both teams have favourable fixtures in Gameweek 3, against Bournemouth (h) and Leeds United (a) respectively.

GAMEWEEK 3 WILDCARD: THE CONS

FPL Gameweek 9 differentials: Wissa, Cunha + Anderson 4

The rest of this article below is completely free to read but requires a Fantasy Football Scout user account for access – you can get yours at no cost here

Toked

3 months, 11 days ago

kudus or sarr tonight?

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Bobjonesjnr
3 months, 11 days ago
Kudus. Better fixtures, arguably better team
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1. Ha.
  3 months, 10 days ago
  lol
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RFlash
3 months, 11 days ago
why not both?
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nico05
3 months, 9 days ago
Is Kudus nailed long term though
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Sloopy
3 months, 7 days ago
Kudua
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james_lebron

Why is everyone offloading Palmer?

Also have 2FT
If you could bring in any 2 mids apart from Salah, who would they be?

DBFPL11
3 months, 11 days ago
Semenyo and Reijnders maybe? Gakpo a gamble considering the Isak situation.
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nico05
3 months, 9 days ago
Wondering the same. I was considering Elanga but haven't seen him suggested much
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nico05
3 months, 9 days ago
Id possibly go Gakpo & Bruno if funds permit
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Bumfleet

3 months, 9 days ago

Used WC last GW. Have Haaland and Salah. Thinking if Haaland doesn't return this weekend dropping for another forward and using the remaining £s to replace my 4.5 fwd. I would have copied the first lineup. Would have been interesting to see it long term

_Greg

3 months, 8 days ago

Did you guy see Pras's video on The FPL Wire where he brought up the possibility of BGW17?

As we get those 5 frees in 16, don't think it's anything to worry about.