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FPL Gameweek 4 Scout Picks: Liverpool triple-up against Burnley

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With the first international break of the 2025/26 season finally behind us, it’s time to finalise our Scout Picks.

We considered the Scout Squad submissions made by Neale (Editor), Tom (Deputy Editor), Sam (General Manager) and Marc (Staff Writer) before coming up with our final team.

As ever, there are certain restrictions for our picks:

  • An £83.0m budget for our starting XI
  • An overall squad limit of £100.0m
  • No more than three players per team

GAMEWEEK 4 SCOUT PICKS

GOALKEEPER

3m team news:

Due to the lack of convincing £4.5m goalkeepers on offer in Gameweek 4, we’ve opted for Nick Pope (£5.0m) as Newcastle United prepare to host Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pope has already picked up 18 points this season, aided by two clean sheets in three matches. During this period, Newcastle have conceded only 1.58 expected goals (xG), which is the lowest tally in the league. As for Wolves, Vitor Pereira’s men are the only top-flight team yet to pick up a point this season. They will also be without Jorgen Strand Larsen (£6.4m) for the trip to St James’ Park.

DEFENDERS

Best defender replacements for injured Konsa in FPL 7

 

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  1. gomez123
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 24 days ago

    Start A) KDH or B) Andersen

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    1. Bad Kompany
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      kdh

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    2. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      I like Andersen this week, but don’t blame you going for the midfielder.

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  2. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 24 days ago

    Last FH dilemma

    A) Grealish and Munoz
    or
    B) Gakpo and Anderson (Ful)

    Cheers

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    1. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      Grealy and Munoz

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Thanks

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  3. ArseneAllTheWay
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 24 days ago

    Anyone playing 4 at the back most weeks? Feels like there’s a lot of high scoring defenders now with defcon. If so what’s your back four?

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      Not this week!

      It's a bit different on a FH

      But as a general rule it might make sense...

      4-5-2

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      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Or 4-5-1 even!

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    2. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      I’m potentially going to be

      Defence will be quite heavy with VVD, Gabriel, Munoz, Senesi and a Spurs player so he will be part of the defensive rotation.

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    3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      Have 4 premium defenders, but not for defcon. Still playing 3 mainly.

      Cucurella RAN Porro Muñoz Gudmundsson

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  4. Il Capitano
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 24 days ago

    1FT 0.1m ITB

    Sanchez
    Porro Diouf Konsa
    Salah (C) Wirtz Semenyo Rogers Reijnders
    Watkins JPed

    Dub - Wood Murillo Esteve

    Roll or get a Palace defender in?

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  5. Atwood
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 24 days ago

    Thoughts on this all or nothing (no bench) FH?

    Petrovic
    Munoz - Burn - Andersen
    Salah - Semenyo - Reijnders - Gakpo
    Haaland - Richarlison - Mateta

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      It's likely fine for starts but I think on a FH you need a few players who are more differential from the popular picks to really prosper.

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      1. Atwood
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        That's a fair point! Any differentials come to mind?

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        1. Obi 1 Kenobi 0
            2 months, 24 days ago

            I like Madueke as differential this week, on a high after his performance for England, Saka out and think they could put a cricket score past Ange’s Forrest

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      2. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Looking good. You probably have Leeds 4.0 on the bench? Fulham - Leeds could be 0-0 easily so you could have okayish cover.

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        1. Atwood
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          I actually don't but that's a good shout, thanks

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    2. theshazly
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      Play 2 of :

      A ) DeCuyper
      B ) Diouf
      C ) Guddmnssn

      And 1 of :

      A ) Reijnders
      B ) KDH

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    3. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      1ft 3.2itb.

      Case I Sarr.

      A) Save (play Wood)
      B) Sarr > Semenyo
      C) Sarr > Kudus

      Sanchez
      Porro Andersen Rodon (De Cuyper, Neco)
      Salah Wirtz Reijnders Kdh (SARR*)
      Watkins Pedro Wood

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      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        B

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      2. asquishypotato
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        B

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    4. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      On an iphone and the top row (gameweek number) needs to move one column to the right on the ticker in the Members Area.

      At the moment, at least for me, Spurs play West Ham away in GW5 and so on. For those on a WC and not completely focused, it could cause any number of WTFs.

      Any chance it can be fixed?

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Flag your comment, otherwise I doubt any mods will see it.

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      2. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Reece says "I'm not seeing this issue. On mobile for the Members ticker it will only load 5 gw's by default, and the gw's are lined up correctly with the col's. We allow full customisation on this ticker and if you were to view 10+ gw's at a time (on a standard sized iPhone/iPhone Pro), then the top column's start to go out of alignment as they can't fit on the screen.".
        He showed two example images from iPhone showing a 5 gw view and also a 10 gw view (iPhone 16 Pro).

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    5. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 24 days ago

      Leave Wood 1st sub and continue with Pedro starting despite potential fatigue?

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      1. Obi 1 Kenobi 0
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Yeah, don’t like Wood against that Arsenal defence

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        • John "Stumpy" Pep…
          • 6 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Fatigue after 3 games? I know it's Chelsea who might have options but Im hoping he starts!

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      2. DennisTheMenace
        • 3 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Thoughts? 1FT. 2.3ITB

        Sanchez Dubravka
        Gabriel RAN* VVD Neco Richards
        Salah Bruno I.Sarr* Reijnders King
        Watkins Wood Guiu

        A) RAN —> Porro/Senesi
        B) I.Sarr —> Semenyo
        C) A+B for -4
        D) WC
        E) Something else

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        1. Bad Kompany
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          C or D. Depends on if you see a time you'd rather wait to wc for. Team is in a bit of rough shape

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      3. ☈☾
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        With Cunha getting red flagged, does he now need significantly more transfer outs for another price drop??

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        1. Rasping Drive
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          In the old days, yes. I assume not that much has changed.

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      4. Kane Train
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Best option out of these guys ?

        A) Caicedo
        B) E.Anderson

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      5. Al Pacho
        • 4 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        Sanchez
        RAN* VDV Konsa
        Salah Sarr* Wirtz Kudus
        JP Watkins Wood

        Bench : Dub Reijnders Cuyper AWB

        should I WC this team? Or take a few hits?

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        1. Bad Kompany
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          RAN to Munoz and play Reijnders

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          1. Al Pacho
            • 4 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Ok thanks

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        2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          WC

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      6. Bad Kompany
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 24 days ago

        What is the outlook at striker for Tottenham? IS Solanke back soon?

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        1. DaddyPig
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          So Richy will most probably start tomorrow with Muani getting a few mins towards the end of the game would be my guess. Dom is a few weeks away but not as serious an issue as some reports suggest.

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      7. Moon Dog
          2 months, 24 days ago

          I have a feeling Kusi-Asare will be Muniz's positional rival now over Raul. He was initially told by Bayern he'd be back up for Kane this season before Jackson arrived. The kid is a talent.

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        • Hitthewall
          • 4 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Change anything on this WC??

          Raya - Dubravka
          Virgil - Munoz - Senesi - Tosin - Rodon
          Bruno - Gakpo - Semenyo - Reijnders - King
          Haaland - Gyokeres - Pedro

          1.4 ITB for Gyok --> Isak (when he starts)

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          1. Bad Kompany
            • 7 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Like it

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          2. asquishypotato
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Like it

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        • Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          I have zero scout picks in my team!

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          1. Bad Kompany
            • 7 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Huge haul incoming

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            1. Nomar
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              2 months, 24 days ago

              Doubt it with my team. I’m capping Wirtz for goodness sake! That’s how bad it is.

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              1. Thanos
                • 4 Years
                2 months, 24 days ago

                Why not FH then?

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                1. Nomar
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  2 months, 24 days ago

                  GW after International break is usually unpredictable so would rather go with what I have, save FT for next week and free hit for later.

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          2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
            • 9 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            I was 43% on template rating last gameweek. Almost a 32% jump in rank. Too early in the season for any clear templates/ scout picks clarity. 3 in my team btw.

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        • Skout
          • 6 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Any improvements for this WC team? 0.8 itb

          Petrovic
          Munoz Lacroix Senesi
          Salah Semenyo Grealish Reijnders
          Haaland Pedro Mateta

          Dubravka King Rodon Reinildo

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          1. Dosh
            • 11 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Going with a very similar team on wildcard. Just want to fit in Gakpo but don't know how.

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        • Ha.
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          VVD or Munoz?

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          1. Sun God Nika
            • 5 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            What’s your team

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            1. Ha.
              • 10 Years
              2 months, 24 days ago

              Shouldn’t matter, should it?

              No existing Liverpool/Palace defence

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          2. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Munoz

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        • AD105
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Roll? 0.8 ITB and 1 FT

          Sanchez
          Munoz Porro Andersen
          Salah(c) Bruno Rutter Reijnders
          Watkins Wood Mateta

          Dubravka Neco Esteve Sarr*

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        • Athletic Nasherbo
          • 8 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          I haven’t caught up fully on team news, so am I g2g?

          Kelleher
          Cucurella Porro Munoz
          Gakpo Mbeumo Minteh Rutter
          Haaland(C) Gyokeres Ekitike

          Valdimarsson Carvalho Rodon Milenkovic

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          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Looks like it from what I've seen.

            Check Predicted Line Ups later or the Friday press conference injury updates.

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        • Sun God Nika
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Got Sels and milenkovic

          With the two “good” fixtures after arsenal it feels like a hold but I’m itching to get lacroix

          A) yay
          B) hold

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          1. Ha.
            • 10 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            B

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          2. Bruno Commando
            • 11 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            In the same boat and I am holding

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        • keefy59
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Scout predicted line ups has both
          Wissa & Strand-Larsen as out in the text but
          Showing as in the line up the grahics ?

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          1. Haa-lala-land
            • 5 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            They usually leave it until as late as they possibly can to increase the accuracy of their prediction

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        • DennisTheMenace
          • 3 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Thoughts on this WC team? 0.7ITB

          Vicario Dubravka
          VVD Senesi Tosin Richards Gudmundsson
          Salah Semenyo Grealish Reijnders King
          Haaland Pedro Thiago

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          1. asquishypotato
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Not a fan of Thiago but concessions have to be made with Salah and Haaland.

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            1. DennisTheMenace
              • 3 Years
              2 months, 24 days ago

              Oh i quite like thiago tbh. 2 goals in 3 games with an assist that he should’ve had.

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        • Feanor
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          No FTs left. Should I bench Reijnders and start Porro?

          Viacrio (Dub)
          Cucu, Gabriel, Tarkowsi (Porro, Reinildo)
          Gakpo, Semenyo, Grealish, Kudus, Reijnders
          Haaland (c), Pedro (Wood)

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          1. asquishypotato
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Coin toss, can see both doing well. I’d probably drop Tarky.

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            1. Feanor
              • 16 Years
              2 months, 24 days ago

              Didn't consider that since he's at home, but might work

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        • Bobbyg1
          • 14 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Dorgu to Richards or Guehi?

          Or save ft

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          1. Bobby Digital
            • 8 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Save. Dalot is out, so Dorgu should start

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            1. Bobbyg1
              • 14 Years
              2 months, 24 days ago

              Thanks Bobby

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        • Ronnies
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Which of the 4.0m Leeds defenders is the best option?

          A) Rodon
          B) Gudmundsson

          Cheers.

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          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            2 months, 24 days ago

            Rodon

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        • CYN
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Appreciate any input. Is this strong enough for a BB5?

          Kroupi -> Thiago GW5 making:

          Sanchez, Dubravka
          Porro, Murillo, Van De Ven, Esteve, Andersen
          Salah, Wirtz, Rogers, Reijnders, Bruno
          Joao Pedro, Watkins, Thiago

          Strong enough? Aim for BB8 instead?

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        • simong1
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          A or B on a WC?

          A) Livramento and Lacroix

          B) Senesi and Munoz

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        • Kane Train
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 24 days ago

          Thoughts on this WC team?

          Petrovic
          Munoz / VdV / Van Dijk / Anderson
          Salah / Semenyo / Kudus
          Pedro / Haaland / Mateta

          Bench : Dubruvka, King, Esteve, Konak

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