Is Gameweek 6 the best time to Wildcard?

Price Change Predictions

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

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Foden	MCI	8.4m	278.2%	Very Likely
Thiago	BRE	6.8m	163.2%	Very Likely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	145.5%	Very Likely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	137.0%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	123.8%	Very Likely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	111.1%	Very Likely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	110.2%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	101.8%	Very Likely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	85.1%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	89.0%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	83.5%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	80.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	81.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	78.6%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	68.6%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	74.6%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	70.8%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	72.1%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	71.2%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	68.8%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.7%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	66.4%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	65.7%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	67.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.7m	57.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	63.6%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.0m	51.8%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	60.7%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	54.7%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	56.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.5%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	54.0%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	50.8%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	50.7%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	47.3%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	43.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	8.1m	158.8%	Very Likely
Tonali	NEW	5.4m	160.1%	Very Likely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	143.5%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.5m	123.8%	Very Likely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	130.0%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	125.2%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	115.0%	Very Likely
M.Salah	LIV	14.1m	111.1%	Very Likely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	107.5%	Very Likely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	107.2%	Very Likely
Gabriel	ARS	6.3m	104.1%	Very Likely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	105.0%	Very Likely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	100.3%	Very Likely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	100.4%	Very Likely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	98.9%	Likely
Isidor	SUN	5.6m	98.1%	Likely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	98.2%	Maybe
Botman	NEW	4.9m	97.8%	Maybe
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	96.4%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	96.4%	Maybe
Welch	EVE	3.9m	95.6%	Maybe
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	95.2%	Maybe
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.4m	94.2%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	93.6%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	93.4%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	93.6%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	93.0%	Unlikely
Byram	LEE	3.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.3m	90.9%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	91.5%	Unlikely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	91.1%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	95.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	90.2%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	90.0%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	89.2%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	85.8%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	88.1%	Unlikely

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

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:36am

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

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:41am

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

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:48am

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

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While this is a week of relative calm for those of us who don’t own a certain Erling Haaland (£14.2m), from next week onwards, things do get fairly interesting.

SEASON TICKER OVERVIEW: NEXT NINE GAMEWEEKS

GAMEWEEK 6 WILDCARD

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Gameweek 6 has emerged as one of the Wildcard windows (in addition to Gameweek 8 and 13) because of the shift in fixtures, primarily for Haaland, Cole Palmer (£10.4m) and Arsenal.

While the entry point is not the best for players from the Gunners, they will be very popular from Gameweek 7, given their run.

Haaland is taking on half the league for expected goals (xG) at the moment and seems like a very enticing option to own from Gameweek 6.

FPL managers have a decision to make whether that is along with or without Mohamed Salah (£14.5m), who has some attractive fixtures from Gameweek 8. How the goal-share percentage shifts once Alexander Isak (£10.4m) becomes a regular is also going to be interesting, but the early signs are that he might be good for Florian Wirtz (£8.4m) and Salah, as his all-round ability seemed to improve both players in the Champions League on Wednesday.

When it comes to Arsenal, there are already some question marks about Viktor Gyokeres’ (£9.0m) early subs, but he still looks a good pick while Kai Havertz (£7.4m) is out injured and he remains on penalties. The Arsenal defenders look like great picks irrespective.

When it comes to Chelsea, with the exception of Liverpool at home, they have good fixtures for the mid-term starting from Gameweek 6. Palmer also seems to be showing signs of being back to his best.

GAMEWEEK 8 WILDCARD

Outside of Gameweek 6, Gameweek 8 appears as a good window (if you can get to Haaland for Burnley at home without a Wildcard) as it will be after the Chelsea v Liverpool game.

It’s also just before Gameweek 9, which is seemingly a good window to Bench Boost with decent fixtures for our bottom-priced assets playing from Burnley and Leeds United, as well as nice fixtures for most teams that will be popular on a Wildcard.

Gameweek 8 is also good for a Bench Boost (due to Burnley and Leeds United’s fixture), but it’s immediately after the international break, and we’ve seen a few random benchings because of this before, which is why I’m not as keen.

If you Wildcard in Gameweek 6, you can save transfers for a Gameweek 9 Bench Boost in case there are any surprises/injuries, and if you Wildcard in Gameweek 8, it will be closer to a Gameweek 9 Bench Boost and should ideally have fewer issues to fix.

HOW I WILL MAKE MY WILDCARD DECISION

I don’t quite know whether I want to Wildcard in Gameweek 6 or not.

To make my answer clearer, I’ve built a dummy Gameweek 6 Wildcard draft, which you can see below.

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basilfawlty

2 months, 15 days ago

Morning All, anything to do here?

Raya
VDV Andersen Senesi
Salah Semenyo Rejnders KDH
Haaland Pedro Mateta

Dubravka Paqueta Lacroix Esteve 2 FT 0 ITB

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Filthylutra
2 months, 15 days ago
Looks good. Only though is are the tough fixtures for Palace coming up that might need those transfers.
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1. Filthylutra
  2 months, 15 days ago
  Apologies for the grammar, dam auto fill.
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Darragh82

Hi Folks,
Is Eze the best option of sub 8.0 mids for the next 2-3 weeks? Planning on Wildcard after the international break so happy with a punt…

Sfowl123

Planning on holding out until GW8 to Wildcard.

Does that make a GW6 Haaland triple captain a no-brainer?

Quality Quality Qualit
2 months, 15 days ago
I am currently intending to play Haaland (TC) in GW6, not aware of a better option.
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AC/DC AFC

The re-occurring thread.

Topical tho.

Filthylutra

Wildcarding after and awful start to the season. Torn between Salah or not, but swaying towards keeping him

Dona
VdV, Sensi, Chabolah,
Rein, Salah, Graven, Semenyo, Caicedo,
Haaland, Pedro

Dub, Rodon, Isidor, Gabriel

What do you think? GTG?

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