Zophar's FPL Gameweek 8 Wildcard draft

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
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	94.2%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	97.2%	Maybe
Foden	MCI	8.5m	76.6%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	88.1%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	88.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.2m	65.7%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	77.7%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	78.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	79.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	78.6%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	74.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	74.5%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	72.3%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	68.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	68.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	66.3%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	63.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	62.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	6.9m	45.9%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.1m	62.9%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	54.5%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.4m	52.4%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	56.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.5m	50.7%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	51.9%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	53.3%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	49.2%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.9m	36.7%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	44.9%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	45.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	43.7%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	44.0%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	44.1%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	42.4%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	39.5%	Unlikely
Chukwueze	FUL	5.3m	36.1%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.2m	36.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.4m	95.9%	Likely
Botman	NEW	4.9m	102.4%	Very Likely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	101.2%	Very Likely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	102.2%	Very Likely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	94.7%	Likely
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	97.8%	Likely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	99.1%	Maybe
Knight	BHA	4.5m	97.6%	Maybe
Travers	EVE	4.4m	99.0%	Maybe
Ndoye	NFO	5.6m	95.8%	Maybe
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	96.5%	Maybe
Spence	TOT	4.4m	96.4%	Maybe
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	96.5%	Maybe
McGill	BHA	4.0m	96.1%	Maybe
Agbinone	CRY	4.4m	93.0%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	93.8%	Maybe
Cox	BRE	4.0m	94.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	92.0%	Unlikely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	92.4%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	90.3%	Unlikely
Elliott	AVL	5.3m	90.9%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	90.4%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.8m	89.6%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	89.9%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	86.6%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.5m	84.7%	Unlikely
José Sá	WOL	4.3m	86.8%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	87.4%	Unlikely
Reinildo	SUN	4.0m	85.5%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	85.4%	Unlikely
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	86.9%	Unlikely
Hoever	WOL	3.9m	85.6%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	84.9%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	84.4%	Unlikely
Johnson	TOT	6.6m	83.6%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	82.8%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	82.1%	Unlikely
H.Jones	SUN	4.4m	82.5%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	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

With an international break preceding Gameweek 8 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL), our pundits are starting to share their thoughts with us.

Here, Zophar – who usually hosts a weekly Q&A session for us – provides a hypothetical Wildcard draft that he likes. Although his own team doesn’t yet need such a chip activation.

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This season’s second international break is seeing many a Wildcard be activated across the FPL community.

While I’m resisting the urge to use mine yet, I want to present to you a potential draft that’s worth considering and the reasoning behind such picks.

GOALKEEPERS

In goal, I think there are two good combinations to consider. Alphonse Areola (£4.3m) and Djordje Petrovic (£4.5m) cost £9.8m, which is an acceptable spend. They provide decent home games for the first four Gameweeks and, after that, you’d pretty much play Petrovic every week.

But with defender Marcos Senesi (£4.9m) pretty much a perma-play because of his defensive contributions (DefCon) potential, I’m not keen on frequent double-ups on the Bournemouth defence.

Whereas, over at Newcastle United, the lack of traditional full-backs means that Nick Pope (£5.1m) is going to do brilliantly in the Bonus Point System (BPS).

I want my goalkeeper to face a good volume of shots – to collect save points – but not a lot of big chances. Then, I want him to rank higher than his teammates for bonuses.

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As we can see, Pope is top amongst all Newcastle players for BPS+ (189) and BPS (166) this season, while only Sandro Tonali (£5.4m) beats his baseline of 117.

Of the defenders in front of him, only Tino Livramento (£5.1m) comes close, but he’s out for a spell. What this means is that anytime Newcastle bag a clean sheet, Pope will be in the conversation for additional bonus points. Especially if the Magpies remain low-scoring.

DEFENDERS

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Having chosen Pope over David Raya (£5.7m), I think a double up on Arsenal’s defence makes perfect sense given their great fixture run and overall defensive strength.

Jurrien Timber (£5.9m) may carry some rotation risk, but I think that’s overblown. I can’t see him missing more than perhaps one of the next six league matches, now that Arsenal can smell blood from recent Liverpool and Manchester City results. Their primary focus must be to become domestic champions.

Timber is the joint-best defender for shots in the box (nine) and comes fourth for attempted assists (nine). Gabriel Magalhaes’ (£6.3m) set-piece threat is well documented, and DefCon points put another bow in his quiver.

Speaking of which, Senesi (88) and Joachim Andersen (£4.5m, 81) are the best in this position for DefCon and merit inclusion given their bonus points potential as well.

The fifth defender pick could either be Joe Rodon (£4.0m) or a Sunderland option. Either way, I like the idea of parking a cheap one there, as three of the other four will play every time.

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Miguel Sanchez

1 month, 28 days ago

Any thoughts on Bowen vs Woltemade?

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The FPL Units
1 month, 28 days ago
I have the same dilemma, currently on Bowen as he has some good fixtures, is the talisman for the club, hopefully on the up with new manager and no European football.
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Esraj
1 month, 28 days ago
Bowen is a proven asset, gives you points even when his team plays woefully. Volte is an unknown quantity, who's had a good start at a new club. I saw Shearer's analysis on him and he says Volte is not a no.9, he's a 9 and a half.
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1. WVA
  1 month, 28 days ago
  Had Bowen from the start, can confirm this is completely wrong, sold him for Mateta who then became the worst finisher in the league
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DARK SIDE OF THE LOON

Which option:

A) Bowen + Richards/ Andersen
B) Woltemade + Chalobah

BR510
1 month, 28 days ago
Can we see the rest of the team
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1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
  1 month, 28 days ago
  Raya Dubravka
  Califiori Burn Rodon Mukiele ?
  Saka Bruno Semenyo Sarr Kudus
  Haaland ? Foster
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BR510
1 month, 28 days ago
A but just
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The FPL Units
1 month, 28 days ago
A with Richards
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Kloppen Schloppen

Why is the community off Pedro as a pick? Chelsea had 2 red cards in games he’s started and played Liverpool. What am I missing? Because the fixtures coming up are verrrry good.

Esraj
1 month, 28 days ago
Consistency has always been as issue with Pedro. I have him because of a lack of option. Also, he is quite injury prone.
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Well you know, Triffic
1 month, 27 days ago
His goal attempts and other attacking stats are woeful. He is not a striker.
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myhairlessjonjos

1 month, 27 days ago

With Odegaard out for a while, does Eze look like a good prospect playing that 10? Maybe just as good as Saka?

PartyTime
1 month, 27 days ago
Yes. This shouldn’t be a debate anymore tbh. The moment he moved to Arsenal. I bought him. Even as a sub, he has been delivering.
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White Pony
1 month, 26 days ago
How look is Ode out for?
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