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21 October 2025 140 comments
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You’ve probably heard about Joe’s much-liked ‘Goals Imminent’ table. You might listen to his and Marc’s Fantasy Football Scout podcast of the same name. Now, Goals Imminent is here in article form!

Heading towards Gameweek 9 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL), these Members Area statistics identify some underachieving players who look ‘due’ for a goal and/or assist.

Naturally, we’ll attempt to assess whether they’re unlucky, suffering a rare blip, or just aren’t particularly good.


LAST WEEK’S SUCCESSES

FPL pre-season: Ekitike + Frimpong goals, Mateta pen

We predicted a Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.6m) goal, saying he can’t keep missing big chances at this rate.

Well, the Crystal Palace forward replied by scoring a hat-trick versus Bournemouth and spurned three other huge opportunities. On Saturday alone, his expected goals (xG) tally was 3.67.

Bryan Mbeumo‘s (£8.0m) opener at Anfield was also anticipated, before Cody Gakpo (£7.5m) equalised; the Dutchman outdid his envisioned assist.

GOALS IMMINENT

The first table shows players who’ve accumulated at least nine shots over the latest four Gameweeks, but scored no more than one goal.

 

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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

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FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. rozzo
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Roefs Dubravka
    Gabriel Timber Tarkowski Senesi VDV
    Saka Semenyo Reijnders Caicedo King
    Haaland Ekitike Pedro

    1ft
    1.1 itb

    A) Ekitike to Woltermade
    B) Save and get Mateta and Munoz the week after

    Cheers

    1. SligoRovers1928
        1 month, 17 days ago

        I’d say save but that’s a real coin flip, lot of money in defence so maybe 4 at the back this week then get palace players in 10?

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Saliba, Gyokeres to Gabriel, Woltemade too sideways?

      1. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Good upgrades

      2. SligoRovers1928
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Probably wouldn’t worry too much about Saliba to Gabriel, gyokeres to woltemade I like, but going without an arsenal attacker could be risky

      3. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Goykeres.
        Takes some skill to be invisible for an entire match, even when you score two goals.

      4. SligoRovers1928
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Thoughts on tarkowski to timber?
          Already did gyokeres and reijnders to kroupi and Saka, but had 4 free transfers and only have 1 arsenal defender

        • FantasyClub
          • 4 Years
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Bench one please lads

          A) Ekitike (thinking maybe Slot plays him)
          B) I.Sarr v ARS

          1. Sun Jihai
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 17 days ago

            May as well wait until the Liverpool UCL game

        • Joyce1998
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 17 days ago

          G2g?
          2.7 itb
          0 Fts
          Foster>> Mateta gw10

          Raya
          Gabriel, Gvardiol, Senesi, Gudmundsson
          Saka, Bruno, Semenyo, Caicedo
          Haaland, Woltemade

          Dubravka, Foster, King, Alderete

        • Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Salah & Stach/KDH
          to
          Saka & Bruno for free?

          1. Recidivus
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 17 days ago

            As a person with Bruno in the team who cant quite get the funds to get Saka in and keep Bruno I think thats 2 solid moves in tandem

        • Lx789
            1 month, 17 days ago

            Pope (Dubs)

            Gabriel Esteve Lacroix Virgil
            Semenyo Mbeumo Grealish
            Bowen Haaland(c) J Pedro

            (Dubravka, VDV, Reijnders, Minteh)

            1FT
            A) Reijnders to Sarr
            B) Bowen to Wolt
            C) Bowen to Mateta
            D) Reijnders to Caciedo

            Looking to avoid using my WC for now