The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 22

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

FPL GW22 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Roefs

Gabriel Magalhães
van Dijk
Cash

Saka
Rogers
Wirtz
Fernández
Mitoma

Haaland
Calvert-Lewin

Bizot
van de Ven
van Hecke
Mané

GW22 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gabriel	ARS	6.7m	99.8%	Likely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	98.1%	Maybe
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	97.4%	Maybe
Garner	EVE	5.1m	98.9%	Maybe
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	86.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	86.6%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	88.6%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.2m	77.5%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	79.3%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	74.3%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.3m	66.4%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	61.4%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	55.2%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	53.5%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	50.4%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	50.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	50.1%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	49.4%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.1m	40.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	45.9%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	46.1%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	44.7%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	45.5%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	43.5%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	43.9%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	43.4%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	41.5%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	41.7%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	41.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	35.7%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	37.4%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	38.5%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	36.5%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	34.5%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	33.4%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	32.7%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	32.7%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.5m	32.3%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	31.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mount	MUN	5.9m	100.7%	Very Likely
Hincapie	ARS	5.3m	92.9%	Maybe
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	96.5%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.7m	94.9%	Maybe
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	96.6%	Maybe
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	94.7%	Unlikely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	94.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Abdullahi	SUN	4.3m	93.6%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.6%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	93.7%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	89.7%	Unlikely
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	89.4%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	87.7%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	82.4%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	82.7%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	80.8%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.5m	77.6%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	82.0%	Unlikely
Gana	EVE	5.4m	78.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	75.1%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	77.1%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.1m	76.5%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	78.3%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	75.3%	Unlikely
Bergvall	TOT	5.3m	73.4%	Unlikely
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	73.2%	Unlikely
R.Williams	LIV	3.8m	72.7%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	69.6%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	69.6%	Unlikely
Anthony	BUR	5.1m	70.3%	Unlikely
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	70.0%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	70.1%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.3m	68.6%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	68.2%	Unlikely
A.García	AVL	3.9m	66.9%	Unlikely
Onyeka	BRE	4.8m	67.4%	Unlikely
Kporha	CRY	4.0m	66.4%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	66.3%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	67.1%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	A
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:39am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	B
No Change	Matheus Cunha	MUN	B
Up	Rogers	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Vs
Down	Semenyo	BOU	A
Down	Wirtz	LIV	A
No Change	Grealish	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:31am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Up	Watkins	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Down	Thiago	BRE	C

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:38am

GW22 Chip Poll

Scout Squad

The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 22

16 January 2026 32 comments

Skonto Rigga

After the annual winter hiatus, the Scout Squad returns for Gameweek 22.

In this article, our in-house team discuss who they think the best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players are for the upcoming Gameweek in isolation.

MORE ABOUT THE SCOUT SQUAD

The focus is only on the upcoming Gameweek with the Scout Squad, so there’s no medium-term planning involved.

Staff writer Marc, general manager Sam, deputy editor Tom F and editor Neale each take turns explaining their picks.

The players who get the most votes are much more likely to make the Scout Picks. However, the final XI can’t exceed £83.0m – so occasionally, we have to source cheaper alternatives.

Each of our writers must meet the following requirements for this feature:

At least one sub-£5.0m goalkeeper
At least one sub-£5.0m defender
At least one sub-£6.0m midfielder
At least one sub-£7.0m forward
No more than three players from the same club

SCOUT SQUAD: BEST FPL PLAYERS FOR GAMEWEEK 22

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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My heart goes Salalalalah
2 hours, 51 mins ago
Wirtz?
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1. mixology
  2 hours, 34 mins ago
  He has been returning, tbf
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2. Tomerick
  2 hours, 31 mins ago
  What’s the Wirtz that could happen?
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Look at his face!
2 hours, 22 mins ago
What do you do with Gordon and O’Reilly? Give them one more week or sell?
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Bale11
2 hours, 19 mins ago
Got offered Salah for Foden. Any views? I think it’s wise taking it seeing how much Phil has cooled off and Cherki/semenyo doing well
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1. Bale11
  1 hour, 40 mins ago
  Draft q
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Letsgo!
2 hours, 15 mins ago
Capt saka or enzo?
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1. carlmas
  1 hour, 30 mins ago
  Saka (4.5) > Enzo (3.4)
  If you have Bruno G (7.5) even better!
  Check performance on https://fplprophet.com/performance ,
  for easy to use and free transfer optimization as well if you have your team ID handy
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  1. TorresMagic™
    1 hour, 25 mins ago
    Please stop with those links.
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    1. carlmas
      1 hour, 23 mins ago
      sorry, that was the last one
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Bavarian
2 hours, 6 mins ago
Cash or Chalobah?
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1. Bggz
  1 hour, 6 mins ago
  chalobahs very consistent
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Bggz
1 hour, 48 mins ago
Which 2 to play? I dont like having Thiago vs Chalobah... RMT says bench Thiago but thats a big call.

Thiago che
Alderete CRY
Chalobah BRE
Caicedo BRE
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1. Bavarian
  1 hour, 1 min ago
  Never bench a striker
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2. sminkypinky
  56 mins ago
  I’d start Thiago and Caicedo (defcon)
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Philosopher's Stones
1 hour, 43 mins ago
Gotta feel sorry for people who pay money to a site which is recommending to bring in Wirtz.
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1. sminkypinky
  52 mins ago
  Tbh he’s improving his output as of late and the fixture is there. Ekitike back is good for him also. I still don’t see him as a must own but for a one week punt you could do worse.
  Also I was a paying member for years but nowadays I really don’t see the value in it anymore. So much info available for free.
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sminkypinky
1 hour, 37 mins ago
Hello.
Would you start
A) Chalobah (BRE)
B) Senesi (bha)
C) O’Reilly (utd)

Imo first two better chance for defcon but all concede. Last one slight advantage on attacking points. Who do you prefer?
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1. Bggz
  21 mins ago
  c prob then a
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The Knights Template
1 hour, 34 mins ago
Who plays up front for Spurs with Richarlison out? Tel?
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1. The Knights Template
  1 hour, 15 mins ago
  It’s Muani, TKT.
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  1. The Knights Template
    36 mins ago
    Thankee! Tel an option in midfield, playing an execrable West Ham?
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    1. The Knights Template
      33 mins ago
      Massive punt that is, you’re quite highly ranked aren’t you?
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      1. The Knights Template
        33 mins ago
        Yes, 43k, if that helps?
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        The Knights Template
        32 mins ago
        Play safe then, no need for silliness, leave that to the nudists!
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        The Knights Template
        31 mins ago
        You’re always very helpful!
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2. Ausman
  1 hour, 6 mins ago
  Muani to start and Solanke to appear in the second half.
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3. thingamajig
  1 hour, 5 mins ago
  Solanke about again now too yeah?
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Drop Dead Tsimikas
1 hour, 5 mins ago
Captain Ekitike or Gruno?
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1. Boberella
  33 mins ago
  Gruno not as good away, so Ekitike imo.
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  1. NZREDS
    6 mins ago
    Agree with this
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SKENG
3 mins ago
Raya
Gabriel Timber Andersen
Foden Cunha Gordon Wilson
Haaland Thiago DCL

Dubravka Tarkowski Dorgu KDH - 1 FT, 3.4M ITB

Would you save FT here or get Bruno in early?
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