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FPL GW24 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Sels

Gabriel Magalhães
Chalobah
Mukiele

Bruno Fernandes
Rice
Semenyo
Fernández
Rogers

Evanilson
Haaland

Dubravka
Maguire
Hill
Kroupi

GW24 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	92.6%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	88.9%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.6m	80.9%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.5m	78.6%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	78.1%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	75.1%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.4m	69.8%	Unlikely
Ayari	BHA	4.8m	67.4%	Unlikely
Estêvão	CHE	6.4m	67.0%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	66.6%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	62.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	58.8%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	52.7%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	55.4%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	53.9%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.7m	48.9%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	52.1%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	45.5%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.0m	42.8%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	50.5%	Unlikely
Collins	BRE	5.0m	50.9%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	48.8%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	7.8m	39.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	46.8%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.3m	43.6%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	43.7%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.5m	40.5%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.4m	34.8%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.7m	41.4%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.7m	39.7%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	39.3%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	38.0%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	33.7%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	36.3%	Unlikely
G.Jesus	ARS	6.4m	35.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.8m	17.3%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.1m	35.4%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	34.9%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.8m	35.7%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	30.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Schade	BRE	7.1m	141.7%	Very Likely
Watkins	AVL	8.8m	125.5%	Very Likely
Alleyne	MCI	4.3m	102.3%	Very Likely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	113.4%	Very Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.1m	97.6%	Likely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.6m	95.5%	Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.2m	99.6%	Likely
Schär	NEW	5.3m	98.9%	Likely
Møller Wolfe	WOL	4.3m	98.9%	Maybe
Bradley	LIV	5.0m	97.4%	Maybe
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	98.5%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	97.9%	Maybe
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	95.4%	Maybe
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	95.2%	Maybe
Spence	TOT	4.3m	91.7%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	93.1%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	91.8%	Unlikely
Brierley	BUR	4.5m	91.8%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	91.5%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	91.2%	Unlikely
Acheampong	CHE	3.8m	88.2%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.2m	79.8%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	87.1%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	87.7%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	86.5%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	87.1%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	87.5%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.2m	84.4%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.7m	74.3%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	86.6%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	84.6%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	82.2%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	81.3%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	74.6%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	81.7%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.8m	77.8%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.2m	80.5%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.2m	76.8%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	6.0m	71.2%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Sanchez	CHE	B, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Roefs	SUN	C
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:27am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Chalobah	CHE	B, Vs
Up	Senesi	BOU	C, Vs
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	B
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	C, Vs
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:36am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Saka	ARS	C
No Change	Fernández	CHE	A, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
Up	Wilson	FUL	A
No Change	Wirtz	LIV	A
Down	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A, VsX, Inj
No Change	Ndiaye	EVE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Mitoma	BHA	B

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:43am

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

Last updated: 31 Jan, 2026 1:46am

GW24 Chip Poll

Members

The Numbers Game – The Charge From the Back

18 February 2011 1140 comments

Mark

With a break from Premier League action this weekend, we’re presented with some breathing space to allow us to take stock and assess strategies for success for the remaining Gameweeks.

This season has seen the evolution of template midfields and attacks with the same names rotation across thousands of Fantasy squads. As a result the defence has become a key area for differentials and while clean sheets have been hard to come by all season, the quest for defenders who can return attacking points and Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Bonus, remains a key one.

In this latest Numbers Game article for Members, we take a look at the Gameweek OPTA statistics gathered over the past four Gameweeks to analyse those defenders who have offered the best potential in these areas.

This content is restricted to Chief Scout Members. Click here to register and get access to industry-leading stats from Opta and StatsBomb including Defensive Contributions data, the Rate My Team tool, Points Projections, 150+ Member-only articles, exclusive Team Reveals, a customisable Season Ticker, two Transfer Planners... and more!

1,140 Comments Login to Post a Comment

cyberllama
14 years, 11 months ago
Arteta!!!!! YES
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Syd.
14 years, 11 months ago
2-2
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Locarno
14 years, 11 months ago
Pick that out, Petr.
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Akers
14 years, 11 months ago
Waddle says "Pelanty" all the time. Bloody annoying.
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jamsiep
14 years, 11 months ago
lulz
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Boom!!!
14 years, 11 months ago
LOL@CASHLEY!!!
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Hank
14 years, 11 months ago
heheheheheh
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Locarno
14 years, 11 months ago
Another left-footed miss...
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Syd.
14 years, 11 months ago
lolz hahaha cashley you dirt bag
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Akers
14 years, 11 months ago
WHAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke. Chins Ashley.
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
14 years, 11 months ago
Ashley cole hahahahahahahahaha
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jamsiep
14 years, 11 months ago
Neville?! 😯
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Syd.
14 years, 11 months ago
chelsea are shit
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Snooze ya lose
14 years, 11 months ago
Remind me who has to win for there to be a Man Utd dgw?
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cyberllama
14 years, 11 months ago
Neville < Cole 😀
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1. cyberllama
  14 years, 11 months ago
  crap wrong way round in my excitement lol
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jamsiep
14 years, 11 months ago
F*CK OFF ANCELOTTI.
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Hank
14 years, 11 months ago
Phil! Nev! AMAZING!
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Gylfi Sigurdsson < That&…
14 years, 11 months ago
note to all football managers: don't let left footers take penalties!!!
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Boom!!!
14 years, 11 months ago
that is why defenders should take the pens 🙂
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Sess!
14 years, 11 months ago
Oh well, rethink of transfer plans needed!
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gooner dave
14 years, 11 months ago
Bye bye dgw.
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⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
14 years, 11 months ago
Penalty Going on..???
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1. Akers
  14 years, 11 months ago
  Yeah Ashley Cole's is still going.
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
14 years, 11 months ago
Bye bye Chelsea

hahahaha cole

couldn't have happened to a nicer person hahahaha
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Locarno
14 years, 11 months ago
Anelka should get sacked for that.
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1. Hank
  14 years, 11 months ago
  +1111
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Sess!
14 years, 11 months ago
No dgw on more like
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Churchill
14 years, 11 months ago
Having been out of the loop somewhat. Does Everton winning the game have any significant bearing on any on their gameweeks?
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⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
14 years, 11 months ago
Who wins..??
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1. Boom!!!
  14 years, 11 months ago
  toffees.
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DGno9
14 years, 11 months ago
yes!
haha!
baines with his late free kick took that to pens & old skool Phil Neville scored the winner! good!
bye bye chelsea!
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Syd.
14 years, 11 months ago
UTD DGW Game on... Thank you Mr Cole & Mr Anelka 🙂
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Sess!
14 years, 11 months ago
Shit yeah was just thinking that. Anyone know the score with everton dgw???
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1. Syd.
  14 years, 11 months ago
  3-0
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