FPL Gameweek 17 tips: Best players, predicted line-ups, team news + more

FPL GW17 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	99.7%	Likely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	97.0%	Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	98.0%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	97.3%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	98.6%	Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	86.1%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	85.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	86.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	78.4%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	78.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	70.7%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	68.8%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	67.4%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	67.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	68.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	65.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	63.5%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.7%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	47.0%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	58.5%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	55.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	56.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.6%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	43.2%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	43.5%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	51.9%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	48.7%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.8%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	31.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	41.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	36.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	40.2%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	43.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	108.6%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	104.7%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	103.2%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.2%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.8m	92.9%	Likely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	96.4%	Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	99.9%	Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.8%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.7%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	98.7%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.4%	Maybe
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	92.9%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.2%	Maybe
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.7%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	95.1%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.7%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	92.7%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.1%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	91.5%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.9%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	90.5%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	89.2%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	85.3%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	85.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.7%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	87.9%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	85.9%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.2%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	81.2%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.7%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	88.2%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

FPL GW17 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	99.7%	Likely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	97.0%	Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	98.0%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	97.3%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	98.6%	Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	86.1%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	85.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	86.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	74.4%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	78.4%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	78.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	70.7%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	68.8%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	67.4%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	67.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	68.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	65.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	63.5%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.7%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	47.0%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	58.5%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	55.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	56.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.6%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	43.2%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	43.5%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	51.9%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	48.7%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.8%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	31.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	41.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	36.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	40.2%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	43.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	108.6%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	104.7%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	103.2%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.2%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.8m	92.9%	Likely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	96.4%	Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	99.9%	Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.8%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.7%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	98.7%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.4%	Maybe
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	92.9%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.2%	Maybe
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.7%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	95.1%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.7%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	92.7%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.1%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	91.5%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.9%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	90.5%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	89.2%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	85.3%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	85.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.7%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	87.9%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	85.9%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.2%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	81.2%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.7%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	88.2%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

FPL notes: Doku injury, Haaland + Foden haul, Cherki’s assists

From Scout Picks to team news, all our 2025/26 content and tips for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 17 will appear here.

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Keep or sell Semenyo in FPL?

FPL Gameweek 17 early Scout Picks: City triple-up
The Scout Squad’s best players (coming soon)
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Scout Picks final selection (coming soon)
The FPL Watchlist (coming soon)

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Your chance to get involved on the FPL Question Time panel in 2020/21

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