Scout

1

Gabriel

ARS · DEF · £8.0m

COV (H) · 25.7% owned

• ◆Faces COV (H), one of the softest fixtures on the board.

3.1

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2

Haaland

MCI · FWD · £15.5mPEN

BOU (H) · 75.1% owned

• ◆0.86 expected goal involvements per 90 — the underlying numbers back it up.
• ◆First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.
• ◆75% owned — closer to essential than optional at this point.

2.9

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3

B.Fernandes

MUN · MID · £12.0mPEN

HUL (A) · 48.6% owned

• ◆Faces HUL (A), one of the softest fixtures on the board.
• ◆0.68 expected goal involvements per 90 — the underlying numbers back it up.
• ◆First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.
• ◆49% owned — closer to essential than optional at this point.

2.9

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4

Benitez

CRY · GKP · £4.5m

EVE (A) · 0.1% owned

• ◆Only 0.1% owned — a genuine differential if he returns.

2.7

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5

Saka

ARS · MID · £9.5mPEN

COV (H) · 10.6% owned

• ◆Faces COV (H), one of the softest fixtures on the board.
• ◆0.60 expected goal involvements per 90 — the underlying numbers back it up.
• ◆First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.

2.4

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Ranked by projected points for this gameweek. Reasons are generated from the same data — fixture difficulty, expected goal involvement, set-piece duty, form and ownership — so a pick is never a bare assertion.