Scout

GW1DEMO

The five key players for the gameweek ahead — and, more usefully, why each one is here.

1

Haaland

MCI · FWD · £15.5mPEN
CHE (H) · 47.0% owned
  • Tough fixture (CHE (H)) — this is a call on the player, not the tie.
  • 0.79 expected goal involvements per 90 — the underlying numbers back it up.
  • First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.
  • In form: 7.8 over recent gameweeks.
  • 47% owned — closer to essential than optional at this point.
6.8
proj pts
2

B.Fernandes

MUN · MID · £12.0mPEN
ARS (A) · 34.7% owned
  • Tough fixture (ARS (A)) — this is a call on the player, not the tie.
  • 0.70 expected goal involvements per 90 — the underlying numbers back it up.
  • First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.
  • In form: 6.2 over recent gameweeks.
4.3
proj pts
3

Saka

ARS · MID · £9.5mPEN
MUN (H) · 24.5% owned
  • Tough fixture (MUN (H)) — this is a call on the player, not the tie.
  • First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.
4.3
proj pts
4

Isak

LIV · FWD · £9.0m
AVL (H) · 22.5% owned
  • Tough fixture (AVL (H)) — this is a call on the player, not the tie.
4.1
proj pts
5

Semenyo

MCI · MID · £8.5m
CHE (H) · 20.4% owned
  • Tough fixture (CHE (H)) — this is a call on the player, not the tie.
3.9
proj pts

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.