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GW5The five key players for the gameweek ahead — and, more usefully, why each one is here.
1Bogle
LEE · DEF · £4.5mCRY (H) · 4.0% owned
- ◆In form: 9.2 over recent gameweeks.
2Gvardiol
MCI · DEF · £5.7mSUN (H) · 23.8% owned
- ◆Faces SUN (H), one of the softest fixtures on the board.
- ◆In form: 8.2 over recent gameweeks.
3Haaland
MCI · FWD · £15.5mPENSUN (H) · 72.6% owned
- ◆Faces SUN (H), one of the softest fixtures on the board.
- ◆0.96 expected goal involvements per 90 — the underlying numbers back it up.
- ◆First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.
- ◆In form: 8.2 over recent gameweeks.
- ◆73% owned — closer to essential than optional at this point.
4Tarkowski
EVE · DEF · £6.1mIPS (H) · 13.5% owned
- ◆Faces IPS (H), one of the softest fixtures on the board.
- ◆In form: 7.2 over recent gameweeks.
5Groß
BHA · MID · £5.7mPENARS (H) · 19.5% owned
- ◆Tough fixture (ARS (H)) — this is a call on the player, not the tie.
- ◆0.57 expected goal involvements per 90 — the underlying numbers back it up.
- ◆First-choice penalty taker, which quietly lifts his floor every week.
- ◆In form: 8.2 over recent gameweeks.
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.