FPL Gameweek 2 transfer targets
The player the FPLXI model rates highest for Gameweek 2 was Bruno Borges Fernandes (MUN, £12.0m) on 11.7 projected points. Next come Erling Haaland (9.3) and Bryan Mbeumo (8.5) . This list is the top five in each position for the gameweek, ranked by projected points, so a manager weak in one position can find the best option there. Whether any of them is worth a transfer depends on the squad they would join.
Predictions updated Fri 28 Aug, 07:00Transfer targets, Gameweek 2
| Player | Fixture | Price | Owned | Projected points | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 MUN Bruno Borges Fernandes MID IPS (H) · £12.0m · 48.3% | IPS (H) | £12.0m | 48.3% | 11.7 | 23 |
| 2 MCI Erling Haaland FWD CRY (A) · £15.5m · 72.5% | CRY (A) | £15.5m | 72.5% | 9.3 | 13 |
| 3 MUN Bryan Mbeumo MID IPS (H) · £8.0m · 26.4% | IPS (H) | £8.0m | 26.4% | 8.5 | 11 |
| 4 MUN Luke Shaw DEF IPS (H) · £4.5m · 15.3% | IPS (H) | £4.5m | 15.3% | 8.1 | 2 |
| 5 MUN Harry Maguire DEF IPS (H) · £5.0m · 13.7% | IPS (H) | £5.0m | 13.7% | 7.7 | 4 |
| 6 MUN Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha MID IPS (H) · £8.0m · 7.7% | IPS (H) | £8.0m | 7.7% | 7.1 | 9 |
| 7 CHE Robert Lynch Sánchez GK BHA (H) · £4.9m · 1.3% | BHA (H) | £4.9m | 1.3% | 6.6 | 0 |
| 8 COV Ellis Simms FWD HUL (H) · £5.0m · 0.8% | HUL (H) | £5.0m | 0.8% | 6.6 | 0 |
| 9 SUN Robin Roefs GK FUL (H) · £5.0m · 3.3% | FUL (H) | £5.0m | 3.3% | 6.5 | 6 |
| 10 TOT Richarlison de Andrade FWD NEW (H) · £5.9m · 1.5% | NEW (H) | £5.9m | 1.5% | 6.4 | 0 |
| 11 ARS Bukayo Saka MID AVL (A) · £9.5m · 11.0% | AVL (A) | £9.5m | 11.0% | 6.3 | 11 |
| 12 LIV Dominik Szoboszlai MID NFO (H) · £7.0m · 41.3% | NFO (H) | £7.0m | 41.3% | 6.2 | 4 |
| 13 LIV Alexander Isak FWD NFO (H) · £9.0m · 17.2% | NFO (H) | £9.0m | 17.2% | 6.0 | 8 |
| 14 LEE Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD BRE (H) · £6.0m · 25.3% | BRE (H) | £6.0m | 25.3% | 5.7 | 8 |
| 15 NFO Matz Sels GK LIV (A) · £5.0m · 1.4% | LIV (A) | £5.0m | 1.4% | 5.4 | 1 |
| 16 MUN Noussair Mazraoui DEF IPS (H) · £4.5m · 0.6% | IPS (H) | £4.5m | 0.6% | 5.1 | 1 |
| 17 MUN Ayden Heaven DEF IPS (H) · £4.5m · 0.3% | IPS (H) | £4.5m | 0.3% | 4.9 | 0 |
| 18 ARS Riccardo Calafiori DEF AVL (A) · £5.7m · 44.5% | AVL (A) | £5.7m | 44.5% | 4.9 | 11 |
| 19 BRE Caoimhín Kelleher GK LEE (A) · £5.0m · 7.9% | LEE (A) | £5.0m | 7.9% | 4.9 | 2 |
| 20 ARS David Raya Martín GK AVL (A) · £6.0m · 37.3% | AVL (A) | £6.0m | 37.3% | 4.4 | 6 |
What the FPLXI model considers
Position-specific models trained on five seasons of Premier League data, backtested on a season they never saw. Every figure on this page is model output, written by batch inference before the deadline and never rewritten afterwards.
- Underlying performance: goal threat, chance creation, defensive contribution and save volume, measured per 90 against positional peers.
- Expected minutes: the single biggest driver of points, read from recent starts, rotation and injury news.
- Opponent and venue: attacking and defensive strength of the opposition, home or away, for every fixture in the gameweek.
- Market signals: price, ownership and transfer flow, used as evidence rather than as an instruction.
The model predicts, a deterministic optimiser decides, and language models only explain the decision afterwards. See the published accuracy record
Which of these should you actually make in Gameweek 2?
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