FPL Gameweek 5 captain picks
The FPLXI model's top captain pick for Gameweek 5 is Erling Haaland (MCI, SUN (H)), projected 16.7 points with the armband, from 8.4 before doubling. Next come Dominik Szoboszlai (14.9) and Morgan Rogers (14.3) with the armband. The ranking is the model's projection doubled: the armband changes nothing else.
Predictions updated Fri 4 Sep, 07:00Captain picks, Gameweek 5
| Player | Fixture | Price | Owned | Projected with the armband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 MCI Erling Haaland FWD SUN (H) · £15.5m · 72.5% | SUN (H) | £15.5m | 72.5% | 16.7 |
| 2 LIV Dominik Szoboszlai MID BOU (A) · £7.0m · 41.3% | BOU (A) | £7.0m | 41.3% | 14.9 |
| 3 CHE Morgan Rogers MID BRE (A) · £7.5m · 23.8% | BRE (A) | £7.5m | 23.8% | 14.3 |
| 4 LEE Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD CRY (H) · £6.0m · 25.3% | CRY (H) | £6.0m | 25.3% | 13.0 |
| 5 LIV Alisson Becker GK BOU (A) · £5.5m · 3.8% | BOU (A) | £5.5m | 3.8% | 12.7 |
| 6 MCI Phil Foden MID SUN (H) · £7.0m · 6.3% | SUN (H) | £7.0m | 6.3% | 12.0 |
| 7 MCI Antoine Semenyo MID SUN (H) · £8.5m · 19.4% | SUN (H) | £8.5m | 19.4% | 11.6 |
| 8 LIV Bradley Barcola MID BOU (A) · £8.0m · 1.4% | BOU (A) | £8.0m | 1.4% | 11.3 |
| 9 NEW Harvey Barnes MID HUL (H) · £6.0m · 1.2% | HUL (H) | £6.0m | 1.2% | 11.2 |
| 10 LIV Cody Gakpo MID BOU (A) · £7.1m · 8.9% | BOU (A) | £7.1m | 8.9% | 11.2 |
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
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