FPL Gameweek 5 transfer targets
The player the FPLXI model rates highest for Gameweek 5 was Erling Haaland (MCI, £15.7m) on 7.0 projected points. Next come Bruno Borges Fernandes (6.8) and Dominik Szoboszlai (6.8) . 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 18 Sep, 07:00Transfer targets, Gameweek 5
| Player | Fixture | Price | Owned | Projected points | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 MCI Erling Haaland FWD SUN (H) · £15.7m · 77.0% | SUN (H) | £15.7m | 77.0% | 7.0 | 6 |
| 2 MUN Bruno Borges Fernandes MID FUL (A) · £11.8m · 28.3% | FUL (A) | £11.8m | 28.3% | 6.8 | 2 |
| 3 LIV Dominik Szoboszlai MID BOU (A) · £6.8m · 18.3% | BOU (A) | £6.8m | 18.3% | 6.8 | 2 |
| 4 BOU Đorđe Petrović GK LIV (H) · £4.5m · 2.8% | LIV (H) | £4.5m | 2.8% | 6.5 | 2 |
| 5 LEE Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD CRY (H) · £6.1m · 23.6% | CRY (H) | £6.1m | 23.6% | 6.0 | 2 |
| 6 NFO Neco Williams DEF COV (H) · £5.0m · 6.3% | COV (H) | £5.0m | 6.3% | 5.8 | 2 |
| 7 NFO Igor Jesus Maciel da Cruz FWD COV (H) · £5.7m · 1.4% | COV (H) | £5.7m | 1.4% | 5.8 | 1 |
| 8 BOU Francisco Evanilson de Lima Barbosa FWD LIV (H) · £6.1m · 4.8% | LIV (H) | £6.1m | 4.8% | 5.7 | 2 |
| 9 CHE Cole Palmer MID BRE (A) · £9.7m · 27.0% | BRE (A) | £9.7m | 27.0% | 5.5 | 2 |
| 10 EVE Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall MID IPS (H) · £6.6m · 6.1% | IPS (H) | £6.6m | 6.1% | 5.4 | 3 |
| 11 FUL Gonzalo García FWD MUN (H) · £6.1m · 6.8% | MUN (H) | £6.1m | 6.8% | 5.4 | 2 |
| 12 NFO Morgan Gibbs-White MID COV (H) · £7.9m · 11.5% | COV (H) | £7.9m | 11.5% | 5.4 | 2 |
| 13 CHE Emiliano Martínez Romero GK BRE (A) · £5.0m · 4.0% | BRE (A) | £5.0m | 4.0% | 5.3 | 2 |
| 14 EVE Jordan Pickford GK IPS (H) · £5.5m · 8.7% | IPS (H) | £5.5m | 8.7% | 5.2 | 8 |
| 15 BOU Adrien Truffert DEF LIV (H) · £5.4m · 2.7% | LIV (H) | £5.4m | 2.7% | 5.0 | 2 |
| 16 COV Carl Rushworth GK NFO (A) · £4.5m · 0.9% | NFO (A) | £4.5m | 0.9% | 4.7 | 11 |
| 17 BRE Caoimhín Kelleher GK CHE (H) · £5.0m · 6.1% | CHE (H) | £5.0m | 6.1% | 4.7 | 6 |
| 18 NFO Murillo Costa dos Santos DEF COV (H) · £5.5m · 2.1% | COV (H) | £5.5m | 2.1% | 4.5 | 4 |
| 19 BOU James Hill DEF LIV (H) · £5.5m · 0.8% | LIV (H) | £5.5m | 0.8% | 4.0 | 4 |
| 20 MUN Harry Maguire DEF FUL (A) · £4.8m · 6.6% | FUL (A) | £4.8m | 6.6% | 3.8 | 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
Which of these should you actually make in Gameweek 5?
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