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FPL Gameweek 9 transfer targets

The player the FPLXI model rates highest for Gameweek 9 is Cole Palmer (CHE, £9.8m) on 8.1 projected points. Next come Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha (6.2) and Enzo Fernández (5.9) . 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 Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

Transfer targets, Gameweek 9

Transfer targets, Gameweek 9
Player Projected points
1 CHE Cole Palmer MID MUN (H) · £9.8m · 27.4% 8.1
2 BOU Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha MID LEE (H) · £6.3m · 1.8% 6.2
3 MCI Enzo Fernández MID BHA (H) · £6.9m · 3.9% 5.9
4 MUN Bruno Borges Fernandes MID CHE (A) · £11.7m · 24.3% 5.8
5 BRE Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues FWD NFO (H) · £7.8m · 8.9% 5.7
6 BOU Francisco Evanilson de Lima Barbosa FWD LEE (H) · £6.2m · 8.4% 5.7
7 MCI Rayan Cherki MID BHA (H) · £8.0m · 38.4% 5.6
8 LEE Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD BOU (A) · £6.1m · 21.4% 5.6
9 MCI Erling Haaland FWD BHA (H) · £15.8m · 78.2% 5.4
10 EVE Thierno Barry FWD NEW (A) · £5.6m · 7.3% 5.3
11 BOU Adrien Truffert DEF LEE (H) · £5.4m · 2.9% 4.8
12 BRE Caoimhín Kelleher GK NFO (H) · £5.0m · 6.2% 4.3
13 EVE Jordan Pickford GK NEW (A) · £5.5m · 8.5% 4.1
14 EVE James Tarkowski DEF NEW (A) · £6.2m · 18.5% 4.0
15 BOU António João Pereira de Albuquerque Tavares da Silva DEF LEE (H) · £5.0m · 0.9% 3.9
16 SUN Nordi Mukiele DEF COV (A) · £5.4m · 1.8% 3.9
17 LEE James Trafford GK BOU (A) · £5.0m · 6.1% 3.8
18 SUN Robin Roefs GK COV (A) · £4.9m · 2.1% 3.8
19 BOU Adam Smith DEF LEE (H) · £4.5m · 0.1% 3.7
20 MUN Senne Lammens GK CHE (A) · £4.8m · 8.0% 3.7

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 9?

This page is the model's view of the league. Analyse your own squad and it will rank the moves that gain you the most points from where you are: the transfer worth making, who to captain from the players you own, and the bench order.

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FPLXI is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Premier League or the official Fantasy Premier League game. Every score, rank and projection on this page is FPLXI model output.