Fantasy Premier League · Gameweek 1
deadline Fri 21 Aug, 18:30 UK

Two squads, picked before every deadline and graded after: one by a 50,000-run simulation, one by the crowd's template. Every number on this page is a projection you can check next week.

Model XIConsensus XIDuel
GW1live65.9proj3-5-2 · B.Fernandes (c)60.7proj3-5-2 · Haaland (c)1–2

Official points once a gameweek is graded; the live row shows the frozen projection and points so far. Full ledger →

Featured · Our Squad

The Model XI: our engine's own fifteen, and why Haaland is not in it

A 3-5-2 projecting 65.92 points with B.Fernandes captained — built on six-week horizon value, market-implied fixture strength, and one deliberate act of heresy.

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5.9ThiagoBREV4.9WatkinsAVL8.8B.FernandesMUNC5.1NdiayeEVE4.8Gibbs-WhiteNFO4.8E.Le FéeSUN4.7SzoboszlaiLIV4.3VirgilLIV4.3SenesiTOT4.7TarkowskiEVE4.6RayaARS3-5-2
Latest analysis
Captains

Captaincy is a two-horse race, and the model backs the outsider

19 August 2026

B.Fernandes projects 17.7 points captained against Haaland's 15.61 — a 2.09-point edge for the man three in four managers will not pick.

17.70Captain EV
Distributions

Gameweek analysis: distributions

19 August 2026

No data available.

Captain EV
Consensus Squad

The Consensus XI: the squad the crowd would build

19 August 2026

Seven expert sources, one mention-tally, the majority captain — 60.74 projected points of pure template.

60.74Projected XI, captain doubled
Wildcard

The draft XI: what a pure gameweek-1 squad looks like

19 August 2026

Eleven players, 59.17 projected points, no loyalty to anything but this week's fixtures.

8.85xPts
Ticker

Clean sheets start at the Emirates

19 August 2026

Arsenal's 56.8% shutout probability towers over the week — no other defence clears 50%.

0.57Clean sheets
Defenders

Gabriel tops a defensive board Arsenal own

19 August 2026

Four of the six best defensive picks this week face Coventry — the question is only which Arsenal asset to buy.

5.32xPts
Efficiency

Value lives in defence this week — Calafiori is the whole market's best buy

19 August 2026

0.931 points per million at £5.5m: no player at any price converts budget into projection better.

0.93Pts/m
Defcon

The DefCon board: Anderson is the quiet two-pointer

19 August 2026

A 59.8% chance of banking the defensive-contribution bonus makes the City midfielder this week's most reliable hidden floor.

60%P(DefCon)

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Method. Market odds (de-vigged) → Dixon-Coles scorelines → 50k Monte-Carlo simulations, scored on the official Fantasy Premier League points table.