Wildcard · Gameweek 3
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The gameweek 3 draft squad: 3-4-3

A legal 15 for 100.0m, with an XI projecting 58.4 points.

eBy the evmax model · 3 September 2026

The model's draft squad lines up 3-4-3 and costs 100.0m of the 100.0m budget, leaving 0.0m in the bank. The starting XI projects 58.4 points.

8.6HaalandMCIC5.3ThiagoBRE3.8Calvert-LewinLEE7.9B.FernandesMUN6.7SzoboszlaiLIV5.6GakpoLIV5.1Gibbs-WhiteNFO4.4GuéhiMCI4.0ThiawNEW3.8KayodeBRE3.4VerbruggenBHA3-4-3
The model's optimal XI · number = projected points (xPts)

The bench is deliberately cheap — four enablers that make the 15 legal so the spending sits in the XI. No club contributes more than three players, which is the squad rule that most often forces a compromise on the premium picks.

The data

#PlayerxPtsPriceCaptain EVCeilingOwned %
1Haaland MCI8.5815.517.1619.3371.0%
2B.Fernandes MUN7.9412.015.8817.4148.6%
3Szoboszlai LIV6.667.013.3216.7841.4%
4Gakpo LIVDifferential5.607.011.2015.318.1%
5Thiago BRE5.268.010.5214.2814.4%
6Gibbs-White NFODifferential5.097.910.1814.129.4%
7Guéhi MCI4.416.08.8110.9818.9%
8Thiaw NEWDifferential3.985.07.9711.532.0%
9Calvert-Lewin LEE3.806.07.6111.1926.4%
10Kayode BREDifferential3.784.67.569.159.3%
11Verbruggen BHA3.354.56.707.0621.6%
12Egan HULDifferentialBench2.914.05.819.464.5%
13Slater HULDifferentialBench2.534.55.067.364.7%
14Dubravka TOTBench2.504.05.016.2318.2%
15Diop IPSBench2.054.04.096.9315.9%

Bottom line

Build around this 3-4-3: 58.4 projected points for 100.0m.

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How we get these numbers. Market odds (de-vigged) → Dixon-Coles scorelines → 50k Monte-Carlo simulations, scored on the official Fantasy Premier League points table. Ceiling = the average of a player's best 15% of our 50,000 simulations — the score when his best realistic games happen, not a fantasy cap. Every figure here is machine-readable at /api/fpl/gw3/wildcard.json.