Defenders · Gameweek 4
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Gabriel leads the gameweek 4 defenders

4.77 expected points, with 1.92 of it from clean sheets alone.

eBy the evmax model · 11 September 2026

Gabriel (ARS) projects 4.77: 1.92 from clean sheets, 0.32 from defensive contribution and 0.27 from bonus. Where a defender's points come from matters as much as the total — a clean-sheet projection lives or dies on one fixture, while defensive contribution pays regardless of the scoreline.

Gabriel4.77 → 10.93Lacroix4.71 → 10.43Cuyper4.61 → 12.97Calafiori4.50 → 11.30Romero4.38 → 10.79Virgil4.38 → 10.92Henderson4.30 → 9.99Raya4.27 → 8.80Richards4.22 → 10.38Hecke4.18 → 10.76solid = xPts · faint = ceiling upside
Top 10 by xPts. Green = top pick · red = under 10% owned. Full list in the table below. Solid bar = xPts, faint bar = ceiling. 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.

The data

#PlayerxPtsCS ptsDefCon ptsBonusPrice
1Gabriel ARS4.771.920.320.278.0
2Lacroix CHEDifferential4.711.730.670.286.0
3De Cuyper BHA4.611.240.060.424.8
4Calafiori ARS4.501.820.060.225.8
5Emiliano Martínez Romero CHEDifferential4.381.350.001.095.0
6Virgil LIV4.381.370.450.306.5
7Dean Henderson CRYDifferential4.301.310.000.735.0
8Raya ARS4.271.930.000.596.0
9Richards CRYDifferential4.221.280.660.265.0
10Van Hecke TOTDifferential4.181.290.310.404.9
11White ARSDifferential4.171.760.110.475.5
12Hall NEW3.770.920.610.435.1
13Maatsen AVLDifferential3.711.120.330.204.5
14Mitchell CRYDifferential3.691.310.220.164.5
15N.Williams NFODifferential3.660.960.400.435.0
16Hato CHEDifferential3.631.560.240.094.5
17Van de Ven TOTDifferential3.621.160.370.215.0
18Canvot CRYDifferential3.611.190.380.174.9
19A.Becker LIVDifferential3.591.310.000.405.5
20Khalaili CRYDifferential3.570.820.660.455.0

Bottom line

Gabriel at 8.0 is the defensive pick of the gameweek.

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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. Every figure here is machine-readable at /api/fpl/gw4/defenders.json.