Fantasy Premier League · Gameweek 5
deadline Fri 18 Sep, 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
GW144proj 65.953proj 60.70–1
GW293proj 56.084proj 53.01–1
GW337proj 59.559proj 53.71–2
GW476proj 69.683proj 53.61–3
GW5live62.6proj3-4-3 · Cole Palmer (c)52.7proj3-4-3 · Haaland (c)1–3

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

Our picks this gameweek

The players we actually field, from the squad we publish and grade in public every week.

Tier S · MidNFO

Gibbs-White

MID · £8.0m · Gameweek 5
6.90xPts0.86pts/£m
floor 2 · ceiling 15
13386.95.64.55.9
GW2 13 points played · GW3 3 points played · GW4 8 points played · GW5 6.9 projected · GW6 5.6 projected · GW7 4.5 projected · GW8 5.9 projected
GW2345678
COVCRYARSIPS
played · projected
model rank3rdcaptain EV13.80owned13.3%season26 ptspts/£m so far3.25
points breakdown and spread
attack 5.4clean sheet 0.4defence 0.0bonus 1.1= 6.9 xPts
floor 2most likely 2 24%ceiling 15
50,000 simulations: floor 2, most likely 2 (24% of simulations), ceiling 15 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we own him, in our XI
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Tier S · PremiumMUN

B.Fernandes

MID · £12.0m · Gameweek 5
6.54xPts0.55pts/£m
floor 1 · ceiling 15
23226.86.16.26.6
GW2 23 points played · GW3 2 points played · GW4 2 points played · GW5 6.8 projected · GW6 6.1 projected · GW7 6.2 projected · GW8 6.6 projected
GW2345678
FULTOTLEEBOU
played · projected
model rank5thcaptain EV13.08owned41.2%season29 ptspts/£m so far2.42
points breakdown and spread
attack 5.1clean sheet 0.3defence 0.1bonus 1.1= 6.5 xPts
floor 1most likely 2 23%ceiling 15
50,000 simulations: floor 1, most likely 2 (23% of simulations), ceiling 15 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we own him, in our XI
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Tier S · PremiumCHE

Cole Palmer

MID · £9.7m · Gameweek 5
6.35xPts0.66pts/£m
floor 1 · ceiling 15
7156.27.05.85.9
GW2 7 points played · GW3 1 points played · GW4 5 points played · GW5 6.2 projected · GW6 7.0 projected · GW7 5.8 projected · GW8 5.9 projected
GW2345678
BREBOUEVETOT
played · projected
model rank6thcaptain EV12.71owned26.8%season26 ptspts/£m so far2.68
points breakdown and spread
attack 5.0clean sheet 0.2defence 0.1bonus 1.1= 6.3 xPts
floor 1most likely 2 28%ceiling 15
50,000 simulations: floor 1, most likely 2 (28% of simulations), ceiling 15 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we own him, in our XI
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Most transferred in this gameweek

Who the crowd is piling into, and what our model makes of each move.

Tier A · MidCHE

Rogers

MID · £7.7m · Gameweek 5
3.89xPts0.51pts/£m
floor 1 · ceiling 9
5683.94.23.73.8
GW2 5 points played · GW3 6 points played · GW4 8 points played · GW5 3.9 projected · GW6 4.2 projected · GW7 3.7 projected · GW8 3.8 projected
GW2345678
BREBOUEVETOT
played · projected
model rank45thcaptain EV7.77owned38.4%season27 ptspts/£m so far3.51
points breakdown and spread
attack 3.3clean sheet 0.2defence 0.1bonus 0.3= 3.9 xPts
floor 1most likely 2 43%ceiling 9
50,000 simulations: floor 1, most likely 2 (43% of simulations), ceiling 9 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
the consensus squad owns him, we do not
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Crowd is buying. Model has him tier A, 45th by xPts this week.

Tier A · MidBHA

Groß

MID · £5.7m · Gameweek 5
3.48xPts0.61pts/£m
floor 1 · ceiling 9
131173.54.44.54.0
GW2 13 points played · GW3 1 points played · GW4 17 points played · GW5 3.5 projected · GW6 4.4 projected · GW7 4.5 projected · GW8 4.0 projected
GW2345678
ARSSUNCRYLIV
played · projected
model rank65thcaptain EV6.95owned19.7%season33 ptspts/£m so far5.79
points breakdown and spread
attack 2.9clean sheet 0.2defence 0.0bonus 0.4= 3.5 xPts
floor 1most likely 2 47%ceiling 9
50,000 simulations: floor 1, most likely 2 (47% of simulations), ceiling 9 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we do not own him
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Crowd is buying. Model has him tier A, 65th by xPts this week.

Tier S · MidNFO

Gibbs-White

MID · £8.0m · Gameweek 5
6.90xPts0.86pts/£m
floor 2 · ceiling 15
13386.95.64.55.9
GW2 13 points played · GW3 3 points played · GW4 8 points played · GW5 6.9 projected · GW6 5.6 projected · GW7 4.5 projected · GW8 5.9 projected
GW2345678
COVCRYARSIPS
played · projected
model rank3rdcaptain EV13.80owned13.3%season26 ptspts/£m so far3.25
points breakdown and spread
attack 5.4clean sheet 0.4defence 0.0bonus 1.1= 6.9 xPts
floor 2most likely 2 24%ceiling 15
50,000 simulations: floor 2, most likely 2 (24% of simulations), ceiling 15 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we own him, in our XI
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Crowd is buying. Model has him tier S, 3rd by xPts this week.

Most transferred out this gameweek

Who is being dumped hardest. Where the model disagrees, it says so.

Tier D · MidNEW

Elanga

MID · £6.2m · Gameweek 5

Unspecified injury - Unknown return date (status: i)

0.00xPts0.00pts/£m
floor 0 · ceiling 0
9810.00.00.00.0
GW1 9 points played · GW2 8 points played · GW3 1 points played · GW5 0.0 projected · GW6 0.0 projected · GW7 0.0 projected · GW8 0.0 projected
GW1235678
HULCOVAVLCRY
played · projected
model rank543rdcaptain EV0.00owned8.3%season18 ptspts/£m so far2.90
points breakdown and spread
floor 0most likely 0 100%ceiling 0
50,000 simulations: floor 0, most likely 0 (100% of simulations), ceiling 0 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we do not own him
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Crowd is selling. Model has him tier D, 543rd.

Tier S · MidLIV

Szoboszlai

MID · £7.0m · Gameweek 5
4.46xPts0.64pts/£m
floor 0 · ceiling 11
4334.94.44.74.8
GW2 4 points played · GW3 3 points played · GW4 3 points played · GW5 4.9 projected · GW6 4.4 projected · GW7 4.7 projected · GW8 4.8 projected
GW2345678
BOUMCIBREBHA
played · projected
model rank25thcaptain EV8.93owned35.6%season18 ptspts/£m so far2.57
points breakdown and spread
attack 3.4clean sheet 0.2defence 0.2bonus 0.6= 4.5 xPts
floor 0most likely 2 28%ceiling 11
50,000 simulations: floor 0, most likely 2 (28% of simulations), ceiling 11 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we own him, in our XI
full card →

Crowd is selling. Model still has him tier S, 25th.

Tier S · PremiumMUN

B.Fernandes

MID · £12.0m · Gameweek 5
6.54xPts0.55pts/£m
floor 1 · ceiling 15
23226.86.16.26.6
GW2 23 points played · GW3 2 points played · GW4 2 points played · GW5 6.8 projected · GW6 6.1 projected · GW7 6.2 projected · GW8 6.6 projected
GW2345678
FULTOTLEEBOU
played · projected
model rank5thcaptain EV13.08owned41.2%season29 ptspts/£m so far2.42
points breakdown and spread
attack 5.1clean sheet 0.3defence 0.1bonus 1.1= 6.5 xPts
floor 1most likely 2 23%ceiling 15
50,000 simulations: floor 1, most likely 2 (23% of simulations), ceiling 15 points
50,000 simulations · floor and ceiling are the 10th and 90th percentile
we own him, in our XI
full card →

Crowd is selling. Model still has him tier S, 5th.

Fixture boxes under the dots: the next opponent, coloured by difficulty — green easy, red hard, dashed grey not priced yet.

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Featured · Our Squad

Our gameweek 5 squad: Cole Palmer captains a 3-4-3

The engine's own 15 — a 3-4-3 projecting 62.63 points with the captain doubled, picked on six-gameweek horizon value, not one-week form.

Read the full analysis →

5.3ThiagoBRE4.0EvanilsonBOU6.3Calvert-LewinLEE6.5B.FernandesMUN6.9Gibbs-WhiteNFO4.5SzoboszlaiLIVV6.3Cole PalmerCHEC4.7TarkowskiEVE3.4VirgilLIV4.8N.WilliamsNFO3.6RayaARS3-4-3
Latest analysis
Experts

What the experts say for gameweek 5

17 September 2026

Captain, transfers and chips from 3 public sources, each linked, beside our own squad. The sources lean Haaland; the model captains Cole Palmer.

3Sources read
Captains

Haaland is the gameweek 5 captain

17 September 2026

16.05 captain EV, 17.06 ceiling — the best armband in the model.

16.05Captain EV
Distributions

Gameweek 5 spreads: Haaland hauls 32% of the time

17 September 2026

Every projection on this site is the average of tens of thousands of simulated gameweeks. This is the shape behind the average: Haaland blanks in 34% of them and scores double figures in 32%.

16.05Captain EV
Consensus Squad

The consensus XI: the experts' gameweek 5 team

17 September 2026

A mention-tally across the expert consensus sources, assembled into a legal 15 — Haaland carries the majority armband.

52.70Projected XI, captain doubled
Wildcard

The gameweek 5 draft squad: 3-4-3

17 September 2026

A legal 15 for 98.2m, with an XI projecting 65.3 points.

8.02xPts
Ticker

Gameweek 5 fixture ticker: MCI lead the clean sheets

17 September 2026

MCI project 0.47 expected clean sheets against SUN (H).

0.47Clean sheets
Defenders

Hall leads the gameweek 5 defenders

17 September 2026

5.02 expected points, with 1.44 of it from clean sheets alone.

5.02xPts
Efficiency

Barry is the best value in gameweek 5

17 September 2026

1.19 points per million at 5.6.

1.19Pts/m
Defcon

Egan is the gameweek 5 DefCon banker

17 September 2026

He clears the 10-action threshold in 54% of simulations.

54%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.