Defenders · Gameweek 6

Gabriel leads the gameweek 6 defenders

5.54 expected points, with 2.03 of it from clean sheets alone.

eBy the evmax model · 9 October 2026

Gabriel (ARS) projects 5.54: 2.03 from clean sheets, 0.47 from defensive contribution and 0.51 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.

Gabriel5.54 → 12.19Calafiori5.08 → 12.38Tarkowski4.62 → 10.68Raya4.36 → 8.75Cuyper4.33 → 11.75Richards4.33 → 10.73Hall4.33 → 10.95Branthwaite4.06 → 9.13Khalaili4.04 → 11.17Mukiele4.01 → 10.93solid = 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 ARS5.542.030.470.518.0
2Calafiori ARS5.082.010.050.245.9
3Tarkowski EVE4.621.400.760.406.2
4Raya ARS4.361.950.000.616.1
5De Cuyper BHA4.331.130.040.505.0
6Richards CRYDifferential4.331.110.840.434.9
7Hall NEW4.331.100.580.645.3
8Branthwaite EVEDifferential4.061.350.830.105.5
9Khalaili CRYDifferential4.040.950.660.305.0
10Mukiele SUNDifferential4.010.860.830.365.4
11Botman NEWDifferential3.961.100.910.145.0
12Thiaw NEWDifferential3.921.100.550.135.0
13Davis IPSDifferential3.890.940.120.204.0
14Lammens MUNDifferential3.841.230.000.474.9
15Pickford EVEDifferential3.781.270.000.615.5
16Emiliano Martínez Romero CHEDifferential3.771.060.000.705.0
17Bobby Thomas COVDifferential3.750.770.770.314.0
18Murillo NFODifferential3.711.070.730.275.5
19Virgil LIV3.710.810.670.186.5
20Horníček NEWDifferential3.671.070.000.535.0

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/gw6/defenders.json.