Expert scan · Gameweek 7
What the experts say
Captain, transfers and chip calls from 6 public FPL sources for Gameweek 7, each linked, next to the evmax model's own squad.
| Source | Captain | Transfers in | Transfers out | Chip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fantasy Football Scout — early Scout Pickspublished 2026-10-13 Provisional one-week XI, not a long-term transfer plan. Final Friday Scout Picks and Scout Squad not yet verified. Captain not verified. | — | Donnarumma, Calafiori, De Cuyper, Van Hecke, Groß, Cherki, Tavernier, Manzambi, Calvert-Lewin, Haaland, João Pedro | — | — |
| Fantasy Football IQ — GW7 squadpublished 2026-10-12 Published starting XI and captain, derived names only. This is a fresh squad selection, not an affordable transfer plan for the user's unverified account. Source projections are not reproduced. | Haaland | Kinsky, De Cuyper, Guéhi, Van Hecke, Hall, Groß, Cherki, Rogers, Saka, Haaland, João Pedro | — | — |
| Fantasy Football Fix — top five pickspublished 2026-10-14 Five selected players; no captain or vice inferred from ordering. These are picks, distinct from the provider's popular-transfer counts. | — | Saka, Haaland, Groß, Gonzalo, De Cuyper | — | — |
| Premier League Scout — buy, keep or sellpublished 2026-10-14 Verified search-indexed excerpts; direct page body unavailable. Bruno sale is a value/fixture opinion, not a confirmed injury absence. Gibbs-White hold; Cherki keep rather than buy; Szoboszlai hold only if fit. No complete Scout Selection inferred. | — | Gvardiol, Kinsky | B.Fernandes | — |
| Premier League Scout — chip optionspublished 2026-10-11 Discusses Haaland Triple Captain against Ipswich as an option, not a universal instruction. Actual chip availability is unverified; website Model records Triple Captain used. | — | — | — | — |
| Fantasy Football Fix — popular transfers and alternativespublished 2026-10-13 Crowd flows are not expert votes and are deliberately excluded from pick tallies. The article discusses Tavernier, Dewsbury-Hall and King as Szoboszlai alternatives; no move is assumed executed. | — | — | — | — |
| evmax — the model squadfrozen before the deadline · projected 57.3 | Thiagovice Calvert-Lewin | — | — | — |
Where they agree, where they split
- Captain: the sources lean Haaland (1 of 6); ours is Thiago.
- Most recommended buys: De Cuyper (3), Groß (3), Haaland (3), Van Hecke (2).
- Recommended by them, not in our squad: De Cuyper, Groß, Haaland, Van Hecke, Cherki.
- Being sold elsewhere, held by us: B.Fernandes.
Options for owner review
- Publication retains the website holdings with a provisional legal XI. No actual-account transfer decision has been accepted. Three free transfers are user-confirmed; current account roster, bank, displayed sale prices and chip history are unverified.
- Conditional website Model scenario: Bruno to Saka is the first shortlist option. Gonzalo for Evanilson is a second option if injury cover is adequate; Tavernier for Szoboszlai is the injury-repair alternative. Shaw to De Cuyper is an optional third move after workload and fitness checks.
- Keep the free-transfer option: holding or using one, two, or three of today's three free transfers leaves four, three, two, or one next week, assuming no other moves or chip.
- Read the linked joint transfer plan for complete portfolios, captain and bench choices, sensitivities and limitations. Website publication is authorized separately; proposed account transfers remain the user's Friday action.
Sources still pending
- Official Premier League GW7 Scout Selection and final transfer radar: final selection not verified at this check.
- Fantasy Football Scout final GW7 Scout Picks and Scout Squad: hub marked coming soon; refresh after Friday press conferences.
- All About FPL GW7 captain metrics and final picks: hub and reader poll found, final recommendations not verified. Do not count a reader poll as an expert selection.
- Wednesday and Thursday European minutes and Friday injury updates remain outstanding.
Each row is that source's own published call, linked. We record who they picked and nothing else: no projections, no paywalled text. Fantasy Football Fix's row is the crowd's transfer counts, not a recommendation. Our row is the squad frozen before the deadline and graded after it in the ledger.