Gameweeks/Gameweek 8

Gameweek 8

Finished2026/27

Deadline Friday 23 October at 18:30 BST

Average
45
Highest
120
Top player
Gabriel 17
Most captained
Haaland
Most selected
Haaland
Most transferred in
Tavernier
Transfers made
10.4M

Chips played: Bench Boost 158K, Free Hit 85K, Wildcard 216K, Triple Captain 78K.

Results

10 matches

Friday 23 October

Saturday 24 October

Top scorers

confirmed

PlayerClubMinGACSBonusBPSPts
DEFGabrielARS9010134417
DEFKonsaARS9010124314
FWDN.JacksonAVL8120036613
DEFHillBOU9000135611
MIDBobbFUL8010133911
MIDTelTOT8810133711
DEFDedićNEW9001123511
MIDTavernierBOU8610124010
MIDEncisoIPS8510033910
DEFWhiteARS9001113810
DEFTruffertBOU9001113510
GKPTraffordLEE9000133310
MIDO.DangoBRE7710033210
DEFAraujoLIV9000122910
MIDRayanBOU9010102910

Team of the week

Goalkeepers

Midfielders

Forwards

128 points in total. Player of the week: Gabriel with 17.

How the projections did

frozen at the deadline

Rank correlation -0.02 (-0.18 to 0.11) across 210 starters; mean error 3.09 points against 4.02 for predicting zero. Precision at 10: 0%, at 20: 5%. The model model: rank correlation 0.07, mean error 2.41.

Projection FPL's own expected points (ep-next-baseline-1), frozen 23 October at 14:15; scored 26 October.

Best calls in the top 20

RankPlayerProjectedActualMin
5Haaland FWD9.5890
4Evanilson FWD9.5686
3Neto MID10.0387
10Rice MID8.0379
15Iwobi MID7.5373

Biggest misses in the top 30

RankPlayerProjectedActualMin
1De Cuyper DEF10.5190
2Henderson MID10.5290
6Vuskovic DEF9.5190
11Boscagli DEF7.5-145
3Neto MID10.0387

Hauls the model ranked outside its top 50

RankPlayerProjectedActualMin
58Hill DEF4.51190
101Bobb MID3.01180
326Tel MID0.51188
419Dedić DEF0.01190
136Rayan MID2.51090

Top ten projected

RankPlayerProjectedActualMin
1De Cuyper DEF10.5190
2Henderson MID10.5290
3Neto MID10.0387
4Evanilson FWD9.5686
5Haaland FWD9.5890
6Vuskovic DEF9.5190
7Doku MID9.0290
8Ayari MID8.0274
9Mbeumo MID8.0290
10Rice MID8.0379

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