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Update (Friday 6 November, afternoon) Since Thursday’s guide the game has flagged two popular players, and the Leeds, Everton and Coventry managers have named their doubts. The deadline is tonight at 18:30 UK time.
- Konsa (ARS, 23.1% owned, rating down from 81 to 79): knee injury, 75% in the game. He came off after 62 minutes in Prague on Wednesday. Arteta said afterwards that the defender has played a lot lately, had some issues and was taken off. According to Goal he will be assessed before Hull, and if he misses out, Mosquera or a returning Saliba would partner Gabriel. Arsenal play on Saturday at 15:00, more than 20 hours after the deadline, so an automatic substitution will work. Our advice: if you have a playing defender on your bench, keep him. With no reliable bench and a free transfer, consider a switch, for example Van Hecke (TOT, £5.0m, 89) or the cheaper Leif Davis (IPS, £4.0m, 84).
- Calvert-Lewin (LEE, 19.8%, rating down from 83 to 81): foot injury, 75%. Daniel Farke said on Thursday that the striker missed training with a foot problem, but he is “carefully optimistic” he will be back on Friday. Stach (50% in the game) and Okafor only did individual work and are major doubts, according to Farke. Leeds host Tottenham on Saturday at 12:30. Similar-priced options: Evanilson (BOU, £6.4m, 90, away at Ipswich) or Barry (EVE, £5.6m, 86, playing Coventry tonight). 197,000 managers have already sold Calvert-Lewin.
- Everton v Coventry (tonight, 20:00): David Moyes says Branthwaite (2.2%, 75%) is being monitored after cramp at Newcastle, but he hopes he will play. Grealish is not available. For Coventry, Bobby Thomas (7.8%, 50%) and Onyeka face late fitness tests. The game kicks off 90 minutes after the deadline, so if Thomas is in your XI, keep a playing defender on your bench.
- Manchester City: Enzo Maresca’s press conference was due at 13:30 UK, after this update was written. Apart from Semenyo, no City player has a flag in the game. Haaland stays number one in our captain picks (risk 8, upside 100), and Barry is second and plays in a different match, so they make a good captain and vice-captain pair.
- Market: 39 price changes since the Gameweek 9 deadline (13 rises). More than a million managers have now sold João Pedro, yet he is still in 36.9% of squads. Most bought: Evanilson (654k), Nicolas Jackson (496k), Tavernier (447k).
The Gameweek 10 deadline is Friday 6 November at 18:30 UK time. The first match, Everton v Coventry, kicks off at 20:00. This is the last gameweek before the international break: the next deadline is not until Saturday 21 November. Five English clubs played in the Champions League this week, so we start with who has an extra match in their legs.
The short version
- Haaland played the full match in Leipzig on Wednesday and scored the 3-2 winner. He is number one in our captain picks again, and City travel to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
- Five players are rated 90 with a Strong Buy verdict: Rogers, Groß, De Cuyper, Tavernier and Evanilson. None of them played in Europe this week.
- Calafiori (48% ownership) was rested on the bench on Wednesday, and Arsenal host Hull on Saturday. Even so, 80,000 managers have already sold him.
- João Pedro is still injured, yet 39% of managers still own him. Check he is not in your starting XI.
- Two weeks off follow this gameweek. A transfer you make now will also work for Gameweek 11.
Champions League: who played on Tuesday and Wednesday
Champions League points do not count in FPL. What counts is who has an extra 90 minutes in their legs and who was rested. We picked players who are widely owned or high in our ratings.
| Player | Owned | In the Champions League | Gameweek 10 match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haaland (MCI) | 79.0% | Wed: full match, goal | Sat 17:30, away at Forest |
| Cherki (MCI) | 35.1% | Wed: full match | Sat 17:30, away at Forest |
| Guéhi (MCI) | 15.8% | Wed: full match | Sat 17:30, away at Forest |
| Calafiori (ARS) | 48.0% | Wed: unused substitute | Sat 15:00, home to Hull |
| Raya (ARS) | 46.7% | Wed: full match | Sat 15:00, home to Hull |
| Gabriel (ARS) | 24.6% | Wed: full match | Sat 15:00, home to Hull |
| Konsa (ARS) | 23.3% | Wed: 62 minutes, booked | Sat 15:00, home to Hull |
| Ødegaard (ARS) | 16.5% | Wed: last 12 minutes | Sat 15:00, home to Hull |
| Rice (ARS) | 12.6% | Wed: full match, booked | Sat 15:00, home to Hull |
| Isak (LIV) | 22.0% | Wed: 24 minutes off the bench, goal | Sun 14:00, away at Palace |
| van Dijk (LIV) | 15.0% | Wed: full match | Sun 14:00, away at Palace |
| Szoboszlai (LIV) | 13.4% | Wed: full match | Sun 14:00, away at Palace |
| Gakpo (LIV) | 6.9% | Wed: 24 minutes off the bench, assist | Sun 14:00, away at Palace |
| N. Jackson (AVL) | 26.4% | Tue: 77 minutes | Sun 16:30, away at United |
| McGinn (AVL) | 3.3% | Tue: 77 minutes | Sun 16:30, away at United |
| Bruno Fernandes (MUN) | 21.4% | Tue: 88 minutes, penalty goal | Sun 16:30, home to Villa |
| Mbeumo (MUN) | 20.3% | Tue: full match | Sun 16:30, home to Villa |
| Cunha (MUN) | 5.6% | Tue: 2 goals, sent off | Sun 16:30, home to Villa |
Results. Tuesday: Barcelona 3-0 Aston Villa, Manchester United 3-2 Roma (United came from two goals down). Wednesday: Fenerbahçe 3-2 Liverpool, RB Leipzig 2-3 Manchester City, Slavia Prague 1-2 Arsenal.
Arsenal have the shortest rest before the weekend: about 2 days and 19 hours from Wednesday’s match to Saturday’s kick-off. City have about 2 days and 21 hours, Liverpool almost 4 days. Aston Villa and United both played on Tuesday and meet each other on Sunday, so neither side has an edge.
Two things that are easy to mix up. Cunha was shown a second yellow card in stoppage time, but that ban only applies in the Champions League, so he can play in the Premier League. The opposite is true for Matty Cash: he played in Barcelona, but he is suspended in the league until 21 November. League and European bans are counted separately.
Who to captain
Our captain picks tool measures how many real scoring chances a player creates and how hard his match is this gameweek. Here is the top five:
| Rank | Player | Our rating | Risk | Upside | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haaland (MCI) | 87 | 8 | 100 | away at Forest |
| 2 | Barry (EVE) | 86 | 8 | 87 | home to Coventry |
| 3 | Tavernier (BOU) | 90 | 8 | 76 | away at Ipswich |
| 4 | Mbeumo (MUN) | 88 | 15 | 74 | home to Villa |
| 5 | Bruno Fernandes (MUN) | 87 | 15 | 60 | home to Villa |
Haaland has the highest upside in our picks, and City go to Forest with a fixture difficulty of 2. To be fair, our number one captain has returned 1 or 2 points in each of the last three gameweeks, Haaland included in Gameweek 9. That is why your vice-captain should come from a different match. The simplest options are Barry, who plays on Friday night, or Tavernier.
Who to buy
If you have money for a premium: Haaland, if you do not own him yet (79% of managers do). Among other premiums we rate Palmer highest (£9.8m, 88): Chelsea are not in Europe, and Palmer is in our Recommended Squad. Isak (£9.2m, 87) came off the bench to score on Wednesday, and Liverpool go to Palace on Sunday.
Mid-price: Rogers (£8.2m, 90) is the only Strong Buy above £7m, and more than half of all managers already own him. Mbeumo (£7.9m, 88) and Nicolas Jackson (£7.0m, 88) are the next strong options.
The Bournemouth pair: Tavernier (£6.6m, 90) and Evanilson (£6.4m, 90) are the most bought players of the week. They did not play in midweek, and on Sunday they go to Ipswich (difficulty 2). Here the crowd and our model fully agree.
The Brighton pair: Groß (£6.2m, 90) and De Cuyper (£5.4m, 90). Brighton host Brentford on Sunday (difficulty 3).
Budget defenders:
- Van Hecke (TOT, £5.0m, 89): the second highest-rated defender in the game, just behind De Cuyper.
- Vušković (BHA, £5.2m, 86): in our Recommended Squad.
- Bogle (LEE, £4.8m, 86): Leeds host Tottenham at 12:30 on Saturday.
- Leif Davis (IPS, £4.0m, 84): the cheapest of the group.
Differentials (under 6% ownership):
- McGinn (AVL, £5.4m, 88, 3.3%).
- Diego Gómez (BHA, £5.0m, 88, 4.0%).
- Neto (CHE, £6.6m, 88, 5.0%).
- Rudoni (COV, £4.9m, 87, 0.9%).
- Enciso (IPS, £5.5m, 87, 1.0%).
Recommended Squad for Gameweek 10
Our Recommended Squad plays a 3-4-3 and leaves £2.0m in the bank. Haaland is captain, Tavernier vice-captain.
- Goalkeeper: Verbruggen
- Defence: De Cuyper, Van Hecke, Vušković
- Midfield: Tavernier, Rogers, Palmer, Mbeumo
- Attack: Evanilson, Nicolas Jackson, Haaland
Bench: Dúbravka, Diop, van Ewijk, Hughes. Last gameweek the Recommended Squad scored 72 points against an average of 47, as we covered in our Gameweek 9 review.
The crowd and our model
On buys, the crowd and the model almost completely agree this week. The most bought players are Evanilson (467k), Nicolas Jackson (380k), Tavernier (313k), Isak (237k), Van Hecke (233k) and Rogers (203k). Every one of them is rated 87 or higher by us.
The disagreements are on sales:
- Bruno Fernandes (132k sales) and Mbeumo (113k): they are numbers 4 and 5 in our captain picks. United host Villa on Sunday, who lost 3-0 in Barcelona on Tuesday. Bruno scored a penalty on Tuesday. The model sees no reason to sell.
- Calafiori (80k): rested on Wednesday, and Arsenal have one of the easiest fixtures of the gameweek (difficulty 2, home to Hull). Selling now means selling just before a good match.
- Cherki (264k, rated 83): here the crowd has a point. He played the full match on Wednesday, City go to Forest (difficulty 4 for the hosts), and Maresca has already benched him twice this season after a midweek match.
- João Pedro (803k): the most sold player in the game, and rightly so.
Injuries and flags before the deadline
- Out with no return date: João Pedro (39.1%), Saka (6.2%), Semenyo (6.1%), Lacroix (5.1%), plus Shaw, Reece James and Lisandro Martínez.
- Bobby Thomas (COV, 8.1%): 50% chance, calf injury. Coventry play on Friday at 20:00, an hour and a half after the deadline.
- Cash (AVL, 4.0%): suspended in the league until 21 November.
- Watkins is still in 2.2% of squads, even though he left for Al Hilal a long time ago.
- Szoboszlai: no flag, played the full match on Wednesday.
The full list, refreshed daily, is in our Injury Centre.
Before the international break
After this gameweek the next deadline is Saturday 21 November at 11:00 UK time. What that means:
- A transfer you make now works for two gameweeks, not one. It is a good moment for considered moves, but it is still not worth a -4 hit for something that can wait.
- A player with a 50% flag has two weeks of rest ahead. If you have a playing substitute on the bench, you do not have to sell him.
- Injured players with no return date (João Pedro, Saka, Semenyo) also get two weeks, but the game gives no timeline. If you have been carrying one on your bench for several gameweeks, the break is a good moment to decide.
Gameweek 10 fixtures
| Kick-off (UK time) | Match | Difficulty home / away |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 6 Nov, 20:00 | Everton v Coventry | 2 / 3 |
| Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 | Leeds v Tottenham | 3 / 3 |
| Sat 7 Nov, 15:00 | Arsenal v Hull | 2 / 5 |
| Sat 7 Nov, 15:00 | Fulham v Newcastle | 3 / 3 |
| Sat 7 Nov, 17:30 | Nottingham Forest v Manchester City | 4 / 2 |
| Sun 8 Nov, 14:00 | Brighton v Brentford | 3 / 4 |
| Sun 8 Nov, 14:00 | Crystal Palace v Liverpool | 4 / 2 |
| Sun 8 Nov, 14:00 | Ipswich v Bournemouth | 3 / 2 |
| Sun 8 Nov, 14:00 | Sunderland v Chelsea | 4 / 3 |
| Sun 8 Nov, 16:30 | Manchester United v Aston Villa | 3 / 3 |
Five minutes before the deadline
- Are João Pedro, Saka, Semenyo or Lacroix in your starting XI? Each of them will score zero.
- Are Bobby Thomas or Cash in your XI without a substitute?
- Is your vice-captain playing in a different match from your captain?
- Are you paying a -4 hit for a transfer that could wait until after the break?
- Do you remember the deadline is Friday at 18:30?
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Gameweek 10 deadline: Friday 6 November, 18:30 UK time.
Written with the help of AI, based on data from the official Fantasy Premier League game and our rating engine on the morning of 5 November 2026, and Champions League results and line-ups (ESPN). Edited and checked by our editorial team. Numbers may change before the deadline.