Who to buy — Gameweek 9

The best FPL transfers for the coming gameweek, chosen by our AI Rating (0–100). Only fit players with a match this gameweek. The page refreshes itself every hour from official game data.

Deadline: Saturday 31 Oct, 11:00 (UK time)

This week from the editors

Friday evening: Szoboszlai is 50% in the game, and Iraola says he has a chance of facing Arsenal. Rice and Calafiori trained on Friday and Arteta expects them to play if they come through Saturday's session (75% in the game). Caicedo is fit, Lacroix is out for a few weeks. Details in our Gameweek 9 guide.

Premium (£9.0m and up)

Player	Club	Pos	Price	Rating	Verdict	Own	Match
HaalandMCI	MCI	FWD	£15.8m	87	Buy	78.9%	bha (H)
PalmerCHE	CHE	MID	£9.8m	87	Buy	27.6%	mun (H)
B.FernandesMUN	MUN	MID	£11.7m	85	Buy	22.3%	CHE (A)
IsakLIV	LIV	FWD	£9.2m	81	Buy	20.8%	ars (H)

Mid-price (£6.5m–£8.9m)

Player	Club	Pos	Price	Rating	Verdict	Own	Match
TavernierBOU	BOU	MID	£6.6m	90	Strong Buy	26.1%	lee (H)
RogersCHE	CHE	MID	£8.1m	89	Buy	51.5%	mun (H)
NetoCHE	CHE	MID	£6.6m	87	Buy	4.8%	mun (H)
Dewsbury-HallEVE	EVE	MID	£6.6m	87	Buy	6.1%	NEW (A)
MbeumoMUN	MUN	MID	£7.9m	86	Buy	21.0%	CHE (A)

Budget (under £6.5m)

Player	Club	Pos	Price	Rating	Verdict	Own	Match
Van HeckeTOT	TOT	DEF	£5.0m	91	Strong Buy	9.8%	cry (H)
EvanilsonBOU	BOU	FWD	£6.4m	90	Strong Buy	15.6%	lee (H)
De CuyperBHA	BHA	DEF	£5.4m	88	Buy	44.0%	MCI (A)
GroßBHA	BHA	MID	£6.2m	88	Buy	46.7%	MCI (A)
EncisoIPS	IPS	MID	£5.5m	87	Buy	0.9%	HUL (A)

Differentials (under 6% owned)

Highly rated players few managers own. If they score, you gain on most of your rivals.

Player	Club	Pos	Price	Rating	Verdict	Own	Match
NetoCHE	CHE	MID	£6.6m	87	Buy	4.8%	mun (H)
EncisoIPS	IPS	MID	£5.5m	87	Buy	0.9%	HUL (A)
E.Le FéeSUN	SUN	MID	£5.7m	87	Buy	2.7%	COV (A)
GomezBHA	BHA	MID	£5.0m	86	Buy	4.0%	MCI (A)
RudoniCOV	COV	MID	£4.9m	86	Buy	0.8%	sun (H)
McGinnAVL	AVL	MID	£5.4m	86	Buy	3.4%	ful (H)

Cheap defenders and goalkeepers (up to £5.0m)

Player	Club	Pos	Price	Rating	Verdict	Own	Match
Van HeckeTOT	TOT	DEF	£5.0m	91	Strong Buy	9.8%	cry (H)
BogleLEE	LEE	DEF	£4.8m	86	Buy	11.5%	BOU (A)
JustinLEE	LEE	DEF	£4.5m	85	Buy	2.4%	BOU (A)
RobertsonTOT	TOT	DEF	£4.3m	84	Buy	2.3%	cry (H)
VerbruggenBHA	BHA	GKP	£4.6m	74	Hold	22.6%	MCI (A)
TraffordLEE	LEE	GKP	£5.0m	71	Hold	6.3%	BOU (A)

Who to consider selling

Player	Club	Own	Rating	Why
João PedroCHE	CHE	43.9%	76	Injured
SzoboszlaiLIV	LIV	13.5%	74	Flag: 50% chance of playing
ThomasCOV	COV	8.5%	77	Flag: 50% chance of playing
SakaARS	ARS	6.6%	76	Injured
SemenyoMCI	MCI	6.4%	75	Injured
LacroixCHE	CHE	5.4%	69	Injured

What the crowd is doing

Transfers since the previous deadline, next to our rating. When the crowd buys a player we rate low, think twice.

Most bought

Player	Club	Transfers	Rating	Verdict	Price change
EvanilsonBOU	BOU	148,808	90	Strong Buy	+£0.1m
N.JacksonAVL	AVL	108,558	85	Buy	+£0.1m
TavernierBOU	BOU	92,774	90	Strong Buy	+£0.1m
IsakLIV	LIV	89,795	81	Buy	+£0.1m
RogersCHE	CHE	63,494	89	Buy	—
De CuyperBHA	BHA	55,721	88	Buy	+£0.1m

Most sold

Player	Club	Transfers	Rating	Verdict	Price change
João PedroCHE	CHE	286,421	76	Hold	−£0.1m
CherkiMCI	MCI	81,854	84	Buy	−£0.1m
CalafioriARS	ARS	45,827	83	Buy	—
B.FernandesMUN	MUN	41,193	85	Buy	—
MbeumoMUN	MUN	32,651	86	Buy	—
GvardiolMCI	MCI	23,194	85	Buy	—

Before the deadline

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