FPL Gameweek 3: Predicted Line-Ups — 4 Sep

Predicted Line-upsGW3Words: FPL Anchor · Numbers: the FFIQ enginePublished 4 September 2026

This is the GW3 edition, kept for the record. The always-current version lives at fantasyfootballiq.app/fpl-predicted-lineups/.

The call — GW3 predicted lineups: every club, every XI Manchester United are projected to field no forward at Everton. A 4-6-0. Rashford and Mainoo take the extra midfield slots. That is the headline from this week's lineup work. The other calls of note: Mateta is out for Palace, Wilson comes into the Leeds XI after team news, and all three of our…

HUL — 5-4-1, AVL (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Tzolakis	GK	£4.6m	7.6%	—
Ajayi	DEF	£4.1m	9.0%	—
Giles	DEF	£4.0m	1.1%	—
Mendy	DEF	£4.0m	5.6%	—
Egan	DEF	£4.0m	5.1%	—
Coyle	DEF	£4.0m	0.5%	—
Slater	MID	£4.5m	4.8%	—
Belloumi	MID	£5.0m	0.8%	—
Stroud	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Morita	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	—
McBurnie	FWD	£5.5m	2.1%	—

BHA — 6-3-1, LEE (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 6-3-1
Verbruggen	GK	£4.5m	21.7%	—
Boscagli	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
De Cuyper	DEF	£4.7m	16.5%	—
Wieffer	DEF	£5.0m	0.5%	—
Vuskovic	DEF	£5.0m	2.3%	—
Dunk	DEF	£4.5m	1.3%	—
F.Kadıoğlu	DEF	£4.4m	2.0%	—
Groß	MID	£5.5m	15.3%	—
Diego Gomez	MID	£5.0m	4.7%	—
Yalcouyé	MID	£4.5m	1.9%	—
Kostoulas	FWD	£5.5m	0.4%	—

LIV — 4-5-1, IPS (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
A.Becker	GK	£5.5m	3.8%	—
Virgil	DEF	£6.5m	17.7%	—
Kerkez	DEF	£5.5m	3.0%	—
Jacquet	DEF	£5.0m	2.6%	—
Frimpong	DEF	£5.5m	3.1%	—
Wirtz	MID	£7.5m	10.0%	—
Szoboszlai	MID	£7.0m	41.3%	—
Gakpo	MID	£7.1m	8.5%	—
Munoz	MID	£6.5m	1.3%	—
Mac Allister	MID	£5.5m	1.4%	—
Isak	FWD	£9.0m	16.8%	—

COV — 4-5-1, MCI (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Rushworth	GK	£4.5m	1.0%	—
van Ewijk	DEF	£4.0m	11.8%	—
Jay Dasilva	DEF	£4.0m	0.8%	—
Bobby Thomas	DEF	£4.0m	8.4%	—
Amenda	DEF	£4.0m	0.8%	—
Grimes	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Tchaouna	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	—
Yirenkyi	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Rudoni	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Mason-Clark	MID	£5.4m	0.1%	—
Awoniyi	FWD	£5.5m	0.7%	—

BOU — 4-5-1, NEW (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Petrović	GK	£4.5m	3.4%	—
Hill	DEF	£5.5m	0.8%	—
Silva	DEF	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Truffert	DEF	£5.5m	3.8%	—
Smith	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Rayan	MID	£6.5m	2.3%	—
Tavernier	MID	£6.0m	2.3%	—
Cook	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Kluivert	MID	£6.0m	1.1%	—
Scott	MID	£6.0m	2.0%	—
Evanilson	FWD	£6.0m	3.2%	—

MUN — 4-6-0, EVE (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-6-0
Lammens	GK	£5.0m	13.6%	—
Shaw	DEF	£4.5m	16.1%	—
Maguire	DEF	£5.0m	14.4%	—
Lisandro Martinez	DEF	£5.0m	1.2%	—
Dalot	DEF	£5.0m	2.2%	—
Tielemans	MID	£5.9m	2.0%	—
Cunha	MID	£8.0m	8.0%	—
Mbeumo	MID	£8.0m	28.3%	—
B.Fernandes	MID	£12.0m	48.6%	—
Rashford	MID	£7.0m	1.6%	—
Mainoo	MID	£5.5m	1.1%	—

TOT — 4-5-1, NFO (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Kinsky	GK	£4.5m	19.5%	—
Van Hecke	DEF	£4.9m	7.5%	—
Robertson	DEF	£4.5m	3.3%	—
Pedro Porro	DEF	£5.5m	11.7%	—
Van de Ven	DEF	£5.0m	3.7%	—
Tonali	MID	£5.4m	2.9%	—
Tel	MID	£5.9m	0.3%	—
Gray	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Bentancur	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Fernandes	MID	£5.9m	1.2%	—
Marmoush	FWD	£7.0m	2.1%	—

AVL — 4-5-1, HUL (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Suzuki	GK	£5.0m	1.2%	—
Lindelöf	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
Pau	DEF	£4.5m	0.4%	—
Cash	DEF	£4.5m	7.1%	—
Maatsen	DEF	£4.5m	0.8%	—
Barkley	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
McGinn	MID	£5.4m	2.5%	—
George Hemmings	MID	£4.5m	1.0%	—
Buendía	MID	£6.0m	1.2%	—
Boubacar Kamara	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
N.Jackson	FWD	£6.5m	1.0%	—

CRY — 5-3-2, FUL (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-3-2
Dean Henderson	GK	£5.0m	1.8%	—
Mitchell	DEF	£4.5m	4.7%	—
Canvot	DEF	£4.9m	0.3%	—
Richards	DEF	£5.0m	0.7%	—
Tomiyasu	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
Khalaili	DEF	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Kamada	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
Wharton	MID	£5.5m	0.9%	—
Yeremy	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Nketiah	FWD	£5.5m	0.5%	—
Strand Larsen	FWD	£6.0m	0.5%	—

IPS — 4-5-1, LIV (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Scherpen	GK	£4.5m	0.6%	—
Davis	DEF	£4.0m	5.1%	—
Greaves	DEF	£4.0m	1.3%	—
Diop	DEF	£4.0m	15.7%	—
O'Shea	DEF	£4.0m	3.2%	—
Lukić	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Núñez	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Enciso	MID	£5.5m	0.7%	—
Maeda	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Fatawu	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Emersonn	FWD	£5.5m	1.6%	—

LEE — 4-5-1, BHA (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Trafford	GK	£5.0m	5.1%	—
Muharemović	DEF	£5.0m	3.2%	—
Bogle	DEF	£4.5m	0.5%	—
Justin	DEF	£4.5m	1.4%	—
Bijol	DEF	£5.0m	0.9%	—
Ampadu	MID	£5.5m	1.2%	—
Aaronson	MID	£5.5m	0.7%	—
Stach	MID	£6.0m	2.9%	—
Okafor	MID	£5.9m	0.3%	—
Harry Wilson	MID	£6.4m	4.2%	—
Calvert-Lewin	FWD	£6.0m	25.9%	—

NEW — 4-5-1, BOU (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Horníček	GK	£5.0m	1.1%	—
Botman	DEF	£5.0m	0.6%	—
Thiaw	DEF	£5.0m	2.1%	—
Hall	DEF	£5.1m	9.5%	—
Dedić	DEF	£4.5m	2.8%	—
L.Miley	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	—
Barnes	MID	£6.0m	1.1%	—
Elanga	MID	£6.1m	9.5%	—
N.Gonzalez	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Willock	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Wissa	FWD	£6.1m	13.6%	—

BRE — 3-6-1, SUN (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-6-1
Kelleher	GK	£5.0m	7.5%	—
Collins	DEF	£5.5m	2.3%	—
Kayode	DEF	£4.6m	9.6%	—
Ajer	DEF	£4.5m	5.3%	—
Janelt	MID	£5.0m	0.6%	—
M.Sangaré	MID	£5.7m	14.3%	—
Schade	MID	£6.0m	4.2%	—
Lewis-Potter	MID	£5.5m	2.0%	—
Damsgaard	MID	£5.5m	0.5%	—
Anthony	MID	£6.0m	0.2%	—
Thiago	FWD	£8.0m	14.2%	—

ARS — 4-5-1, CHE (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Raya	GK	£6.0m	37.6%	—
Calafiori	DEF	£5.7m	44.2%	—
Gabriel	DEF	£8.0m	25.7%	—
Mosquera	DEF	£5.5m	4.7%	—
White	DEF	£5.5m	7.2%	—
Lewis-Skelly	MID	£5.5m	0.7%	—
Ødegaard	MID	£6.6m	11.1%	—
Rice	MID	£7.5m	14.5%	—
Tzolis	MID	£6.5m	20.3%	—
Saka	MID	£9.5m	10.8%	—
Havertz	FWD	£7.5m	6.8%	—

CHE — 5-4-1, ARS (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Emiliano Martinez	GK	£5.0m	4.4%	—
Lacroix	DEF	£6.0m	8.3%	—
Gusto	DEF	£5.0m	1.1%	—
Colwill	DEF	£5.0m	1.3%	—
Hato	DEF	£4.5m	0.6%	—
Wesley Fofana	DEF	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Lavia	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Rogers	MID	£7.5m	24.4%	—
Cole Palmer	MID	£9.6m	18.4%	—
Neto	MID	£6.5m	1.3%	—
João Pedro	FWD	£7.7m	69.5%	—

FUL — 4-5-1, CRY (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Leno	GK	£4.5m	3.1%	—
Castagne	DEF	£4.5m	0.9%	—
Bassey	DEF	£4.5m	0.8%	—
Robinson	DEF	£4.5m	1.6%	—
Andersen	DEF	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Berge	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Bobb	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Josh King	MID	£5.5m	0.7%	—
César Palacios	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Iwobi	MID	£5.5m	0.9%	—
Gonzalo	FWD	£6.0m	4.6%	—

EVE — 3-6-1, MUN (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-6-1
Pickford	GK	£5.5m	8.7%	—
Mykolenko	DEF	£4.5m	1.7%	—
Branthwaite	DEF	£5.5m	1.8%	—
Tarkowski	DEF	£6.0m	10.6%	—
George	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Röhl	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Dewsbury-Hall	MID	£6.5m	4.3%	—
Armstrong	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Garner	MID	£6.0m	0.1%	—
Hackney	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Barry	FWD	£5.5m	4.6%	—

MCI — 5-4-1, COV (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Donnarumma	GK	£5.5m	8.0%	—
Rúben	DEF	£5.5m	1.8%	—
O'Reilly	DEF	£6.5m	18.8%	—
Guéhi	DEF	£6.0m	18.8%	—
Gvardiol	DEF	£5.6m	18.5%	—
Khusanov	DEF	£5.5m	1.6%	—
Foden	MID	£7.0m	5.6%	—
Ndiaye	MID	£6.0m	12.6%	—
Anderson	MID	£6.4m	5.1%	—
Semenyo	MID	£8.5m	20.0%	—
Haaland	FWD	£15.5m	71.6%	—

NFO — 5-4-1, TOT (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Sels	GK	£5.0m	1.4%	—
Aina	DEF	£4.5m	3.1%	—
Milenković	DEF	£5.5m	1.6%	—
N.Williams	DEF	£5.0m	8.3%	—
Murillo	DEF	£5.5m	1.6%	—
Jair Cunha	DEF	£4.5m	0.2%	—
Gibbs-White	MID	£7.9m	9.7%	—
McAtee	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	—
Ndoye	MID	£5.5m	0.7%	—
Schlager	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Igor Jesus	FWD	£5.9m	3.1%	—

SUN — 5-4-1, BRE (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Roefs	GK	£5.0m	3.4%	—
Hume	DEF	£4.5m	5.4%	—
Meunier	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
Reinildo	DEF	£4.5m	0.4%	—
Ballard	DEF	£5.0m	4.1%	—
Mukiele	DEF	£5.5m	2.4%	—
Sadiki	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
N.Angulo	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Xhaka	MID	£5.5m	4.6%	—
E.Le Fée	MID	£5.9m	6.0%	—
Brobbey	FWD	£5.9m	9.5%	—

Hull — AVL (H), 5-4-1. Tzolakis; Ajayi, Giles, Mendy, Egan, Coyle; Slater, Belloumi, Stroud, Morita; McBurnie. Butland, Gyabi, Hughes, Matazo and Zambrano are out. Coyle and Crooks are doubts — Coyle makes the XI as things stand.

Brighton — LEE (H), 6-3-1. Verbruggen; Boscagli, De Cuyper, Wieffer, Vuskovic, Dunk, Kadıoğlu; Groß, Diego Gomez, Yalcouyé; Kostoulas. Ferguson, Minteh, Mitoma and Tzimas are out. Ayari, Hinshelwood and Rutter are doubts. Six at the back. Verbruggen, owned by about 2 in 10, starts.

Liverpool — IPS (A), 4-5-1. A.Becker; Virgil, Kerkez, Jacquet, Frimpong; Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Munoz, Mac Allister; Isak. Bradley, Chiesa, Ekitike, Gomez and Leoni are out. Szoboszlai — about 4 in 10 own him — is in.

Coventry — MCI (A), 4-5-1. Rushworth; van Ewijk, Jay Dasilva, Bobby Thomas, Amenda; Grimes, Tchaouna, Yirenkyi, Rudoni, Mason-Clark; Awoniyi. Hayden, Mfuni, Woolfenden and Wright are out. Onyeka is a doubt.

Bournemouth — NEW (A), 4-5-1. Petrović; Hill, Silva, Truffert, Smith; Rayan, Tavernier, Cook, Kluivert, Scott; Evanilson. Adli, Araujo, Kroupi and Milosavljevic are out.

Man Utd — EVE (A), 4-6-0. Lammens; Shaw, Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Dalot; Tielemans, Cunha, Mbeumo, B.Fernandes, Rashford, Mainoo. No striker. Amad, Baleba and Ugarte are out. De Ligt and Heaton are doubts. Fernandes, owned by about 5 in 10, starts at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Spurs — NFO (A), 4-5-1. Kinsky; Van Hecke, Robertson, Pedro Porro, Van de Ven; Tonali, Tel, Gray, Bentancur, Fernandes; Marmoush. Kulusevski, Odobert and Simons are out. Maddison and Savio are doubts.

Aston Villa — HUL (A), 4-5-1. Suzuki; Lindelöf, Pau, Cash, Maatsen; Barkley, McGinn, Hemmings, Buendía, Kamara; N.Jackson. Joao Gomes is suspended. Mvom Onana is out. Madjo and Manzambi are doubts.

Crystal Palace — FUL (A), 5-3-2. Dean Henderson; Mitchell, Canvot, Richards, Tomiyasu, Khalaili; Kamada, Wharton, Yeremy; Nketiah, Strand Larsen. Mateta, Ismaila Sarr and Riad are out. Owners of Mateta move him on or bench him — he does not play.

Ipswich — LIV (H), 4-5-1. Scherpen; Davis, Greaves, Diop, O'Shea; Lukić, Núñez, Enciso, Maeda, Fatawu; Emersonn. Matusiwa, Philogene-Bidace and Taylor are out.

Leeds — BHA (A), 4-5-1. Trafford; Muharemović, Bogle, Justin, Bijol; Ampadu, Aaronson, Stach, Okafor, Harry Wilson; Calvert-Lewin. Wilson moved into the XI on team news. Mateo Joseph and Rodon are out. Gruev is a doubt. Calvert-Lewin — roughly 1 in 4 own him — leads the line at the American Express Stadium.

Newcastle — BOU (H), 4-5-1. Horníček; Botman, Thiaw, Hall, Dedić; L.Miley, Barnes, Elanga, N.Gonzalez, Willock; Wissa. Burn and Osula are out. Joelinton and Livramento are doubts.

Brentford — SUN (H), 3-6-1. Kelleher; Collins, Kayode, Ajer; Janelt, M.Sangaré, Schade, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Anthony; Thiago. Milambo and van den Berg are out. Jensen is a doubt.

Arsenal — CHE (H), 4-5-1. Raya; Calafiori, Gabriel, Mosquera, White; Lewis-Skelly, Ødegaard, Rice, Tzolis, Saka; Havertz. Saliba and Jurrien Timber are out. Mosquera and White cover.

Chelsea — ARS (A), 5-4-1. Emiliano Martinez; Lacroix, Gusto, Colwill, Hato, Wesley Fofana; Lavia, Rogers, Cole Palmer, Neto; João Pedro. Henderson is out. Caicedo and Palestra are doubts. João Pedro — about 7 in 10 own him — plays as the lone forward at the Emirates.

Fulham — CRY (H), 4-5-1. Leno; Castagne, Bassey, Robinson, Andersen; Berge, Bobb, Josh King, Palacios, Iwobi; Gonzalo. Cairney is out. De Fougerolles is a doubt.

Everton — MUN (H), 3-6-1. Pickford; Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski; George, Röhl, Dewsbury-Hall, Armstrong, Garner, Hackney; Barry. Norgaard is out.

Man City — COV (H), 5-4-1. Donnarumma; Rúben, O'Reilly, Guéhi, Gvardiol, Khusanov; Foden, Ndiaye, Anderson, Semenyo; Haaland. Doku is out. Haaland — about 7 in 10 own him — starts at the Etihad.

Forest — TOT (H), 5-4-1. Sels; Aina, Milenković, N.Williams, Murillo, Jair Cunha; Gibbs-White, McAtee, Ndoye, Schlager; Igor Jesus. Savona is out.

Sunderland — BRE (A), 5-4-1. Roefs; Hume, Meunier, Reinildo, Ballard, Mukiele; Sadiki, N.Angulo, Xhaka, Le Fée; Brobbey. Diarra is out.

The calls. B.Fernandes is in the United XI at Everton: start him. Szoboszlai is in the Liverpool XI at Ipswich: start him. Verbruggen keeps for Brighton at home to Leeds: start him.

The calls — GW3
Player	Club	Own %	Call	Why
B.Fernandes	MUN	48.6	Start	in the expected XI, EVE (A)
Szoboszlai	LIV	41.3	Start	in the expected XI, IPS (A)
Verbruggen	BHA	21.7	Start	in the expected XI, LEE (H)

Players in this pieceB.FernandesSzoboszlaiVerbruggen

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