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● Updated 09:01 UTC, 18 September 2026 — latest edition written for Gameweek 5

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FPL Gameweek 5: Predicted Line-Ups

Predicted Line-upsGW5Words: FPL Anchor · Numbers: the FFIQ enginePublished 18 September 2026

Written for Gameweek 5. The Gameweek 6 edition publishes when the team news lands.

ARS — 4-5-1, BHA (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Raya	GK	£6.0m	41.0%	—
Calafiori	DEF	£5.8m	50.2%	—
Gabriel	DEF	£8.0m	23.2%	—
Konsa	DEF	£4.5m	18.6%	—
White	DEF	£5.5m	5.8%	—
Lewis-Skelly	MID	£5.5m	0.6%	—
Ødegaard	MID	£6.8m	19.7%	—
Rice	MID	£7.4m	12.5%	—
Tzolis	MID	£6.4m	13.9%	—
Saka	MID	£9.5m	12.8%	—
Havertz	FWD	£7.6m	8.1%	—

AVL — 4-5-1, TOT (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Suzuki	GK	£5.0m	1.8%	—
Lindelöf	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
Mings	DEF	£4.5m	0.4%	—
Wan-Bissaka	DEF	£4.5m	0.2%	—
Pau	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
Barkley	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
McGinn	MID	£5.4m	2.2%	—
George Hemmings	MID	£4.5m	1.3%	—
Buendía	MID	£5.9m	0.9%	—
Boubacar Kamara	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
N.Jackson	FWD	£6.5m	1.2%	—

BOU — 4-5-1, LIV (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Petrović	GK	£4.5m	3.1%	—
Hill	DEF	£5.5m	0.8%	—
Silva	DEF	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Truffert	DEF	£5.5m	3.2%	—
Smith	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Rayan	MID	£6.4m	1.7%	—
Tavernier	MID	£6.1m	6.1%	—
Kluivert	MID	£6.0m	1.0%	—
Scott	MID	£6.1m	5.8%	—
Adams	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	—
Evanilson	FWD	£6.0m	3.3%	—

BRE — 3-6-1, CHE (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-6-1
Kelleher	GK	£5.0m	6.1%	—
Ajer	DEF	£4.5m	4.1%	—
Schuster	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Kayode	DEF	£4.6m	7.8%	—
Janelt	MID	£5.0m	2.5%	—
M.Sangaré	MID	£5.7m	11.5%	—
Schade	MID	£6.1m	7.0%	—
Lewis-Potter	MID	£5.5m	1.8%	—
Anthony	MID	£5.9m	0.1%	—
Damsgaard	MID	£5.4m	0.4%	—
Thiago	FWD	£7.8m	9.1%	—

BHA — 5-4-1, ARS (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Verbruggen	GK	£4.5m	21.6%	—
Boscagli	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
De Cuyper	DEF	£4.9m	24.3%	—
Vuskovic	DEF	£5.0m	3.1%	—
Dunk	DEF	£4.5m	1.5%	—
F.Kadıoğlu	DEF	£4.4m	1.6%	—
Groß	MID	£5.7m	20.1%	—
Diego Gomez	MID	£5.0m	4.3%	—
Yalcouyé	MID	£4.5m	3.9%	—
Ayari	MID	£5.4m	0.4%	—
Kostoulas	FWD	£5.5m	0.9%	—

CHE — 5-4-1, BRE (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Emiliano Martinez	GK	£5.0m	4.9%	—
Hato	DEF	£4.5m	0.9%	—
Wesley Fofana	DEF	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Reece James	DEF	£5.4m	7.0%	—
Gusto	DEF	£5.0m	1.0%	—
Colwill	DEF	£4.9m	0.9%	—
Lavia	MID	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Rogers	MID	£7.7m	39.0%	—
Cole Palmer	MID	£9.7m	26.8%	—
Neto	MID	£6.5m	1.4%	—
João Pedro	FWD	£7.8m	72.0%	—

COV — 5-5-0, NFO (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-5-0
Rushworth	GK	£4.5m	0.8%	—
van Ewijk	DEF	£4.0m	9.7%	—
Jay Dasilva	DEF	£4.0m	0.7%	—
Bobby Thomas	DEF	£4.0m	8.7%	—
Amenda	DEF	£4.0m	0.7%	—
Pinnock	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Grimes	MID	£4.9m	0.1%	—
Rudoni	MID	£4.9m	0.1%	—
Mason-Clark	MID	£5.4m	0.1%	—
Onyeka	MID	£4.9m	0.1%	—
Tchaouna	MID	£5.4m	0.1%	—

CRY — 5-4-1, LEE (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Benitez	GK	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Mitchell	DEF	£4.5m	6.2%	—
Richards	DEF	£5.0m	0.6%	—
Khalaili	DEF	£5.0m	0.3%	—
Canvot	DEF	£4.9m	0.2%	—
Ahanor	DEF	£4.5m	0.0%	—
Timber	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	—
Kamada	MID	£5.0m	0.5%	—
Wharton	MID	£5.5m	0.8%	—
Yeremy	MID	£5.5m	0.4%	—
Nketiah	FWD	£5.5m	0.5%	—

EVE — 3-6-1, IPS (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-6-1
Pickford	GK	£5.5m	9.1%	—
Mykolenko	DEF	£4.5m	3.5%	—
Branthwaite	DEF	£5.5m	2.2%	—
Tarkowski	DEF	£6.1m	14.0%	—
George	MID	£5.5m	0.9%	—
Dewsbury-Hall	MID	£6.5m	5.8%	—
Armstrong	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	—
Garner	MID	£6.0m	0.2%	—
Brennan Johnson	MID	£5.9m	0.1%	—
Röhl	MID	£4.9m	0.0%	—
Barry	FWD	£5.6m	7.2%	—

FUL — 3-6-1, MUN (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-6-1
Leno	GK	£4.5m	3.1%	—
Castagne	DEF	£4.5m	0.8%	—
Bassey	DEF	£4.5m	0.7%	—
Robinson	DEF	£4.5m	1.4%	—
Bobb	MID	£5.5m	0.3%	—
Josh King	MID	£5.5m	1.7%	—
Iwobi	MID	£5.4m	0.7%	—
Berge	MID	£4.9m	0.3%	—
Charles	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
César Palacios	MID	£5.4m	0.2%	—
Gonzalo	FWD	£6.0m	3.6%	—

HUL — 4-5-1, NEW (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
Tzolakis	GK	£4.6m	11.2%	—
Ajayi	DEF	£4.2m	13.9%	—
Giles	DEF	£4.0m	2.7%	—
Coyle	DEF	£4.0m	0.7%	—
Egan	DEF	£4.1m	6.9%	—
Slater	MID	£4.5m	5.5%	—
Belloumi	MID	£5.1m	3.9%	—
Stroud	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Crooks	MID	£4.5m	0.5%	—
Gourna-Douath	MID	£5.0m	0.0%	—
McBurnie	FWD	£5.5m	2.0%	—

IPS — 4-5-1, EVE (A)

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	6.6%	—
Greaves	DEF	£4.0m	1.1%	—
Diop	DEF	£4.0m	13.4%	—
O'Shea	DEF	£4.0m	2.8%	—
Lukić	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Enciso	MID	£5.5m	0.8%	—
Fatawu	MID	£5.4m	0.2%	—
Exequiel Palacios	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Maeda	MID	£5.4m	0.2%	—
Emersonn	FWD	£5.5m	3.0%	—

LEE — 5-4-1, CRY (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Trafford	GK	£5.0m	5.5%	—
Muharemović	DEF	£5.0m	4.3%	—
Bogle	DEF	£4.6m	5.0%	—
Justin	DEF	£4.5m	1.5%	—
Elvedi	DEF	£4.5m	0.0%	—
Gudmundsson	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	—
Ampadu	MID	£5.4m	1.0%	—
Stach	MID	£6.0m	2.7%	—
Okafor	MID	£5.8m	0.4%	—
Tanaka	MID	£4.9m	0.3%	—
Calvert-Lewin	FWD	£6.0m	24.5%	—

LIV — 4-5-1, BOU (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-5-1
A.Becker	GK	£5.5m	3.9%	—
Virgil	DEF	£6.5m	16.5%	—
Jacquet	DEF	£5.0m	3.2%	—
Araujo	DEF	£5.4m	2.9%	—
Kerkez	DEF	£5.4m	2.4%	—
Wirtz	MID	£7.3m	6.4%	—
Szoboszlai	MID	£7.0m	35.1%	—
Munoz	MID	£6.5m	1.0%	—
Gakpo	MID	£7.2m	12.5%	—
Barcola	MID	£8.0m	1.9%	—
Isak	FWD	£9.1m	21.8%	—

MCI — 3-6-1, SUN (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-6-1
Donnarumma	GK	£5.5m	7.8%	—
Rúben	DEF	£5.5m	1.9%	—
Guéhi	DEF	£6.0m	18.5%	—
Gvardiol	DEF	£5.7m	24.9%	—
Anderson	MID	£6.3m	4.2%	—
Semenyo	MID	£8.4m	15.0%	—
Cherki	MID	£7.8m	28.1%	—
Foden	MID	£6.9m	2.5%	—
Enzo	MID	£6.9m	3.4%	—
Ndiaye	MID	£5.9m	7.6%	—
Haaland	FWD	£15.6m	73.0%	—

MUN — 4-6-0, FUL (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-6-0
Lammens	GK	£4.9m	10.5%	—
Maguire	DEF	£4.9m	9.7%	—
Lisandro Martinez	DEF	£5.0m	1.3%	—
Dalot	DEF	£4.9m	1.7%	—
Shaw	DEF	£4.4m	9.3%	—
Tielemans	MID	£5.8m	1.6%	—
Cunha	MID	£7.9m	5.9%	—
Mbeumo	MID	£7.9m	22.1%	—
B.Fernandes	MID	£12.0m	40.7%	—
Rashford	MID	£7.0m	1.6%	—
Mainoo	MID	£5.5m	1.6%	—

NEW — 4-4-2, HUL (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 4-4-2
Horníček	GK	£5.0m	1.5%	—
Botman	DEF	£5.0m	0.7%	—
Thiaw	DEF	£5.0m	2.2%	—
Hall	DEF	£5.2m	14.6%	—
Dedić	DEF	£4.5m	2.5%	—
L.Miley	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	—
Barnes	MID	£6.0m	3.7%	—
Steur	MID	£4.9m	0.1%	—
Willock	MID	£5.0m	0.5%	—
Wissa	FWD	£6.2m	18.5%	—
Fernandez-Pardo	FWD	£6.0m	0.1%	—

NFO — 5-4-1, COV (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Sels	GK	£5.0m	1.7%	—
Aina	DEF	£4.5m	2.6%	—
N.Williams	DEF	£5.0m	9.0%	—
Murillo	DEF	£5.5m	2.1%	—
Milenković	DEF	£5.5m	1.2%	—
Jair Cunha	DEF	£4.5m	0.2%	—
Gibbs-White	MID	£8.0m	14.6%	—
McAtee	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	—
Ndoye	MID	£5.5m	0.7%	—
Schlager	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Delap	FWD	£5.5m	2.2%	—

TOT — 3-6-1, AVL (H)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 3-6-1
Kinsky	GK	£4.5m	18.3%	—
Van Hecke	DEF	£4.9m	6.7%	—
Van de Ven	DEF	£5.0m	3.9%	—
Robertson	DEF	£4.4m	2.6%	—
Tonali	MID	£5.4m	2.0%	—
Bentancur	MID	£5.5m	0.2%	—
Gray	MID	£4.9m	0.2%	—
Sávio	MID	£6.5m	0.7%	—
Tel	MID	£5.8m	0.2%	—
Fernandes	MID	£5.8m	0.8%	—
Marmoush	FWD	£7.0m	2.2%	—

SUN — 5-4-1, MCI (A)

Full numbers — price, ownership and projection

Player	Pos	Price	Owned	Proj
Starting XI — 5-4-1
Roefs	GK	£4.9m	2.6%	—
Meunier	DEF	£4.5m	0.3%	—
Ballard	DEF	£4.9m	2.7%	—
Mukiele	DEF	£5.4m	2.0%	—
Danso	DEF	£5.0m	0.2%	—
Hume	DEF	£4.4m	3.2%	—
Sadiki	MID	£4.9m	0.2%	—
N.Angulo	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	—
Xhaka	MID	£5.5m	3.9%	—
E.Le Fée	MID	£5.8m	3.7%	—
Brobbey	FWD	£5.8m	5.7%	—

ARS — BHA (A), 4-5-1. Raya; Calafiori, Gabriel, Konsa, White; Lewis-Skelly, Ødegaard, Rice, Tzolis, Saka; Havertz. Saliba is out. White (owned by about 1 in 20) is doubtful with a muscular injury — 75% chance he plays. Mosquera is also a doubt.

AVL — TOT (A), 4-5-1. Suzuki; Lindelöf, Mings, Wan-Bissaka, Pau; Barkley, McGinn, Hemmings, Buendía, Kamara; N.Jackson. Goretzka, Madjo and Mvom Onana are out. Cash, Maatsen and Torres are doubts. Wan-Bissaka comes in on team news.

BOU — LIV (H), 4-5-1. Petrović; Hill, Silva, Truffert, Smith; Rayan, Tavernier, Kluivert, Scott, Adams; Evanilson. Adli, Araujo, Kroupi and Milosavljevic are out. No doubts.

BRE — CHE (H), 3-6-1. Kelleher; Ajer, Schuster, Kayode; Janelt, Sangaré, Schade, Lewis-Potter, Anthony, Damsgaard; Thiago. Damsgaard returns on team news. Six are out, including Collins and Jensen.

BHA — ARS (H), 5-4-1. Verbruggen; Boscagli, De Cuyper, Vuskovic, Dunk, Kadıoğlu; Groß, Gomez, Yalcouyé, Ayari; Kostoulas. Seven are out — Ferguson, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Mitoma among them. Azeez and Rutter are doubts.

CHE — BRE (A), 5-4-1. Martinez; Hato, Fofana, James, Gusto, Colwill; Lavia, Rogers, Palmer, Neto; João Pedro. Caicedo and Emegha are out. João Pedro's flag is above. Palmer (about 3 in 10 own him) starts.

COV — NFO (A), 5-5-0. Rushworth; van Ewijk, Dasilva, Thomas, Amenda, Pinnock; Grimes, Rudoni, Mason-Clark, Onyeka, Tchaouna. No recognised forward. Awoniyi is suspended. Eccles, Hayden, Woolfenden and Wright are out.

CRY — LEE (A), 5-4-1. Benitez; Mitchell, Richards, Khalaili, Canvot, Ahanor; Timber, Kamada, Wharton, Yeremy; Nketiah. Mateta is out. Disasi is suspended. Benítez and Ahanor come in on team news.

EVE — IPS (H), 3-6-1. Pickford; Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski; George, Dewsbury-Hall, Armstrong, Garner, Johnson, Röhl; Barry. Norgaard is out. No doubts.

FUL — MUN (H), 3-6-1. Leno; Castagne, Bassey, Robinson; Bobb, King, Iwobi, Berge, Charles, Palacios; Gonzalo. Cairney is out. Sessegnon and Tete are doubts.

HUL — NEW (A), 4-5-1. Tzolakis; Ajayi, Giles, Coyle, Egan; Slater, Belloumi, Stroud, Crooks, Gourna-Douath; McBurnie. Mendy is out with concussion, expected back 11 October. Butland is out. Morita is a doubt.

IPS — EVE (A), 4-5-1. Scherpen; Davis, Greaves, Diop, O'Shea; Lukić, Enciso, Fatawu, Palacios, Maeda; Emersonn. Taylor is out. Emersonn is named but carries a doubt.

LEE — CRY (H), 5-4-1. Trafford; Muharemović, Bogle, Justin, Elvedi, Gudmundsson; Ampadu, Stach, Okafor, Tanaka; Calvert-Lewin. About 1 in 4 own Calvert-Lewin. He starts. Joseph and Rodon are out.

LIV — BOU (A), 4-5-1. Becker; Virgil, Jacquet, Araujo, Kerkez; Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Munoz, Gakpo, Barcola; Isak. Bradley, Chiesa, Ekitike and Leoni are out.

MCI — SUN (H), 3-6-1. Donnarumma; Rúben, Guéhi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Semenyo, Cherki, Foden, Enzo, Ndiaye; Haaland. Note: Foden appears in the projected XI but is also listed as suspended — treat him as unavailable until the club confirms otherwise. Doku is a doubt. Haaland, owned by about 7 in 10, starts.

MUN — FUL (A), 4-6-0. Lammens; Maguire, Martinez, Dalot, Shaw; Tielemans, Cunha, Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford, Mainoo. No recognised forward. Amad, Baleba, De Ligt and Ugarte are out. Shaw (about 1 in 10 own him) is doubtful — 75% chance he plays.

NEW — HUL (H), 4-4-2. Horníček; Botman, Thiaw, Hall, Dedić; Miley, Barnes, Steur, Willock; Wissa, Fernandez-Pardo. Elanga is out — unspecified injury, no return date. Burn and Osula are out. Joelinton is among five doubts.

NFO — COV (H), 5-4-1. Sels; Aina, Williams, Murillo, Milenković, Jair Cunha; Gibbs-White, McAtee, Ndoye, Schlager; Delap. Milenković is named in the XI but also appears on the out list — that conflict is unresolved. Jair is a doubt. Savona is out.

TOT — AVL (H), 3-6-1. Kinsky; Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson; Tonali, Bentancur, Gray, Sávio, Tel, Fernandes; Marmoush. Kulusevski, Mudryk, Odobert and Simons are out. Tonali is named but doubtful. Porro (about 1 in 12 own him) is doubtful — 75% chance he plays — and is not in the projected XI.

SUN — MCI (A), 5-4-1. Roefs; Meunier, Ballard, Mukiele, Danso, Hume; Sadiki, Angulo, Xhaka, Le Fée; Brobbey. Reinildo is suspended. Diarra and Mundle are out. Hume returns on team news.

The calls. Shaw is doubtful — bench him. Bruno Fernandes is in the expected XI at Craven Cottage — start him. De Cuyper is in Brighton's expected XI against Arsenal — start him.

The calls — GW5
Player	Club	Own %	Call	Why
Shaw	MUN	9.3	Bench	doubtful — Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing
B.Fernandes	MUN	40.7	Start	in the expected XI, FUL (A)
De Cuyper	BHA	24.3	Start	in the expected XI, ARS (H)

Players in this pieceShawB.FernandesDe Cuyper

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