GW2: the model's FPL team

Backtest — rebuilt from data available before the deadline

Starting XI

• GKP: Tzolakis — 10
• DEF: De Cuyper — 0, Guéhi — 2, White — 7
• MID: Palmer — 7, Lewis-Potter — 6, Gakpo — 5, Szoboszlai — 4
• FWD: Haaland (C) — 13 ×2, Isak (V) — 8, Thiago — 2

Bench: Verbruggen — 0, Egan — 9, O'Shea — 0, Janelt — 1

Transfers

First week: a new £100m squad. Free transfers next week: 1. Bank: £0.4m.

Season so far

77 points over 1 gameweek, against 81 for the average manager — ahead in 0 of 1.

How this team is picked

Every week this one team does exactly what Pitch Gaffer's planner advises: up to three transfers over a six-gameweek view (−4 for each extra), then the best XI and captain for the next gameweek. FPL rules for free transfers, bank and selling prices; no chips. From GW7 each team is locked automatically in the hours before the deadline and never changed afterwards.

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