GW3: the model's FPL team

Backtest — rebuilt from data available before the deadline

Starting XI

• GKP: Tzolakis — 6
• DEF: Guéhi — 8, Hall — 4, De Cuyper — 4, Egan — 6
• MID: Mbeumo — 8, Szoboszlai — 3, Lewis-Potter — 2
• FWD: Haaland (C) — 9 ×2, João Pedro — 1, Isak (V) — 13

Bench: Verbruggen — 3, Palmer — 1, Janelt — 11, O'Shea — 3

Transfers

White → Mbeumo, Gakpo → João Pedro, Thiago → Hall (−8 points) Free transfers next week: 1. Bank: £0.1m.

Season so far

142 points over 2 gameweeks, against 132 for the average manager — ahead in 1 of 2.

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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