GW5: the model's FPL team

Backtest — rebuilt from data available before the deadline

Starting XI

• GKP: Tzolakis — 6
• DEF: Guéhi — 4, Hall — 13, Egan — 1
• MID: Saka (V) — 2, Lewis-Potter — 3, Mbeumo — 2, Tavernier — 2
• FWD: Haaland (C) — 6 ×2, Isak — 8, João Pedro — 0

Bench: Verbruggen — 6, Janelt — 3, De Cuyper — 6, O'Shea — 2 · automatic subs: Janelt for João Pedro

Transfers

Palmer → Saka Free transfers next week: 1. Bank: £1.1m.

Season so far

265 points over 4 gameweeks, against 249 for the average manager — ahead in 2 of 4.

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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