Player Analysis

Van den Berg scored 113 FPL points last season at £5.0m, with 8 clean sheets and a favourable five-game opening fixture run.

Luke Shaw FPL profile: £4.5m Man Utd defender with 113 pts and 10 clean sheets last season, owned by 24.5% ahead of GW1.

Mateta offers decent mid-price striker value, but his recent form and lack of xP make him a watch, not a captaincy play.

Cole Palmer remains a dangerous Chelsea midfielder in FPL, but current form and missing xP keep him short of must-own status.

Junior Kroupi offers real budget-forward value, but limited fixture data caps his short-term FPL appeal.

Pedro Porro offers solid minutes and decent all-round defender data, but he looks more like a hold or watch than a priority buy.

Adam Wharton is a low-owned £5.0m budget midfielder, useful for depth but offering limited captaincy or transfer appeal.

Sarr offers differential midfield upside at £6.4m, but recent form and missing fixture xP keep him in the watchlist tier.

Damsgaard is a low-owned £5.6m Brentford midfielder with steady minutes, modest output, and watchlist appeal rather than buy-now urgency.

Eze offers mid-priced upside at £7.3m, but his 2.3 form and lack of fixture xP keep him in watchlist territory.