Fantasy Premier League · Gameweek 1
deadline Fri 21 Aug, 18:30 UK

Two squads, picked before every deadline and graded after: one by a 50,000-run simulation, one by the crowd's template. Every number on this page is a projection you can check next week.

Model XIConsensus XIDuel
GW1graded44proj 65.953proj 60.70–1

Official points once a gameweek is graded; the live row shows the frozen projection and points so far. Full ledger →

Featured · Our Squad

Our gameweek 1 squad: B.Fernandes captains a 3-5-2

The engine's own 15 — a 3-5-2 projecting 65.92 points with the captain doubled, picked on six-gameweek horizon value, not one-week form.

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5.9ThiagoBREV4.9WatkinsAVL8.8B.FernandesMUNC5.1NdiayeEVE4.8Gibbs-WhiteNFO4.8E.Le FéeSUN4.7SzoboszlaiLIV4.3VirgilLIV4.3SenesiTOT4.7TarkowskiEVE4.6RayaARS3-5-2
Latest analysis
Captains

B.Fernandes is the gameweek 1 captain

19 August 2026

17.70 captain EV, 19.70 ceiling — the best armband in the model.

17.70Captain EV
Distributions

Gameweek analysis: distributions

19 August 2026

No data available.

—Captain EV
Consensus Squad

The Consensus XI: gameweek 1 comparator

19 August 2026

The recorded comparator squad — Haaland captains, B.Fernandes is vice.

60.74Projected XI, captain doubled
Wildcard

The gameweek 1 draft squad: 3-5-2

19 August 2026

A legal 15 for 98.0m, with an XI projecting 59.2 points.

8.85xPts
Ticker

Gameweek 1 fixture ticker: ARS lead the clean sheets

19 August 2026

ARS project 0.57 expected clean sheets against COV (H).

0.57Clean sheets
Defenders

Gabriel leads the gameweek 1 defenders

19 August 2026

5.32 expected points, with 1.78 of it from clean sheets alone.

5.32xPts
Efficiency

Calafiori is the best value in gameweek 1

19 August 2026

0.93 points per million at 5.5.

0.93Pts/m
Defcon

Anderson is the gameweek 1 DefCon banker

19 August 2026

He clears the 12-action threshold in 60% of simulations.

60%P(DefCon)

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Method. Market odds (de-vigged) → Dixon-Coles scorelines → 50k Monte-Carlo simulations, scored on the official Fantasy Premier League points table.