Fantasy Premier League · Gameweek 2
deadline Fri 28 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
GW144proj 65.953proj 60.70–1
GW2graded93proj 56.084proj 53.01–1

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 2 squad: B.Fernandes captains a 3-4-3

The engine's own 15 — a 3-4-3 projecting 55.96 points with the captain doubled, picked on six-gameweek horizon value, not one-week form.

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4.2ThiagoBRE4.4EvanilsonBOU3.9Calvert-LewinLEE7.2B.FernandesMUNC4.5NdiayeEVE3.5E.Le FéeSUN5.7SzoboszlaiLIVV5.0VirgilLIV3.1SenesiTOT3.5ShawMUN3.7RayaARS3-4-3
Latest analysis
Captains

B.Fernandes is the gameweek 2 captain

28 August 2026

14.51 captain EV, 18.90 ceiling — the best armband in the model.

14.51Captain EV
Distributions

Gameweek 2 spreads: B.Fernandes hauls 31% of the time

28 August 2026

Every projection on this site is the average of tens of thousands of simulated gameweeks. This is the shape behind the average: B.Fernandes blanks in 39% of them and scores double figures in 31%.

14.51Captain EV
Consensus Squad

The Consensus XI: gameweek 2 comparator

28 August 2026

The recorded comparator squad — Haaland captains, João Pedro is vice.

52.97Projected XI, captain doubled
Wildcard

The gameweek 2 draft squad: 5-3-2

28 August 2026

A legal 15 for 98.7m, with an XI projecting 55.7 points.

7.25xPts
Ticker

Gameweek 2 fixture ticker: ARS lead the clean sheets

28 August 2026

ARS project 0.42 expected clean sheets against AVL (A).

0.42Clean sheets
Defenders

Dalot leads the gameweek 2 defenders

28 August 2026

6.03 expected points, with 1.20 of it from clean sheets alone.

6.03xPts
Efficiency

De Cuyper is the best value in gameweek 2

28 August 2026

1.21 points per million at 5.0.

1.21Pts/m
Defcon

Thiaw is the gameweek 2 DefCon banker

28 August 2026

He clears the 10-action threshold in 74% of simulations.

74%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.