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New from CrowdFPL: Expert Calls 📋
We watched and read everything FPL experts said about GW9 so you don't have to.
35 hours of YouTube. 400+ posts on X. 46 experts.
🔹 who's buying, selling, holding, avoiding for GW9
🔹 where they disagree
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All calls on one page: experts.crowdfpl.com
Top 5 defenders in FPL ownership:
🔹 Calafiori (ARS) — £5.9m | 49.4%
🔹 De Cuyper (BHA) — £5.3m | 42.5%
🔹 Gvardiol (MCI) — £5.7m | 26.5%
🔹 Gabriel (ARS) — £7.9m | 23.4%
🔹 Konsa (ARS) — £4.7m | 20.7%
Top 5 defenders according to Crowd Power (GW9): crowdfpl.com/crowd-rating?po…
🔹 Hall (NEW) — 75.7 | 2 duels | 6-2 votes
🔹 Gabriel (ARS) — 62.4 | 2 duels | 4-2 votes
🔹 Pedro Porro (TOT) — 59.5 | 3 duels | 4-3 votes
🔹 Van Hecke (TOT) — 57.6 | 1 duel | 2-1 votes
🔹 Guéhi (MCI) — 57.0 | 4 duels | 5-5 votes
Only 1/5 names match — Gabriel.
The crowd has completely faded Calafiori (injury), De Cuyper, Gvardiol and Konsa. Instead, they are loading up on Spurs and Newcastle defenders for this specific week.
Who’s making your backline? 👇
Clean sheet expectations are extremely low across the league this week. If you’re looking for a defender, Spurs (35%) and Bournemouth (30%) have the best odds.
Van Hecke (TOT) — £4.9m | 38 pts | 8.6% owned | CRY (H)
The crowd's clear favorite. @SolioAnalytics gives him a slight edge over Hill (4.8 vs 4.7 proj. pts).
Hill (BOU) — £5.5m | 32 pts | 2.0% owned | LEE (H)
Much better current form (6.7 vs 4.7) and significantly lower ownership. A genuine differential if Bournemouth delivers.
Who’s getting the start in your defence? 👇
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Top 5 midfielders in FPL ownership (GW9):
🔹 Rogers (CHE) — £8.0m | 50.2%
🔹 Groß (BHA) — £6.2m | 46.1%
🔹 Cherki (MCI) — £8.0m | 38.1%
🔹 Palmer (CHE) — £9.8m | 27.3%
🔹 B.Fernandes (MUN) — £11.7m | 24.0%
Top 5 midfielders according to Crowd Power (GW9): crowdfpl.com/crowd-rating?po…
🔹 Manzambi (AVL) — £6.1m | 71.9 | 4 duels | 8-4 votes
🔹 Barnes (NEW) — £6.1m | 63.1 | 4 duels | 7-5 votes
🔹 Gibbs-White (NFO) — £7.9m | 62.5 | 2 duels | 4-2 votes
🔹 Tavernier (BOU) — £6.4m | 53.7 | 2 duels | 4-3 votes
🔹Schade (BRE) — £6.2m | 51.2 | 5 duels | 7-8 votes
0/5 names match.
A complete disconnect between the template and the crowd. Managers are heavily rebuilding their squads and looking for new options this week.
GW9 features three blockbuster matchups — Man City vs Brighton, Liverpool vs Arsenal and Chelsea vs Man Utd. As a result, players from these teams are being avoided in favor of safer, lower-profile options.
Goalkeeper dilemma this week: Clean sheet odds are brutal across the board 🧤
Raya (ARS) — £6.2m | 49 pts | 45.7% owned | LIV (A)
The most popular and productive keeper in FPL, but he's walking into Anfield this week. Arsenal are given just a 27% chance of a clean sheet.
Kinsky (TOT) — £4.4m | 32 pts | 15.0% owned | CRY (H)
The cheap enabler. Solio actually gives him the highest clean sheet probability of the round (35%). Spurs are in great form with two straight wins, including a 2-0 shutout against Chelsea.
The crowd is backing the budget option (Kinsky 67% vs Raya 33%).
Who's your pick? 👇
crowdfpl.com/duel/kinsky-vs-…
£100m isn't enough to build a squad of the top performers anymore 💸
Take the top 15 highest-scoring players across all positions (excluding the injured João Pedro) and the total price hits £104.1m.
How many of these guys are actually in your squad? 👇
Tavernier vs Groß — the two most productive midfielders. Who do you pick? 🗳️
Tavernier (BOU) — £6.4m | 52 pts | 12 bonus | 7.0 form | 19.1% owned | LEE (H)
Groß (BHA) — £6.2m | 58 pts | 9 bonus | 3.7 form | 46.3% owned | MCI (A)
The crowd is dead level at 50/50.
Tavernier has better form and a home fixture against Leeds. Groß has more total points and is in nearly half of all teams, but he blanked in GW8 and now faces a tough away trip to Man City.
Make your pick 👇
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Top 5 forwards to replace João Pedro 🎯
🔹 Isak (LIV) — 51 pts | 6.0 form | 16.7% | ARS, CRY, MUN, EVE, SUN
🔹 Evanilson (BOU) — 43 pts | 8.3 form | 8.6% | LEE, IPS, NFO, FUL, BHA
🔹 Kostoulas (BHA) — 43 pts | 5.0 form | 10.2% | MCI, BRE, HUL, NEW, BOU
🔹 Jackson (AVL) — 34 pts | 8.0 form | 12.1% | FUL, MUN, SUN, IPS, EVE
🔹 Barry (EVE) — 30 pts | 3.3 form | 7.3% | NEW, COV, BRE, LIV, AVL
Isak: The safest, most reliable option, but expensive and faces Arsenal next.
Evanilson: Cheap and steady. A simple, no-nonsense option, but don't expect him to break the ceiling.
Kostoulas: Cheap and low-owned, but Brighton has better assets, he has finishing issues, rarely plays a full 90, and faces City next.
Jackson: Great form for him and Villa, decent fixtures. But everyone is buying him as the JP replacement right now, so he won't be a differential.
Barry: Cheap, low-owned, gets plenty of chances. The problem is his finishing — underperforming xG by 2 goals.
Who's your pick?👇
Arsenal were the favourites for the Carabao Cup and got the easiest draw among the big boys.
Was this loss a genuine red flag, or just a smart tank to save legs for the PL and UCL?
Top 3 CrowdFPL predictors — GW8📊
🥇 Imkavee 🇮🇳 — 57.3 pts (65.0%, 25 votes)
🥈 YNWA 🇺🇦 — 51.5 pts (50.0%, 36 votes)
🥉 shamuk 🇧🇾 — 41.8 pts (60.9%, 84 votes)
Find your rank on the leaderboard👇
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Nottingham Forest after 8 games is pure pain 📉
🔹 15.18 xPts (1st in the league) — 6 actual points (15th-18th)
🔹 15.75 xG (3rd) — 6 goals scored (17th-20th)
🔹 9.03 xGA (3rd) — 10 goals conceded (9th-12th)
I genuinely feel for anyone holding Forest assets. The underlying numbers scream "top 5 team", but the actual output is bottom half.
The breakthrough has to come eventually. The only problem? You need points right now.
Holding, selling, or buying the dip? 👇
Top 5 forwards in FPL ownership:
🔹 Haaland (MCI) — £15.7m | 77.3%
🔹 João Pedro (CHE) — £7.9m | 73.6%
🔹 Calvert-Lewin (LEE) — £6.1m | 23.5%
🔹 Isak (LIV) — £9.0m | 13.8%
🔹 Wissa (NEW) — £6.1m | 12.8%
Top 5 forwards according to Crowd Power (GW8): crowdfpl.com/crowd-rating?po…
🔹 Haaland (MCI) — £15.7m | 71.0 | 3 duels | 15-7 votes
🔹 João Pedro (CHE) — £7.9m | 67.2 | 5 duels | 16-11 votes
🔹 Calvert-Lewin (LEE) — £6.1m | 65.9 | 4 duels | 14-9 votes
🔹 Isak (LIV) — £9.0m | 59.4 | 7 duels | 15-16 votes
🔹 Evanilson (BOU) — £6.0m | 57.8 | 4 duels | 10-10 votes
4/5 names match — Haaland, João Pedro, Calvert-Lewin and Isak.
The crowd swapped Wissa for Evanilson. The top four are completely identical in both lists, proving just how locked-in the forward template is right now.
One big caveat: Calvert-Lewin's participation this week is in doubt due to injury.
Are you sticking with the template or looking further down the list? 👇
Haaland vs João Pedro — the two most popular and most useful forwards in FPL go head-to-head 🗳️
The crowd is piling on Haaland (63% vs 37%). He leads in ownership (77.3% vs 73.6%) and total points (58 vs 47).
But there are clear red flags for the Norwegian:
🔹 He is dealing with a minor injury.
🔹 He has scored just 1 goal in 5 matches against Aston Villa.
Meanwhile, João Pedro is right behind him in points (47), in great form (7.0), and faces Spurs at home.
Are you trusting the expensive premium against a tough fixture, or backing the in-form Chelsea man? 👇
crowdfpl.com/duel/haaland-vs…
Top 5 midfielders in FPL ownership:
🔹 Rogers (CHE) — £8.0m | 49.1%
🔹 Groß (BHA) — £6.2m | 46.0%
🔹 Cherki (MCI) — £8.0m | 38.8%
🔹 Palmer (CHE) — £9.8m | 27.9%
🔹 B.Fernandes (MUN) — £11.8m | 27.1%
Top 5 midfielders according to Crowd Power (GW8):
🔹 Rogers (CHE) — £8.0m | 73.4 | 5 duels | 25-12 votes
🔹 Schade (BRE) — £6.2m | 70.7 | 4 duels | 12-4 votes
🔹 Groß (BHA) — £6.2m | 61.1 | 4 duels | 15-14 votes
🔹 Ødegaard (ARS) — £6.8m | 58.5 | 4 duels | 12-12 votes
🔹 Mbeumo (MUN) — £7.9m | 54.7 | 4 duels | 10-12 votes
Only 2/5 names match — Rogers and Groß.
The crowd swapped Cherki, Palmer and B.Fernandes for Schade, Ødegaard and Mbeumo. Mbeumo is 6th in ownership (21.4%), but the crowd clearly loves him. Palmer (54.1) and B.Fernandes (53.3) are right on his heels in Crowd Power, sitting 6th and 7th.
Who’s in your midfield this week? 👇