Gameweek 1

The Review

Settled 2026-08-27T16:51:46Z.

Best XI of the gameweek (1-4-5-1, 148 pts)

• Tzolakis HUL · GKP 10 pts
• De Cuyper BHA · DEF 17 pts
• Mendy HUL · DEF 15 pts
• Ajayi HUL · DEF 14 pts
• Kayode BRE · DEF 13 pts
• Hinshelwood BHA · MID 16 pts
• M.Sangaré BRE · MID 14 pts
• Palmer CHE · MID 13 pts
• Stach LEE · MID 13 pts
• Gakpo LIV · MID 12 pts
• João Pedro CHE · FWD 11 pts

Biggest hauls

1. De Cuyper (BHA) — 17 pts (1G 1A, 2 bonus)
2. Hinshelwood (BHA) — 16 pts (2G 0A, 3 bonus)
3. Mendy (HUL) — 15 pts (1G 0A, 1 bonus)
4. Ajayi (HUL) — 14 pts (1G 0A, 2 bonus)
5. M.Sangaré (BRE) — 14 pts (0G 2A, 3 bonus)

Template heartbreak

• Haaland (MCI) — 2 pts at 68.0% ownership
• B.Fernandes (MUN) — 2 pts at 48.7% ownership
• Mbeumo (MUN) — 2 pts at 36.2% ownership
• Calvert-Lewin (LEE) — 1 pts at 29.0% ownership
• Semenyo (MCI) — 2 pts at 24.5% ownership

How the GafferLab XI did

• 37 pts · captain Mbeumo · 15 transfer(s)

GW in Numbers

Computed 2026-08-28T04:27:38Z from the season database.

Best XI of the gameweek (4-5-1, 165 pts, £63.0m)

• Mendy HUL · DEF · £4.0m 15 pts
• Tzolakis HUL · GKP · £4.5m 10 pts
• Kayode BRE · DEF · £4.5m 13 pts
• Ajayi HUL · DEF · £4.0m 14 pts
• Gakpo LIV · MID · £7.0m 12 pts
• João Pedro CHE · FWD · £7.5m 11 pts
• Hinshelwood BHA · MID · £6.0m 16 pts
• Stach LEE · MID · £6.0m 13 pts
• M.Sangaré BRE · MID · £5.5m 14 pts
• De Cuyper (C) BHA · DEF · £4.5m 17 pts
• Palmer CHE · MID · £9.5m 13 pts

Rank swings

Ownership basis: top-10k effective ownership (sampled after the gameweek settled).

Haul & blank rates (haul ≥ 10 pts, blank ≤ 2 pts, players with minutes only)