GafferLab · 2026-27

Gameweek 4

The preview we published before the deadline, and what actually happened.

Deadline Preview

Frozen 2026-09-11T07:20:51Z, before the 2026-09-12T12:30:00Z deadline.

Essential targets

Strong targets

Differential targets

Captain picks

  1. Haaland (MCI) — 8.0 projected pts
  2. B.Fernandes (MUN) — 9.0 projected pts
  3. João Pedro (CHE) — 7.0 projected pts

Price watch (last 7 days)

Risers

  • Calafiori (ARS) +£0.2m
  • Gakpo (LIV) +£0.2m
  • Barry (EVE) +£0.1m
  • Cherki (MCI) +£0.1m
  • De Cuyper (BHA) +£0.1m

Fallers

  • Aaronson (LEE) £-0.1m
  • Alderete (SUN) £-0.1m
  • Anderson (MCI) £-0.1m
  • Arrizabalaga (ARS) £-0.1m
  • Ayari (BHA) £-0.1m

Chip guidance

The GafferLab XI's move

The Review

Settled 2026-09-15T17:42:01Z.

Best XI of the gameweek (1-5-3-2, 146 pts)

Biggest hauls

  1. Groß (BHA) — 17 pts (1G 2A, 3 bonus)
  2. Schade (BRE) — 15 pts (2G 0A, 3 bonus)
  3. Bogle (LEE) — 15 pts (1G 0A, 3 bonus)
  4. Raya (ARS) — 14 pts (0G 0A, 3 bonus)
  5. Davis (IPS) — 14 pts (1G 2A, 1 bonus)

Template heartbreak

How the GafferLab XI did

GW in Numbers

Computed 2026-09-15T17:42:49Z from the season database.

Best XI of the gameweek (5-3-2, 163 pts, £59.2m)

Rank swings

Ownership basis: overall selected-by % — no top-10k effective-ownership sample for this gameweek.

Climbers

  • Bogle (LEE) — 15 pts, +14.7 vs the field at 1.9% owned
  • Schade (BRE) — 15 pts, +14.4 vs the field at 3.7% owned
  • Groß (BHA) — 17 pts, +14.2 vs the field at 16.3% owned

Fallers

  • Cherki (MCI) — 1 pts, −0.6 to holders at 29.4% owned
  • B.Fernandes (MUN) — 2 pts, −0.4 to holders at 43.4% owned
  • Hall (NEW) — 0 pts, −0.4 to holders at 13.4% owned

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

PlayedHaulsBlanks
Overall 307 14 (5%) 192 (62%)
GKP 20 1 (5%) 10 (50%)
DEF 99 6 (6%) 62 (63%)
MID 137 3 (2%) 87 (64%)
FWD 32 4 (12%) 22 (69%)
Budget price 242 10 (4%) 157 (65%)
Mid price 60 4 (7%) 33 (55%)
Premium price 5 0 (0%) 2 (40%)
Our essential tips 8 1 (12%) 3 (38%)
Our strong tips 9 4 (44%) 2 (22%)
Our differential tips 20 1 (5%) 7 (35%)
Our watchlist tips 15 1 (7%) 6 (40%)

Price moves (18 rises · 100 falls this gameweek window)

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers