Were you on of the roughly 3.8 million fantasy managers who had Micky van der Ven 23-point mega haul in Gameweek 9, courtesy of a brace against Everton? If you were, congrats, and if you were not, we hope you at least had one (or more) of the likes of Matty Cash, Bryan Mbeumo and Casemiro, who all got 15 FPL points last weekend. They were followed in joint-third place by Burnley’s Zian Flemming and Leeds United’s Joe Rodon with 13 FPL points each.
It will be interesting to see if Spurs can once again provide so many players for the Team of the Week in Gameweek 10, when they host Chelsea. The same to some extent goes for Manchester United, who are visiting a struggling Nottingham Forest side on Saturday. As far as favourable fixtures from a fantasy point of view, Arsenal’s visit to Turf Moor, Newcastle’s visit to West Ham and Manchester City’s home game against Bournemouth look interesting, though we don’t feel like there are any real stand-out fixtures on the agenda this weekend.
Don’t forget, the deadline for Gameweek 10 is set at 13h30 (UK time) on Saturday, November 1st, 2025. The free to play FPL or pay to play season/weekend/daily games like FanTeam are ideal ways of following the Premier League action.
Most transferred in/transferred out players (as per October 30th, 2025)
| TRANSFERS OUT | TRANSFERS IN | POSSIBLE REASONS | |
| GK | Sanchez (CHE), Vicario (TOT), Sels (NFO) | Raya (ARS), Roefs (SUN), Pope (NEW) | |
| DEF | Virgil (LIV), Romero (TOT), Cucurella (CHE) | Gabriel (ARS), Timber (ARS), Van de Ven (TOT) | Romero injured, Gabriel + Timber consecutive returns, Van de Ven brace in GW9 |
| MID | Reijnders (MCI), Salah (LIV), Kudus (TOT) | Mbeumo (MUN), Rice (ARS), Sarr (CRY) | Mbeumo form + fixtures |
| FOR | Pedro (CHE), Isak (LIV), Gyökeres (ARS) | Mateta (CRY), Thiago (BRE), Woltemade (NEW) | Isak injury doubt, Thiago form, Woltemade form + fixture |
Premium pick
Erling Haaland’s (£14.8m) blank against Aston Villa last weekend was a bit disappointing, but we hope that the roughly 68% of managers who own him did not get discouraged. And why would they, when it was, in reality, just his second blank of the season and we are already ten Gameweeks in. That first blank of the season came all the way back in GW2 at home to Spurs. In the six games between then and last weekend’s Villa game, Haaland scored no less than 9 goals and provided 1 assist for a total of 68 FPL points. That’s just over 11 FPL points per game over that same run, mind you. The Norwegian has a complicated run of fixtures coming up, keep that in mind, with Bournemouth at home this weekend followed by Liverpool at home and Newcastle away. Manchester City are not in the best form and they will need to take points from the coming run, so much the eyes will be on their in-form goal-scoring machine from Norway.
Non-premium pick
It has been a while since we included a Manchester United player in our Gameweek previews, but we are seeing some potential on the Red Devils roster on the short and medium term. After the visit to leaky Nottingham Forest this weekend, they are off to Spurs, then Everton at home in GW12, Palace away in GW13, West Ham at home in GW14, Wolves away in GW15 and Bournemouth at home in GW16. Pretty good as far as fixtures go, which is why we have gone with Bryan Mbeumo (£8.2m) as our non-premium fantasy pick for Gameweek 10. The Cameroon international, who was brought in from Brentford for about £70 million this summer, started kind of slow in Manchester, but seems to have really found his stride of late. As one of the two most advanced midfielders in manager Ruben Amorim’s system, Mbeumo recorded 3 goals and 1 assist in his last three league outings. United went on to win all three of those games, with Mbeumo collecting 30 FPL points over that same run. He now travels to Nottingham Forest, who have not won since Gameweek 1. As a matter of fact, since their victory over Brentford in the season opener, the Tricky Trees added just 2 points to their total. And with Manchester United seemingly building up some steam, we don’t think that will change this weekend despite Forest’s new manager, Sean Dyche.
The budget enabler
For our budget enabling fantasy pick, we kept it pretty simple this time. We actually wanted to include Nordi Mukiele (£4.1m) last week already, but we decided to go with Moisès Caicedo instead, as Chelsea were hosting Sunderland, with Mukiele actually starting for the visitors. A great choice by us, as the Black Cats went on to win 1-2, though both Mukiele and Caicedo finished the game with 2 FPL points. In any case, the reason why the former was on our radar already was that, apart from the fact that he is a bargain starter, he also scored a 17-point haul against Wolves in Gameweek 7. As a result, the French defender is now the highest-scoring budget-enabler in the game with a total of 46 FPL points from the first nine league games of the season. That’s an average of 5.1 FPL points per game; not bad at all for a fantasy asset that started with a price tag of £4.0m. On top of that, Sunderland have got a favourable home game against Everton coming up. Just keep in mind that, while Mukiele is a perfect fifth defender for any squad, Sunderland’s fixtures do take a turn for the worse between roughly Gameweek 11 and Gameweek 17.
The differential
He is a starter for a decent side, he is in great form, he is priced at just £6.4m and he currently sits in just 5.4% of all FPL squads. It seems like, at the moment, Brighton’s Danny Welbeck (£6.4m) is ticking basically all the boxes of what a fantasy manager likes in a differential fantasy pick. The former Man United and Arsenal man scored 5 goals in his last four league games for a total of 31 FPL points, while also being the Brighton player with the highest expected goals ratio and the most shots on target over that same period. In all truth, Welbeck might be overperforming a bit at the moment, but that can be a golden opportunity for those managers with the possibilities and the steely nerves to bring him in. Especially when you see that the Seagulls are facing Leeds United at home on Saturday, a game which they are supposed to win. The Whites have not managed to keep a clean sheet on the road this season as they have conceded an average of 2.25 goals per away game so far.
The (vice-)captaincy
We are not seeing a very clear-cut favourite for the armband this weekend, though an in-form Erling Haaland in a home game is practically always a shoe-in. We are therefore making him our captain for Gameweek 10 as Manchester City prepare to host Bournemouth on Sunday.
More than a few fantasy managers will be exploring the alternatives though, and we did find a few with potential. Danny Welbeck, for example, at home to Leeds in the Gameweek opener on Saturday. Or what about Bryan Mbeumo for Manchester United’s visit to Nottingham Forest, or perhaps Jean-Philippe Mateta for Crystal Palace home game against Wolves?
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