Thanks to an average of 65 FPL points, Gameweek 10 of the Fantasy Premier League ended up being the highest-scoring Gameweek of the 2025 – 2026 season up to this point. That was in great part thanks to several highly-owned players delivering the goods, including the likes of Joao Pedro, Arsenal’s Gabriel and, of course, Erling Haaland. In fact, scores were so high across the board that Mohamed Salah’s return to goal-scoring form has slightly unnoticed. The Egyptian scored against Aston Villa for 10 FPL points (after scoring once against Brentford in GW9), but that was not enough to make it into the Gameweek 11 “Team of the Week”.
From a fantasy point of view, but also from a neutral spectator’s point of view (and perhaps from a Scouse point of view), Salah’s apparent return to form could not come at a better time. It is, after all, time for the first clash of the season between Manchester City and Liverpool on Sunday, at the Etihad. In other words, Erling Haaland versus Mo Salah. And it’s a big one, with Man City in second place, 6 points behind Arsenal, and Liverpool in third place, with just a point less, while the Gunners are visiting Sunderland on Saturday. We don’t know the results yet, but you can be sure that the pressure is definitely on in the top of the Prem this weekend.
Don’t forget, the deadline for Gameweek 11 is set at 11h00 (UK time) on Saturday, November 8th, 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 November 7th, 2025)
| TRANSFERS OUT | TRANSFERS IN | POSSIBLE REASONS | |
| GK | Donnarumma (MCI), Pope (NEW), Vicario (TOT) | Raya (ARS), Sanchez (CHE), Roefs (SUN) | |
| DEF | Virgil (LIV), Porro (TOT), Burn (NEW) | Gabriel (ARS), Guehi (CRY), Van de Ven (TOT) | Gabriel 55 FPL points in last 5 games |
| MID | Kudus (TOT), Reijnders (MCI), Grealish (EVE) | Rice (ARS), Caicedo (CHE), Mbeumo (BRE) | Kudus injury doubt, Rice stacking up returns, |
| FOR | Gyökeres (ARS), Woltemade (NEW), Ekitiké (LIV) | Mateta (CRY), Pedro (CHE), Welbeck (BRI) | Gyökeres injury doubt, Welbeck form + fixtures |
Premium pick
Back at the start of the 2022-2023 season, a young Norwegian footballer with a penchant for scoring goals called Erling Haaland (£14.8m) made his debut for Manchester City, after a £51 million transfer from Borussia Dortmund. What followed was one of the most impressive seasons ever for a newcomer in the Premier League: 33 starts, 36 goals and 9 assists. Haaland has been a force ever since, scoring 27 goals and providing 8 assists (29 starts) in the 2023 – 2024 season, and scoring 22 goals and giving 3 assists (31 starts) last season. The Norway international never reached the scorching form from his debut season again though… until now? As we are writing this FPL Gameweek 11 preview, Haaland has started in 10 league games, which has resulted in 13 goals and 1 assist. His brace against Bournemouth last weekend was the fifth (!) time this season that he managed to find the goal at least twice in a Premier League game and also the fifth time he recorded a double-digit haul for his fantasy owners. That’s once every two games, mind you. Sure, he has got two very difficult fixtures coming up with the visit of Liverpool on Sunday followed by a visit to Newcastle in GW12, but honestly, neither of those sides have been exactly solid in the back so far this season. And after that, the schedule clears up considerably for the Cityzens, so if you are one of the roughly 30% of fantasy managers who do not own City’s goal machine yet, you might want to consider bringing him in, even if it is just to limit the damage of not owning him.
Non-premium pick
With an 9th place in the Prem after 10 games and a 9th place in the Conference League after 3 games, Crystal Palace are having a more than decent start to the 2025 – 2026 season, especially considering it is the club’s first-ever season in Europe. Manager Oliver Glassner has elevated the Eagles to the next level and it will be interesting to see where they will stand by the official midpoint of the season, as they now have a relatively favourable league schedule coming up. That is why we have gone with Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.9m) as our non-premium fantasy pick for Gameweek 11. Well, that, and the fact that the France international is in great form as a starter under Glassner. He has already scored 6 goals in the league this season, including 1 goal against Brentford last weekend. The Eagles are now preparing for a home game against Brighton after dispatching of Dutch side AZ Alkmaar midweek (3-1) at Selhurst Park, with a visit to Wolves, a home game against Manchester United, a visit to Burnley and a visit to Fulham following after that all the way until Gameweek 15. As far as Mateta is concerned, we would not be surprised to see him score 3 goals or more over that period.
The budget enabler
Crystal Palace are not the only side with a good-looking set of fixtures coming up. Bournemouth, the current number five in the league, will be quietly hoping for (even) more points as well over the short and medium term. While this weekend’s visit to Villa Park is by no means an easy outing, it should be noted that the Villans have already conceded 10 goals in 10 league games and currently find themselves in 11th place. And after that, it’s West Ham at home, Sunderland away and Everton at home for Bournemouth, which is why we decided to highlight Marcus Tavernier (£5.5m) as our budget fantasy pick for Gameweek 11. The midfielder has not been hugely productive yet this season in terms of goals and assists (2 goals and 1 assist from 9 league starts), but an important sidenote is that one of those two goals was scored in GW9, while the assist was provided in GW8. In other words, that might just be a glimpse of an uptick in attacking returns for the 26 year old, which would mean he is actually approaching the much-coveted “form-plus-fixture” combination for FPL assets. Now, we don’t want to go that far just yet, but if you’re looking for a budget-friendly starter with a decent ceiling, now could be a shrewd moment to get in on Tavernier.
The differential
Arsenal fans, we are not trying to jinx your side’s excellent start to the season, but what a start it is. After ten games in the Premier League: 8 victories, 25 points, 18 goals scored, 3 goals conceded. After four games in the Champions League: 4 victories, 12 points, 11 goals scored, 0 goals conceded. And all of that while suffering more than a few injury problems along the way, especially in the offensive department. At the moment of writing, Viktor Gyökeres, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz are all either injured or flagged, leaving manager Mikel Arteta practically without real striker options. Emphasis on “practically” though, because there is always Mikel Merino (£5.9m, 0.7% owned). The versatile Spanish midfielder replaced Gyökeres halfway through the mid-week game against Slavia Prague and promptly scored a brace, which led his manager to say:
“It’s a joy to have him, I always say the same thing. It’s his versatility on the pitch, the things that he can do, it’s his mindset… Today we are missing a lot of attacking players and we have to find different solutions, he comes in the Champions League and scores two goals.”
For us, the logical thing would be for Arteta to start with Merino as a kind of false nine again against Sunderland on Saturday, but remember that this a major differential punt (with an explosive ceiling). Arteta also has the likes of Leandro Trossard and Ethan Nwaneri at his disposal, who can both deputise up front if needed. Still, after a brace in just 45 minutes of Champions League football, we see Merino as a top pick for the differential chasers in Gameweek 11.
The (vice-)captaincy
Erling Haaland’s current form in combination with Liverpool’s leaky backline make us put the armband on Manchester City’s goalscoring phenomenon when the Reds visit the Etihad on Sunday.
In terms of alternatives to the Norwegian, Bukayo Saka away at Sunderland looks appealing, as does Chelsea’s Joao Pedro for their home game against Wolves. The more steely-nerved managers among us might even consider Jarrod Bowen as their captain, for West Ham’s home game against Burnley on Saturday.
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