Gameweek 35 · May 8, 2026

GW35 Review

GW Points: 57  ·  Overall Rank: 3,338,900  ·  Bench pts: 12  ·  Chip: Triple Captain

57 points is a below-average haul given a rank of 3.3M, with 12 bench points unused compounding the damage — the kind of week where the squad selection hurt more than the captain call. Calvert-Lewin (6pts, xPts 4.59) slightly outperformed his model expectation and was a defensible pick, though Hill’s 10pts shows there was a better option available within the existing squad. The top missed players — Awoniyi, Gyökeres, and Doku — all had elevated form signals pre-GW, but Awoniyi and Gyökeres are flagged lucky, meaning their 16-point hauls outran their underlying numbers and were partly variance rather than clean signals the model should have prioritised.

Squad

Player Pos Team xPts Actual GW Pts
Martinez GKP AVL 3.7 2 2
Virgil DEF LIV 3.2 1 1
Hill DEF BOU 4.0 10 10
Thiaw DEF NEW 3.6 2 2
Rogers MID AVL 4.7 1 1
Rice MID ARS 5.4 5 5
Rayan (vc) MID BOU 3.2 8 8
Ndiaye MID EVE 3.9 2 2
Calvert-Lewin © FWD LEE 4.6 6 18
Thiago FWD BRE 6.1 6 6
Bowen FWD WHU 4.5 2 2
Dúbravka GKP BUR 2.2 2 0
Gabriel DEF ARS 5.2 6 0
Alderete DEF SUN 2.7 4 0
Gordon MID NEW 1.4 0 0

Captain

  Player xPts pre-GW Actual vs Picked
Picked © Calvert-Lewin 4.6 6
Best in squad Hill 4.0 10 +4
Best overall Awoniyi 1.5 16 +10

Top Missed Players

Player Pos Team Actual xPts Signals
Awoniyi FWD NFO 16 1.5 ↑form ✗lucky
Gyökeres FWD ARS 16 2.9 ↑form ✗lucky
Doku MID MCI 15 3.3 ↑form
Senesi DEF BOU 14 4.2 ↑form
Szoboszlai MID LIV 13 4.4 ↑form
Saka MID ARS 11 3.9
Lewis-Potter DEF BRE 11 3.9 ↑form
Damsgaard MID BRE 11 2.9 ✗lucky
Barry FWD EVE 11 1.6 ✗lucky
Mukiele DEF SUN 11 3.3