Points: 97 · FPL avg: 63 · vs avg: +34 · Cumulative: +80 · Predicted: 66.5 xPts · Chip: BB · Hits: 0 · Bank: £0.8m · FT: 1
The Bench Boost delivered exactly what it promised, with all four bench players contributing 17 points — headlined by Tarkowski’s 8 — and pushing the total to 97 against a model projection of 66.5, a 46% overperformance driven largely by points the model couldn’t anticipate from the bench. Semenyo justified the captaincy with a 13-point haul (26 doubled), while Haaland matched him exactly as vice, giving the squad two reliable double-digit scorers at the top. The Aina-to-Andersen transfer paid off cleanly with 10 actual against a 5.8 xPts projection, though Trafford’s blank (0 vs 4.1 xPts) was the chip’s one soft spot, effectively reducing the active XI to ten outfield players before Pickford’s auto-sub.