FPL GW8 wildcard team

These are the predictions we locked before the deadline (sealed Fri 23 Oct, 07:00 UK), shown with the points players actually scored. See the full record

The £100m squad with the most expected points over the next five gameweeks, chosen by an optimiser that respects every FPL rule (budget, 3 per club, formations) and picks the best XI and captain each week. Captain for GW8: Haaland.

Starting XI

Cost

£99.6m

GW8 xP

58.0

#	Player	Fixture	Owned	xP	Scored
1	RayaARS · GKP	EVE	44.8%	4.5	7
2	CalafioriARS · DEF	EVE	54.2%	4.9	1
3	ThomasCOV · DEF	FUL	9.5%	4.5	1
4	BogleLEE · DEF	sun	10.4%	3.9	5
5	MbeumoMUN · MID	BOU	21.0%	5.0	2
6	TavernierBOU · MID	mun	10.7%	4.9	10
7	ØdegaardARS · MID	EVE	18.4%	4.7	3
8	StachLEE · MID	sun	2.3%	4.3	1
9	GroßBHA · MID	liv	45.7%	4.2	0
10	HaalandMCI · FWD	avl	77.0%	6.2	8
11	IsakLIV · FWD	BHA	13.3%	4.8	9

Bench

#	Player	Fixture	Owned	xP	Scored
1	TraffordLEE · GKP	sun	5.9%	4.1	10
2	SilvaBOU · DEF	mun	0.7%	3.9	8
3	De CuyperBHA · DEF	liv	41.5%	3.8	1
4	BarryEVE · FWD	ars	8.1%	3.7	2

How these picks are made

Expected points (xP) come from each player's expected goals and assists, minutes, defensive contributions, bonus and the opponent's strength, using FPL's official scoring. Before every deadline we lock our picks and publish them with a tamper-proof timestamp, then score them after the gameweek — check our record.