Gameweek 2 2026-27 Final edition

The Gameweek 2 Briefing

Gameweek 2: Igor Jesus is the standout differential at 3.8% owned; Man City have the kindest attacking run; 1 widely-owned players carry a fitness flag.

Differentials

Well rated by the model, owned by almost nobody — where rank is actually won.

Nott'm Forest FWD

Igor Jesus

3.8% owned

Projected 5.1 points at 3.8% ownership, and £6.0m. Igor Jesus has 0.2 expected goal involvements behind that.

Price
£6.0m
Projected
5.1
Form
2.0

LIV (A)TOT (H)AVL (A)

Brentford MID

Schade

3.5% owned

Projected 5.0 points at 3.5% ownership, and £6.0m. Schade has 0.5 expected goal involvements behind that.

Price
£6.0m
Projected
5.0
Form
3.0

LEE (A)SUN (H)BOU (A)

Bournemouth MID

Tavernier

2.3% owned

Projected 4.8 points at 2.3% ownership, and £6.0m. Tavernier has 0.5 expected goal involvements behind that.

Price
£6.0m
Projected
4.8
Form
10.0

EVE (H)NEW (A)BRE (H)

The Fixture List

Scored out of 10 across all twenty clubs, over the next 5 gameweeks — 10 is the kindest run in the division. It weighs each club's own strength against its opponent's, so a good defence facing a weak attack rates as easy.

Kindest for attackers

Target the forwards and attacking midfielders.

Man City 10.0/10

CRY (A)COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)LIV (A)

Man Utd 9.5/10

IPS (H)EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)TOT (H)

Arsenal 8.6/10

AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)LEE (H)

  • Saka MID · £9.5m · 4.4 pts
  • Rice MID · £7.5m · 4.3 pts

Kindest for defences

Target the defenders and the goalkeeper.

Arsenal 10.0/10

AVL (A)CHE (H)SUN (A)BHA (A)LEE (H)

Man City 9.8/10

CRY (A)COV (H)MUN (A)SUN (H)LIV (A)

Everton 9.5/10

BOU (A)MUN (H)TOT (A)IPS (H)HUL (A)

The Treatment Table

Fitness flags on players enough people own for it to matter.

  • Nott'm Forest Gibbs-White 8.8% owned

    FPL lists Gibbs-White at a 75% chance of playing the next gameweek — Knee injury - 75% chance of playing.