The gameweek 9 is here while the previous round of Fantasy Premier League brought mixed emotions for many fantasy managers.
So, let’s jump to our FPL GW9 Tips with the best picks, fixtures, transfer targets, odds, captain picks, and team selection.
1. Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 9 Tips
- If not sure about your moves, be patient. You can stack up to 5 free transfers, which is really great about this edition.
- Wait for Saka injury news
2. Key players to own and transfer targets for FPL GW9
Key players
- Haaland – captain option in almost any gameweek
- Mbeumo – key man for Brentford, differential captain in GW9
- TAA – Liverpool solid defensively
- Gvardiol/Rico Lewis – choose your Man. City defensive coverage
Transfer targets
- Foden – another excellent performance in Champions League and another MOTM award
- Son – as Saka replacement if Saka is not fit
- Raúl Jimenez – is he finally back to his best and a good fantasy asset again? Good form, good fixtures, good price. Your budget forward
- McNeil – another assist in GW8, good fixture run, good form
- Wood
- Ait Nouri – 2G + 2A this season, GW9 fixture against Brighton is tricky, but still great fixture run up to GW18. However Wolves has the 4th highest xG conceded of all teams this season, so do not have unrealistic expectations about clean sheets.
3. Fixtures to target in Gameweek 9
In which fixtures we could expect a lot of fantasy points? These are the fixtures to target in Gameweek 9 according to bookies odds.
- Manchester City vs. Southampton: Citizens 88 % to win, 65 % to score 2.5+ goals
- Brighton vs. Wolves: Brighton 61 % to win, 34 % to score 2.5+ goal
- Brentford vs. Ipswich: Brentford 58 % to win, 30 % to score 2.5+ goal
- Crystal Palace vs. Tottenham: Spurs 54 % to win, 29 % to score 2.5+ goals
Find 2.5+ goals odds for all teams in our article: Premier League Over 2.5 Goals Odds.
4. Best Captain Pick in GW9
Who is the best captain in Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 9?
it will be hard to go against Haaland’s captaincy in GW9. He is the safe captaincy pick given his ownership, he is a reliable FPL asset and has a good fixture. Bookies really expect City to trash Soutmapton, with 65% odds of Citizens scoring more than 2.5 goals. There could be a lot of points in this match.
If you want to go with a differential captain, consider Foden. Another differential captain to consider is Mbeumo against Ipswich.
According to our captaincy index, Haaland is the best captain in FPL Gameweek 9 with a captaincy index score of 1.86
Mbeumo (captaincy index score 1.55) is the number 2 captaincy pick and Watkins (1.53) is number 3.
5. What bookies odds say about Gameweek 9
As usual, we converted bookies odds into probabilities using our Odds to probability calculator to assess the potential of gameweek 9.
Clean sheet odds for GW9
Bookies favor Manchester City (53 %) and Brentford (34%) to most likely keep a clean sheet in GW9
Bookies expect 4.45 clean sheets in gameweek 9.
In the last season (2023/24), we were used to a rate of 4.13 clean sheets per gameweek. (A big decline in comparison to 2022/23 season when we saw 5.45 clean sheets per gameweek!)
Expected clean sheets
Due to correction in the number of clean sheets: Manchester United, Liverpool
Manchester United overperformed their defensive expectations the most of all teams. They should have kept 1.82 clean sheets instead of 4 according to our expected clean sheets table.
Due to an improvement in the number of clean sheets: Manchester City, Brighton
Citizens underperformed their defensive expectations the most from all teams. They should have kept 3.28 clean sheets instead of 1 according to our expected clean sheets table.
You can see the expected clean sheets table and clean sheet odds for all Premier League teams here.
Goalscoring odds for GW9
Usual business as Haaland leads the goalscoring odds table. Mbeumo follows. Check all odds here: Premier League Goalsocring Odds.
6. FPL Gameweek 9 Team selection
Now let’s look at our FPL team selection for GW9 – constructed for GW9 nad beyond. So a good inspiration for those on GW9 wildcard. Haaland is our captain.
7. Fantasy Premier League Tips
Find more tips, strategies and picks for Fantasy Premier League in these articles:
- Beginner? Read our guide: How to play Fantasy Premier League
- Confused about the rules? Read the Official rules of the game or check our FAQs
- Want to beat your mini-league rivals? This article is for you: 7 Key Tips for Fantasy Premier League Success
- Interested in improving your decision-making process when picking players to your fantasy team? Check out Books that will help you to improve your FPL skills
We hope our FPL GW9 tips helped you to gather some useful information before the Gameweek 9 deadline.
Good luck in FPL GW9!
