Scouting Report

The Scouting Report · The Heist · Final Call · Halloween · Derby

The Recruitment

5 picks and 1 to sell before the GW 9 deadline. Every number from FPL.

Happy Halloween.

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The scout’s record · GW 9

No pick has settled yet. Too early to rate the scout: 12 more settled picks needed.

  • Kinsky6after 1 matchSettles when GW 11 is finishedTOT 2–0 CRY · 6
  • Bassey1after 1 matchSettles when GW 11 is finishedAVL 1–1 FUL · 1
  • McGinn0after 1 matchSettles when GW 11 is finishedAVL 1–1 FUL · 0
  • Evanilson9after 1 matchSettles when GW 11 is finishedBOU 2–0 LEE · 9
  • E.Le Fée8after 1 matchSettles when GW 11 is finishedCOV 3–1 SUN · 8
  • João Pedro (sell)0after 1 matchSettles when GW 11 is finishedCHE 2–0 MUN · 0

A Buy or Differential returned if the player scored 15 points or more over the pick’s gameweek and the two after it. A Sell was right if he scored 6 or fewer. Points are over GW 9–11, counted as each match ends. A pick is settled early once a Buy reaches 15 or a Sell goes past 6.

The formula scout, the second scout, starts with the next edition.

What changed since First Look

  • Out: Ndoye (FPL: 50% chance, Hamstring injury - 50% chance of playing). In: E.Le Fée.
  • Price: Evanilson £6.2m → £6.3m
  • Flagged: Rice (ARS, 12.1% owned), 75% chance: Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing

Read the First Look

The Heist · GW 9Halloween · DerbyThe Lookout · Kinsky

The Lookout

Kinsky

£4.4m · Spurs · GK · 15.2% owned (+0.3)

Clean-sheet keeper

AngleFixture swing

Clean sheets · GW 4–82=5th among GKs
Saves · GW 4–813=10th among GKs
Minutes a game908 starts in a row
his data portrait

Good to go

The Lookout: £4.4, and the vaults just got easier

8 starts out of 8 and 720 minutes. He has not left his post once this season.

His last 5 vaults averaged 3 on our alarm scale. The next 5 average 2.4, and 4 are wide open.

First up: Palace at home in Saturday night's London derby, with 3 clean sheets already banked.

Set pieces: not on his club’s list

The vaults (next 6) · alarm level

  1. CRYwide open
  2. leealarm on
  3. IPSwide open
  4. sunwide open
  5. FULwide open
  6. ARSarmed guards
cratebin.com · The Scouting Report

Blueprints, not guarantees. Football has a habit of changing the locks.

The Heist · GW 9Halloween · DerbyThe Muscle · Bassey

The Muscle

Bassey

£4.5m · Fulham · DEF · 1.3% owned (+0.1)

Steady starter

AngleUnder the radar

Points · GW 4–8305th among DEFs
Defensive contributions · GW 4–84913th among DEFs
Minutes a game908 starts in a row
his data portrait

Good to go

The Muscle: 1.3% owned, 5th among all defenders for points

30 points in GW 4–8, 5th among all defenders, and only 1.3% of managers have his file.

62 defensive contributions this season and 8 starts from 8. He does not miss a shift.

£4.5 and 90 minutes a game. Villa away is a stiff first door, so keep a second option on the bench.

Set pieces: not on his club’s list

The vaults (next 6) · alarm level

  1. avlalarm on
  2. NEWalarm off
  3. mciarmed guards
  4. BOUalarm on
  5. totalarm on
  6. evealarm off
cratebin.com · The Scouting Report

Blueprints, not guarantees. Football has a habit of changing the locks.

The Heist · GW 9Halloween · DerbyThe Safecracker · McGinn

The Safecracker

McGinn

£5.4m · Aston Villa · MID · 3.3% owned (+0.2)

Finisher

AngleSet-piece taker

Assists · GW 4–83=2nd among MIDs
Bonus points system · GW 4–81265th among MIDs
Minutes a game755 games in GW 4–8
his data portrait

Good to go

The Safecracker: first on Villa's corners, and the vaults are opening

3 assists in GW 4–8, 2nd among all midfielders. Whoever he serves tends to score.

First on corners for a Villa side with 4 easy vaults in their next 5, starting with Fulham at home.

5.8 points a game at home, 2.8 away. Watch his minutes: 45 and 65 in two of his last 3. 3.3% own him.

Set pieces: corners 1st choice

The vaults (next 6) · alarm level

  1. FULwide open
  2. munalarm on
  3. SUNwide open
  4. ipswide open
  5. EVEalarm off
  6. CRYwide open
cratebin.com · The Scouting Report

Blueprints, not guarantees. Football has a habit of changing the locks.

The Heist · GW 9Halloween · DerbyThe Getaway Driver · Evanilson

The Getaway Driver

Evanilson

£6.3m · Bournemouth · FWD · 11.5% owned (+3.9)

Finisher

AngleRising stock

Expected goal involvements · GW 4–83.122nd among FWDs
Points · GW 4–8323rd among FWDs
Minutes a game878 starts in a row
his data portrait

Good to go

The Getaway Driver: half the city wants a seat in his car

The 3rd most transferred-in player this week, and for once the crowd has read the numbers.

3 goals and 2 assists in GW 4–8, 2nd among all forwards for expected goal involvement.

Leeds at home first, where he averages 6 points a game. 11.5% owned, up 3.9 points since the last deadline.

Set pieces: not on his club’s list

The vaults (next 6) · alarm level

  1. LEEalarm on
  2. ipswide open
  3. NFOalarm off
  4. fulalarm on
  5. BHAarmed guards
  6. HULwide open
cratebin.com · The Scouting Report

Blueprints, not guarantees. Football has a habit of changing the locks.

The Heist · GW 9Halloween · DerbyThe Inside Man · E.Le Fée

The Inside Man

E.Le Fée

£5.7m · Sunderland · MID · 2.8% owned

All-rounder

AngleDue a return

Expected goal involvements · GW 4–82.527th among MIDs
Expected assists · GW 4–81.543rd among MIDs
Minutes a game868 starts in a row
his data portrait

Out: Ndoye. In: E.Le Fée. Hamstring injury - 50% chance of playingHamstring injury, and FPL has him at 50% for Saturday. The Inside Man's seat goes to a man already in the building.

Good to go

Already inside: the new Inside Man is 2.8% owned

2.52 expected goal involvements in GW 4–8 and 1 assist to show for it. The safe is still locked.

3rd among all midfielders for expected assists, and he has started 8 from 8 at 86 minutes a game.

Next is Coventry away, a wide-open vault, and he averages 4.8 a game on the road against 2 at home.

Set pieces: penalties 2nd · corners 1st · free kicks 3rd choice

The vaults (next 6) · alarm level

  1. covwide open
  2. CHEarmed guards
  3. avlalarm on
  4. TOTalarm off
  5. livarmed guards
  6. newalarm off
cratebin.com · The Scouting Report

Blueprints, not guarantees. Football has a habit of changing the locks.

The Heist · GW 9Halloween · DerbyMan Down · João PedroSell

Man DownSell

João Pedro

£7.8m · Chelsea · FWD · 55.7% owned (-14.1)

Finisher

Points · GW 4–8266th among FWDs
Expected goal involvements · GW 4–81.3318th among FWDs
Minutes a game843 games in GW 4–8
his data portrait

Man Down: 55.7% of the game owns him, and he's out for weeks

A thigh injury picked up in training, and FPL has him at 0% for Saturday. 55.7% of managers still own him.

His manager says he'll be out for a few weeks. The 26 points he scored in GW 4–8 leave with him.

No crew waits for a man in plaster. His £7.8 buys The Getaway Driver, with change for the getaway.

Set pieces: not on his club’s list

The vaults (next 6) · alarm level

  1. MUNalarm on
  2. sunwide open
  3. LEEalarm on
  4. nfoalarm off
  5. CRYwide open
  6. LIVarmed guards
cratebin.com · The Scouting Report

Blueprints, not guarantees. Football has a habit of changing the locks.

The Mastermind's pick is still Haaland, at home to Brighton. One seat changed hands, and João Pedro's crowd is already leaving. Next week, we case the joint.

Blueprints, not guarantees. Football has a habit of changing the locks.

How to read a data portrait
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  1. Minutes: share of his team’s minutes
  2. Threat: expected goals per 90
  3. Creation: expected assists per 90
  4. Defence: defensive contributions per 90 (keepers: saves)
  5. Bonus: bonus points system per 90
  6. Points: FPL points per game

Clockwise from the top. Each point is where he ranks among every player with 270 or more minutes in 2026/27: the outer line is the very top, the dashed ring half way. Same six points on every card, all season.

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