GW14 Strategy

Very Big Woods · Generated 2026-05-13 · Deadline Sat 11:30

TL;DR

Squad Health

PlayerStatusNote
McNeilI InjuredHamstring — out until GW16. Bench priority 4 is fine; consider replacing if it stretches.
CashD Doubtful75% chance to play per Emery presser. Acceptable bench risk.
9 starters fit and starting · 1 doubtful · 1 injured

Fixtures — Next 5 GWs

Owned-team fixtures only. Full league matrix: see fixture-matrix.html.

TeamGW14GW15GW16GW17GW18
LIV WOL BRE NEW ARS SUN
ARS CHE BHA WOL LIV CRY
MCI CHE TOT FUL ARS NEW
NFO LEE EVE SUN CHE BOU
NEW BUR CRY LIV WHU MCI

Captain

Salah · vs WOL (A)
Wolves have conceded 9 in their last 6. Salah's last-5 form is 8.0 ppg with three returns. Ownership 38% caps downside.
8.6
Palmer · vs MCI (H)
Differential at 31% if you transferred him in. Set-piece + penalty role gives a floor most premium MIDs lack.
8.1
See full top-8 ranking

For the complete table with sortable form/xPts/ownership columns, generate captain-ranking.html.

Transfers

Maddison → Palmer Recommended · 0 hits

+16.6 xPts over the next 5 GWs for £3.1m. Free transfer covers it; £5.2m leftover in the bank.

Haaland → Wood (with downgrade) Hold this week

Wood's form (7.4) and fixtures (avg FDR 2.6) beat Haaland's, but Haaland's ceiling and ownership floor are too high to drop into one bad fixture. Reassess after CHE (A).

Chip Strategy

Wildcard 1 Wildcard 2 Free Hit Bench Boost Triple Captain

Wildcard 2: Target GW18, after international-break price drift. Current squad is fixture-aligned through GW17.

Triple Captain: Hold for a Salah or Haaland double gameweek — projection has DGW32 as the likely candidate.

Bench Boost: Pair with WC2 — wildcard the bench up to bench-boosters in the same window.

Notes from previous analysis: Last GW's bench was 11 pts left on the bench (Cunha hat-trick); consider promoting a Wolves or Palace bench option after WC2 to reduce bench variance.