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Team of the week — GW9
In gameweek 9 (Sat 31 Oct to Mon 2 Nov 2026), the best legal Fantasy Premier League XI scored 115 points, and the top scorer was Van Hecke with 15.
The highest-scoring legal XI of gameweek 9, worth 115 points. Formation rules apply, so this is a side someone could actually have picked — not simply the eleven top scorers.
How the model did
The model's own XI returned 74 points against a projection of 55, beating its own forecast. One of its picks made the perfect XI.
Low overlap isn’t a failing. The perfect XI is built from whoever happened to haul, and a projection is an average across outcomes rather than a bet on an explosion. Whether the model’s own XI scored close to what it projected is the more telling number — that’s the claim it actually makes.
Everyone who scored
The full gameweek, not just the XI — including the players who just missed out, which is where the selection actually gets interesting.
| Player | Points | Mins | G | A | CS | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Hecke★ | 15 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| McBurnie★ | 12 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Fofana★ | 11 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Verbruggen★ | 11 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ayari★ | 10 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Konsa★ | 10 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Van den Berg★ | 10 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Barry | 9 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Branthwaite | 9 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| N.Jackson★ | 9 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Acheampong★ | 9 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rogers★ | 9 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Havertz | 9 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rudoni★ | 9 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Thiago | 9 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Evanilson | 9 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| De Cuyper | 9 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Awoniyi | 9 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Iroegbunam | 8 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rice | 8 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adli | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ajer | 8 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Palmer | 8 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Costinha | 8 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lavia | 8 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |