Three Gameweeks into the 2025/26 Fantasy Premier League season and some of the biggest names – including Watkins, Wirtz, and even Salah – have struggled to deliver consistent returns.
With the first international break upon us, many managers are considering whether this is the perfect time to hit the FPL Wildcard button.
In this article, we’ve used the powerful Assistant Manager tool to build the best Wildcard team for Gameweek 4, designed to maximise points potential and give FPL managers a huge boost up the rankings.
The AI-powered Assistant Manager tool helps you create a fully tailored FPL team based on your own strategy.
Whether you want to exclude specific players, load up on midfielders, or experiment with different formations, this smart tool adapts to your preferences.
As shown in the image above, managers can easily lock in or exclude players such as Salah and Haaland, while adjusting the rest of the squad around them.
Once your criteria are set, the Assistant Manager generates an optimised FPL team designed to maximise points.
Centre-backs are the biggest winners from the new Defensive Contribution (DEFCON) points, the Algorithm includes five in the squad - Senesi, Lacroix, Richards, Rodon and Andersen with all of them racking up DEFCON points at least once this season.
As the above image from our Stats Sandbox feature shows, the aforementioned five defenders rank in the top 11 for DEFCONs this season, which illustrates their multiple routes to points, while at the same time keeping the spend at a maximum of £5m per defender.
Spend on the Goalkeeper position is kept at a minimum with Petrovic coming in at just £4.5m, while Dubravka offers great value as a backup at just £4m.
Although Salah’s numbers have been underwhelming so far, he remains in the Wildcard squad.
Liverpool’s next two fixtures against Burnley and Everton make him the standout captaincy option, as highlighted in the Assistant Manager’s Optimal Player Rotation Strategy (see image below).
Grealish has racked up more FPL assists (four) than any other player in the league thus far and the England international's 'Expected Assists' (xA) tally of 1.55 is only bettered by Brooks (1.93).
Meanwhile, his team-mate Dewsbury-Hall has created eight chances with only Mbeumo (nine), Stach (10) and B. Fernandes (12) faring better.
As the above image from our Stats Sandbox feature shows, no midfielder has been afforded more 'big chances' (five) or racked up a higher 'Expected Goals' (xG) tally (2.37) than Semenyo thus far.
Reijnders has disappointed after his heroics in Gameweek 1, but the Dutch international remains good value at his price. As the above image from our Player Points Projections feature shows he remains the highest projected scorer in Midfield under £6m.
FPL's top scoring forward with 26 FPL points, João Pedro warrants inclusion with Delap's injury further enhancing his minutes potential.
As the below image from our Fixture Difficulty Ratings shows, Chelsea are ranked fourth for 'Attack Difficulty' over the next six Gameweeks.
As the below image from our Stats Sandbox feature shows, no player across the league has been afforded more 'big chances' (six) or registered a higher xG (2.91) than Haaland over the opening three Gameweeks.
Mateta is on spot-kick duties for Palace after Eze's departure and the Frenchman looks poised for points in Palace's next two fixtures against Sunderland and West Ham.
This draft includes five DEFCON monsters and the two most expensive FPL assets in the game Haaland and Salah with minimal compromises.
If you’re not convinced, head to the Assistant Manager tool and build your own draft using FPL AI.
You can prioritise different positions, boost bench strength, target specific Gameweek ranges, and apply your own strategy—whether that’s loading up on attacking full-backs, backing differentials, or rotating for fixtures.
Your perfect team might be just a few tweaks away.
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