Looking for the best FPL Gameweek 5 transfer tips for the 2026/27 season?
We have analysed the standout Gameweek 4 statistics, the most popular early transfers and which budget forwards to target.
Budget midfielder Pascal Groß delivered a monster 17-point FPL haul for his owners against Coventry City while David Raya's penalty save saw the Spaniard top the FPL points for goalkeepers.
Chelsea assets were backed heavily against Hull and although the Blues scored only two goals, the trio of João Pedro, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer all delivered attacking returns.
Meanwhile, the popular Dominic Szoboszlai blanked again and FPL managers are losing patience with Liverpool entering a tougher run of fixtures.
This blog dives into these topics, looks into current market trends and compares the popular transfer targets.
Pascal Groß tops the xFPL table for Gameweek 4 with a score of 11.3, the German international took two shots and attempted six assists.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his second goal of the season and attempted four shots in the box, with only Thierno Barry (five) managing more this week.
The 29-year-old was also joint-top for big chances (two) and his xFPL score of 10.0 indicates he could have had an even bigger haul.
Sitting at under 15% ownership at the time of writing, Morgan Gibbs-White had an impressive showing against Aston Villa creating seven chances, more than any other player this Gameweek. Three of these attempted assists were classified as big chances created by Opta, which explains why he notched maximum bonus with just an assist.
His xFPL score of 9.9 is impressive and with Coventry City next, his popularity is surely going to rise.
Jayden Bogle notched his second double-digit haul of the season with a 15-pointer against Newcastle. While Leif Davis also hit double digits with two goals and an assist against Crystal Palace.
Bogle took three shots in the box compared to two for Davis and the pair notched xFPL scores of 9.0 and 9.2 respectively.
The expected FPL points (xFPL) model estimates how many points a player’s performance was likely to produce. The calculation uses underlying data including expected goals, expected assists, expected clean sheets, appearance points and projected bonus points.
It is best used to assess the quality of a player’s performance rather than simply looking at his final FPL score.
Morgan Rogers is the most-bought player ahead of Gameweek 5. Over 300,000 managers had transferred him in at the time of writing, according to our Transfer Analytics tool.
Pascal Groß is a popular transfer in after his 17-point haul, but the German international plays Arsenal this weekend who have conceded just one goal.
Joško Gvardiol (33) has notched three attacking returns over the opening four Gameweeks and trails only Jayden Bogle (37) for FPL points amongst defenders.
Morgan Gibbs-White and Kevin Schade are also popular acquisitions after returning in Gameweek 4.
At the other end of the market, Dominic Szoboszlai has failed to notch any FPL attacking returns over the last three Gameweeks and is the most sold player with over 200,000 transfers out.
Luke Shaw and Anthony Elanga missed out through injury while both Rayan Cherki and Christian Tzolis are also seeing sales after blanking in Gameweek 4.
The forward transfer combinations are fairly scattered this week with no combination over 10%. Alexander Isak to Erling Haaland is the most popular transfer combination.
Igor Thiago has now blanked in four consecutive Gameweeks and is one of the most sold forwards, with João Pedro and Yoane Wissa coming in as replacements.
Thierno Barry and Kai Havertz are also popular targets.
Morgan Rogers and Morgan Gibbs-White dominate the midfield transfers with Marcus Tavernier also popular.
Liverpool midfielders Dominic Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Florian Wirtz occupy five of the top 10 midfielder transfers out. Phil Foden is suspended for Manchester City's next two league matches which should elevate the stock of Rayan Cherki but the French international is also a popular transfer out.
Ezri Konsa and Joško Gvardiol continue to soar in popularity after their returns in Gameweek 4, the pair appear in 7 of the top 10 defender transfer combinations. James Tarkowkski, Vitalii Mykolenko and Maxim De Cuyper are the other popular picks in defence.
Ben White and Luke Shaw's injury woes has seen them sold in droves, while Nico O'Reilly only managed a cameo despite being declared "100% fit" by Enzo Maresca.
Morgan Gibbs-White and Morgan-Rogers have both enjoyed impressive starts to the season with FPL scores of 27 and 26 respectively.
They are both popular targets ahead of their attractive fixtures but who is the better pick?
Based on the above statistics from our Player Heatmaps feature, there is not much to split them in terms of goal threat with the duo attempting six shots in the box each. However, Rogers' expected goals (xG) tally of 2.33 indicates that he is getting the better quality chances.
Rogers even has the edge when it comes to creativity with 10 attempted assists compared to 8 for Gibbs-White. However, it is the reverse of goal threat here with Gibbs-White creating more big chances (four) than Rogers (two).
Gibbs-White also has penalty duties in his locker which perhaps elevate him higher than Rogers.
Both players appear to be excellent picks and rather than picking one, FPL managers should be trying to accommodate both into their squads.
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