Who are the players to add to your Fantasy Premier League team for Gameweek 11 of 2025-26? We assess the Opta data to reveal our top under-the-radar picks.
The top four in the Premier League table are all facing off this weekend. It’s no surprise that Liverpool’s trip to Manchester City is one of those matches, but Sunderland hosting Arsenal? There’s also a repeat of the last UEFA Europa League final as Manchester United face Tottenham, plus a derby between Crystal Palace and Brighton.
We’ve crunched the Opta data to identify five players you should bringing into your FPL team, even though they are currently being picked by fewer than 10% of FPL managers.
GK – Djordje Petrovic | 4.5m | 5.6% Ownership
There are currently 15 goalkeepers who cost more to buy than Bournemouth shot-stopper Djordje Petrovic. Only four of those players have earned more FPL points than the 26-year-old this season, though. He’s effective, good value and yet only owned by 5.6% of managers.
As he had to face Erling Haaland last weekend, that’s probably understandable. Bournemouth don’t have a sparkling defensive record either, particularly on the road where only Burnley have conceded more goals in 2025-26.
Their figures should take a turn for the better soon, though, which is why it looks like a good time to add Petrovic to your FPL roster.
Bournemouth’s next three opponents are collectively averaging just 1.03 goals per game, the fewest of the immediate trio of teams that any club will face. None of the next four sides the Cherries battle have scored more than 1.2 either, so Petrovic stands a much better chance of delivering clean sheets in the next month or so.
Having made at least three saves in six matches (and six twice) he is also a safe pair of hands when it comes to collecting save points.
DEF – Matty Cash | 4.6m | 5.2% Ownership
Petrovic will be up against Aston Villa this weekend, so will have a slight advantage as Unai Emery’s side are in Europa League action on Thursday. However, while that will hamper their preparations this week, the Villans also have a favourable looking run of fixtures coming up.
The average current position of the next three teams they face is 13.7, the lowest in the division. After Bournemouth and the international break, Villa travel to Leeds before hosting Wolves for a west Midlands derby. With Brighton after that, Matty Cash could prove a decent asset for the next four matchdays.
The opposition’s goal stats look just as beneficial to Villa as their standings in the league table. Bournemouth, Leeds and Wolves are collectively conceding 1.77 goals per game while only offering 1.10 in return.
Cash scored and created an Opta-defined big chance in the last match at Villa Park, a 1-0 win over Manchester City. The Polish international has yet to assist a goal this season but should get the opportunity to do so over the next few weeks.
MID – Adam Wharton | 5.0m | 0.4% Ownership
Adam Wharton missed Crystal Palace’s 2-0 win over Brentford due to illness last weekend. Assuming he’s well enough to return, he should get the opportunity to take his name off a list no player wants to be on.
Wharton has created chances collectively valued at 1.74 expected assists this season without seeing any of them converted into a goal. Only Bukayo Saka (2.06) has amassed more without being rewarded in the Premier League.
Adam Wharton Expected Assists
With our forward pick for Week 8, Jean-Philippe Mateta, in red-hot form, the young midfielder may record his first assist of 2025-26 before we know it.
His cause will be aided by the relative kindness of Palace’s next handful of fixtures. Granted, they face Brighton this weekend, with the derby element making the Seagulls a tougher opponent than they would be for many sides. But even with that factor, none of Palace’s next five league matches are against a club higher than eighth in the table. Three of them are currently in the bottom six.
As you would expect, this means their defences are not great. Palace’s next four opponents are conceding an average of 1.8 goals per game. If Wharton doesn’t assist a goal in this run he might just be cursed…
MID – Dango Ouattara | 6.0m | 0.5% Ownership
It feels like a good time to be playing Newcastle at home, as Brentford are this weekend. Eddie Howe’s men lost their last two away games in the league, at Brighton and West Ham, with the latter particularly dispiriting given the Hammers’ poor form this season.
Newcastle are also in Champions League action in midweek which gives them less time to prepare to face a side that has three wins and a draw from their five home league games this term.
This is all good news for Dango Ouattara, who assisted what proved to be the decisive goal against the Magpies in a 4-1 Bournemouth win last season. He also scored in the victory over Liverpool in the Bees’ previous home game. If anything, his recent goal tally should be even higher.
Ouattara squandered two big chances against the Reds, also missing high-value opportunities in the victories against Manchester United and West Ham. Across the last four matchdays, no player has had more than his 11 shots without scoring more than once.
Dango Ouattara Last 4 Matchdays
Even if he draws a blank on Sunday, Brentford then face Brighton and Burnley. This means their next three opponents are conceding 1.5 goals per game at present. Ouattara looks due to score based on his recent stats and has the opposition lined up to make it happen.
FWD – Danny Welbeck | 6.5m | 8.3% Ownership
If Ouattara’s recent performances suggest he deserves more goals, one player for whom the opposite is arguably true is Danny Welbeck. The Brighton forward has netted four times in the last three Premier League games despite taking just seven shots.
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He can’t stay that hot forever, can he? He can. Or more accurately, he should be able to for a few weeks if not across the rest of the campaign.
The Brighton striker has the advantage of high-chance quality on his side. The average xG of Welbeck’s shots has been 0.30, higher than any of the other 42 players who’ve had at least 14 goal attempts in 2025-26.
Danny Welbeck 2025-26 Goals
He is also one of only nine players with both at least seven chances created and more than six shots across the previous four matchdays. Welbeck provides a twin threat.
After their derby with Crystal Palace, Brighton have home games with Brentford, Aston Villa and West Ham plus a trip to Nottingham Forest in their following four matches. As the latter quartet concede an average of 1.65 goals per game between them, Welbeck’s form need not cool down just yet.
*FPL player values and ownership data accurate as of 6 November 2025
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