Can Game Week 6 Fantasy Stars Back Up Again This Weekend?

The Premier League returned with a bang with Manchester City winning their much anticipated clash at Liverpool 3-0 to stay top of the table.

Coventry ended the fixtures with a resounding 4-1 win at home to Newcastle, who lost back-to-back games on a Monday night by the same score after losing at Leeds last month.

This article is about how the fantasy stars from the last round of fixtures performed and ask can they back it up this weekend with the latest odds?

Jordan Henderson (Chelsea) produced the single biggest individual haul of the entire gameweek, across any position, with 18 points. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Everton) backed that up with 13, and Jeremy Doku (Man City) took third on 12 points - a reminder that City’s goals are still being spread around rather than funnelled through one man.

Henderson’s numbers are the most eye-catching of the three. At just £4.9m and owned by only 0.4% of squads, his season total of 20 points means this single gameweek accounted for the vast majority of his output to date - about as pure a differential haul as Gameweek 6 produced anywhere on the pitch.

Game Day 6 Leading Midfielders:

Dewsbury-Hall’s return looks more sustainable by comparison. A 33-point season total has been built on more than one big week, and three bonus points from this gameweek alone suggest the underlying performance matched the headline score.

Doku’s haul is the one with most unanswered questions. A season total of just 13 points coming into this gameweek means his 12-point return here was a significant jump in output, and at only 1.1% ownership, Gameweek 6 may be the first real signal of a role change rather than the continuation of an established trend.

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De Cuyper Simply Won’t Stop

Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton) was the standout defender of the gameweek by some distance, racking up 15 points to continue one of the best individual runs in FPL this season. Ipswich Town supplied the surprise package behind him, with Dara O’Shea (11 points) and Ouattara (10) both cracking the top three - a rare instance of a newly-promoted side’s back line dominating the position.

De Cuyper’s underlying numbers back up the eye test. A season-high form rating of 10.5, a total of 53 points and eight bonus points already banked point to a defender playing further up the pitch than his position suggests, backed by a threat rating of 74.0 that’s well clear of most rival defenders. It’s little wonder 391,610 managers brought him in around this gameweek alone, with ownership now sitting at 35.0%.

Game Day 6 Leading Defenders:

Ipswich’s pair arrived with far less fanfare. O’Shea and Ouattara are owned by a combined 3.5% of squads, and their point hauls came in a fixture list most managers wouldn’t have flagged in advance - a reminder that defensive returns can turn up anywhere once attacking midfielders and full-backs get forward.

The fixture swing matters here too. De Cuyper’s run includes a tough-looking trip to Manchester City in Gameweek 9, while Ipswich’s pair face a kinder-looking stretch including Hull City home and away across the next few rounds - exactly the sort of run that could keep the surprise package relevant a while longer.

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Pedro And Cherif Share Top Billing

Joao Pedro (Chelsea) and Coventry City’s Cherif both finished locked together on 12 points, the best returns among forwards this week. Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa) was next best on 9. Notably, Erling Haaland managed just 6 - a quiet one by his standards, and a timely reminder that even FPL’s most-owned asset doesn’t deliver every week.

Joao Pedro’s consistency is the headline among the front three. Nine bonus points already accumulated and a season total of 45 - level with Haaland despite a considerably lower price tag at £7.8m - help explain why he’s now owned by 69.4% of squads, making him close to a default pick in the position.

Game Day 6 Leading Forwards:

Cherif’s return sits at the opposite end of the ownership scale. At 0.1% selected, his 12-point haul is as close to an unnoticed differential as Gameweek 6 produced, though his season total of just 13 points means this was clearly an outlier performance rather than a continuation of existing form.

Haaland’s quiet week is arguably the biggest talking point of the whole gameweek. Owned by 75.1% of all squads and priced at £15.6m, a six-point return well below his season average will have been the single most-felt result of the round for the majority of managers, even without a poor underlying performance to point to.

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Two Keepers Share Top Spot

No single standout this week. Bart Verbruggen (Brighton) and Gianluigi Donnarumma (Man City) tied for top spot on 9 points apiece, while a cluster of five - David Raya (Arsenal), Martinez (Chelsea), Rushworth (Coventry City), Benitez (Crystal Palace) and Kinsky (Spurs) - all finished on three points. A flat week for the position across the board.

Verbruggen’s return continues a strong individual season at £4.5m, with 32 points banked and only 21.8% ownership - still comfortably below Raya’s 43.7%, despite Raya’s quieter Gameweek 6. Donnarumma, by contrast, remains a fringe pick at 7.6% selected, though his 28-point season total shows there’s a case being overlooked by most squads.

Game Day 6 Leading Goalkeepers:

Raya’s bonus points tell their own story. Three bonus points from a 3-point base return suggests a performance built on shot-stopping and distribution rather than a clean sheet, and with 43.7% of managers already holding him, there’s little urgency to react to a quiet individual week.

Looking ahead, Verbruggen’s run of fixtures softens before toughening — Crystal Palace at home in Gameweek 7, then a trip to Liverpool, before a daunting trip to Manchester City in Gameweek 9. Raya’s run (Forest away, Everton at home, then away at Liverpool) looks similarly front-loaded with opportunity before the fixture list bites.

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