Here are the best players for FPL Gameweek 36 using Fantasy Football Hub’s AI-predicted points. If you’re struggling to settle on which FPL move to make, get your AI-recommended transfers right here!
Defender: Josko Gvardiol vs Southampton (A) - 4.9 points
Manchester City remain the standout defence in the Premier League since the international break, keeping a leading tally of four clean sheets in the last six Gameweeks. They’ve conceded the fewest number of goals (3) in this time, allowing just ten big chances on their goal.
Josko Gvardiol is the highest-scoring Manchester City defender in this game in this period, and for the season, scooping up maximum bonus points in the Manchester Derby and a further two in the 1-0 win against Wolves last time out.
The reverse of this fixture was a 1-0 win for Manchester City, with three bonus points on that day for Gvardiol for nine points. He has scored a leading tally of five goals among defenders this season, having had ten big chances on goal.
Midfielder: Mohamed Salah vs Arsenal (H) - 6.9 points
Mohamed Salah retains his place as the best midfielder in the game this season, despite a tough fixture, but has been ousted as the top AI pick for the Gameweek and captain favourite. He has had an outstanding season, with 46 goal involvements from 35 appearances.
However, Salah has produced just two attacking returns in the six Gameweeks since the international break, with the last of his 17 double-digit hauls this season coming over two months ago in the 3-1 win against Southampton.
Liverpool play Arsenal at a good time, off the back of their Champions League semi-final tie against PSG, with a trip to Paris on Wednesday evening which could go all the way. The last time these two sides met it ended in a 2-2 draw, with Mohamed Salah on the scoresheet on the day.
Forward: Erling Haaland vs Southampton (A) - 7.6 points
Erling Haaland returned from injury last time out to make the bench for the 1-0 win against Wolves, but failed to step foot on the pitch on that occasion. The AI predicts him to be the best captain pick for this week, with minutes likely to be the main hindrance to a big fantasy haul.
There’s bags of potential in this fixture, with Southampton failing to keep a clean sheet in 2025 and conceding eight goals in the last four Gameweeks alone. Manchester City have the personnel to produce a big score against them.
Haaland scored the only goal of the game when these sides met at the Etihad back in Gameweek 9, with owners disappointed on that day to only receive six points in a game where Haaland chalked up an expected goals metric of 2.33!
Hidden Gem: Matheus Cunha vs Brighton (H) - 5.8 points
Wolves striker Matheus Cunha is the seventh most-owned forward in the game, but sits third behind Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak for predicted points this week. He is in great form, producing two goals and three assists in four appearances since returning from suspension.
That takes him up to 15 goals and seven assists for the season, already improving on his tally of 19 goal involvements set in the 2023/24 season. The last time these two sides met it ended in a 2-2 draw, with Cunha among the goalscorers on that occasion.
Wolves were on a six-game winning streak prior to the 1-0 defeat at the Etihad last Friday. They have won their last three games at Molineux, while the Seagulls are without a win on the road in the same period.
