FPL Gameweek 6 Transfer Tips: Buy, Hold, Sell, Avoid
Who to bring in, who to keep and who to move on for Gameweek 6, from projected points and FPL's own data.
As published before the Gameweek 6 deadline (numbers frozen 10 October at 02:46 UK). Actual points added below.
GW6 transfers at a glance
Buy: Pickford, Davis, Saka, Mbeumo, Gonzalo. Avoid: Calvert-Lewin, Verbruggen.
Players to buy for GW6
The best projected player at each position among fit regular starters owned by under 30%, one per club.
Pickford EVE · goalkeeper · £5.5m · 9.2% owned
- Gameweek 6: HUL (A), projected 3.7 points - scored 1
- Next five: HULCHEARSNEWCOV
- Form 7.0
Verdict: buy for this week; the fixtures after it are mixed.
Davis IPS · defender · £4.0m · 7.5% owned
- Gameweek 6: FUL (H), projected 4.2 points - scored 1
- Next five: FULMCINFOHULBOU
- Form 8.0
Verdict: buy for this week; the fixtures after it are mixed.
Saka ARS · midfielder · £9.6m · 16.4% owned
- Gameweek 6: LEE (H), projected 7.7 points - scored 2
- Next five: LEENFOEVELIVHUL
- Form 5.0
Verdict: buy for this week; the fixtures after it are mixed.
Mbeumo MUN · midfielder · £7.9m · 20.1% owned
- Gameweek 6: TOT (H), projected 7.4 points - scored 8
- Next five: TOTLEEBOUCHEAVL
- Form 2.0
Verdict: buy for this week; the fixtures after it are mixed.
Gonzalo FUL · forward · £6.1m · 6.4% owned
- Gameweek 6: IPS (A), projected 4.6 points - scored 2
- Next five: IPSHULCOVAVLNEW
- Form 2.0
Verdict: buy - the projection and the run of fixtures both point the same way.
Players to avoid
Owned by 15%+, projected below the typical regular at their position, and facing a hard run - popular, and expected to disappoint.
Calvert-Lewin LEE · forward · £6.0m · 23.4% owned
- Gameweek 6: ARS (A), projected 3.0 points - scored 2
- Next five: ARSMUNSUNBOUTOT
- Form 6.0
Verdict: avoid buying - 23% own him, but he is projected for 3.0, below the typical forward (3.5), and the next five fixtures average 3.4 in difficulty.
Verbruggen BHA · goalkeeper · £4.5m · 21.4% owned
- Gameweek 6: SUN (A), projected 2.9 points - scored 9
- Next five: SUNCRYLIVMCIBRE
- Form 7.0
Verdict: avoid buying - 21% own him, but he is projected for 2.9, below the typical goalkeeper (3.0), and the next five fixtures average 3.4 in difficulty.
Further reads for Gameweek 6
- GW6 captain picks
- GW6 differentials under 10% owned
- The full Gameweek 6 guide
- Best Wildcard and Free Hit team
- Injury news
Try the moves on your own team in the team planner, or get the picks every week on YouTube.
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How this is made: projected points (xPts) come from the FPL Dave engine, which blends each player's underlying stats with bookmaker odds. Ownership, prices, fixtures and injury news are FPL's own. Projections are estimates, not guarantees. The record of past projections against real points is public on the accuracy page.