FPL Gameweek 2 Rankings: Best Players & Captain Picks

FPL GW2 rankings with the best players and captain picks for Gameweek 2, based on projected points, expected minutes, fixtures and predicted lineups.

Updated on August 28, 2026 11:44AM EST

FPL Gameweek 2 Rankings: Best Players & Captain Picks

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Adam Zdroik

Updated on August 28, 2026 11:44AM EST

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FPL Gameweek 2 Rankings: Best Players & Captain Picks

Gameweek 1 gave FPL managers their first real look at minutes, roles and set-piece responsibilities across the league. Gameweek 2 now shifts the focus to whether those opening-week signals are sustainable, with Manchester United hosting Ipswich, Liverpool facing Nottingham Forest and Manchester City travelling to Crystal Palace.

These are my best players, captain picks and full FPL Gameweek 2 rankings, based on projected points, expected minutes, predicted lineups, fixtures, role and player prices.

Set your squad before the Gameweek 2 deadline on Friday, Aug. 28 at 1:30 PM ET (90 minutes before the Crystal Palace vs Man City kickoff).

Make sure to join the RotoWire FPL league.

FPL Gameweek 2 Fixtures (ET)

3:00 pm: Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City
7:30 am: Liverpool vs. Nottingham Forest
10:00 am: AFC Bournemouth vs. Everton
10:00 am: Coventry City vs. Hull City
12:30 pm: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Newcastle United
9:00 am: Chelsea vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
9:00 am: Leeds United vs. Brentford
9:00 am: Sunderland vs. Fulham
11:30 am: Manchester United vs. Ipswich Town
3:00 pm: Aston Villa vs. Arsenal

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
FPL GW2 Cheat Sheet: Lineups, Odds and Stats

FPL GW2 Captain Picks

The captaincy is the biggest weekly call.

Bruno Fernandes (Man United, vs Ipswich Town): The model has him tied for the top overall score again this week, and the fixture, a home date with a newly-promoted side, is as good as it gets on paper. He'll remain popular despite the Hull disaster. If he doesn't produce in GW2, then it's time to worry.

Bukayo Saka (Arsenal, vs Aston Villa): Arsenal were dominant in their opening win and given how Villa looked, it makes sense to look at any of the Gunners for captaincy. Saka tops the list with goal upside and a split of corners.

Erling Haaland (Man City, at Crystal Palace): The reasons are obvious to fade Haaland after his first two games under Enzo Maresca, but Palace lost a center-back to injury last game and still aren't at the same level as prior seasons. Even away from home, the upside is still evident with Haaland.

FPL GW2 Best Players by Position

A quick read on who to build around before the table.

Forwards:Alexander Isak (Liverpool, vs Nottingham Forest) is one of the top forwards this week given the matchup. Kai Havertz (Arsenal, at Aston Villa) is next if you trust Arsenal and his minutes.
Midfielders:Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo (Man United vs Ipswich Town) remain near the top of the list because of matchup. Can you trust them after GW1?
Defenders:Daniel Ballard (Sunderland, vs Fulham) is the surprise name at the top of the sheet this week, but it's a spot where DEFCON and a clean sheet are possible. Harry Maguire (Man United, vs Ipswich Town) is next, if you trust United to actually keep it tight after conceding twice at Hull.
Goalkeepers:Senne Lammens (Man United, vs Ipswich Town) grades out as the top keeper this week off the fixture alone, though David Raya is much easier to trust.

FPL GW2 Rankings

Full Gameweek 2 rankings below, based on projected lineups, expected minutes, form, fixtures and price. Sort by position, price or ownership to plan transfers, captaincy and starting decisions.

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	1				Erling Haaland	MCI	MCI at CRY	F	15.5	67.9	6.72
2		1			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN v. IPS	M	12.0	48.3	6.71
3	2				Alexander Isak	LIV	LIV v. NFO	F	9.0	16.5	6.50
4		2			Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. NFO	M	7.0	6.3	6.13
5	3				Kai Havertz	ARS	ARS at AVL	F	7.5	7.5	6.11
6		3			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. NFO	M	7.0	43.3	6.09
7		4			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE v. BHA	M	9.5	15.9	6.08
8		5			Matheus Cunha	MUN	MUN v. IPS	M	8.0	9.4	6.04
9	4				Joao Pedro	CHE	CHE v. BHA	F	7.6	68.0	6.02
10		6			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at AVL	M	9.5	10.4	5.99
11		7			Bryan Mbeumo	MUN	MUN v. IPS	M	8.0	35.9	5.99
12		8			Rayan Cherki	MCI	MCI at CRY	M	7.5	10.6	5.93
13			1		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at AVL	D	8.0	29.1	5.84
14		9			Anton Stach	LEE	LEE v. BRE	M	6.0	2.4	5.53
15			2		Antonio Silva	BOU	BOU v. EVE	D	5.0	0.4	5.51
16			3		James Hill	BOU	BOU v. EVE	D	5.5	0.9	5.48
17			4		Harry Maguire	MUN	MUN v. IPS	D	5.0	17.1	5.47
18			5		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. NFO	D	6.5	19.6	5.43
19	5				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	LEE	LEE v. BRE	F	6.0	28.7	5.41
20		10			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS at AVL	M	6.6	11.6	5.37
21		11			Florian Wirtz	LIV	LIV v. NFO	M	7.5	11.4	5.35
22		12			Antoine Semenyo	MCI	MCI at CRY	M	8.5	24.2	5.34
23		13			Phil Foden	MCI	MCI at CRY	M	7.0	4.1	5.28
24			6		Daniel Ballard	SUN	SUN v. FUL	D	5.0	5.1	5.27
25		14			Morgan Rogers	CHE	CHE v. BHA	M	7.5	26.1	5.27
26			7		Diogo Dalot	MUN	MUN v. IPS	D	5.0	2.5	5.24
27			8		Lisandro Martinez	MUN	MUN v. IPS	D	5.0	1.3	5.24
28		15			Mohamed Belloumi	HUL	HUL at COV	M	5.0	0.6	5.24
29	6				Dominic Solanke	TOT	TOT v. NEW	F	6.0	1.3	5.24
30		16			Ryan Christie	BOU	BOU v. EVE	M	5.0	0.0	5.24
31		17			Marcus Rashford	MUN	MUN v. IPS	M	7.0	1.7	5.21
32		18			Alex Scott	BOU	BOU v. EVE	M	6.0	1.5	5.20
33	7				Gonzalo Garcia	FUL	FUL at SUN	F	6.0	3.7	5.19
34		19			Elliot Anderson	MCI	MCI at CRY	M	6.4	6.1	5.13
35	8				Oliver McBurnie	HUL	HUL at COV	F	5.5	2.1	5.12
36			9		Jan Paul van Hecke	TOT	TOT v. NEW	D	5.0	9.6	5.10
37		20			Christos Tzolis	ARS	ARS at AVL	M	6.5	26.1	5.09
38			10		Jaka Bijol	LEE	LEE v. BRE	D	5.0	0.9	5.09
39			11		Tarik Muharemovic	LEE	LEE v. BRE	D	5.0	3.4	5.09
40		21			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at AVL	M	7.5	16.9	5.06
41			12		Ben White	ARS	ARS at AVL	D	5.5	6.7	5.05
42			13		Omar Alderete	SUN	SUN v. FUL	D	5.0	0.4	5.04
43			14		Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	ARS at AVL	D	5.6	41.7	5.03
44			15		Nathan Collins	BRE	BRE at LEE	D	5.5	2.1	4.97
45			16		Trai Hume	SUN	SUN v. FUL	D	4.5	6.4	4.96
46			17		Bobby Thomas	COV	COV v. HUL	D	4.0	7.9	4.96
47		22			Harry Wilson	LEE	LEE v. BRE	M	6.5	5.7	4.96
48		23			Rayan	BOU	BOU v. EVE	M	6.5	2.8	4.96
49			18		Nobel Mendy	HUL	HUL at COV	D	4.0	3.8	4.94
50		24			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU v. EVE	M	6.0	2.4	4.93
51			19		Joachim Andersen	FUL	FUL at SUN	D	5.0	0.1	4.91
52		25			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. NFO	M	6.0	2.0	4.90
53			20		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW at TOT	D	5.0	0.5	4.89
54			21		Maxence Lacroix	CHE	CHE v. BHA	D	6.0	9.5	4.89
55	9				Igor Thiago	BRE	BRE at LEE	F	8.0	16.6	4.88
56		26			Jack Rudoni	COV	COV v. HUL	M	5.0	0.1	4.88
57		27			Harvey Barnes	NEW	NEW at TOT	M	6.0	1.1	4.87
58			22		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN v. IPS	D	4.5	19.6	4.87
59				1	David Raya	ARS	ARS at AVL	G	6.0	38.3	4.87
60	10				Evanilson	BOU	BOU v. EVE	F	6.0	3.0	4.86
61			23		Cristhian Mosquera	ARS	ARS at AVL	D	5.5	5.8	4.86
62		28			Gustavo Hamer	COV	COV v. HUL	M	5.5	0.1	4.85
63		29			Iliman Ndiaye	EVE	EVE at BOU	M	6.0	16.1	4.83
64	11				Igor Jesus	NFO	NFO at LIV	F	6.0	3.7	4.82
65		30			Ethan Ampadu	LEE	LEE v. BRE	M	5.5	1.4	4.82
66		31			Mamadou Sangare	BRE	BRE at LEE	M	5.6	8.6	4.81
67			24		Nico O'Reilly	MCI	MCI at CRY	D	6.5	20.9	4.81
68			25		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at BOU	D	6.0	8.7	4.81
69			26		Jeremy Jacquet	LIV	LIV v. NFO	D	5.0	2.4	4.79
70			27		Adrien Truffert	BOU	BOU v. EVE	D	5.5	4.2	4.79
71			28		Marc Guehi	MCI	MCI at CRY	D	6.0	19.5	4.78
72		32			Youri Tielemans	MUN	MUN v. IPS	M	6.0	2.4	4.76
73			29		Aurele Amenda	COV	COV v. HUL	D	4.0	0.9	4.76
74	12				Brian Brobbey	SUN	SUN v. FUL	F	6.0	12.8	4.74
75			30		Milos Kerkez	LIV	LIV v. NFO	D	5.5	3.5	4.74
76		33			Mathys Tel	TOT	TOT v. NEW	M	6.0	0.5	4.71
77			31		Maxim De Cuyper	BHA	BHA at CHE	D	4.6	8.0	4.68
78		34			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU v. EVE	M	6.0	1.2	4.68
79	13				Charalampos Kostoulas	BHA	BHA at CHE	F	5.5	0.2	4.67
80		35			James Garner	EVE	EVE at BOU	M	6.0	0.1	4.66
81			32		Josko Gvardiol	MCI	MCI at CRY	D	5.5	13.7	4.64
82	14				Yoane Wissa	NEW	NEW at TOT	F	6.0	3.4	4.64
83		36			Loum Tchaouna	COV	COV v. HUL	M	5.5	0.2	4.63
84		37			Mateus Fernandes	TOT	TOT v. NEW	M	5.5	0.0	4.62
85			33		Jarrad Branthwaite	EVE	EVE at BOU	D	5.5	1.8	4.61
86	15				Thierno Barry	EVE	EVE at BOU	F	5.5	3.3	4.60
87			34		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. NEW	D	5.5	13.5	4.59
88			35		Reece James	CHE	CHE v. BHA	D	5.5	10.0	4.58
89		38			Granit Xhaka	SUN	SUN v. FUL	M	5.5	4.6	4.58
90				2	Senne Lammens	MUN	MUN v. IPS	G	5.0	15.6	4.57
91			36		Joe Rodon	LEE	LEE v. BRE	D	4.5	3.6	4.57
92		39			Enzo Le Fee	SUN	SUN v. FUL	M	6.0	8.7	4.56
93		40			Vitaly Janelt	BRE	BRE at LEE	M	5.0	0.4	4.56
94	16				Taiwo Awoniyi	COV	COV v. HUL	F	5.5	0.8	4.54
95			37		James Justin	LEE	LEE v. BRE	D	4.5	1.2	4.54
96		41			Lewis Miley	NEW	NEW at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	4.52
97		42			Diego Gomez	BHA	BHA at CHE	M	5.0	3.8	4.51
98			38		Nordi Mukiele	SUN	SUN v. FUL	D	5.5	2.5	4.48
99			39		John Egan	HUL	HUL at COV	D	4.0	2.0	4.48
100		43			Sandro Tonali	TOT	TOT v. NEW	M	5.5	3.8	4.47
101		44			Savio	TOT	TOT v. NEW	M	6.5	0.8	4.47
102			40		Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	LIV v. NFO	D	5.5	3.4	4.47
103			41		Malick Thiaw	NEW	NEW at TOT	D	5.0	1.8	4.46
104		45			Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	EVE at BOU	M	6.5	4.7	4.45
105			42		Micky van de Ven	TOT	TOT v. NEW	D	5.0	4.3	4.45
106			43		Jayden Bogle	LEE	LEE v. BRE	D	4.5	0.6	4.44
107		46			Adam Wharton	CRY	CRY v. MCI	M	5.5	0.9	4.42
108		47			Yasin Ayari	BHA	BHA at CHE	M	5.5	0.6	4.39
109		48			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL at SUN	M	5.5	1.0	4.35
110			44		Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	BRE at LEE	D	4.5	4.1	4.33
111		49			Emiliano Buendia	AVL	AVL v. ARS	M	6.0	1.2	4.33
112		50			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO at LIV	M	8.0	8.5	4.28
113	17				Jorgen Strand Larsen	CRY	CRY v. MCI	F	6.0	0.5	4.28
114		51			Rodrigo Bentancur	TOT	TOT v. NEW	M	5.5	0.2	4.27
115			45		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE v. BHA	D	5.0	1.2	4.26
116				3	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. NFO	G	5.5	3.8	4.24
117			46		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL at SUN	D	4.5	1.7	4.22
118		52			James McAtee	NFO	NFO at LIV	M	5.5	0.1	4.20
119		53			Kevin Schade	BRE	BRE at LEE	M	6.0	3.5	4.20
120		54			Merlin Rohl	EVE	EVE at BOU	M	5.0	0.1	4.18
121		55			Dango Ouattara	BRE	BRE at LEE	M	6.5	1.1	4.14
122		56			Josh King	FUL	FUL at SUN	M	5.5	0.6	4.12
123		57			Brenden Aaronson	LEE	LEE v. BRE	M	5.5	0.9	4.12
124		58			Jens Hjerto-Dahl	HUL	HUL at COV	M	5.0	0.1	4.12
125		59			Harrison Armstrong	EVE	EVE at BOU	M	5.0	0.2	4.12
126			47		Ruben Dias	MCI	MCI at CRY	D	5.5	1.8	4.11
127		60			Daichi Kamada	CRY	CRY v. MCI	M	5.0	0.3	4.09
128		61			Caleb Yirenkyi	COV	COV v. HUL	M	5.0	0.2	4.08
129			48		Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	MCI at CRY	D	5.5	1.7	4.04
130			49		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL at SUN	D	4.5	0.4	4.03
131			50		Calvin Bassey	FUL	FUL at SUN	D	4.5	0.8	4.03
132		62			Boubacar Kamara	AVL	AVL v. ARS	M	5.0	0.3	4.01
133	18				Georginio Rutter	BHA	BHA at CHE	F	5.5	1.0	3.99
134			51		Wesley Fofana	CHE	CHE v. BHA	D	5.0	0.0	3.99
135		63			Yeremy Pino	CRY	CRY v. MCI	M	5.5	0.2	3.98
136			52		Vitaliy Mykolenko	EVE	EVE at BOU	D	4.5	1.6	3.98
137	19				Emersonn	IPS	IPS at MUN	F	5.5	1.8	3.93
138				4	James Trafford	LEE	LEE v. BRE	G	5.0	4.3	3.93
139		64			Nilson Angulo	SUN	SUN v. FUL	M	5.0	0.1	3.93
140		65			Leon Goretzka	AVL	AVL v. ARS	M	#N/A	#N/A	3.92
141		66			Andrey Santos	MUN	MUN v. IPS	M	5.0	1.0	3.92
142		67			Anthony Elanga	NEW	NEW at TOT	M	6.0	2.0	3.91
143			53		Reinildo	SUN	SUN v. FUL	D	4.5	0.5	3.91
144			54		Milan van Ewijk	COV	COV v. HUL	D	4.0	13.1	3.86
145				5	Robert Sanchez	CHE	CHE v. BHA	G	5.0	2.3	3.85
146		68			Sasa Lukic	IPS	IPS at MUN	M	5.0	0.1	3.85
147			55		Murillo	NFO	NFO at LIV	D	5.5	1.7	3.84
148		69			Abdul Fatawu	IPS	IPS at MUN	M	5.5	0.2	3.83
149			56		Jay Dasilva	COV	COV v. HUL	D	4.0	0.8	3.82
150			57		Levi Colwill	CHE	CHE v. BHA	D	5.0	1.5	3.82
151				6	Antonin Kinsky	TOT	TOT v. NEW	G	4.5	22.7	3.82
152		70			Pascal Gross	BHA	BHA at CHE	M	5.5	12.9	3.81
153				7	Caoimhin Kelleher	BRE	BRE at LEE	G	5.0	6.5	3.81
154			58		Lewis Hall	NEW	NEW at TOT	D	5.0	4.1	3.81
155		71			Matt Crooks	HUL	HUL at COV	M	4.5	0.7	3.80
156			59		Andrew Robertson	TOT	TOT v. NEW	D	4.5	3.8	3.79
157				8	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL at SUN	G	4.5	3.0	3.77
158			60		Jaydee Canvot	CRY	CRY v. MCI	D	5.0	0.3	3.77
159				9	Gianluigi Donnarumma	MCI	MCI at CRY	G	5.5	8.3	3.76
160		72			Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	BRE at LEE	M	5.5	1.1	3.76
161			61		Takehiro Tomiyasu	CRY	CRY v. MCI	D	4.5	0.4	3.74
162		73			Matt Grimes	COV	COV v. HUL	M	5.0	0.2	3.73
163		74			Marcelino Nunez	IPS	IPS at MUN	M	5.0	0.1	3.73
164				10	Robin Roefs	SUN	SUN v. FUL	G	5.0	4.0	3.72
165			62		Jacob Greaves	IPS	IPS at MUN	D	4.0	1.4	3.71
166		75			Regan Slater	HUL	HUL at COV	M	4.5	3.9	3.65
167		76			Cesar Palacios	FUL	FUL at SUN	M	5.5	0.2	3.65
168		77			Xaver Schlager	NFO	NFO at LIV	M	5.0	0.1	3.65
169				11	Carl Rushworth	COV	COV v. HUL	G	4.5	1.2	3.64
170		78			Victor Munoz	LIV	LIV v. NFO	M	6.5	0.6	3.60
171		79			Ross Barkley	AVL	AVL v. ARS	M	5.0	0.2	3.59
172		80			George Hemmings	AVL	AVL v. ARS	M	4.5	0.7	3.58
173		81			Jacob Ramsey	NEW	NEW at TOT	M	5.0	0.3	3.58
174				12	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at BOU	G	5.5	8.8	3.55
175		82			Romeo Lavia	CHE	CHE v. BHA	M	5.0	0.1	3.55
176				13	Djordje Petrovic	BOU	BOU v. EVE	G	4.5	3.3	3.54
177		83			Mathias Jensen	BRE	BRE at LEE	M	5.5	0.2	3.54
178			63		Jorrel Hato	CHE	CHE v. BHA	D	4.5	0.5	3.53
179		84			Julio Enciso	IPS	IPS at MUN	M	5.5	0.5	3.52
180		85			John McGinn	AVL	AVL v. ARS	M	5.5	2.8	3.51
181		86			Oscar Bobb	FUL	FUL at SUN	M	5.5	0.3	3.50
182			64		Ryan Giles	HUL	HUL at COV	D	4.0	0.9	3.50
183			65		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY v. MCI	D	5.0	0.7	3.47
184			66		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO at LIV	D	5.0	9.0	3.46
185			67		Amar Dedic	NEW	NEW at TOT	D	4.5	0.4	3.44
186		87			Elliot Stroud	HUL	HUL at COV	M	5.0	0.1	3.42
187				14	Kjell Scherpen	IPS	IPS at MUN	G	4.5	0.6	3.39
188			68		Nikola Milenkovic	NFO	NFO at LIV	D	5.5	1.8	3.38
189		88			Joe Willock	NEW	NEW at TOT	M	5.0	0.2	3.34
190		89			Sander Berge	FUL	FUL at SUN	M	5.0	0.4	3.34
191		90			Daizen Maeda	IPS	IPS at MUN	M	5.5	0.4	3.32
192			69		Michael Kayode	BRE	BRE at LEE	D	4.6	7.5	3.31
193		91			Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	ARS at AVL	M	5.5	0.7	3.29
194			70		Adam Smith	BOU	BOU v. EVE	D	4.5	0.1	3.29
195			71		Dara O'Shea	IPS	IPS at MUN	D	4.0	3.4	3.27
196		92			Tyrique George	EVE	EVE at BOU	M	5.5	0.3	3.22
197			72		Ousmane Diomande	NFO	NFO at LIV	D	5.5	0.7	3.22
198				15	Konstantinos Tzolakis	HUL	HUL at COV	G	4.5	2.8	3.21
199				16	Lukas Hornicek	NEW	NEW at TOT	G	5.0	0.7	3.21
200		93			Noah Sadiki	SUN	SUN v. FUL	M	5.0	0.3	3.17
201			73		Luka Vuskovic	BHA	BHA at CHE	D	5.0	2.5	3.16
202		94			Dan Ndoye	NFO	NFO at LIV	M	5.5	0.4	3.13
203		95			Dwight McNeil	CRY	CRY v. MCI	M	5.5	0.2	3.12
204			74		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. MCI	D	4.5	5.6	3.02
205			75		Olivier Boscagli	BHA	BHA at CHE	D	4.5	0.3	3.01
206				17	Matz Sels	NFO	NFO at LIV	G	5.0	1.5	2.97
207			76		Anan Khalaili	CRY	CRY v. MCI	D	5.0	0.1	2.91
208			77		Ian Maatsen	AVL	AVL v. ARS	D	4.5	0.7	2.88
209			78		Lewie Coyle	HUL	HUL at COV	D	4.0	0.6	2.86
210				18	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. MCI	G	5.0	1.8	2.82
211				19	Bart Verbruggen	BHA	BHA at CHE	G	4.5	21.5	2.80
212				20	Zion Suzuki	AVL	AVL v. ARS	G	5.0	0.8	2.73
213			79		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA at CHE	D	4.5	1.2	2.66
214			80		Issa Diop	IPS	IPS at MUN	D	4.0	17.1	2.65
215			81		Ferdi Kadioglu	BHA	BHA at CHE	D	4.5	2.3	2.64
216			82		Ola Aina	NFO	NFO at LIV	D	4.5	3.5	2.40
217			83		Leif Davis	IPS	IPS at MUN	D	4.0	4.9	2.35
218			84		Matty Cash	AVL	AVL v. ARS	D	4.5	7.7	2.30
219			85		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL v. ARS	D	4.5	0.4	2.23
220			86		Victor Lindelof	AVL	AVL v. ARS	D	4.5	0.3	2.22

Final Thoughts

Gameweek 2 is where the first real adjustments begin. One match is not enough to overreact to, but confirmed minutes, set-piece roles and tactical changes from the opener should matter more than preseason assumptions. Prioritize players with secure roles and strong fixtures, and be careful about chasing one-week points before the underlying role is clear.