By Predictions League - Published 24 August 2026 - from 4267 real predictions made on this site - commentary drafted automatically from the numbers below
Opening weekend, and 463 of you filed 4,267 predictions across the ten fixtures. Fulham v Chelsea drew the biggest crowd with 441 entries, Arsenal v Coventry the fewest at 414. The safe money mostly held at the top - Arsenal 3-0, City 2-1, Chelsea winning at Craven Cottage - but four results landed at under 10 per cent backing, so the scoreboard looks messier than the fixture list suggested.
Hull's 2-0 win over Manchester United is the one nobody had. Just 1 per cent of the 415 predictions backed a home win, with the average call sitting at 0.56-2.39 the other way. Ipswich beating Sunderland 2-1 was seen by 5 per cent, and Brentford's 3-0 over Tottenham by 9 per cent from 428 entries. Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool (10 per cent) and Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa (19 per cent) did no favours either.
Three exact scores was the ceiling this week, managed by Heiðar Valur Bergmann, Karl Arnar Bjarnason and Lucas Mariano. Nobody got near Hull 2-0 Manchester United: 415 predictions, zero correct scorelines, which is as clean a whitewash as the fixture list produces. Arsenal 3-0 Coventry was the week's comfort blanket, with 96 per cent backing the right outcome and an average guess of 2.75-0.27.
Two hundred picks went in for the first Last Man Standing round and 76 of them are already done, a 38 per cent cull. Arsenal were the popular choice with 88 picks and all 88 survived. Manchester United were the wrecking ball: 44 backers, 44 eliminated at Hull. Sunderland took another 11 out at Ipswich. Everton (12) and Chelsea (11) came through unscathed.
The live FPL numbers point at defenders. Maxim De Cuyper of Brighton leads the transfer traffic with 331,248 moves in after 17 points at £4.5m, owned by 6.0 per cent. Brentford's Mamadou Sangaré (271,843 in, 14 points) and Michael Kayode (210,483 in, 13 points) follow, both cheap and lightly owned. Calafiori and João Pedro are the established names moving. Gameweek 2 deadline is 28 August, 17:30 UTC.