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            <p>Fantasy Football Hub's AI selects the best Free Hit team for Gameweek 4 of the 2025/26 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season - how many of its picks make your squad?</p>
<p>With an extra Free Hit chip to use in the first half of the season, our weekly look at the AI's preferred Free Hit team, fixtures and predicted points is more relevant than ever.</p>
<p>This AI team is an early snapshot ahead of the deadline. Hub members can <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/ai-teams">see the latest squad in realtime</a> - it regularly changes as new information is processed.</p>
<h3>🤖 Hub AI quick summary 🤖</h3>
<p>Simplicity and speed are among Fantasy Football Hub's core values, so many of our articles this season will come with a quick 'Hub AI' summary for those who want the answer - fast.</p>
<p>Read the full article for the detailed picture - and listen to an audio summary 👇</p>
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<li>🚀The Hub AI Free Hit teams have out-performed the FPL average for two weeks running</li>
<li>🗓️Crystal Palace, Fulham and Newcastle among teams to target, with Liverpool and Arsenal appealing</li>
<li>👀Both Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah make a rare appearance together in the AI's starting 11</li>
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<h2>How did the AI team perform in Gameweek 3?</h2>
<p><strong>Points:</strong> 49<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>FPL average: </strong>48</p>
<p><strong>Season average (ahead/behind FPL average): </strong>54.5 (+5)</p>
<p>An aggressive triple up on Chelsea defenders paid off in Gameweek 3, with the Blues managing a clean sheet against Fulham.</p>
<p>Returns for <strong>Bruno Fernandes </strong>and <strong>Jean-Philippe Mateta </strong>helped offset a <strong>Mohamed Salah </strong>captaincy blank and edged the article version of the Hub AI Free Hit team ahead of the FPL average for the second week running.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-74370" class="wp-caption-text">Hub AI Gameweek 3 Free Hit team</p>
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 4 fixtures</h2>
<p>Crystal Palace top the Hub's <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker">fixture ticker</a> this week ahead of five other favourably rated fixture match-ups.</p>
<p>The Eagles face Sunderland (H), who lost at Burnley in Gameweek 2 in what was their only away match so far this season.</p>
<p>Fulham host Leeds, while Newcastle welcome Wolves - two other matches to target on Free Hit.</p>
<p>Liverpool, Arsenal and Bournemouth complete the top of the ticker, providing plenty of opportunities for those using the chip this week.</p>
<div id="attachment_74532" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-74532" class="size-large wp-image-74532" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Fixtures-GW4-1024x250.jpg" alt="Gameweek 4 fixtures" width="1024" height="250" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-74532" class="wp-caption-text">Gameweek 4 fixtures</p>
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 4 predicted points</h2>
<p><strong>Mohamed Salah's</strong> tops the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">predicted points</a> chart once again, with the Burnley (A) fixture influencing Hub AI's projections.</p>
<p>Four Palace players appear in the top 10, indicating the strength of the fixture. A triple up looks to be a strong strategy on Free Hit.</p>
<p><strong>Erling Haaland </strong>sneaks into the top two, with Manchester City at home to rivals Manchester United.</p>
<p>The Norwegian has scored six goals in five games against the Red Devils, including a hat-trick at the Etihad in 2022/23.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-74560" class="wp-caption-text">Predicted points for Gameweek 4</p>
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<h2>Is a FPL Gameweek 4 Free Hit a good idea?</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-chip-strategy-guide">Chip strategy</a> is always team specific - but a number of FPL managers might benefit from using the Free Hit in Gameweek 4.</p>
<p>Manchester United and Nottingham Forest are at the bottom of the ticker and some of their players have proved popular in the early weeks.</p>
<p>Forest's opening run was among the best in the league, with Burnley (A) and Sunderland (H) in Gameweek 5 and 6.</p>
<p>But they travel to Arsenal next, with plenty of uncertainty about how they will perform following the departure of manager Nuno Espirito Santo.</p>
<p>FPL managers may wish to keep hold of their Forest players for the games against the promoted clubs but offloading them for this week appeals.</p>
<p>Arsenal meanwhile play Manchester City (H) and Newcastle (A) afterwards, so it looks a little early to buy their players for more than one week.</p>
<p>There will be plenty of alternative times to play the first Free Hit of the season if Gameweek 4 does not suit.</p>
<p>Gameweek 6 - when City play Burnley (H) - is another example of where it could be aggressively used.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-74534" class="wp-caption-text">The bottom of the Hub's fixture ticker for Gameweek 4</p>
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<h2>Best FPL Gameweek 4 Free Hit team: Key picks analysed</h2>
<p>Hub AI sets its Free Hit team up in a 4-3-3 formation, with the rare inclusion of both Haaland and Salah.</p>
<p>It's usually a case of one or the other, with Salah generally having the upper hand thanks to his consistently high predicted points.</p>
<p>But with plenty of budget options to choose from this week, the AI can afford the top two predicted points scorers.</p>
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