Welcome to our Ultimate FPL Cheat Sheet for Gameweek 9, giving you everything you need ahead of tonight&#8217;s 18:30 deadline at a glance (Friday, October 24).
From the top predicted points scorers to chip strategy advice, team news, goal and clean sheet advice and more, if there&#8217;s only one of our articles you read, make it this one!
Find links to all of our Gameweek 9 content in our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-ultimate-guide-fpl-tips">Ultimate Guide to FPL</a>.

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<li>🔮Erling Haaland remains the standout captaincy choice despite a potentially tricky fixture against Aston Villa</li>
<li>🎯Target Chelsea and Arsenal for clean sheets as well as goals</li>
<li>🛋️Bench Boost could be popular this week, although injuries to players like Joachim Andersen could derail plans</li>
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 9 fixtures and odds</h2>
The market odds are always a helpful indication of how individual fixtures are likely to go.
Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool are the three teams backed for two or more goals this week &#8211; and it&#8217;s Chelsea who lead for clean sheet potential, closely followed by the Gunners.
Partner site <a href="https://www.notonlyfpl.co.uk/">Not Only FPL</a> tracks this data from Spreadex, which often changes as the deadline nears. See the data for all the fixtures in our new graphic below!
🎯Players to target for goals: 🥇Erling Haaland (0.74) 🥈Joao Pedro (0.59) 🥉Viktor Gyokeres (0.58)
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 9 tips: Predicted points and captaincy picks</h2>
Erling Haaland tops <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions">Hub AI&#8217;s</a> predicted points list with a clear lead over Mohamed Salah.
The top 10 tends to be dominated by midfielders and forwards, however this week three defenders make the cut.
The inclusion of Gabriel, Marc Cucurella and Reece James underlines the odds, which most favour a clean sheet for the Gunners and Blues &#8211; but a late injury flag for the Arsenal defender could knock down his score just before the deadline.
Haaland will be the captaincy choice of the majority of managers but those looking for an alternative could consider Bruno Fernandes, one of three names discussed in expert Chris Tan&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/best-fpl-captain-for-gameweek-9-2025-26">captaincy article</a>.
Listen to an audio summary of Chris&#8217;s piece below:
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 9 tips: Top transfer targets</h2>
🤖 <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/transfers">Your Hub AI recommended transfers for Gameweek 9</a> 🤖
Newcastle&#8217;s Nick Woltemade is the number-one target for FPL managers after four goals in five games for the Magpies.
A Gameweek 8 hat-trick for Jean-Philippe Mateta has unsurprisingly captured the attention of many &#8211; but with Arsenal (A) up next, waiting a week is a reasonable plan.
Bukayo Saka is the Arsenal attacker of choice for more than 300,000 managers, with some contemplating a switch from Viktor Gyokeres.
Saka is also favoured over the two by Hub AI but the goals could still come for the Swedish striker, who found the net twice in the Champions League in midweek.
Some experienced managers are also considering Enzo Fernandez, who could be on penalty duties and has multiple routes to points.
Finally, it&#8217;s not a move for this week but could Nottingham Forest defenders be back on the agenda soon?
Defensively minded coach Sean Dyche has taken over from Ange Postecoglou and secured a 2-0 win against Porto on Thursday in his first match in charge.
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<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/sean-dyche-to-nottingham-forest-fpl-tips">Sean Dyche to Nottingham Forest: FPL questions answered</a></li>
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 9 tips: Play a chip?</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-chip-strategy-guide">FPL chip strategy guide</a></li>
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While a Wildcard could work if you&#8217;re keen to reshuffle your squad, the Bench Boost could be a popular play if you haven&#8217;t used it yet.
If you have Leeds and Burnley players for example, you could consider activating the chip.
The promoted clubs face West Ham (H) and Wolves (A) respectively &#8211; and the fixtures start to toughen after this weekend.
Injuries to fringe players including Joachim Andersen and Omar Alderete could derail plans though, so check your squad for flags before going ahead &#8211; and use the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/pick">My Team</a> planner to spot alternatives.
If you&#8217;re wildcarding, here&#8217;s a snapshot of how the AI team thinks the chip could be played &#8211; see the latest changes in realtime on our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/my-team/ai-teams">AI Teams</a> page.
<div id="attachment_75395" style="width: 798px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75395" class="size-full wp-image-75395" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GW9-AI-Wildcard.jpg" alt="AI Wildcard team for Gameweek 9" width="788" height="774" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GW9-AI-Wildcard.jpg 788w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GW9-AI-Wildcard-300x295.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GW9-AI-Wildcard-768x754.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px" />An early snapshot of the Hub AI Wildcard team for Gameweek 9</div>
<h2>FPL Gameweek 9 tips: Key team news</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-predicted-lineups">FPL Gameweek 9 team news and predicted lineups</a></li>
</ul>
Here are the early Gameweek 9 headlines &#8211; see our article above for the full headlines, updated regularly as managers&#8217; press conferences are held:
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<li>Joachim Andersen ruled out for Fulham with a hamstring issue</li>
<li>A midweek runout for Enzo Fernandez should see him return to the Chelsea 11 after missing Gameweek 8</li>
<li>Omar Alderete is out for Sunderland with concussion</li>
<li>Budget forwards Eli Junior Kroupi and Marc Guiu could get starts this week</li>
<li>Alexander Isak a doubt for Liverpool, while Jeremie Frimpong is set to be out for a few weeks</li>
<li>Gabriel could miss the weekend after picking up a knock in Europe</li>
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<div id="attachment_75293" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75293" class="size-full wp-image-75293" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Enzo.jpg" alt="Enzo Fernandez. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="707" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Enzo.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Enzo-300x207.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Enzo-768x530.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Enzo Fernandez. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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