It’s a lightning fast turnaround in FPL this week, with Tuesday&#8217;s deadline fast approaching.
Managers are scrambling to make changes for the midweek fixtures, and there has been plenty of action in terms of player sales.
Much of this action is taking place up front, as five forwards have been sold en-masse prior to the Gameweek 29 deadline.
<a href="https://www.squawka.com/">Squawka</a> have used their <a href="https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/">Comparison Matrix</a> to analyse the five most-sold strikers ahead of Gameweek 29.
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<h3>Erling Haaland (£14.8m) &#8211; Manchester City &#8211; 64.8% owned</h3>
Fixture: Nottingham Forest (H)
Haaland is the second most-sold player in FPL ahead of Gameweek 29, despite a standout fixture at home to Nottingham Forest before a trip to West Ham &#8211; with the Hammers having just shipped five to Liverpool.
The Norwegian missed Manchester City’s game against Leeds United due to injury, and he’s a doubt for the Forest game too.
 Considering the fact that he’s got a blank gameweek coming up on top of his fitness issues, it&#8217;s no wonder FPL managers are jumping ship.
Despite all that however, he’s still Erling Haaland. The City striker has amassed 29 attacking returns in 27 starts, and is averaging 3.3 shots per 90 minutes this season.
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<div id="attachment_75219" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75219" class="size-full wp-image-75219" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2239454673.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2239454673.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2239454673-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2239454673-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Erling Haaland. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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<h3>Joao Pedro (£7.6m) &#8211; Chelsea &#8211; 45.6% owned</h3>
Fixture: Aston Villa (a)
Pedro has been in good form for Chelsea, despite the blank against Arsenal at the weekend. 
The Blues have a tough fixture list coming up however, beginning with Aston Villa away, and Pedro has scored just four of his 11 league goals this season away from home &#8211; which works out at just 0.2 per 90. 
The Brazilian also ranks poorly for attacking <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> compared with other strikers, averaging 1.7 shots per 90 and only 1.0 on target.
There is also the chance that he could be utilised in a more supportive role throughout this busy period, as Chelsea have plenty of quality alternatives in attacking areas.
<div id="attachment_74061" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-74061" class="wp-image-74061 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229150044.jpg" alt="Joao Pedro. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229150044.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229150044-300x202.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2229150044-768x518.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Joao Pedro. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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<h3>Igor Thiago (£7.1m) &#8211; Brentford &#8211; 34.1% owned</h3>
Fixture: Bournemouth (a)
Despite racking up 18 goals for the campaign in total, Thiago is a striker who seems to strike hot and cold &#8211; some Brentford fans have even joked that he can only play well on Saturday at 3pm.
The Brazilian averages 2.1 shots per 90 in the league this season, hitting the target with 67% of those efforts. 
The Bees&#8217; number 9 won’t be fazed by an away trip to face Bournemouth, having scored precisely half of his league goals away from home. 
No player in the league has scored more away goals than the Brentford man this season.
<div id="attachment_73513" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73513" class="wp-image-73513 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Igor-Thiago.jpg" alt="Igor Thiago. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Igor-Thiago.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Igor-Thiago-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Igor-Thiago-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Igor Thiago. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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<h3>Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.7m) &#8211; Leeds &#8211; 9.3% owned</h3>
Fixture: Sunderland (H)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin has now gone a couple of gameweeks without scoring, having also missed some good chances in Leeds’ defeat to Manchester City at the weekend. 
Accuracy has been Calvert-Lewin’s biggest problem this season, hitting the target with less than half of his efforts.
The Leeds man does however average 2.3 shots per 90, and has an equal split for his goals, with five coming at home and five away. 
Leeds host Sunderland this week, with the Black Cats not in the best of form and looking increasingly vulnerable in defence.
<div id="attachment_75217" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75217" class="size-full wp-image-75217" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2232274118.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2232274118.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2232274118-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2232274118-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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<h3>Ollie Watkins (£8.6m) &#8211; Aston Villa &#8211; 8.4% owned</h3>
Fixture: Chelsea (H)
On the other side of the clash at Villa Park is Watkins, who has blanked in his past four appearances, and missed the match before that &#8211; in fact, Watkins has only returned more than two points in one of the past eight gameweeks. 
Like Pedro, he averages 1.7 shots per 90 and 1.0 on target, which is nothing to write home about.
Watkins has a decent record against Chelsea, with four goals in six Premier League games against the Blues, but all four have come at Stamford Bridge &#8211; including two in the reverse fixture earlier this season. 
In fact, Watkins has performed better on the road this season in general, with six away goals compared to just two at Villa Park.
<div id="attachment_73797" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73797" class="size-full wp-image-73797" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Watkins-and-Rogers.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Watkins-and-Rogers.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Watkins-and-Rogers-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Watkins-and-Rogers-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Ollie Watkins. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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