FPL Gameweek 1 — Deadline, Prices & Fixture Difficulty
The 2026/27 Fantasy Premier League season starts with the Gameweek 1 deadline on Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 18:30 UK. Season-launch prices and the opening fixture difficulty matrix are below — both refresh daily from the Official FPL API.
Updated 13 August 2026, 16:36 UK · Source: Official FPL API
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- Fixture difficultyThe next five gameweeks, ranked for all 20 clubs.
- Fixture plannerBest fixture runs and rotation pairs, weeks ahead.
- Double gameweeksBlanks and doubles, as soon as they are known.
Insights
- AnalysisData-led studies of what winning managers actually did.
- GW briefingThe XI, the captain, the differentials — one page, every week.
- Team guidesAll 20 clubs: squad, fixtures and rotation risks.
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- Track recordProjections frozen before the deadline, graded after.
- Top managersWhat the best 1,000 in the world own — and the crowd doesn’t.
- Team namesName ideas, and how to change yours.
Best FPL Team Right Now
Highest-scoring XI of the completed 2025/26 season, shown with 2026/27 clubs and launch prices — the 2026/27 table starts scoring after Gameweek 1.
| Pos | Player | Club | Price | Points | Pts/£m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GKP | Raya | Arsenal | £6.0m | 162 | 27 |
| DEF | Gabriel | Arsenal | £8.0m | 209 | 26.1 |
| DEF | Guéhi | Man City | £6.0m | 179 | 29.8 |
| DEF | Virgil | Liverpool | £6.5m | 175 | 26.9 |
| DEF | Senesi | Spurs | £6.0m | 175 | 29.2 |
| MID | B.Fernandes | Man Utd | £12.0m | 235 | 19.6 |
| MID | Semenyo | Man City | £8.5m | 202 | 23.8 |
| MID | Gibbs-White | Nott'm Forest | £8.0m | 188 | 23.5 |
| MID | Rice | Arsenal | £7.5m | 184 | 24.5 |
| FWD | Haaland | Man City | £15.5m | 239 | 15.4 |
| FWD | Thiago | Brentford | £8.0m | 181 | 22.6 |
XI totals: 2129 points for £92.0m. Selection method: top points scorers per position in a fixed 1-4-4-2 — a points ledger, not a recommendation.
Most-selected FPL players
Ownership across the 4,212,090 managers who have entered 2026/27 so far — millions more join by Gameweek 1.
What is an FPL gameweek?
A gameweek is Fantasy Premier League's scoring round: 38 of them make a season, one per round of Premier League fixtures. Before each gameweek's deadline (90 minutes before its first kickoff) you set your squad, pick a captain for double points, and make transfers. Once the deadline passes, your team is locked and scores points from the real matches.
The rhythms that matter each gameweek: player prices change overnight based on transfer volume, and the fixture difficulty of the next few gameweeks decides which clubs' players are worth holding. Bawler rebuilds both surfaces every day from the Official FPL API, with the same match-prediction model behind our public track record layered on top. Before any of that, there is the bit everyone in your mini-league sees first — the team name.
FPL is a free fantasy game, not betting — Bawler's FPL pages are pure analytics. For how the underlying match model works, see the methodology page.
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