Managers left frustrated by Joao Pedro

Greater than 1.3million Fantasy Premier League managers have been left ruing their luck as Gameweek 4’s most-bought participant, Joao Pedro (£5.7m), pissed off his new house owners.

By no means earlier than has a participant been recruited in such giant numbers and recorded zero factors or fewer.

Most-bought gamers to attain zero factors

Following targets in back-to-back matches, Joao Pedro’s good type coupled with a house match towards promoted Ipswich City proved irresistible for a lot of. Certainly, no-one has been extra in demand forward of a Gameweek deadline this season.

Nevertheless, a knock sustained on worldwide obligation dominated the Brazilian out of the encounter on the Amex Stadium.

GW4 most-bought gamers

It is the second successive Gameweek that the No 1 switch goal has blanked, following Noni Madueke‘s (£6.6m) two factors at dwelling to Crystal Palace within the final spherical.

Managers will probably be hoping the “curse” of the most-transferred in participant shouldn’t be about to make a return.

Final season, the most-popular recruit blanked in every of the primary 5 Gameweeks the place FPL managers may make a commerce.

And greater than 940,000 managers opted to make use of their Wildcard forward of Gameweek 4, the third-highest whole on document.

Most Wildcards performed in a Gameweek

Whereas an extra 25,930,392 transfers have been made, the fourth-highest tally ever.

However many will probably be feeling dissatisfied as 4 of the top-five recruits failed to attain or help. 

Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) and Luis Diaz (£7.7m) drew blanks as Liverpool misplaced 1-0 at dwelling to Nottingham Forest, whereas Amadou Onana (£5.1m) was taken off at half-time in Aston Villa’s 3-2 win over Everton, having mustered only a single level.

Erling Haaland (£15.2m) was the exception as he continued his high-quality begin to 2024/25 Fantasy in Manchester Metropolis’s 2-1 win over Brentford.

The Norwegian produced his eighth and ninth targets of the marketing campaign and, in doing so, turned the primary participant to go previous 50 factors this season.

Remarkably, solely Wayne Rooney, when taking part in for Manchester United in 2011/12, has recorded extra factors over the opening 4 rounds.

Finest scores over the primary 4 Gameweeks of a season

Haaland justified the choice of 5,125,800 folks handy him the captain’s armband, his largest backing of the marketing campaign.

It wasn’t such night elsewhere as Cole Palmer (£10.6m) joined Salah in recording a clean because the Chelsea midfielder solely recorded three factors of their 1-0 win at AFC Bournemouth.

GW4 most-captained gamers

There was higher information for these chosen who Ollie Watkins (£8.9m), nonetheless.

The differential captain decide rewarded the 267,000+ handy him the armband together with his first targets of the marketing campaign in Villa’s success towards Everton.

He claimed 13 factors, or 26 with the armband.

However to the frustration of many who deployed their Wildcard or made a switch, Watkins was the second most-sold participant of the Gameweek, ditched by greater than 735,000 managers.

However the 893,616 who parted firm with Alexander Isak (£8.5m) could have been relieved to see him have a quiet afternoon in Newcastle United’s encounter with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday. 

The Swede was taken off shortly at half-time and solely produced a single level within the encounter at Molineux.