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Best FPL midfielders 2026/27: Watchlist, Fixtures and Price Notes
This starts from 2025/26 evidence, then gets stricter as the summer gives us better information: confirmed club role, World Cup load, opening fixtures, and price. If a club signs a new midfielder or a current player leaves, the next refresh should move that player up, down, or out.
These early watchlists use the latest complete FPL evidence first, then update as 2026/27 prices, squads, and player records become available.
B.Fernandes
£10.4m
235 pts
48.0% owned
Semenyo
£8.0m
202 pts
46.2% owned
Rice
£7.2m
184 pts
23.3% owned
Gibbs-White
£7.6m
188 pts
9.2% owned
Anderson
£5.7m
180 pts
9.4% owned
Wilson
£5.8m
168 pts
17.4% owned
Rogers
£7.3m
169 pts
20.2% owned
Casemiro
£5.8m
165 pts
3.8% owned
Garner
£5.2m
159 pts
3.6% owned
Szoboszlai
£7.1m
160 pts
15.1% owned
Enzo
£6.5m
157 pts
12.3% owned
Dewsbury-Hall
£5.3m
151 pts
7.9% owned
Role first
Do not promote a player from watchlist to pick until starts, position, and minutes look clean.
Fixtures second
Opening run matters more for defenders and goalkeepers, but it still shapes attacker confidence.
Price last
A good player at the wrong price can break your first draft structure.