Deadline: Saturday 17 October, 11:00 BST. Flags and prices are as at Thursday 15 October, 04:55 BST.
The short version:
- Sell Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo. FPL gives both a 0% chance of playing, with no return date. Isak was flagged on 27 September and Gakpo a day later, both dropped to 0% on 9 October, and both missed Gameweek 6. This season, 16 of 16 regular starters flagged at 0% before a deadline played no minutes.
- Dominik Szoboszlai is a coin flip, not a sell. He's at 75% with a hamstring injury. Of 27 regular starters flagged at 75% before a deadline this season, 16 played at all and 12 played 60 minutes or more.
- Don't sell for the price. FPL's own price predictor has Isak at −21.5 and Gakpo at −17.5, and we read a price as moving at ±100. Sell because they won't play.
Which Liverpool players are out?
| Player | Pos | Price | Owned | Chance of playing | FPL's news | Transferred out this gameweek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isak | FWD | £9.0m | 14.1% | 0% | Thigh injury - Unknown return date | 293,648 |
| Gakpo | MID | £7.1m | 7.6% | 0% | Ankle injury - Unknown return date | 207,287 |
| Szoboszlai | MID | £6.9m | 27.6% | 75% | Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing | 282,499 |
Florian Wirtz (£7.3m, 5.2% owned) and Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m, 15.8%) are fit. We don't project anyone who's flagged, so we can't give you a number for Isak or Gakpo.
What has a 0% flag meant this season?
We keep a daily snapshot of every player's flag. We took the last snapshot before each of the first six deadlines and kept the regular starters: 60 minutes or more in at least three quarters of the gameweeks before it.
| Flag before the deadline | Regular starters | Played any minutes | Played 60 or more | Average minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 738 | 93% | 84% | 75 |
| 100% (injury news, now fit) | 97 | 94% | 86% | 77 |
| 75% | 27 | 59% | 44% | 42 |
| 25% | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| 0% | 16 | 0% | 0% | 0 |
Gameweeks 2 to 6. The 75% row is 27 cases, so read it as a direction. The 0% row is 16 out of 16. The full breakdown is in what a 75% flag means.
Is Szoboszlai worth keeping at 75%?
It depends on your bench. A 75% flag has meant a start about two times in five. If you have a bench midfielder who plays, keep him and decide on Friday. If you don't, a 44% chance of 60 minutes is a weak reason to carry a £6.9m slot.
He isn't in our Gameweek 7 numbers. The model leaves out anyone flagged, and he was at 75% when we ran it on 2026-10-14.
Liverpool's next six fixtures are BRE (A) 3, BHA (H) 3, ARS (H) 4, CRY (A) 3, MUN (H) 4, EVE (A) 3, an average rating of 3.33. Nothing in that run makes waiting attractive.
Who do you replace them with?
Flags are as at Thursday 15 October, 04:55 BST, projections are from the 2026-10-14 run, and only fit players are listed.
Forward, in place of Isak (£9.0m):
| Player | Club | Price | Owned | Form | GW7 projection | GW7–12 projection | Fixture rating, GW7–12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiago | BRE | £7.8m | 9.2% | 4.5 | 5.6 | 31.3 | 3.33 |
| Calvert-Lewin | LEE | £6.0m | 22.6% | 2.0 | 4.8 | 28.3 | 3.00 |
| João Pedro | CHE | £7.8m | 69.9% | 6.0 | 4.2 | 27.6 | 3.00 |
| Havertz | ARS | £7.5m | 6.6% | 2.0 | 4.3 | 27.2 | 3.17 |
Midfield, in place of Gakpo (£7.1m) or Szoboszlai (£6.9m):
| Player | Club | Price | Owned | Form | GW7 projection | GW7–12 projection | Fixture rating, GW7–12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | ARS | £7.3m | 10.8% | 4.0 | 4.9 | 30.5 | 3.17 |
| Enzo | MCI | £6.9m | 3.9% | 5.0 | 6.6 | 29.5 | 3.00 |
| Ødegaard | ARS | £6.8m | 19.7% | 1.5 | 4.5 | 27.9 | 3.17 |
| Wirtz | LIV | £7.3m | 5.2% | 4.0 | 4.4 | 27.0 | 3.33 |
| Dewsbury-Hall | EVE | £6.6m | 5.8% | 8.0 | 4.5 | 25.8 | 3.50 |
João Pedro is in the forward table because he's fit again. He was at 75% before Gameweek 6 and scored 12. Wirtz is the like-for-like swap if you want to keep Liverpool exposure. The model has him at 4.4 for Gameweek 7.
Selling two players costs a 4-point hit if you only have one free transfer. Move the one you'd least like to be stuck with first. Both are at 0%, so that's the more expensive one: Isak.
Every price and projection is sortable on Players, and you can check your own squad against these flags on My Team.
Tell us where this is wrong
- Did you sell Isak or Gakpo already, and when? Tell us what tipped it, so we can see whether the 0% flag or the news before it was the trigger.
- Tell us when a number looks wrong. This player, this figure, here's why. That's the most valuable message we can get.
- Show us your Gameweek 7 draft and why. Build it on the Team Planner, share the link, and name the one pick you'd defend against the model.
Send it through the feedback form for anything specific, or join the Discord if it needs a conversation. Both get read every day.
The Gameweek 7 picks, with our model's full squad and captain: Gameweek 7 tips. Until the deadline: Players for every projection, Fixtures for the difficulty grid, Team Planner to build your fifteen, and My Team to score your squad against ours.