FPL GW10 stats: Salah rewards backers as Haaland sales pick up

More than 1.8million Fantasy Premier League managers enjoyed double delight in Gameweek 10 as not only did their captain Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) score but the Egyptian's big rival for the armband, Erling Haaland (£15.4m), BLANKED.

Salah scored his seventh goal of the campaign - taking his tally to 12 attacking returns - in Liverpool's 2-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion, and claimed a share of the bonus for a nine-point return.

Haaland, meanwhile, failed to score for the fourth time in five matches as Manchester City lost 2-1 at AFC Bournemouth.

Sold by over 230,000 for Gameweek 10 - making him the seventh most-sold player - the Norwegian is already the most-transferred-out player ahead of Gameweek 11. 

GW10 most-captained players

The only member of the top five captains to register a return in Gameweek 10, Salah extended his excellent record against Brighton.

He's now returned in 12 of his 15 appearances against them, and has totalled 116 points, second only to his tally versus Manchester United.

Mercifully for the 5.8m people who backed Haaland with the armband, they were spared further punishment on Sunday as popular captain differentials Cole Palmer (£11.0m) and Ollie Watkins (£9.1m) both blanked.

Palmer was unable to add to the 28 points he produced against Man Utd last season as Chelsea drew 1-1 at Old Trafford.

But despite failing to register a return, a positive all-round display saw him pick up a bonus point. Palmer won four fouls, completed two successful dribbles and laid on a big chance, boosting his score in the Bonus Points System (BPS).

The second most-transferred out player, Watkins spurned two big chances as Aston Villa lost 4-1 at Tottenham Hotspur. Watkins has now failed to score in three of his last four appearances and, with matches away to Liverpool and Chelsea before Gameweek 14, sales look set to continue.

Saka's remorse

Fifth in the captaincy stakes, Bukayo Saka (£10.1m) confounded Fantasy managers for the second week in a row.

The most-sold player in the last round, he recovered from injury to deliver nine points against Liverpool, leading to more than 410,000 immediately reversing their decision.

But seller's regret quickly turned into buyer's remorse as Saka blanked in Arsenal's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United.

GW10 most-bought players

Bryan Mbeumo (£7.8m) was the No 1 transfer target for the second successive Gameweek.

The Brentford midfielder recorded his biggest haul of 2024/25 last weekend, with 15 points at home to Ipswich Town, prompting a further 685,000+ to add him to their squads. Thomas Frank's side take on Fulham on Monday.

Chris Wood's (£6.4m) excellent form shows no signs of slowing down. 

The Nottingham Forest forward scored for the eighth time this season, taking him joint-second in the Premier League goalscoring charts level with Mbeumo, as his side beat West Ham United 3-0. 

Haaland to Wood is proving a popular transfer, with the £8.9m saved giving managers the means to fund a move for Salah.

And as Wolverhampton Wanderers embark on a kind run of fixtures, more than one million Fantasy bosses snapped up one of their players.

Five attacking returns in nine starts had made Rayan Ait-Nouri (£4.6m) both the most sought-after Wolves recruit and the most in-demand defender in Fantasy.

Playing as a wing-back against Crystal Palace, he had two shots in the box to take his tally to 10 for the season, the joint-most among his positional rivals. However, a 2-2 draw gave him just a single point and means that he remains without a clean sheet this season.

With six of his next seven matches rated at only two in the Fixture Difficulty Ratings (FDR), Ait-Nouri's 606,000+ new owners will be hoping it was just a blip.

GW10 most transferred-out players

The second most-sold forward for Gameweek 10, Dominic Solanke (£7.6m) delivered his biggest return of 2024/25 Fantasy with a 16-point haul.

The Spurs striker combined two goals, an assist and the maximum three bonus to frustrate his 264,000+ sellers. Having had just two shots over his previous three matches, Solanke returned to form with five shots against Villa.

A slight doubt for Arsenal's encounter at Newcastle, Gabriel (£6.2m) recovered to take his place in the starting XI.

But for the near 480,000 managers who ditched him, there was no cause for regret as he registered his fifth blank in five outings.

Luis Diaz (£7.8m) found himself among the substitutes for the third time in four matches, justifying the decision of more than 300,000 managers to sell. A cameo appearance gave him a one-point score.

Finally, Micky van de Ven (£4.7m) missed the contest at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a hamstring injury, a match which featured three of the five most-sold players.