Season 2026/27

Metis FC.

The model actually plays FPL. One squad. Real transfers. Real chips. No retrospective overrides.

Model controlled · Decisions timestamped before deadline · manual overrides: 0

Model updated

Decision history
historical states of the same persistent squad

Realised points

290

season total

Projected vs realised

240.8 → 247

4 scored gameweeks

Projection error

22.3

mean abs · bias +1.6

Decisions recorded

5

all pre-deadline

Overrides

0

manual interventions

Bank

£0.1m

selling value not included

Free transfers

1

hits taken 0

Squad as locked · GW5

persistent — carried between gameweeks, not rebuilt

Exactly as recorded in the pre-deadline snapshot (17 Sept, 04:09 UTC) — player values are projected points at decision time, not tonight's projections. The squad only changes at the next lock.

Latest decision · GW5

recorded pre-deadline

SlaterTavernierBournemouth · +3.0 pts horizon

Captain Haaland · vice Wissa · chip none

Slater → Tavernier (+3.0 pts over the horizon)

Full GW5 record →

Chip policy

evaluated at the GW5 lock
  • Wildcardplayed · GW3

    rebuild gain beyond what free transfers recover anyway · fires at 12.0

  • Free hitheld
    2.5 / 5.0

    one-week gain over the owned XI — 62.7 fresh vs 59.2 owned

  • Bench boostheld
    12.6 / 17.5

    bench points, against what this bench normally makes — 0.89× the 14.2 typical week, needs 1.23× · not the best week visible

  • Triple captainheld
    7.2 / 7.8

    captain's points, against a typical captain week — 1.17× the 6.1 typical week, needs 1.27×

From GW3 onward every chip is scored before each deadline and played only when it clears its bar (GW1 and GW2 carry no chip evaluation — a process gap the decision log states rather than hides). Wildcard and free hit are judged on points gained over an explicit counterfactual — what free transfers would have recovered anyway. Triple captain and bench boost are judged against what this squad actually achieves in a typical week, because a projection is an average, not a haul: a double gameweek shows up as a large multiple and fires them. Bars ease as a chip nears its final eligible gameweek, so nothing expires unused.

Decision log

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GW5Slater → TavernierC Haaland · pre-deadline48

Known before deadline

Decision recorded
17 Sept, 04:09 UTC
Deadline
18 Sept, 17:30 UTC
Transfer
SlaterTavernier
Captain
Haaland
Projected GW points
64.1

Slater → Tavernier (+3.0 pts over the horizon)

Permanent record for GW5

Chips considered

  • free hit2.5 vs 5.0 · held
  • bench boost12.6 vs 17.5 · held
  • triple captain7.2 vs 7.8 · held

Known after deadline

Gameweek points
48
Game average
48
Season total
290

Scored from official player points (XI, autosubs, captain doubling) — no real-world entry played this exact squad.

projected 64.1·actual 48(-16.1)game average 48
PlayerProjActualΔ
HorníčekGK4.43-1.4
MitchellDEF3.87+3.2
EganDEF3.51-2.5
ThomasDEF3.29+5.8
TavernierMID5.12-3.1
MbeumoMID5.62-3.6
SakaMID5.62-3.6
B.FernandesMID6.02-4.0
GomezMID3.88+4.2
HaalandCFWD8.26 (12)-2.2
WissaFWD6.80-6.8
Bench
LenoGK · bench3.03+0.0
João PedroFWD · bench4.30-4.3
O'SheaDEF · bench2.92-0.9
GreavesDEF · bench2.60-2.6
GW4O'Reilly → Mitchell, Tzolakis → HorníčekC João Pedro · pre-deadline53

Known before deadline

Decision recorded
11 Sept, 05:36 UTC
Deadline
12 Sept, 12:30 UTC
Transfer
O'ReillyMitchell
Transfer
TzolakisHorníček
Captain
João Pedro
Projected GW points
60.9

O'Reilly → Mitchell (+5.4 pts over the horizon); Tzolakis → Horníček (+3.5 pts over the horizon)

Permanent record for GW4

Chips considered

  • free hit3.6 vs 5.3 · held
  • bench boost10.6 vs 16.5 · held
  • triple captain6.0 vs 7.5 · held

Known after deadline

Gameweek points
53
Game average
69
Season total
242

Scored from official player points (XI, autosubs, captain doubling) — no real-world entry played this exact squad.

projected 60.9·actual 53(-7.9)game average 69
PlayerProjActualΔ
HorníčekGK3.71-2.7
MitchellDEF5.51-4.5
ThomasDEF3.20-3.2
O'SheaDEF3.11-2.1
B.FernandesMID5.32-3.3
GomezMID5.43-2.4
SakaMID5.48+2.6
MbeumoMID4.92-2.9
João PedroCFWD7.012 (24)+5.0
HaalandFWD5.89+3.2
WissaFWD4.82-2.8
Bench
LenoGK · bench2.49+6.6
EganDEF · bench2.92-0.9
GreavesDEF · bench2.81-1.8
SlaterMID · bench2.82-0.8
GW3wildcardC Haaland · wildcard_h1 · pre-deadline45

Known before deadline

Decision recorded
4 Sept, 00:41 UTC
Deadline
4 Sept, 17:30 UTC
Captain
Haaland
Projected GW points
62.5

Wildcard played — over the next 6 gameweeks the rebuild projects 244.9 pts vs 235.7 for spending free transfers one per week (+9.2, threshold 4.5). Out: Dubravka, Palmer, Alderete, Wieffer, Diop, van Ewijk, Semenyo, Rice, Simms, Iwobi. In: Wissa, Saka, O'Reilly, Gomez, Egan, Leno, Tzolakis, Slater, O'Shea, Greaves.

Permanent record for GW3

Chips considered

  • wildcard9.2 vs 4.5 · played

Known after deadline

Gameweek points
45
Game average
51
Season total
189

Scored from official player points (XI, autosubs, captain doubling) — no real-world entry played this exact squad.

projected 62.5·actual 45(-17.5)game average 51
PlayerProjActualΔ
LenoGK3.51-2.5
O'ReillyDEF · autosubbed out5.80-5.8
EganDEF3.96+2.1
O'SheaDEF2.53+0.5
SakaMID5.42-3.4
MbeumoMID5.58+2.5
GomezMID5.62-3.6
B.FernandesMID6.02-4.0
HaalandCFWD7.09 (18)+2.0
WissaFWD5.91-4.9
João PedroFWD4.51-3.5
Bench
TzolakisGK · bench3.36+2.7
SlaterMID · bench3.43-0.4
GreavesDEF · bench2.31-1.3
ThomasDEF · bench2.24+1.8
GW2Ndiaye → IwobiC B.Fernandes · pre-deadline101

Known before deadline

Decision recorded
26 Aug, 22:43 UTC
Deadline
28 Aug, 17:30 UTC
Transfer
NdiayeIwobi
Captain
B.Fernandes
Projected GW points
53.3

Ndiaye → Iwobi within the free transfer; captain B.Fernandes (v Ipswich, H); Diop out of the XI. Recorded 2026-08-26, ~43h before the deadline.

Permanent record for GW2

No chip evaluation was recorded before this deadline. Chip decisions are evaluated and recorded before each deadline from GW3 onward.

Known after deadline

Gameweek points
101
Game average
81
Season total
144

Scored from official player points (XI, autosubs, captain doubling) — no real-world entry played this exact squad.

projected 53.3·actual 101(+47.7)game average 81
PlayerProjActualΔ
DubravkaGK · autosubbed out0.90-0.9
WiefferDEF3.80-3.8
van EwijkDEF2.72-0.7
ThomasDEF2.78+5.3
MbeumoMID6.311+4.7
B.FernandesCMID6.223 (46)+16.8
HaalandFWD5.813+7.3
SemenyoMID5.75-0.7
João PedroFWD4.89+4.2
RiceMID4.55+0.5
IwobiMID3.92-1.9
Bench
PalmerGK · bench0
AldereteDEF · bench0
DiopDEF · bench2
SimmsFWD · bench0
GW1Starting squadC Haaland · pre-deadline43

Known before deadline

Decision recorded
21 Aug, 12:06 UTC
Deadline
21 Aug, 17:30 UTC
Captain
Haaland

Season-opening 15 from the multi-GW horizon optimiser under the £100.0m budget (3-5-2 fielded).

Permanent record for GW1

No chip evaluation was recorded before this deadline. Chip decisions are evaluated and recorded before each deadline from GW3 onward.

Known after deadline

Gameweek points
43
Game average
50
Season total
43
projected ·actual 43game average 50
PlayerProjActualΔ
DubravkaGK · autosubbed out0
AldereteDEF1
WiefferDEF7
DiopDEF2
NdiayeMID9
SemenyoMID2
B.FernandesMID2
RiceMID3
MbeumoMID2
HaalandCFWD2 (4)
João PedroFWD11
Bench
PalmerGK · bench0
SimmsFWD · bench2
ThomasDEF · bench3
van EwijkDEF · bench1

How Metis FC works

Unlike the Metis Fantasy 11 — which rebuilds the best legal squad from scratch every gameweek — Metis FC lives with its history: purchase prices, selling prices, bank, free transfers, hits and chips all persist. Before each deadline the model solves for the best legal action from its exact current state over a multi-gameweek horizon, and the decision is persisted in an immutable snapshot before the deadline passes. Hard FPL rules (budget, selling prices, squad shape, three per club, chip state) are enforced in deterministic code.

2026/27 season note

2026/27 season note — the dedicated Metis FC entry was not registered before the opening deadline. The model-selected starting squad was independently entered in a private FPL account and is used as the season's initial state. From GW2 onward, Metis FC decisions are generated and timestamped by the model with no retrospective overrides; the private account did not follow the GW2 decision, so from that point Metis FC is scored from official player scores and carries no real-world overall rank. Personal account details are not published.