FPL Gameweek 2: Captain Picks, Transfers & Fixtures

Gameweek 2 of the 2026-27 Fantasy Premier League season has 10 fixtures. Deadline: Friday 28 August at 18:30 UK time. Our captain pick for this gameweek lands here once the projections are in. Below you'll find every fixture with its difficulty rating, plus our captain picks, transfer targets and review.

Gameweek 2 analysis

Captain PicksWho Should You Captain in Gameweek 2? Palmer Leads Our PicksCole Palmer edges Erling Haaland at the top of our Gameweek 2 captain rankings. Projected points, ceilings, fixtures and the low-ownership alternative, explained.

Transfer TargetsBest FPL Transfers for Gameweek 2: Saka, Gakpo & White5 underowned FPL transfer targets for Gameweek 2 — who our projections rate, what they cost, and the risk on each.

GW ReviewFPL Gameweek 2 Review: What Our Picks Got Right (and Wrong)How our GW2 projections actually did: 626 players scored, 0.777 points mean error. The calls we got right and the ones we didn't.

GW2 captain pick at a glance →

Gameweek 2 fixtures

Kickoff	Home	Away	Difficulty
Fri 28 Aug, 20:00	Crystal Palace	Man City	4v3
Sat 29 Aug, 12:30	Liverpool	Nott'm Forest	3v4
Sat 29 Aug, 15:00	Bournemouth	Everton	3v3
Sat 29 Aug, 15:00	Coventry City	Hull City	2v2
Sat 29 Aug, 17:30	Spurs	Newcastle	2v3
Sun 30 Aug, 14:00	Chelsea	Brighton	2v4
Sun 30 Aug, 14:00	Leeds	Brentford	3v3
Sun 30 Aug, 14:00	Sunderland	Fulham	2v3
Sun 30 Aug, 16:30	Man Utd	Ipswich Town	2v4
Mon 31 Aug, 20:00	Aston Villa	Arsenal	4v4

Difficulty is the official FPL fixture difficulty rating, 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest), shown home v away.

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