FPL Gameweek 8: Captain Picks, Transfers & Fixtures — Gabriel Leads Our Picks

Gameweek 8 of the 2026-27 Fantasy Premier League season has 10 fixtures. Deadline: Friday 23 October at 18:30 UK time. Our top captain pick this week is Gabriel, on 8.8 projected points. Below you'll find every fixture with its difficulty rating, plus our captain picks, transfer targets and review.

Gameweek 8 analysis

Captain PicksWho Should You Captain in Gameweek 8? Mbeumo Leads Our PicksBryan Mbeumo tops our Gameweek 8 captain rankings on 6.96 projected points at home to Bournemouth, with Cunha, Palmer and Rogers the main alternatives.

Transfer TargetsBest FPL Transfers for Gameweek 8: Cunha, Justin & Isak5 underowned FPL transfer targets for Gameweek 8 — who our projections rate, what they cost, and the risk on each.

GW ReviewFPL Gameweek 8 Review: What Our Picks Got Right (and Wrong)How our GW8 projections actually did: 669 players scored, 1.299 points mean error. The calls we got right and the ones we didn't.

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Gameweek 8 fixtures

Kickoff	Home	Away	Difficulty
Fri 23 Oct, 20:00	Ipswich Town	Nott'm Forest	3v2
Sat 24 Oct, 12:30	Aston Villa	Man City	4v3
Sat 24 Oct, 15:00	Coventry City	Fulham	2v2
Sat 24 Oct, 15:00	Arsenal	Everton	3v5
Sat 24 Oct, 17:30	Chelsea	Spurs	2v4
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00	Crystal Palace	Newcastle	3v3
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00	Hull City	Brentford	3v2
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00	Liverpool	Brighton	3v4
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00	Man Utd	Bournemouth	3v4
Sun 25 Oct, 16:30	Sunderland	Leeds	3v3

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

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