Gameweek 25 is a good week to target players who can score without needing the perfect ‘one big chance’. The best differentials here have a clear floor (bonus/BPS, creativity, consistent involvement) and still carry spike potential (set pieces, high threat, xGI). This list blends one premium-ish forward punt with mid-price mids and defenders who actually have multiple routes to points.
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Decision
Compare these picks side-by-side before you lock your move.
Top Selected Differential Picks
M.Fernandes
West HamThis is the definition of a stealth differential: 0.3% ownership with strong form (5.8) and a clear assist/bonus profile. Creativity is high (417.2) and BPS is elite (410), so you don’t need a goal for him to return. If West Ham score, he’s a serious candidate to be involved — and almost nobody owns him.
Bowen
West HamNot ‘ultra’ differential, but still under-owned given the ceiling. The threat numbers are ridiculous (632) with massive xGI (7.63) and top ICT (147.4). Add 21 bonus and strong BPS and he’s the kind of forward who can haul and swing mini-leagues in one week. If you want a high-upside play you can captain in a pinch, this is it.
Garner
EvertonStill one of the cleanest mid-price differentials around. He combines attacking involvement (xGI 4.86 driven by xA 3.21) with a massive BPS base (523) and consistent bonus (10). Even when Everton aren’t blowing teams away, he can nick points through assists, set pieces and bonus.
Konaté
LiverpoolA strong ‘boring-but-deadly’ defender pick: seven clean sheets with solid influence (533.8) and a healthy BPS base (344). There’s also set-piece upside (xG 1.03, xGI 1.84). You’re buying a reliable clean-sheet route with occasional goal threat — exactly what you want from a differential defender.
Truffert
BournemouthBudget defender with genuine assist potential. Creativity is unusually high for a DEF (324.3) and the xA backs it up (1.21), plus he’s already shown bonus involvement (7). Six clean sheets give him a base, but the real appeal is that he can return even when Bournemouth concede once.
Key Takeaways
- Purest rank-chaser: M.Fernandes — 0.3% ownership with big creativity and BPS floor.
- Highest ceiling: Bowen — huge threat/xGI and proven bonus profile for hauling weeks.
- Best mid-price glue pick: Garner — assists + bonus machine with strong xGI.
- Best clean-sheet + set-piece DEF: Konaté — reliable base with goal threat upside.
- Best budget attacking DEF: Truffert — creativity/xA profile gives assist routes.