SuperCoach EPL guide: Best players to pick for 2025-26 season
The beauty of Australia's favourite fantasy game is, however you want to approach the season — you can.
There will be people who have spent weeks looking at spreadsheets and collating numbers since SuperCoach EPL launched for the first time.
And of course, there will be others who pick a team in haste as the kick-off for the first game of the season approaches.
That match is on Saturday at 5am when champions Liverpool host Bournemouth.
The beauty of SuperCoach EPL is you can structure your team however you want and change your formation every week.
There will be some coaches who focus on forward firepower and others who spend big in defence and try to bank clean sheet points.
If you're late to SuperCoach EPL — or don't know who to pick — this is where you should start.
Dorde Petrovic saves a penalty during Bouremouth's pre-season.
GOALKEEPER
Pick Dorde Petrovic — £4,500,000
Pick 1 of these guys
Ederson £7,750,000
Alisson £7,420,000
Robert Sanchez £6,920,000
David Raya £6,770,000
Robin Roefs £3,900,000
James Trafford £3,900,000
Petrovic will start the campaign as Bouremouth's No. 1 after making a big-money move from Chelsea. You can either start him as your on-field keeper or put him on the bench and pay up for a top custodian like Alisson or Ederson. This is the position where many coaches have chosen to save money and go with an option like Robin Roefs who is cheap and will start the campaign in goal for Sunderland.
Aston Villa left-back Ian Maatsen.
DEFENDERS
Pick 2-3 of these cheapies
Ian Maatsen £4,770,000
Gabriel Gudmundsson £4,500,000
Patrick Dorgu £4,400,000
Kyle Walker £4,200,000
Leny Yoro £3,900,000
Adrien Truffert £3,750,000
El Hadji Malick Diouf £3,750,000
Pick 2-3 of these guys
Virgil van Dijk £9,040,000
Milos Kerkez £8,470,000
Aaron Wan-Bissaka £8,290,000
Rayan Ait-Nouri £8,150,000
Marc Cucurella £7,650,000
Jeremie Frimpong £6,500,000
Matty Cash £6,490,000
Defence will be what separates many coaches. There are plenty of SuperCoaches will be happy to go cheap, especially with Manchester United appearing to offer plenty of value. But if champions Liverpool start strongly and van Dijk, Kerkez and Frimpong are scoring well, those who go with a premium defensive strategy will have an edge.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall will slot straight into the Everton midfield.
Jack Grealish will be out to reignite his career at the Toffees.
MIDFIELDERS
Pick at least one of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Jack Grealish — both £3,900,000
Pick Cole Palmer — £12,720,000
Pick 2 or 3 of these guys
Jarrod Bowen £11,730,000
Bruno Fernandes £11,490,000
Enzo Fernandez £9,320,000
Delcan Rice £9,280,000
Youri Tielemans £9,080,000
Mikkel Daamsgaard £8,470,000
Dominik Szoboszkai £8,320,000
Elliot Anderson £8,130,000
Martin Odegaard £7,910,000
Rayan Cherki £7,000,000
Tijjani Reijnders £6,500,000
Grant Xhaka £6,500,000
Anton Stach £4,500,000
James McAtee £4,150,000
Myles Lewis-Skelly £3,900,000
Dewsbury-Hall and Grealish have emerged as standout cheapie options as moving from Chelsea and Manchester City respectively to Everton. Chelsea was a dream fixture to start the season and it's little surprise the Blues' talisman Cole Palmer is one of the most popular players in SuperCoach. Whether you can pair him with another premium such as Bruno Fernandes will come down to how much you plan on spending in defence and attack.
Bejamin Sesko.
Viktor Gyokeres slams a header on target.
FORWARDS
Pick Erling Haaland — £11,570,000
Pick 2 of these guys
Bukayo Saka — £10,470,000
Omar Marmoush — £8,640,000
Joao Pedro — £8,440,000
Ollie Watkins — £8,300,000
Florian Wirtz — £8,000,000
Morgan Rogers — £7,760,000
Viktor Gyokeres — £7,500,000
Cody Gakpo — £7,390,000
Hugo Ekitike — £6,500,000
Benjamin Sesko — £6,500,000
Thierno Barry — $4,500,000
Donyell Malan — £4,220,000
Haaland still netted 22 goals last season despite a campaign interrupted by injury and exacerbated by Manchester City's slump. The prolific Norwegian is the sixth most expensive player in SuperCoach but should really have a similar price tag to Mo Salah. Liverpool maestro Salah is the most expensive player by almost £3,000,000 but with trades at a premium, squeezing him in should pay off. Ollie Watkins has been on fire in pre-season and Donyell Malan has also impressed for Aston Villa. Big-money additions Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko could prove serious bargains at less than £8,000,000.
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