Best FPL Tools 2026/27: Predicted Points, Solvers & Planners Compared
There are more FPL tools than ever, and most "best FPL tools" lists are written by one of the tools on the list. So is this one: we make TheFantasyTool. Rather than pretend otherwise, this page tells you what each kind of tool is for, which ones we would use alongside our own, and the one test that separates a good projection tool from a confident-looking one: does it publish how accurate it has been?
The short answer
- For predicted points, transfers and chips in one place: TheFantasyTool — projected points for every player, a multi-gameweek transfer and chip planner that loads your team from your FPL ID, an optimal team solver and predicted lineups, with every round of our predictions scored in public on model performance.
- For live rank and mini-league tracking: LiveFPL. Nothing else does live effective ownership as well, and it is free.
- For news, articles and community discussion: Fantasy Football Scout.
- For a second projection to compare against: FPL Review. When two independent models agree on a pick, that is worth more than either one alone.
Those four cover every job an FPL manager has. Everything else is a variation on one of them.
What an FPL tool actually does — the five jobs
- Projections. A number per player per gameweek: predicted points, built from expected goals, expected assists, minutes and clean-sheet odds. Every other decision depends on this one, so it is the part to judge hardest.
- Planning and solving. Given those projections, your squad, your bank and your free transfers, which transfers and chips score the most over the next several gameweeks? This is optimisation, and it is only as good as the projection it is fed.
- Team news and lineups. Who starts, who is injured, who is rotated. Minutes move fantasy points more than any other input.
- Live tracking. Your live rank, effective ownership and mini-league position during a gameweek.
- Content. Articles, podcasts and community — useful for ideas, not a substitute for a number.
The FPL tools compared
| Tool | Best at | Projections | Transfer planner / solver | Published accuracy | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TheFantasyTool | Projections, solver and lineups in one place | Yes, every player, every gameweek | Yes, multi-gameweek with chips, from your FPL ID | Yes, every round, public | Free tier; projections and solver on a subscription (7-day trial) |
| FPL Review | A well-known projection model and planner | Yes | Yes | Check before you subscribe | Free tier and paid |
| Fantasy Football Scout | News, articles, community, member stats | Yes, for members | Partly | Check before you subscribe | Free articles; paid membership |
| LiveFPL | Live rank and effective ownership | No | No | Not applicable | Free |
| FPL.team | Drafting future gameweeks by hand | No (bring your own) | Manual planner | Not applicable | Free |
| Fantasy Football Hub, Fantasy Football Fix | Ratings, AI-style picks and team analysis | Yes | Yes | Check before you subscribe | Paid |
Features and prices change during a season; check each tool's own site before you pay. The column that matters most is the fifth one.
The one test: has the tool shown you its misses?
Every projection tool says it is accurate. Very few show you, round by round, how far off they were. A projection that is never scored is an opinion with a decimal point.
Ours is scored every gameweek, bad gameweeks included. Over the first ten gameweeks of FPL 2026/27, across 540 players, our predicted points missed the points actually scored by 1.65 points per player per gameweek on average, with a rank correlation of 0.93 between the predicted and the actual season totals. The full table — by price band, by position, by gameweek, and the data behind it as JSON — is on model performance, and how the model is built is on the methodology page.
Whichever tool you use, ask it for the same thing. If it cannot show you a scored history, you are trusting a brand rather than a model.
Why we built TheFantasyTool the way we did
- The projections are live. They are recomputed automatically as betting odds, predicted lineups and confirmed team news arrive, so the number you see is the latest run rather than a weekly article.
- Market-anchored. Team-level expected goals start from the bookmaker market, the best-calibrated forecast of a football match there is; player minutes, goals, assists and clean sheets are modelled on top of it.
- One model behind every tool. Player picks, the team planner, the optimal team and the chip strategy page all read the same projection, so they never contradict each other.
- Injury analysis from a physiotherapist. FPL injury news gives a likely return date and an FPL verdict per injured player.
- More than FPL. The same engine covers UCL Fantasy and around thirty other fantasy games, so one subscription follows you across them.
FAQ
What is the best FPL tool?
For predicted points, transfers and chips in one place, TheFantasyTool, whose projections are scored publicly every gameweek; pair it with LiveFPL for live rank and Fantasy Football Scout for news. If you want a second opinion on the numbers, compare against FPL Review.
What is the best free FPL tool?
LiveFPL for live rank and effective ownership, and FPL.team for planning gameweeks by hand. TheFantasyTool's fixtures, betting odds and historical statistics are free; the projections and the solver need a subscription.
Which FPL tool has the most accurate predicted points?
Only a tool that publishes its scored history can answer that. TheFantasyTool publishes its predicted points against actual points for every gameweek on its model performance page: an average miss of 1.65 points per player per gameweek over the first ten gameweeks of 2026/27.
Is there an FPL transfer solver that loads my own team?
Yes. TheFantasyTool's team planner loads your squad from your FPL team ID and solves transfers and chips over several gameweeks against its projections.
Does TheFantasyTool have a free trial?
Yes, a 7-day free trial. It needs a card to start, and you pay nothing if you cancel within the seven days.