Fantasy Voetball 2026/2027 Round 5 Preview

Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 5 preview: double gameweek buys, captains and differentials

Gameweek 5 is the first double gameweek of the Fantasy Voetball 2026/2027 season. Four clubs — NEC Nijmegen, FC Twente, Telstar and Excelsior — blanked in round 3, and those rescheduled fixtures land on 8 and 9 September. All four therefore play twice before the round closes, while the other fourteen clubs play once. The deadline is Friday 4 September at 18:55, ahead of Sparta Rotterdam against PEC Zwolle.

Everyone reading this already knows to load up on the doubles. The round is not won by noticing that; it is won by picking the right three from each of those clubs, and by being honest about which popular single-gameweek players have to go. With a maximum of three players per club, you can hold at most twelve doubling assets — so the squeeze is real and the order in which you fill those slots matters more than usual.

The double gameweek fixtures

Two of those four are much better than the other two. NEC Nijmegen play both games at home, and one of them is against the weakest attack in the round: NEC are 63% to beat Excelsior with a 33% clean sheet chance. FC Twente have the highest combined expected goals in the round at 4.11, and their second fixture is a home game against Telstar they are 61% to win.

Excelsior are the double to be careful with. Both games are away, they are 16% to win at NEC and 41% at Willem II, and the model gives them just 2.68 expected goals across the pair. Their defenders and goalkeeper are still worth a look on price, but their attackers are not a shortcut to points. Telstar sit in between — a very winnable home game against Cambuur, then a trip to Twente they are 18% to win.

You can check every one of these numbers, plus the rest of the schedule, on the Fantasy Voetball schedule page and the market probabilities page.

Best buys by position

Goalkeeper: the cheapest double is also the best one

Ronald Koeman (4.5m, TEL) is the highest-projected goalkeeper in the round at 8.2 predicted points, and he is the cheapest starting option among the doubling clubs. The reason is volume rather than clean sheets: Telstar concede a lot, and the model has him making 8.7 saves across the two matches. He is also Telstar's designated penalty taker, which is a genuinely unusual source of upside for a 4.5m keeper.

If you would rather buy the clean sheet than the save points, Lars Unnerstall (5.0m, TWE) is the pick at 7.2 predicted points. His 55% combined clean sheet chance is the highest of any goalkeeper in the round, driven by a trip to Groningen and a home game with Telstar. Gonzalo Crettaz (5.0m, NEC) at 7.0 is the third option, with two home games and a 47% combined clean sheet chance.

At the budget end, Stijn van Gassel (4.5m, EXC) returns 6.7 predicted points — still comfortably ahead of every single-gameweek keeper, the best of which is Vasilios Barkas at 4.0. Whichever you choose, take one of the four doubles: the gap between the cheapest double and the best single is more than 2.5 points.

Defenders: Twente and Telstar, then a cheap filler

Bart van Rooij (6.5m, TWE) is the premium and the safest of the lot. He has the highest defensive clean sheet exposure in the round at 52% combined, he contributes going forward, and he already returned 12 points in gameweek 4. He is also the one defender here who holds his value past this round: 8.2 → 5.2 → 2.8 across the next three rounds, with a weighted six-round score of 18.5, the best of any defender in the game.

Jeff Hardeveld (5.5m, TEL) is the attacking alternative. The model has him on 0.29 expected goals and 0.19 expected assists across the double — unusually high for a defender, and the reason he out-projects several better-defended options.

The budget pick is Tobias Storm (4.5m, NEC) at 5.1 points. He is the cheapest route into NEC's two home games, and at 4.2% ownership he is close to a free differential. If you need to go one cheaper still, Abdelnour Soualhia (4.5m, TEL) returns 5.2 at 1.9% ownership. Either beats every single-gameweek defender in the game — the best of those is Bas Kuipers at 4.0.

Midfielders: the strongest position in the round by some distance

Daan Rots (7.5m, TWE) is the highest-projected player in the round at 10.9 points, on 0.77 expected goals and 0.29 expected assists across the two games. He also carries a large share of Twente's penalty duty. Round 4 was a blank for him, which is exactly why he is only 15% owned — the underlying numbers have not moved.

Tjaronn Chery (8.0m, NEC) is the pick if you want the higher floor. He is NEC's confirmed penalty taker, he has 30 points in three appearances this season including 15 in round 4, and he has two home games. His trajectory is the best in the game over any horizon you choose: 10.7 → 5.5 → 6.4, with a weighted six-round score of 25.2. If you only make one transfer this week, this is the one that keeps paying after the double ends.

The value pick is Patrick Brouwer (6.0m, TEL) at 8.8 points and a PPM of 1.47 — the best of any midfielder in the round. He scored 13 in gameweek 1 and is owned by just 6%. For a genuinely cheap filler, Rui Mendes (5.0m, TEL) returns 6.0 and Jamiro Monteiro (5.9m, NEC) returns 6.7, both under 1% owned. Compare the whole list on the Fantasy Voetball player picks page.

Forwards: one obvious pick, then a sharp drop

Wout Weghorst (8.5m, TWE) is the only forward worth a premium slot this week, at 8.8 predicted points and 0.79 expected goals across the double. Nothing else in the position is close: Bryan Linssen (8.0m, NEC) is next at 6.9, and the best single-gameweek forward is Ayase Ueda at 5.0 for 12.0m.

That makes forward the position to save money in. Jelani Seedorf (4.5m, TEL) returns 5.6 points at a PPM of 1.24 — the best value in the position — and David Garden (5.0m, EXC) returns 5.9 at 1.3% ownership. Both out-score every premium single-gameweek striker in the game while freeing up 4m or more for your midfield.

Captaincy

Daan Rots is the captain at 10.9 predicted points, the highest in the game. Two fixtures, the highest combined expected goals of any club, and a share of Twente's penalties give him both the ceiling and the volume you want from an armband.

Tjaronn Chery is the alternative if you want the safer floor, and the gap is only 0.2 points. He has two home games rather than one away and one home, he is the confirmed penalty taker, and he has been the more consistent scorer this season. Choosing between them is close to a coin flip, and either is clearly ahead of the field.

Dusan Tadić (8.5m, NEC) at 9.2 is the third option and the best low-ownership armband at 8.5% owned. Behind those three, Patrick Brouwer and Wout Weghorst are level on 8.8. Do not captain outside the doubling clubs this week — the best single-gameweek player in the round is Shunsuke Mito at 6.0, which is barely half of what Rots projects.

Hidden gems and differentials

This is where the round is actually won. Chery, van Rooij and Koeman will be in a large share of teams; the remaining squad slots are what separate you from the field.

• Marko Pjaca (6.5m, TWE) — 7.9 predicted points at 0.5% ownership. The single biggest ownership-to-output gap in the round. He is a rotation risk at 0.71 starter probability, which is precisely why nobody owns him, but 7.9 points from a 6.5m midfielder is a bet worth taking. He scored 8 in gameweek 4.
• Dusan Tadić (8.5m, NEC) — 9.2 points and 8.5% owned. The third-highest projection in the game at a fraction of Chery's ownership, with the highest expected assists of any player in the round at 0.39.
• Jamiro Monteiro (5.9m, NEC) — 6.7 points, 0.9% owned. The cheapest way into NEC's two home games in midfield.
• Marvin Peersman (5.0m, TEL) — 6.6 points, 5.1% owned, PPM 1.32. Almost matches Hardeveld for half a million less and a quarter of the ownership.
• Irakli Yegoian (6.1m, EXC) — 7.2 points, 7.1% owned. The one Excelsior attacker worth owning; he scored 13 in gameweek 1 and plays 169 of a possible 180 minutes.
• Lars Unnerstall (5.0m, TWE) — 7.2 points, 6.8% owned, and the best clean sheet odds in the round. A quiet way to gain on the 34% of managers in Koeman.

If you are stacking, Unnerstall plus Propper or van Rooij is the correlated pair the fixtures support — both cash in on the same 30% clean sheet against Telstar. Do not extend that logic to Excelsior: their defenders are cheap and playable on their own merits, but neither of their fixtures gives you a clean sheet worth doubling up on.

Who to sell

The uncomfortable part of a double gameweek is that good players from single-gameweek clubs have to make way. These are the highest-owned players whose round 5 collapses:

Gjivai Zechiel (8.3m, FEY) is the headline sell. He is the season's leading scorer with 34 points and sits in 40% of teams, but his projection has been falling for weeks: 3.2 → 2.9 → 2.7 → 2.4 → 2.2 → 1.6 over the next six rounds, for a weighted score of 9.7. That is bottom-half output from a top-price midfielder, and this is the week to act while there is an obvious upgrade available.

Kaj Sierhuis (8.0m, NEC) is the one that catches people out. He is a NEC player in a double gameweek and still projects only 1.7 points, because the model does not expect him to start either match. Owning the right club is not the same as owning the right player.

Jari De Busser (5.0m, AZ) is not a bad goalkeeper, but at 32% ownership and 3.5 projected points he is the clearest downgrade in the game this week — Koeman costs half a million less and projects 4.7 points higher. If you make one cheap move, make it that one. Check who is expected to start on the Fantasy Voetball predicted lineups page before you commit.

The best Suikeroom team for Gameweek 5

Suikeroom gives you unlimited transfers for one round with no budget, so the only real constraints are the formation and the three-players-per-club cap. This is the highest-projecting legal XI for round 5, in a 1-3-4-3:

That XI projects 89.4 points before the captain, or 100.3 with Rots in the armband. The interesting part is the price tag: it costs 72.5m, comfortably inside the 100.4m budget. In other words, this round does not require the chip — a full wildcard, or even a couple of well-chosen transfers, gets you most of the way there. Save Suikeroom for a round where the optimal team is genuinely unaffordable. For the exact optimum solved live against the current numbers, use the Fantasy Voetball optimal teams solver.

Looking ahead to Gameweek 6

Do not plan this round in isolation. Ajax and Willem II double in gameweek 6, Ajax playing away at Fortuna Sittard and then at home to Willem II. That lifts Oscar Gloukh and Steven Berghuis to 10.0 predicted points each and Davy Klaassen to 8.9 — numbers that rival what the round 5 doubles produce this week.

The practical consequence: if you are choosing between two players of similar round 5 value, take the one who is not about to be sold again. Chery (25.2 weighted) and Rots (24.1 weighted) both hold up well past this round. Telstar's cheap assets do not — Hardeveld drops from 7.3 to 2.7 and Peersman from 6.6 to 2.4 in gameweek 6, so treat those as deliberate one-round buys and plan the exit before you make the entry. More rounds are broken down in the Fantasy Voetball preview hub, and you can revisit last week's round 4 preview for the picks that led into this one.

FAQ

Who should I captain in Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 5?

Daan Rots of FC Twente is the top captain pick at 10.9 predicted points, the highest of any player in the round. He plays twice, Twente have the highest combined expected goals in the gameweek at 4.11, and he takes a share of their penalties. Tjaronn Chery of NEC Nijmegen is only 0.2 points behind at 10.7 and offers the safer floor with two home games and confirmed penalty duty, so either is defensible.

Which teams have a double gameweek in Fantasy Voetball round 5?

NEC Nijmegen, FC Twente, Telstar and Excelsior all play twice in round 5. None of the four had a fixture in round 3, and those postponed games have been rescheduled for 8 and 9 September. NEC have the best double with two home matches; Twente have the highest combined expected goals at 4.11. Excelsior are the weakest of the four, with both fixtures away.

What are the best differentials for Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 5?

Marko Pjaca of FC Twente is the standout at 7.9 predicted points and just 0.5% ownership, though he carries rotation risk at a 0.71 starter probability. Dusan Tadić at 9.2 points and 8.5% owned is the best high-projection low-ownership pick, and Jamiro Monteiro at 6.7 points and 0.9% owned is the cheapest differential route into NEC's two home games.

Should I sell Gjivai Zechiel before Gameweek 5?

Yes. Zechiel is the season's leading scorer with 34 points and sits in 40% of teams, but he projects only 3.2 points in round 5 and his trajectory falls steadily to 1.6 by round 10, for a weighted six-round score of 9.7. Feyenoord play once. With doubling midfielders available at similar prices, this is the natural week to move him on.

Which cheap players are worth buying in Fantasy Voetball round 5?

Jelani Seedorf at 4.5m returns 5.6 predicted points for the best forward value in the round, Tobias Storm at 4.5m returns 5.1 as the cheapest route into NEC's two home games, and Ronald Koeman at 4.5m is both the cheapest and the highest-projected goalkeeper at 8.2. All three out-score every equivalently priced single-gameweek option. The full price-sorted list is on the player picks page.

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