Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7: captain picks and buys

Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7 preview: best buys, captain picks and differentials

Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7 is a full nine-match Eredivisie round, and it is a round where the cheap seats decide leagues. The three biggest home favourites all land on the same weekend, so almost every manager will arrive holding two or three of the same attackers. The separation comes from the squad spots after those: a goalkeeper on the best clean-sheet fixture of the round, a 4.5m midfielder with the best points-per-million in the entire game, and one premium whose six-round program is far better than his Gameweek 7 number suggests.

All numbers below are the model's predicted points (xP) for Gameweek 7, pulled on 14 September 2026, with the round deadline on 18 September. You can follow every projection live on the Fantasy Voetball player picks page, and the round's full nine-game slate is on the Fantasy Voetball schedule.

Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7 fixtures: where the points are

Three fixtures dominate the round. AZ Alkmaar - Telstar is the strongest single fixture on the board: AZ carry a 76% win probability and 2.91 expected goals, the highest attacking projection of the Gameweek. Ajax - Excelsior is next at 73% and 2.85 expected goals, and Feyenoord - FC Utrecht is the defensive one to target - Feyenoord's 39.5% clean sheet chance is the best of any team in Gameweek 7, and Utrecht are projected for just 0.93 goals.

The fourth name on that list is the one most managers under-own. FC Groningen host PEC Zwolle with a 57% win probability and a 29% clean sheet chance, and three Groningen players sit inside the round's top ten for predicted points. That is the cheapest route into this Gameweek.

Look one round ahead before you commit. FC Twente host PSV Eindhoven this week - a 35% home win probability and the toughest assignment of the round for a side plenty of managers are invested in - but Twente then travel to Fortuna Sittard as 50% favourites. AZ, by contrast, go to Feyenoord in Gameweek 8, which is why their defenders are a one-week play rather than a hold. Check the full multi-round picture on the Fantasy Voetball market probabilities page.

Best goalkeeper picks for Gameweek 7

Tjark Ernst (5.4m, FEY) is the goalkeeper to own if you want the best clean-sheet odds in the round. Feyenoord's 39.5% shutout chance at home to Utrecht is the highest figure on the board, Ernst is projected for 4.20 xP, and he is owned by just 3.5% of managers. That combination - the best fixture and almost no ownership - is rare at this position.

Jari De Busser (5.0m, AZ) is the safer, more heavily-owned route at 30.1% ownership. 4.00 xP behind a 37.3% clean sheet chance is a strong floor, and if you already hold him there is no case for paying a transfer to move across to Ernst this week.

The budget pick is Kilian Nikiema (4.5m, ADO). At 4.5m he is the cheapest goalkeeper the model has at four points or more - 4.00 xP for a 0.89 points-per-million return, the best of any keeper in the game this week. ADO Den Haag host Cambuur with a 27.9% clean sheet chance, and the money you save funds a premium midfielder. One caveat: ADO travel to Telstar in Gameweek 8, so treat him as a two-week rental rather than a season-long solution.

Confirm the expected starters on the Fantasy Voetball predicted lineups page before the deadline.

Best defenders for Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7

Tsuyoshi Watanabe (6.0m, FEY) is the highest-projected defender in Gameweek 7 at 4.70 xP, and at 3.1% ownership he is a genuine differential. The model has him at 0.35 expected clean-sheet value on Feyenoord's best shutout fixture of the round, plus 0.11 expected goals of his own. Pairing him with Ernst is the correlated stack this round supports: one Feyenoord clean sheet pays both.

Givairo Read (6.5m, FEY) is the attacking version of the same bet at 4.40 xP and 13.8% ownership. Mika Mármol (5.5m, FEY) at 4.00 xP is the third Feyenoord route. Note the three-per-club cap - a Feyenoord goalkeeper plus two defenders already uses your full allocation.

AZ's back line is the best one-week play on the board but not a hold. Elijah Dijkstra (5.1m, AZ) projects 4.20 xP at 0.82 points per million, and Wouter Goes (5.5m, AZ) 4.00. Both fall away immediately: Dijkstra's three-round line reads 4.20 -> 1.90 -> 3.30 and Goes 4.00 -> 1.80 -> 3.30, because AZ visit Feyenoord in Gameweek 8. Buy them for this week only if you are happy to move again, or skip.

The budget defender to own is Tobias Storm (4.5m, NEC). At 4.5m he projects 3.50 xP for 0.78 points per million, and unlike the AZ pair he recovers rather than collapses: 3.50 -> 2.00 -> 4.20 -> 3.80 across the next four rounds, with a weighted six-round score of 11.06. NEC host Go Ahead Eagles this week and then face Fortuna Sittard at home in Gameweek 9 as 68% favourites.

Hidden gem: Wouter Prins (5.0m, GRO) at 0.7% ownership and 3.90 xP. He is projected for a full 80 minutes with Groningen at home, and almost nobody has him. This is a one-round differential rather than an investment - his weighted six-round score of 8.80 is modest - but as a bench-to-starter swap it is close to free.

Best midfielders for Gameweek 7

Steven Berghuis (7.9m, AJX) is the highest-projected player in the entire game this Gameweek at 5.70 xP - and only 4.1% of managers own him. Ajax host Excelsior, the model gives him 0.42 expected goals and 0.18 expected assists from a projected 65 minutes, and at 7.9m he is meaningfully cheaper than the premium midfielders above him in price. If you make one aggressive move this week, make it this one.

Julian Brandt (9.6m, AJX) is the same fixture at 22.4% ownership and 5.50 xP, with more minutes projected (72) but a higher price at 9.6m. Owning both is legitimate; owning Brandt alone is the safer, more template choice.

Guus Til (11.9m, PSV) is the premium whose Gameweek 7 number undersells him. 4.90 xP away at Twente is only mid-table for the round, but his weighted six-round score of 21.36 is the highest of any player in Fantasy Voetball, driven by 4.90 -> 7.00 -> 6.40 -> 5.10 across the next four rounds as PSV host Heerenveen and then travel to ADO Den Haag as 77% favourites. If you are building for the next month rather than the next Saturday, he is the buy.

Jacob Trenskow (8.5m, HEE) is the mid-price version of the same logic: 4.60 xP now, but 4.60 -> 3.70 -> 6.50 -> 5.50 over four rounds and a 17.63 weighted score. Tjaronn Chery (8.1m, NEC) at 34.5% ownership carries penalty duty for NEC and projects 4.90 xP at home, rising to 5.60 in Gameweek 9.

Value pick: David van der Werff (6.0m, GRO) projects 5.10 xP at 0.85 points per million - the best return of any player above five points this week - and is owned by 2.0%. He is projected for 77 minutes with a full starter rating, so the minutes risk that usually comes with a cheap midfielder is not there.

Budget pick: Shiloh Zand (4.5m, SIT) has the best points-per-million figure in the whole game at 0.91 - 4.10 xP for 4.5m - with 0.8% ownership. Fortuna Sittard travel to Willem II in a near-coin-flip fixture (37.4% away win against 38.0%), so this is a pure price play, but at that cost he is the single most efficient way to free up money for Berghuis or Til.

Best forwards for Gameweek 7

Mexx Meerdink (9.0m, AZ) is the template forward and the highest-owned attacker in the game at 41.0%. He projects 5.60 xP with 0.62 expected goals on the round's best fixture, and he is AZ's penalty taker. Owning him does not win you your league, but not owning him is a real risk this week.

Thom van Bergen (7.9m, GRO) is the pick that actually separates. 5.50 xP at 32.7% ownership, with the model projecting a full 90 minutes and a 1.00 starter rating - the only forward in the round's top five projected for the full match. 7.9m for that is a better shape than Meerdink at 9.0m.

Wout Weghorst (8.5m, TWE) is the hold-through-a-bad-fixture case. 5.40 xP against PSV is remarkable given Twente are 35% underdogs at home, and his weighted six-round score of 18.56 is second only to Til across the whole game - 5.40 -> 5.30 -> 5.60 -> 4.00 across the next four. Do not sell him on this fixture.

Value pick: Brynjolfur Andersen Willumsson (6.7m, GRO) at 5.40 xP and 0.81 points per million, owned by 12.2%. He is the cheapest way into the Groningen fixture and, like his team-mate, carries a 1.00 starter rating.

Differential: Milan Zonneveld (6.1m, SPA) at 7.0% ownership and 4.70 xP. Sparta Rotterdam host Heerenveen in the round's tightest fixture (38.7% against 36.3%), but Zonneveld is projected 82 minutes with 0.47 expected goals, and he is the focal point of that attack.

Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7 captain picks

Captain: Steven Berghuis. He is the model's highest-projected player of Gameweek 7 at 5.70 xP, which is the number the armband doubles. Ajax at home to Excelsior is the second-best attacking fixture of the round - 73% win probability, 2.85 expected goals - and the opposition are projected to win just 11.3% of the time. At 4.1% ownership, captaining him is also the biggest rank swing available.

Second choice: Mexx Meerdink (5.60 xP). The higher-floor option and the one most of your rivals will pick. AZ's 76% win probability is the best in the round, and the penalty duty raises his ceiling. If you are protecting a league position rather than chasing one, this is the correct armband.

Third choice: Thom van Bergen (5.50 xP) or Julian Brandt (5.50 xP). Van Bergen is the one with 90 projected minutes, which matters for a captain more than it does for a squad filler.

Captaincy is a plan, not a single pick. Ajax host NEC in Gameweek 8 and PSV become 77% favourites in Gameweek 9, so the premium you buy this week should still give you an armband option in two rounds' time. The Fantasy Voetball optimal teams solver runs the full squad-and-captain optimisation live against these same numbers.

Who to sell before Gameweek 7

Ruben van Bommel (9.3m, PSV) is the clearest sell in the game. He is owned by 27.8% of managers and projects 1.10 xP - the model has him on a 0.17 starter rating and 21 projected minutes, which is the lowest projection of any widely-owned player. At that price the money is far better spent on Berghuis or Trenskow.

Bart van Rooij (6.5m, TWE) at 32.8% ownership is the other one to move. 2.70 xP at home to PSV is a poor week for a defender that heavily owned. His Gameweek 8 and 9 numbers recover (4.10 and 4.00), so this is a one-week downgrade decision rather than a permanent exit - if you have a free transfer and a better use for it, spend it elsewhere.

Gjivai Zechiel (8.5m, FEY) is the most-owned player in Fantasy Voetball at 49.5% and he is no longer the best Feyenoord midfielder to hold. He projects 4.30 xP against 4.80 for Luciano Valente (8.2m), who is cheaper, projected for more minutes (81 against 69), and carries a better six-round weighted score (15.66 against 12.57). That is an upgrade in everything but the transfer cost.

Finally, a timing note rather than a sell: Mateo Chavez (5.4m, AZ) is owned by 28.7% and drops from 3.40 to 1.40 in Gameweek 8 when AZ visit Feyenoord. If you are moving an AZ defender out, do it after this round, not before it.

Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7 summary

Own one of the three big home favourites in attack, then win the round in the spots nobody is looking at: a Feyenoord clean-sheet stack that costs almost nothing in ownership, a 4.5m midfielder with the best points-per-million in the game, and a Groningen fixture that three of the round's top ten projections come from. For the exact optimal squad against these numbers, run the optimal teams for Fantasy Voetball solver, and compare every projection on the Fantasy Voetball player picks page. More rounds are covered in our Fantasy Voetball preview hub, and you can read back through the Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 6 preview for how the picks landed last week.

FAQ

Who should I captain in Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7?

Steven Berghuis is the model's top captain pick for Gameweek 7 with 5.70 predicted points, the highest of any player in the game, as Ajax host Excelsior with a 73% win probability. Mexx Meerdink (5.60 xP) is the higher-floor alternative on AZ's 76% win probability at home to Telstar.

Which budget midfielders are best for Gameweek 7?

Shiloh Zand at 4.5m has the best points-per-million figure in Fantasy Voetball this Gameweek at 0.91, projecting 4.10 xP. David van der Werff (6.0m) is the better all-round value at 5.10 xP and 0.85 points per million, with 77 projected minutes in Groningen's home fixture against PEC Zwolle.

Should I sell Ruben van Bommel before Gameweek 7?

Yes. Ruben van Bommel projects just 1.10 xP for Gameweek 7 on a 0.17 starter rating and 21 projected minutes, despite being owned by 27.8% of managers. At 9.3m that is the worst value-for-price combination among heavily-owned players in the game.

Best differentials for Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7?

Steven Berghuis (4.1% owned, 5.70 xP) is the standout - the highest-projected player in the round at low ownership. Tsuyoshi Watanabe (3.1% owned) is the top-projected defender of the Gameweek at 4.70 xP, and Tjark Ernst (3.5% owned) starts behind the best clean-sheet fixture of the round at 39.5%.

Which defenders have the best clean sheet odds in Gameweek 7?

Feyenoord, at 39.5% at home to FC Utrecht, carry the highest clean sheet chance in Fantasy Voetball Gameweek 7, ahead of AZ Alkmaar (37.3% against Telstar) and Ajax (33.4% against Excelsior). Feyenoord defenders are therefore the strongest clean-sheet route, with Tsuyoshi Watanabe the highest-projected of them at 4.70 xP.

This preview was written by TheFantasyTool AI.