RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13: captain picks and best buys
RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13 preview: best buys, captain picks and differentials
RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13 kicks off on 5 November with Al Kholood v Al Khaleej, and the deadline is 13:20 UTC that day. It is also the last gameweek before a 13-day gap, so whatever you bring in now sits in your squad until Gameweek 14 on 20 November. That makes this a program decision rather than a one-week one. Al Hilal have the best three-gameweek run in the league, Al Nassr are close behind, and two of the most popular picks are projected for fewer than 20 minutes. All numbers below are expected points (xP) from our model. The full ranking for every player is on the RSL Fantasy player picks page.
RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13 fixtures: whose next three gameweeks are worth owning
Al Hilal's [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD is the standout program. It carries 7.68 expected goals and 1.45 expected clean sheets across Gameweeks 13-15, the best in the league on both counts. Gameweek 14 at home to Al Diriyah is the peak. Al Diriyah have the weakest three-gameweek attack in the league at 2.20 expected goals. That week is why Hilal assets are worth owning before the gap, not after it.
Al Nassr's [A]HAZ → [H]QAD → [H]SHB is the second-best attacking run at 7.34 expected goals, with a 69% win probability in Gameweek 13. The Al Qadasiya home game is the hardest of the three, and two home games behind the trip to Al Hazem keep the run strong. Al Qadasiya ([H]FYH → [A]NAS → [H]FAT) start well and dip in Gameweek 14. Al Ahli ([H]TWN → [H]FSL → [A]ITT) have the second-best defensive run at 1.13 expected clean sheets.
Al-Faisaly are the defensive outlier. Their Gameweek 13 home game against Al Diriyah carries a 48% clean-sheet chance, the highest of the gameweek. Their attack is modest (3.68 expected goals over three), but [H]DIR → [A]AHL → [H]KLJ still adds up to 0.98 expected clean sheets. Their defenders are cheap, so the numbers further down favour them. Every team plays exactly once in each of Gameweeks 13, 14 and 15, so no one has a blank or a double in this window.
| Team | GW13 fixture | Win probability | Expected goals | Clean sheet | Program GW13-15 | 3-gameweek xG | 3-gameweek CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Hilal (HIL) | [A]ETT | 71% | 2.48 | 40% | [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD | 7.68 | 1.45 |
| Al Nassr (NAS) | [A]HAZ | 69% | 2.40 | 39% | [A]HAZ → [H]QAD → [H]SHB | 7.34 | 1.03 |
| Al Qadasiya (QAD) | [H]FYH | 67% | 2.25 | 40% | [H]FYH → [A]NAS → [H]FAT | 6.13 | 0.85 |
| Al Ahli (AHL) | [H]TWN | 60% | 1.96 | 39% | [H]TWN → [H]FSL → [A]ITT | 5.44 | 1.13 |
| Al Ittihad (ITT) | [H]NEO | 46% | 1.79 | 25% | [H]NEO → [A]KLJ → [H]AHL | 4.69 | 0.64 |
| Al Shabab (SHB) | [A]ABH | 44% | 1.76 | 23% | [A]ABH → [H]ETT → [A]NAS | 4.69 | 0.52 |
| Neom SC (NEO) | [A]ITT | 29% | 1.40 | 17% | [A]ITT → [H]KLD → [H]TWN | 4.62 | 0.78 |
| Al Riyadh (RIY) | [A]FAT | 28% | 1.37 | 16% | [A]FAT → [H]HAZ → [A]ABH | 4.59 | 0.63 |
| Al-Taawoun (TWN) | [A]AHL | 17% | 0.94 | 14% | [A]AHL → [H]ABH → [A]NEO | 4.26 | 0.68 |
| Al Fateh (FAT) | [H]RIY | 47% | 1.81 | 25% | [H]RIY → [A]FYH → [A]QAD | 4.17 | 0.58 |
| Al-Ettifaq (ETT) | [H]HIL | 11% | 0.92 | 8% | [H]HIL → [A]SHB → [H]HAZ | 4.14 | 0.48 |
| Abha (ABH) | [H]SHB | 31% | 1.46 | 17% | [H]SHB → [A]TWN → [H]RIY | 4.10 | 0.51 |
| Al Khaleej (KLJ) | [A]KLD | 35% | 1.29 | 26% | [A]KLD → [H]ITT → [A]FSL | 3.95 | 0.74 |
| Al Hazem (HAZ) | [H]NAS | 12% | 0.94 | 9% | [H]NAS → [A]RIY → [A]ETT | 3.69 | 0.46 |
| Al-Faisaly (FSL) | [H]DIR | 58% | 1.62 | 48% | [H]DIR → [A]AHL → [H]KLJ | 3.68 | 0.98 |
| Al-Fayha (FYH) | [A]QAD | 13% | 0.92 | 11% | [A]QAD → [H]FAT → [A]DIR | 3.67 | 0.77 |
| Al Kholood (KLD) | [H]KLJ | 37% | 1.35 | 28% | [H]KLJ → [A]NEO → [H]HIL | 3.24 | 0.59 |
| Al Diriyah (DIR) | [A]FSL | 16% | 0.74 | 20% | [A]FSL → [A]HIL → [H]FYH | 2.20 | 0.51 |
Looking further out, the current schedule gives Abha and Al Kholood two matches in Gameweek 16, and Al Hilal, Al Ittihad, Al Riyadh and Al Shabab two each in Gameweek 18. These are rescheduled fixtures, and the dates can still move. Check the RSL Fantasy schedule before planning around them.
Best goalkeepers for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13
Yassine Bounou (5.5m, HIL) is the goalkeeper to own. His program is [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD, and his trajectory of 4.5 → 5.5 → 5.0 adds up to 15.0 xP over three gameweeks. That is 2.7 more than any other keeper. He ties for the top Gameweek 13 score as well, so there is no trade-off to make. 31.4% already own him. If you do not, he is the cleanest goalkeeper move of the window.
Fernando Pacheco (4.5m, FSL) matches Bounou's 4.5 in Gameweek 13, thanks to that 48% clean-sheet chance against Al Diriyah. After that, [H]DIR → [A]AHL → [H]KLJ drops him to 2.9 in Gameweek 14, and his three-gameweek total of 11.2 sits behind six other keepers. He is a one-gameweek pick or a cheap second keeper. He is not a long-term starter.
Two cheaper options suit a different plan. Hamed Al-Shanqiti (4.0m, KLD) follows [H]KLJ → [A]NEO → [H]HIL and goes 4.0 → 3.5 → 2.9. Al Kholood's Gameweek 16 double then lifts him to 7.3, so he is a bench keeper who pays off later. Orlando Mosquera (5.0m, FYH) is a buy for next gameweek, not this one. [A]QAD gives him only 3.0, but [H]FAT → [A]DIR gives 4.3 → 5.0, the second-best three-gameweek total in the position at 1.8% ownership.
Best defenders for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13
The gameweek ranking and the three-gameweek ranking disagree here, and the three-gameweek answer is the one to follow. Andrei Girotto (4.7m, FSL) tops Gameweek 13 at 6.9. Kalidou Koulibaly (5.0m, HIL) is 1.2 behind him this week, but his 5.7 → 7.7 → 6.5 adds up to 19.9 over [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD. That is the best defender total in the game, and his weighted six-gameweek score of 24.2 also leads every defender. If you are buying one defender and keeping him, buy Koulibaly.
Girotto is still a strong pick, not just a one-week one. His program [H]DIR → [A]AHL → [H]KLJ goes 6.9 → 4.8 → 6.4, which is 18.1 over three and the second-best defender total, at under 5m. Abdoulaye Seck (4.5m, FSL) is his cheaper teammate. He scores 6.0 → 4.2 → 5.7 (15.9) over the same [H]DIR → [A]AHL → [H]KLJ and is owned by just 1.3%. That makes him one of the best differentials of the gameweek. If you want a Faisaly double-up, the Girotto plus Seck pair covers the same clean sheet twice.
Among the popular names, Roger Ibanez (6.5m, AHL) has a steady 5.4 → 6.5 → 5.3 (17.2) on [H]TWN → [H]FSL → [A]ITT and is worth holding. Mohammed Mahzari (5.2m, HIL) scores 17.3 on Hilal's [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD at a lower price. He is the alternative to Koulibaly if you cannot fit Koulibaly or already have three Hilal players.
Mohammed Abu Al Shamat (7.0m, QAD) is the most-owned defender in the game at 47.8%. His 5.3 → 3.8 → 6.2 (15.3) is fine, but [A]NAS in Gameweek 14 is a soft week for a 7.0m defender. You can hold him. If you need funds, though, he is the defender to cash in, because Koulibaly scores more for 2m less.
For a budget defender, Yaseen Barnawi (3.9m, FSL) is the pick on [H]DIR → [A]AHL → [H]KLJ, going 4.4 → 3.3 → 4.6 (12.3). His 70 projected minutes make him a bench-plus option rather than a nailed starter. Shaquille Pinas (5.0m, KLD) is the long-range differential at 1.8%. His [H]KLJ → [A]NEO → [H]HIL gives a solid 5.3 in Gameweek 13, and Al Kholood's Gameweek 16 double lifts him to 10.7, the highest defender projection in any gameweek before Gameweek 18. Further away, Malang Sarr (5.4m, NEO) rises from 4.4 to 5.9 and 5.5 on [A]ITT → [H]KLD → [H]TWN. He is a better buy from Gameweek 14 than now.
Best midfielders for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (9.6m, HIL) is the best midfielder for both this gameweek and the next three. He scores 6.6 → 8.1 → 6.8 on [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD, a three-gameweek total of 21.5, and his weighted six-gameweek score of 26.1 is the highest of any player in the game. Only 11.8% own him. He is the strongest buy of the window, and Gameweek 14 at home to Al Diriyah is the peak you want him in your squad for.
That raises the club-cap question. You can only own three Hilal players, and many managers already hold Crysencio Summerville (8.7m, HIL) at 39.1% and Ruben Neves (9.2m, HIL) at 37.7%. Keep Summerville: his 5.8 → 7.4 → 5.8 (19.0) on [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD is the second-best midfield total. Neves is the Hilal player to move. He projects 16.4 over the same three gameweeks with only 68 projected minutes, so replacing him with Milinkovic-Savic gains 5.1 xP for 0.4m more. Do it this gameweek rather than next. You bank the extra 1.4 in Gameweek 13, and you cannot afford to miss the Gameweek 14 peak.
Al Nassr's midfield is where the value sits. Sadio Mané (9.0m, NAS) scores 5.5 → 5.8 → 7.0 on [A]HAZ → [H]QAD → [H]SHB, an 18.3 total, almost identical to Joao Félix's 18.6. Mané is 1.5m cheaper and owned by 8.9% against Félix's 37.4%. Félix is a hold, not a sell. For a new Al Nassr midfielder, though, Mané is the better buy and a genuine differential.
Julian Quinones (12.0m, QAD) is the premium to plan around rather than buy now. His 6.3 → 4.6 → 7.6 on [H]FYH → [A]NAS → [H]FAT dips in Gameweek 14, and his weighted score of 22.5 is still top-six in the game. Owners should hold him. Tijjani Reijnders (7.4m, QAD) is the cheaper way into [H]FYH → [A]NAS → [H]FAT at 15.3 over three, with 87 projected minutes, the most of any midfielder on this list.
Mourad Batna (7.5m, FAT) is a one-gameweek pick, and should be bought only as one. He projects 6.5 against Al Riyadh, the second-best midfield score of Gameweek 13, and he is Al Fateh's penalty taker. Then [A]FYH → [A]QAD drops him to 4.9 → 4.0. Plan to move him on before Gameweek 15 at the latest.
For a budget midfielder, Josh Brownhill (5.6m, SHB) scores 4.8 → 4.7 → 3.4 on [A]ABH → [H]ETT → [A]NAS with 79 projected minutes, and his Gameweek 18 double lifts him to 7.0. John Buckley (5.5m, KLD) is the 1.0%-owned alternative. He goes 4.6 → 4.3 → 3.8 on [H]KLJ → [A]NEO → [H]HIL, then 7.4 in the Gameweek 16 double.
Best forwards for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13
Cristiano Ronaldo (12.5m, NAS) and Ollie Watkins (10.2m, HIL) are the two forwards to own, and the next three gameweeks barely separate them. Ronaldo goes 7.3 → 6.4 → 7.9 on [A]HAZ → [H]QAD → [H]SHB (21.6). He projects 0.64 goals at Al Hazem and is Al Nassr's penalty taker. Watkins goes 6.9 → 8.2 → 6.1 on [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD (21.2), with 85 projected minutes. He is also 2.3m cheaper, and his weighted six-gameweek score is higher (25.6 against 24.2). If you can own only one, Watkins is the better value. Ronaldo is the better pick for Gameweeks 13 and 15.
For a value forward, Alexandre Mendy (5.6m, FSL) stands out. He projects 5.2 at home to Al Diriyah, the fifth-best forward score of the gameweek, and he is at least 3.5m cheaper than all four forwards above him. His program [H]DIR → [A]AHL → [H]KLJ goes 5.2 → 3.5 → 4.8 (13.5), and he is Al-Faisaly's penalty taker. Abderrazak Hamdallah (7.9m, TWN) is a Gameweek 14 buy rather than a Gameweek 13 one. On [A]AHL → [H]ABH → [A]NEO, Al Ahli hold him to 3.9 before Abha lift him to 7.1. Alexandre Lacazette (7.5m, NEO) is the steady hold at 4.7 → 5.6 → 5.6 (15.9) on [A]ITT → [H]KLD → [H]TWN.
For a differential, Afimico Pululu (5.3m, HAZ) is owned by 1.7%. His program is [H]NAS → [A]RIY → [A]ETT, and his trajectory of 3.5 → 4.6 → 4.6 rises after this gameweek. That makes him a cheap third forward to bring in now and keep.
Best captain picks for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13
Cristiano Ronaldo (12.5m, NAS) is the Gameweek 13 captain, and [A]HAZ → [H]QAD → [H]SHB keeps him a captain option throughout. His 7.3 xP at Al Hazem is the highest of any player this gameweek. Al Nassr have a 69% win probability and 2.40 expected goals there, and he takes their penalties. He also captains well again in Gameweek 15 at home to Al Shabab (7.9), the top projection of that gameweek.
Ollie Watkins (10.2m, HIL) is the alternative at 6.9. Al Hilal have the highest win probability of the gameweek at 71%. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (9.6m, HIL) is third at 6.6, and both play [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD. Look further ahead and the Hilal pair become your Gameweek 14 captaincy options: at home to Al Diriyah, Watkins projects 8.2 and Milinkovic-Savic 8.1, the two highest scores of that gameweek. Owning Ronaldo plus one of them gives you a strong captain in each of the next three gameweeks. That plan is more important than this week's choice. Our guide to picking a fantasy captain explains the reasoning.
Who to sell before RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13
Sell Nacho Fernandez (5.5m, QAD). 36.6% own him, but he is projected for 17 minutes and 0.7 xP in Gameweek 13, with 2.6 across [H]FYH → [A]NAS → [H]FAT. Why now: nothing in his program changes this, and a free transfer into his teammate Gaston Álvarez (5.1m, QAD) is worth 14.6 over the same three gameweeks. Check RSL Fantasy predicted lineups before the deadline in case his role changes.
Sell Merih Demiral (5.6m, AHL). His case is the same: 22.4% own him, he is projected for 19 minutes, and he scores 3.8 over three gameweeks while Ahli's [H]TWN → [H]FSL → [A]ITT is one of the best defensive runs in the game. Why now: Ibanez already gives you that Ahli program, and Koulibaly costs less than Demiral and scores 19.9.
Sell George Ilenikhena (5.0m, ITT). 33.9% own him, and he goes 3.5 → 3.1 → 3.0 on [H]NEO → [A]KLJ → [H]AHL. Why now: Mendy is 0.6m more and projects 5.2 this gameweek, against Al Diriyah. Moving now catches Mendy's best gameweek, and waiting would miss it.
Angelo Gabriel (6.4m, NAS, 30.2%) and Steven Bergwijn (8.2m, ITT, 20.6%) are in the same position. They are projected for 43 and 35 minutes, and score 6.4 and 9.1 over three gameweeks. Both free up money for a Mané or a Milinkovic-Savic.
Ivan Toney (12.2m, AHL) is the one popular premium you can wait a gameweek on. At 47.6% ownership he projects 6.3 at home to Al-Taawoun, a good week, so there is no reason to sell into it. The decline comes after: [H]FSL → [A]ITT gives 4.7 → 4.9, and his three-gameweek total of 15.9 is about 5.5 behind Ronaldo and Watkins. Keep him for Gameweek 13. Use the 13-day gap to move him to Watkins before Gameweek 14, when Watkins projects 8.2.
Best Loan Rangers team for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13
Loan Rangers is RSL Fantasy's one-gameweek free-hit chip. On the current schedule, the Gameweek 18 doubles are the more natural week to use it. If you are playing it now, this is the highest-scoring legal squad for Gameweek 13 alone (maximum three per club), with 67.8 xP across the starting XI before the captain bonus, in a 4-4-2:
- GK: Fernando Pacheco (4.5m, FSL) 4.5 · bench: Hamed Al-Shanqiti (4.0m, KLD)
- DEF: Andrei Girotto (4.7m, FSL) 6.9 · Abdoulaye Seck (4.5m, FSL) 6.0 · Kalidou Koulibaly (5.0m, HIL) 5.7 · Shaquille Pinas (5.0m, KLD) 5.3 · bench: Mansour Camara (4.1m, KLD)
- MID: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (9.6m, HIL) 6.6 · Mourad Batna (7.5m, FAT) 6.5 · Julian Quinones (12.0m, QAD) 6.3 · Tijjani Reijnders (7.4m, QAD) 5.8 · bench: Josh Brownhill (5.6m, SHB)
- FWD: Cristiano Ronaldo (12.5m, NAS) 7.3 (captain) · Ollie Watkins (10.2m, HIL) 6.9 · bench: Abdullah Saeed (4.3m, SHB)
For the exact optimum with your own squad and settings, use the RSL Fantasy optimal teams solver. Our RSL Fantasy market probabilities page shows the bookmaker numbers behind these projections.
The RSL Fantasy Gameweek 12 preview covers the previous gameweek. Every gameweek is collected in our RSL Fantasy preview hub, and the RSL Fantasy predictions page has the season overview.
FAQ
Who should I captain in RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13?
Cristiano Ronaldo is the top captain pick for Gameweek 13, with 7.3 xP at Al Hazem. Ollie Watkins (6.9) and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (6.6) are the alternatives, and the Hilal pair become the leading Gameweek 14 captains at home to Al Diriyah.
Which defenders are best for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13?
Andrei Girotto (4.7m) tops Gameweek 13 with 6.9 xP, while Kalidou Koulibaly (5.0m) has the best three-gameweek total at 19.9. Abdoulaye Seck (4.5m, 1.3% owned) is the differential, and Yaseen Barnawi (3.9m) is the budget pick.
Should I sell Ivan Toney before RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13?
No, not yet. Toney projects a good 6.3 at home to Al-Taawoun in Gameweek 13. The better time to move him is before Gameweek 14, when his projection drops to 4.7 and Ollie Watkins rises to 8.2.
Who are the best differentials for RSL Fantasy Gameweek 13?
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (11.8% owned) has the best six-gameweek weighted projection of any player. Sadio Mané (8.9%), Abdoulaye Seck (1.3%), Shaquille Pinas (1.8%) and Afimico Pululu (1.7%) are the cheaper differentials.
Which team has the best fixtures in RSL Fantasy Gameweeks 13-15?
Al Hilal, with [A]ETT → [H]DIR → [A]KLD worth 7.68 expected goals and 1.45 expected clean sheets, the best attacking and defensive totals in the league over the three gameweeks.
This preview was written by TheFantasyTool AI.