Super Manager Runde 9: best buys and captain picks

Super Manager Runde 9 preview: best buys, captain picks and differentials

Runde 9 is a full round in Super Manager Efterår 2026 – all twelve Superliga clubs play, so nothing below is a blank-round problem. What makes this deadline matter is the calendar behind it: Runde 10 does not start until 9 October, so whoever you bring in before Friday holds his place for three weeks before the next realistic transfer. That turns Runde 9 from a one-week decision into a three-round commitment, which is why every program below is ranked on the next three rounds rather than on Friday night alone. All numbers come from the model run of 17 September.

The split is unusually clean this time. Three clubs – FC København, AGF and Nordsjælland – pair a decent Runde 9 with a genuinely good run behind it. One club, Lyngby, has one of the best home fixtures of the round and almost nothing afterwards, which makes its players a deliberate one-round play rather than a buy. And one heavily owned block, FC Midtjylland, plays its best fixture of the next three right now – which is what turns a hold into a sell.

Runde 9 programs: whose next three rounds are worth owning

Rank the table on the right-hand columns, not the left. FC København carry the strongest three-round attacking run in the game at 5.35 expected goals across [A]BIF → [A]FCM → [H]AGF, with AGF (5.31) and FC Midtjylland (5.30) just behind on very different shapes. The best defensive program belongs to Randers FC: 0.87 expected clean sheets from [A]SØN → [H]VFF → [A]ACH, the highest three-round number of any club, and Randers assets are among the cheapest in the game. Every club has exactly three fixtures in the window, so the totals below are directly comparable.

Narrowed to Runde 9 itself, the three strongest fixtures are FC Midtjylland at OB (53.0% win probability and 1.96 expected goals, the highest in the round), AGF at AC Horsens (51.1%, and the round's best clean-sheet chance at 32.3%) and Lyngby at home to Silkeborg (50.2%). Only one of the three survives contact with Runde 10 and 11. AGF follow up with a home game against Sønderjyske before a hard [A]FCK; Midtjylland walk straight into [H]FCK → [A]VFF; and Lyngby's 3.89 three-round expected goals is the second-lowest total in the table. That gap between the round and the program is where this week's decisions live. The full fixture list is on the Super Manager schedule, and the underlying win and clean-sheet numbers are on the market probabilities page.

Best goalkeepers for Super Manager Runde 9

Paul Izzo (3.72m, RAN) is the goalkeeper to own for the program rather than for the round. 61k away at Sønderjyske is a fair rather than thrilling number, but his run is [A]SØN → [H]VFF → [A]ACH and Randers' 0.87 expected clean sheets over those three is the best defensive total in the game. That is 185k across the window, 16.4 points per million this round, and only 2.8% ownership.

If you want the bigger single round, Mads Hedenstad Christiansen (4.57m, AGF) projects 71k at AC Horsens behind the round's best clean-sheet chance, and follows it with 76k at home to Sønderjyske. Be honest about the third round: [A]FCK drops him to 44k, so he is a two-round goalkeeper with a named exit rather than a set-and-forget – and at 1.0% ownership he is the biggest differential in the position. The flattest option is Andreas Hansen (5.20m, FCN) on 59k → 61k → 67k for 188k, with no bad week in the run; that is what you buy if you would rather not revisit the position until November. Compare all three on the Super Manager player picks page.

Best defenders for Super Manager Runde 9

Runar Robinsønn Norheim (4.22m, FCN) is the best defender in the game over any window you choose. 84k this round, then 92k and 79k on a program of [A]VFF → [H]OB → [A]LYN, for 254k across the three – roughly 76k clear of the next defender in the game. 38.1% of managers own him, and this is one of the few template picks that earns its ownership rather than inheriting it.

The differential underneath him is Martin André Sjølstad (2.72m, RAN): 62k this round, 177k over [A]SØN → [H]VFF → [A]ACH, 22.9 points per million and 0.9% ownership. He is the cheapest route into the best three-round clean-sheet run in the league, and the same back line offers Nikolas Dyhr (3.14m, RAN) at 156k and Daniel Høegh (3.21m, RAN) at 153k if you want to double up. Stacking a Randers defender with Paul Izzo is the correlated play the fixtures support, because both cash the same clean sheet – just remember the four-per-club cap.

At the top of the price range, Felix Beijmo (5.32m, FCK) is the flattest premium in the position: 57k, 57k and 57k on [A]BIF → [A]FCM → [H]AGF, with Runde 12 and 13 stepping up to 76k and 75k. And one to hold off on: Jens Martin Gammelby (3.64m, SIF) projects just 32k at Lyngby but 74k and 62k on [H]ACH → [A]SØN behind it. He is a Runde 10 buy, and saying so is more useful than pretending Friday's fixture is fine.

Best midfielders for Super Manager Runde 9

Mohamed Elyounoussi (8.51m, FCK) is the one expensive player who is comfortably worth the money. 93k → 98k → 92k on [A]BIF → [A]FCM → [H]AGF is 283k, the highest three-round total of any midfielder, and Runde 12 and 13 come in at 124k and 118k – the strongest stretch any player in the game has in front of him. He is 55.1% owned, he takes 85% of his side's penalties, and there is no round in the next five where the model wants him sold.

The hidden gem is Sebastian Jørgensen (3.66m, AGF), owned by 1.2% of managers. 84k at AC Horsens, 94k at home to Sønderjyske, 22.9 points per million this round and 221k across the three – more than midfielders costing twice as much. The exit is named in advance: [A]FCK in Runde 11 takes him to 43k, so this is a two-round buy for a 37k fee, not a hold. His more expensive team-mate Kristian Arnstad (6.82m, AGF) runs the same shape at a higher ceiling – 87k → 104k → 46k, with a 94% penalty share and 8.8% ownership.

If you want the same money to work for longer, Rami Al Hajj (2.74m, SIF) is the cheapest durable midfielder in the game: 60k → 79k → 69k on [A]LYN → [H]ACH → [A]SØN for 208k, 22.0 points per million and 0.8% ownership, with team-mate Lucas Riisgaard (2.88m, SIF) a fraction behind on 202k over the identical run. Elies Mahmoud (4.51m, RAN) is the penalty-backed version at 79k → 69k → 56k for 204k and a 92% share of Randers' spot kicks.

Then the one-rounder, and it has to be sold as one. Simon Colyn (3.11m, LYN) is the highest projected player in the entire round at 104k, and at 33.3 points per million the best value in it, with 0.35 expected goals and 0.27 expected assists from 84 minutes at home to Silkeborg. His program is [H]SIF → [A]BIF → [H]FCN and it falls to 33k and 45k, so buy him only if you intend to sell him again: the fee is 31k in and 31k out, and one round at 104k covers that several times over. Gustav Fraulo (3.29m, LYN) at 74k and Lauge Sandgrav (2.58m, LYN) at 70k are the same trade a notch cheaper, on the same [H]SIF → [A]BIF → [H]FCN program. What you must not do is buy the Lyngby block and keep it through October.

Best forwards for Super Manager Runde 9

Alexander Lind (6.52m, FCN) is the forward whose round and whose program agree. 94k this round, then 96k and 85k on [A]VFF → [H]OB → [A]LYN, for 275k – the highest three-round total of any forward in the game. He takes roughly half of his side's penalties (a 53% share) and 25.4% of managers own him.

The value pick is Kasper Junker (3.82m, RAN): 85k this round from 0.35 expected goals in 66 minutes, 236k over [A]SØN → [H]VFF → [A]ACH, 22.3 points per million and just 3.7% ownership. That is a premium forward's three-round output at a budget forward's price, and it is the biggest price-to-program gap on this list.

Gue-Sung Cho (6.97m, FCM) is the round's second-highest projection at 98k, with an 83% penalty share, and he is only 6.1% owned. The caveat is his club's program: [H]FCK → [A]VFF drags him to 58k and 72k for 228k over the three, so he is a differential premium for anyone willing to ride a flat middle week. Cheaper alternatives with rising runs: Oliver Ross (3.96m, SIF) goes 60k → 83k → 71k for 214k on [A]LYN → [H]ACH → [A]SØN, and Osaze De Rosario (3.61m, SØN) takes 100% of his side's penalties on a 69k → 41k → 86k run across [H]RAN → [A]AGF → [H]SIF at 0.4% ownership.

Captain picks for Super Manager Runde 9

The kaptajn doubles his score in Super Manager Efterår 2026, so the armband is simply the highest ceiling you own. The model's number one for Runde 9 is Simon Colyn at 104k, on the back of Lyngby's home game with Silkeborg – but his program is [H]SIF → [A]BIF → [H]FCN and only the first of those is worth anything. If you already own him, he is the captain. If you do not, buying a 3.11m midfielder purely to captain him for a single week is the thinner argument – and the two names below are the ones whose next rounds back the decision up.

Number two is Gue-Sung Cho at 98k, with penalties on top of the round's highest team expected-goals figure, though [A]OB → [H]FCK → [A]VFF means the armband moves on after one week. Number three is Alexander Lind at 94k, and he is the pick if you want the captain and the asset to be one decision: on [A]VFF → [H]OB → [A]LYN he is the only man in the top three whose following two rounds (96k and 85k) are as good as this one. Isak Snaer Thorvaldsson (4.07m, LYN) at 88k and Kristian Arnstad at 87k round out the realistic set, and both share the same problem: Thorvaldsson falls to 32k and 42k on [H]SIF → [A]BIF → [H]FCN, Arnstad to 46k in Runde 11.

Plan past Friday as well, because it changes which premium you buy. Mohamed Elyounoussi, on [A]BIF → [A]FCM → [H]AGF, is the model's leading captain option in Runde 10 (98k), Runde 12 (124k) and Runde 13 (118k), and Kristian Arnstad takes Runde 10 to 104k. If the question is which expensive player to own rather than who to captain this week, the FC København midfielder answers it for the next two months.

Who to sell before Super Manager Runde 9

Friday Etim (5.92m, FCM) is the clearest sell, and this is the round to make it. Be fair to the fixture first: [A]OB is a good game, 86k is a good return, and this is not a bad week for him. But his program is [A]OB → [H]FCK → [A]VFF and he drops to 47k and 61k after Friday, so the real choice is selling into a strong score now or selling out of a weak one three weeks from now. The 59k fee is identical either way, and 46.4% of managers own him.

Elias Olafsson (5.54m, FCM) is the same trade one position back: 72k, then 43k and 56k on [A]OB → [H]FCK → [A]VFF, at 28.0% ownership. Again the fixture in front of him is fine and the two behind it are not, so the timing is the whole argument – and Paul Izzo costs 1.8m less while projecting 185k over the identical window.

Olti Hyseni (4.15m, BIF) is owned by 21.6% of managers and projects 15k, because the model has him at 24 expected minutes rather than in a starting role. The why-now here is not the fixture but the ownership: nothing in [H]FCK → [H]LYN → [A]OB improves him, and every round held is a round of near-zero at a mid-price midfielder's cost. The 41k fee is small against a 100k-plus three-round gap to almost anyone on the buy list.

Oliver Bundgaard Kristensen (2.48m, VFF) is the honest exception: you can wait a round on this one. He is 25.5% owned, he plays, and 36k → 36k → 37k does not actively hurt you. But if a defensive slot has to give, it is his, because Martin André Sjølstad costs 0.24m more and returns 177k against his 109k over the same three rounds. Rasmus Kristensen (5.54m, FCM) is a firmer call at 17.7% ownership: 63k → 29k → 42k is the Midtjylland cliff at a premium defender's price, and the round to leave is the one in which he still scores.

For the full picture, check the model's Super Manager predicted lineups before the Friday deadline, run the numbers through the optimal teams for Super Manager Efterår 2026, and compare this round with our Super Manager Runde 8 preview. Every round we cover is collected in the Super Manager preview hub, and the wider strategy pieces live in our fantasy football guides.

FAQ

Who should I captain in Super Manager Runde 9?

Simon Colyn is the model's top captain for Runde 9 at 104k, the highest projection of any player in the round, with Lyngby at home to Silkeborg. Gue-Sung Cho (98k) and Alexander Lind (94k) are the alternatives, and Alexander Lind is the better choice if you want the captain to still be worth owning in Runde 10 and 11.

Which budget players are best in Super Manager Runde 9?

Sebastian Jørgensen (3.66m) at 84k and Rami Al Hajj (2.74m) at 60k are the standout cheap midfielders, Martin André Sjølstad (2.72m) is the best budget defender at 62k behind the league's strongest three-round clean-sheet run, and Kasper Junker (3.82m) is the best cheap forward at 85k and 236k over the next three rounds.

Should I sell Friday Etim before Runde 9?

Sell him in Runde 9 rather than after it. [A]OB is a good fixture and 86k is a good score, but FC Midtjylland then face [H]FCK and [A]VFF and he falls to 47k and 61k. The 59k fee is the same whenever you do it, so selling into the strong round is the better timing.

Best differentials for Super Manager Runde 9?

Sebastian Jørgensen (1.2% owned, 221k over three rounds), Mads Hedenstad Christiansen (1.0%, 71k this round behind the round's best clean-sheet chance), Martin André Sjølstad (0.9%) and Gue-Sung Cho (6.1%, 98k plus penalties) are the lowest-owned players with genuinely strong Runde 9 projections.

When does Super Manager Runde 9 start?

Runde 9 opens with Lyngby against Silkeborg on Friday 18 September at 19:00 and finishes on Sunday 20 September. All twelve Superliga clubs play once, so there are no blanks in this round.

This preview was written by TheFantasyTool AI.