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What Can We Expect to See from the Top FPL Points Scorers at the World Cup

published 2026-04-28 by Rolf

The 2025/26 Premier League season is barrelling towards its conclusion, and we have a titanic title battle ahead of us at the top of the table. Heading into matchday 35, Manchester City find themselves at the summit on goals scored, successfully reeling in an Arsenal team that was some 12 points clear at the end of March. The question now is, can Pep Guardiola’s Blues successfully hold on to their advantage where the Gunners failed before them?

For FPL managers, plenty of points are still up for grabs, and with just a handful of games remaining, making a late charge between now and the end of the campaign could be the difference between bragging rights and finishing the year empty-handed. But what happens when the curtain finally does come down on the 2025/26 Premier League season? Well, that’s an easy one to answer: the 2026 FIFA World Cup beckons.

Just three weeks after the Premier League finishes, Mexico will welcome South Africa to Mexico City to kick off the greatest sporting show on earth. But what can we expect to see from the FPL’s best points scorers at this summer’s North American showdown? Let’s take a look.

What Can We Expect to See from the Top FPL Points Scorers at the World Cup

Erling Haaland: 212 Points

As he always seems to do, Erling Haaland has stolen the show when it comes to FPL forwards this season, racking up a whopping 212 points, the most of anybody in any position. The Norwegian ace has netted 24 goals as he looks to lead Manchester City to the title, with the most recent of them being the winner in the hugely important 2-1 victory against Arsenal at the Etihad. But it hasn’t just been at club level where the former Borussia Dortmund man has been shining this year.

Haaland bagged a mighty 16 goals in just eight games in qualifying for the World Cup, leading Norway back to football’s biggest party for the first time since 1998. Not only that, but he netted goals home and away against four-time champions Italy, with the 4-1 win at the San Siro, the Azzurri’s heaviest defeat on home turf in 70 years. Now, the Lions head to North America, and they do so with online betting sites backing them to mount a deep tournament run.

The latest World Cup odds from the popular Lucky Rebel sportsbook currently make Norway a 30/1 fringe contender to leave MetLife Stadium with the trophy on July 19th, with only the eight traditional heavyweights considered more likely champions. It goes without saying, however, that much of their hopes rely on the prolific Haaland continuing in his goal-scoring ways. His side will have to navigate a tricky group alongside France and Senegal, but if they can come through that unscathed, then they will automatically become the team that no one wants to face in the knockout rounds.

Bruno Fernandes: 199 Points

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes has been the top FPL midfielder this season, racking up 199 points throughout the course of the season. The latest betting odds currently consider him the 7/4 favourite to be named the Premier League Player of the Year, and with eight goals and 18 assists so far this term, it would be hard to argue with him winning the coveted award.

With the Portuguese national team, Fernandes is about to embark upon a potentially legacy-defining World Cup. The upcoming tournament represents a record-breaking sixth and final time that Portugal’s iconic captain Cristiano Ronaldo will venture onto the storied global stage, and how his teammates would love to give him the perfect send-off.

Fernandes is very much Portugal’s main man behind Ronaldo. He assisted both Francisco Trincão and João Félix for their goals in the recent 2-0 friendly win against the USA, and he will be aiming to carry that form into this summer. With a mouth-watering quarterfinal between Lionel Messi’s Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal potentially on the cards, Fernandes will certainly have a huge role to play.

Gabriel Magalhães: 177 Points

Gabriel Magalhães has racked up the most points from defence in the FPL this season, amassing some 177 as Arsenal aim to claim a first title in 20 years. The Brazilian has shone at the heart of the Gunners’ defence, with his water-tight partnership with William Saliba proving difficult for opposition attacks to break down. The 28-year-old has taken on much more of a leadership role this season, and it has been he who has been rallying the troops throughout Mikel Arteta’s men’s current plight.

For Brazil, Gabriel will likely take up a similar leadership role this summer. The record five-time champions are void of their usual attacking brilliance, with Neymar no longer in the picture and Vinicius Jr. not in his usual world-beating form. As such, manager Carlo Ancelotti will look to the Arsenal man to keep the backline solid, as his side may very well need to grind out narrow wins if they wish to add to their haul of five titles.

David Raya: 131 Points

Another Arsenal man, namely David Raya, has the most FPL points of any goalkeeper in the Premier League this season, claiming 131 of them throughout the course of the season. Surprisingly, however, he isn’t considered Spain’s first-choice goalkeeper, an honour that goes to Athletic Bilbao’s Unai Simon.

He was the man who helped Spain claim a record-breaking fourth European Championship crown two years ago, while Raya was consigned to a backup role on the bench. He can expect a similar role at the World Cup this summer, barring any late injuries to the Bilbao man.