Past week
League, cup, European and national-team matches combined, every player on one scale.
Footybot finds the players about to break out, before everyone else does.
Every player gets one score a week, from 0 to 100, across league, cup, European and national-team matches. 50 is an average top-five-league player in the same position, and each 10 points is a clear step up or down. The breakout watchlist then reads that performance against how much people read about the player and what the market pays.
Where to start
- Breakout watchlistUnder-the-radar players most likely to break out within a year.
- MispricedPlayers valued far below, or far above, what their peers producing the same cost.
- MatchdayThe week's most telling matches, analysed: expected against what happened.
- AskQuestions answered from Footybot's data (free account).
22–28 Sep 2026
Full week · 82 matches · 846 players with 60+ minutes
Footybot weeks run Tuesday to Monday: the midweek games, then the weekend round.
- Tue 22 13matches
- Wed 23 1match
- Thu 24 9matches
- Fri 25 8matches
- Sat 26 19matches
- Sun 27 24matches
- Mon 28 8matches
Best of the week
Full ranking| # | Player | Score | Form, last 12 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamine Yamal | 100.0 | |
| 2 | Jude Bellingham | 99.7 | |
| 3 | Jan Paul van Hecke | 96.4 | |
| 4 | Dayot Upamecano | 93.4 | |
| 5 | Nico Schlotterbeck | 89.4 | |
| 6 | Michael Olise | 89.2 | |
| 7 | Yann Bisseck | 86.9 | |
| 8 | Elliot Anderson | 84.9 | |
| 9 | Harry Kane | 83.9 | |
| 10 | Diego Coppola | 82.3 | |
| 11 | Maxence Lacroix | 81.8 | |
| 12 | Joey Veerman | 81.4 |
Form bars: one per week, oldest on the left; the taller the bar, the better the week. no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+
Notable matches
All the week's picks- 1
Italy 0–2 Belgium
Two strong sides · Chances everywhere: 4.3 xG · Standout: Issa Doumbia scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Diego Coppola
- 2
Netherlands 1–1 Germany
Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 20% · Chances everywhere: 4.6 xG · Standout: Jan Paul van Hecke scored 100.0
- 3
England 2–3 Spain
Two strong sides · Chances everywhere: 4.5 xG · Standout: Morgan Gibbs-White scored 100.0
- 4
Charlotte FC 0–1 Chicago Fire
Standout: David Poreba scored 87.2
Teams of the week
All teamsRanked by xG difference per match: chances created minus chances allowed, whatever the score. 81 teams · 26 matches without xG left out
| # | Team and results | Per match | Last 12 matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | +2.3 | |
| 2 | Malta | +2.2 | |
| 3 | Switzerland | +2.1 | |
| 4 | Nashville SC | +2.1 | |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | +1.8 | |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | +1.6 | |
| 7 | Slovakia | +1.6 | |
| 8 | Scotland | +1.5 | |
| 9 | Austria | +1.5 | |
| 10 | Spain | +1.5 |
One bar per match, oldest on the left; the taller the bar, the more chances the team made than it allowed. no xGxG below −1−1 to 00 to +1+1 or better
Lucky and unlucky
Results furthest from the chances: the points a side took against the points its xG was worth on average.
| Result | Points taken against chances (0–3) | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal beat Norway 2–1 | +2.5 | |
| San Jose Earthquakes beat Portland Timbers 3–1 | +2.0 | |
| Greece beat Germany 1–0 | +2.0 | |
| Northern Ireland beat Georgia 1–0 | +1.9 | |
| Sporting Kansas City beat Houston Dynamo 2–0 | +1.8 |