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).
29 Sep – 5 Oct 2026
Full week · 104 matches · 741 players with 60+ minutes
Footybot weeks run Tuesday to Monday: the midweek games, then the weekend round.
- Tue 29 10matches
- Wed 30 1match
- Thu 1 8matches
- Fri 2 12matches
- Sat 3 52matches
- Sun 4 13matches
- Mon 5 8matches
Best of the week
Full ranking| # | Player | Score | Form, last 12 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Olise | 100.0 | |
| 2 | Jude Bellingham | 95.8 | |
| 3 | Anthony Gordon | 91.1 | |
| 4 | Jurriën Timber | 89.3 | |
| 5 | Arda Güler | 87.0 | |
| 6 | Florian Wirtz | 85.3 | |
| 7 | Joey Veerman | 85.2 | |
| 8 | Lamine Yamal | 83.6 | |
| 9 | Rayan Cherki | 82.6 | |
| 10 | Nico Elvedi | 82.1 | |
| 11 | Sergiu Perciun | 80.9 | |
| 12 | Kevin De Bruyne | 80.6 |
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
Croatia 0–7 England
Two strong sides · Chances everywhere: 7.5 xG · Standout: Anthony Gordon scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Franjo Ivanović
- 2
Denmark 2–4 Portugal
Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 25% · Standout: João Félix scored 100.0
- 3
France 1–1 Italy
Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 14% · Standout: Daniel Maldini scored 100.0
- 4
Worksop Town FC 0–3 FC United of Manchester
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 24%
Teams of the week
All teamsRanked by xG difference per match: chances created minus chances allowed, whatever the score. 61 teams · 50 matches without xG left out
| # | Team and results | Per match | Last 12 matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | +2.9 | |
| 2 | Germany | +2.1 | |
| 3 | Iceland | +2.0 | |
| 4 | Portugal | +1.7 | |
| 5 | Sweden | +1.7 | |
| 6 | Poland | +1.6 | |
| 7 | Spain | +1.5 | |
| 8 | Northern Ireland | +1.2 | |
| 9 | São Paulo | +1.2 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | +1.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Santos beat São Paulo 2–1 | +2.4 | |
| Hungary beat Ukraine 2–1 | +2.3 | |
| Atlético Mineiro beat Red Bull Bragantino 1–0 | +2.3 | |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina beat Poland 1–0 | +1.9 | |
| Malta beat Andorra 1–0 | +1.8 |