Should I keep or sell Riccardo Calafiori in FPL?

The signals on Riccardo Calafiori before the next Fantasy Premier League deadline: he has started every gameweek so far (587 of 630 minutes), FPL projects 7.5 points for him next, at home to Everton (difficulty 3 of 5), his next five fixtures average 3.2 difficulty and 105,806 managers have bought him since the deadline. At a similar price, the defenders FPL projects highest for the next gameweek are James Hill (£5.5m, 4.5 xP), Maxence Lacroix (£5.9m, 4.0 xP) and Marc Guéhi (£6.0m, 3.5 xP).

Riccardo Calafiori

Arsenal · defender · £6.0m

Owned54.2%
Price20% to a rise
Playingfit

In Gameweek 7, Riccardo Calafiori has scored 6 Fantasy Premier League points and is owned by 54.2% of the game's 10.6 million managers at £6.0m (23 October 2026). On 23 October 2026, FPL's official price-change predictor has Riccardo Calafiori 20% of the way to a price rise from £6.0m, with no crossing projected in the next three nights.

Since the Gameweek 7 deadline, 117,918 FPL managers have transferred Riccardo Calafiori in and 12,112 have transferred him out, a net gain of 105,806 teams and a move of +0.9 percentage points in ownership. The next deadline, for Gameweek 8, is Friday 23 October at 18:30 UK time. He is a defender for Arsenal with 44 points this season, 6.3 per game, form 7.5 over the last 30 days and 587 of a possible 630 minutes played. See him on the bubble map.

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Data as of 23 October 2026 · refreshes every 15 minutes

Owned by: 54.2%; +1.0pp this gameweek
Transfers this GW: +106K; 118K in · 12K out
Price: £6.0m; +0.1 this GW · predictor: rising 20%
Form: 7.5; points per game, last 30 days
Expected points: 7.5 xP; FPL's projection, next gameweek
This gameweek: 6 pts; fit and available

Ownership, 21 Aug to 23 Oct

From 40.6% to 54.2% of teams. Daily snapshots; GW1 and GW2 backfilled from the official per-gameweek history.

Minutes and starts

587' · 7 starts in 7 gameweeks

Nailed: started every gameweek and played most of the minutes.

Availability: fit, no flag. The official flag only moves with injury or suspension news; it does not know about rotation, the minutes do.

Defensive contribution

3.7 per 90 · 24 total

Short of the 10 a defender needs for the 2 points.

Tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks and recoveries. The rule pays per match above the threshold, which is why per 90 matters more than the total.

Underlying numbers

Goals: 1
Assists: 2
xG: 1.22
xA: 0.98
xGI: 2.20
Bonus: 3
BPS: 121
Pts per £m: 7.3

Next 5 fixtures

GW	Opponent	Venue	Difficulty
8	EVE	Home	3/5
9	LIV	Away	4/5
10	HUL	Home	2/5
11	NEW	Away	3/5
12	MCI	Home	4/5

Difficulty is FPL's official rating, 1 easiest to 5 hardest.

Price

£6.0m now, up 0.5 since the start of the season, up 0.1 this gameweek. No price change is close according to the official predictor. Tonight's price changes.

Alternatives at a similar price

Defenders within £0.5m of £6.0m, fit, by FPL's own expected points for the next gameweek. Calafiori is on 7.5 xP.

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Riccardo Calafiori in FPL: the questions people ask

Should I keep or sell Riccardo Calafiori in FPL?: The signals on Riccardo Calafiori before the next Fantasy Premier League deadline: he has started every gameweek so far (587 of 630 minutes), FPL projects 7.5 points for him next, at home to Everton (difficulty 3 of 5), his next five fixtures average 3.2 difficulty and 105,806 managers have bought him since the deadline. At a similar price, the defenders FPL projects highest for the next gameweek are James Hill (£5.5m, 4.5 xP), Maxence Lacroix (£5.9m, 4.0 xP) and Marc Guéhi (£6.0m, 3.5 xP).
Is Riccardo Calafiori going up or down in price tonight?: On 23 October 2026, FPL's official price-change predictor has Riccardo Calafiori 20% of the way to a price rise from £6.0m, with no crossing projected in the next three nights.
How many managers own Riccardo Calafiori in FPL?: In Gameweek 7, Riccardo Calafiori has scored 6 Fantasy Premier League points and is owned by 54.2% of the game's 10.6 million managers at £6.0m (23 October 2026).
Are people buying or selling Riccardo Calafiori this gameweek?: Since the Gameweek 7 deadline, 117,918 FPL managers have transferred Riccardo Calafiori in and 12,112 have transferred him out, a net gain of 105,806 teams and a move of +0.9 percentage points in ownership. The next deadline, for Gameweek 8, is Friday 23 October at 18:30 UK time.

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