18 Sep 2026
Premier League Round 5: How the Picks Stacked Up
With Round 5 picks now locked for Premier League, here's where the crowd landed.
Last Man Standing
Newcastle United topped the table, but only just — 26% of players went that way, with the rest scattered elsewhere.
A handful of others picked up real backing too: Nottingham Forest with 21%, Everton (12%), Manchester City with 10%.
Belief in the picks ran high, with a mere 1% reaching for a safety net. safety net usage is tracking almost exactly where it was last round (1%).
Home advantage carried weight too: 89% of picks backed the home side in their fixture.
The picks weren't concentrated on just a couple of sides: 75% of this round's teams got at least one selection.
Pick 5
Pick 5 managers for Premier League clustered around a few familiar names this round.
- a popular pick () drew 189% of managers, good enough for Top pick.
- Second most popular: Erling Haaland (Attacker), taken by 44% of managers this round.
- Third most popular: Morgan Gibbs-White (Midfielder), taken by 33% of managers this round.
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Attacker) drew 33% of managers, good enough for Fourth most popular.
- Bruno Fernandes (Midfielder) drew 28% of managers, good enough for Fifth most popular.
Position by position, here's who managers trusted most:
- At Attacker, Erling Haaland was the standout, taken by 44% of managers.
- Midfielder: Morgan Gibbs-White led the way, picked by 33% of managers.
- At Defender, Virgil van Dijk was the standout, taken by 11% of managers.
For anyone chasing a differential, Anton Stach (Midfielder) had only 6% of managers on board this round.
The rest is up to the pitch — check back once results are in.