What is the best Wildcard team for GW4?

The pitch above, rebuilt on the latest projected points. It is a legal squad inside the 100.0m budget, drafted for the gameweeks ahead rather than for Gameweek 4 alone, because a Wildcard squad stays with you afterwards.

Is GW4 a good time to Wildcard?

It is the first window with real evidence behind it. Three gameweeks are played, minutes have settled and the early price rises have happened, so a GW4 draft is built on facts rather than preseason projection. The counter is that there is no fixture swing to target: GW4 through GW7 are all singles.

How many transfers should a Wildcard make?

Six or more. Below that you are usually better taking a hit or two and keeping the chip, because a Wildcard is only worth the hits it saves plus the fixtures it unlocks.

What is the difference between a Wildcard and a Free Hit?

A Wildcard change is permanent, so you draft for the medium term. A Free Hit reverts to your old squad after one gameweek, so you draft only for that week. Use the Wildcard to fix a squad, the Free Hit to survive a bad one.

FPL Wildcard GW4

Gameweek 4 has been played. This page is the record of that week's Wildcard call. For Gameweek 6, see FPL Wildcard GW6, FPL Free Hit GW6, the Wildcard guide and the GW6 tips.

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TL;DR

The Gameweek 4 Wildcard record: a solver-built £100m rebuild on the projections at the time, drafted for Gameweeks 4 to 9. Worth playing only if it changed six or more players.

Building Your GW4 Wildcard Draft

Three gameweeks are in the books, so this is the first Wildcard window with real evidence behind it rather than preseason projection. Minutes have settled, the early price rises have happened, and you can see which summer signings have actually started.

Draft for GW4 to GW9, not for Saturday. The squad stays with you, so the fixture run matters more than one week.
Start from your keeps. List the players you would never sell, then build the rest around what is left.
Fix the shape, not just the names. Most broken squads are broken structurally: too much money on the bench, or three players from one struggling side.
Spend to the last 0.1. A Wildcard is the one time you can empty the bank without taking hits.

Build my best squad

What GW4 Looks Like

Gameweek 4 is a single gameweek. All 20 teams play once, and Gameweeks 5, 6 and 7 are singles too, with no blanks and no doubles anywhere in that run. So there is no fixture swing to target here: this Wildcard is squad repair, not a double-gameweek play.

The fixture spread still matters for the draft. Chelsea host Hull, Liverpool host Fulham, Crystal Palace host Ipswich and Leeds host Newcastle, all at difficulty 2. Man Utd against Man City is the standout clash, and Sunderland against Arsenal is the toughest draw on the board. Use the fixture ticker to see which runs hold up beyond Saturday, because that is what your new squad is buying.

If your squad is functional and you are only chasing one or two moves, hold the chip. The second Wildcard unlocks in the second half of the season, but the first one is gone for good once you play it. For the wider plan see the chip strategy guide, and for this week's captain and transfers see the GW4 tips.

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