Elanga FPL: buy, sell or hold?
Elanga plays MID for Newcastle United at £6.0m, owned by 2.6% of managers. Projection, form, every public rating we hold and our own forecast record — free.
Should you sell Elanga?
Elanga is our 167th-ranked midfielder of 299 for the next 6 gameweeks, on 3.6 projected points. 144 midfielders at his price or below project higher over the same run. The best 5 are below — if you are moving him on, that is where the money goes.
| Instead of Elanga | Price | To GW12 | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|
 Groß BHA | £6.1m | 33.9 | 30.3 |
 Tavernier BOU | £6.1m | 26.7 | 23.1 |
 Schade BRE | £6.2m | 25.6 | 22.0 |
 Stach LEE | £6.0m | 25.6 | 22.0 |
 Gomez BHA | £5.0m | 24.3 | 20.7 |
Is Elanga injured?
Elanga is currently flagged as injured. The club news reads: “Unspecified injury - Expected back 25 Oct” FPL puts his chance of playing the next match at 0%. A flagged player still scores if he plays; the risk is that he does not start.
Projection by gameweek
| Gameweek | Fixture | xP |
|---|---|---|
| GW7 | v AVL | 0.0 |
| GW8 | at CRY | 0.3 |
| GW9 | v EVE | 0.6 |
| GW10 | at FUL | 1.0 |
| GW11 | v ARS | 0.9 |
| GW12 | at BHA | 0.9 |
Our record on Elanga
What we forecast before each deadline, against what he actually scored. Published first, graded after — the misses stay up. Rows marked backtest were produced later by re-running the model with only the data it would have had at the time; they were never published in advance and are kept out of our accuracy record.
| Gameweek | Mins | Forecast | Actual | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 backtest | 75 | 0.6 | 9 | 8.4 |
| GW2 | 81 | 2.7 | 8 | 5.3 |
| GW3 | 76 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.8 |
| GW4 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 2.6 |
| GW5 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| GW6 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 3.0 |
This season, match by match
| GW | Opponent | Mins | G | A | DefCon | xG/xA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | v LIV | 75 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.22/0.01 | 9 |
| GW2 | at TOT | 81 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.20/0.10 | 8 |
| GW3 | v BOU | 76 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00/0.23 | 1 |
| GW4 | at LEE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW5 | v HUL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW6 | at COV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
232 minutes, 2 goals, 0 assists, 18 points.
Match ratings
A blend of independent match ratings for Elanga, each normalised to its own scale before averaging, so a strict marker and a generous one carry equal weight. Versus average is how far above or below the league he graded.
| GW | Rating | Vs average | Raters |
|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | 7.2 | +0.88 | 2 |
In the feed
| Date | Story | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | TEAM NEWS | Elanga (NEW): Unspecified injury - Unknown return date |
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