Manzambi FPL: buy, sell or hold?
Manzambi plays MID for Aston Villa 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 Manzambi?
Manzambi is our 33rd-ranked midfielder of 299 for the next 6 gameweeks, on 20.7 projected points. 17 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 Manzambi | Price | To GW12 | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|
 Groß BHA | £6.1m | 33.9 | 13.2 |
 Tavernier BOU | £6.1m | 26.7 | 6.0 |
 Schade BRE | £6.2m | 25.6 | 4.9 |
 Stach LEE | £6.0m | 25.6 | 4.9 |
 Gomez BHA | £5.0m | 24.3 | 3.6 |
Is Manzambi injured?
Manzambi is currently flagged as a doubt. The club news reads: “Calf injury - 75% chance of playing” FPL puts his chance of playing the next match at 75%. A flagged player still scores if he plays; the risk is that he does not start.
Projection by gameweek
| Gameweek | Fixture | xP |
|---|---|---|
| GW7 | at NEW | 2.8 |
| GW8 | v MCI | 3.2 |
| GW9 | v FUL | 4.0 |
| GW10 | at MUN | 3.1 |
| GW11 | v SUN | 3.9 |
| GW12 | at IPS | 3.7 |
Our record on Manzambi
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 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| GW2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| GW3 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 |
| GW4 | 27 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| GW5 | 71 | 0.6 | 13 | 12.4 |
| GW6 | 85 | 0.6 | 5 | 4.4 |
This season, match by match
| GW | Opponent | Mins | G | A | DefCon | xG/xA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | at BHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW2 | v ARS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW3 | at HUL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW4 | v NFO | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00/0.08 | 1 |
| GW5 | at TOT | 71 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.44/0.16 | 13 |
| GW6 | v BRE | 85 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.54/0.16 | 5 |
183 minutes, 1 goal, 2 assists, 19 points.
In the feed
| Date | Story | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | TEAM NEWS | Manzambi (AVL): Calf injury - 75% chance of playing |
| 2026-10-15 | TEAM NEWS | Isidor (SUN): Knock - 50% chance of playing |
| 2026-09-25 | TEAM NEWS | Ballard (SUN): Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing |
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