Martinez FPL: buy, sell or hold?
Martinez plays DEF for Manchester United at £4.9m, owned by 1.2% of managers. Projection, form, every public rating we hold and our own forecast record — free.
Should you sell Martinez?
Martinez is our 42nd-ranked defender of 217 for the next 6 gameweeks, on 20.0 projected points. 29 defenders 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 Martinez | Price | To GW12 | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|
 De Cuyper BHA | £5.2m | 36.3 | 16.3 |
 Vuskovic BHA | £5.1m | 28.3 | 8.3 |
 Bogle LEE | £4.7m | 28.2 | 8.2 |
 Justin LEE | £4.5m | 26.9 | 6.9 |
 Muharemović LEE | £5.0m | 26.8 | 6.8 |
Is Martinez injured?
Martinez is currently flagged as a doubt. The club news reads: “Thigh 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 LEE | 2.6 |
| GW8 | v BOU | 4.1 |
| GW9 | at CHE | 2.7 |
| GW10 | v AVL | 4.1 |
| GW11 | at LIV | 3.1 |
| GW12 | v BRE | 3.4 |
Our record on Martinez
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 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 |
| GW2 | 90 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
| GW3 | 90 | 0.7 | 3 | 2.3 |
| GW4 | 90 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.3 |
| GW5 | 90 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 |
| GW6 | 90 | 0.9 | 3 | 2.1 |
This season, match by match
| GW | Opponent | Mins | G | A | DefCon | xG/xA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | at HUL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00/0.00 | 0 |
| GW2 | v IPS | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03/0.06 | 1 |
| GW3 | at EVE | 90 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.00/0.00 | 3 |
| GW4 | v MCI | 90 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.03/0.08 | 2 |
| GW5 | at FUL | 90 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.15/0.02 | 0 |
| GW6 | v TOT | 90 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00/0.02 | 3 |
450 minutes, 0 goals, 0 assists, 9 points.
Match ratings
A blend of independent match ratings for Martinez, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GW3 | 7.0 | +0.08 | 1 |
In the feed
| Date | Story | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | TEAM NEWS | Martinez (MUN): Thigh injury - 75% chance of playing |
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