Last man standing planner

The biggest mistake in a last man standing league is burning your best teams too early. This planner ranks every club's chance of avoiding defeat in each of the next 6 gameweeks, so you can map a route that saves the big sides for the hard weeks — and never use the same team twice. New here? Read the last man standing rules first.

Suggested route

Our auto-plan looks at all these gameweeks together and saves the strongest clubs for the weeks with no other safe option, instead of just grabbing the best team each week. It's a starting point, not gospel — customise your own below.

  1. GW4Chelsea FC crest

    Chelsea FC

    Home vs Hull City AFC · Sat, Sep 12, 02:00 PM

    86%

  2. GW5Newcastle United FC crest

    Newcastle United FC

    Home vs Hull City AFC · Sat, Sep 19, 02:00 PM

    86%

  3. GW6Arsenal FC crest

    Arsenal FC

    Home vs Leeds United FC · Sat, Oct 10, 11:30 AM

    88%

  4. GW7Manchester City FC crest

    Manchester City FC

    Home vs Ipswich Town FC · Sat, Oct 17, 02:00 PM

    89%

  5. GW8Liverpool FC crest

    Liverpool FC

    Home vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC · Sun, Oct 25, 02:00 PM

    82%

  6. GW9AFC Bournemouth crest

    AFC Bournemouth

    Home vs Leeds United FC · Sat, Oct 31, 03:00 PM

    76%

Build your own route

Pick a team for each gameweek below. It's a scratchpad — nothing is saved until you enter the pick in your actual league. Once you've used a club here it's locked out everywhere else, just like the real game.

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Gameweek 6

Gameweek 7

Gameweek 8

Gameweek 9

How the planner works

Each club gets an estimated chance of avoiding defeat in every upcoming fixture, driven mainly by team strength versus the specific opponent, adjusted for home advantage and updated after every result. Recent form is folded in second, with small samples pulled back toward the league average. Under standard rules a win or a draw keeps you alive, so we optimise for not losing. This page is a planning scratchpad — your selections here are not saved. To actually submit picks, head to My Leagues. Want this week's single best pick instead? See who to pick this week.

Put the plan into play

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