Everton finished 13th in 25/26. David Moyes continues — Year 2 at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium. Jordan Pickford (£5m) and James Tarkowski (£6.0m) lead the budget defensive picks.
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Everton FPL Picks 2026/27
Everton finished 13th in 25/26. David Moyes continues — Year 2 at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium. Jordan Pickford (£5m) and James Tarkowski (£6.0m) lead the budget defensive picks.
Cult-FPL pick. 30+ pts in 2-game stretches via saves alone.
JT
VALUEDEF
James Tarkowski
150+ pts at sub-£5m · DefCon king
PROJ PRICE
£6.0m
GW1-5 PPG
4.6
ONSIDE MODEL VERDICT
Top sub-£5m defender. 44 DC points in 25/26 led all CBs.
IN
DIFFERENTIALMID
Iliman Ndiaye
Set-piece taker + AM
PROJ PRICE
£6.0m
GW1-5 PPG
4.4
ONSIDE MODEL VERDICT
Cleanest budget-mid attacking pick at Everton.
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VALUEFWD
Beto
Lead striker
PROJ PRICE
£5.5m
GW1-5 PPG
4.2
ONSIDE MODEL VERDICT
Budget-FWD bracket only. Captain no Everton asset.
Projections are model output, not a guarantee. Prices firm on FPL's 26/27 reveal; the squad-projection layer re-runs every Friday from price-reveal day.
Everton's mid-table — first full season at the new stadium
Everton finished 13th in 2025/26 with 49 points. David Moyes enters Year 2 at the club, and 26/27 is the first full Premier League season at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium. For Fantasy Premier League managers, Everton is a defensive-bargain pool: Pickford and Tarkowski are perennial cult-pick budget defensive assets, and the new-stadium home form upside is a small but real bonus.
Jordan Pickford and James Tarkowski — the cult budget pair
Jordan Pickford (projected £5.0m) is a perennial cult-FPL pick — the rare goalkeeper who hits 30+ FPL points in a 2-game stretch via save points alone. His shot-stopping numbers in 25/26 were elite (84th percentile across PL goalkeepers). At £5.0m he is a defensible premium-GK alternative to Raya or Sánchez at much lower cost.
James Tarkowski (£6.0m) was a 25/26 standout — over 150 FPL points at sub-£5m, with elite Defensive Contribution points under the 25/26 scoring tweak. He is the cleanest "budget defender starting CB" pick in the league.
Beto, Ndiaye, and the rest of Everton's squad
Beto (£5.5m) and Iliman Ndiaye (£5.5m) lead the Everton attack. Neither is a credible captain pick. Ndiaye takes set-pieces and is the more interesting £5.5m mid pick if Moyes continues the system. James Garner (£5.0m) handles some direct free kicks.
The 25/26 Hill Dickinson Stadium opening generated a small home-form uplift in late-25/26 results. The first full season at the new stadium is expected to extend that uplift — Moyes' deep-block + counter system plays well at home with the right crowd.
Everton's 26/27 ownership angle
Everton are 6/1 for relegation — mid-table expectation from bookmakers. The recommended exposure: Pickford + Tarkowski is the cleanest "double Everton" template, both at sub-£5m. No premium Everton picks. Captain no Everton asset.
The opening 5 fixture difficulty will determine whether the budget defensive pair stays in your squad through the season or rotates out at the first international break.
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Yes, at a projected £5.0m he is a defensible premium-GK alternative — his shot-stopping numbers in 25/26 were 84th percentile across PL goalkeepers, and he hits 30+ FPL points in 2-game stretches via save points alone. The cult Pickford pick remains live for 26/27.
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