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Morgan Gibbs-White
MID · Nott'm Forest · age 26 · £8.0m
2025/26 Premier League
| Year | Starts | Min | G | A | xG | xA | CS | GC | Bonus | YC | Sleeper | FPL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 35 | 3101 | 15 | 4 | 10.81 | 2.91 | 10 | 45 | 18 | 1 | 206.2 | 188 |
Plus
- 15 goals from midfield, 188 FPL points, consensus 11.17. The industry loved the finishing.
- First-choice direct free-kicks, second-choice pens. Forest's attacking hub at 26.
- 10.81 xG, 15 finishes - hot, but not Semenyo-hot, and the volume (3,101 minutes) is the floor.
- The Premier 9th overall - hybrid of Sleeper BPL and the published pro lists.
- 206.2 Sleeper BPL 2025 points (Pitch #18).
Minus
- Sleeper 18 versus consensus 11. The Pitch already cooled him relative to FPL.
- 20 tackles, 48 CBI. Sleeper's defensive table does not love him the way FPL's attack table does.
- Forest plus a 15-goal spike is how people talk themselves out of a top-eight mid.
- 15 goals on 10.81 xG - finishing ran hot. Do not buy the spike cold.
- Board spread 3-33 (RotoWire FPL 400 to FPL Ownership).
PitchKeep Take · The Premier
Morgan Gibbs-White is the first real Sleeper-versus-FPL split on The Premier. Official points had him fifth (188). ESPN, Athletic, and Sky were 3-5. Consensus 11.17. Sleeper BPL 2025 had him 18th (206.2) because 15 goals and 4 assists from midfield is elite attacking output and 20 tackles is not. Hybrid lands at 7. We are not ignoring 15 goals. We are not pretending he defends like Rice.
The 2025/26 line: 35 starts, 3,101 minutes, 15 G, 4 A, 10 CS, 10.81 xG, 2.91 xA. Four-goal overperformance on the shot map. Direct free-kicks are his. Penalties are second. Forest's attack ran through him and the FPL boards noticed. £8.0m is the public still hearing 'Nottingham Forest' louder than '15 goals.' That gap is the point of a third list.
Sleeper's defensive scoring is why he sits behind Rice and Garner on The Pitch. The Premier pulls him back up because 19 boards averaging 11 is a lot of industry agreement to throw away. Yellows: 1. He did not even give the card-tax people a hook. PPG 5.1, same as Rice, with a completely different shape.
The risk is the finishing. 15 on 10.81 can become 11 on 11, and then the FPL boards will look silly and Sleeper will look prescient. Forest's supporting cast is not City or Arsenal. If the chance quality dies, this ranking dies with it. We are ranking the player who just did it for 3,100 minutes, not a projection model that wants him to be polite.
Instruction: this is a hold against anyone using Sleeper rank as gospel and a buy against anyone who still has him outside the top 20 on vibes. Do not pay Bruno. Do pay more than a 6.5 Forest-adjacent mid who scored 8.
Sleeper vs FPL
Same 2025/26 line, two scoring tables
Board graph
Spread 3-33 · 16 sources
Tape · 2025/26 Premier League
Morgan Gibbs-White - Premier League Magic ✨ Skills & Goals 2026
Every Board
Spread 3-33 · 16 sources
| Source | Rank |
|---|---|
| RotoWire FPL 400 | 3 |
| RotoWire Fantrax / Sleeper 400 | 3 |
| Fantasy Football Fix Captains | 3 |
| FPL 2025/26 Points | 5 |
| The Independent Watchlist | 5 |
| FPL ICT Index | 7 |
| FPL Price Board | 12 |
| Premier League Scout Key Prices | 14 |
| FPL xGI | 15 |
| Fantasy Football Hub | 17 |
| Sleeper BPL 2025 | 18 |
| FPL EP Next | 18 |
| Premier League Scout Club Picks | 18 |
| RotoWire GW1 | 27 |
| The Athletic PL 50 | 27 |
| FPL Ownership | 33 |
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