{"id":67546,"date":"2025-10-23T10:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=67546"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:41:37","slug":"fpl-gameweek-9-most-likely-assist-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/fpl-gameweek-9-most-likely-assist-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Select Arsenal Winger Bukayo Saka In Your FPL Team For Gameweek 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has been ranked as the most likely player to provide an assist in FPL for Gameweek 9 as the Gunners host Crystal Palace on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bukayo Saka Most Likely To Register Assist In Gameweek 9<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gameweek 9 is fast approaching, and with the weekly deadline in FPL set for 18:30 on Friday evening, it\u2019s time for managers to start finalising their teams for the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help in that process, we\u2019re taking a look at which players are most likely to register an assist in GW9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calculated using the bookmakers\u2019 latest assist odds, we have created a list of players that are most likely to provide an assist this weekend based on the implied probability of their odds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topping that list is Arsenal and England winger Bukayo Saka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 24-year-old will face off against Crystal Palace at the Emirates in an all-London affair on Sunday, and bookmakers give him a 28.6% chance of registering an assist in the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saka is yet to provide an assist for his club this term, having totalled just three goals in nine appearances thus far, however he boasts a strong record against the Eagles in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across his last seven appearances against the South London club since 2022-23, Saka has totalled two goals and four assists. This includes an assist in the Gunners\u2019 3-2 FA Cup quarter-final win over Oliver Glasner\u2019s side last term.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46388\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46388 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Bukayo-Saka-Arsenal-1-560x374.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal West Ham Tips\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Bukayo-Saka-Arsenal-1-560x374.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Bukayo-Saka-Arsenal-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Bukayo-Saka-Arsenal-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Bukayo-Saka-Arsenal-1.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following as the second most likely player to provide an assist this weekend is Mohamed Salah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salah, who also features highly in our list of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/fpl-gameweek-9-most-likely-goalscorers\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most likely goalscorers in FPL for Gameweek 9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has been given a 25.0% probability to provide an assist away at Brentford this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is despite his underwhelming form as of late, having failed to register a goal involvement in each of his last five appearances for Liverpool across all competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Arne Slot dropped the Egyptian to the bench for the Reds&#8217; 5-1 Champions League win over Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt out in Germany on Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20607\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20607 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186635676-560x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186635676-560x399.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186635676-924x658.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186635676-350x249.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186635676-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2186635676.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liverpool star Mohamed Salah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another Gunners star in Eberechi Eze is third most likely to provide an assist in Gameweek 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odds suggest that the \u00a37.6m midfielder has a 23.8% chance of assisting a goal, ahead of Chelsea\u2019s Estevao (23.1%) and Pedro Neto (22.7%), as well as Liverpool\u2019s Florian Wirtz (22.7%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also ranked highly in terms of their probability of registering an assist are Anthony Elanga, Joao Pedro, David Brooks, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki, who are all rated at 22.2% of doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s Pedro is also included as a faller in the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/fpl-gameweek-9-price-changes-haaland-rises-gyokeres-salah-fall\/\">FPL price changes for Gameweek 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>FPL Gameweek 9: Most Likely Assist Providers<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><div class=\"su-table su-table-responsive su-table-alternate\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Player<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Cost<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Fixture<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Assist Probability<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a310.0m<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Crystal Palace (H)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">28.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a314.3m<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Brentford (A)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">25.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Eberechi Eze (Arsenal)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a37.6m<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Crystal Palace (H)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">23.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Estevao (Chelsea)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a36.5m<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Sunderland (H)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">23.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a38.1m<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Brentford (A)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">22.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Pedro Neto (Chelsea)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a37.0m<\/td>\n<td 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