Marco Palestra — FPL Price, Projections & Fixtures Differential DEF Numbers: the FFIQ engine Numbers refreshed 9 August 2026 — this page updates with every rebuild.
The read — Marco Palestra (Chelsea, defender) costs £5.5m and is owned by 1.6% of FPL managers. Our engine projects 7.1 points over the next six gameweeks — an average run of fixtures. Next: FUL (A) in GW1. Status: available, not a predicted starter.
Palestra at a glance Stat Value Club Chelsea Position DEF Price £5.5m Ownership 1.6% Projected points (next 6) 7.1 Predicted starter No Proven PL record New to the league Availability available
Palestra — projected points, GW1–6 Gameweek Fixture Fixture ease Projected points GW1 FUL (A) very tough 1.1 GW2 BHA (H) average 1.2 GW3 ARS (A) very tough 1.0 GW4 HUL (H) very kind 1.4 GW5 BRE (A) very tough 1.1 GW6 BOU (H) very kind 1.3
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79% Six-gameweek forecasts on target within an average of 2 points a gameweek, on a season the engine had never seen
8.5/11 Starting XIs called actual starters across a two-season backtest — before team news
0.79 Team ratings vs the final table rank correlation across a full-season replay
84% Player pool with real shot data three seasons of expected-goals data — we never guess for the rest
