The best Brighton FPL Players 2024/25

Who are the best Brighton FPL players for the 2024/25 season?

We take a look at our top three Seagulls picks ahead of Gameweek 1, using our Hub Opta data and AI to inform our decision.

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Best Brighton FPL players 2024/25: Uncertainties ahead of Gameweek 1

Brighton are under new management, with Fabian Hurzeler set to become the Premier League’s youngest permanent boss.

We analysed Hurzeler’s style of play in our Seagulls team preview, however there is much still to be learned in the remaining pre-season games.

What has become clear is the German’s tactics could be fluid, with various styles trialled. It may not be clear which system he settles on until the majority of the first-team squad are fit and available.

Some players stayed at home during the tour of Japan to build fitness, while Lewis Dunk for example had an extended break after England duties.

The top three players below therefore come with caveats – and FPL managers may wish to wait for our predicted lineups and team news article before the deadline before picking any of them in their teams.

It may even be a case of waiting a few weeks to see how the Seagulls settle under Hurzeler.

Best Brighton players 2024/25: Joao Pedro (£5.5m)

Pedro was among the players to miss the tour of Japan but he has since been pictured in training.

The Brazilian forward had a good first season on the south coast, scoring nine league goals and assisting three.

Pedro was not always a starter under Roberto De Zerbi – who often rotated his team – and 12 of his 31 league appearances came from off the bench.

But he was an important part of the team in all competitions. He added 11 further goals in the FA Cup and Europa League combined, taking his tally to 20.

Half of these were penalties, four of which came in the league.

Even without spot-kicks though, he still led Brighton players for expected goals (NPxG) on 7.97, ahead of the departed Pascal Gross.

Pedro has competition up front, including from Evan Ferguson, but the Irishman is nursing an injury issue of his own. Danny Welbeck is likely to rival him for minutes initially.

Part of the attraction of Pedro is his price. He comes in at £5.5m, the same as Southampton talisman Adam Armstrong.

Even if he is not fit for the start of the season, it might not be long before he is in the fantasy conversation as people look to save precious funds for the game’s premium picks.

Best Brighton FPL players: Lewis Dunk (£4.5m)

As covered in our team preview article, Hurzeler could be more defensively minded than his predecessor.

His former team St Pauli had the best defensive record in the Bundesliga and he has already spoken about the importance of defensive stability and controlling games.

The 31-year-old also described set-pieces as a ‘game-changer’ – and all this could be great signs for Dunk.

Dunk is one of Brighton’s best aerial threats and also took some direct free-kicks last season.

He scored three goals from an expected goals (xG) of 3.15, leading figures among the Seagulls defenders, and ranked joint-fourth among all defenders for shots on target (12).

Brighton kept just six clean sheets last season but an improvement in this total could make Dunk one of the standouts at £4.5m.

The England international is £0.5m more expensive than Valentin Barco (£4.0m), a much-championed budget option.

Barco could start the season as a left-back or left wing-back in the absence of Pervis Estupinan. He has taken corners when he’s been on the pitch in pre-season.

But Dunk offers greater long-term security from a minutes perspective however and could well be worth the added cost.

Best Brighton FPL players: Kaoru Mitoma (£6.5m)

Our final place in our top three was a tough choice between Mitoma and new boy Yankubah Minteh.

Minteh has looked fantastic in pre-season, scoring two and assisting one, and comes in at a very tempting £5.5m.

But Mitoma offers proven Premier League pedigree and he should be fully fit after missing the latter stages of last season.

The Japanese midfielder scored three and assisted seven in 19 games, before a back injury in February kept him out for the rest of the campaign.

He scored seven and assisted nine in 2022/23, when he was one of Brighton’s best players.

Mitoma has played a part in all of Brighton’s pre-season friendlies and should be good for Gameweek 1.

Hub AI ranks him as the best Brighton player for the first four weeks of the season, 0.1 ahead of Pedro.

 

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