Nottingham Forest FPL Guide 2026/27

• DEFCON: centre-backs and full-backs who rack up tackles, blocks, clearances and interceptions now have a second scoring route beyond clean sheets.
• Fixtures: check Nottm Forest's opening run on the FPL fixture list and the GW1 preview above before locking premiums.
• Prices: every Nottm Forest price is on FPL prices : then play free on Gameweek Fantasy.
• Differentials: looking for a low-owned Nottm Forest pick? Check FPL Differentials.

GW1 hosts Leeds at the City Ground. Start with Chris Wood, Ola Aina and Gibbs-White, then confirm minutes on the predicted XI. Open predicted XI →

Forest are built around Gibbs-White at £7.9m, comfortably the most expensive player in the squad and the creative hub of everything they do. Behind him the pricing drops off sharply — Hudson-Odoi and Wood, both £5.9m, lead a broad mid-price group. Sels is £5.0m in goal behind a defence where Milenkovic, Diomande and Murillo cost £5.5m, Daniel Muñoz (from Crystal Palace) arrives at £5.4m as the attacking-upside option at right-back, and Aina, Savona and Netz sit at £4.5m, with three more defenders at £4.0m.

• ↓ INDaniel Muñoz, From Crystal Palace at £5.4m. Attacking right-back who was Palace's standout defensive fantasy asset; check the lineup before he settles in.

Gibbs-White at £7.9m is the pick that defines whether you own Forest — creative focal point, set-piece responsibility, a guaranteed central role, and by some distance the most expensive name in the squad. He's the most direct route into their returns. Hudson-Odoi at £5.9m is the cheaper alternative from wide, with Milenkovic, Diomande and Murillo at £5.5m the premium defensive options, and Muñoz at £5.4m the pick if you want attacking upside from the back line.

Forest's defence offers real value right across the price range. Bindon, Richards and Abbott sit at £4.0m, with Aina, Savona and Netz at £4.5m and Morato and Williams at £5.0m. Aina and Williams carry attacking full-back upside, and Muñoz at £5.4m adds another attacking option at the top of that range. Sels at £5.0m is a solid budget goalkeeper, with Victor at £4.5m as cover. Yates at £4.5m is the cheapest midfield route in.

Gibbs-White is a legitimate differential captain in a favourable home fixture, where his set-piece duty and central role give him multiple routes to points. Not a default armband — Forest's overall scoring volume trails the top sides — but a solid mid-price captaincy option when you need to make ground on rivals who all own the same premium striker.

Forest's mid-price attackers are all genuinely low-ownership. Ndoye and Hutchinson at £5.4m are the standouts, each capable of a double-figure gameweek once they lock down a starting role, with Schlager at £5.0m a cheaper punt in the same mould. Hudson-Odoi at £5.9m is the more established differential, and Wood at £5.9m offers a proven Premier League scoring record whenever he holds the striker's shirt. Domínguez at £4.9m offers minutes-based midfield value with defensive contribution points on top.

The centre-forward slot is the clearest thing to avoid. Wood at £5.9m and Kalimuendo at £5.4m compete for the same starting berth — Awoniyi's move to Coventry narrowed the rotation but didn't eliminate it. The attacking midfield is similarly congested around £5.5m. Outside Gibbs-White, I'd treat Forest picks as fixture-specific bets rather than season-long holds.