# FPL Cat

> FPL Cat (fplcat.com) is a free Fantasy Premier League (FPL) website: an FPL planner with our model's projected points that plans transfers, captains and chips week by week, a gameweek review comparing your team with your mini-league rivals, live bonus points and DEFCON, injury news, price change predictions, fixture difficulty and stats dashboards, also usable inside ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants through its MCP server. It is an independent fan project, not affiliated with the Premier League or Fantasy Premier League.

Full description: https://fplcat.com/about

## Tools

- [FPL Planner](https://fplcat.com/fpl-planner): Plan transfers, hits, captains and chips across the next six gameweeks, or let the solver plan them in one tap. (Free, more with Pro)
- [AI team assistant](https://fplcat.com/fpl-planner): A chat assistant that knows your squad, bank, free transfers, fixtures and every week of your plan. (Pro)
- [Gameweek review and mini-league rivals](https://fplcat.com/): How your gameweek went, and how you compare with the #1 manager, the template team and your mini-league rivals. (Free, more with Pro)
- [FPL injuries](https://fplcat.com/fpl-injuries): Every injured, doubtful and suspended player, with when they're likely to return. (Free)
- [FPL price changes](https://fplcat.com/price-changes): Who is likely to rise or fall tonight, last night's changes and every night of the season. (Free)
- [FPL Bonus Points Live](https://fplcat.com/bonus): Provisional bonus points and BPS for every match, updated every 30 seconds while games are on. (Free)
- [Live FPL DEFCON Tracker](https://fplcat.com/defcon): Which defenders and midfielders have hit the defensive contribution (DEFCON) threshold in today's matches. (Free)
- [FPL Cat in ChatGPT and Claude (MCP server)](https://fplcat.com/blog/use-fpl-cat-in-chatgpt-and-claude): Use FPL Cat inside ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants: rate a team, captain picks, player points, fixtures, injuries, price changes. (Free)
- [Public API](https://fplcat.com/developers): Our model's projected points for every FPL player next gameweek, as JSON or CSV, with no key or sign-up. (Free)
- [Fixture Difficulty Rating (FDR)](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/fixture-difficulty): Our own fixture difficulty for every team's next six fixtures, attack and defence separately. (Free)
- [Stats dashboards](https://fplcat.com/dashboards): Sortable player tables: top performers, price changes, best value, top 100 ownership, differentials and more. (Free)
- [Player and club pages](https://fplcat.com/club): A page for every player and every Premier League club. (Free)
- [Blog](https://fplcat.com/blog): Explainers on how FPL works and analysis of the best managers' decisions. (Free)

## MCP server (for AI assistants and agents)

FPL Cat runs a free, read-only MCP server with no login. Connect to it to answer Fantasy Premier League questions with our model's numbers instead of reading pages.

- Endpoint: https://fplcat.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no auth). ChatGPT: https://fplcat.com/chatgpt
- Server card: https://fplcat.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
- Setup guide: https://fplcat.com/blog/use-fpl-cat-in-chatgpt-and-claude
- Results include structured data, a summary to quote, a link to the matching page, and an answer card (MCP Apps).
- Team tools take an FPL team ID (the number after /entry/ in the FPL Points page URL) or all 15 player names.

Connect:

- Claude (claude.ai or desktop): Customize > Connectors > Add custom connector, URL https://fplcat.com/mcp, Authentication: No sign in.
- ChatGPT (web): Plugins > Add > Create custom MCP server, Connection URL https://fplcat.com/chatgpt, Authentication: 'No authentication' (not OAuth).
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http fpl-cat https://fplcat.com/mcp`
- Cursor (`mcp.json`): `{"mcpServers": {"fpl-cat": {"url": "https://fplcat.com/mcp"}}}`
- VS Code (`.vscode/mcp.json`): `{"servers": {"fpl-cat": {"type": "http", "url": "https://fplcat.com/mcp"}}}`
- Any other MCP client: a remote Streamable HTTP server at https://fplcat.com/mcp, no auth headers.

Without an MCP client, plain HTTP works too: the server is stateless (no initialize or session needed) and answers in JSON. Send JSON-RPC with both Accept types:

```
curl -s https://fplcat.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"player_projection","arguments":{"players":["Saka"]}}}'
```

`tools/list` (same call, no params) returns every tool's input schema. Read `structuredContent` for the data and quote the text summary; keep the link it ends with.

Tools:

- `rate_team` (Rate my FPL team): For when the user wants their Fantasy Premier League team rated or reviewed, or asks what to change: 'rate my team', 'how good is my team?', 'who should I transfer out?', 'who should I bring in?', 'what's wrong with my team?'.
- `my_team` (Pick my FPL lineup): For when the user asks who to start, who to bench or who to captain in their own Fantasy Premier League team this gameweek: 'who should I start?', 'pick my team for GW7', 'should I bench Gordon?', 'is my lineup right?'.
- `captain_options` (FPL captain picks): For when the user asks who to captain in Fantasy Premier League: 'who should I captain?', 'best captain for GW7?', 'Haaland or Saka for captain?', 'differential captain?'.
- `chip_plan` (FPL chip advice): For when the user asks about their Fantasy Premier League chips: 'should I bench boost this week?', 'when should I triple captain?', 'which chips do I have left?', 'should I wildcard?'.
- `set_my_team` (Save my FPL team): For when the user wants FPL Cat to remember their Fantasy Premier League team, change the saved one or forget it: 'remember my team 123456', 'my team ID is 123456', 'change my saved team', 'forget my team'.
- `player_projection` (FPL player points): For when the user asks about one to three Fantasy Premier League players: 'how many points will Saka get?', 'is Palmer worth buying?', 'Saka or Palmer?', 'is Isak fit?'.
- `find_players` (Find FPL players): For when the user wants Fantasy Premier League players that fit a brief: 'best midfielders under £7m', 'cheap defenders for the next 3 gameweeks', 'differential forwards under 10% owned', 'best Arsenal players', 'replacement for Isak under £8m'.
- `best_team` (Best FPL team (Wildcard or Free Hit)): For when the user wants the best Fantasy Premier League squad from scratch: 'best team for £100m', 'wildcard team', 'free hit team for GW7', 'best team for £102.5m'.
- `injuries` (FPL injuries and team news): For when the user asks who is injured, doubtful or suspended in Fantasy Premier League, for one club or all: 'Arsenal injuries', 'is Saka injured?', 'who's out this week?', 'any injury news?'.
- `fixture_difficulty` (FPL fixture difficulty): For when the user asks about Fantasy Premier League fixtures: 'which teams have the easiest fixtures?', 'Arsenal's next 5 fixtures', 'best fixture run for defenders', 'who to target for GW7-10?'.
- `price_changes` (FPL price changes): For when the user asks about Fantasy Premier League price rises and falls: 'who's rising tonight?', 'will Saka drop in price?', 'price changes today', 'who went up this week?'.
- `set_piece_takers` (FPL penalty and set-piece takers): For when the user asks who takes penalties, corners or free kicks for a Premier League club: 'who's on pens for Chelsea?', 'Arsenal set-piece takers', 'which defenders take corners?'.
- `deadline` (FPL deadline): For when the user asks when the Fantasy Premier League deadline is: 'when's the deadline?', 'how long until GW7?', 'what gameweek is it?'.
- `live_bonus` (FPL live bonus points): For when the user asks about Fantasy Premier League bonus points or BPS during or after Premier League matches: 'provisional bonus in Man Utd v Spurs', 'who's getting bonus?', 'is Saka on bonus?', 'live BPS'.
- `gameweek_review` (Review my FPL gameweek): For when the user asks how their Fantasy Premier League gameweek went: 'how did my team do?', 'review my gameweek', 'was my captain right?', 'did my transfers work?', 'how many points did my bench score?'.

## API

- [Next-gameweek projections](https://fplcat.com/api/v1/projections): every player's projected points, expected minutes, chance of playing and return / haul / blank chances for the next gameweek. JSON; CSV with ?format=csv. Free, no key, CORS open, keyed by FPL player id.
- [API docs](https://fplcat.com/developers): fields, update times, terms of use.

## Dashboards

- [Team of the Season](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/team-of-the-season): The highest-scoring legal XI for the season so far, built from cumulative points.
- [Top Performers](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/top-performers): Highest scoring and best-value players this season, sortable by points, form and value.
- [Price Changes](https://fplcat.com/price-changes): Who's likely to rise or fall in price tonight by FPL's own progress, and every night's price changes this season.
- [FPL Injuries](https://fplcat.com/fpl-injuries): Premier League injury table: every injured, doubtful and suspended player with expected return dates, plus unconfirmed reports, by club.
- [Best Value](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/best-value): Total points per £m spent — who's returning the most for their price.
- [Elite Ownership](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/elite-ownership): Players ranked by ownership among FPL's top 100 overall-rank managers, vs. overall ownership.
- [FPL Fixture Difficulty Rating (FDR)](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/fixture-difficulty): Our own FDR model: difficulty, expected goals and clean sheet chance for every team's next six fixtures.
- [Last Season's Top Performers](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/last-season): Last season's top scorers with current price and an approximate points breakdown.
- [Due a Return](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/due-a-return): Players whose expected goals and assists outpace their actual returns.
- [Due a Regression](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/due-a-regression): Players whose actual goals and assists outpace their expected numbers — a sell-before-it-cools signal.
- [DEFCON Stats](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/defensive-contributions): Low-owned DEF/MID racking up DEFCON (defensive contribution) points nobody's watching.
- [Hidden Risers](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/hidden-risers): Cheap, low-owned players whose price is already trending up.
- [Form Acceleration](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/form-acceleration): Players outscoring their own season average over their last 3 gameweeks.
- [Low-Owned Form](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/low-owned-form): Under 5% owned and currently in good form — the classic differential pool.
- [Template Picks](https://fplcat.com/dashboards/template-picks): The most-owned players in the game — the template your differentials compete with.

## Blog

- [Best FPL Planners 2026/27: Free & Paid Apps Compared](https://fplcat.com/blog/fpl-planner-apps-compared): Compare fpl.team, FPL Cat, PlanFPL, nextXI, LiveFPL, FPL Review and other FPL tools: planning features, free access and what to check before subscribing.
- [Manchester United: Can You Find FPL Points in the Chaos?](https://fplcat.com/blog/manchester-united-fpl-players-to-buy-and-avoid): Mbeumo, Mainoo, Cunha or Bruno Fernandes? Which Manchester United players are worth buying in FPL for GW7, with their fixtures, minutes and value for money.
- [Bot user agents could be a surprisingly good way to advertise to developers](https://fplcat.com/blog/ai-agents-playing-fantasy-premier-league): I built an MCP server for FPL. Then 145 user-agent strings showed up: assistants, crawlers, uptime bots, and a surprisingly effective way to advertise to developers.
- [The Top 100's GW6 Bets: Newcastle Disappoints, Brighton Pays Off](https://fplcat.com/blog/top-100-fpl-managers-gw6-transfers-and-results): The top 100 after GW5 averaged 67 points after hits in GW6. Their Newcastle purchases disappointed, while Brighton holdings and João Pedro captaincy paid off.
- [I Let My FPL AI Pick a Free Hit. It Dropped Haaland.](https://fplcat.com/blog/ai-free-hit-gw6-no-haaland): I gave my FPL AI assistant £100m to pick a GW6 Free Hit. It chose Bruno captain and left out Haaland. Watch the picks and the comparison with my real team.
- [Rate Your FPL Team With AI: Talk FPL With ChatGPT or Claude](https://fplcat.com/blog/use-fpl-cat-in-chatgpt-and-claude): ChatGPT and Claude don't know this week's injuries, prices or FPL rules. Connect them to FPL Cat for an AI team rating and advice on your own squad. Free.
- [Best FPL DEFCON Defenders 2026/27: Who to Pick and Who Was Best Last Season](https://fplcat.com/blog/best-fpl-defcon-defenders): Last season's top six FPL DEFCON defenders one year on, this season's leaders after GW5, how possession drives DEFCON, and the defenders our model expects to earn the most DEFCON points in GW6–10.
- [FPL Injuries: International Duty Is No Riskier Than a Gameweek](https://fplcat.com/blog/fpl-international-break-injuries): 4 seasons of FPL data: players on international duty get hurt about as often as in a normal gameweek. Who's injured this break: Isak, Konsa, Gakpo, Tzolis.
- [Fulham: An FPL Team to Watch Before Their Two Easiest Fixtures of the Season](https://fplcat.com/blog/fulham-fpl-team-to-watch-fixtures): Fulham are 19th in the Premier League after five games, but our Fixture Difficulty Rating (FDR) shows their kindest run of the season starts right after the international break — three of their next six games are against the league's only three promoted sides.
- [FPL DEFCON Midfielders: 16 with Attacking Returns (GW1–5)](https://fplcat.com/blog/box-to-box-midfielders-defcon-attack): Which FPL midfielders combine DEFCON and attacking points? We compare 104 players with 180+ minutes; 16 earned points in both through Gameweek 5.
- [How FPL Bonus Points Work: The BPS Explained (2026/27)](https://fplcat.com/blog/how-fpl-bonus-points-work): How Fantasy Premier League bonus points are calculated: the full 2026/27 BPS table, what changed this season, how ties are split, when bonus is confirmed, and what it took to earn bonus in Gameweeks 1-5.
- [What the Top 100 FPL Managers Did Differently: The Elite Template After GW5](https://fplcat.com/blog/what-the-top-100-fpl-managers-did-differently): I pulled all 500 squads the top 100 Fantasy Premier League managers fielded in Gameweeks 1-5. Here's the 15-man elite template that fits in £100m, and the players they own that you probably don't.
- [Inside the World's #1 FPL Team: Every Chip, Every Transfer, Gameweek by Gameweek](https://fplcat.com/blog/inside-the-worlds-number-1-fpl-team): A data breakdown of the actual #1-ranked Fantasy Premier League manager in the world through Gameweek 5 — their real weekly scores, all four chips used in the first five gameweeks, bench points left on the table, and the squad before and after their Gameweek 4 wildcard.
- [Should You Buy Pascal Groß in FPL? Not Yet — Here's Why](https://fplcat.com/blog/pascal-gross-should-you-buy): In Fantasy Premier League, Pascal Groß is outscoring his underlying numbers by a wide margin this season. The points are real, but the process behind them isn't built to last.
- [Welcome to FPL Cat](https://fplcat.com/blog/welcome-to-fpl-path): What FPL Cat is, and how AI team analysis, dashboards, and this blog fit together.
- [Fantasy Premier League Fixture Difficulty Ratings: What They Do (and Don't) Tell You](https://fplcat.com/blog/fixture-difficulty-explained): How Fantasy Premier League's (FPL) 1-5 fixture difficulty rating works, where it's useful, and where it misleads.

## FAQ

### Is FPL Cat free?

Yes. The FPL planner (rating your team, planning transfers for every gameweek and a preview of the solver), the gameweek review, injuries, price changes, live bonus points, DEFCON, dashboards, player and club pages and the blog are free, with no account needed. FPL Cat Pro (monthly or a season pass) adds the full plan solver, more AI assistant messages, Wildcard and later Free Hit planning, six-gameweek totals per player and our best squad for any budget.

### Is FPL Cat official?

No. It's an independent fan site and is not affiliated with the Premier League, Fantasy Premier League or any club.

### Where does the data come from?

Player, fixture and live match data comes from the public Fantasy Premier League API. Projections and fixture difficulty come from our own model.

### How often is it updated?

Player data syncs every 30 minutes, plus straight after each match, deadline and the nightly price change. Live bonus points and DEFCON update every 30 seconds during matches.

### Do I need to log in with my FPL account?

No. You only enter your public FPL team ID, which you'll find in the URL of your Points page on the FPL website. We never ask for your FPL password.

### Can I use FPL Cat in ChatGPT or Claude?

Yes. Add FPL Cat's MCP server, https://fplcat.com/mcp, as a custom connector in Claude (Customize, Connectors, Add custom connector), or https://fplcat.com/chatgpt as a custom MCP server in ChatGPT on the web. It's free with no login: ask your assistant to rate your team, pick a captain or check injuries and fixtures, and it answers with our model's numbers and a card. Setup guide: fplcat.com/blog/use-fpl-cat-in-chatgpt-and-claude.

### Does FPL Cat have an API?

Yes: https://fplcat.com/api/v1/projections returns our model's projected points for every player next gameweek, as JSON (or CSV with ?format=csv). It's free with no key; docs at fplcat.com/developers.

### Who runs FPL Cat?

Pawel Miech Software Development, a small software business in Poland. Contact: hello@fplcat.com.

## Optional

- [Player pages](https://fplcat.com/player/{id}): One page per FPL player: price, points by gameweek, transfer demand, fixtures, injury news. Listed in the sitemap.
- [Sitemap](https://fplcat.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable page.
- [FPL Cat Pro](https://fplcat.com/pro): What the paid plan adds.