Season 4 Weekly Update 3 - League B

August 26, 2025

This is the last week of banned players! Starting after the matches this week, these players will be unbanned(and I get to stop posting this list)! Banned players:

Sesko
Diakite
Thiaw
Masuaku
Hermansen
Broja
Calvert-Lewin
Wolfe
Alderete
Ngumoha
Rees-Dottin
Wright
Seung soo
Cardines
Leoni
Hutchinson
Mukiele
Tchatchoua
Kalimuendo
Adli
Okafor
Douglas Luiz
Dowman
Triston Rowe
Burrowes
Proctor
Onyango
Campbell
James Justin
Tyler Dibling

And, one more announcement! gosfpl.com/season-4 has been updated to have live updates for matchup scores for both leagues! This means, if you want, you can solely use the poorly performing app/website for setting your lineup and making waivers, and use this site for all your score checking needs! This is a work in progress (and I hate working on UI stuff), so suggestions and patience welcome as I continue adding things! Also, we're back in mid-season form of these being written/sent out in the middle of the night so that's awesome.

Hello everyone and welcome to gameweek 3! Waivers this week are due on Friday at 3am PDT / 6am EDT as the games start on Saturday! This week saw some interesting matches, headlined by Divya's narrow victory over Andrew, 41-38. Elsewhere, Chris pulls off a huge 45-31 win over me and Alex fends off a Travis 43 pointer with 60 points of his own. Full results are as follows:

Matthew 31-45 Chris
John 32-47 ZachA
Mack 41-19 Emma
Alex 60-43 Travis
Cara 38-26 Morgs
Andrew 38-41 Divya

League Table

Weekly Matchups

These results see just 3 undefeated teams remain, led by Zach! Chris sits just 6 PF behind and Cara another 17.

Now onto the game changers!

Chris: Moises Caicedo - 8 pts - Apparently the watch party worked? At least enough for him to get a goal.
ZachA: Joao Pedro - 15 pts - Something about Chelsea players on Zach's team just unleashes something. He did leap like a fish for his goal though.
Mack: Viktor Gyokeres - 12 pts - A beautiful display of fixing his hair after scoring a brace.
Alex: Jordan Pickford - 15 pts - Yeah, his water bottle said 50% left 50% right yet he saved it anyway.
Cara: Cody Gakpo - 10 pts - Lots of double assist players this week. Fortunately for Cara his 2 bonus canceled out the -2 from Gordon.
Divya: Josh Cullen - 14 pts - You don't often see a Cullen out during the day, let alone scoring and assisting in a soccer match.

In terms of our first week of 3 in the August Manager of the Month race, the table matches the table above, so not much to say there. ZachA pulls ahead slightly on PF!

Next week will see some great matchups, headlined by two undefeated teams in ZachA vs Cara. Elsewhere, two more of our high scorers will face off as Chris takes on Alex. Should be a good week of matchups! Full matchups are as follows:

Morgs vs Matthew
Travis vs Divya
Emma vs Andrew
ZachA vs Cara
Chris vs Alex
John vs Mack

And lastly, shoutouts! Shoutout to Zach, Chris, and Cara for their 2 winstreaks!

Stats

Copium Tables

Performance Table

Luck Table

xP Table (manager vs average)

All Manager Table

Statistical Breakdowns

Gameweek Breakdown

Manager Breakdown

Timelines

Position Timeline

Points Timeline

Points For Timeline

The League

Welcome to gameweek 3 of The League(tm) group stage! This week saw a number of close matchups, headlined by Alex taking a high scoring 60-47 win over ZachA in league B. Elsewhere, Coop upsets (?) Luke 51-43, Jesse narrowly defeats Gavin 36-33, and Mack takes a dramatic 41-38 win against Cara.

Matthew 42-17 Scott
Luke 43-51 Coop
MatthewR 50-34 Zach
Gavin 33-36 Jesse
Darryan 57-35 Dylan
Kevin 45-22 Matt
Andrew 38-19 Emma
Matthew2 31-41 Divya
ZachA 47-60 Alex
Travis 43-32 John
Morgs 26-45 Chris
Cara 38-41 Mack

As for the table, we have just 6 undefeated teams remaining! Led by Alex and MatthewR with 90+ PF, Chris, Jesse, Mack, and Andrew all remain in contention for an undefeated group stage.

And next week sees our first week of cross-league matchups! The headliner of the week being one of two undefeated matchups: MatthewR vs Andrew! The other being Jesse vs the current table leader, Alex. Other matchups to keep an eye on include me vs ZachA in what should be an interesting Mitoma derby, Luke vs Matthew2, Dylan vs Mack, and a battle between two teams with near identical PF in Zach vs Travis.

Full matchups are as follows:

Matthew vs ZachA
Luke vs Matthew2
MatthewR vs Andrew
Gavin vs John
Darryan vs Emma
Kevin vs Divya
Dylan vs Mack
Jesse vs Alex
Matt vs Chris
Coop vs Cara
Scott vs Morgs
Zach vs Travis

Good luck with your first inter-league matchup of the group stage!

The League - Group Stage Table

The League - Group Stage Matchups

Power Rankings

On the bubble (in no order): Andrew, Travis, Cara, Kevin, Dylan Fell off: Cara, Jesse

10 - Alex (NEW) - League B - Alex's 60 point showing (highest score from both leagues) this week forced my hand to sneak him in at #10. That said, the score was off the back of a rare Pickford pen save, 2 assists from Calafiori, and a Gravenberch goal, so while the score was solid, I want to see some more consistency before he moves higher.

9 - Chris (-) - League B - Another 40+ pointer from Chris cemented his spot in the top 10 this week, and that's with his 1st rounder picking up yet another 2 pointer and leaving 8 on the bench with Tarkowski.

8 - MatthewR (NEW) - League A - Back to back 40+ point weeks and some defcon monsters, plus leaving points on the bench. Some defensive contribution monsters on this team and has a lot of potential if Enzo and Tavernier can keep producing (and Watkins wakes up). Fortunately for him, Odegaard's injury isn't bad either.

7 - Mack (-1) - League B - The drop isn't even necessarily for her team doing worse, but other teams doing better. A second 40+ point for Mack (with Dango sitting quietly on the bench and Eze waiting for his Arsenal debut) puts her firmly in the top 10 in my eyes. Gyokeres's spot is also nailed for the time being, along with Barnes even if a new striker starts playing (shoutout Anthony Gordon).

6 - Zach (-4) - League A - Rough week for Zach as Saka goes down with a hamstring injury and Gvardiol remains out for who knows how long. Beto also appeared from the bench, while MLS finds himself behind the luscious locks of the Italian Arsenal left back. Still think this team has a lot of potential, but it will rely on some Rogers magic and Ekitike to keep form.

5 - ZachA (+3) - League B - For the other Zach however, things are looking up. Joao Pedro showed up against West Ham, somehow both of his Chelsea defenders contributed to goals, and Sarr picks up his first goal of the season. Until ZachA averages less than 47.5 points per week I think I'm obligated to put him here.

4 - Matthew (-1) - League A - Moving myself down a place due to the head to head loss against Luke. Still waiting on my FWDs to do something, though.

3 - Luke (+2) - League A - Moved up due to the head to head win against me. Gakpo, Ndiaye, and the Bournemouth defense carrying despite the short term injuries to Palmer and Georginio, but his FWD situation continues to look dire.

2 - Darryan (+2) - League A - A huge week from Darryan's team as his defenders put up 6/24/13/6. The rest of his team didn't do anything but 57 points is 57 points. On one hand, he has quite the weak midfield, on the other, midfielders are aplenty. And if his defenders and Haaland continue as they are, he'll be fine.

1 - Matthew2 (-) - League B - Definitely an off week for this team with so many attacking players blanking, but I do still think it's the best option to put here for the moment. Another off week and it is banished though.

Also, there is a sense of momentum with these rankings i.e. it will take some time for managers to rise and fall, just because I've looked at these teams a lot and have my own personal opinions and predictions of how players will perform in the future. I also tend to not give up on players super easily, especially if they've shown that they can come up with points consistently.

And that's about it for this week! Good luck out there!