How Many FPL Points Can Hugo Ekitike Claim in 2025/26 Season?

Less than a week before the opening game of the new Premier League season (2025/26), while the latest Premier League champions Liverpool lost the FA Community Shield 2025 match against the latest FA Cup champions Crystal Palace in the penalty shootout, the Reds’ new signing Hugo Ekitike shone with an early goal on his official debut for Liverpool. His Community Shield performance has built up a new interest for the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers.

Hugo Ekitike's FPL valuation

In the ongoing summer, Premier League club Liverpool has signed French forward Hugo Ekitike from the German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt for reportedly £69m + £10m in add-ons. The 23-year-old had an impressive time last season, as he was selected in the EA FC 25 Bundesliga Team of the Season for 2024/25. So, the expectation will be higher from the French forward, who will start the FPL season with a valuation of £8.5m, a pretty high average valuation.

Hugo Ekitike’s FPL valuation will be justified by his performances this season. He has to produce enough strong FPL points to prove himself in the first PL season. Last season, seven forwards recorded 150 or more FPL points (including present FPL reclassified midfielder Matheus Cunha and excluding present FPL reclassified forward Jarrod Bowen). While there aren’t many changes in the FPL points, apart from the introduction of defensive contributions, where a forward can earn a maximum of two points from a match with at least 12 CBIRT (clearances, blocks, interceptions, ball recoveries, and tackles), we can expect at least the score of 150 from Ekitike’s FPL points.

As it will be his first FPL season, it is difficult for the managers to predict Hugo Ekitike’s FPL points for the 2025/26 season. However, the 23-year-old forward’s recent performances in the other leagues can bring some clear pictures for the FPL managers to predict Ekitike’s FPL points in the first season.

Hugo Ekitike was impressive on the field for Eintracht Frankfurt last season. Playing for the German Bundesliga club, the French forward recorded 22 goals and 12 assists in 48 overall appearances last season. He was the joint leading goalscorer for his club in the previous Bundesliga season (15 goals) and the leading goalscorer for his club overall last season (22 goals). In the previous Bundesliga season, he finished as the joint sixth most prolific goalscorer.

Hugo Ekitike's Performances Last 3 Seasons

Hugo Ekitike's FPL Points Expectation

As Hugo Ekitike made an impressive improvement last season, the FPL managers will be happy with the stats and will expect significant FPL points from Liverpool’s new joinee, who already impressed on his debut for the club. In the FA Community Shield match against Crystal Palace last Sunday (August 10), Ekitike opened up the scoreline in just the fourth minute of the game with his brilliant finish from the edge of the box.

The Premier League is a very different and competitive league, where the top forwards generally record at least 15 goals in a season. Ekitike reached the 15-goal mark last season in the German Bundesliga, and he will surely get enough gametime, at least in the early period of the season, as Liverpool has invested hugely in the French forward.

With the FPL valuation of £8.5m, Hugo Ekitike’s FPL points under 150 for the 2025/26 season are unacceptable (, especially if he gets enough gametime for the club. If he makes at least 15 involvements in the goal-scoring (goals+assists) in the Premier League 2025/26, especially scoring goals for the majority of these involvements, he can achieve the 150 FPL points mark, or at least he can come very close to the mark.