| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Sels | NFO | B |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | A, Sus |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  de Ligt | MUN | B, Inj |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | B |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A, £ |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | B |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| No Change |  Gakpo | LIV | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| Up |  Schade | BRE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | A, £ |
| Down |  Fernández | CHE | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A, Vs |
| Up |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Skonto Rigga We take another look at the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) set-piece and penalty-takers after Gameweek 3.
These round-ups will become less frequent as the season settles down but with new arrivals muscling in on the dead-ball action and some outstanding questions being answered, the weekly analysis continues for now.
Based on the official Opta data in our Premium Members Area, here is a breakdown of the latest round of matches.
Have a feeling UTD could possibly take a poo on every Arsenal asset GW4. Quite happy not owning any of their defence and their attack well, only Nketiah and Saka are looking okayish. What team experiment has Arteta got up his sleeve for GW4?
Gabriel Magalhães as striker.
Probably bench Saliba and play Gabriel, if he's aspiring to be a pep level troll this would be the play.
We haven’t won a league game at the Emirates since Lingard moonwalked there
Hope your wrong. United are trash, so that gives me some hope at least.
Watched a bit of Spurs game in the weekend and extended highlights. Maddison looks like a brilliant option, on set pieces as well but you could feel Sonny is slowly coming back to his best. I have a feeling he will start banging in soon but is he worth it over Madders? Removing Martinelli for him.
madders best player in the league at this moment imo
best player is a bit of a stretch but yeah he has been brilliant.
I watched the game and didn't get that impression personally. He's trying to come inside more than he seemed to during preseason or the first two games but he's still not looking himself, not great decision making and not great shooting. He played up top for the final 30 after Richarlison was taken off but he didn't do too much
thanks Nate.
Maddison, Kulusevski double up here.
Mitoma + Martinelli > Sterling + Foden -4, worth it?
Current front 8:
Mitoma Martinelli Saka Rashford Mbeumo
Haaland Watkins Mubama
I’d only do Marti -> Sterling, personally
You can't remove Brighton asset in Mitoma after 1 gw. Brighton are very attacking and playing teams which aren't going to sit back like Westham and defend in the next few which is a positive thing for their attackers.
I agree
Maybe just bring in Sterling/Foden and that's it
Yeah difficult decision tbh. Sterling is on form but Foden looked class when he came on the other day. I would slightly favour Sterling since he is nailed and on better form. Also offers more goal threat.
Stumped. Is C silly? Could pay off over a longer period — or he could be benched.
A - Play Saliba (MUN)
B - Play JPedro (NEW)
C - JP -> Alvarez (FUL) for [-4]
I quite like Alvarez at this point. On set pieces and corners as well. Whether I am keeping him when CL starts is story for another day.
Given the fixtures for City, not a bad move. Would prefer it for free though.
I think its a fair time to move Pedro on after RDZ's comments about him needing 'time to learn the Brighton way'. But I wouldn't be thinking of Alvarez as a long-term option necessarily
Not for a hit. B for me.
Just activated my WC and this is what I came up with:
Areola (Leno)
Chilwell Gusto Udogie (Andersen Estupinan)
Sterling Mbeumo Maddison Bowen Saka
Haaland Wissa (Isak)
A lot of money on the bench, I know. But it seems that the budget is a lesser issue this season and this allows me to rotate according to fixtures.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Not sure about two Brentford. Really like the Isak pick. I think he’ll be in my squad by GW5.
Anderson a tricky one; not sure you will get either value or use.
Isak for later I like but beware of Champions league.
I would keep .5 ITB to allow for unexpected situations, such as a defender @5 mil.
I think no ManU might be a risk.
i also wildcarded and have the same team only differences are andersen for cash and wissa for alvarez..plan is to ditch alvarez for watkins on gw8
Also, only Saka at that price point could force a double tfr.
theres money in the bank so that wont be an issue
Wow I've almost done exactly the same. I've stuck with City down back though with Ederson and Gvar. I'm also backing in Watkins, benching this week before a good run. Also likely bringing Diaby in next week for either Mbuemo or Bowen. I have your exact midfield!
Good draft. Agree maybe Alvarez/Jackson rather than Wissa. Also would consider NEW defenders over Estu and Andersen. Trouble with packing your midfield with mid priced assets is the lack of 1 FT flexibility. For instance, Son might be a good differential over Maddi, and gives you more flex to move to Bruno or other mids as needed?
theres more than 2m in bank with this setup so there is flexibility
Ok cool. Then looks good, esp for GW4
I forgot to mention I have 2.9m itb which could allow me to upgrade to premium options if need be
I WC'd to
Areola, (Leno)
Eustoponinan, chillwell, udogie, cash, trippier
Madison, foden, sterling, saka Bowen
Jackson, Alvarez, Harland.
I'm playing with Jackson -> izak, but tripier needs to be downgraded for that.
Other ideas include a 1 week punt on Antonio for luton
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Pickford
Chilwell pinnock cash
Saka bruno salah eze
Haaland watkins pedro
Subs turner saliba baldock anderson
Will u do salah and anderson to sterling and bowen/maddison
Or do bruno and anderson to sterling and rodri?
If you have just one free transfer, I'd sell Salah for Sterling and go 3-4-3.
If you have two free transfers I'd use the money left over from selling Salah to upgrade Anderson for either Rashford or Maddison, bench Pedro and play a 3-5-2.
I have 2 free transfer
Yeah and thats why i asking if sell salah and anderson for sterling and maddison/ bowen?
Good to go ? Lock and load and forget about all the pre match gossip and tweets ?
Johnstone
Estupiñán Henry Chilwell
Maddison Saka Foden Sterling Bowen
Haaland Alvarez
Turner Edouard Botman Beyer
Great team that
Very nice front 7!
Every time I like my front 7 I find that they probably all blank 🙂
I got in Bowen for Luton as well. Could be gold!
I think that’s called recency bias 🙂
That said though - this does look solid. Plan to hold Bowen through the City-Liv-New gw 5-8 run? Or move him on?
I will most likely hold. West Ham are looking very sharp in attack.
Love that midfield. G2G
Thanks guys
Yep should be GTG. Just keep an eye on the Henderson/Johnstone situation
Yes, been following that.
May need a keeper transfer next week, not worth a -4 this week.
Yeah I have the same keeper combo & will also ride it out this week even if the Hendo deal goes through, maybe sort on WC5 if necessary
Question marks over Foden's minutes.
always 🙂
Would you do any of these moves for a hit?
A) Odegaard > Maddison (-4)
B) Watkins > Alvarez (-4)
C) Watkins > Jackson (-4)
Cheers
Leno the best keeper option in FPL?
On my WC and missed the Ederson price rise last night. Vicario the only other keeper I'm considering but reluctant to double up on Spurs defence. Areola will be my 2nd keeper.
Highest point scorer for keepers along with Vicario. 5 bonus points already from 3 games. 22 saves already (6 more than the nearest keeper - Vicario has 13 saves, Ederson has 2!) Rotates nicely with Areola for the next 20 gws (Villa away in gw9 and Brentford away in gw11 being the toughest games in that period for both keepers.) Cheaper than Ederson and Vicario as well.
Should be a no brainer to go with Leno and Areola right?
Yes imo
I like this reasoning. Relative differential too
If you thought Ederson was the right choice yesterday then 0.1 shouldn't change that
Ederson was my initial choice and the 0.1 doesn't make a difference. Ederson is still expensive though and takes up a City spot in the team. Another look at the data this morning is making me now think Leno is a better option to go for than Ederson
Getting Ederson prevents you from going all in on Pep roulette - that's how I'd look at it!
Pep roulette is always a concern. Not fully set on my WC team yet but currently spinning the roulette with Foden, Haaland and Alvarez.
Yep, nailed it
Yeah I like Leno too. Flekken/Leno is my WC(5?) plan
Flekken I think will get good points too
I did that on WC.
Forum posts here helped, with the idea of Leno/flekken now then flekken-> areola in gw10.
I went Leno/areola now as the difference b/w areola and flekken was minimal
Yep
Leno has +9 post shot xG last season, which means he prevented 9 xG. Only Alisson has a better record (+10) and the rest of the GK are far behind him (Kepa and Raya at +5). The return of Palhinha increases the CS odds but he will still have plenty of saves to make. At 4.5 he is the best keeper out there, by far.
Took the unusual step of making an early transfer and don’t mind it. Gvardiol in for Gabriel.
Half tempted to take Mitoma out but not for a hit. Fair chance he can return against Newcastle isn’t there? Hopefully they’ll come at Brighton more than West Ham and leave some space.
Brighton are pretty fixture proof so save the transfer
Nice one, thanks
What to do….
Pedro out, baldock out Or Chukwuemeka out.?
Chukwuemeka is predicted to be back after IB.
Baldock playing a poor Everton side
Pedro may or may not get a reprieve.
0.9th and 2ft. Any advice?
RamsdaleMUN (H)
EstupiñanNEW (H)
ChilwellNFO (H)
AkanjiFUL (H)
EzeWOL (H)
FodenFUL (H)
RashfordARS (A)
SalahAVL (H)
ChukwuemekaNFO (H)
HaalandFUL (H)
N.JacksonNFO (H)
Bench - Turner, baldock, Pedro, beyer, baldock
Isn't Akanji flagged? Plus is Chukky back from injury?
Thought Akanji was just a rest due, Pep likes to chuck in a rest for those that play to much.. managing minutes.
Chukky is out until after IB, but dunno whether to hold him and fight another fire like Pedro, as 1pt a GW for sub appearances isnt really helping after what de zerbi said
Bench two:
Estu (newcastle)
Ødegaard (MAN U)
Udogie (burnley)
I wouldn’t. Arsenal Man Utd could go either way. Brighton Newcastle both have something to prove after defeats, spurs playing well… no other options?
Have a bit of a benching headache tbh, team is:
Areola Turner
Estu Udogie Gusto Chilwell Henry
Ødegaard Bruno Mbuemo Foden D. Luiz
Alvarez Haaland Jackson
The only one I'm definitely benching is Luiz, the others I'm a bit unsure about.
I’d actually say Alvarez, gusto and estu with those choices.. but that is a tough one
Henry won't be as attacking in a back 4.
Probably bench the defenders there
Estu + Øde
On WC and currently on A but thinking Eze might get a big hall vs wolves so debating the below. Which combo would you go for?
A. Mbeumo and Alvarez
B. Eze and Wissa
I’d go A too. Eze doesn’t have enough going on around him
A
Flekken (Turner)
Estu Gvardiol Gusto Chilwell (Kabore)
Salah Rashford Saka Foden (chuku)
Haaland Wissa (Pedro)
1 FT £0 itb
A. Rash>Sterling
B. Rash>Maddison
C. Roll
D. Something else clever you guys suggest!
A or B, coin toss. Sterling more explosive, but also riskier pick.
Don’t mind Rashford’s chances this week but either of those moves could work. Roll works too
Onana / Turner
Chilly, Colwill, Gvardiol / Estu, Beyer
Saka, Maddison, Sterling, Martinelli, Jota
Haaland, Alvarez
3.0 mitb, 0 ft
Having both Jota and Martinelli is not optimal, but is selling either of them worth -4? Estupinian is a hold for gw6? Gvardiol and Alvarez both failed, but perhaps that was just bad luck with Haaland missing pen and Walker being simply stupid and arrogant?
This team looks little annoying. Not bad enough to warrant WC nor good enough to get big green arrows either. Any ideas how to plan forward?!?
I wouldn't sell either for a hit.
I have seen a lot worse.
Yes, I believe that 😉 My first mistake (after not starting with Maddison and Wissa) was to knee jerk after gw1 and sell Bruno. Should have remembered that one match is far too small sample size.
Hold. That team could easily yield big returns this week
Think you got enough differentials in there for arrows, Jota, Alvarez, Colwill.
Would starting Sarr over Saliba be overly ambitious?
No, it's not a bad call.
Arsenal will (probably) concede. Saliba is not attacking enough.
Yeah my thinking exactly.
Would you have a look at WC draft?
Ederson / Turner
Estup / Chilwell / Udogie / Gusto / Kabore
Saka / Foden / Bowen / Sterling / Maddison
Haaland / Darwin / Watkins
Any thoughts?
Risky with Darwin until get an indication that Klopp is willing to start him
I like it - would probably wait for Darwin to be settled in the team and not sure on Bowen with West Ham's next 5.
Bowen would be a week punt to target Luton, then switch out.
Do you not reckon Darwin gets the nod after a brace?
If it's a week punt then sure. I'd prefer to see him start consistently and you would have thought he'd get the nod after the preseason he had.
I would choose Areola over Turner with Hendo arriving.
you know the risks with Darwin.
Saka the only price point you may need created by overspend up top IMO
Scrap this. Thinking of Johnstone. Excuse
I thought I had missed something and was about to crap myself! Johnstone and Turner is my pair lol
No problem my bud. I must have been asleep.
Looks like Hendo’s going to Palace not Forest now
See above. My bad. Wakey Wakey
Wrote it pretty much the same time, apols
Front 8 will give you a benching headache. Still need to see a few more games and starts from Darwin to be sure that he's a great FPL option.
Think Leno and Gvardiol is a better option than Ederson and Kabore. Leno has made 22 saves already and racking up save and bonus points. In comparison Ederson has made 2 saves all season and unlikely to get many save or bonus points. Wouldn't go near any Luton player right now regardless of how cheap they are
Thanks for comment. I like your suggestion, I guess my thinking was that I would usually play a 3 at the back, so having another 5m defender is surplas to requirements. I'll have a look though...
Looks brilliant, but that is the thing. You can go with 15 good players if you leave out Mo.
But if Mo stays at Liverpool, then I'd much rather field him GW after GW than have tons of million on the bench.
You can still make a world class starting XI with Haaland + Salah and a cheap bench, and Liverpool have decent fixtures now, and Mo did return in 3/3 games.
I totally see your point and Salah might become a captain option as the season goes on. Right now, I think he's too expensive and probably unsettled.
Sell Rashford or Ode for Maddison?
Have sterling, Foden, Mbeumo already
Odegaard
Ode. Keep Rashford.
Thoughts on Martinelli > Sterling or Maddison for a -4?
Johnstone
Chilwell - Gvardiol - Estupinan
Rashford - Bruno - Saka - Martinelli - Mbeumo
Haaland - Jackson
Subs: Turner - Archer - Baldock - Shaw
I checked underlying numbers and sold Rashford. Jesus training and back soon could also help Martinelli.
Thank you. I'm also keeping an eye on Rashford - he's provided really poor value for money up until now. Is it worth taking a -4 point hit to transfer either out, or should I wait for one more week?
Not worth -4. He could easily score from counter attack. I believe low blocks to favour Bruno more than him.
I'm hoping that Hojlund is back Vs Arsenal, so we can see if that helps Rash a bit
Not for a hit
The decision is already a difficult one when it's for free!
You think so? His underlying numbers have been quite poor.
Talking about Martinelli here, btw.
You need to add a bit of context to the stats. First two games when Nketiah started didn't favour Martinelli. Good stats in the Fulham game when Trossard started CF in the first half. Jesus back available should help Martinelli get involved more rather than is isolated on the left
I feel Martinelli against United defense is a great choice. But Sterling ( Form+fixtures) and Maddison (xG) are better choices. It's upto you to decide if the better choices worth 4 points more than the great choice.
I can only hope for a high-scoring game, which isn't outside the realms of possibility considering the lack of balance in the Arsenal team and United's struggles to plug the defensive gap when the ball is turned over. It should be an interesting match...
Think I’m going to keep Rashford, 2 assists at the weekend there and you know he brings goals to the team, can see him go on a run of hauls soon.
As well, think I might give him 1 more GW.
I started with him last season and it took some time for him to find his shooting boots. The only question is when that is going happen this season.
Pricing means we are dipping into a lucky bag atm
Back in his favoured LW spot, martial started CF in the last game and Hojlund should be available after IB. Leaning towards keeping over Martinelli
I only own Saka from United and Arsenal but would not be moving Rashford or Bruno on if I had them. I may even get Bruno after this week and Rashford looked back to his best out on the left again
Bonkers to me that the minute Rashford goes back go LW and starts getting returns, everyone wants to get rid. "My player only scored 7pts, I have to get rid now that he's looking better for someone that got 10pts last week for a hit". Make it make sense. Level of chasing last week's points going on is exceptional
Let it ride Nate - better for those of us with longer term plans !
Yeah he’s a keep for me, plenty of midfield options but if he can get back to where he was past season he’ll be the one to own in that spot.
Onana
Chilwell udogie estu
Bruno saka ode mbeumo mitoma
Haaland Alverez
Subs turner Baldock mubama kaboure
4.3m itb
Worth taking -4 to make any changes? Bring in madders or sterling maybe?
Both of your desired choices is better suited to outscore ode (maybe mitoma too) in the next few fixtures. And there is a high probability that they will end up outscoring ode by 4 points in this week only. If you believe that too, go for it. Or else wait for next week.
Easy bank for me. That money itb gives you a nice international break to play around with a few options.
Price rises this season are absolutely brutal
Kids these days!
Just do not get it at all.
I'm curious to know if it's possible to have a successful season while consistently making transfers right after Gameweeks end, in an effort to chase points
5.2 OR in my history predicts that to be possible. However, getting false bandwagons is not the way to go. By selling Rashford to a famous troll named Sterling I may just have done that mistake.
Early transfer are far less dangerous with decent bench. Without good bench risks with early transfers are much higher, since you are basically only one injury away from forced -4.
Only matters if you want Salah + Haaland.
Yeah, so it makes even less sense to make early transfers with all this extra cash. Hundreds of thousands of weirdos making goalkeeper transfers for Areola to rise, it's just bizarre.
Way too much kneejerking going on. Luckily for me I did well this week so not many going up that I want / don't already have but was the opposite the first two weeks
Don't want to sound like I'm blaming the dreaded 'content creator' boogeyman but I really wonder if all this extra content spurs 'casuals' into making daft early transfers to avoid price rises (which they then cause themselves). Had Romero rising on Saturday morning before Spurs had even played - just madness.
First 4-5 weeks of every season will see the most price rises.
March or Diaby > Sterling
Why would you get rid of Diaby?
fixture swing and trying to get in Sterling
Liverpool is a good fixture for a Villa attacker, as is Chelsea, Brighton, Wolves and Luton though. Only ones I'm seeing there that I expect to be tough are Palace and Forest, who are still conceding goals, while Villa have scored 8 in 3. Villa are 2nd for xG too
Who are your rest 3?
Salah Saka Mbumebo
So you've 5 inform players, and you wanna bring in the sixth one. In that case I fell the only deciding factor left is fixtures. And Brighton has a few huge obstacles upfront.
Probably March. Once gw4 is done, Villa will have a great run of fixtures so would hold onto Villa assets
Don't understand why so many people are selling Rashford. Ok, United have a tough fixture away to Arsenal but he could still haul as he's United's talisman. Plus it sounds like Rasmus will play, which means that Rashy will be back in his favoured position on the left of a front 3. United's fixtures after Arsenal are pretty decent, too.
I can see a lot of goals in this game.
Too many options to fiddle around this time. The chase is on for shinier looking toys.
We typically struggle to score at the Emirates and haven't won a league game in about 6 years. Since that win, we've only scored 3 times (2 of which came last season from a total xG of 0.36).
There will be goals, but I'd be shocked if many (if any) of them came from us with how much we're struggling to convert this season. I don't think Hojlund will be ready to start either, so will probably be Mannequin Martial up top.
Arsenal are looking shaky at the back too, don't forget they conceded two against a mediocre Fulham. If United go at Arsenal I can see a shock result here.
I'm surprised its taken me 3 GWs to realise this but if you don't want Salah and everyone has Haaland you can spend 86m on the other 14 players which averages at 6.1m per player where probably the most expensive you'd go is 9m. What a mess they've made of the game this year, might as well have unlimited funds.
Basically so. KdB is injured and Kane is gone. Something may happen in January, but now it looks like TV is irrelevant. I have 3 million itb for example. However, I still want to have good TV. It may help later in the season.
I don't see what the problem is?
Me neither. The game isn't a mess at all. If you do go for a £9m player, then that means you have to pick another player for £3.2m to maintain your £6.1m average per player, and there isn't anyone available at £3.2m. The challenge therefore is to balance your funds between defense and attack.
Is Rodri the new Gundogan?
The number 8 that gets 10+ goals a season, and that is nailed to play.
Are we put off because of history bias, and because we judge him by his low price?
If he scores home Vs Fulham, he's going straight in my basket. (Probably maybe)
Doubt it. Not attacking to the box like Gundo imo.
At least one needs to go for Maddison, Sterling or Foden, pick one or two please:
A) Odegaard
B) Rashford
C) Mbeumo
Ode
Ode
Rash for free only, can wait one week if no price drop.
A) Transfer our Gabriel for Udogie
B) Transfer our Eze for Maddison
C) Roll FT (start Baldock against Everton) and have 2 for the IB
If you're going to play udogie this week, whom are you benching?
Burnley is ready to concede, CRY doesn't really wanna score. Sticky situation for Eze.
All the advices are appreciated, mates...
Did Salah Pedro to Sterling Jackson with my 2FT .
Tempted to use the WC to be fair.
Its strange because from one point of view I feel I need to get only Gabriel out and it is all fine but from another one I want to use a WC and get Maddison Udogie Mbeumo before they become more expensive. This GW showed that im not in tune with the cool kids.
Onana
Chilwell Estu Henry
Rashford Saka Sterling Mitoma Eze
Haaland Jackson
Turner Gabriel Mubama Baldock
