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Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.0m	114.2%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.5m	104.7%	Very Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	102.8%	Very Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	101.4%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	86.1%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	87.2%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	88.4%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	87.7%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	80.7%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	80.1%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	82.0%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	76.3%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	68.0%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	76.5%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	73.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	65.1%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	67.2%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	68.9%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	65.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	65.4%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	58.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	55.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	55.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	54.3%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	59.6%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	53.6%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.2%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	46.1%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	47.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	47.4%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.1%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	42.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	41.2%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	156.4%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	102.2%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	101.9%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.2%	Very Likely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	101.1%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	99.7%	Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.8%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	99.2%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.9%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	91.6%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	96.6%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	97.1%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	94.7%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.8%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	93.5%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	93.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.3%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	92.6%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.8%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	91.7%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	91.6%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	89.9%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	90.1%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	87.2%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	89.9%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	87.1%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	86.2%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.7%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	85.2%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	83.2%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	85.8%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	86.5%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	80.9%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	78.5%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Members

The Numbers Game – Goal Threat From The Back

15 February 2012 1652 comments

Mark

With template midfields and forward lines now commonplace, recent goals from Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Joleon Lescott demonstrated the value of points from our defenders as a method of boosting Fantasy ranks.

In this latest article for Members, we use Opta data and our own ICT Threat scores to examine the defenders who have presented the most potent threat so far, whilst discussing any worthy options who are potentially due improved returns before the season is out.

This content is restricted to Chief Scout Members. Click here to register and get access to industry-leading stats from Opta and StatsBomb including Defensive Contributions data, the Rate My Team tool, Points Projections, 150+ Member-only articles, exclusive Team Reveals, a customisable Season Ticker, two Transfer Planners... and more!

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Johnny Unitas
13 years, 10 months ago
15 RB's for Luisao, will take that! 3 points from nothing!
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Mílanista
13 years, 10 months ago
Taking the armband off Messi and giving it to Uncle Clarence was a joke, but I didn't expect it to fail that spectacularly 😆
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1. super zlatan
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Why would u have given it to Clarence?
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  1. Mílanista
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Just signed up to the CL game yesterday, don't really care about it. Thought I would have a laugh and do the sort of crazy punts I wouldn't do in FPL.
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2. Epic Fail
  13 years, 10 months ago
  My armband is still firmly on Messi and wont be moving.
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super zlatan
13 years, 10 months ago
C'mon zlat!!!!
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super zlatan
13 years, 10 months ago
Prince. !!! Wow.
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Mílanista
13 years, 10 months ago
OH MY GOODNESS!!!
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1. JK - Cønt ⭐
  13 years, 10 months ago
  that is a stunner?
  
  assist?
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  1. Mílanista
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Nocerino 8)
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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      13 years, 10 months ago
      8)
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      1. Bendy Busdriver
        13 years, 10 months ago
        this shit is easy
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CFCTom
13 years, 10 months ago
Boateng goal. When he scores goals they're always incredible, what a goal! 1-0 Milan.
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1. CFCTom
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Ball clipped to him on the right hand side of the box, controls it with his chest and volleys it in off the bar, one of the hardest type or goals to score.
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2. PL Ball
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Yeah, his goal against Barca comes to mind too.
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  1. CFCTom
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Thats what I mean, and he scored one where he controlled it perfectly and with very little backlift smacked it in off the bar, from outside the box too, or there abouts.
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PL Ball
13 years, 10 months ago
beauty that
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1. super zlatan
  13 years, 10 months ago
  + tons
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2. Granville
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Really was a great strike. Nocerino assist, nice.
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Horizontal
13 years, 10 months ago
What a goal by Boateng!!!
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Johnny Unitas
13 years, 10 months ago
Well, at least RVP is going to have to score now, no one would believe me if I said I was seriously tempted by Prince over Kroos, and since Kroos came in for Shirokov, Kroos has rather a lot to live up to or I will be Kross!
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1. Horizontal
  13 years, 10 months ago
  I believe you, Johnny.
  
  For a change. ;-}
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Epic Fail
13 years, 10 months ago
Is anyone not watching the Champion's League game?
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1. Johnny Unitas
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Me, I am in work. Ugh.
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  1. Epic Fail
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Gutted, you're missing a pretty decent game.
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2. you can call me AL
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Im watching it. Ars haven't really got in the game yet
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Aaron
13 years, 10 months ago
Anyone playing Europe league fantasy football ???
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1. Parm
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Yep (C) Hulk woop and have Berba, really f*cked it up.
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2. Epic Fail
  13 years, 10 months ago
  I played it last year, not this year though. It doesn't really interest me, it's one step too far.
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3. CFCTom
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Captained Valencia, have Hulk and Aguero too.
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4. Anorak
  13 years, 10 months ago
  I'm in for some future scouting.
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  1. Anorak
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Gambled on Young (c), but then UEL is all a gamble really....
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Hazard267
13 years, 10 months ago
Cmon zlatan put u in for benzema
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1. Epic Fail
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Wow.
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you can call me AL
13 years, 10 months ago
I hate that bean pole ibrahimavic
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1. super zlatan
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Grrrrrrrrrrr
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  1. super zlatan
    13 years, 10 months ago
    He is quality
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    1. Granville
      13 years, 10 months ago
      Although never performs against English teams
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      1. super zlatan
        13 years, 10 months ago
        Scored two against arsenal when playing for barca.
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        you can call me AL
        13 years, 10 months ago
        He has a great record but well known for his bad performances against English sides
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      2. Mílanista
        13 years, 10 months ago
        Never is incorrect. 2 goals at the Emirates 2 seasons ago.
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        Granville
        13 years, 10 months ago
        Yes I forgot about that. I guess he broke his hoodoo that night.
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    2. you can call me AL
      13 years, 10 months ago
      I think his horse tail hair annoys me the most. If you lift it up you will find a tea towel holder
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      1. Horizontal
        13 years, 10 months ago
        I see that Ibra's 1920's spiv look seems to be coming on nicely.
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      2. HVT
        13 years, 10 months ago
        Some people round here don't mind a bit of horse hair at all
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Alan The Llama
13 years, 10 months ago
Headers and volleys!
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सनकी
13 years, 10 months ago
demps>Mcclean.

Graham>Roonpig ? for an 8 point hit ? 😀
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1. super zlatan
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Nutz imo
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Munsoned
13 years, 10 months ago
why does Ibra insist on looking like a gay pirate?
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1. super zlatan
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Leave zuperman alone!!!
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Alan The Llama
13 years, 10 months ago
He's still the swedish Peter Crouch
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Rebellion
13 years, 10 months ago
Mignolet Vorm
Kompany JEvans RTaylor Shawcross Kelly
Silva Bale Seggeson Dempsey Valencia
Van Persie Aguero Graham

0.8m 1FT

Can anyone suggest transfer recommendations or future transfers??

Thanking' You
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1. HVT
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Graham > tevez .
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  1. HVT
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Na man all generically good, wait for injuries/ suspensions/dgw etc
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  2. Rebellion
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Eh 0.8m not 8.0m; well unless you wanna loan me the cash... I'm good for it honest?!!
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AP
13 years, 10 months ago
You see this thing of charging your website viewers for content, the only other website i know that does that is the times.... owned by Rupert Murdoch. Is this the start of another media mogul?
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COMH
13 years, 10 months ago
AC are bossing this game. Van Bommel is a quality DM. And what a goal that was!!
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super zlatan
13 years, 10 months ago
Robinnnnnhooooooooooooo
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Mílanista
13 years, 10 months ago
Binho!!!!!!!!
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PL Ball
13 years, 10 months ago
Two nil.
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Puzzle
13 years, 10 months ago
Robinho! Zlatan assist
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you can call me AL
13 years, 10 months ago
Pure FIFA goal !
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1. COMH
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Haha absolute Fifa goal. Double tap the cross button then boom!
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Screaming Midget
13 years, 10 months ago
They deserve to be 2-0 down.

This is the most frustrating I've seen Arsenal play in Europe for a long time.

Milan have been ok... Arsenal have been poor.
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Epic Fail
13 years, 10 months ago
Brilliant by Zlatan.
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super zlatan
13 years, 10 months ago
Great goal that was.
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1. you can call me AL
  13 years, 10 months ago
  Think he was offside for that goal ?
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  1. super zlatan
    13 years, 10 months ago
    Play to the whistle. But maybe slightly offside. Need to see replay again
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Elniñorules
13 years, 10 months ago
FATHERTED:

Why do you and Parmtree have the same team link? Hmmm
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1. Epic Fail
  13 years, 10 months ago
  😯
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Drip Doctor
13 years, 10 months ago
BOSSCIELNY! The one man defence.
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1. AP
  13 years, 10 months ago
  luls.
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  1. AP
    13 years, 10 months ago
    going off.... double luls.
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