Scout Picks

Gameweek 16 Scout Picks – Kane and Lacazette lead the line

For the third time in a week, we have produced a line-up which we believe to be the best for Fantasy Premier League.

It’s been a manic turnaround this week and it comes to an end with our selection for Gameweek 16.

With a bit more time to prepare than we had for Gameweek 15, we consulted our Scout Squad once again, this time Joe, Az, Peter and Neale on the panel.

We have whittled down their choices to a 3-4-3 line-up valued at £82.5 (at time of writing).

Goalkeeper

Lukasz Fabianski (£4.6m) gets the nod in goal this week as West Ham prepare for a home match against Crystal Palace. He was chosen as the top option in this position by Joe, Az and Neale. While the Hammers have just one clean sheet at the London Stadium this season, they came incredibly close against Cardiff City, while the Eagles have largely struggled in front of goal. Their victory over Burnley owing to the Clarets accommodating nature at the back.

Defenders

As we get closer to Christmas we seem to be spending less and less money on defence in the Scout Picks each week. For Gameweek 16, Matt Doherty (£5.0m) is our most expensive player in this position as Wolves face a trip to Newcastle United. The Magpies have only scored in two of their last five matches at home so there’s a chance Doherty could get a clean sheet, but his attacking play this season means he always stands a chance of a goal or an assist.

Sead Kolasinac (£4.9m) has the honour of being the first Arsenal defender to make the Scout Picks this season. He was mentioned by Joe, Az and Neale ahead of the Gunners’ hosting of Huddersfield Town. While Unai Emery’s men have not been defensively sound this season, no team has scored fewer goals than Huddersfield. Furthermore, the Bosnian left-back has created 10 chances of the last four Gameweeks, claiming two assists in that time.

Despite Everton struggling to get the predicted result against Newcastle, Lucas Digne (£4.8m) gets another shot at the Scout Picks for Gameweek 16. It’s Watford who come to Goodison Park on Monday night, with just two goals in their last four matches, and the Hornets have found the net in only two of their last five away matches. Meanwhile, Digne continues to be involved in set pieces for Everton.

Midfielders

Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) goes into the Scout Picks once again, riding on the backing of all four Scout Squad pundits. Joe, Az and Neale put him down as the best option in this position for Gameweek 16 while Peter had him at second. As we recently noticed in this week’s latest Captain Sensible article, Salah has produced a nice balance between goal threat and creativity in the last four Gameweeks, comparing favourably with other options in spite of missing most of Gameweek 15. That rest against Burnley stands him in good stead to start at the Vitality Stadium, where he will face a Bournemouth defence that has allowed more shots in the penalty box than any other side from Gameweek 12 onwards.

Raheem Sterling (£11.6m) comes back into the side after missing out on a place in both the Manchester City starting XI and our own in Gameweek 15. We figured that the England international would probably be benched for the trip to Watford, but there is no way he won’t play against Chelsea. It is a huge match for Manchester City, which allows them to further demonstrate their ability to see off competition from other members of the big six. Sterling has four goals and five assists in his last five starts and looks the most likely to excel for Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

Robert Snodgrass (£5.3m) comes in as a budget alternative to Felipe Anderson, who was chosen by all four of our pundits. We made the switch in order to facilitate greater spending on Salah and Sterling, as well as our forward line. The Scottish midfielder has actually created more chances than Anderson in the last four Gameweeks.

Callum Paterson (£5.3m) and Cardiff have a home match against Southampton in Gameweek 16 and it looks well-timed for the Bluebirds to exploit the Saints’ current situation. It will be the first game in charge for new manager Ralph Hasenhüttl and, with such a tight turnaround, his appointment is unlikely to take effect. Meanwhile, only Newcastle and Manchester City have had more efforts on goal in their last four home matches than Cardiff.

Forwards

Harry Kane (£12.5m) was tipped by all four of our pundits this week following his 12-point haul against Southampton on Wednesday. It’s a Leicester side he’s scored seven goals in his three matches against up next and he remains top of the league for shots on target in the last four Gameweeks.

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) is the chosen Arsenal representative this week. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang actually got more support in the Scout Squad article but for financial reasons, we’ve gone with his French colleague. We actually believe Lacazette is likely to be involved, having featured from the bench twice across Gameweeks 14 and 15, while Aubameyang has played 180 minutes. In those two matches, he managed a goal and an assist.

Raúl Jiménez (£6.0m) completes the Scout Picks XI this week as the most popular of the budget forwards among our panel of pundits. All of them tipped the Mexican apart from Az as Wolves prepare to face Newcastle. The Magpies have conceded an average of 1.63 goals per home game this season while only Kane and Salomón Rondón have had more shots than Jiménez since Gameweek 12.

Substitutes

Sean Morrison (£4.7m) gets a place on the bench after picking up the backing of Joe and Peter. While Cardiff haven’t been too hot defensively this year, the home match against Southampton offers more potential for a clean sheet than usual. But crucially, no defender has had more touches in opposing penalty boxes than Morrison in the last four Gameweeks, indicating his goal threat.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) has another favourable match-up this week as Burnley host a Brighton side susceptible to headed efforts this season, especially away from home. As the set piece taker, Gudmundsson could benefit.

Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (£6.3m) is likely to be Manuel Pellegrini’s full-time replacement for the injured Marko Arnautovic so he should be considered a Fantasy stand-in too. In the four matches previous to Gameweek 15, the Mexican had actually registered more shots than his Austrian colleague from fewer minutes.

Community Champion

The Community Champion returns after the manic turnaround of the midweek games. Representing the community against the Scout Picks in Gameweek 16 is Dr Mantis Toboggan (DC2). He has opted for a 3-5-2 formation of Fabianski; Digne, Doherty, Kolasinac; Salah, Son, Richarlison, Martial, Paterson; Aubameyang, Lacazette.

The community member who beats our picks by the biggest margin over the campaign will win a £100 Amazon Voucher and a place in our Contributors and Moderators League for the following season.

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5,660 Comments Post a Comment
  1. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How many points do you expect the following to get:

    - Siggy
    - Kane
    - Laca

    RMT has them all around 5-6points this week so my transfer decision comes down to who to captain

    A) Siggy + Kane(c) + 4 points
    B) Kane + Laca (c)

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'm captaining Kane and think people are missing a trick with him because of Auba Fever!

      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Kane away from home to poor defences is as banker as it gets

        1. circusmonkey
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          People worrying about minutes.

      2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        How about Kane vs Salah? Who is better for this week C?

      3. Tony Yeboah
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Probably doing same. Kane not really getting a look in but could be a killer differential if Auba & Salah don't go nuts

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      4.3
      6.5
      5.8

    3. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      10
      9
      12

  2. Razmataz
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    WC team:

    Fabianski Patricio

    Kolasinac Doherty Alexander-Arnold Wanbisakka Shaw

    Sterling Eriksen Richarlison Snodgrass Stephens

    Kane Aubameyang Jiménez

    0.5 in the bank

    Thoughts?

    1. Demel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Shaw/Pat/Snoddy > Chambers/Steele/Anderson

    2. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Definitely wouldn't want Shaw.

      Downgrade Shaw and make Eriksen Sane.

  3. Demel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    To start Mitrovic or Docherty. That is the question...

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'd play Doc

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      If I don’t play Doch, either Vinagre or AWB need to play.
      See my post lower down.

  4. BEEZUS
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    A) Schindler and Mitro

    B) Digne and Jimenez

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B

  5. Bonus magnet
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Please help with bench order and captain please

    Hart
    Docherty TAA Laporte
    Hazard Felipe Pogba Fraser
    Kane(VC) La(C)a Wilson

    Fab AWB Azpi Fernandinho

    1. BATISTUTA ®
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Start Fab

    2. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Tommy Docherty is a bit old to be in your 11.

  6. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Salah & Arnie -- Shaqiri & Laca(c) -4?

    1. BATISTUTA ®
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Would rather capt Salah... arnie > mitro

    2. Gringo Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Whats wrong with Salah?

    3. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Keep salah

  7. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Philosophical point of the day. To be proactive or to stick with your team, there is no right answer, what happens gives the right answer. (Bou to whu switch in mind, lol, it auto corrected to 'why').

  8. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Cannot get my bench sorted, any pointers?

    Alisson,
    TTA, Alonso, Doch,
    Hazard, Sané, Sterling, Fraser, Snoddy
    Auba, Wilson.

    Mitro, WabB, Vinagre, Foster

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Foster, Mitro, Vinagre, awb

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers

    2. Demel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I would be tempted to play Mitro over Fraser.

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He’s on fire, last week F>W & W>F goals.

        1. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Going against play the forward?

  9. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Rp!
    G2G?
    Bench in order?

    Patricio
    Robbo, Laporte, Balbuena
    Haz, Siggy, Martial*, Kenedy
    Kane(VC), Auba(C), Wilson

    Foster, Doherty, Schurrle, AWB

    1. BATISTUTA ®
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      start doherty instead of kennedy

      1. AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Double on wolves defense?

        1. BATISTUTA ®
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          doherty better chance of attack returns than balbuena ...go for it

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      GTG, if Martial benched Doch could haul.

      1. AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thx. It would be better for Martial to score a brace but I'll take what I can 😀

  10. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    GTG?

    Hart
    Alonso Robertson Balbuena Doherty
    Rich Fraser Salah Fanderson
    Kane Auba

    Ryan, AWB, Kamara Gray

    0 ft, 0.1 itb

    1. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Btw should I start Hart or Ryan?

  11. Goldmund
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Nobody believes that Camarasa can outscore Alonso tomorrow, against Southampton and on set pieces. I can decide myself between the two for benching one.

    1. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'd play Camarasa tbh. On pens as well.

    2. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What does the rate my team say?

    3. MTPockets
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I'd play Camarasa

    4. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A or B?

      a) Hazard + Son + Wilson

      b) Sane + F Anderson + Lacazette

      1. BATISTUTA ®
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        b

      2. wilsonito
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        B

    5. jorgenoj
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      RMT! 1FT and 0.8 ITB.

      Fabianski - Stekelenburg
      Alonso - Laporte - Robertson - Doherty - AWB
      Salah - Sane - Richarlison - Fraser - Chalobah
      Kane - Arnie - Jimenez

      What to do?
      a) Alonso + Arnie --> Kolasinac + Laca (-4)
      b) Save FT and do Salah + Arnie --> Eriksen + Auba next GW

      1. Up the tics
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        B

    6. wilsonito
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Who to captain if you own both Laca and Auba??

      1. BATISTUTA ®
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        laca

      2. AuFeld
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Auba.

      3. zelio78
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Have the same dilemma but also own Kane. I went with Kane.

      4. BenDavies
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        laca

      5. _Gunner
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Laca

      6. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Laca IMO

    7. zuio
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Button Patricio
      Wb Doherty Robo Laporte Alonso
      Josh Murphy Hazard Salah Richarlison Hojberg
      Kane Wilson Arnie

      2FT
      0.2 mil in the bank

      Really struggling what to do, any ideas?

      1. zelio78
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Hazard to Sterling and Arnie to Mitro/Jimenez?

    8. Up the tics
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fabianski
      Robertson - Laporte - TAA
      Sterling - Hazard - FAnderson - Richarlison 
      Kane (c) - Wilson - Jimenez

      AWB - Bennett - Westwood

      Team GTG? Have 0ft but money in the bank to bring in Sane or a spurs mid next week

      1. AFC49
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        GTG mate

    9. snowman
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      How is this for WC?

      Steele/Fabinski
      Laporte TAA Kolo
      Moura Snodgrass Hazard Sane
      Kane Laca Chico

      1. MTPockets
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Don't really like 3/4 mids

        • Up the tics
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          What's the rest of the team

        • g40steve
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Like the Snoddy touch, set pieces & corners in his bag.

        • aleksios
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I would change Haz Moura to Sterl Fraser

      2. LD
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Foster (Begovic)
        Alonso Robbo Doherty AWB Bennett
        Salah Sane Fraser (Hoj, Martial)
        Kane Jiminez (Arnie)

        1FT, 1.2 itb. Thinking about doing - Arnie, Martial -> Auba, 4.4? (-4) seems pretty crazy though. Will have to downgrade Salah to sterling and shift some money from the defense to the midfield over the coming gwk’s

        1. J T
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Alonso & Arnie > Kola & Laca

      3. AFC49
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        GTG?

        Patricio
        Doherty, Laporte, Alonso, Digne
        Salah, Sané, Richarlison
        Kane (c), Wilson, Jimenez

        Button, Murphy, AWB, Højbjerg

        FT used, 2.3 ITB

        1. Up the tics
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yeah

        2. james 101
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yes

      4. Erez Avni
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        a. auba & snodgrass
        b. anderson & lacazet

        1. Rider on the Storm
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Both are ok

      5. Rider on the Storm
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Best choice?
        A kolasinac+lacazette-4ptd
        B alonso+wilson
        C aubamayang+peltier-4pts

      6. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Any Brighton fan to chip in on the Button vs. Steele decision?

        AZ? 😆

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          As on 22/11/18 Button seems to have returned from injury, but hasn't been on the bench still:

          Source: http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?365486-Hughton-and-Injuries-tracker-2018-19&p=8672985&viewfull=1#post8672985

          Button played in the EFL fixture back in August, but obviously that's a fair while back.

      7. james 101
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Gtg?

        Fab
        Coleman TAA Doherty
        D.Silva Sterling Filipe Richarlison Sane
        Kane Jiminez

        Pat. Wilson. WanB. £3.9
        £1.6 in the bank.

        1. james 101
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Anyone else going with 3 City mids?

      8. Gringo Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Martial wont play tomorrow

        https://twitter.com/utdxtra/status/1071139381287837702

        1. AuFeld
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Jesus. Jones and Smalling likely CB's. Jones is good for conceding two goals a match.

      9. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I’m either going to be incredibly jammy tomorrow and all my defenders play or I’m going to have, like 1 defender end up playing and earning me 0 Pts.

        Have a laugh at this lot, lads and lasses!

        Duffy (susp), Trippier(inj), Robertson(probably ok), Stones (rested?), Kiko.

      10. BATISTUTA ®
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Kane or Laca (C) ??????

        1. james 101
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Kane

        2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Auba

          1. BATISTUTA ®
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            wont start ,mark my words

        3. zelio78
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Kane

      11. SheBangsTheDrums
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Anything worth a hit?

        Fab
        Alonso Robbo Kola
        Hazard Richarlison Fraser Anderson
        Kane Auba (c) Jimenez

        Patricio Diagana Bennett AWB

        1. james 101
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Nope

      12. vtautr
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        A) Son + Aubameyang
        B) Dilva + Aubameyang
        C) Sterling + JImenez/Mitrovic?

        I have Kane and Sane

      13. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        It’s Doherty, not Docherty or Dockety. Irish pronounciation: Doh-her-tee

        Drives me insane

        1. how now brown cow
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Don't get sh-her-tee.

        2. BATISTUTA ®
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          eorth a post ... bravo!

          1. BATISTUTA ®
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            worth*

        3. Wılly
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          It's true, but the Wolves lads call him Doc

      14. Manani
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Over the next 4 GWs

        Kola or Bellerin?