Scout Picks

Gameweek 10 Scout Picks features Man City triple-up

Manchester City help form the spine of our Scout Picks team for Gameweek 10.

As Pep Guardiola’s men prepare to face Burnley, a side they have good history again, we have chosen three of his players.

We chose this team from the Scout Squad submissions made by David, Neale, Tom and Andy earlier in the week and, as per usual, we’re in 3-4-3 formation.

Goalkeeper

Sam Johnstone (£4.5m) is our budget goalkeeper for Gameweek 10, treated to a rare appearance in the Scout Picks courtesy of his favourable fixture. No team has scored fewer times than Sheffield United this season, who have managed just one goal from open play. If, by some miracle, the Blades spark into life at the Hawthorns on Saturday, the fact that Johnstone has made the second-most saves in 2020/21 (38) should come in handy.

Defenders

Should Liverpool defenders be back on FPL radars and is Jota a trustworthy asset?

Andrew Robertson (£7.1m) could be the key to unlocking Brighton on Saturday lunch-time. With Tariq Lamptey suspended, the Seagulls will be unlikely to shunt Liverpool’s left-sided defender back to the same extent, paving the way for him to have a big say in proceedings. None of Robertson’s colleagues has bested him for big chances created over his last four matches.

Only two teams have given up fewer big chances than Manchester City since Gameweek 6, boosting their clean sheet potential for a meeting with the Premier League’s joint-lowest scorers in Burnley. Rúben Dias (£5.5m) is our chosen representative from the Citizens’ back-line as one of the most likely starters this weekend.

James Justin (£4.8m) gets into the Scout Picks for Gameweek 10 on the back of his potential at both ends of the pitch. Fulham are in the bottom five for shot accuracy over the last four matches while their poor defence boosts the attacking credentials of Leicester’s attacking wing-backs.

Midfielders

While Burnley’s defence has been delivering for its Fantasy investors in recent favourable home matches, they have lost their last five trips to the Etihad Stadium (in all competitions) by a combined score of 22-1. The last three of these were all 5-0 defeats. Enter Kevin De Bruyne (£11.6m), rested midweek and top among Manchester City players for big chances created and attempts on goal over his last four matches.

Bruno Fernandes (£10.8m) is the true away-day specialist in the Premier League this season with double-figure hauls in each of his road trips thus far. He has scored and assisted on each of those occasions too. While Southampton are yet to concede at home since the 5-2 defeat to Spurs, their opponents in that time (West Bromwich Albion, Everton without key personnel and Newcastle) were certainly below what Manchester United are capable of offering.

A midweek rest is enough to convince us Diogo Jota (£6.7m) will play a significant part in Liverpool’s trip to Brighton on Saturday lunch-time, especially given how flat their Champions League performance was. The former Wolves man is giving his new colleagues a run for their money right now, having registered more shots in the box (from fewer minutes) than Sadio Mané in the last four and registering the same number of big chances as Mohamed Salah. And even if Jota doesn’t start at the Amex Stadium, we know he is capable of scoring from the bench.

Phil Foden (£6.5m) gets into the Scout Picks as a value attacking option that allows greater spending elsewhere. In the last four Premier League matches only one Manchester City players has managed more shots on target than the Englishman, while only De Bruyne is ahead for minutes per chance.

Forwards

Even though Jamie Vardy (£10.2m) has averaged 2.7 points per home appearance in 2020/21, the visit of Fulham to the King Power Stadium is as good a time as any to back the Leicester man. He ranks second for big chances and shots on target over the last four matches while the Cottagers have let in 1.5 goals per game over that period.

Leeds might be a little more robust defensively following the return of Kalvin Phillips, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.9m) is still worth his salt as a Fantasy asset this week. Even in matches with their best defensive midfielder in the side, the Whites still concede 1.5 goals per game, while the return of Richarlison from and James Rodríguez to full fitness is good news for Everton’s main man. In nine Gameweeks this season, Calvert-Lewin still only has one blank.

Gameweek 10 looks like Patrick Bamford‘s (£6.1m) time to shine after the misfortune of blanking at Arsenal. Only Sheffield United have a worse expected goals conceded (xGC) score over the last four matches than Everton, while Bamford is top of the league for shots in the box, big chances and shots on target over the same period. Meanwhile, 65% of his points have in away matches this season.

Substitutes

Vicente Guaita (£5.0m) has earned a save point in two of his last three matches and faces a Newcastle side that has failed to score in their last two.

Jamal Lewis (£4.3m) could benefit from Crystal Palace’s own problems. They go into Gameweek 10 short of Wilfried Zaha, whose absence led to a toothless Eagles attack against Burnley.

Anyone who starts Max Kilman (£4.3m) in Gameweek 10 could be rewarded with a cheeky clean sheet based on Arsenal’s recent form. They have scored just once in their last five Premier League matches, the penalty netted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Manchester United in Gameweek 7.

Jack Harrison (£5.5m) is an alternative route into the Leeds attack set to face Everton’s surprisingly poor defence. He has played 13 key passes in the last four, the second-most in the Premier League during that time.

THE CAPTAIN

Who are the best captain options for FPL Gameweek 36+?

We choose the Scout Picks captain using a four-way vote between our Scout Squad pundits.

Because the use of Fantasy Football Scout data is used so heavily in this process, the skipper we choose each Gameweek is known only to those with a valid Fantasy Football Scout subscription and revealed to the public only when the deadline has passed.

Here’s how we voted for Gameweek 10:

COMMUNITY CHAMPION

Each week, one of the Fantasy Football Scout community takes on the Scout Picks by pitting their chosen XI against ours.

The Community Member who beats our team by the largest margin will win a £100 Amazon Voucher and a place in our Moderators and Contributors League for the following season.

claretparrot managed to break the Scout Picks run of five wins on the bounce in Gameweek 9, winning by a very tight margin of 75 points to our 73. That pulled one back for the Community Champions, who trail the Scout Picks 6-3 this season.

asquishypotato takes us on for Gameweek 10, opting for a 4-4-2 line-up of Guaita; Robertson, Walker, Dias, Cresswell; De Bruyne (c), B Fernandes, H Barnes, Jota; Vardy, Calvert-Lewin.

AA33 is the current leader, defeating the Scout Picks by a 53-point margin in Gameweek 2.

1,571 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bennyboy1907
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane to Vardy -4 or jus captain KDB?

    1. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Captain KDB.

    2. dr.No88
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Just C KDB

    3. Jdpz
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      KDB captain

  2. Assisting the assister
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Armband dilemma. Cheers

    A. Salah
    B. Bruno

    1. Greasy Grealish Gang
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      A) Salah for me

    2. Assisting the assister
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Or Kane to go the opposite to all those sellers

    3. F4L
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Salah

    4. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I've got these two and adding KDB and still no idea myself.

    5. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      A

    6. Confusedleedsfan
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      B B Bruno

  3. Greasy Grealish Gang
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Good karma for those wo want to share their thoughts on this:

    A) Torres and Justin
    B) Barnes and Justin
    C) Tielemans and Cancelo

    (From City and Leicester I already own: Dias and Vardy)

    1. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      A

  4. ball c
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on this team guys?

    Did Mane & Ziyech to Jota & Sterling

    Martinez
    Justin - Cancelo - PVA
    Jota - Grealish - Bruno - KDB (c) Sterling
    DCL - Watkins

    (Forster - James - Neco - Brewster).

    1. Confusedleedsfan
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Potentially light up front, but strong mid. Gtg

  5. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you Hoff for your reply. Looking for more opinions.

    Would you do Chillwell and Werner to Dias and Vardy -4?

    Or keep Chillwell and Werner and do Cresswell to Dias for free.

    1. toerag
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      think i would
      im mulling kane to vardy -4 and ive just t/f dias in

    2. kusasi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Cresswell - Dias maybe, not option 1

  6. x.jim.x
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bottomed.

    Sell Werner or Kane for Vardy? Already have Son but no other Chelsea.

    1. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      If free, I would

      1. x.jim.x
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Asking which one mate haha!

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      NEW POST

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Werner

  7. BrockLanders
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Evening chaps

    Would you shift Son for Sterling (C) -4????

    1. Assisting the assister
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No. No form to warrant that yet.

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No I wouldn’t

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      NO

    4. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Not a chance I would do that.

  8. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Fornals and Jimenez to Bamford and KDB(c) worth the hit?

    1. Chris_White
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Defo

    2. Confusedleedsfan
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      -4? Definitely

  9. Sid07
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    1) zaha to jota
    2) zaha + kane to kdb + Bamford (-4)
    3) zaha + kane to Salah + Bamford (-4)

  10. MMN
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Which is your favourite ... or do you hate them all?

    A) Kane & Phillips > Vardy & Cancelo
    B) Zaha & Kane > Jota & Vardy
    C) Zaha & Kane > Salah & Adams/Watkins/Bamford

    1 FT 0.8M ITB.

    McCarthy
    Bellerin, Zouma, Chilwell
    Zaha*, KDB, Grealish, Son
    Kane, Wilson, DCL

    Forster, Kilman, Riedewald, Phillips*

    1. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      C if you are going to do any of them.

  11. Confusedleedsfan
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bottomed...

    What % start do people put on Torres. Pep rotation problem through the season, but was he rested mid-week for this weekend?

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      2 IN A ROW

    2. Confusedleedsfan
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      What does that mean?!?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You know you're talking to yourself and not responding to me right?

    3. Confusedleedsfan
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Why the long face

  12. fpork
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Son to Salah for free, or save transfer?

    1. BeWater
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Salah for free.

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Save

  13. RooneyforLife
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Captain

    Kdb or vardy ?

    1. Assisting the assister
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Of those Vardy as the fixture is too appealing

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy

  14. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bruno to

    A) Sterling
    B) KDB

    Will captain them. Will be for my FT.

    Thanks.

    1. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      B

  15. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Captain Bruno or Kevin?

    1. FPLShaqiri
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      kev

    2. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Bruno is master of away hauls. Go Bruno

  16. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Any help would be appreciated: If you’ve got Kane would you do Son & Zaha -> Jota & Salah(C) for a hit, I can’t afford Salah without the other move?

  17. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    man city with a full fit squad,i can see the good ship fraudulence on the horizon,foden to jota done ,no city ,going to be lots of anguish around these parts...

  18. Morthau
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    A, Rashford and son - > salah Jota

    B Rashford and son - > KDB jota

    C Rashford and son - > KDB Maddison

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Good lord none

      1. Morthau
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Ok

  19. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Salah In for Son worth It for free?

    KDB(C) otherwise

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Son on fire

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        No thats the sun

  20. FPLMACKEM
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Still can't decide my captain.

    A Salah
    B KDB
    C Fernandes

    *Currently on Salah

    1. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Flip that coin

      1. FPLMACKEM
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        That's exactly what it feel like.

  21. Wensink
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Just played my WC,

    McCarthy (Steer)
    Creswell - Justin - Konsa (Mitchell - Douglas)
    KDB - Salah - Bruno - Son (Soucek)
    DCL - Bamford - Watkins

    Is it worth holding on to Mitchell or should I look for a 4,1-4.0m defender who has a better chance of seeing playing time?

  22. FPLMACKEM
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Start three defenders.

    A Chilwell
    B Cancelo
    C Coufal
    D Targett
    E Lewis

    Currently on Chilwell, Cancelo and Coufal.

    Something is telling me though crystal palace v Newcastle will be 0-0 and Chilwell will blank this week :s

  23. AdamJ91
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    G2G?

    Martinez
    Chilwell, Cancelo, Coufal
    Salah, KDB (c), Ziyech, Grealish
    Kane, DCL, Watkins

    (Peacock-Farrell, Anguissa, Lamptey, Ferguson)

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yep

  24. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Zaha to KDB.

    Son or Zyich to Zaha to afford it?

  25. Gentle_Turks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Captain

    A Bruno
    B Salah

  26. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Son --> (K)DB
    Kane --> Bamford

    Or

    Kane --> Vardy (C)

    Very hard decision. Help me folks

  27. gme3twenty
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Which goalkeeper with a budget of 6mil?

  28. Kun Tozser
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Rashford >

    KDB

    Sterling

    Against those easy fixtures I'm tempted for Sterling - crazy? Both out of form

  29. PocketZola
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Aguero hat trick time?