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FPL Gameweek 4 round-up: Saturday goals, assists, bonus and injuries

Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.5m) bagged a double-digit haul on his second Manchester United debut as the Portuguese veteran’s 2.2 million owners were rewarded for their investment on Saturday.

No player has racked up more FPL points than the United number seven in Gameweek 7 so far, although Romelu Lukaku (£11.5m) went stride for stride with his fellow premium forward and matched that 13-point tally.

The Red Devils’ 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle United was one of eight Premier League matches that took place on a busy Saturday, the main talking points of which we’ll discuss in this our first Gameweek 4 round-up.

Our usual, more detailed Scout Notes will follow for all of the day’s games but in the meantime, our resurrected Scoreboard series rounds up the key goings-on.

The graphics below are taken from LiveFPL, Ragabolly’s excellent and ever-expanding website, and our own Premium Members Area.

GOALS, ASSISTS, PROJECTED BONUS

KEY FPL TALKING POINTS

  • Deprived of the services of Son Heung-min (£10.1m) and Steven Bergwijn (£6.0m) and lining up in a diamond formation, Tottenham Hotspur managed only two shots in the whole of their clash with Crystal Palace (none in the first half) and have the worst expected goals tally (0.09) in Gameweek 4 so far. The Eagles, by contrast, topped Saturday’s xG table with 3.00.
  • Odsonne Edouard (£6.5m) scored twice on his debut and Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) seemingly consolidated his position as Palace’s first-choice penalty taker, stepping up to take the Eagles’ spot-kick with Luka Milivojevic (£5.4m) on the field. Of just as much interest from an FPL perspective was the performance of budget midfielder Conor Gallagher (£5.5m,), who delivered two attacking returns for the second Gameweek in a row. On free-kicks and corners, he was involved in nine of the 18 shots that Palace had.
  • Mason Greenwood (£7.7m), Paul Pogba (£7.7m) and Bruno Fernandes (£12.5m) are all set to be tied on 31 points in FPL if the bonus points are delivered as expected. No midfielder has more this season.
  • Shane Duffy (£4.2m) is now the joint-best ‘value’ player in the game, returning 5.2 points per million spent. He was part of a Brighton defence that kept their second shut-out in four matches in a 1-0 win over Brentford.
  • Last season’s best two backlines, Manchester City and Chelsea, are now joint-top along with Spurs for clean sheets this season (three each) despite the pair being in the bottom half of our Season Ticker over the opening four Gameweeks. Chelsea struggled from set plays against a lively Aston Villa, however, and they’ve now allowed 17 chances from dead-ball situations to be conceded over the last two Gameweeks.
  • Pep Guardiola named an unchanged starting XI for the third successive match, the first time he has ever done that at City. It’s safe to assume that more changes will be in the offing once the Champions League starts in midweek and indeed Thomas Tuchel’s tinkering has already begun in earnest, with the benched Mason Mount (£7.5m) and Andreas Christensen (£5.0m) two of six changes that the Chelsea manager made.
  • Dean Smith paired Danny Ings (£8.0m) and Ollie Watkins (£7.3m) in the same side for the first time, turning to a 3-5-2 to accommodate both strikers. Watkins was heavily involved and registered three times as many touches of the ball than his strike partner, who was hooked midway through the second half. Watkins also had six shots to Ings’ one.
  • Marcal‘s (£4.5m) two attacking returns in Wolves’ 2-0 win over Watford were his first ever in FPL. The left-back banked two assists despite not creating a single chance in Opta’s eyes: a Marcal cross was first turned into his own net by Francisco Sierralta (£4.4m), before the Portuguese defender’s blocked shot was converted by debutant substitute Hee-Chang Hwang (£5.5m). Marcal and fellow wing-back Nelson Semedo (£4.9m) had three of the six big chances that Wolves created.
  • Arsenal have had 52 attempts on goal in their two meetings with non-big six sides this season. Thirty of those came in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Norwich City.

INJURIES AND BANS

FPL Gameweek 4 round-up: Saturday goals, assists, bonus and injuries 7

Michail Antonio (£8.0m) and Japhet Tanganga (£4.5m) will both miss Gameweek 5 through suspension after being sent off for two bookable offences on Saturday.

On suspension tightrope watch, meanwhile, Paul Pogba (£7.7m) has reached three yellow cards after just four Gameweeks. Another two bookings before United have played a total of 19 league matches and he’ll be suspended for one game.

Brighton’s win came at a cost, with Adam Webster (£4.5m) limping off with a hamstring problem – something that may aid Shane Duffy‘s (£4.2m) chances of staying in this Albion side, however.

The Seagulls were also without Pascal Gross (£6.0m) and Enock Mwepu (£5.9m), who were both self-isolating.

“I need to see but he said [Webster] felt something there but we will see how bad that is. Enock was pinged from a flight and Pascal is just self-isolating.” – Graham Potter

Edinson Cavani (£8.4m) missed Manchester United’s win over Newcastle with a knock that isn’t expected to keep him out for long, while Rob Holding (£4.3m) was absent from Arsenal’s win over Norwich with a bruised knee.

Son Heung-min (£10.1m) and Steven Bergwijn (£6.0m) were absent from Spurs’ defeat at Crystal Palace, while Eric Dier (£4.6m) was forced off after just 11 minutes of the loss at Selhurst Park.

Nuno Espirito Santo was, as ever, a bit thin on details after the game:

“I don’t know. [Son] doesn’t look well. Stevie, let’s wait and see this week. Hopefully, they will improve and be available for the next game, let’s see.

“Let’s wait and see [on Dier].” – Nuno Espirito Santo

Among the more notable returnees on Saturday were Jonny Evans (£5.4m) and Jannik Vestergaard (£4.9m), who shared 90 minutes of game-time between them.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) and Phil Foden (£7.9m) were unused substitutes for Manchester City.

Callum Wilson (£7.4m), missing with a thigh injury, will be “touch and go” to feature in Gameweek 5, meanwhile.

FPL OWNERSHIP AND CAPTAINCY – TOP 10K

Ronaldo’s ownership shot up from nought to 65% in the top 10k over the last fortnight and he was the most-captained player among these leading managers, with just over half handing him the armband.

Ronaldo and Lukaku were the only players in the above ‘most popular’ list to bank double-digit hauls so far but the Belgian is a veritable differential by comparison.

While almost 99% of the leading FPL managers had to stomach Antonio’s red card, over 7% endured the double ignominy of captaining him.

There was a big spike in Wildcard usage in Gameweek 4, with over 17% of the top 10k deploying the chip.

The Brighton goalkeeper double-up, bargain-bin defenders and ‘out of position’ mid-price midfielders are features of the template squad, with over 85% also opting for Ronaldo.

STAT WATCH – GAMEWEEK 4

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  1. Aaa
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Exact money for Bruno and Scarlett -> Raph and Ronaldo (-4), worth doing now or wait and go someone cheaper than Raph?

    1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Too early for me

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Might have bigger issues by Friday.

  2. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Best Antonio replacement?

    A. Jimenez
    B. Richarlison
    C. Bamford (-4)
    D. DCL (-4)

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Might know by Monday night.

      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        What’s your hunch for now?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 14 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          DCL beats Richo for a start. Jimmy needs a goal to get some confidence and Bamford has nice games.

          1. pundit of punts
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 6 months ago

            Cheers

            I’ve a hunch on Rich

            Bamford the more obvious option for sure

    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I'm nearly thinking of going with Armstrong if I'm getting rid of Antonio. Like his fixtures after next week.

      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Need the player this gw

        Can’t pick someone vs city

  3. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Last Man Standing Update (2730 teams)

    Current safety score = 24 with autosubs
    Top score = 77
    LMS average = 41.38 (-1.69) = 39.69
    Players played = 8.09/12.0
    Captains played = 69.17%

    2 games left.

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

    1. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Sweet

    2. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      nice - thought my 32 after 8 players would be more garbage than it is.

  4. Heiro
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Bruno/Obefemi to Ronaldo/Gray?

    Have Greenwood, but feels light not having one of Bruno/Ronaldo.

    Or maybe Lukaku?

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

    Should i WC?

    Sanchez (Steele)
    TAA, Shaw, Ayling (Livramento, Tsimikas)
    Greenwood, Benrahma, Bruno, Salah (Brownhill)
    Antonio, Toney, DCL

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      No.

    2. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I've very similar and I'm WCing tonight

    3. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Basically my team, not gonna WC

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

      Should I -4 Antonio and Bruno>Lukaku and Raphina?

  6. Malinwa
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Need some advice here.
    Use WC or 2 FT to get ronaldo or Lukaku?

    Sanchez
    Semedo-shaw-TAA
    Salah-Bruno-Greenwood-Benrahma
    Antonio-Ings-Toney

    Steele-Gilmour-Ayling-White

    0.0 itb
    2 FT

    1. masewindu
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      2 FT

  7. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hey fam! What would you do here?

    Sanchez Steele
    TAA Shaw Ayling Tsimikas Livramento
    Salah Bruno Benrahma Gray Odegaard
    Ronaldo Antonio* Scarlett

    1 FT
    0 ITB

    1. I Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Can't afford Bamford can you? Maybe Jimenez.

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Rest all good?

  8. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts on Bruno/Toney -> Raphinha/Ronaldo tonight already? Will be priced out as Ronaldo rises and Toney about to drop

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      If you still have WC as backup I would do it.

    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      What if CR7 gets injured mid week?

    3. DGW Sane TC Fail....
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      if you really want them and your going to be priced out. Go for it

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      If you have a WC as backup go for it
      Otherwise you risk looking stupid if Raphinha gets injured or sent off

  9. suddenorgan
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Omobamidele actually going to start now? Have I got a playing £3.9?

  10. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio to Jimenez?

    0.1 short of Bamford

    1. pundit of punts
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same dilemma

      I’m 0.2 short

      I’ve a hunch that Rich might be the one to get with 2 tasty looking fixtures up next

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        rich over dcl....

  11. carbonv1
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    What to do this week…

    Sanchez
    Shaw-TAA-Coufal-Duffy-Henry
    Salah-Bruno-Pogba-Sarr-Gilmore
    Toney-Lukaku-Oba

    1FT
    0ITB

  12. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    has anyone got any enlightened thoughts on Gallagher? A team's setup is pretty important, rather than just pure player ability, and his xG/xA both look extremely good for someone so cheap - is he just ghosting into the box?

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      He looked very good today, and last week, and several times last season he really stood out for West Brom too

      Turns out he’s an actual genuine ‘baller by the looks of things

      Can’t go wrong at 5.5, anything at that price is good value

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        his second finish last week was class, imma watch the highlights from today now

    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      He's a good option. It may change when Eze comes back, but for now he's good

    3. suddenorgan
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I'm strongly considering him after they've got Liverpool out of the way, he just constantly seemed to be in the right places at the right time and is on some corners/freekicks. Jordan Ayew does a lot of defensive work on that right side (in contrast to Zaha) and that often freed Gallagher up.

    4. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      He's been excellent since the start of the season, could have had a few goals today and against Brentford. He picks up cards a fair bit though but I think he could be a great enabler for a while, thinking of moving Gray to him in a few weeks as he was a short term pick

    5. Sharkytect
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      He looks great every time I have watched him. But their fixtures...

  13. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Trincao or Harrison?

  14. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Early thoughts, best option here:

    1. Antonio >> DCL (play over Veltman)
    2. Toney >> DCL
    3. Benrahma >> Jota
    4. Antonio / Toney, Benrahma >> DCL Jota (-4)

    Thanks

  15. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    just seen the Pogba assists, hilarious

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      classic Pogba that

  16. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Any Chelsea defender or midfielder won't be nailed, ain't it?

    1. Carefree Crew
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Rudiger is the closest to being nailed if that helps. He will play the majority of games.

  17. I Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Would be nice of Jurgen to give Tsimi a start against Palace.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      More likely vs Brentford.

      1. FCSB
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Worth holding onto in case he does?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 14 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          No unless you have a bench or don't want another Pooler.

  18. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Sloppy Tennis this.

  19. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Are people that still have Greenwood and Bruno thinking about getting CR7 right now or just chill?

    Thinking I could wait and do Bruno to Kaku for GW7 in terms of my premiums. Have Salah ofc.

  20. A-L
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Mahrez has had points scores of 0, 2, 4 and 6 so far this season. Only logical that next week should be another distinct even number

    1. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      8

  21. Iceball
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Score check
    50 with Salah TAA Raphinha to go

    1. FPL Brains
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      56. TAA, Salah, Gray to go.

    2. Lord of Ings
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      68 with Salah Jota Digne to go.

    3. A-L
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Only 18 but with Salah (C), Jota, Raphinha, Digne, TAA, DCL still to go

      1. FPL Brains
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        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Points galore for you tomorrow mate

        1. A-L
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Thank you, I need them!

          1. FPL Brains
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            • 12 Years
            2 years, 6 months ago

            You got this! Don't worry.

    4. DGW Sane TC Fail....
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      55 with Salah/Jota/Raph to go. Mixed week have Antonio and Tanganga..

    5. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      37(-4) with TAA, Salah, Jota, DCL to play

    6. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      69(-4) 3 to go

    7. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      43 with Mo, Jota, Trent and Raph to play

    8. Pipermaru
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      55 with TAA, Jota and Bamford tomorrow.

    9. Stockport Hatter
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      68 Salah, Jota and TAA to play.

  22. FPL Brains
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Back in the Top 1k!

    Lukaku left it late for me!

    1. A-L
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Nice one! I might need to borrow some of your points

  23. Lord of Ings
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Would you go for:-
    A)Bamford + sarr/Adama/gray
    B)Jimenez + raphinha
    C)DCL + Gray
    Have the funds for these 3.
    Which looks best?
    I’m leaning on Bamford + Sarr atm…

    1. SkyHigh
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      A

  24. abcdef3
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Benrahma and Antonio > Raphinha and Dennis worth a -4? Dennis allows me to get an expensive Chelsea defender for week 7

  25. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    56 with Salah, Jota, Trent & DCL left to play!

    1. NotsoSpursy
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Excellent score

    2. Isco Disco
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Same score here with same players left to play

  26. NotsoSpursy
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Gray or Traore ?

    Both have good fixtures

  27. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Sanchez
    Cancelo | Shaw | Marcal
    Salah | Greenwood | Sarr | Gallagher
    Ronaldo | Lukaku | Antonio

    Steele | Williams | Omobamidele | Scarlett

    2nd Wildcard lol

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Might just pull the trigger on the hit, sod it

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

        Better hope nothing happens to any of Cancelo, Shaw, Salah, Greenwood, Ronaldo, Lukaku or Antonio in Europe this midweek.

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          I’ll wait

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Oops Jota instead of Greenwood (0.2 short of Greenwood)

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Mcarthur not Scarlett

    4. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      beautiful -24

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        I’m actually genuinely tempted, just get it over with

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Haha dont do it mate but i know how you feel i already want to WC again

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 6 months ago

            I’ll see if I can trim the hit down

  28. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Why was gilmour not playing today?

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Farke let Arsenal win so Arteta would get to stay

  29. Cheeky Onion
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    1 FT - 0.5 ITB
    Sanchez
    TAA - Shaw - Regulon
    Salah - Bruno - Torres - Benrahma
    Ings - Antonio - Toney

    Foster - Veltman - Tsim* - Brownhill

    Frontlines in shambles and will need to move on Bruno to get Lukaku/Ronaldo.

    A) Bruno + Antonio > Ronaldo + 7.7 mid (need to sell Tsim before I can get Jota)

    B) WC

    C) Other?

    1. abcdef3
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Bruno + Antonio > Ronaldo and Raphinha maybe?

      1. Cheeky Onion
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Leaning that way, but I really don’t see Toney or Ings putting up many points in the near term

  30. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    So 4 big hitters: Salah, Bruno, CR7, Lukaku….

    Which one (or 2) won’t be in your team.

    1. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Currently I don't have Lukaku out of those. Will do Bruno to Lukaku soon.

    2. grumpyman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Bruno goes. Ron and Luk rotate depending on fixtures.

    3. Atimis
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Defo Kaku since GW7, Salah a season keeper for now? +TAA

    4. abcdef3
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Currently have Trent, Salah, CR7 and Lukaku

      1. Stockport Hatter
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Same here.