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Marcal the most-bought defender of Gameweek 5 ahead of Wolves v Brentford

Two of the statistically better defences of the 2021/22 Premier League season so far meet at Molineux this lunchtime.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford gets underway at 12:30 BST.

Neither of these sides has conceded more than one goal in a single match in this embryonic campaign, with the Bees only an 89th-minute Brighton strike away from registering their third clean sheet of the season in Gameweek 4.

Both defences are among the top five clubs for fewest ‘big chances’ conceded, too.

Wolves’ defensive fortitude and favourable fixture run has no doubt contributed to the raft of recent transfers used on Marcal (£4.6m), Fantasy Premier League’s most-bought defender of Gameweek 5 – although last weekend’s two attacking returns were obviously the main catalyst for that.

Bruno Lage’s side are generally underrepresented in FPL, however, with Conor Coady (£4.5m) their most-owned asset at 7.0%.

Ivan Toney (£6.3m) remains Brentford’s most popular Fantasy asset at 13.7% but he has lost around one million owners since the beginning of the campaign, with only a solitary attacking return against Aston Villa to show for his endeavours so far.

As for the team news, it’s very uneventful: both sides are unchanged.

GAMEWEEK 5 LINE-UPS

Wolves: Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Nelson Semedo, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Marcal, Trincao, Jimenez, Traore

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Podence, Mosquera, Boly, Silva, Hwang, Dendoncker

Brentford: Raya, Pinnock, Jansson, Ajer, Henry, Janelt, Norgaard, Canos, Baptiste, Toney, Mbeumo.

Subs: Fernandez, Thompson, Ghoddos, Jensen, Onyeka, Zanka, Forss, Wissa, Roerslev.


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  1. Joey Tribbiani
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Brentford are the champions of time wasting

  2. Old Bull
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hold Brentford! TAA owner with Pinnock first off the bench

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

    Prepare for a 25 pointer gw

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

    Wolves 0 shots on target

  5. Amartey Partey
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    I knew Wolves were a trap!

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

    Can we stop saying players are ill and actually be honest and say they have covid? I'm fed up with clubs trying to protect the Premier League's pockets.

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

      ?

      I know lots of people who are ill with coughs/sore throat etc lately & it's not COVID.

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

      moronic

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

      might be time for a new avatar. the happy face doesn't align with your values

      1. Amartey Partey
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        🙂

  7. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Seems an odd decision by Klopp to start Tsimikas over Robertson when you know Trent isn't playing while also sticking in Konate for his first game with two other defenders that aren't part of the normal eleven. Starting to think I should have got Gallagher.

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

      Robbo has played a lot of games in a short amount of time - if he's tired or at risk of injury then that's that

      1. Bartowski
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Played a shedload the last few seasons. Never seemed to be a problem.

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

      not to mention carabao midweek!

    3. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I think Klopp decided to rest both and still thinks they have too much for Palace.

  8. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Pain

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

      LOL

  9. gera.bostock
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Wolves might end up involved in the relegation battle. Awful, awful team. Adams Traore is a joke.

  10. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Trincao has been awful today.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Honestly no idea how he has lasted the 90, shouldn't have even made it out for the second half

      • GROBARI
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        He is awful player in general

      • Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        And Podence has looked good so far...

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

      Toney could have had sooooo many points today.

    3. AlCapwnUK
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Big day for Billy Gilmore

      1. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        And Williams now for me.

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

        Who?

    4. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      fpl gods had to give us a reality check after all the high scoring gw's

    5. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Brentford defenders look a good choice,, surprised hardly anyone's got any? (maybe after next 3-4 fixtures, at least)

    6. WHUFCSmith23
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I have Reece James who might not play, I have Gray who might be injured and Antonio suspended.

      Trent "rested". I could have 9 players playing on wildcard. Have to love this game.

      1. Meechoo115
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Hey where did we hear Gray injured ?!?

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

          Somebody posted he wasn't in the training video. So just a rumour

      2. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Gray?

        1. Limbo
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Gray wasn’t pictured in Finch farm official training pics - it’s speculation.

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

            Ah balls

      3. Lingard’s Shin Guards
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        just one of those gw's. they always happen

        1. WHUFCSmith23
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Have to take this one on the chin

      4. Gunneryank
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        If it helps any, Reece James will probably be starting. He's pretty rested. He's 1st choice.

    7. Fodderx4
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone else feeling a bit smug with no Wolves and their wild card left to play? 🙂

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 6 months ago

          What if when you play it wolves do well

          1. Fodderx4
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 6 months ago

            If they show a bit of form i'll get 1 or 2 with transfers or my wild card but didn't quite understand so many umping on them thid week.

        • Gunneryank
          • 2 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          I managed to avoid investing in any of their attackers, but smug isn't how i would describe it. I feel bad for everyone who took a chance on them.

      2. Pukkipartyy
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        I hate this game. Is there a way to delete the team?

        1. DA Minnion (Former great)
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          No. You need to get rid of all devices that you can access fpl on. Only way to avoid.

        2. CRAZY TRAIN
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Don't..I did that a few years back and deleted all my history in the process (been playing the game nearly 20years).

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

        Tsimikas! Let's goooo!!

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

          Yeah...first sub in for TAA 😀

      4. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Bachmann benched is a real kick in the nuts.

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

          Surely if you have Bachmann you have Foster?

          1. DA Minnion (Former great)
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 6 months ago

            You would think that.

      5. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Jimmy & Adama nearly...

      6. Chelsea Rangers Loyal
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Wolves howling at the moon!

      7. Puntillimon
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        JIMENEZ!!!!! Scoreereeee dammit.

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

        FFSSSS JIMMY
        Traore is hauling ass today.

      9. mgilbert86
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        This is an absolute joke

        Trent, raphina and benhrama injuries this week on top of dcl, son, pereira and antonio rc last week

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

        Should have been Traore A Jiminez G

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

        Semedo was a great pick then on WC

        Gulp

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

          He's currently leading on BAPS (for Wolves) lol

      12. 3 A
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        This yellow and black team is young girls, opposite to the one at Swiss.

      13. DycheDycheBaby
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        So. Close.

      14. ejaknian
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        No One Target
        Nice Team hahaha

      15. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Traore xGI wagon the real winners this GW!

        1. Amartey Partey
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          xG champion!