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The Gameweek 25 Scout Notes continue with Bournemouth 1-1 Aston Villa and Burnley 0-2 West Ham United.

RAYAN SCORES ON FIRST START

Rayan (£5.5m) scored on his first start for Bournemouth on Saturday.

In a fully deserved point, the Brazilian, who impressed as a substitute with an assist at Wolverhampton Wanderers last week, looked a real threat.

Rayan was unlucky in the first half when his header struck the crossbar, but he later found the net with an impressive solo effort after some shambolic Villa defending.

“He is an amazing player. He can go inside and outside when there’s space, and he can go one to one against the defender and it is very difficult for the defender. He’s finished it really well. He’s still a young player who needs to improve some things.” – Andoni Iraola on Rayan

Away from Rayan, only an inspired display from Emiliano Martinez (£5.0m), who racked up seven saves and should bank an extra bonus point in the next update, denied Bournemouth the three points.

On another day, Eli Kroupi Jr (£4.7) could have hauled: he had a goal ruled out for offside, and another cleared off the line, before his usual withdrawal shortly after the hour mark.

ANOTHER HILL SEVEN-POINTER

James Hill (£3.9m), meanwhile, continued his fine form at centre-back.

He provided the assist for Rayan’s equaliser (which was, to be fair, a simple pass into the Brazilian) and banked defensive contribution (DefCon) points.

Marcos Senesi (£4.8m) is the Premier League’s leading defender for those of course, but missed out on Saturday (six), whereas Hill has now produced DefCon in six of his seven matches since his recall to the side.

He was also unlucky not to claim DefCon points in Gameweek 22; Opta updated his total to 10 after the FPL cut-off.

Given Bournemouth’s upcoming fixtures, Hill is clearly one of the stand-out sub-£4.0m picks in FPL right now.

“FANTASTIC” ROGERS

Morgan Rogers (£7.6m) scored the opener at the Vitaly Stadium with a lovely driven effort into the roof of the net, having been slipped in by Jadon Sancho (£5.8m).

He claimed the maximum bonus for a 10-point haul and only narrowly missed out on DefCon, with 11.

“Fantastic. He’s doing a fantastic season. He was always pushing, helping. Everyone was feeling good playing with him.” – Unai Emery on Morgan Rogers

But just 0.79 expected goals (xG) for Villa underlines their recent lack of attacking threat.

Indeed, Unai Emery’s men have netted only three times in their last five matches, having created just nine Opta ‘big chances’ during that period.

£4.2M GOALKEEPER STARTS

Nuno Espirito Santo made three changes to his starting XI for Saturday’s trip to Burnley.

Mads Hermansen (£4.2m) took the place of Alphonse Areola (£4.3m) in goal, Axel Disasi (£4.5m) made his debut at centre-back, while the third alteration arrived in attack, where Callum Wilson (£5.8m) replaced Pablo Felipe (£5.5m).

On the pitch, it looked like this:

Hermansen and Disasi helped provide a bit of solidity at the back, albeit only against Burnley, which helped West Ham produce their first clean sheet since Gameweek 3.

£4.2m shot-stopper Hermansen was notably in goal for both of them.

Elsewhere at the back, El Hadji Malick Diouf (£4.0m) provided a first-half assist, while fellow defenders Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.1m) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (£4.4m) both banked DefCon.

SUMMERVILLE SCORES AGAIN, FERNANDES IMPRESSES

Crysencio Summerville (£5.5m) scored for the fifth consecutive game in all competitions on Saturday.

The in-form winger dinked the ball over Burnley’s Martin Dubravka (£4.0m) early in the first half, before Taty Castellanos (£5.5m) doubled West Ham’s lead shortly after.

Summerville will likely lose his DefCon points in the next update, having dropped to 11 overnight (see image below). However, even factoring that in, he’s still produced 36 points over the last four Gameweeks, the second-most of any player.

Mateus Fernandes (£5.5m) was superb at Turf Moor, too.

The midfield controller produced the assist for the opener, his third attacking return in four Gameweeks, and banked DefCon, with his on-pitch relationship with Summerville clearly going from strength to strength.

“I know how dangerous we can be on the counter attack, and me and Matty [Fernandes] are clicking a lot now. He knows how to feed me, and it worked well today.” – Crysencio Summerville

As for Jarrod Bowen (£7.7m), it was a disappointing afternoon, with only one shot and zero chances created. But with others stepping up, the Hammers have now won three out of their last four matches, thereby keeping the relegation battle alive.

In contrast, the situation for Burnley is much less favourable, as they look as fragile as ever ahead of Tuesday’s trip to Selhurst Park.

Zian Flemming (£5.3m) came as close as any teammate to scoring, with seven shots, but Burnley have now failed to win in 16 consecutive Premier League matches.

Axel Tuanzebe (£3.9m) missed out due to injury for the hosts, while James Ward-Prowse (£5.6m) was ineligible to face his parent club.


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  1. BrockLanders
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Stach to Rayan or KDH for free?

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Anyone?

  2. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Is Ndiaye (BOU MUN new) to Sarr (WOL BUR mun) too sideways?

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      I'd say so.

    2. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Very

  3. Hazardous1983
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Wilson to ?

    Or keep

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Keep.

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Considering selling

    3. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Selling for Mbeumo pending man United injury news

  4. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    NOR to Munoz or roll?

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      NOR (if that's O'Reilly) ha. Is a headache. I'd sell if for free

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 12 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Get Munoz

  5. Hazardous1983
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Is everyonr triple captaining gabriel

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Looks a real decent shout tbf

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 12 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Nope just ©

    3. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Saving it for a Norge Feast

    4. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Yrs i will be.

    5. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      I think so.
      I think I need to given I'm only on single Arse defence, so an extra Gabriel should counter everyone else's Timber or Raya.
      There's a chance Haaland would have Brentford & Burnley in 36, but that's a long way off and all it takes is an unfavourable cup draw.

  6. Khalico
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Thiaw or Lacroix?

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Lacroix for me. I benched his 11 this week though (expect that, if you've Timber & Gabriel)

    2. Rednev1983
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      Lacroix

  7. OptimusBlack
    • 12 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Guys is a Munoz & Gyökeres good picks for the DGW ?
    A-YAAAAY
    B- Nope Timber & Pedro more Safe

    1. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      The one with Munoz in.
      Life is for living

  8. janlu0
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Best Arsenal player to buy for DGW?
    I already have Raya and Rice.
    A. Gyokeres
    B. Zubimendi
    C. Gabriel
    D. Timber
    E. Madueke

    1. hawkeyes
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      C

    2. Mata of opinion
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 12 hours ago

      C

    3. Rednev1983
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 day, 11 hours ago

      c, essential & many captaining him. Some triple captaining him. Go without him & you could find yourself losing rank quite heavily.

  9. Mata of opinion
    • 6 Years
    1 day, 12 hours ago

    Going to triple up with arsenal defence for the double: gab timber and raya. Behind in mini league by around 50 points. Is triple captain gab too much of a gamble at this stage?

    1. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 11 hours ago

      That'll be 5 of them! That's probably too much. 4 should be a significant net gain

  10. Stevie B
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 11 hours ago

    Which goalkeeper you would select for the next few weeks?

    This is really tough, because only Raya seem good and I already have 3 Arsenal players.

    Thanks!