Bryan Mbeumo (captain), Brentford, £8.2m – Wolves (a) Mbeumo has six returns in his past five games and would have hauled more if not for a rare penalty miss last week. He takes on a Wolves side who have conceded seven goals in the previous three games. At this point, Mbeumo might be the most...
Bukayo Saka, Arsenal, £10.3m – Newcastle (h) Saka has not delivered a return since week 30 but since then, in five games, he has an expected goal involvement (xGI) of 3.1. In comparison, team-mate Leandro Trossard has an xGI of 2.9 but has managed five goal involvements in the same period. So Saka is playing...
Kevin de Bruyne, Manchester City, £9.5m – Southampton (a) De Bruyne has had two double digit hauls in the past four weeks. He’s started the past five games, so worries about his fitness should not be an issue and the Belgian only has three league games left in his City career. If he’s going out...
Bryan Mbeumo (captain), Brentford, £8.1m – Manchester United (h) You don’t need much of a reason to pick Mbeumo, FPL’s second-highest points scorer. But the situation this week is a dream scenario. Manchester United are almost certainly going to put out a weakened team, with their focus on the Europa League, and it is not...
Robert Sanchez, Chelsea, keeper, £4.5m – Everton (h) Visitors Everton only have four goals in their past six games and their 10 big chances is the third lowest in the league. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool, £7.2m – Tottenham (h) This might be one of the last times we can pick maybe the greatest FPL defensive asset...
Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton, £6.5m – Leicester (h) Backing a forward player against Leicester pays off almost every week and Mitoma is easily Brighton’s most reliable midfielder. The most shots, shots in the box, on target, key passes, xG, goals – I could go on. Newcastle’s Murphy had a haul from the flanks against the Foxes,...
Emi Martinez, Aston Villa, keeper, £5m – Nottingham Forest (h) The Argentine kept just his fourth clean sheet of the season in Wednesday’s win at Brighton but he is a differential keeper option for this week and the rest of the season. Villa face goal-shy Southampton next week before a double in 33. Forest are...
David Raya, Arsenal, keeper, £5.5m – Fulham (h) Raya has four clean sheets in his past seven and Arsenal have the second-most clean sheets (11) this season. There could be a few clean sheets knocking about this week and this game is one of them. Josko Gvardiol, Manchester City, £6m – Leicester City (h) I...