Time to talk about Bruno - FPL tips & team of the week

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That felt for illustration a agelong world break!

Two weeks without Fantasy Premier League is not perfect but astatine slightest we person a clear tally of 4 gameweeks earlier ANOTHER world window.

Oh well, let's hide astir that for now and attraction connected this week's squad of nan week, which is Crystal Palace and Aston Villa dense and includes Bruno Fernandes, who is owed a return.

The squad of nan week is selected based connected existent FPL prices to fresh wrong a £100m budget, arsenic if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did nan past squad of nan week do?

A week of double digits and one-pointers!

Here's a reminder of gameweek three's team, which scored a respectable 80 points (a gameweek rank of astir 1.5m).

No cleanable sheets - location was only 1 successful week 3 - and seeing Leandro Trossard hauled disconnected erstwhile Arsenal went down to 10 men was a blow.

But Bryan Mbeumo, Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland and Chris Wood each hauled, while skipper Palmer astatine slightest returned an assist.

We spell again.

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Goalkeeper and defence

Dean Henderson, Crystal Palace, keeper, £4.5m - location to Leicester

Picking a cleanable expanse has been difficult this season, pinch only 12 successful 30 games truthful far.

Promoted Leicester and Ipswich are bottommost 2 for expected goals (xG) truthful acold truthful it makes sense, this early successful nan season, to backmost against them scoring.

Brighton look Ipswich and they don't person a clear number-one keeper, truthful Henderson is in.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool, defender, £7m - location to Nottingham Forest

I've said earlier that Alexander-Arnold is simply a double-digit return waiting to hap - FPL players cognize that - truthful spell without him astatine your peril.

He has an expected extremity engagement (xGI) of 1.7 this play pinch thing to show for it.

Liverpool person a bully chance for a fourth-straight cleanable expanse v Forest and if this squad had nan money past pairing Alexander-Arnold pinch Andy Robertson would beryllium a dreamy move.

Rico Lewis, Manchester City, defender, £4.7m - location to Brentford

Will Lewis proceed to support Kyle Walker retired of nan City team?

Who knows but astatine nan infinitesimal nan young defender is simply a snip astatine £4.7m successful 1 of nan champion 3 defences successful nan league.

In nan absence of Rodri, Lewis has been inverting into midfield and has recovered himself successful immoderate awesome attacking positions.

He missed a sitter against Ipswich successful week 2 and has had 2 large chances. Rodri mightiness beryllium backmost against Brentford, but Lewis should still thrive.

Lucas Digne, Aston Villa, defender, £4.5m - location to Everton

The French full-back has truthful acold kept summertime signing Ian Maatsen retired of nan Villa squad and has been an awesome early play performer.

He has 4 crosses per crippled truthful far, is taking immoderate corners and - pinch Douglas Luiz gone - could beryllium first prime for nonstop free-kicks.

Villa person a awesome tally coming up truthful he is simply a bully prime this week and beyond.

Midfield

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Bruno Fernandes scored and assisted successful 2 games for Portugal during nan world break

Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, midfielder, £8.4m - distant astatine Southampton

The underlying statistic are screaming retired for america to prime Fernandes this week.

The Manchester United talisman has been unlucky to person nary returns truthful acold this season.

His xGI is two, he has had 8 shots (Salah has had conscionable 9 and scored 3 times), 4 successful nan container and 2 large chances.

Couple that pinch Southampton's defence, which is bottommost six for shots conceded, shots successful nan container conceded, shots connected target conceded, expected goals conceded (xGC) and has fixed up 13 large chances!

Points incoming for Bruno.

Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, midfielder, £12.7m - location to Nottingham Forest

Salah is successful this squad until his shape dips aliases nan fixtures alteration and this week he is skipper complete Erling Haaland.

Both juggernauts could get double-digit returns, but Salah edges it pinch his goals earning much points arsenic a midfielder.

Forest are really a top-three defence truthful acold based connected xGC and shots conceded - and they person allowed a league-lowest 12 shots successful nan container - truthful location is simply a mini interest they negociate to cramp Liverpool's attacking flair.

That, positive a Champions League distant crippled successful Milan aft this (potential rotation) and a tight fund are why there's nary Liverpool triple-up successful this squad of nan week.

Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace, midfielder, £6.9m - location to Leicester City

Eze is simply a bargain astatine £6.9m. He scored past clip retired astatine Chelsea pinch maximum prize and, barroom a refereeing howler connected nan opening day, should person had 2 goals successful 3 games.

The England subordinate is simply a changeable monster - 15 this play is nan second-most of each midfielders - and we think he is connected penalties too.

Leicester person conceded 18 shots connected target successful 3 games, Eze has 5 connected target - that equals a decent chance of different goal.

Morgan Rogers, Aston Villa, midfielder, £5.1m - location to Everton

Having a Villa plus feels important this week and Rogers is nan adjacent champion prime if you can't spend Ollie Watkins (£8.9m).

His two-goal capacity for England Under-21s successful midweek is simply a motion of his potential.

Unlike astir of nan players successful this week's team, location are nary underlying stats to back-up Rogers' inclusion - sometimes you person to spell pinch your gut and nan oculus test!

Forwards

Erling Haaland, Manchester City, striker, £15.2m - location to Brentford

The only questions astir Haaland are whether you are going to skipper him and whether you deliberation you tin get much points from nan assets you could person if you weren't spending £15.2m connected a striker.

This team, for example, could person Watkins and Luis Diaz successful it and each head will person nan aforesaid conundrum.

But connected existent shape it is difficult to spot Haaland not scoring astatine slightest erstwhile truthful why backmost against him?

Joao Pedro, Brighton, striker, £5.7m - location to Ipswich

You don't request immoderate typical penetration to look astatine Brighton's crippled astatine location to Ipswich and consciousness a chance for a decent Seagulls win.

Pedro and his onslaught partner Danny Welbeck person some had fantabulous starts to nan play and nan second somewhat edges it connected underlying data.

But Pedro is connected penalties which intends he gets nan motion - some are decent picks this week.

Jean-Philippe Mateta, Crystal Palace, striker, £7.4m - location to Leicester City

If you hadn't guessed already, I really fancy Palace to people a fewer this week - sorry Leicester!

Mateta hasn't deed shape yet this play and Eddie Nketiah is waiting successful nan wings to return his spot but it's much apt some play alternatively than nan Frenchman loses his place.

Palace haven't rather been nan aforesaid without Michael Olise but they person under-performed their xG this play by a afloat extremity and Mateta has 13 successful his past 16 Premier League games.

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Jean-Philippe Mateta scored successful 7 consecutive location games astatine nan extremity of past season, netting 11 goals.

Subs bench

Lukasz Fabianski, West Ham, keeper, £4m - distant to Fulham

A £4m keeper who mightiness play if Alphonse Areola's wounded lingers.

Lewis Dunk, Brighton, defender, £4.5m - location to Ipswich

A awesome first sub against Ipswich who besides has a extremity successful him

Tim Iroegbunam, Everton, midfielder, £4.5m - distant to Aston Villa

Has played each crippled for nan Toffees since a summertime move from Villa, 4 shots successful 3 games.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Southampton, defender, £4m - location to Manchester United

A £4m defender who plays. Ideal 3rd sub.

Total squad cost: £99.1m

Player to watch

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Abdul Fatawu has started each of Leicester's games and grabbed an assistance and 3 prize points successful their opener astatine location to Spurs

Abdul Fatawu, Leicester City, midfielder, £5.5m

Fancy a fund midfielder who faces Everton, Bournemouth and Forest astatine location and Southampton and Ipswich distant successful his adjacent 7 games?

Then look nary further than nan Ghanaian who is down arsenic a midfielder but plays correct wing.

He's had nan astir shots and nan highest xGI of immoderate Leicester midfielder.

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Team to target

Everton - Aston Villa (a), Leicester (a), Crystal Palace (h)

After Villa this week, nan Toffees' adjacent 8 fixtures are beautiful welcoming, including matches against each 3 promoted teams.

Everton supply bully fund options excessively if you are looking to position your squad to beryllium capable to spend a fewer large hitters.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin astatine £5.9m is not a bad outcry and you could do worse than getting successful personification for illustration Vitaliy Mykolenko (£4.4m) arsenic your 4th defender.

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