Load Up On Man City, Brentford And Villa - Fpl Team Of The Week

This is simply a awesome week to play your Free Hit chip, pinch 3 of nan league's worst defences - Leeds, Burnley and Wolves - connected nan roadworthy against in-form attacks.

Manchester City big struggling Leeds, who person mislaid their past 3 games and conceded 15 connected nan roadworthy this season, truthful Erling Haaland is consecutive backmost successful arsenic captain.

It's not a lawsuit of if he will score, but really galore he will bag.

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

Don't miss our FPL typical Q&A pinch master Pras, unrecorded connected nan BBC Sport website connected Friday astatine 15:30 GMT.

A spot of a stinker. Leaving Haaland retired did not backfire, but making Mohamed Salah skipper did pinch a measly four-pointer.

Joachim Andersen (10 points) and Yankuba Minteh (11) were nan stars but those were nan only returns. We managed only 38 points.

Jordan Pickford, Everton, goalkeeper, £5.5m - Newcastle (h)

Everton's backmost 4 and keeper were truthful awesome against Manchester United connected Monday night, and they person a bully chance to proceed that shape against a Newcastle broadside that person been reasonably toothless connected nan road.

Eddie Howe's squad person 3 goals, nary wins and only 3 points from six games distant from home, while Everton person fto successful only 5 astatine Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Pickford is getting a cleanable expanse each 3 games this season. This is simply a bully chance for different one.

Nico O'Reilly, Manchester City, £5m - Leeds (h)

City's crippled astatine location to Leeds is nan 1 to target this week, and O'Reilly is nan defender pinch nan astir upside.

There is ever a interest that Pep roulette takes clasp and Rayan Ait-Nouri gets a commencement astatine left-back, but O'Reilly has started each but 1 Premier League crippled since week four.

In nan past six gameweeks, he is nan third-highest-scoring defender down Daniel Munoz and Gabriel, pinch 37 points.

O'Reilly's 9 shots successful that clip is simply a convention precocious for defenders, while he has a goal, 2 assists and 3 large chances created.

Matty Cash, Aston Villa, £4.6m - Wolves (h)

Will Wolves ever get immoderate better? Until they show signs of life they are nan squad to target successful FPL.

Cash is different defender who has had a decent past six weeks, pinch 27 points successful six games, including a extremity against Manchester City.

He has nan right-back slot locked down and, pinch an expected assists (xA) of 1.0 this play but thing to show for it, he is decidedly owed a return.

Micky van de Ven, Spurs, £4.8m - Fulham (h)

Take distant nan 3-0 triumph complete Wolves - because everyone scores against them - and Fulham person 2 goals successful their past 4 games.

They are besides 1 of nan poorest distant teams truthful far, pinch 1 constituent from six games and only 4 goals.

That gives maine assurance that a wounded Spurs squad tin bounce backmost from their derby humiliation by Arsenal pinch a cleanable sheet.

Van de Ven has shown what a goalscoring threat he tin be. He mightiness not people again each play but is still worthy nan punt.

Eberechi Eze, Arsenal, £7.7m - Chelsea (a)

Why not thrust nan basking manus of London derby leader Eze?

His hat-trick against Spurs was not retired of nan bluish and he makes this squad of nan week earlier because of his underlying statistics.

With 31 shots successful 11 starts, Eze leads nan measurement among Arsenal players. He had six successful nan derby alone.

The only statement of be aware is that he is yet to person a 'big chance' this season. While he has 21 shots successful nan box, they thin to beryllium from adjacent nan separator of nan area. His goals against Spurs were each from astir 15-16 yards out.

But erstwhile you are that bully shooting from range, is it really an issue?

Morgan Gibbs-White, Nottingham Forest, £7.3m - Brighton (h)

Speaking of basking streaks, Gibbs-White has 3 goals successful 3 games for Sean Dyche's revitalised Forest.

He scored a 10-pointer successful this squad of nan week successful his astir caller location crippled against Leeds, truthful he comes backmost in.

Forest person a bully fixture tally coming up too, pinch Wolves distant next.

Morgan Rogers, Aston Villa, £6.9m - Wolves (h)

It would beryllium negligent not to target Wolves this week - they person mislaid 5 successful a statement and conceded 27 goals successful 12 games.

If you are emotion brave past Donyell Malen is Villa's astir explosive midfield option, pinch nan highest expected goals (xG) of 2.08 this season, 4 large chances (three much than immoderate different midfielder) and 3 goals.

But his gametime is not guaranteed and Rogers showed pinch past week's double astatine Leeds what a cardinal portion of Villa's onslaught he is. His extremity and assistance threat make him an easy prime this week.

Phil Foden, Manchester City, £8m - Leeds (h)

Since his 2 goals against Manchester United successful week four, Foden has only 1 assist, but that does not show nan afloat communicative of immoderate good performances.

For a start, he has created 20 chances. He has had much shots successful that play than immoderate City subordinate isolated from Haaland - 14 - and has an xG of 1.29.

This crippled against struggling Leeds is surely nan infinitesimal Foden turns underlying information into returns.

Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Burnley (h)

Burnley person nan leakiest defence successful nan convention distant from location and are a squad to onslaught this week.

It is simply a toss-up betwixt Outarra and Kevin Schade for a midfield spot. Per start, they person almost an identical xG of 0.27 and 0.28.

What swings it Outtara's measurement is his 0.88 large chances per 90 minutes compared to Schade's 0.33.

If you person watched Outarra recently, he ever seems to beryllium getting chopped down successful nan box, truthful his assistance imaginable is high.

Erling Haaland (captain), Manchester City, £14.9m - Leeds (h)

It felt good to backmost against Haaland successful nan past 2 weeks, pinch reliable games against Liverpool and Newcastle.

Not truthful this week. Easy skipper choice.

Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.5m, Brentford, £6.5m - Burnley (h)

Seven goals successful 7 games for Thiago make him difficult to ignore. Only Haaland has a amended record.

And a location crippled against a Burnley broadside that person fto successful 3 goals per crippled connected nan roadworthy is almost excessively bully to beryllium true.

One connection of be aware for nan agelong tally - Thiago's non-penalty expected goals (npXG) is only 3.3 yet he has scored 9 goals this season.

So if nan penalties barren up - he has scored 4 and missed 1 - his output mightiness slow down.