Eze & Mbeumo to continue fine form – FPL team of week

Sunderland’s Robin Roefs, £4.7 million keeper, Everton (h)

Sunderland’s excellent season start, especially their defense, cannot be ignored.

With four clean sheets and a penalty save, Roefs is currently the top-scoring keeper, and the Everton team has only scored three goals in their previous six games.

Everton (h) vs. Nordi Mukiele, Sunderland, £4.1 million

Why not join Sunderland in the double-up if you’re supporting their defense?

For their trip to Chelsea, I chose Omar Alderete over Mukiele, who received a 17-point return.

Expected goals (xG) and expected assists (xA) are very similar between the two. Both excellent budget choices, but Alderete is a possible injury this week.

Gabriel, £6.5m, and Jurrien Timber, £6.1m, both Arsenal – Burnley (a)

How can you currently prevent at least one of these pairings from playing on your team?

Arsenal can defend their defense by claiming five goals in two games from Burnley.

Six straight clean sheets followed, which they last conceded in any competition on September 28.

Brentford (h) Daniel Munoz, Crystal Palace, £5.7 million

If you want attacking returns from your defenders, Munoz is the man to turn to if you don’t want defensive contribution points.

The Colombian has already had four goals and three assists, which is partially attributable to his playing style, which is sometimes referred to as a “right winger.”

For a defender, Munoz has received 10 shots in the box in nine games.

Eberechi Eze, Arsenal, £7.6m – Burnley (a)

Given that he scored last week, it may seem like recency bias, but Eze is currently emerging as a better pick than Bukayo Saka, especially when you consider the £2.4 million price difference.

Saka has started four games since picking up the injury and is still a valuable asset. However, Eze has more shots, shots on target, shots in the box, assists, and a slightly higher xG overall this time outperforming him statistically.

You need an Arsenal attacking force, and Eze is essentially the best one, especially if you have budget constraints. In contrast, Burnley has conceded 17 times.

Alex Iwobi, Fulham, £6.5m – Wolves (h)

At least from an attacking standpoint, Fulham haven’t been as effective as an FPL team this season.

However, one should play at home against the bottom-skinned Wolves.

Iwobi has been responsible for 33% of Fulham’s goals while playing the pitch and has returned the best punt-three returns so far.

Manchester United’s Bryan Mbeumo, £8.2 million – Nottingham Forest (a)

Mbeumo has goals that correspond to those in his underlying data.

The Cameroon forward has the most shots in the box (23) and shots on target (12) of any midfielder, only Salah (19) having more than his 18 at the box.

Manchester City’s £14.8 million-a-month champion, Erling Haaland (captain)

Since Bournemouth have conceded the majority of their goals away from home, it should be a breeze to get started in Haaland this week.

Crystal Palace, Jean-Philippe Mateta, £7.7 million (h)

Mateta is the only league player to come close to achieving those goals, despite Haaland’s 37 shots and 8.91 xG in nine games.

The French striker has 29 shots and an xG of 7.8 (above Brentford’s Thiago’s 4. 5).

However, Mateta has not, whereas most players outperform their xG, for example, Haaland has 11 goals from a xG of 8.91. He has so far only scored five goals, which suggests he will increase his output.

Brentford’s defense is also in the bottom eight in terms of conceded goals (xGC).

When the underlying data come together, you adore it.

Danny Welbeck, Brighton, £6.4m – Leeds (h)

Welbeck has scored five goals in four games against a tough opponent on one of those scoring runs he has used in the past.

Like many other teams, Leeds has conceded nearly twice as many goals on the road as they have in home games.

Brentford midfielder Crystal Palace Dango Ouattara, £6 million (a)

Everton (h) midfielder Granit Xhaka, Sunderland, for £5.1 million

Brighton defender Ferdi Kadioglu, £4.4 million (h)