By Laurence Heffernan
Injuries to key defenders, congested fixture list and a blank gameweek on the horizon gameweek 11 offers an interesting conundrum for managers. No matter who you’re planning on buying or selling we’ve collated all the information you need to successfully navigate the gameweek.
Defensive transfers
TAA red flagged and out for a few weeks will have given the most ardent of Trent supporters the final push they need to finally cut ties with this fantasy great. However, James picking up an injury midweek and likely being out of action this weekend makes our defensive issues that much harder. With a congested fixture list and many teams playing 3 matches in one week, it’s important managers sure up their team.
To replace TAA or James and redeploy funds elsewhere: Dunk (4.6) or Webster(4.5)- With only 9.5 xGC Brighton have the third best defence in the league. Brentford & Forrest next, should see defensive returns for Brighton defensive assets.
A good budget option, potentially replacing Williams to ensure you have a playing substitute defender is Guehi (4.3). Although Palace have only kept one clean sheet this season, their fixture run makes Guehi an interesting budget choice. If you don’t need to focus on defence and want to look at improving your teams attacking returns then please read the rest of the guide below.
Teams to target
Despite playing each other Leicester and Palace have the best fixtures over the next three. With the rise in form of the mid priced midfielders and the shaky defences of both teams if you want to target the fixture swing, your best options are to look in offensive positions.
Players to target from these:
Zaha (7.4) - at 20% ownership it isn’t a differential pick, but with Palace’s fixtures turning he is definitely one to consider for your team. Zaha has averaged 2.89 shots per 90 this season, but with 2.46 of these being in the box means they are high quality shots and not just long range efforts. Leicester also have an xGC of 16.5 which is third bottom this season, which is why Zaha is favoured over the next pick!
Maddison (8.3) - Maddison has hit form and his underlying numbers are reflecting this. 3.03 shots on average per 90 and 1.42 shots on target show that goals are coming for him. But, with only 0.81 coming from inside the box the quality of chances aren’t as good as Zaha’s.
Captaincy
Haaland has secured himself as a permacaptain, with the bookies giving Haaland a 57% chance of scoring anytime this won’t be changing.
For managers looking to make a slight differential pick and get ahead of city’s blank fixture next week Kane looks like a good option. With a 54% chance of scoring this week & a favourable fixture (against Manchester united) in GW12 too. Thank you for reading our overview of Gameweek11.
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