FPL Tips Gameweek 11

We’ve put together the only FPL tips you’ll need for Gameweek 11, covering everything from captaincy to the best differentials to help you beat your snarky work mini-league opponents.

Best Players

Chelsea play Wolves (H) this week in what is probably the standout fixture of the round. Enzo Fernández is a pretty good option for the Blues, along with Marc Cucurella and João Pedro. As for Burnley, there’s no one worth considering. Moving on.

Arsenal play Sunderland, and at this rate, Raya may as well not show up because he’s never going to have to make a save again. The markets remain bearish on Sunderland, and honestly, you can’t go wrong with any Arsenal player here. My standouts would be Merino, Saka, and Gabriel.

Manchester City take on Liverpool in the battle for second place in the league, and attackers from both sides look like good options this week. Haaland is, of course, Haaland, and Salah is, well, Salah (though that might be an issue now). Phil Foden also projects well, though I imagine his few remaining owners like pain at this point, so a return may not even feel satisfying. Szoboszlai seems like a good long-term pickup too.

Bruno Fernandes, Mbeumo, Mateta, Paquetá, and Bowen are other players worth considering.

Who To Captain

That Erling Haaland fella is a good captaincy pick this week. Surprise, surprise. While LIV (H) looks like a pretty horrible fixture, Liverpool haven’t looked great defensively this season and have been conceding big chances for fun. Haaland, on the other hand, has 13 goals in 10 matches while running at an npxG of 1.08.

He deserves a spot in Valhalla at this point.

Weirdly enough, Enzo Fernández isn’t a bad captaincy option either. He’s a nailed-on 90-minute man running at a career-high npxG+xAG/90 of 0.63, facing a Wolves side that looks more like a tired dog than, well, a wolf.

Bruno Fernandes and Bukayo Saka are further alternatives. The former is a 90-minute, set-piece and penalty-taking man who occasionally hits DEFCON, while the latter is a penalty-taking talismanic figure facing Sunderland (A). I prefer Bruno, simply because I think Sunderland are better than they’re currently projected to be, but you really can’t go wrong with Saka either.

Transfer Tips

Bukayo Saka is a good asset to buy this week, especially if you need a route out of Gyökeres. While his data isn’t exactly ripping up trees, it’s reasonable to expect an uptick, and he seems like the undisputed first-choice penalty taker. If not Saka, and assuming you already own Raya and Gabriel, I like Timber. Rice is a good option too, but I feel that Arsenal spot could be better used elsewhere.

If you somehow don’t own Semenyo, it’s not too late to buy him either, as his fixtures are about to turn for the better — avl, WHU, sun, EVE in his next four. While Kluivert continues to see reduced minutes, Semenyo’s the first-choice penalty taker, and he’ll never, ever say no to taking a shot. Until I transfer him in, that is, which is when he forgets he’s a professionally contracted footballer.

Enzo Fernández is a very, very nice transfer this week. Chelsea’s fixtures look amazing — WOL, bur, ARS, lee, bou, EVE — and Enzo is one of Chelsea’s primary attacking threats while Palmer’s out. He isn’t too expensive either, coming in at just £6.7m.

Best Differentials

Lucas Paquetá faces Burnley (H) this week, coming off the back of a goal and serving as West Ham’s primary penalty taker. For £5.9m, you could do a lot worse. Similarly, there’s Jarrod Bowen, but there are better long-term forward options elsewhere.

Marc Cucurella also looks like a pretty solid pick and could be your route into Chelsea’s defence. Chelsea have the second-highest clean sheet odds this week, and as a bonus, it’s hard to miss Cucurella on the pitch — that hair may as well be a lighthouse in the dark.

Elliot Anderson seems to be racking up 90s under Dyche and remains a very solid pick. He may not seem all that exciting, but with set-pieces, open-play threat, and a steady influx of DEFCONs, he isn’t far off a haul.

And if you somehow still have an open Arsenal slot, Mikel Merino and Leandro Trossard are fabulous picks for this gameweek. Merino may as well be R9 at this point.

Clean Sheet Odds

Unsurprisingly, Arsenal are this week’s favourites to keep a clean sheet. Their defence is about the most solid thing in the world, and while Sunderland’s attack has looked better than expected, it’s hard to bet against a backline that’s conceded just three goals in ten Premier League matches.

Chelsea rank second for clean sheet odds, thanks in no small part to Wolves’ abhorrent attack. Chelsea have been racking up injuries for fun, so finding a secure asset there is like finding a green arrow in this sadistic game of FPL we play. But if you do find one, there’s a decent chance you walk away with a six-pointer this week.

West Ham are thi—wait, what?! I’m not sure who’s more surprised by this—me, or West Ham’s literal footballers who seem to have forgotten how to kick a ball. The Hammers are coming off a 3–1 win last weekend and play Burnley (H) this week, who rank last in the league for xG. A Kilman punt, perhaps?

Nottingham Forest—err, I mean Evangelos Marinakis F.C.—have decent clean sheet odds this week given their fixture against LEE (H). Realistically, a Sean Dyche side could keep a clean sheet against anyone, and I do expect Forest to improve under him. I wouldn’t buy any of their defenders just yet, but maybe in the future.

Last, and definitely the least, are Everton. Their fixture against Fulham (H) isn’t necessarily the best, but clean sheets are just a bonus for Keane and Tarkowski, who collect DEFCONs faster than a nuclear shelter. Tarkowski’s DEFCON hit rate is slipping, though, so that’s something to keep in mind.

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