Players To Pick
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Emiliano Martinez (5.0m) will be looking for a first clean sheet for the season against a struggling Everton side. Aston Villa have had a tough home fixture against Arsenal and two away games, but a home encounter with Everton could be an opportunity for Martinez to get a first clean sheet of the season.
Rico Lewis (Manchester City)
Rico Lewis (4.7m) impressed against West Ham on Saturday, not only registering a clean sheet but displaying significant attacking threat by joining setting up Erling Haaland (15.1m) and hitting the woodwork himself. It seems that Lewis is being favoured to Kyle Walker (4.3m) and is playing more advanced than Joško Gvardiol (6.0m), making Lewis a standout pick in defence this week.
Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)
Eberechi Eze (6.9m) scored his first goal of the season against Chelsea last week. Despite receiving a price drop from blanking in the two fixtures before, Eze’s goal threat has been notable in every Crystal Palace game which will encourage managers for a return against Leicester City at home.
Danny Welbeck (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Danny Welbeck (5.7m) has an encouraging next two fixtures against Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest at home. Welbeck has had a strong start to the season, scoring against Everton and Manchester United. He is also more likely to start this weekend in comparison to João Pedro (5.7m), who is coming back late from international duty with Brazil.
Differential Picks
Bart Verbruggen (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Bart Verbruggen (4.5m) seems to have earned back the number one spot at Brighton at the expense of Jason Steele (4.5m) after impressing against Arsenal. Brighton face Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest in the next two Gameweeks.
Pau Torres (Aston Villa)
Aston Villa’s fixtures take a nice turn, providing the defenders opportunities to start getting clean sheets. While Ezri Konsa (4.5m) and Lucas Digne (4.5m) are proving popular picks, Pau Torres (4.5m) could prove a good alternative when it comes to set-piece threat.
Liam Delap (Ipswich Town)
After two tough fixtures against Liverpool and Manchester City, Liam Delap (5.5m) scored his first goal of the season against Fulham to begin a encouraging run of fixtures for Ipswich. Delap faces Brighton away this week.
Evanilson (Bournemouth)
Evanilson (6.0m) could also be a differential forward for FPL managers. Bournemouth have been great going forward this season and it seems like a matter of time to get involved with the goals. Bournemouth face a Chelsea side who have failed to keep a clean sheet this season.
Captaincy Options
Back-to-back hat-tricks make Erling Haaland (15.2m) the obvious standout captaincy pick this week. Haaland has already registered two double-digit hauls and has not blanked in any game. Mohamed Salah (12.7m) is a popular alternative who has also returned in all three of his games. He face Nottingham Forest at home.
Bukayo Saka (10.0m) has started the season strong by also returning in every fixture. He could be a differential captain against a Spurs side that struggles for clean sheets.
Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.4m) is yet to score this season but a home fixture with Leicester City could kickstart the goal-scroring form that he displayed at the end of last-season.
