4 TEAMS WITH GREAT OPENING GAMES AND THEIR BEST PLAYERS [thread]

38 gameweeks worth of Premier League fixtures has just been announced just under a couple of hours ago. The building our teams for GW1, it would be good to target teams who have easy opening runs.

In this thread, I'll be looking at 4 teams with particularly favourable fixtures and suggesting players to consider. There are more teams with equally good fixtures but I have decided to focus on these teams but I'll be writing on more teams in the future.

1. TOTTENHAM

Fixtures: EVE, sou, NEW, mun, WHU, bur, BHA, wba

Tottenham begins the season with one of the easiest set of fixtures among the 20 teams in the league. Above are their opening 8 games of the season and face only one team that finished

in the top 6 last season in Manchester United. They face 3 out of the 4 teams that conceded the most big chances and weren’t relegated last season (WHU, NEW, SOU) while their remaining fixtures rank in the top 10 using the same metric. This bodes well for their attackers...

especially Harry Kane (£10.5m) and Heung-Min Son (£9.0m). Kane had one of the best finishes to the season, having 13 shots on target and 9 big chances from GW30+ onwards and this was shown through his 7 goals in that time. These fixtures will also benefit their defensive...

assets and their best one would be Serge Aurier (£5.5m). Aurier got 7 assists in 33 appearances in the 19/20 season with only Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Digne and Doherty (defenders) having more despite Aurier playing less minutes and being cheaper this season than all four.

2. ARSENAL

Fixtures: ful, WHU

Arsenal have the best first couple of fixtures in the league, playing Fulham away and West Ham at home. West Ham conceded 103 big chances last season which was the most in the league while Fulham conceded 102 big chances the last time they were...

in the Premier League and conceded the most goals as well. Facing two of the very worst defences in his first two games, it has become extremely difficult to avoid Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£12.0m). He was the golden boot runner-up (22 goals), takes penalties and is...

Arsenal’s captain meaning that he will start 100% of games he is fit for. After their first two fixtures, it would make sense to transfer out Aubameyang for a Manchester City or Manchester United premium midfielder as his games get significantly tougher, facing...

Liverpool, City, Leicester and Sheffield United in the next 4 gameweeks. Other players to consider would be Nicolas Pepe (£8.0m) and William Saliba (£4.5m) if they can secure a start in the team.

3. WOLVES

Fixtures: shu, MCI, whu, FUL, lee, NEW, CRY

From Wolves, Raul Jimenez (£8.5m) has been made an even better option with the fixtures that they have been given. Although their first two fixtures aren’t the easiest, their next 5 are against very weak defences.

As mentioned earlier, West Ham and Newcastle conceded the most and third-most BC and the Mexican forward also has fixtures against newly promoted Fulham and Leeds. Defensively, Ruben Vinagre (£4.5m) and Matt Doherty (£6.0m) are equally great players to include in your GW1 team.

The attacking right wing-back had the most expected goals out of all defenders with 6.84. In comparison, the more popular and expensive Trent and Van-Dijk only had 2.98 and 3.96 respectively. Ruben Vinagre offers a cut price option into one of the best defences in the league...

due to Jonny’s long term spell on the sidelines. His place may come under threat if Wolves go ahead and sign Ghoulam from Napoli. Both Vinagre and Doherty have points potential at both ends of the pitch and will be in many teams ahead of the GW1 deadline.

4. SOUTHAMPTON

Fixtures: cry, TOT, bur, WBA, che, EVE, avl, NEW

In my opinion, Southampton’s best players in FPL are Danny Ings, Che Adams, Stuart Armstrong, Kyle Walker-Peters and goalkeeper Alex McCarthy. All of them have the potential to provide immense value...

for managers in a team that I expect to perform much better this year. Ings will be looking to carry on from his spectacular 22 goal season, Adams and Armstrong are cheap and strong differentials while Walker-Peters and McCarthy offer a way into a team that have recently...

improved in defence and this makes the Saints stopper the current set-and-forget goalkeeper in my team. The addition of Salisu to the Southampton team will likely improve the team further and this would be advantageous to their defensive assets.

Credits to @FFH_HQ for all stats

For more on Walker-Peters, Vinagre and Saliba, have a look at my thread and article:

https://twitter.com/ssiaFPL/status/1294672083750801408?s=20

https://fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/best-4-5-defenders-fpl/

For more on Adams, Ings and Jimenez, check out @MentorFpl's article on @allaboutfpl https://allaboutfpl.com/best-mid-priced-striker-options/

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