TOP 5 PLAYER TOPICS AHEAD OF GW11 (Thread)

Back again with this week's thread that will take a look at 5 players that are hot in the FPL community currently ahead of the upcoming gameweek

A lot of Man City talk this time!

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Gabriel Jesus (9.3)

With only 2.2% ownership, Gabriel Jesus faces a FUL (H) in GW11 that has the 2nd worst xGC (expected goals conceded) in the league this season, only beaten by West Brom. With 3 straight 90 minute outings and 58k transfers in this gameweek, he is an...

outside captain option with Aguero still probably not available. I figure that there will be more free hit chips played this gameweek than usual because of the blank gameweek for Aston Villa and Newcastle and a triple up on Man City with Jesus being one of them feels like a...

great strategy if you decide to use the chip this gameweek.

It should be said however that his underlying stats over these 3 90 minute appearances hasn’t been that impressive at all. His goal is the only shot he has had on target with an xG lower than Joelinton and Welbeck...

This was also the case for Mahrez before he scored his hat-trick in GW10 so maybe the same could happen for Jesus but I wouldn’t advise transferring him in if you aren’t on a free hit because of Aguero being back soon.

Riyad Mahrez (8.3)

Talking about Mahrez, he is the 2nd most transferred in player this gameweek after his hat-trick in GW10 and with such a nice fixture, he is definitely a great alternative. Like I mentioned before, his underlying stats weren’t great until the Burnley...

game but he really showed what a brilliant player he is. I would say he is as guaranteed to start this game as you could possibly be in a side managed by Pep and if you don’t have any problems with your squad, I can see the argument behind bringing him in. He is maybe a bit...

of a gamble however simply because he has only really shown great form in one game this season but we all know what he can do and a double digit haul in GW11 is not that unlikely.

Hakim Ziyech (8.3)

With almost 120k transfers out so far, Ziyech is a player that took the league by storm in his first two games but has since then blanked in back to back games against Newcastle and Spurs. In GW11 he faces LEE (H), a team that has the 4th worst xGC...

(expected goals conceded) this season which means that Leeds is far from solid defensively. This does mean that the opportunities for Chelsea and Ziyech to get some goals in this game are pretty high. Since he arrived he has created 4 big chances with no other teammate...

creating more than 1. With a lot of people thinking about making the switch to Mahrez, I would probably suggest to reconsider when you also look at GW12 and the fact that Mahrez faces a decent Man Utd defense while Ziyech plays a bad looking Everton side.

Raphinha (5.4)

With his first goal in the Premier League, Raphinha is starting to appear on people's radar. It’s still very early to judge if he will be a good player in this league or not but we know that he is an expensive signing so he should be getting more playing...

time in the future. The budget midfielders price bracket isn’t a great one but if I were to pick one I would look towards a Leeds asset for sure. An amazing stat is that Leeds actually have the most shots on target out of any team in the league this season, even more than...

Liverpool. This shows that there will be goal involvements, whether that is for Raphinha, Harrison or Klich.

It’s hard to pick between these 3. Raphinha feels like he has the highest potential out of them but also the biggest chance of getting rotated with Harrison and...

Klich being cornerstones for Bielsa. If Harrison continues to play in the central position like he did in GW10 he is undoubtedly my favorite pick but that is not a guarantee at all.

Jack Grealish 7.7

What looked like a great fixture for Grealish and Aston Villa is now a headache for most of the FPL managers out there with the blank gameweek pretty much confirmed by the time of writing. Should you get rid of your Villa assets like Grealish or maybe...

Martinez? Of course there are other appealing options like Mahrez at that price point but I wouldn’t be in a rush to sell Grealish because of the upcoming fixture run that he has, his form and with him possibly being on penalties now. Villa are one of the best attacking sides...

in the league and it feels like Grealish is always involved. For that price there isn’t such a consistent asset as Grealish this season. Same goes for Watkins. At that price point you can’t get much better right now.

Looking at the Aston Villa defenders and Martinez I think...

this is an obvious one. I don’t think there is any reason to waste a transfer on your goalkeeper even though you don’t have a playing goalkeeper this gameweek. Villa has the 5th best xGC (expected goals conceded) over the last 4 GWs despite players like Martinez not being able...

to pick up many points. With wol (without Jimenez), BUR, wba, CRY coming up you can’t ask for a better fixture run for a defender. I think there are plenty of points to come for all of those keeping their Villa assets.

Thanks for reading my thread ahead of GW11! Please let me know if you agree or disagree with any of the points made

Thanks for your support and good luck ahead of this gameweek everyone!