Maxim De Cuyper started the FPL season at £4.5m. Ten Gameweeks later, the Brighton defender costs £5.5m and leads the scoring with 75 points, five ahead of Erling Haaland. Two of his team-mates have matched Haaland on 70, giving Brighton three of the four highest scorers in Fantasy Premier League.
Here’s how the best FPL options in each position earned their places, and where managers can still find value ahead of Gameweek 11.
David Raya (£6.2m, 60 points) has played all 900 minutes for Arsenal and collected six bonus points.
The Opta Stats Sandbox shows that the Gunners have kept seven clean sheets, the joint-most in the league with Brighton after ten Gameweeks. Raya costs £1.9m less than Gabriel and trails him by just six FPL points.
Maxim De Cuyper (now £5.5m, 75 points) has two goals, four FPL assists and seven clean sheets after ten Gameweeks. The Brighton defender has taken 11 shots inside the box and created 22 chances. He’s had five big chances himself and created five more for his team-mates.
Insight Live shows that 73.9% of the top one million FPL managers own De Cuyper, making him the second-most-owned defender in that group. Only Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori ranks higher at 77.8%.
Vušković (£5.3m, 70 points) offers a different route into the same defence. He has matched De Cuyper’s seven clean sheets and 11 shots in the box while recording 91 defensive contributions to his team-mate’s 33.
Gabriel (£8.1m, 66 points) has played every minute for Arsenal, keeping seven clean sheets and registering 91 defensive contributions.
He’s also had four big chances and scored once. Looking ahead, the Predicted Points & Stats tool ranks him first among FPL defenders for Gameweeks 11–14, with 19.8 predicted points.
Two Bournemouth defenders make the top four. James Hill (£5.6m) ranks third on 18.0 predicted points, just ahead of António Silva (£5.1m) on 17.9. Silva is projected to finish only 1.9 points behind Gabriel over those four Gameweeks. If the £3.0m saving funds an upgrade elsewhere, he could be the better pick for your squad.
Jayden Bogle (£4.8m, 58 points) is the cheapest starter in this XI. Six clean sheets have done much of the work for the Leeds defender, but ten of his 12 shots have come from inside the box. He’s also created ten chances. For under £5.0m, that’s a handy second route to points when a clean sheet slips away.
Jan Paul van Hecke (£5.0m, 57 points) completes the back five. The Spurs defender has played all 900 minutes, scored twice and kept four clean sheets, with his biggest haul coming against Crystal Palace in Gameweek 9 (15 points).
Van Hecke also earns a place in our Consensus XI, which brings together the most-owned players across our Elite XI managers’ squads. Between them, those managers have recorded 81 top-10k finishes. See who else makes the Consensus XI and follow each manager’s transfers ahead of Gameweek 11 on the Elite XI Team Reveal page.
Pascal Groß (£6.3m, 70 points) has averaged one attacking return per appearance, with four goals and six FPL assists in ten games.
Creativity is the strongest reason to back him. The Brighton midfielder has created 29 chances, including eight big chances, while two of his four goals have come from the penalty spot. He’s matched Haaland’s points tally for £9.5m less!
Marcus Tavernier (£6.7m, 58 points) has scored all five of his goals from open play, hit the target with 14 of his 20 shots and picked up 12 bonus points. He’s also created five big chances and is still waiting for his first FPL assist.
If you’ve missed out on Tavernier’s goals so far, there’s still time to bring him in. Bournemouth rank second for attacking fixtures over Gameweeks 11–14 in the Fix Fixture Planner, starting with a home game against Nottingham Forest.
Erling Haaland (£15.8m, 70 points) has been the go-to captain for many FPL managers this season, with few other premiums delivering consistently.
The Manchester City forward has had 15 big chances and scored nine goals from 8.15 expected goals (xG). Despite back-to-back blanks at home to Brighton and away to Nottingham Forest, home fixtures against Fulham and Leeds in the next three Gameweeks give managers good reason to keep the armband on him.
Alexander Isak (£9.3m, 61 points) has scored seven open-play goals in nine appearances for Liverpool. The Opta Stats Sandbox shows he leads the league with 16 bonus points, two more than Haaland despite playing 140 fewer minutes.
With 24 of his 25 shots coming from inside the box, Isak offers a consistent goal threat for managers looking to free up £6.5m by switching from Haaland.
Evanilson (£6.5m, 61 points) scored just six goals last season and is already one short of that tally after ten Gameweeks, with five goals from 5.20 xG.
The Bournemouth forward has also created five big chances and supplied four assists, taking him to nine goal involvements – level with Haaland.
Five defenders make the XI after ten Gameweeks, with Maxim De Cuyper outscoring every midfielder and forward on 75 points. Even Jayden Bogle, the cheapest defender in the side at £4.8m, has matched Marcus Tavernier’s 58 points.
With so few midfielders delivering consistently, is it time to go big at the back?
Starting four or even five defenders looks worth considering, especially if a switch to 4-3-3 or 5-2-3 gives you room for one of the Brighton defenders alongside an Arsenal pick.
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