Salah, Fernandes And Wood - Fpl Tips & Team Of Week

Is it clip to move connected from Cole Palmer? How do you switch Bukayo Saka? And nan age-old question... Erling Haaland aliases Mohamed Salah?

There's plentifulness to ponder for Fantasy Premier League players earlier gameweek three, but don't fearfulness - our Free Hit squad is simply a fountain of inspiration.

It's my last week filling successful for regular BBC Sport FPL master Thomas Woods and, aft crunching nan numbers, I'm assured this broadside will thief maine motion disconnected connected a high.

The squad of nan week is selected based connected existent FPL prices to fresh wrong a £100m budget, arsenic if you were playing a Free Hit.

Don't miss our FPL typical week 3 Q&A pinch master FPL Heisenberg unrecorded connected nan BBC Sport website astatine 15:30 BST connected Friday, 29 August.

It was truthful bully connected insubstantial but a blank from skipper Erling Haaland - and Cole Palmer not moreover playing - gave nan Free Hit squad 48 points.

Last week I mentioned it was a 50-50 telephone betwixt Jean-Philippe Mateta and Joao Pedro. I chose Mateta, who came backmost pinch 2 points. Pedro, who scored 1 and assisted two, would've sewage 15.

Never alteration Fantasy Premier League, ne'er change.

Robert Sanchez, Chelsea, keeper, £5m - Fulham (h)

Chelsea stopper Sanchez is simply a coagulated prime to start. Fulham person grounded to people successful six of their past 7 visits to Stamford Bridge, while Sanchez kept a cleanable expanse successful Chelsea's opener astatine location to Crystal Palace. He would person had different astatine West Ham successful gameweek 2 but for Lucas Paqueta's wonderment onslaught successful a 5-1 triumph for nan Blues.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, defender, £6.1m - Fulham (h)

Cucurella is quickly becoming a FPL must-have. He was a performer successful past week's BBC Sport Free Hit team, claiming an assistance for Chelsea's opener. Expect much attacking contributions, and hopefully a cleanable expanse from him, this weekend.

Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest, defender, £5.5m - West Ham (h)

We're turning to a favourite of past play pinch Forest's 'Mr Reliable' - collector of a whopping 145 points successful 2024-25. The centre-back has yet to get going FPL-wise this run but a location lucifer against West Ham, who person scored 1 and conceded 8 truthful acold this season, looks appealing.

Sepp van den Berg, Brentford, defender, £4.5m - Sunderland (a)

Brentford centre-back Van den Berg is 1 of only 8 players to person collected nan maximum 2 protect publication points successful some gameweeks this season. The Bees person kept 2 cleanable sheets successful a week, including their cup triumph astatine Bournemouth, and will beryllium expecting to make it 3 successful a statement arsenic they recreation to promoted Sunderland.

Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, midfielder, £14.5m (captain) - Arsenal (h)

Salah will beryllium our skipper this weekend. Liverpool whitethorn person an incredibly reliable location fixture against Arsenal, but truthful acold this play Arne Slot's gung-ho attacking attack has been paying off. Salah already has a extremity and assistance this term, positive he's scored successful 3 of his past 4 games against nan Gunners.

Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, midfielder, £9m - Burnley (h)

A Manchester United subordinate successful this week of each weeks? Setting their midweek misery to 1 side, nan underlying numbers propose Ruben Amorim's broadside will do good astatine location to Burnley. If that's nan case, expect Fernandes to star. It's existent nan Portuguese is playing deeper these days, but acknowledgment to protect publication tallies he would still person sewage 12 points if he had scored his punishment astatine Fulham. Fernandes will astir apt enactment connected spot-kicks excessively aft netting 2 successful United's shootout conclusion by Grimsby successful nan Carabao Cup.

Harvey Barnes, Newcastle, midfielder, £6.5m - Leeds (a)

With an ownership of conscionable 0.7%, winger Barnes is perchance a superb prime if you're successful request of a differential. Tricky matches distant to Aston Villa and astatine location to Liverpool are a large logic why he's yet to haul this season. But nan Englishman has a better-looking fixture this play distant to Leeds, who conceded 5 astatine Arsenal past clip out. He'll expect plentifulness of minutes, too, pinch team-mate Anthony Gordon serving a three-match suspension. Last season, Barnes had 14 extremity contributions - contempt starting only 17 of his 33 Premier League appearances.

Dango Ouattara, Brentford, midfielder, £6m - Sunderland (a)

Brentford already person a caller cult leader successful summertime signing Ouattara, whose victor against Aston Villa helped him to a patient 13 points past clip out. The midfielder, who spent overmuch of his debut practically playing arsenic a centre forward, could beryllium successful for much contributions against recently promoted Sunderland connected Saturday.

Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest, forward, £7.7m - West Ham (h)

To nan strikers, wherever it's intolerable to look past Chris Wood. The Forest talisman scored 2 goals successful his side's past location crippled against Brentford and will beryllium licking his lips astatine nan imaginable of facing West Ham, who shipped 5 past week.

Joao Pedro, Chelsea, forward, £7.6m - Fulham (h)

I'm not making nan aforesaid correction pinch Joao Pedro this week. After his extremity and 2 assists astatine West Ham, nan Brazilian is up against a Fulham squad who haven't kept a cleanable expanse successful either of their 2 matches this season. He's successful nan team.

Jean-Philippe Mateta, Crystal Palace, forward, £7.5m - Aston Villa (a)

Mateta is simply a bolder choice. He hasn't scored since nan Community Shield, though he has travel up against coagulated Chelsea and Nottingham Forest defences. Aston Villa distant doesn't look to beryllium arsenic difficult a fixture arsenic it was past season. The Villans were beaten by Brentford past week, and should really person mislaid their goalless opening-weekend tie to Newcastle. Unlike Newcastle, Palace person their talisman and he should do good connected Sunday.

Martin Dubravka, Burnley, goalkeeper, £4m - Manchester United (a)

Pape Sarr, Tottenham, midfielder, £5m - Bournemouth (h)

Michael Keane, Everton, defender, £4.5m - Wolves (a)

Omar Alderete, Sunderland, defender, £4m - Brentford (h)

Team full cost: £97.4m