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<h2>FPL Gameweek 5 Free Hit Team</h2>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Goalkeeper/Defenders</h3>
<h4><strong>Sa and Marcal</strong>:</h4>
<p>The <strong>Wolves</strong> duo make up the value picks at the back this week. <strong>Wolves</strong> has conceded the <strong>second fewest</strong> <strong>shots</strong> <strong>(33)</strong> and joint third fewest <strong>big chances</strong> (3) so far this season. Meanwhile, <strong>Brentford</strong> rank in the lower third for the majority of the &#8216;goal threat&#8217; <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a>.</p>
<p>Marcal&#8217;s positioning has been extremely advanced this season but this hasn&#8217;t equated to high quality chances created. Nevertheless, this new position has helped him offensively and he is able nick a few fortunate assists. If you can stretch to <strong>Semedo</strong>, I&#8217;d recommend that, as he has better underlying numbers.</p>
<h4><b>Alexander-Arnold:</b></h4>
<p>Trent tops the charts for <b>big chances created </b>(four) , <strong>xA</strong> (2.37) and <strong>key passes</strong> (20) this season. Therefore, his two assists show he has been underperforming.</p>
<p><strong>Liverpool</strong> face <strong>Crystal</strong> <strong>Palace</strong> who haven&#8217;t been that strong going forward against eleven men. Yet once the wingback isn&#8217;t facing one of the top four, it&#8217;s hard to justify not including him.</p>
<h4><b>Walker: </b></h4>
<p>A rest in midweek is the main reason why he gets in the eleven as Manchester City&#8217;s Premier League defensive numbers are extremely impressive.</p>
<p>They rank top for shots conceded (21), <strong>shots inside the box conceded</strong> (13), <strong>xGC</strong> (1.5) and<strong> only Brentford have conceded fewer big chances with two</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Cancelo</strong> is easily the best pick, with the highest ceiling, but he hasn&#8217;t had a minutes rest this campaign.</p>
<h4><b>James: </b></h4>
<p>Chelsea face a <strong>Spurs</strong> team without <strong>Son</strong> which is a major bonus for one of the league&#8217;s strongest defences. Spurs also had to toil on Thursday evening in Europe.</p>
<p><strong>James ranks fourth for xA </strong>with those above him all playing over double the amount of minutes. He missed the last game due to suspension. I expect the fullback to slot in as he did on Tuesday.</p>
<p><strong>Spurs rank joint second bottom for shots (38)</strong> and <strong>big chances (three)</strong> as well as <strong>second bottom for shots inside the box (22).</strong></p>
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<h3>Midfielders</h3>
<h4><strong>Greenwood</strong>:</h4>
<p>A rest during midweek should see his place on the right hand side nailed for another week. Meanwhile, United&#8217;s opponents <strong>West Ham</strong> enter into Europe for the first time this season.</p>
<p>West Ham&#8217;s defensive numbers have been decent and they rank<strong> fourth best for xGC (3.7). </strong>Nevertheless, you have to take into account that the fixtures have been favourable for them so far.</p>
<h4><strong>Torres: </strong></h4>
<p>Despite a blank last week, I&#8217;m willing to roll the dice again for Man City&#8217;s false number nine. He started midweek but was allowed to come off early, so I&#8217;m willing to try him for one more Gameweek before the fixtures turn.</p>
<p>Their opponents are middle of the road for their defensive numbers for their first four games. Yet City always have the chance to go big, so this isn&#8217;t a major concern.</p>
<h4><strong>Salah and Jota: </strong></h4>
<p><strong>Liverpool</strong> have a plum fixture against <strong>Crystal Palace</strong> who I still believe are a team to target despite their result against Spurs in <strong>Gameweek 4</strong>. The duo is highly likely to start despite <strong>Champions League</strong> duties.</p>
<p><strong>Liverpool&#8217;s</strong> offensive numbers are right up there once again this season. <strong>Jota was top for xA (1.05) last week</strong> and topped the tables with <strong>two big chances</strong> and <strong>six key passes</strong>.</p>
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<h3>Forwards</h3>
<h4><strong>Ronaldo:</strong></h4>
<p>After a blistering debut, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any need to look elsewhere, just yet. In such a short time frame, Ronaldo has reaffirmed how clinical of a striker he is.</p>
<p><strong>Lukaku</strong> is the obvious comparison but I expect Spurs to be a tighter affair. Although likely to score, the Belgian goalscorer may not produce a huge score.</p>
<h4><strong>Bamford: </strong></h4>
<p><strong>Leeds</strong> is an offensive team and they face the league&#8217;s worst side in terms of <strong>xGC (10.5)</strong> and <strong>big chances</strong> <strong>(16). </strong>Thankfully, <strong>Bamford</strong> has been declared fit and hopefully, the only thing that&#8217;s &#8220;pinging&#8221; is balls into the top corner off his foot.</p>
<p>His underlying numbers haven&#8217;t stood out massively but he&#8217;s still recording satisfactory creative and goal threat numbers. This is despite <strong>Marcelo Bielsa&#8217;s</strong> men not having the easiest run of opening fixtures.</p>
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<h3>Bench</h3>
<p><strong>Steele</strong>, <b>Duffy, Bissouma </b>and <b>Scarlett</b><b> </b>fill up the bench.</p>
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<h2>FPL Gameweek 5 Free Hit Team</h2>
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<h3>Notable Omissions</h3>
<p><strong>Watkins</strong> really impressed me against Chelsea. The English striker was unlucky not to score if it wasn&#8217;t for <strong>Mendy&#8217;s</strong> top class keeping. <strong>Everton</strong> have improved defensively since last season but are still there for the taking against <strong>Aston Villa</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Jimenez</strong> has a great fixture against <strong>Brentford</strong>. Despite his underlying number being right up there, I&#8217;m waiting for him to finally get on the scoresheet. He still hasn&#8217;t shown his form of yesteryear for me to fork out a substantial £7.4m of my budget.</p>
<p>With a rest on Wednesday, <strong>Gabriel Jesus</strong> is a player I would have liked but I can&#8217;t fit him in at his price. Despite being slightly out of position on the wing, he has looked much more threatening with his crosses.</p>
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