Welcome to the best FPL Players for Gameweek 16 article which utilises the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-player-comparision-tool/">Hub’s Comparison Tool</a> available on the website and in the app. 
<a href="https://twitter.com/CoysFPL">Dan</a> compares sets of similarly positioned and priced players to help us determine which asset we should seek to have in our FPL teams.
Don&#8217;t forget to also check out the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/best-fpl-team-for-gameweek-13-fantasy-premier-league-tips/">best FPL team for Gameweek 16</a> which utilises our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions/">FPL Points Prediction Tool</a>.

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<h2>King vs Dennis: Best FPL Players for Gameweek 16</h2>
With only a few mid-priced forwards impressing so far this season, circumstances have changed.
FPL managers are now looking to bring in one of Joshua King and Emmanuel Dennis with a good fixture run on the way.
Both have been up there with the best so far this season, and are both in the top three for value among forwards.
The Watford duo are in the top five for points among forwards since Claudio Ranieri&#8217;s arrival in Gameweek 8. Dennis has scored the most points by a hefty 14 gap.
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With just one extra appearance, Dennis has scored an extra goal over King, as well as three extra assists. That includes three of each in his last four appearances.
Meanwhile, King&#8217;s first goal came just a week after Ranieri&#8217;s arrival, with three coming all at once away at former club Everton.
Since then, he has only scored twice in six, but has impressed with his underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a>.
It&#8217;s also worth mentioning that Watford have endured a poor run of fixtures. They hosted both Chelsea and Manchester City in their last two, and top eight sides in two of the other four.
Therefore, King&#8217;s return of two goals is actually quite respectable.
Ranieri has fielded King for the full match in every game since the Everton encounter. On the other hand, Dennis hasn&#8217;t been as lucky, coming off early in two of the last five.
That is still a substantial amount of minutes for Dennis though, so it&#8217;s nothing to fear about if you own him.
Unfortunately for Watford, there is a good chance Dennis will be going to the African Cup of Nations in January. As a result, he could miss at least two Gameweeks.

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<h2>Price: Best FPL Players for Gameweek 16</h2>
After Dennis rose 0.4 million in just two game weeks, he comes in at 5.7 million. This is marginally cheaper than King who costs just 5.8m.
Because of how close they are in terms of price, it won&#8217;t be a huge influence.
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<h2>Position: Best FPL Players for Gameweek 16</h2>
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As evidenced by the heat maps, King has been more involved in the central areas. A higher proportion of his touches have come from inside the box.
Dennis is capable of playing on the both the right and left, but has featured more heavily on the right in recent weeks due to Ismaila Sarr&#8217;s injury.
The Nigerian has also played up top, with King shifting over to the left hand side. However, in the last two outings King has played through the middle with Dennis on the right.
I would think that when Sarr returns from injury, Dennis will play on the left. Despite a small sample size, it appears the 24-year-old prefers it on the right.
He has scored two and assisted two in four appearances on that flank. Compare this to just a single goal in six appearances from the left and there&#8217;s a massive difference.
It is quite easy to see that Dennis has been relatively quiet in the 18 yard box. This is reflected by his lower xG compared to King.
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<h2>Goal Threat: Best FPL Players for Gameweek 16</h2>
<div id="attachment_41442" style="width: 715px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-41442" class="wp-image-41442 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-252.jpg" alt="" width="705" height="337" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-252.jpg 705w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-252-300x143.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-252-610x292.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px" />Goal threat since Ranieri&#8217;s arrival (per start) &#8211; King top, Dennis bottom</div>
King is beating Dennis in all of the six goal threat underlying metrics since Ranieri&#8217;s arrival. He has recorded over double the amount of shots in the box and more than one extra big chance per stat.
The Norwegian&#8217;s xG is almost three times greater too. He is Watford&#8217;s designated penalty taker and given the pace and skill the front three possess, I think Watford could win quite a few of them.
Dennis is far more clinical than King, hitting the target just 0.14 less times per start. This is remarkable considering King has had a greater quality and quantity of chances.
Since Ranieri&#8217;s arrival, only four forwards have had more shots in the box per game than King. Only one has had more big chances and only two have registered a higher xG per start. No player has more goals per start.
On the other hand, Dennis is joint third for goals per start, despite only being in the top ten among forwards for shots on target per start out of the six metrics.
That further highlights how clinical Dennis has been in recent week, whereas King&#8217;s form is more sustainable.

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<h2>Creativity: Best FPL Players for Gameweek 16</h2>
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According to our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/">OPTA Stats Tool</a>, not too much separates the pair is terms of creativity. Dennis only surpasses King by only 0.01 xA per start.
That being said, Dennis has created over double the amount of big chances that King has, and actually has assists to show for it.
King betters Dennis for key passes, emphasising the fact that he creates more in terms of quantity of chances, but Dennis creates those of a higher quality.
Dennis ranks third for big chances created per start among forwards since Ranieri&#8217;s arrival. Hence, Dennis is slightly more capable of getting an assist.
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<h2>Points Prediction: Best FPL Players for Gameweek 16</h2>
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The Hub&#8217;s <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions/">Points Prediction Tool</a> projects King to outscore Dennis narrowly in every fixture.
It reiterates my argument that King&#8217;s goal threat is larger although Dennis&#8217; creative side is slightly more effective.
The prediction doesn&#8217;t take into account Dennis&#8217; absence in at least Gameweeks 22 and 23 which are arguably Watford&#8217;s two best fixtures in the next eight.

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<h2>Conclusion: Best FPL Players for Gameweek 16</h2>
Ultimately, I prefer King as a pick going into the Hornets&#8217; next few fixtures.
He not only beats Dennis in terms of goal threat, but is more likely to last ninety minutes. There is also no chance of King missing Gameweeks due to AFCON unlike his Nigerian counterpart.
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