Fantasy Premier League (FPL) points were hard to come by this weekend, with FPL Gameweek 11 being the lowest-scoring week of the season so far.

With the average score just 27 points over the weekend, it fell to Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea on Monday (November 6) to rescue many managers’ gameweeks.

But even that was carnage, with injuries, red cards and disallowed goals galore.

Here’s the story of Gameweek 11, including key talking points and stats.

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FPL Gameweek 11 captaincy: Injured Haaland disappoints

Erling Haaland (£14.0m) and Manchester City had a prime home fixture against Bournemouth, tempting the majority of FPL managers to look this way for their captain pick.

But although City met expectations with a 6-1 win, Haaland was not involved in any of the goals. He frustratingly hit the post with a header – one of three shots – all of which were off-target.

He suffered a knock and was replaced at half-time, with Pep Guardiola unable to say if his star striker would be available for City’s midweek Champions League game against Young Boys or against Chelsea next weekend. He told Match of the Day:

“Twist in the ankle, we didn’t want to take risks with him he didn’t feel comfortable.

“He’ll be back maybe Tuesday but maybe next Sunday.”

Haaland’s blank left 24.94% of the top 250,000 licking their lips, with their man Mohamed Salah (£12.9m) coming up against Luton on Sunday.

He too blanked though, something that was a familiar tale beyond captaincy picks this week.

Top 250,000 FPL managers' captaincy picks

Top 250,000 FPL managers’ captaincy picks

FPL Gameweek 11: Match Centre

Our gameweek reviews are not intended to provide details of every goal and assist. You can see this, plus bonus scores, FPL points and more in our slick Match Centre.

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FPL Gameweek 11: Lowest-scoring gameweek as popular picks blank

Those looking at their FPL teams and finding precious little returns will not be alone this week.

Of the top 20 highest-owned players, just five avoided a blank.

Kieran Trippier (£7.0m), Kaoru Mitoma (£6.6m), Bryan Mbeumo (£6.8m), Jarrod Bowen (£7.4m) and Joachim Andersen (£5.0m) were the five, with Trippier top scoring on nine points.

And to make matters worse, only nine players with ownership of 10% or less returned.

Bruno Fernandes (£8.3m) at 13% ownership managed an 11 point haul but it was otherwise differentials who managed 10 points or more.

The top-scoring FPL players in Gameweek 11 so far

The top-scoring FPL players in Gameweek 11 so far

FPL Gameweek 11: Record-breaking Doku top scores

Jeremy Doku (£6.6m) became the youngest player to record five goal involvements in a Premier League game.

The 21-year-old winger scored one and assisted four for a 22 point haul, the biggest score in FPL so far this week.

It could have been more too, with one of his strikes brushing off Manuel Akanji (£4.9m), who was credited with the goal.

Doku only registered an expected goal involvements (xGI) tally of 0.5, however it was a sparkling performance from the new City signing.

He leads the league for dribbles per 90 minutes (4.7) and drew praise from Guardiola who said:

“He can play on both sides right or left. He’s an incredible threat over five or six metres.

“Normally we play teams who sit so deep, and we need players who have ability in small places – and he has that.”

Rotation with Jack Grealish (£7.2m) is a factor to consider for those looking to jump on the Doku bandwagon, although his ability to play on either flank helps his cause.

Jeremy Doku’s stats

FPL Gameweek 11: Goalscorer Gordon gets minutes up front

Anthony Gordon (£5.7m) scored the only goal of the game as Newcastle beat Arsenal 1-0 at St James’ Park.

The goal prompted three separate VAR checks, with officials querying whether the ball had gone out of play in the build-up, whether there had been a foul on Gabriel (£4.8m) and if there had been an offside.

The decision to award the goal was slammed by Mikel Arteta but celebrated by those who started the 8% owned differential in FPL.

Gordon also got minutes up front when Callum Wilson (£7.9m) was taken off after 61 minutes and he found the net shortly afterwards.

“He did it for Everton last year and that’s when we watched him in terms of recruiting him, and I’d seen him play on the left and right for Everton and I liked him in both positions, and I really liked him as a centre-forward, so the thinking today was we had to protect Callum.

“We’re going into two more hugely important games this week and if I run Callum into the ground he’s not going to be able to perform in the upcoming games – and he’s too important, we don’t want to lose him to injury – so Anthony seemed the natural choice to go up there.”

FPL Gameweek 11: Bowen sets away goals record as Kudus hits wonder goal

West Ham were on the end of a 3-2 defeat at Brentford, however there were some positives to take from the loss.

Mohammed Kudus (£6.5m) looks to have increased the options in the £6.0m-£7.0m midfielder category, starting his second league game in a row.

With Lucas Paqueta (£6.0m) suspended, Kudus was the natural replacement, and he scored an acrobatic effort and added an assist for 11 FPL points.

David Moyes notoriously likes to slowly integrate his new signings into the team – but Kudus’s performances so far surely make him hard to ignore, even when Paqueta is back.

He scored in the Carabao Cup game against Arsenal in midweek and now has five goals for the Hammers in all competitions.

Jarrod Bowen (£7.4m) is a slightly more expensive West Ham option but the attacking midfielder has been the standout player so far, with 67 FPL points.

He was also on the scoresheet against Brentford, becoming the first player to score in six successive league away games. Just one of his goals has come at home this season.

FPL Gameweek 11: Dunk goal ruled out

Lewis Dunk (£5.0m) is worth a brief mention in this week’s review.

Brighton have yet to keep a clean sheet this season, however Dunk has impressed at the other end of the pitch.

Dunk, who has one league goal already, saw an excellent volley ruled out by VAR.

The centre-back went close with a free-kick for the second week running too, seeing his effort in the 1-1 draw with Everton saved by Jordan Pickford (£4.4m).

Cash leads the way among defenders for attacking stats, including shots on target, expected goals (xG) and big chances.

Dunk however is now second for total shots (14), shots in the box (10) and xG (1.59), making him one to consider if the Seagulls can improve on their clean-sheet record. They face Sheffield United at home next.

Lewis Dunk’s stats

FPL Gameweek 11: Red cards and injuries in Spurs v Chelsea chaos

It is a case of where to start when it comes to summarising the Spurs v Chelsea match. Our Match Centre tells part of the story…

Spurs v Chelsea, as told by Fantasy Football Hub's Match Centre

Spurs v Chelsea, as told by our Match Centre

Spurs took the lead after six minutes through Dejan Kulusevski (£7.0m) but things soon unraveled.

Cristian Romero (£5.0m) avoided a red card after kicking out at Levi Colwill (£4.6m), only to later receive his marching orders for a dangerous tackle on Enzo Fernandez (£4.0m).

Destiny Udogie (£4.8m) was also lucky to avoid a red card for a lunging challenge, however like Romero he later saw red for a second bookable offence.

Spurs lost Micky Van de Ven (£4.7m) and James Maddison (£8.1m) to injury, with the former’s looking a ‘pretty significant one’ according to Ange Postecoglou. The Spurs manager said of Maddison:

“He [Maddison] got a knock on the ankle.

“We were down one man already. It made sense to make a couple of changes at that point.”

Cole Palmer (£5.0m) converted another penalty for Chelsea, while Nicolas Jackson (£6.8m) profited from Spurs going down to nine men – and defending with an extraordinarily high line considering – to net a hat-trick.

Jackson could have had more too, registering four big chances and six shots in the box.

The game also saw five goals disallowed, for Son Heung-min (£9.6m), Raheem Sterling (£6.9m), Moises Caicedo (£4.7m), Eric Dier (£4.2m) and Jackson.

Key FPL Gameweek 11 stats

Darwin Nunez (£7.5m) led many of the key Opta stats metrics before the Chelsea v Spurs game – but somehow failed to manage an attacking return.

With the goal gaping, the Uruguayan somehow fired over from a few yards out – although the effort would have been ruled out for offside anyway.

Here are the gameweek’s player and team leaders in full.

Opta stats leaders for FPL Gameweek 11: Players

Shots – Darwin Nunez – 9
Shots on target – Nicolas Jackson – 5
Shots in the box – Nicolas Jackson – 6
Big chances – Nicolas Jackson – 4
Goals – Nicolas Jackson – 3
xG – Nicolas Jackson – 2.77
Non-penalty xG (NpxG) – Nicolas Jackson – 2.77
Key passes – Andreas Pereira and Trent Alexander-Arnold – 6
Big chances created – Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnol and Oscar Bobb – 2
Assists – Jeremy Doku – 4
Expected assists (xA) – Julian Alvarez – 0.96
FPL points – Jeremy Doku – 22
Expected points (xPts) – Nicolas Jackson – 14.76

Darwin Nunez. Picture by Getty Images

Opta stats leaders for FPL Gameweek 11: Teams

Most shots – Liverpool – 24
Highest xG – Chelsea – 4.04
Highest xGC – Spurs – 4.04
Lowest xG – Nottingham Forest – 0.4
Lowest xGC – Aston Villa – 0.4
Most FPL points – Manchester City – 87

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