It&#8217;s the penultimate gameweek of the 2025/26 FPL season. 
A lot of managers will understandably be looking at targeting Arsenal assets this gameweek. 
The Gunners face Burnley on Monday night, and are the only team with a Fixture Difficulty Rating of 1. 
There’s also some uncertainty surrounding Manchester City and Chelsea players, who have an FA Cup final to contest before their Gameweek 37 matches.
But with just two gameweeks left, now looks like the time for an FPL Hail Mary for those managers chasing their league leaders.
<a href="https://www.squawka.com/">Squawka</a> have used their <a href="https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/">Comparison Matrix</a> to assess one non-Arsenal option from each outfield position that you might want to consider.
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<h3>James Tarkowski (£5.7m) &#8211; Everton</h3>
Fixture: Sunderland (H)
Gabriel and William Saliba are two of the top five most-signed defenders in FPL ahead of Gameweek 37.
 The other three are also centre-backs, which shows how the game has shifted. They are Tarkowski, Marcos Senesi and Jan Paul van Hecke. 
Across the campaign as a whole, Senesi is the best alternative option. In fact, he even out-performs Gabriel and Saliba in key defensive metrics. 
However, Bournemouth play Manchester City on Tuesday, whereas Tarkowski could be a strong option as part of Everton’s defence against Sunderland. 
The Englishman averages 1.5 blocked shots per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season, more than both Senesi and van Hecke. 
He also bests the others for clean sheets at 0.4 per 90, as well as a lack of cards (0.2 per 90). 
His defensive contribution metrics are also not much worse than Senesi or van Hecke – who has an away fixture against Leeds.
 Tarkowski averages 1.4 tackles per 90, alongside 6.6 clearances and 0.9 interceptions. He’s a monster for defensive contributions and has real clean sheet potential too.
<div id="attachment_73334" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73334" class="size-full wp-image-73334" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tarkowski.jpg" alt="James Tarkowski. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tarkowski.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tarkowski-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tarkowski-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />James Tarkowski. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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<h3>Jeremy Doku (£6.5m) &#8211; Manchester City</h3>
Fixture: Bournemouth (a)
Doku is the form choice for Manchester City midfielders in Gameweek 37.
Not only is the Belgian finding the net, but his per 90 statistics have also been very good across the campaign.
Even with the uncertainty of what the FA Cup final will bring, Doku&#8217;s upside could make him worth consideration in Gameweek 37.
The 23-year-old is the most-signed midfielder this week, ahead of Bukayo Saka, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Declan Rice and Harry Wilson. 
He leads them all of these players in the key creative <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a>, and his goalscoring metrics are enough to justify his selection over Wilson.
 The only number Doku really trails on is shots, but he is more accurate with his efforts.
Wilson also matches Doku for his 0.3 assists per 90, but the Belgian is creating unfinished chances at a much more frequent rate. 
He’s averaged 3.1 chances created per 90, more than Wilson and Dewsbury-Hall combined. This duo also combine to just about match Doku’s through balls per 90 of 0.8, with the Belgian always looking to breach the opposition defence.
 Doku wins 3.2 fouls per 90 too, upping the chance of assist points through winning penalties and free-kicks.
<div id="attachment_79234" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-79234" class="size-full wp-image-79234" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2245965927.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2245965927.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2245965927-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2245965927-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Jeremy Doku. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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<h3>Igor Thiago (£7.3m) &#8211; Brentford</h3>
Fixture: Crystal Palace (H)
Viktor Gyokeres is the favoured FPL forward this weekend, and that’s understandable as Arsenal host Burnley.
 That preference is by quite a substantial distance, but Igor Thiago, Joao Pedro and Dominic Calvert-Lewin are the other names among the most-signed forwards for Gameweek 37.
 Erling Haaland is naturally the best pick on statistics. But he’ll start the FA Cup final, and may be switched out for Omar Marmoush against Bournemouth.
On paper, Thiago appears to be the best pick outside of Gyokeres and Haaland. 
Brentford face Crystal Palace at home this weekend, with the Bees unbeaten in their past four games at home. 
Thiago meanwhile scored in his last game there against West Ham, and netted another two goals in the 2-2 draw with Everton.
The Brazilian has averaged 0.7 goals per 90 in the league this season, better than Pedro’s 0.6 and Calvert-Lewin’s 0.5. 
Thiago also has the best accuracy and shot conversion rate of the trio too, at 66.15% and 27.16%, respectively. 
Some managers will hold the fact that roughly a third of Thiago&#8217;s goals have come from the penalty spot against him, but that doesn’t matter in FPL.
<div id="attachment_75845" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75845" class="size-full wp-image-75845" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2243379134.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="699" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2243379134.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2243379134-300x205.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2243379134-768x524.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Igor Thiago. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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