With fans now returning to stadiums, I am favouring the home teams to come out on top in most fixtures. Below are the choices I consider to be the best picks for FPL GW2.

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FPL Goalkeeper Pick

 

Robert Sánchez

Potter is known to organize his defences well and it comes down more to the system he plays rather than the dependence on a single player. This is why even after the departure of White to Arsenal, I still believe Brighton will be able to maintain their defensive record this season. Sánchez will be looking to avoid the mistake he made against Burnley and come out with a clean sheet in this home fixture against Watford.

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FPL Defender Picks

 

Trent Alexander-Arnold

The presence of the crowd in Anfield makes a great difference to the way Liverpool play at home. They unnerve the opposition teams and have inspired Liverpool to make unbelievable comebacks on multiple occasions. Nailed on at right-back and rested from playing at the Euros, Trent should be all ready to go with a Clean sheet and a few attacking returns considering he is on right side corners and direct free-kicks. 

 

João Cancelo

Manchester City will be looking to rebuild their title defence with a thumping victory in GW2 after the hard-fought loss to Spurs in GW1. A home fixture against newly-promoted sides Norwich who conceded 3 goals against Liverpool in GW1 is perfect and City will be looking to make amends. Cancelo has been given license to roam and is often found playing ahead in the winger positions as well. He has an eye for goal and is not afraid to take shots and could likely haul huge points this GW with a goal and clean sheet.

 

Luke Shaw

Telles is out because of an injury till September 11 so Shaw is nailed on to start at the LB position. The previous season he started taking the left side corners. With a newly hired set-piece coach, he can convert his crosses into assists during set-pieces. Even in open play, he links up well with the wingers in creating goal-scoring chances.

 

Tyrick Mitchell

Mitchell completes our starting 11 with his home fixture against newly-promoted side Brentford. Viera will be keen to reorganize his defence after the horror showing last week against the European champions Chelsea. The game against Brentford will be the perfect chance for him to show what ambitions he has with crystal palace this season. 

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FPL Midfielder Picks

 

Mohamed Salah (VC)

Although Mane has a better record than Salah against Burnley, I am favouring the Egyptian due to his strong home record and massive ownership. With the fans now back at Anfield, I am looking forward to Salah giving Liverpool and his owners a fast start to the game week.

 

Bruno Fernandes (C)

With a hat-trick in GW1 and a goal to go alongside 2 assists in the reverse fixture last season, I am strongly favouring the Manchester United talisman with the captain’s armband for this game-week. The departure of Vestergaard to Leicester means that an already fragile Southampton defence will be further weakened thereby enabling Bruno to run riot.

 

Ferran Torres

Pep seems to favour the Spanish international at the CF position over a natural number 9 in Jesus by keeping him on the pitch for the full 90 minutes in GW1. He could reward his faith with a goal or two given even De Bruyne seemed fit to make an appearance against Spurs and will likely start the game against Norwich thereby providing Torres with delightful passes to finish at the back of the net.

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FPL Forward Picks

 

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Benitez seems to be incorporating a system involving multiple crosses into the box by Digne/Townsend/Gray. Dominic as shown in the previous match against Southampton is a poacher scoring a diving header. With his aerial threat, he can score a goal or two from a header alone against Leeds who had a horror defensive showing against Manchester United.

 

Danny Ings

When El-Ghazi is off the pitch, Ings is the designated penalty taker for Aston villa. Watkins is also back fit and he will be returning to the starting 11 most likely El-Ghazi most likely making way for him. With Watkins, Buendia and Bailey providing service to the clinical Ings, they should be too much to handle for Newcastle who got hammered against West Ham.

 

Michail Antonio

Seemingly on penalties when Noble is not on the pitch, Antonio has a great chance to add to his 13 points from GW1 with the home fixture against Leicester City. Leicester are without Justin, Castagne and Evans at the back and this provides the perfect opportunity for the Jamaican forward to run riot.

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FPL Team of the Week for Gameweek 2

 

 

Thank you for reading this article. This formation employs a 4-3-3 and leaves you with exactly 17M to find a bench keeper, defender and two midfielders.

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FPL is back for the 21/22 season and in this article, I’ll be running you down the top differential picks to start the season that could boost your rank and help you get ahead of your rivals in FPL.

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The Best Differential Picks in FPL for the 21/22 Season

 

Sadio Mané

💷 Price: £12.0M

🔄 Appearances: 31 (4)

⚽ Goals: 11

🎯 Assists: 7

Owned by just 4.3% of FPL managers, this Liverpool forward is massively overlooked because of other popular picks such as teammate Salah and Manchester united talisman Bruno Fernandes. Mané did not have his best season last year by his standards but there is absolutely no doubt about his ability to get back to goal-scoring form. Always tends to do better than Salah in away games and it could be a ceiling game for him against Norwich in the first gameweek.

Kieran Tierney

💷 Price: £5.0M

🔄 Appearances: 26 (1)

⚽ Goals: 1

🎯 Assists: 4

⛔ Clean Sheets: 8

Tierney has an ownership percentage of just 8.4% and is by far the most attacking arsenal defender at just 5M. With the addition of Ben White, Arsenal should be able to keep more clean sheets and expect Tierney to put in a peach of a cross for his teammates to finish and grab those assists.

Callum Wilson

💷 Price: £7.5M

🔄 Appearances: 23 (3)

⚽ Goals: 12

🎯 Assists: 5

Wilson is Newcastle’s talisman and designated penalty taker and that alone builds a strong case for him as an FPL asset. Expect him to be involved in all of the Newcastle attacks and he usually has a strong start to the season and is a great way to get ahead of your rivals with him being part of only 6.8% of teams.

Daniel Bachmann

💷 Price: £4.5M

🔄 Appearances: 23

⛔ Clean Sheets: 13

🧤 Saves: 35

📊 Save Percentage: 76.1%

Owned by a measly 2.8%, he was part of the Watford team that conceded the least number of goals in the championship. He had some great performances in the Euros this year with Austria and with a kind set of fixtures to start the season the shot-stopper can rack up a lot of points with clean sheets and saves. Bachmann was second for the percentage of shots saved (76.1%) in the Championship last season after Norwich’s Tim Krul (80%).

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César Azpilicueta

💷 Price: £6.0M

🔄 Appearances: 24 (2)

⚽ Goals: 1

🎯 Assists: 2

⛔ Clean Sheets: 13

After Tuchel took over, Chelsea have improved massively in defence and kept the most clean-sheets in the Premier League last season (18) after champions Manchester City (19). The Chelsea captain is a sure-shot way into the rock-solid defence, occasionally gets an attacking return as he loves bombing forward and is nailed to start every game at either RCB or RWB and is only part of 3.5% of FPL teams.

 

Harry Maguire

💷 Price: £5.5M

🔄 Appearances: 34

⚽ Goals: 2

🎯 Assists: 1

⛔ Clean Sheets: 13

With compatriot Shaw being the most owned player in the game, Harry Maguire is not exactly a differential being a part of 12.5% of teams but it shows that not many have chosen to double up on the Manchester united defending duo. With a newly hired set-piece coach, Shaw and Bruno’s deliveries into the box combined with his aerial threat wouldn’t surprise me if he bags more than five goals this season grabbing all three bonus points.

 

Riyad Mahrez

💷 Price: £9.0M

🔄 Appearances: 23 (4)

⚽ Goals: 9

🎯 Assists: 6

In the Champions League, he took the penalty against Dortmund with De Bruyne and Gundogan on the pitch thereby sealing his authority as City’s designated penalty taker. He also has his own share of corners and free kicks for the Citizens. Only part of 7.1% of the teams, he should definitely start the first few games given he had a full preseason and with the injuries to Foden and De Bruyne and Sterling also possibly missing out as he returned late due to the Euros.

 

Mason Greenwood

💷 Price: £7.5M

🔄 Appearances: 21 (10)

⚽ Goals: 7

🎯 Assists: 2

Only part of 5.2% teams and having had a full preseason capable of playing RW and ST, he is a good punt for the first few gameweeks as Cavani has still not returned from Uruguay and Sancho is still being slowly integrated into the team while Rashford is also out with shoulder surgery. He seems to be the most explosive player in a mouth-watering united attack.

 

Ferran Torres

💷 Price: £7.0M

🔄 Appearances: 15 (9)

⚽ Goals: 7

🎯 Assists: 2

As City doesn’t have an out and out striker baring Jesus and Pep preferring Torres to play in a false nine role towards the fag end of last season and in the Community Shield against Leicester, he looks to be continuing ahead in that role. He could be a great Out of Position (OOP) player and a massive differential given the service he will receive from the rest of the star-studded team.

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Jarrod Bowen

💷 Price: £6.5M

🔄 Appearances: 30 (8)

⚽ Goals: 8

🎯 Assists: 5

Playing close to 2500 minutes he rewarded his FPL owners with eight goals and six assists last season. He is a crucial part of the West Ham attack and with Lingard returning back to Manchester United from his short loan spell, he could provide more returns than last time to his 2% owners.

 

Jamie Vardy

💷 Price: £10.5M

🔄 Appearances: 31 (3)

⚽ Goals: 15

🎯 Assists: 9

When you think of Leicester he is the first name that comes to mind. A proven goal-scoring poacher, designated penalty taker and capable of scoring against any club he has been blessed with a kind set of fixtures to start with a bang and reward his 12.3% owners.

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FPL Differential XI

 

 

This list of players assumes a 3-5-2 formation and leaves you with 19M In The Bank which is more than enough to cover your bench with 2 defenders, a backup keeper and a striker. Thank you for reading my first article for the website. I hope you found it helpful.

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